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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSE!

I know he doesn't read my blog but we should still celebrate the day of his birth...

Labeled for you em... Top picture is Erin, Jesse and Me circa 1980

Bottom is James @ 2 and Jesse March of 1996

The stroller is not technically an antique because that would make the children in the picture also antiques and I too take exception to that.

Happy birthday Alex!

boys will be boys

it has been so wet here lately and our back yard has turned into a mud pit. i really believe that mud is like a magnet for little boys. how can i possibly expect them to not play in it? they were having a blast (at the expense of the grass) it is a damn good thing they wash...

I am not even pretending that he is ready for this next stage. I could be ready if I really thought he was ready but he can't be ready yet. I read the six signs to know when they are ready, he does two of them. What I do know for sure is that he HATES his diaper. He hates it when it is dry and absolutely hates it when it is wet. A couple of months ago he figured out how to remove the diaper... not ever, ever a good idea. I am at peace with the fact that it might take 2 years to potty train this child. In the meantime he might as well be more comfortable. But what I don't understand is why a 12 pack of girl undies is the same price as a 6 pack of boys. Is it the fly? How many 2-year-olds actually use the fly? Just a side note that this boy does own pants but life is too short to wear pants.

Pinewood Derby

So fun... Liam and Matt had a good time making the car this year. We have sorta been opposed to the whole dad makes the car thing in the past but this ward seems to really have it under control. They had a great time and it was fun to see them race. We had a big talk about "winning isn't what it is about" and when we were finished liam said, "do you think they will have milk to go with the cookies?" that's my boy...

*just a note about the pictures. I do exist and here is proof. Myles has a new "take my picture" face that he makes whenever there is a camera near and then he has to look at his picture on the lcd screen. *

Happy Birthday MOM! We love you!

Walk it off...

Man, what a month... Last night Matt called as they were leaving wrestling practice. Have I mentioned that James was invited to wrestle with the high school team and that Matt was helping coach. Don't think I did. He was really excited to be wrestling. Anyways, Matt said that James had gotten hurt and we needed to take him to the ER. What mother doesn't love hearing that? So a series of "things went wrong" and James "hurt" his ankle. The coach was pretty sure it was a sprain so he told him to "walk it off". So he did. For about 30 minutes. Let me tell you this kid has an amazing, amazing threshold for pain. I am amazed at his ability to say, with a straight face, "on a pain scale of 1-10 it is about an 11." The smiley man on the pain chart is even crying. It can't be that bad right? Turns out it was that bad (not a sprain that could be walked off). He broke the fibula and the tibia bones. We will be meeting with the ortho doc on Monday to set up surgery next week. He is home, casted, completely non-weightbearing, with prescription for Lortab with pins and a metal plate in his future. Poor kid...