A sleepy Lucas checkin in.

He does a whole lot of this except when it's my turn to sleep.

Lucas is contantly kicking blankets and socks off. There is a trail of itty bitty socks all over the house. I'll have to get more pictures when he's more awake.

What are your thanksgiving plans?

Nothing to really exciting to report this week except that we finalized our plans for Thanksgiving. For some reason I keep thinking that it's this Thursday. It's not for another week. We are getting together for a huge feast with the Copas's and the Murrays. Last year was awesome cuz Brian deep fried the turkey. Today he was asked if he would deep fry this years turkey. He's also thinkin about frying up a ham. We'll see how it turns out.

We have been having the strangest weather. Brian had to turn on the AC one day and the heater on the next. So strange but now I'm getting ready for the cold. I've got my logs for the fireplace and the hot coco and the hot apple cider. I'm so ready. I'd like to have the girls over for a girls night in before everyone goes off traveling for the holidays. Oh I gotta close up cuz Lucas woke up and doesn't like not being held. Pictures of the boys should be posted soon

I didn't get any pictures of peanuts but they were there I promise. It's that time of year again when the National Peanut Festival rolled around. Brian really doesn't like going cuz of the animals and peanuts effect his allergies. I'm glad that he came and had I'm sure that he had a good time due to the fact that the evenings entertainment was the demolition derby. Plus we met up with our good friends Murray family and took Little B to feed the animals at the petting zoo. Little Brian sat on his Dad's shoulders while we watched dancing elephants, camels, ponies, and dogs. They even had the classic motorcycles being driven in a metal giant shaped hamster ball.
It was great.

Little B loved his first taste of cotton candy and funnel cake.

The demo derby was awesome. I had this fear that Brian would fall in love and find this to be a new hobby. Thankfully that wasn't the case when he said that he's been in to many accidents. There was a few fires started and a few injured drivers. I couldn't help but think of all the cars that we had growing up. Our old station wagon. They had a couple of those. They even had a Ford Escort which was my first car. It's currently being driven by my brother but I'm sure that he'd be happy to have it demoed.

The kangaroo pic is for my Mom. She has a great kangaroo collection. They also had porcupines at the petting zoo as well. They didn't let us get to close. :0) I had to be sure that Brian held his hand out flat when feeding the animals. He did really good.

We were pretty well prepared weather wise. Next year I'll remember to bring something more than just a few snacks. I had forgotten how expensive fair food can be and the line for the Corn Dog Man was ridiculously long.

Lucas slept thru most of his first NPA experience. I'm sure that we'll be back next year.

I've got it soo good

I was talking to the stylist while she was cutting my hair and we were talking about dating and marriage. She's a single Mom with 2 boys who are 15 months apart. It just got me thinking how extremely lucky I am to married to this man.

He's a real good Daddy. He's supportive in everything I do whether it's being a stay at home Mommy or purchasing something that I don't need. I'd stand there in the store aisle hmming and haaaing and his response would be "Get it" Then I would be left to try and talk myself out of it. He never complained (not even a groan) when his Mother in Law comes and stays a month. It helps when she is my Mom.

More than anything I know that he loves me for me cuz he lets me know it.

I've really got it good.

It's chopped!! and Lil B sportin the Mickey

The before.....

The After....

It's gone. I've never had my hair this short. EVER!! I always thought about it but chickened out last minute. I've asked Brian the What If question. What if I cut my hair would you still love me? He said that he'd never tell me that I couldn't do anything. I was still afraid to come home. It was pouring rain when I came out of the mall so the pictures here are not exactly how it looked but you get the idea. Change is good right? I like it ...I guess It's different. My main worry was that it widens my face and makes me look heavier. Which is all the more motivation to lose that baby fat. I don't like having hair in my face so I usually tuck the sides behind my ears. It drives my Mom crazy. I'll most likely join the rest of the world and go out and buy a flat iron.

I wanted to throw in a few pics of Little B. Today got a fun package from Aunt Donna in Pennsylvania. Included was an adorable Mickey Mouse hoodie. It fits perfectly and he wore it tonight when we went to dinner at Old Mexico. Thanks Aunt Donna!! We love the clothes.

If the weather cooperates we'll take Lucas to his first peanut Festival tomorrow. They are having the demolition derby so the guys will love that.

Brothers

I think that Little B is getting this whole "Big brother" thing down. LB was having a good chat with Lucas when these were taken earlier today. I forgot to mention in the last post that Lucas doesn't want anything to do a with a binky. So maybe I was worrying about the binky snatching for nothing

Happenings in our happy home.

Here's what's happening in our neck of the woods...

Grandma Mitchell taught me to take a picture of the boys for each month till they turned one. It's fun to see how much they change during that month. So here we go...

Lucas is ONE month old already. Isn't he a cutie?

I think so. He doesn't smile a whole lot yet -unless he has gas.

Sure enough I knew it wouldn't be long but he's in the 3 - 6 month old clothes.

Ever since day one he kicks his blankets off to expose his feet. I'll have proof soon. Lucas loves being held.

We are adjusting to one less set of hands and eyes. We had it so nice with Grandma here but things are going well. I try and let Brian sleep after him working all night. I've only had to wake him up for help once which is pretty good. I found the babybunching website a great reference. The recent post seemed to have perfect timing cuz it was all about breastfeeding with a toddler running around. Brian is wonderful and makes it possible for me to get out for an hour or two in the evening to run errands.

Our weekend date was spent at home with a couple of movies. We watched Lazarus Project and The Forbidden Kingdom with Jackie Chan and Jet Li . They were alright. I wouldn't add them to my DVD collection. The Lazarus movie Brian had to explain a few parts to me. I love love love watching movies with Brian. He explains things without making me feel stupid. I'm good about waiting till the end of the movie to ask questions.

Little Brian is doing good. His favorite toy of the week is Big Brian's calculator. They are inseparable except at meals. Maybe this is a vision of things to come. I hope that he takes after his Dad as far as math skills goes. Another favorite past time is pushing the music buttons on Lucas's swing. It's gotten to the point where the music gets on our nerves. Our first attempt was taping a 3x5 card but that was short lived cuz B just laughed and riped it off. Big Brian then pulled out the duct tape and applied it over the buttons. Hooray for duct tape. We are enjoying the peaceful rhythmic sounds of the swinging swing without any twangy music. Soo nice.

I know that the Christmas season is upon us. I'm ecstatic that Brian's parents and Brother are coming out. We'll be taking them to see The Christmas Carol over in Montgomery where we saw Beauty and the Beast.

We recieved a call today and they asked Brian if he would speak in Sacrament meeting. He told them that he wasn't a very good speaker but that he would. I knew it was hard for him cuz I know how much he hates speaking in front of people. My heart goes out to him cuz speaking for 10-12 minutes in front of a huge congregation is not easy. Growing up the in the church we've been given opportunities ever since Primary to give talks. I'll try and pull up some material that he could possibly use. They asked me to speak as well but I without a doubt will be in the Mothers Lounge feeding Lucas and trying to keep an eye on Lil B so I had to politely decline. He'll do great and I'm looking forward to hearing him speak.