My Birthday!!

Today is my birthday! I'm 29! YIPPEE! We celebrated yesterday, (because Brian has football ALL day long) by going out on the boat. A tradition 6 years in the running. It was a nice day. It wasn't too hot..it actually was a little cloudy so it made you THINK you weren't getting sunburned...eeek! There was Brian, Brooklyn, Brison, Mom, Allison and me out enjoying the festivities. There was good snacks, and lots of fun. I skiied for the first time in 2 years. Got up on my first try, thank you very much! When we got home, Brett and Gretchen watched the kids for us and we went to dinner at The Garden in Salt Lake City and then went and saw IRON MAN. I'm going to pamper myself today with a pedicure. Mom is here now to watch the kids for me. Isn't it grand being 29?

My Son

He is such a stinker. He started waving on Sunday. He is just the cutest little boy I have EVER had! He loves the tub. He was dog tired on Tuesday night. Brian had given him his bottle and he was almost asleep drinking it on the floor in the living room when Brian turned on the tub for Brooklyn to take a bath. He IMMEDIATELY perked up and crawled down the hall and into the bathroom. This kid loves the water! I had wanted to put him in swimming lessons, but I was nervous about the chlorine in the pool with his really bad, dry skin. So, I think I will hold off! Here are a couple of (modest) pictures of him in the tub. I however can't guarantee that you won't see Brooklyns bum! I don't have any type of control over that girl and her bum!

A new summer accessory!

Yesterday, Brooklyn had fallen asleep (probably while watching Enchanted) on the couch downstars. She woke up, but was still really groggy and didn't know where she was and went to lay back down, and fell off the couch. She was crying and screaming as I walked in the door coming home from work. It took quite a long time to get her calmed down. She was favoring her left arm pretty bad. I was worried that something was wrong. I thought that her shoulder had come out of the socket. She could squeeze my hand and raise her arm above her head...so I didn't think that anything was broken. She was so cute, she was crying and saying that she still wanted to go to swimming lessons. She was crying as we put the swimsuit on and anytime anything would bump her arm she would cry and let out a wimper. After I put her in her car seat, we started driving down the road and I put her "Enchanted" songs on and she started singing, while still crying. Wendi, the swimming lesson teacher, had her mom who is a nurse come and look at her. She suggested that we take her to the doctor. We went and they did x-rays of her arm and shoulder and sure enough...her collar bone is broken. She gets to wear this lovely sling for 4 weeks. It will be off just in time for her birthday. She was such a trooper at the doctor. She held still for the x-ray. While the tech was developing the film, I gave Brooklyn a sucker and she said..."I'm all better now". It's really sad when your child can out quote you on movie quotes, but it was really cute, and kinda sad, when she said to me "My arm ripped"...(which is from Toy Story 2 when Woody is having a nightmare about his ripped arm and Andy throws him away!) She really is such a tough little girl. I just wish her bones were as tough!

Date Night

This last friday I was able to get out of the house (wahoo!) and go to dinner and a movie with some of my friends....my older friends that is. HEHE. They are wonderful friends and I have enjoyed getting to know them either through my calling (Renee is the Young Women's President, I the lowly 2nd counselor) and Pam is a neighbor that I have known forEVER it seems. Her daughters just graduated from high school and I taught them in sunbeams...15 YEARS ago. That makes me feel old.!) We laughed, and ATE and enjoyed each others company. It was a blast. I don't get out that often too much anymore...I just hate leaving my kids. It makes me feel guilty and for the most part Brian is always really busy and I don't too often have a babysitter. It was fun. Dinner was good. The movie was ... good (I don't think McDreamy is all that Dreamy..sorry!) and the conversation was about how we are all getting old and our bodies are falling apart. It was FUN. I too, cannot wait for the next girls night out!