An Ode to Shannon

Well, I am probably just procrastinating doing more writing, but I am ahead on my word count for now (I only have a cushion of a couple hundred words, which is less than I wanted to have at this point...) and my brain is fried so I'm not going to think about it anymore.
Still, we are trying out a toddler bed for Jax, so I need to stay up and make sure that he actually goes to sleep tonight. It could take a while...I think he might be playing with toys right now. Here is a quick explanation of why I am attempting this at 19 months. A.J. very clearly hates sleeping in his room alone, but for them to be able to sleep together, Jax needs to be able to sleep in a bed. So I'm going to try this out and see how it goes.
I also must post part of A.J.'s prayer from just a few minutes ago:
"Thank thee that my mom can stay home and not go to work all the time."
Hahahaha. I love to feel appreciated! :)
And now, on to the title of this post: An Ode to Shannon
If you do not know how generous Shannon Baker is, please read this post and understand. Shannon loves to share everything, and in the past few weeks she has shared a lot of things with me. Her buttons, most importantly :) to make my pouches pretty much rock! And, she shares the plethora of pants she gets from her sister-in-law.
Shannon you are a great friend!
(why is it that I never, hardly ever post, except during NaNo WriMo, and then I post more frequently than I do all year...so strange--I'm going to quit warning people that I will not post as much during November, because that is obviously a falsehood.)

Halloween!

So Halloween was fun! It started off a little rough because the star of the show was tired and didn't quiet get the concept of trick of treating. :) She also tripped on the curb and got a little goose egg on her forhead. After that little owie was taken care of she started to get the idea. She had so much fun and was so cute! She begged three pieces of candy off this old guy. She wouldn't let him close the door! She kept reaching her hand up for more. She also liked to go inside the people's houses. They thought she was so cute! She loved the dogs that people had. She growled at them which got a wonderful response!

Happy GirlIs this all mine?

Princess and Her FairyPlainclothes Prince and His Fairy

Knock Knock!
CANDY!
I can't wait I have to have it now!
Look at my pretty wings!

Cute Kids at Halloween

No, these are not my kids, but can I show you how cute they are anyway?


This is Zachary Harris, son of Blaine and Karrianne Harris. This Yoda costume had everyone smiling all night. His Dad was a Jedi Knight, his Mom was princess Leah and his older brother was Darth Vadar. I am sorry I don't have a picture of him too.


This is Kaija Warren, daughter of Ty and Karri Warren. She made the cutest little Dorothy on Halloween - Ruby slippers and all. Her Dad was the scarecrow and her Mom was Elfaba (The wicked witch of the West only younger in the play called "WICKED") Basically they were the Wizard of Oz family and their costumes were fantastic.

I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN THEM IN PERSON!!! Hope they made you smile anyway.

Toilet Water

So today I was stretching on the floor. I was laying on my stomache and all of a sudden a felt a splash of water on my head as well as heard it on the floor. I looked up and Jamie had an empty cup in her hands. At first I thought "no big deal just water, easy to clean up". Then I started to put two and two together. The only place that was low enough for her to get the water was the TOILET! Sure enough her hands were wet, the cup was wet and the toilet seat was wet. YUCK!! Actually I couldn't stop laughing, she is so hilarious!

Our First Family Home Evening!

We had our first Family Home Evening last night. We figure it is time to start teaching Jamie about prayer and songs and the scripture stories. We read out of the childrens Book of Mormon Stories. She sat in my lap for about five seconds. :) She took the book to Dad to read and then to Aunt Lori Ann then she wanted to read the stories herself. This is Jamie's interpretation of the first story in the Book of Mormon!

Birthday Party!

Jamie's cousin Sarah had her one year birthday party. It was so much fun! Jamie loved the pinata! She did not want to let the bat go! It was awesome!

Does this bring back memories mom? She loved this popper. It reminded me of the pictures we have of me and the same toy!

Cindy Lu Who?

So Jamie has finally started letting me do her hair. Doesn't she look just like a whoo from Whoville? The little mark under her eye is the remnants of a battle wound from her cousin given on a ride to casper! :)