DLand!

So we went to Disneyland the other day and Steve took Sammy into the bathroom to go potty. After going potty like a big boy in the urinal, Steve put him back onto the floor to pull up his pants. Unto feet meeting floor, his hands found their way onto the urinal (i guess to balance?). Steve pulled his hands away and proceeded to tell him how absolutely disgusting it was. What did he do.... oh he stuck his finger in his mouth- totally out of spite. (I would've thrown up all over at this point) but it gets better- while currently being scolded, he licked his whole hand- SO GROSS!

I cannot believe my son would do such a thing :) Thankfully he hasn't gotten sick (yet).

Here are a few pics from before the grossness:He just loves to read the map.

He usually will just run up to the characters all by himself. I think he was awestruck with Woody.

Dentist- Take 2

Let me set the stage for you. If you know me, than you will know how nervous the dentist makes me. I have HORRIBLE teeth. I spent way too much time at the dentist when I was younger. I don't have the best dental habits, I only brush once a day, but try to floss 2-3 times a day. Bad teeth run in my family, so from the start I have tried very hard to keep Sammy's teeth in tip top shape in order to spare him from my fate.

Last Wednesday we had the long awaited first dentist appointment. I had to wake Sammy up from a sound sleep (probably my fist clue as to how my afternoon would go). The whole way over to the dentist I tried to play up how fun it was and how they were going to take pictures of his teeth. Sammy has been so funny lately in identifying stores. Stater Bros. is in the same parking lot as the dentist, so we had a bit of a struggle in not going to Staters bit to the dentist. That power struggle followed us into the office. As we walked in Sammy proceeded to throw his body onto the floor- crying how scared he was. The very nice and understanding receptionist kinda giggled and wrote me up a referral for a pediatric dentist.

The ped. dentist was able to get us in first thing the next morning. I was so happy that he threw his little fit (don't ever tell him that). The ped dentist was great. The waiting room was geared for kids. They had his favorite movie playing ion the chair. It was perfect. I guess it was also pretty nice that he was enjoying himself too. His teeth look great. A small chip from one of his many spills, but nothing to worry about. We were a bit concerned about the antibiotic damage, but the dentist said they looked great.

He was so good. The assistant was so impressed with the way he kept his mouth open the whole cleaning

Bath Time Fun

I really just can't believe how big Sammy is getting these days. He is going to be 3 in 2 weeks. This morning in the bath we got to talking about our favorite place in the whole world, Disneyland. Hopefully this video will capture his excitement.

This past Friday Steve and I got a chance to go on a little date for a friends birthday. It was so nice to go and spend some much needed time together and uninterrupted time with some great friends.

Say Cheese!

Isn't he getting so big. I can hardly believe that my little boy is going to be 3 in less than a month!

This evening starts the beginning of Steve's night shifts. SO far the sleeping in the day has gone fairly well, but I will get back to you next week and let you know how the week continues on. Some exciting news.... Steve is now Full time instead of Per Diem. Wahoo! We are so excited. Now that we are getting settled back into the swing of things, I hope to start updating our blog again.

Things are crazy 'round here

Yesterday was Steve's first day at Loma Linda. Of course everything went wrong that morning. His alarm never wt off, thankfully I had set an emergency alarm, but he only had 15 minutes to get ready... he even had to shave. If he wasn't late enough getting out the door, he hoped in his truck to find that the windshield was iced over. After all that stress getting out the door, he still made it to work with 5 minutes to spare. Here's the best of a few pictures that I tried to get as he was getting ready.

Yesterday was also my friend Hannah's b-day. At Disneyland this year they are giving you a free ticket on your birthday, but if you have a pass (like we do) you can chose to get a gift card with the price of an admission ($69) on it to use in Disneyland. Sammy and I headed out and joined with with the Cowen's to celebrate Hannah's day. We had so much fun. It was a beautiful day, not too crowded
.Happy Birthday Hannah!The boys playing on Dumbo

Sammy just loves his mickey hat, and cries when he has to take it off!

Later that evening we stopped by CVS to get some pull ups, and I left my purse in the cart and walked away. We came back like 2 minutes later once we realized it was gone, and it was nowhere to be found. After much freaking out and calling banks and credit card companies, I think we have it all taken acre of. There are just a few more things, but not too bad. I think the thing that shocked me the most was that the people who stole it were really out to steal. They had already tried to use our credit cards. Man, what is our society coming to? There is some light at the end of all this, they found my purse, very rummaged through and empty of everything but a few business cards and my empty wallet at a gas station in Beaumont. After I was done filing a report at the police station I headed out to see what was left. Nothing much, but hey, I got my great $7.00 purse back!

We are up and running!

WOOHOO! I have finally finished putting together my vinyl lettering website. I have been working tirelessly for the past couple of days to get everything together and we are finally active. Please stop by and check it out- I am so proud!

www.myrefineddesign.com

On another note, things are still really crazy 'round here. Sammy is getting super big. He has been counting to 5 lately, a big accomplishment. We are still trying to potty train...one day, I hope. We are loving life down here in Yucaipa. Sammy especially is loving being around the girls ALL the time, they are such great teachers and Sammy is learning so much from them. I will leave you with a pic from the a current trip to the park.

A Few Things

So I know it's pretty obvious that we have fallen off the face of the earth the past month or so, It's been a little crazy 'round here. I keep making mental notes that I need to blog about this or that, but do I ever get around to it? Of course not. So here are a few things that are going on in our life and thoughts that I have been having.

• Steve and Jacqui- That is what Sammy has been calling us lately. Come on kid... Mommy and Daddy! It was quite funny at first, but is now getting a little old. Poor Steve is starting to really get his daddy feelings hurt :(
• BFF- abbreviation for our Big Fat Family. Our dear friends who we love so much have so amazingly and graciously opened their house to us to live until we can find a house. Have I mentioned yet that they are amazing? They have 3 of the sweetest little girls in the whole world. Tim and Kristy are such amazing friends to us and I can not ever express how much they mean to us and how extremely thankful I am for all they do for us- We love you guys so much! So watch out, here come our BFF!
• After 6 years, I do not bother to ask why my husband desires to be a crazy fool. Steve is a very daring, fearless adrenaline junkie, so am I ever surprised when he hurts himself doing something that he probably shouldn't be doing? Nope! I will try to post pictures of his daring stunt when I can figure out how to upload the new pictures to my computer w/out a cord.
• I have a very hard time fully believing that we are really in that much of a recession when we go to Disneyland and.it.isPACKED.
• I am starting to relieve my before child days. It has been so long since I have stayed up till 2 am, and I am kinda getting back into the swing of things :)
• Sammy is growing up so fast now. With having to keep up with 3 little girls, Sammy has grown so much. He talks so much, and says the funniest things.
• On the tram ride into Disneyland today Sammy pointed his finger at me and I bit it playingly and here is how our exchange went:

Me: Yummy finger tastes good.

Sammy: Yum, tastes like cookies!

Me: (giggling quite hard) Oh cookies, what kind?

Sammy: (rolling his eyes at his goofy momma) chocolate chip cookies mom!

Duh, what else would they be? On the way back we had a similar exchange but it was the opposite way, and my finger tasted like blueberry muffins.

So this a bit of my pondering over the past days. Hopefully I will be better about my posting in the future.