The Sourt {fort} and other update's

Toms and I made a little fort for him to play in last week. He loved it so much that it's still up. He likes to hide in it when we aren't looking.

In other news,

This little girl is making the funniest noises. Watch this and you'll see what I'm talking about.

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She's getting so fat, I love it! The other day at my SIL Jill's house they pulled out a cucumber from their garden. It was almost as big as her. So cute! The kids couldn't wait to measure her next to it.

I got my hair cut by my SIL Tiffani. It was such a mess before, I hated it. So now it's cute and sassy. I've got bangs once again & a fun summer style. Thanks Tiff for helping me out. Now I can try and look cute again!

Here's a cute picture of Tyler and Toms. Just wanted to share it, they are both so cute. Love those smiles!

Toms has started to watch "Annie". He loves it, and even though it kind off drives me crazy, I think it's cute of him to want to watch it. Those darn songs get stuck in my head for days! I hate that!

Today we went out to my mom's house to have lunch with my siblings. It's so funny that we are all able to get together for lunch in the middle of the day. What family does that? It's great. Left over pizza, yum!

Well, Tyler's home now so I guess I need to figure out something for dinner. I hate dinner time! Bean Burritos or Spaghetti? Gross, I hate being poor. Then we have 4 different All-Star baseball games tonight if we feel like sitting in this crazy heat. We'll see if we feel like sweating it out. Have a great night.

Later!

Happy 7th!

Wow, it's been 7 years since Tyler and I got hitched! Amazing how times fly's!

Happy Anniversary, Babe! Loved every minute of it!

{Dinner at Cafe Boa, our favorite!}

Has it been that long?

Wow, time flies. I mean to post update's, but then the time gets away from me.

Toms is having a great summer so far. Really every season is summer when you're a two year old. But we have enjoyed doing a lot more with all the cousins. Going swimming at the public pools, having play dates at different houses, seeing the summer kid movies at the theatre, playing in the splash pad's all over town.

{Tempe Beach Park with Kiki and the Kids}

You know, fun summer stuff. Yesterday we went and saw "Kung Fu Panda" with Kiki, Jimmy and ALL the kids. It was crazy but fun. The theatre was filled with other kids and a few old couple's {Random} so if the babies started to get fussy it didn't really matter. That was nice. Plus when it's only $1 to go to the movies, that's a fabulous way to kill two hours of our day. Then everyone came over to our house to hang for a bit. It was nice to catch up with my siblings, even if we were surrounded by screaming children. We had some lunch and Kiki and I tried to figure out my sewing machine while the babies slept {We never could get it to work though, bummer}. Then they left, we took a little nap and then we had Taco Night at our house. My In-Laws host "Wednesday Night Taco Night's", and it's usually at their house but last night it was at our place. So we had another house full. It's always very entertaining and fun to have all Tyler's family over. Needless to say it was a very busy day.

We have also been trying to do a new rewards system with Toms. I made this cute board to help keep track of Tommy's tokens. {Thanks for the idea Sherrie!}

Once he gets all the Tokens we are thinking maybe we'll take him to Sea World? We'll see. I personally don't think he'll ever get that far. He either loses them too fast or uses them for little prizes. He doesn't quite get the concept of collecting all of them for one BIG thing. He'd rather cash them in as we go for a bunch of little things. This is a picture of all the little things:

Lots of fun from the dollar store. Anyway, the most he's gotten at once is 12. He needs like 40. We'll keep you posted on his progress. Of course, if Tyler doesn't get a bonus this summer like he did the last three summer's then I'll make it so Toms never gets to 40 simply because we won't be able to afford it. So it can go either way. Until we know it gives Toms a little bit of incentive to help out around the house and get rewarded for good behavior.

Father's day was great. I got Tyler a Massage from this lovely lady as his gift from me and the kids. Toms made this for him:

He had so much fun painting it. This was his first time using paints. I figured I could break out the messy stuff once in awhile. It of course, didn't last very long. I thought it would keep him occupied for a lot longer. But it was still a good time for him. Then he got to play in the water for a bit. I mean, he was already naked. That always a good time.

Tyler did great on his triathlon. He was able to recruit a friend at the last minute and they both finished at just about the same time.

{Richard & Tyler right before the race}

He finished in 1:44 minutes. Not bad for a first timer. Way to go Babe, we were so proud of you {and glad it's over}!

{Get your tickets to the gun show ladies!}

In Lola news:

She is doing great. Always happy! Getting SO fat! and not quite sleeping through the night. She had a couple of really great nights where she slept for like 5 hours straight, but those have become a thing of the past {insert sad face}. But it's still ok because even though I get up three times in the night she sleeps in until 9 or even sometimes 10. So I can handle it. She is close to 12 pounds and a little over three months old. She has started talking up a storm, it's so cute and loves to smile and get attention. She's getting a little spoiled with being held all the time, so I need to try and curve that a bit. I don't want to end up with another Tommy. He's still too much of a handful, I don't want to end up with two spoiled kids. I'm getting close to putting her in her crib soon. She's getting old enough to know her surroundings and I don't want her getting used to being in our room {another mistake I made with the first one}.

Anyway, I've been working on a few fun projects around the house. I've got before and after pics to show once I finish. I'm also trying to get my Binky Clips up on a website to get some more sales with them. I've made some really cute ones lately and need to try and sell some more of them to help pay for some odds and ends around here. I need to get my Photoshop back up and running before I can get that blog gong though. Hopefully that will happen next week sometime. I hate not having my Creative Suite. I'm so lost without it!

So I just saw that Farrah Faucet & Michael Jackson died today. Neither of which makes any difference in my life. Crazy, really makes you think. Or not. I'm sure we'll hear about this in the news for weeks now.

Alright, well I'm gonna try and get some exercising in tonight. I still have about 7 pounds to lose before Monday when "The biggest loser" ends. Probably NOT going to happen, but I'll still semi try. Have a great night and try to stay cool in these HOT summer days!

Later!

My poor MAC!

So I have been computer less for almost a week now. I hate this! My poor iMAC crashed the other day and it's getting repaired. So in the meantime I'm needing to use Tyler's PC to check my e-mails and such. I really hate using a different computer. You get so used to your own. Anyway, I'm hoping that I didn't loose everything that was on it. It hasn't all been backed up. So keep your fingers crossed for me! Today Toms and I took a long nap while my wonderful SIL, Hope kept Lola. It was bliss! Thank you once again Ya, Ya! Earlier we went to the Tempe Beach Park with my sister and her kids. It was way fun, a little crowded, but still a good time. Toms didn't want to leave. & what was with the weather? so beautiful! The breeze was blowing, it was perfect for being outside. Love it! Last night we lost our power for about a half hour. It was so windy but only for about 3 or 4 minutes. Weird! But that was enough to blow the power out. It was so quiet around the house. I didn't like it! So I couldn't fall asleep until the fan came back on. Tyler is getting all geared up for his triathlon this weekend. I still can't believe he is doing this. He has recruited a friend to join him. Good luck guys! I also started a new "Rewards" system for Toms. We'll see how it goes. I think he gets it, but maybe not completely. I've got pictures once I get my computer back. Alright, Hope just brought Lola home, so I'm gonna go play with the kiddos. Later!

Snapita Filancha Gosnita Snapoo

Every week we get to join Jill {my SIL} at Tyler's Grandpa's house for lunch. Well, yesterday we had Toms show off all his new "talents" to Grandpa Tom. The "Snapita Filancha..." saying is something Grandpa has been saying for years. He used to tell his grandkids that he spoke spanish and that is what he would say. So it's famous in Tyler's family. So if you are wondering where that comes from now you know. Enjoy the show.

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The Boy

...is such a crack up! His new thing is singing along to the new Black Eyed Peas song "Boom Boom Pow". He totally sings it and even adds the "jacking my style"part. Hi-larious! I'll video it and post. It's something everyone must see.

Tonight he started to "Fake" cry. Sounds a whole lot like his real cry {Because it's always fake and over-dramatic}. But still very funny.

Tyler and I were talking about Lola tonight and I was saying that she only takes little cat naps during the day. Tyler said, "Yeah, what, about....{pause, waiting for me to answer}" and Toms chimes in with "2 Hours". It was so funny and perfect timing. I can't believe he knew what we were even talking about let alone answering with a correct answer. He's such a crack up!

I had the music playing on our fabulous Apple TV today and he went to grab his little toy piano. He sat it on the coffee table and proceeded to play/dance/sing like he was singing the song on the TV. Another great moment in the life of Toms.

This past weekend we went to see "Night at the Museum" with all of my family. He loved it and didn't move a muscle during the whole thing, it was great. But afterwards he started saying "Fire Power" like the thinking statue does with his arms up in the air. So funny. He actually pronounces it "Fider Powder".

The microwave is actually the "Microphone" around our house. He says "Make it ourm in the microphone" every night about his bottle. {Yes, he still takes a bottle, give me a break, we're working on it. At least it's only at night and nap time. Could be worse. Right?}

Every day he starts doing something new, I just love it! He talks so much and is learning like crazy. He still can't seem to get his colors right, but he sure has the comedy thing down. So I guess that's good enough for now.

I had to take a moment to write some of these things down before I start forgetting them all. Hope you enjoy hearing about it as much as I enjoy it. Can't wait to see what he comes up with tomorrow.