Friday, January 23, 2009

Musings of a Logan Girl

First let me start with the latest happenings. Yesterday I called the Health Department to ask about birth certificates for Brenner and the baby. Yes I still don't have Brenner's birth certificate. Gasp, I know, get over it. So I asked them about changing names and she said yeah just fill out the info on the back of the birth certificate with the change. Simple enough, so I went and got both birth certificates and plan on filling out and changing the name soon. No more Clarke. He is now known as Clark. I sent out the birth announcements and sorry I couldn't send them to everyone, but they were a little pricey. Anyway, for those of you that got one, just mentally omit the "e" on the end. Before the birth certificate thing, we took Clark to his 2 month Dr. appt. He is growing well and the doc said everything looks great. he aleady weighs 11 lbs. He's growing like a a cute little weed. After that my sister Megan came to visit and we went and had a delicious sushi dinner. This brings me to the rant and rave section of this post.
I usually don't do this on my blog, but I am having one fo those "grass is greener" days where I say things to Travis like "Hey you should be in the FBI!" or "Let's move to the East coast." or "I want to be a size 2" etc. Why is it that women are like this? I'm sure there is something I envy about every single one of you. I would imagine that we all have days like this where we look at someone else's life and wish ours was more like it. Why must I be such a fickle creature? I think that, in general, a lot of women are like this, at least the ones that I know, and I think it blows. I am grateful to have a husband that says "Em, you would like that for about 3 months and then ask when we can go home." Which I think is true to a certain extent. I'm tired of Logan and all the same kind of people doing all the same kinds of things! There, I said it. The thing is, I don't want to move far from my family because I love having them close and involved in my kid's lives, but geez I feel like some days I need a little spice! New people and places and things to do! Yikes I need a vacation. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I hate "grass is greener" days and I can't wait until it stops raining so I can go outside and play. So I'll leave it at that because Brenner has trapped himself on the top bunk and is yelling for me to go get him down. It's times like this that I realize my life is actually quite full of spice, and with me and my guys, there's never a dull moment.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Mini Vacay

We decided at the last minute to head up to Island Park for a couple days to see my Mom's new cabin and see the River. We left Sunday and stayed until Tues and enjoyed hanging out, snow shoeing, and playing in the snow. It was beautiful, and although I wouldn't live there, I would love to spend some time there in the winter. It is quite cold and the snow gets so deep, I think I would buy enough groceries for a couple weeks and cozy up in a nice warm cabin. My Mom's cabin was just finished this Thanksgiving and it is amazing. We stayed in a plush king-size bed, enjoyed some 24, and had some good grub. It was was nice and cozy and I'm so jealous of Mom's appliances and shower!




Before we left I took some pictures of my boys. Brenner looking so dapper in his vest and tie and clark's smiles (by the way I think I'm changing it) They were both really on with the camera so here they are




Friday, January 9, 2009

CLARK E?

Ok this is really important ya'll. Lately I've been thinking about how silly it was to put an "e" on the end of Clarke. It really bugs me when people name their kid something weird or spell it some crazy way, and then I went and did it myself. So, I have his Social Security card, his birth certificate, and everything else except his blessing certificate. Do I change it? I'm seriously considering it because almost everyone, including family, has spelled it Clark. And I'm fine with that, because that was my original intention, the "e" was a last minute change while I was sitting in the hospital, filling out the birth certificate form and had crazy hormones surging through my body. So if you're reading this, I better get a comment, because I need some help deciding what to do.
On another note, I am always trying sneaky ways to get Brenner to eat more nutritious things. It kills me to give him spaghetti-o's or mac-and-cheese, but sometimes you just need a quick lunch. Today was victorious! I cooked carrots while I was making the Kraft macaroni and I pureed them and put them in with the cheesey goodness. Although it looked a little different, he snarfed it right down! Wahoo! I tried it and it's pretty darn good.
This morning we sat in bed and snuggled and played with our little boys and it should have been filmed and put in a movie. Seriously, it was so cute and stinking adorable. Brenner was holding Clark(e) and the baby was cooing and smiling at him and it was about as precious as a bucket full of puppies.
Sigh.
That's all, get back to me.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Christmas 08

Whew. Take a breath, the holidays are over. I love 'em, but I'm so glad when they are over so things can return to a somewhat "normal" state. We had a great holiday with lots of gifts, family, and fun. Christmas Eve was spent at the Fonnesbeck party, then we came home to sleep and have our own Christmas. Brenner was slow to wake up in the morning. I had all these visions of his squeals of joy when he saw the barn Travis made for him, but he was more concerned with breakfast. Some might say he's just like his mother in that regard....
Anyway once he woke up he was so happy with his gifts, and it was so much more fun than last year. Apparently Clarke was unimpressed by the whole ordeal and was in and out of sleep the whole morning. Travis and I got each other some perfect gifts, one of which included a GPS heart rate monitor for me. No more excuses. I'm excicted to use it, but it will be better when it's not so cold outside and I'm not exiled to the treadmill. We had a fun Christmas day in SLC at my Dad's then my Mom's. Then a few days home and off to the cabin in Eden to celebrate New Year's. It was a good year for us. Kind of weird that at the same time last year we weren't thinking about a baby AT ALL. (well ok Travis probably was) I am so happy Clarke is with us though, he is such a sweet baby and I love him to pieces. He is smiling now and it's enough to melt your heart to liquid lovey goo. Christmas morning I wanted to get a picture of the boys in their matching pj's, and Brenner wasn't too keen on the idea. I have to post these pictures because I thought it was so funny. The first one is the real Brenner, the second one I told him "I'll give you a treat if you give Clarke a hug and kiss!" Take a peek.


Eva sharing with Brenner
My hot babe sister Megan holding Clarke
Cousin hugs!

This isn't Christmas, this is my attempt lastnight to get a pic of Clarke smiling. It's the closest we got.