A State of Panic

I was looking around my house today- and I think it has thrown up on itself. What a mess. When the Dr scheduled my C section last week, I got home and was so excited that there were only three weeks left. And not that the excitement to have my body free from my cute little parasite- I also came to realize that there are only three weeks left baby free. I had a lot of plans for my house before baby came and I think that none of them have been done. Can you say panic?! So in an effort to get organized- I started by purging- which in reality, only makes a bigger mess. I mean, we still have things in boxes downstairs from when we moved in. At this point though I'm thinking that it may just be easier to take the unopened boxes to the DI drop in town and be done with it- if we haven't used the stuff in almost a year- how much do we really need it? Of course however, curiousity gets the better of me and all the boxes are at least open now (by the by- I found my purses!!!). Anyway it's gotten to the point that I have had to call in some re-enforcements... My mom is coming up this weekend to help me. Thank goodness. My house has reached a point called CHAOS (which stands for "Can't Have Anyone Overy Syndrome") and I panic everytime the doorbell rings. Not to worry though right? Right... I should take some pictures of the place and let you guys see it. Then hopefully once things are under control I can take the "after" pictures and you'll just be so impressed... Or something like that.

Anyway- here's to baby... only 16 days to go!

IT'S OFFICIAL

I went to the Dr today and he told me that he was not going to make me be pregnant forever (which I'm extremely grateful for). We have officially scheduled our C-Section for July 12 at 7:30 in the morning (which I'm not extremely grateful for... I am not a morning person). We are so excited to get our little guy here- Ty even asked me this morning when he could play with his little brother (so see... it's not just me that is getting anxious). I have no picture to post this time- just good news!

PS- We are accepting gifts. Please send them to the house- unless they are the big expensive ones- I can pick those up for you.

Window Washing

My brother and his wife have kind of moved in for a couple of months. They leave for grad school in August and thought that they would use this opportunity to move to Bear Lake and play for the summer. Good idea in theory- but man (and woman) cannot live on love alone- so Dave is washing windows again and Nat is working at a PT office in town to bring in a little cash in between all the playtime. Dave needed some help with some of the jobs that he got- so he "trained" Shaun as his assistant the other night. This was good because it meant that my windows got washed too! They look so sparkly clean!

Ty thought this looked like so much fun- so Nat (Dave's wife) pulled out a few things for him to play with. He was too short to wash the windows with the big kids so he washed his car instead. It was so cute and such a nice evening! The snow did eventually melt- so we were able to enjoy a few hours outside this week.

So Long, Farewell... you know the rest

So I'm a little bit soft when it comes to certain things and my little boy. I hate getting mad, I don't always make Ty eat everything on his plate and even though he turns three next month... I haven't totally taken the binky away yet. I planned on it. I knew that he couldn't take it to Kindergarten with him... but since he only used it at night- I kind of pushed it to the backburner and kept praying that by some miracle he would wake up one day and tell me that he didn't need it anymore.

The other day we when we were playing with our National Geographics- I introduced Ty to scissors (by the way- do you know how hard it is to find kid scissors?! I must have gone to four different stores before I found them at a grocery store in SLC). He loved them! So I casually asked him if he wanted to cut up his binky too (he was cutting up a piece of paper at the moment). He turned and said "Yes". So I got up and brought it back to him- not thinking that he would really go through with it... But you know what? He totally did! He cut up his binky!! He paused after he did it and looked at the pieces in his hands and got this "Oh crap" look on his face but he handled it well and there were no tears.

Of course when I tried to throw it away he had a fit. He dug the pieces out of the garbage can and told me that I had to save them. Shaun came up with a good idea that Ty liked. We promised Ty that the next time we were in SLC that we would go to Build a Bear and put the pieces inside so that he could still sleep with his binky. This went over very well- way to go Shaun!

Things have been going pretty well too- he only asked for it a couple of times. The kid is just so good (most of the time) I can only pray that his little brother is of the same temperment. (And on that subject- yes the fat lady in these pictures is me. The doctor must have been mistaken about us having a baby. We are having a moose. I only have a few weeks left thank goodness- the countdown is on!)

I hate Montpelier

Apparently Montpelier didn't get the memo that it's June.

The Potty Training Saga Continues...

Potty Training is a device used by the devil in order to make parents want to kill themselves (and their toddlers). Because of the crappy weather lately- I thought it was a perfect time to reaquaint Ty with underwear and the concept of using the toilet. Stupid pregnant lady. While very cute in his Elmo underwear- the Kidd household at this point in time only has two people that will willingly use the toilet. I've heard that designated "naked" days are supposed to help kids and they are more aware that they don't actually have a place to put the... waste (for lack of a better word), so they use the potty. Not so in Ty's case. In fact he giggled when he peed on my rug. I'm starting to think that we may be sending Ty off on his mission in diapers.

An Ode to Uncle Gary

Several months ago my uncle Gary sent us home with a few boxes of old National Geographic Magazines that he collected over the years. He thought that they would be good for Ty to look through and play with. How wise that man has proven to be.

The weather up here has been crazy and it has been dumping rain for almost two weeks straight. Needless to say, my two year old is more than a little stir crazy at this point and I think the four walls were starting to close in on him. So- in one of my more brilliant moments- I remembered the boxes of magazines stacked in a corner of our garage. I brought one in and pulled out all the art supplies that we had in the house; crayons, markers, glue, scissors, paint and construction paper-- and just let Ty have at it. I helped him go through the mgazines and find the pictures of the animals that he wanted to glue onto the paper. We only used one magazine- but it kept Ty entertained for over two hours. TWO HOURS!! That's almost an eternity in toddler time. And it was so nice that everything we needed was only an arms reach away- so the very pregnant mom didn't have to get up a zillion times.

Anyway- it was a very pleasant afternoon and Ty is already asking when we can do it again. THANKS UNCLE GARY!!! WE OWE YOU ONE!

Is Bald Really Beautiful?

I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to talk Shaun into shaving his head for the six years we have been married and for the year that we dated. I don't know what the appeal is. This idea however, wasn't really something that my conservative little husband was very fond of... until recently! I don't know what brought on the change or if he was just tired of me suggesting it everytime he had to have a haircut... but tonight- he let Ty and I shave his head! Yay! I think he looks totally hot (and I want you to know that this is not a word I use loosely)! Ty watched me take a few passes at his dad's head before he would come very close. When I asked him if he wanted to cut dad's hair too- his face just lit up! It was like Christmas had come early. I gave Ty the clippers and helped him guide them across dad's head. Ty just giggled like a little girl- he thought it was so funny. Afterwards I asked him if we should cut his hair like dads and his eyes got big and he shook his head and said "No No No Mama." I guess I have another one to convince.

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AFTER

Follow the Leader

It is probably something that annoys Shaun (or maybe he secretly revels in it)- but Ty just idolizes his dad. I suppose it's that whole father/son bonding thing that, as a mom and wife- I just don't understand some of the things that appeal to the both of them.

Shaun was mowing the lawn the other day (it has been raining like crazy up here for like two weeks straight- and it was a rare afternoon that the grass was dry enough to mow- Shaun could only get in two passes before the bag was full and he had to empty it again) and I looked out my kitchen window (it overlooks the backyard) and I saw Ty following Shaun EVERYWHERE. It didn't matter if Shaun was mowing or emptying the bag- Ty was right by his side every step of the way. It was too cute not to take some pictures of.

Boise (Finally)

Okay- I quit being lazy (but probably just for today) and I used some rare downtime after a ward primary activity to download pictures off of my camera onto my computer. Because it's been a while- I have a few posts to add to the blog all at once. I'm generally not a fan of this approach because I would rather tell you what we've been doing a little at a time rather than go whole hog and do a mass entry- but you are going to take what I give you because I am 47 months pregnant and I can get away with that kind of thing right now.

Anyway- a couple of weeks ago, Shaun loaded up the car and Ty and I and we took off to our former home of Boise. However, as nostalgic as this may sound- it was not to go and have a look at all the places that we miss- but it was a chance that we had to go and show our support and excitement over the fact that Chase and Jeni were graduating from BSU. We give a shout out to you two because we know how much work, dedication and abject stubborness went into both degrees- and we're very proud of you both. Yay. Apparently however, we did not take any pictures of anybody graduating- so instead- lwe are going to share more pictures of ourselves.