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!