Christmas with the cousins.

We had a pre-Christmas party when Easton's great grandparents were out to visit from Arizona. The kids were all in the goofiest mood so I got lots of cute pics but I narrowed it down to a few of my favorites...

Here's Logan and what Matt does to babies when their Mamas are not looking...Sorry Michelle, but he's your brother! :)

And here is my happy little nephew when he's not being buried in wrapping paper. He's so cute!! He's such a good baby too. He also just started to crawl and it's about the cutest/funniest thing! LOVE him!!


This is going down as one of my top favorites pics of all time! I love the enthusiasm on Easton's face and the "what the heck are you doing?" look on Logan's face. To say Easton adores his cousin would be like saying there is alot of sand at the beach. It melts my heart and makes me so excited to eventually see him love up on his baby sister!


Now... these two...
They look soooooo guilty!! If I hadn't been with them and saw this picture I definitely would have thought they were up to absolutely no good!! They are quite the pair. They are the perfect combination of spunk, mischief, hilarity and cuteness. They are also avid wrestlers (with the help of Matt) and no doubt they will rule the playground! (Logan, better get ready to take these two down!)


Can't wait til next Christmas when Baby Girl joins this adorable little bunch!!

Proud big brother!

We have an announcement...

"She will fill our lives with sunshine and our hearts with love."

Trying to give me a heart attack now, aren't ya!!??

We had a little scare earlier in the week and rushed into the doctor. We've never experienced anything like this before and thankfully I was able to see the doctor right away. It was only fours hours of waiting but when you're waiting to hear the news of losing a baby or just experiencing a little bump in the road every minute might as well last an eternity. It's safe to assume Matt and I stopped breathing while awaiting the news. Especially when the all too perky nurse tells me over the phone, "Oh, you're ONLY 11 weeks. That's still early." What the heck is a frazzled, freaked out mama supposed to do with that comment!!?? Was she trying to prepare me for the worst? Clearly she doesn't know me at all...I always jump to the worst possible scenario and her words were only helping send my already pounding heart into a full on marathon! You could literally see my heart pounding out of my chest...People, I don't make this stuff up just for an interesting read!! :) When we arrive Nurse Perky Pants takes my blood pressure and says, "WOW!! That's really high!" Wellllll.....DUHHH!! Does she not remember why we are here!!!!?? Finally the doctor arrives (seriously why does it take them so long to come back after they ask you to get into your birthday suit!!? If they are going to make you wait while they grab a snack at least turn the heater on!!) She does the ultra sound and quickly says, "Baby looks good, there's the heartbeat. Here, let's show Dad!" She turns the monitor towards Matt...really!! How about showing the poor lady laying in a "gown" no thicker than a single ply of toilet paper about to have a heart attack...remember my high blood pressure!? I'm no doctor but that can't be good for the baby?! Finally she turns the monitor towards me and the "I've had too much caffeine for my own good and just can't seem to keep my thoughts to myself" nurse announces, "Whoa! That's a big baby!!" Great...get the epidural ready!
Yesterday was my set appointment, so Mee-Maw and Easton came. I was hoping they'd get to see my giant baby on the ultrasound but they just let us hear the heartbeat for the first time. After Monday's madness, it was sweet music to my ears!! 11 weeks down...29 to go!

Dear Little Wagoner Baby...
I was so happy to see your little face and hear your strong heartbeat. You've grown soooo much. You no longer look like a lima bean...you look like a baby!! Your big brother was so happy to hear your heartbeat, as he says, "Go Boom, Boom, Boom!" Keep up the good work. Thank you for easing up on the morning sickness and heartburn! See you in four weeks!
Love you so much, my little sprout!
xoxoxoxo

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Buzz Lightyear & Friends!

Pumpkin-heads!

My sweet boy...

While pondering the news that he is going to be a big brother Easton has had lots of questions...
Here is a little conversation we had the other night while getting ready for bed...
Easton: "When is the doctor going to get the baby out of your tummy?"
Me: "The baby can't come out until it gets bigger and stronger, so it won't be here for a long time."
Easton: "Will it hurt you when the doctor takes the baby out?"
Me: "It will hurt a little but I'll be okay."
Easton: "Will it hurt a big much or a tiny much?" (gestering his hands reflecting the different amounts of pain.)
Me: "A tiny much."
Easton: "It's okay Mom, don't worry, I'll be right next to you!"

Sniff, Sniff, He's going to be such a great big brother!!

Matt's Birthday Present...

I've been patiently waiting to share with everyone what I gave Matt for his birthday 2 weeks ago...

We had our first Doctor's appointment today & are beyond, beyond, beyond excited that we have a little lima bean on the way!! Coming your way June 2010!!

Disneyland!

On my birthday Matt had work and school and wouldn't be home til late, so my mom and I decided to take Easton to Disneyland. He is going through a Mickey Mouse/Toy Story phase at the moment and I thought now would be the perfect time to go. We had a blast! It was not crowded one bit. We literally walked on to every ride. Easton even rode Big Thunder Mountain!

Easton Met Woody!! Easton is PETRIFIED of these sorts of people in costumes (can you really blame him? I am 5' 8" and look how much taller Woody is than me! HUGE!). He generally admires them from a safe distance away. Any closer and he absolutely loses it! BUT...being that he is quite obessesed with all things Toy Story I knew this would be worth the potential meltdown.

As you can see he did great...

he later even talked to Woody and gave him a hi-five!

Calling Daddy to tell him he took a picture with Woody...

"Daddy! He was this BIG!!"
Shooting Aliens with Mee-Maw...Bonding at it's best!!
He later said this was his favorite ride.
Disneyland has the CUTEST pumpkins!

Posing with Jack Pumpkinhead.

Stopping to give Mama some birthday love!

Stopping to call Katelyn...This child will speak to no one on the phone...except for his beloved Katelyn! It's hilarious!

Spinning on the Tea-Cups...Also a favorite!

"Enjoying" the Roger Rabbit Ride...This picture cracks me up!

Flying on Dumbo with Mee-Maw...He also like this one because it wasn't "dark and scary" like the Haunted Mansion.

Thanks for a fun day Mee-Maw!!

Not exactly the looking I was hoping for...

Don't you love when you want to take a cute picture and instead of smiling your child tells you, "I wanna make a mean face."??!

He's a keeper!

Last week I was totally bummed that Matt would not get to spend my birthday (my golden birthday no less!! 29 on the 29th!) with me because of work and school, which can't be helped, naturally and on top of it I was sad because we wouldn't even get to spend the weekend together because I had to work on Saturday and he had a school function on Sunday. It was going 3+ weeks since we've had a day off together...Seriously our life is pure chaos at the moment. As you can imagine I was not a happy girl when I went to work on Saturday. However, when I got home from work Saturday these bee-utiful flowers along with birthday cards were awaiting me. That sneaky husband of mine surprised me with an overnight date at the beach (oh-la-la!) We left Sunday morning, dropped Easton off at Grandma & Grandpa's. We throughly enjoyed our time together. It was soooooooooooo nice to reconnect and just do nothing together.

Is she here yet? Is she here yet? Is she here yet?

We have baby on the brain in our home these days. Easton is fascinated with them. He loves his cousin Logan to pieces. He adores his buddy Nolan's little sister Kenna (Their mama & I pray that some day they will fall in love and they will give us gorgeous blue-eyed grandbabies!) And now Ry and Val our expecting a sproutlet of pinkness that we can hardly wait to meet! The concept of pregnancy is slighty confusing to understand for a toddler. In the literal world of a 3-year-old, the idea that there is a baby in Val's tummy is mind blowing!! At one point he thought Ryan had the baby in his tummy! As Val's little tummy is growing though it does help to solidify the fact. He is constantly picking things out at the store that "Val's baby needs." Or saying sweet things like, "When Val's baby is bigger I will let her play with my cars."

The hardest part for him to comprehend is the issue of time...How long is it going to be before this baby finally gets here!?! Things to him exist only in terms of last night, today and tomorrow.

While having lunch today he asked me (for the 250th time), "When is Val's baby gonna be here?" I was trying to explain that she needs to stay in Valerie's tummy awhile longer so she can grow big & strong...he interrupts me and says, "Oh, she'll be here in 7 days."

Dear Sawyer,

I hope not to see you in 7 days, although I can not wait to greet you on the day you are born! 19 weeks to go!! Your cousin is beyond excited to meet you. I know you two will be the best of friends!

Keep up the good work little sprout!

Love you so much already!

P.S. It's soooooooooooo fun shopping for you! I can't stop!

xo

This makes me giggle...

On our way home from Trader Joe's today Easton was drinking a strawberry yogurt smoothie that he just had to have. We can not shop at Trader Joe's with out popping open some Joe Joe's, munching on a string cheese or gobbling down a banana. Today his snack of choice was the smoothie (because "his tummy needs a drink"). He asks me, "What's this drink called?" I tell him, "It's a strawberry smoothie." He then asks (with a tone that suggests he clearly thinks I have no clue what I'm talking about) , " What's a moo-lee?" Hahahahaha!

Murphy's Law...Or Something...Physics isn't really my subject...

You are making dinner with the help of your ever-so-adorable child. He's eagerly dumping all the ingreidents in the salad bowl and you are pulling the mouth-watering chicken enchiladas from the oven. Sounds like a picture from "Better Homes and Gardens." But you notice your child about to dump the sour cream into the salad bowl, you ask your child not to do so...You turn your back to put the oven mitts away and....your child does it any way! You scoop out what you can, toss the salad and serve your husband...

And he thought he didn't like sour cream.

Lessons Learned...

#1-Your child will inevitably do the exact opposite of what you ask of them from time to time.

#2-Your husband will chow down on whatever

you put in front of him.

#3-There is no use crying over spilled sour cream.

Sleep Talkin'....

Easton fell asleep in the car and as I was getting him out (trying so hard not to wake him) he says, half whimpering, "I need to get money for Disneyland!"

Keep it Up!

After a loooooonnnngggg five day weekend, Matt finished his first 6 units as a graduate student. Yes, you heard me right...6 units completed in FIVE days. That meant class, papers and presentations 24/7. Yes, that also means that we have not seen him since Friday morning. I guess this is preparing all of us for the craziness ahead in the next few years! I have no doubt he will be uber successful. To say that he worked hard to get in to UCI would be the understatement of the century!!! I am so happy for him and thankful that he is on his way home...

our house is a lot happier when he's in it!

"Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain

my potential until it cries for mercy."
- Og Mandino

He loves me...I swear!

"Reader, I married him."

-Charlotte Bronte

Dilemma....

We are in quite the pickle at the Wagoner house these days...

Easton can't decide what to be for Halloween and

I can't decide if I should let him choose solely on his own or

if I should "nudge" him in the direction of what I want...

Such is the struggle with parenthood I suppose.

Regardless, he has to be something!!

These are the front runners thus far...

Buzz Lightyear ($50 at the Disney store...REALLY!?!?! Why didn't mom ever teach me to sew!)

Woody (If this is the winner he wants me to be Jessie or Bullseye...google it if you're not familiar, get a good laugh but the answer is NO!)

Pirate (He was a pirate for his 1st Halloween, no repeats!)

Ladybug (The first word is "Lady" need I really say more?)

Bob the Builder (We have a just say, "No" policy to overalls in our house!)

A Nice Monster (This is the one I'm hoping for! It's really cute.)

Winnie the Pooh (Not even made in his size, luckily!)

Dinosaur (Again, not made in his size, unluckily!)

Wall-E (I don't even consider this a costume...it's basically an apron.)

Looks like you'll just have to wait til Halloween to hear the outcome.

No matter what the little man decides,

he will most certainly be one of the cutest

trick-or-treaters on the block...so get that candy ready.

Swinger...

"There is no better view than the view from a swing!"

Easton & his peeps...

We were visiting Baumie (my grandma & Easton's great-grandma) the other day and she pulled out our old Fisher Price "Little People." Remember those from back in the good ol' days!!?? We had the western saloon, the house, the parking garage, etc...They don't even make them anymore!! As a side note my sister claims these are hers but seeing as how I was born a whole FIVE years before her I don't think that's possible!! :)

Anyhoo...Easton instantly staked his claim on these toys!! Seriously, when he attaches himself to something that's it! He turns into a hard-core hoarder! There is no negotiating! So, luckily Baumie (being the ever-so-sweet-give-you-the-shirt-off-her-back kinda gal that she is) let Easton take the "people" home. He calls them "puppets" because they have the perfect child-size finger hole underneath them...I never really paid that much attention to it before but he's absolutely right! It's so fun seeing the world through his eyes!! He was soooooooooooooo excited playing with his "guys", he lined them up (his FAVORITE thing to do!!) and begged (I kid you not!!) me to take a picture of them!

Aftermath of a Popsicle...

"Today you are you, it's truer than true.

There is no one more you-er than you!"

-Dr. Seuss

Peek-A-Booty!

Does this mean he will be a plumber?!?

Po-tato-Pah-tato....Gorilla-Ga-will-wah

This blog is for no other reason than I don't want to forget Easton's dialect at this very moment. He's speaking less and less like a baby learning new words and more like the big kid he keeps reminding us that he is becoming.

This was all prompted by bedtime a few nights ago.

We were reading his favorite book, "Goodnight Gorilla" (which I will be buying for my niece Sawyer when she arrives in February!!). We have this running joke every night in which I ask him what story he wants to read, knowing full well the one he will choose. He then giggles over to the basket of books and grabs the Gorilla story and waits for me to feign distress...this is hilarious to a 3 year old. On this particular night he hands me the story and says, "Read Goodnight Gorilla." I almost fall off his bed! He said gorilla perfectly! This is a first! I loved the way he used to say it, "Ga-will-wah." I plead with him to keep saying, "Ga-will-wah." He of course refuses which leads me to saying it about 50 times. Easton is in stitches at this point, laughing so hard and loudly that Matt peeks in to see what could possibly be so exciting at bedtime.

It is so very hard to watch the baby side fade away and the big boy side emerge but we can't stop it or even in slow it down so we just have to soak up every minute we possibly can!

Some of my other faves (I'm sure I'm forgetting some...)....

"So-peen" ....Lotion

"To infin-da-bee and bee-yawn!"...To infinity and beyond

"Pulley"...Pillow

"Unna-wears"...Underwear

"Foc-corn"...Popcorn

"Chalky Milk"...Chocolate Milk

"Mess-a-cee-ceet"...Sesame Street

So sad....

Yesterday morning Easton announces to me, "When I'm done being little, I'm going be berry tall!"

Wait, What?!!?

"Done being little." ????

I'm soooooo not ready for that.

Stay little awhile longer...please.

Is that so?!

While strolling the aisles of the new SUPER Target (seriously, it was SUPER! I LOVED it!) Easton apparently had a revelation....

As I was trying to decide if I wanted to buy the cheaper, flimsy, economy pack napkins or the slightly more expensive "fancy" napkins (for those of you who price compare: it was only about a $0.40 difference by the way but you get 300 less napkins. I opted for the "fancy" ones, we were having company & by golly they only get the best from the Wagoners!!) Wait, where was I???....

Oh yes, well, completely out of the blue clear sky (that's a George Strait reference for those of you paying attention!) Easton declares, "I want a brother." It tugs on my heart strings a bit and I say, "Oh, you do buddy! That would be fun!" I guess he was still contemplating this whole sibling thing because he then announces, "Maybe we could have a boy AND a girl!!" Laughing, I say, "I think that would be too many babies." My ever optimistic child (smiling wider than I at this point) assures me, "No, it would be perfect!!" Insert my panic attack -----> here!!

Little Photog...

On the way home from the beach Easton wanted to take pictures.

Being the super cool mom that I am, I let him.

Self-Portrait.

Me & Aunt Lacy.

The beautiful scenery of the 15 freeway.

Gotta love those blue eyes!

My seriously cute child...also seriously tired!

Photo-Op...

Easton is in love and awe of his new cousin Logan....as is seen on his ear to ear grin!

And, don't even say it!!...We know he needs a sibling!!

This was our first attempt to get a picture of the three grandkids...

Not a huge success but then again not bad for kids 3, 2 & 6 weeks old.

1st trip to the golf course!

While I was at work one day Matt took Easton to buy his first golf club, a putter. Golf is an easy concept for 3 year olds...you hit the ball, it goes in the hole (at least it's supposed to!) and you get "super, berry, really, berry, super" excited (or mad!). As soon as I got home we rushed over to the nearest golf course. He loved the putting green, the driving range and the "free" balls (especially a blue one & yellow one which he wouldn't let Matt touch). Matt was eager to teach, Easton was more eager to do it by himself..."I do it!!!!" Both my boys had a great day! We had to peel him off the putting green by bribing him with ice cream. (Matt, not Easton!! LOL, I crack me up!! Is this mic on?!)

Sax-a-NO!!!!!!!!

Let me first preface this blog entry by telling you that I will most definitely be in the doghouse for posting these pictures...BUT I just could NOT resist! (Sorry Matt!)

Once upon a time Matt was a saxaphone player (luckily he stopped before we started dating!) In the 12 years we've been together he has kept said saxaphone....I've only seen him play it twice... Once when we were first dating (I called him Lisa Simpson) and once the other night for Easton. Easton is far more impressed than I. As soon as I saw he was dusting off his sax I RAN for the video camera...which he's probably since erased :( It was super duper funny. Of course I'm sure in his day he was an excellent saxaphone player...he's good at everything he does. (Hopefully that saves me!)

Better watch your back Kenny G!

Easton playing the "trumpet!"