Fun in the Snow

Cameron has been waiting and waiting for enough snow to fall to make a snowman, and it finally did! The last few times it snowed he was sick and mom wouldn't let him outside, so even though this time I am sick with a 100+ fever I had to get myself outside so that he could make his snowman! We had a great time and it always amazes me how a childs excitment can make you feel better. Here is how our snowman turned out. I hope everyone else is enjoying the weather too!

My Husband!

It has taken a while to get around to it, but here is my list on Chris. It is much easier to do than my own.

1. He was born in Longview, WA and grew up in Castle Rock, WA just a few miles from his families original homestead.

2. He is the middle of three boys.

3. He has an Associates degree in Electrical Engineering (EE), a double bachelors degree in Physics and EE and a masters degree (with honors) in EE (can we say smart)

4. He loves to play and watch almost any sport.

5. He and my father have a friendly rivalry in golf & now Tiger Woods golf on the Wii.

6. He has built all of the non laptop computers in both of our families. That's at least 14 in the last 8 years. Plus some for friends.

7. He stayed with me every night I was in the hospital for preterm labor (that's right 6 straight weeks of sleeping on a hard bench) I was extremely grateful for this.

8. After we lost Laura and I couldn't fall asleep he read Harry Potter to me until I drifted off.

9. He took care of all the housework, cooking and took care of Cameron (who was potty traing at the time) while I was pregnant with Kasey.

10. His favorite professional teams are all the Seattle teams he also like the Huskies.

11. He is an incredible father who has taught our kids to be crazy and imaginative.

12. The first birthday present he ever got for me was my then favorite movie that I had mentioned in passing months before.

13. Chris doesn't mind doing the guy projects (mowing the lawn, changing the oil, etc) He just needs more time to do them than we currently have.

14. He has a huge weakness for cookies & ice cream.

15. He once ate an entire package of E.L. Fudge cookies during a college class.

16. He really likes the show Heroes & Jericho.

17. He use to do crazy things like go sledding behind a truck with his friends driving.

18. He hunts deer & we cut & wrap the meat ourselves.

19. He loves photography.

20. Since Cameron was born (June 2004) we (mainly he) have taken over 25000 pictures.

21. He puts up with all my crazy ideas to fix up the house and only complains a little when I actually want to do one.

22. He also puts up with my obsession for bulbs and even plants 90% of them.

23. He would rather be out doing something active than sitting down doing anything.

24. He supports all my little hobbies and the messes they make around the house.

25. He doesn't get enough time to do all his hobbies.

26. He is trying to teach himself guitar (he never gets enough time to practice)

27. Cameron loves music and hauls his little guitar out to play with Chris. Chris loves this so I wish I could give him more time to play.

28. He plays Nascar on our computer.

29. He works way too hard at work, but he is great at his job.

30. Chris enjoys running a tractor.

31. Growing up he had horses, goats, cats, dogs, chickens & even pigeons.

32. He used to run barrels and show horses.

33. His family used to raise German Shepherds that worked with the police.

34. He really wants a German Shepherd dog and as soon as we get land we will get one.

35. His grandpa used to call him Buddy

36. His older brother called him Christopher John Estuary. The reason: Tommy liked the word estuary.

37. His whole family loves to play board & card games.

38. He is competitive with me even when I get upset & grumpy when I lose.

39. After 8 years he still brings me flowers for no reason.

40. He is the love of my life & I can't imagine having married a better man.

41. He truly believes in for better or for worse and he has been there every step of the way through our worse.

42. He is extremely caring & compassionate.

43. He would do anything for his family.

44. Chris dislikes disagreements and avoids them, unless someone he loves is threatened

45. I knew he was the man for me when he met my family for the first time and he beat my Dad in bowling & air hockey (my dad was frustrated but impressed)

46. He really likes this really silly movie called Sodbusters.

47. Has a great sense of humor although some people don't realize he is joking part of the time.

48. Doesn't care for heights, but dealt with it to go parasailing with me in Mexico.

49. He is very patient

50. He really, really wants a Mustang Cobra GT 500. I have made him a promise to have a mustang of some type in 20 years.

I love him alot & can't imagine my life without him.

Why can't motherhood be easier?

So Kasey had his 9 month check-up yesterday and the Dr and I had quite a talk. First, Kasey is 20lbs and has been the same weight since late November. For those of you who don't know, Kasey has not exactly been sleeping well lately (as in waking up every stinking hour all night long!) So the doctor told me to let him cry it out since he was obviously getting enough food. Well, I am a complete sucker when it comes to my kids and crying. I hate the idea of letting a baby cry themselves to sleep (I am not talking about a little fussing I mean the full on cry that tears your heart out). I didn't need to let Cameron cry it out till he was over a year and then it was only to get him to go to sleep at the start of the night. This was pretty easy 20 min the first night, 5 the second 30 sec the third. Kasey is NOT Cameron. So, I am looking for some support form you guys! I need to know that the 2-3 hours of screaming is going to get better and that my child will not hate me in the morning and that no permanent damage is being done. I know it may sound silly, but Kasey's reflux when he was little was sooo bad that his crying was associated with pain and I was the only one who made him feel better and could keep him calm. Now I just have to let him cry and it goes against everything inside me. So any advice you could give would be greatly appreciated.

Twilight, New Moon & Eclipse

I know I haven't blogged in a couple of weeks, but that is because my wonderful husband finally took the kids so that I could read. He has already read the Twilight series (in November & December, hence me having the kids so much) and told me that I needed to make time to read them. I was really hesitant to read books about vampires and werewolves. Well I loved them. I thought that the stories showed both the good and bad of Bella, Jacob & Edward (who knew vampires could be virtuous). The fights and suspense during all three were great (I especially loved the part with the Volturi in the second & the fight with Victoria in the third, well the whole James thing was great too!). I wish they wouldn't have ended. Does anybody know if she is going to write a fourth in the series and I thought I heard someone mention that they were making a movie? Also, now that I am done with these books, I need something else to read so if anyone has some suggestions please let me know. I love to read, but I get so busy with life that I forget to make the time until I find a really good book. I think I need to make more time for it. In fact I think I will have a goal to read 20 books this year. (hey, 2 down, twilight was in December, 18 more to go). It relaxes me and makes me forget that the laundry needs to be done :)