Crazy Kid

Disclaimers:

1. Please ignore the mess in the following video. I seriously clean my living room 5 times a day but it doesn't matter by the time bedtime rolls around. Its all a disaster again.

2. He usually wears pants. Oh, who am I kidding? This kid is the original "Pants off, Dance off"

Sam has a Toy Story chair. It is usually in his bedroom but tonight for some reason he brought it into the living room. By himself. Sidenote: He is obsessed with carrying large heavy items, especially my giant flour canister.

Anyway, back to the video. The following is a clip of his pre-bedtime game for the night. Every night he gets a little punchy does something crazy. Tonight I plugged in the video camera so I could catch it. The lighting is terrible and you can hear "The Office" in the background. This lasted for 20 minutes.

Crazy kid.

Last Week - Luck, Laughs, Loss and Love (and Boogers)

Where to begin . . .

Our little family has had quite a week.  

Monday (the day of Luck and Laughs), all of Ben's hard work paid off and he was officially made a post-doc at the University of Utah.  YEA!!!  His boss even introduced him to someone as Dr. Hanson.  Such a proud moment!  

While all of this was happening I was at the mall shopping for a dress for our nephew's baby blessing.  After searching the mall and finding nothing I ended up in Lane Bryant. I found a darling wrap dress and was happy to fit in the smallest size in the store. Hey people, its the little things.  The funniest part happened while I was checking out. The manager came out and said, "You're really cute. Do you want to model for us?"  

Say what?!

Turns out she is friends with a local celebrity stylist/personal shopper who has a segment on one of the morning shows.  She needed to find some "models" for a segment this next week and asked me if I would do it.  I have no idea what I will be wearing or what I'll be doing but I know I'm getting styled tomorrow and then I will be on the show later this week.  One of my cute sister-in-laws LOVES the segment and the stylist.  So apparently this is a big deal.  Maybe after I see what I'm wearing tomorrow I'll tell you what channel, day and time.  I'm a little nervous to be a "plus-sized model"  Is that something to be proud of? Should I be laughing? Embarrassed?  Or should I just wait and see?

On a sadder note, Ben's adorable grandmother passed away this week. Everyone called her "Great" instead of Grandma.  She was 91 and hilarious . . . and she loved the Jazz.  Especially John Stockton.  Oh, how she loved John Stockton.  Today after the baby blessing we got the chance to go take pictures of her home with all of her things still in the home.  It was fun to hear Ben's dad, aunts and sibling reminisce about different things in the home.  I didn't meet her until 4 yrs ago when Ben and I got engaged.  My memories of Great will always be tied to her sitting in her this chair with her little table of gear.  Usually it held her remote control so she could watch her ball games.  

Such a cute and funny lady.  We will all miss her.  

Finally, its been a week for L-O-V-E.  Ben is the best husband ever and he gave me a 6 qt enamel dutch oven.  Ben got an edible fruit arrangement.  It was very romantic. Sam gave me a week full of runny noses.  Boogers, boogers everywhere.  Being the little Don Juan that he is though he still managed to send Valentines to his "ladies" and immediate family despite being sick.  He has informed me that he didn't send out enough cards though so we are sending it into the blog-o-sphere.

Happy Valentines Day!

The Sickies

January marked a momentous occasion at our house.  Sam got the flu. For the first time ever.  Up until now we have only dealt with teething and colds.  No flu, no ear infections, nothing.  I keep telling him that he only has himself to blame for smooching Kaia.  (See below)  He has spent the last couple of days laying on the floor and the couch and of course, puking.  Ew.

After 10 days and 6 pukey loads of laundry Sam is almost back to normal.  He got up this morning and went straight for his toys.  Now maybe I can get back on track and get rid of the 7 lbs I've gained in the last 2 wks.  Ben blames the stress.  I blame the milkshakes.

Little Sweethearts

Sam has a girlfriend.  Her name is Kaia.  She belongs to Ben's buddy  "Big" Sam (see previous post).  Kaia actually has lots of boyfriends but we're hoping she will eventually come around.

"Wow, she's cute! I wonder if I should say something or if I should just try to steal her mac n' cheese."

"Maybe I'll just feel her hair. My mom likes it when I feel her hair."

Busted.

This is what happens when you turn 30

Before 30

After 30

Nice shirt Ben.  Someone must love you a lot to buy you something that awesome.