Oh To Sleep Anywhere!

So today was a busy day. We rushed out the door after breakfast and went to the nursery to return our dead tree. We bought an Austrian Pine and we still have store credit. Then we went through Carl's Jr. drive-thru and ate at Charl's parents. We visited for an hour and then went back to our house beating my mom, Sam, and Maddie by just 15 minutes. My mom has been visiting from Atlanta, GA and she spent time in Idaho with her high school girlfriends and my sister Sam who lives in Idaho Falls. Sam drove my mom back down for one more night with us before she flies back home. We were grateful that Sam could drive her back down to the SLC area. She wasn't feeling very well, but she knew that I wanted to see her...it's been 1 year since I have seen her. (She also brought me a toddler bed that we set up for Anders. Now Holly is in a real crib, with cute girly bedding. It's about time..she turns 9 months next week.) We hung out with them for a few hours and then they left to go to Layne's house in South Jordan. My mom is sleeping at her house tonight and Sam and Maddie are driving back to Idaho. When they left, Charl planted our new tree and I vacuumed out our car. By this time I am starving because it was 7 pm. I fed Holly first and then made waffles, eggs and sausage for us. It was ready just as Charl finished mowing the lawn. We didn't finish dinner until 8 pm and we still had to go to the store to get stuff for Sunday dinner and our trip to California (we leave Monday morning). I had Charl run to the store and I got the kids bathed and in bed and started on 2 loads of laundry. While I was getting Holly settled, Andersen went downstairs looking for Charl, but he was gone. So he turned the TV on and found a football game (I could hear it upstairs) and climbed in the exer-saucer. I could tell he was in this because he was spinning this ball thing that makes a very distinct noise. I got Holly to bed and just as I shut her door, the phone rang. It was Charl. He wanted to confirm that he got everything. After a 5 minute conversation with him, I spot treated some clothes and threw in a load of laundry (aware that Anders is still downstairs). 5 minutes later, I go downstairs to retrieve Anders and I find him sound asleep in the excer-saucer. I'd love to be able to sleep anywhere! It was a fun day and Charl was happy because BYU killed UCLA 59-0. Way to go Cougars!

Granny Louw's Birthday Fun

Here are some pictures from Granny Louw's birthday dinner. It's always fun for Anders and Holly to get to see their cousins, aunts and uncles. Granny's birthday is always fun because she gets gifts (fun little trinkets and treats) for everyone. Anders loved his m & m's and tiger car. Holly loved the wrapping paper and the cute book, too. Charl loved his Toblerone and I, of course, LOVED my Almond Roca and Butter Rum life savors (she knows me well). Thanks Granny, we love and appreciate all you do for us. P.S. - Notice the size of the "muskmelon". We grew that in our garden and gave it Granny for her b-day. She said it was perfect.

I've Been Tagged!

My sister Layne "tagged" me this afternoon. I had to call her to find out what that meant. Read along and you'll know by the end.

These are my favorite shoes. They are easy on and easy off. They can be found on this rug in my foyer when they are not on my feet.
This is my favorite room in my house. I love to sleep! I'm lucky I didn't look at Layne's blog until late in the afternoon, because I washed and ironed my linens this morning and made my bed when the kids went down for naps.
Me talking to Layne, trying to learn about being "Tagged". Andersen helped take this picture. He held the camera and aimed. I pushed the button.
What I'm doing now: TENNIS ANYONE? I love the US Open. I was sitting in that stadium just 4 years ago...what a blast.

My kitchen. Yes, I almost always have stuff on the counters. It drives me crazy, but I don't have a solution for it yet. I want to install more cabinets in my kitchen and create a real desk area. Then I'll have places to hide the junk.

My laundry room. I ironed Saturday and the clothes on top of the dryer have been folded for well over a week and there they still remain.

My closet. I just tidied this up on Monday, so it doesn't look that bad. Layne and I have the same size closet (hers may actually be bigger), but I love my closet and she says she hates her. If you ever re-do it... copy mine.

My sink. I should probably de-clutter this, but overall, not too bad.

OK - there you have it. Now I TAG - SAM and BIRDO!

Things I Want To Remember

Charl has funny names for baby items.

we say binki, he says mouthpiece

we say car seat, he says baby seat

we say bib, he says apron

There is some logic to his terminology, but it still sounds funny.

Tonight Andersen had a couple of 1st.

The first thing new he did tonight was pee in the potty. Before his bath I've been putting him on the potty to get him familiar with the toilet. Since Charl usually bathes him, this has only happened maybe 4 or 5 times. As expected, he never does anything (except try to put his feet inside...it took him a few tries to figure out how to sit on it). Tonight, however he got a bath right after drinking a full glass of milk. I put him right on the potty and he let it rip. I said, "Yea, you did it!" He smiled from ear to ear. It was really cute. A few days later, he pooped in his diaper as he usally does in the late morning. So I took the diaper off and dumped the poop in the potty and set him on the potty again. He looked down, while sitting, and noticed something in the bottom of the water and he said, "stinky rocks." I got him down and we flushed, and he said, "bye stinky rocks." He thinks he poops rocks.

The second thing new for Andersen was he said, "YES." For those who Anders, you know that he is very good at saying NO. I have never heard him say "yes" to anything. Even if I ask him if he wants "chocolate milk" he never says "yes", instead he'll just run and get a cup and wait by the fridge door. He lets his actions do the talking. Well tonight we were watching Andy Roddick play in US Open. There was an exciting point and Charl yelled, "YES! HE GOT IT!" Andersen, too, got caught up in the excitement and yelled, "YES!" just like his daddy. At least now I know he can say that word.