Merry Cristmas Eve

We all got BYU sweatshirts from Grandma and Grandpa Wagley for Christmas. This is as good as it gets as far as a family picture goes :) The kids sleep in our bedroom- so they can't peek before we're up- they love it, but I think we need a bigger bedroom.

Christmas was great, but crazy. We got a call on Christmas Eve that someone wanted to see our house on Sunday- so I immediately wanted everything to be perfect. I started cleaning our closet on Christmas day and then we worked like maniacs all day the day after Christmas- which is our anniversary. 8 years woohoo. It was awful- we worked until we were dead and I had Ezra screaming after me all day. He's screaming in his crib right now. I have no idea what to do with that baby. He is thinking it's the cool thing to sleep for only 2 hours at a time all night long and he thinks it's AWESOME to wakeup and scream after I get him asleep and put him in his crib. AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's driving me crazy today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm getting sick- trying to zicam it away and it's working, but I still don't feel great. I need some consecutive hours of sleep.

This was supposed to be my Christmas post, so here's a few more pics of Christmas- Happy Flippin' Christmas!!!!!


This was Ezra's first Christmas- he enjoyed his fake hotdog.

What a day...

I had to dance a jig today in sacrament meeting. I was asked to turn pages for the pianist and it was very interesting to say the least. Then we were supposed to show our house- the first showing in...well...ever. The first one that gave us 2 days notice and didn't call and cancel 30 min before. We thought we were good. We leave- come back- find out the lockbox wouldn't open. They couldn't get inside!!!!!!!!!!!! We have to clean again tomorrow!!!!! Do they realize what it's like having to clean up after 3 kids? and a baby who just wants to be held on your hip all the time? Ezra was crawling after me crying all day as I cleaned. The guy wants to see the house though. I doubt we'll get an offer- but you never can tell. Everybody say a little prayer :) I can not stay up anymore. Too much adrenaline for one day. OH- I didn't even go into sing time. It was alright- but a little stressful. I think I know the words to songs and then I get up in front of people and I forget them :) And it was so hot in the primary room- I had sweat running down my back- sexy. I know. must.... go.... to......... bed.................................

He's pulling up...

He did this all by himself on Sunday night. What a booger. He pulled up on his basket a few weeks ago when we were in Banner Elk, NC, but this is the first time he's done it on the couch. Now he's gonna be trouble!

These are a couple of pics that Jeebs snapped righ before church yesterday. It was about 7:45 in the morning. I had to be at church at 8 to practice for a musical number and then had to stay after church to play for a baptism. 5 hours of church- exhausted...no nap after...couldn't go to sleep until almost 12:30...Ezra woke up at 12:50...and again around 3...again around 6...and up for good a 7:20- this is pretty much my nights. I can usually handle it if I get my workouts in, but I hadn't worked out since Wednesday. Got my workout in today though woohoo.

Yay for Christmas break!!!!

I can now be nice to my daughter again :) We are BOTH so excited to have some time off of school. She just got back from her art class downtown and I am so excited to see what she made next week. I think she'll be starting a drawing class next year. This little art store and art class has to be my favorite thing about New Bern. Mr. Chris is the owner and teacher of her class. He is the most patient person- he helps the younger ones so they don't get frustrated, but still let's them do their own thing. Taylor really likes him.

My baby bug is snotty again! What is the dealio? I still haven't finished Christmas shopping and Ezra still needs a stocking! OH well- I still have a week right? There was a point to this post, but I forgot it :)

Freakin' Out a little

While I know to most of you this isn't a shock, I am freaking out a little. I woke up this morning and I have a new mole that I think formed overnight! It's weird and I've never seen a mole form overnight! What the heck? I don't want to go to the doctor, but this may force me to it. I am the worst kind of hypochondriac- I think I'm dying all the time and yet I will NOT go to the doctor. Just ask Jeebs, I'm making his hair turn gray.

You ever have those moments when you think you look pretty nice and then you get a view of a certain angle of yourself and realize you ain't lookin' as hot as you thought? Well, I got a new skirt at the Banana Republic outlet (paid 10$ for it, what up?? so happy) and I thought it looked pretty nice. Then I went to the bathroom at Church today and they have the mirrors set just right in there so you can see your backside :) I always have to give it a check. BLAGh- blaggedy blagh and don't even get me started on the back of my hair. I've been working out for several months and dieting pretty hardcore- as hardcore as I can while still nursing which is supposed to help you lose weight right? right? -since the last week of October. I've lost 10-11 pounds which I am excited about. But, then I think about the peeps on Biggest Loser- they lose like 80 lbs in 5 weeks. I realize this is all they do- they have trainers and they have much more weight to lose, but dag YO!! Anyway- I'll do it eventually, it'll just take time- unless this mole kills me first.

My computer died

So I'm using Tater's mini computer. I don't like this tiny screen and I can't check my dang email. arrrrgh. But- today it was so dang cold- I loved it! I didn't get to get out in it though which was kind of stinky. OH well- maybe tomorrow.

We went to see Santa last night at the mall just so the kids could have the experience- and even though Cagey thinks that since he's told Grandma what he wants- he's covered. Santa asked Taylor if she was a good girl this year and if she was doing good in school- both to which she replied with a confident "yes." But, then he asked her if she was keeping her room clean and LOL she studdered "well.... well....we...." I wanted to hear what she was going to say, poor child I had just gotten onto her last night for her messy room, but Santa quickly just told her to work on it. HA! It was funny.

I'm missing Glenn Beck for this

Here are a few more pics of our trip- it was so nice and relaxing and Jeebs didn't stare at his computer every second of the day. He did, however, stare at his dang blackberry every second of the day - heheehe.WE caught the most expensive meal we didn't eat. These were the biggest trout I'd ever seen. They were so excited to catch them though. I just hope when we go fishing for real they won't be disappointed when we don't catch 2 pound trout on the 2nd cast :)


Playing tennis- this was at the place we stayed- the kids tried so hard. It was so cold and they were so frustrated- Tennis is hard!
Taylor and Buggy's favorite part- the huge tub! Tates filled it all the way 3 nights in a row and she could turn flips in there!

This was another favorite- gemstone mining. See those papers? They have garnets, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and different kinds of quartz on them. Cool eh?

When we were leaving I asked Cagey what his favorite part of our vacation was and he said "when Taylor got wal-luigi." That is a character on mario kart that you have to win a certain number of races to get. They played that thing nonstop. We should have just sat around and let them play :)

Snow and stuff

This is the inside of our room- it was really like being at Lookout Pointe again- except there were 2 bedrooms and 3 flatscreen TV's! :)
Tates playing in the first snowfall before it all melted. I love this picture- she looks like a little model- if her hair were brushed arrrggh.
This is in front of the fishing pond and our place was in that building on top of the hill- top right side.Here we are at Grandfather Mountain. I was having a serious panic attack when we pulled up and saw that bridge. I pulled myself together and I made it. If I have never mentioned it before- I have a terrible fear of heights- and falling. Jeebs took Cagey out with him beyond the safe area at the end of the bridge- I was about to have a heart attack...then he let Cagey's hand go and it looked like Cagey was standing out on a ledge with no one holding on to him- it makes my throat hurt just thinking about it. Lips going numb- hands curling innnnnnnnnnnn........... okay I'm back. Can't think about it.Had to throw this pic in of the Bug- he looks so much like me or my sister- or something. I just love it.
Cagey and Tates at the Deer Habitat at Grandfather Mountain- thought this sign was funny- there was another funny one- but I won't waste time putting a pic up here- it was "Good News for Bears" apparently they're making more bears- letting them out in the wild and apparently this is good for the bears- good for the bears- not so good for the humans- I'm just sayin'.

Too much booty in the pants

My favorite part of our trip- shopping at the outlet mall in Blowing Rock. They even had a j crew outlet which had some fabulous things. They still weren't quite in my price range and also- see blog title :) I did get some jeans to be my 'goal jeans'. If you don't know what goal jeans are- I hate you.

Funny pics

My cute buggy- he all of the sudden started sitting up a couple of weeks ago! and it is so cute. check out the feet of that sleeper. That's how ghetto I am- I cut the feet off his 3-6 mon sleepers so he could wear them a little longer and I keep forgetting to get new bigger ones ha!


This was a makeup project- didn't have all the products I needed, but it was ok. The new makeup website is my favorite thing to watch now hehehe
Jeebs posing for a pic for a Christmas project :)
Me too :)

My Cagey

A lot of my posts lately have been about Ezra's accomplishments or cuteness or Taylor's goings on with her school and extra curricular activities. But, not a lot has been said about Cagey. He gets kind of lost in the mix. A lot of people don't know it because he doesn't usually talk to other people much, but he is a crazy hilarious little guy. I love him to death- he says the most random funny things. I have no idea how his brain works! A couple of Sundays ago in Primary- they were talking about "Old Bob"- an old man that lived down the street from President Monson when he was a boy. Well the teacher said "Old Bob doesn't have a family..." and Cagey out of nowhere says "well, he has a duck family!" I had no idea what he was talking about(nor did anyone else) until I thought for a second. LOL We have a duck pond by our house that has several ducks that have taken up a permanent residence there. One of the ducks looks broken and dirty and I think the other ducks must look after him. Anyway- I named him Bob one day and it just stuck with the kids. Whenever we drive by or walk to the pond we always say "Hi Bob" or "Bye Bob". Cagey was thinking about little duck Bob- during Primary. I had to laugh to myself as I figured it out. Cagey also has told me he can bake a single cake and iron a single cloe. I guess cloe is the singular form of clothes. hehehehe

The best Cagey-ism yet had to do with my friend Red. I had just gotten off the phone with her and Taylor asked me "Mommy, is Red a member of the church?" I said "yeah, she's a member." Cagey immediately asked "Mommy, is BLUE a member of the church?" hahahahahahahaha I laughed so hard!!! He didn't think it was that funny, but oh man- I love him! He can really push my buttons sometimes- with his whining that could fuel a rocket to the moon, but he is so dang funny and sweet! I just need to remember these things about Cagey and spend more time with him because he has become a MASTER of mario kart on the DS. I sat down and watched him play the other day. I was amazed that a 4 year old could win so many races and missions and know so many of the ins and outs of that game!! Good grief- I really have to start stimulating his brain a little more :)

Recently...

Ezra or the Sweetness or the Cuteness, as I like to call him has made some real progress. He's started sitting up just in this last week. He is getting up on all fours and scooting himself forward and I swear he can almost go from laying on his tummy to a sitting position! Crazy- and if that weren't enough- tonight while we were watching Tates in karate I felt a tooth in his mouth! I looked in there and sure enough- his first little tooth is peeking through! How cute and exciting- I can't believe he is already 6 months old! I thought I was going to be pregnant forever- and now my baby is 6 months old! sorry Glen for all the exclamation points! :)

Maybe I'm not a community organizer...

but if Obama wants to decrease unemployment (which is at 10.2% his admin. said it wouldn't go over 8.2% w/ the stimulus) doesn't it make sense to make it easier for businesses to hire people? I mean instead of increasing taxes and adding more regulations? Hmmm if you're a business owner and the government increases your taxes or just adds different taxes on top of things you're already being taxed for doesn't that decrease your profits? Then in turn making it more difficult to pay your employees- and thus making it so you have to let some people go. Am I missing something? probably- I haven't had all those years of community organizing to give me experience in all this. So- feel free to let me know. I'd like to know if I've just got it wrong.

Findings

I found this new blog- lovemaegan.com and I love it. She posts pics of outfits and hairdo's that she puts together herself. She also shows you how to make some really cute fashion items. As I have always been too poor or too fat or both for awesome fashion- I'm living vicariously through her :) Then she posted a link to another website that she likes and I'm in love with it too- fashionface.tv - this one shows makeup tutorials and different videos on how to do different makeup looks. As I am also in love with makeup- I spent a good hour and a half watching this girl do her stuff. There is also a link on her site for a 5 day intensive makeup course. Wow can you imagine? I'd love to do that, but it's in London and it's 995 pounds which is about $1500 I think. Here's to dreaming :)

...and Jeebs

I do exist. I haven't, until now, chosen to post anything to our blog. Nessa has done a great job on her own. There is one area where she's lacking, though. There are no posts with a time stamp between 3 and 4 am (we're on EST over here... add 3 hours to the time stamp below for the correct time). Not one. So I thought I'd step up and take one for the team.

I'm up at the wee hours trying to finish a project for work that someone else should have finished last week. He came down with appendicitis (no, it wasn't Glenn Beck) and that's a very valid excuse for not finishing. However, my superiors, in their infinite wisdom, decided that what appendix boy had been doing for the last 3 weeks was inadequate and we needed to start over. Their excuses for why it wasn't caught sooner that he wasn't performing satisfactorily? They were too busy. They tried to get him to alter his methods. So now I'm saddled with the sole responsibility (given the task Wednesday) of finishing this project by this morning (they wanted it on Friday...that wasn't going to happen). Not only that, but they decided they wanted to do this project differently from previous versions, basically from the ground up. Apparently I'm the only one at work that can do it, even though we've made 3 hires in the last 4 months that were supposed to ease my burden.

Anyway, I've wasted too much time. It's 3:48 am. I'm tired. I'm not even close to being done. I've said enough that if a potential employer found this post they'd probably overlook me because of my negativity (in my defense this is the 2nd all-nighter this week and health care reform passed the house. I have a pretty solid case for my negativity).

Taylor...

GOT HER JUNIOR YELLOW BELT!! WOOHOO!! We were so excited- her Sensei said she was ready for her belt test but that the belt test would be on a Sunday. Jeebs told him we don't do things like that on Sundays- so to let us know when the next belt test would be that wasn't on Sunday. Well, we went to karate last Tuesday and he had Tates and Bart do their katas together a couple of times and then he made the "get your camera" sign language to Jeebs. He then presented her with her junior yellow belt. She was so excited- I just wish we had known so we could've had our camera! oh well- we had the phone ;)

Silent Monks singing Hallelujah...Hilarious

Other cute costumes...

Jedi, Bumblebee and Skunk

my kids have had so much candy- i wonder when the tummy ache is coming. My tummy aches and I can count on one hand the pieces of candy I've had- blagh. The kids had a blast though- until Jeebs mentioned to Tates that we had to check their candy before they ate it in case it was poisoned- she was worried the rest of the night. The poor child has inherited my horrible anxiety of EVERYTHING!! Next year Jeebs and I need to commit to a costume before the day of. We chose ice king and queen- since everybody thinks we're so serious- ha! and I could throw it together with stuff we had. I just wish I had had white hair spray instead of dumping baby powder on our heads LOL!