They are watching...

My sister Janelle sent me this video about how kids pick up what you do... good and bad... Here's what Ada did to copy me yesterday.

I was typing my blog entry about her birthday party and she was "typing" on the computer that was turned off next to me... she turned around all businesslike and put her elbow on the back of the chair... then she said, "Jeremy, could you come and look at this please?" Then turned around and kept typing.  The two best parts about that is that Jer was at work and she knew it... and that's what I say when I need Jer's help with something computerwise...

After party effect...

Ada wanted to play with the balloons from her bday party... Here's what happened!

Ada's birthday

So my little Ada turned 3 yesterday!  I can't believe that she's already 3 and that she hasn't been with us forever!  I swear she's always been with me to guide me to do good things hasn't she?!  We had a party on Saturday with all her cousins her agae and a couple lf friends... we built a train.  It was a lot of fun and for once in my life I didn't take any pictures... Jer did.  So here they are!

Just have to show

This is last week when my kids were both sick... you know they don't feel good when they do this before lunch time.

Notice that Sammy has cuddled up to my kindle... yeah... any technology will do... a cell phone... a remote... a laptop...Jer's kid.  That's all I have to say about that.

And then there were 5

So... I'm reallly excited... we've been trying for a year to get pregnant and now it's happened!  I'm only a couple of weeks... in fact I don't know how many yet.  I'll find out at my doctor's appointment at the end of the month.  And my insurance covers my obgyn from last time!  I was hoping the new insurance would because I loved their office... I love how Dr. Haskett explains everything and he was so patient during my 16 hour labor and didn't just do a c-section because he was tired of waiting.  (He predicted it down to the half hour too... he came to see me... and then said, "I'll bet it's about 2 am."  And what do you know... Sammy was born at 2 am.)  I'm a little nervous about not having enough hands for everyone, but I'm less nervous about how this baby will mesh with our family than I was with Sammy... Then I got to know Sam and I know that God sends you children that fit in with your family.  I'll post due dates and stuff when I know.

Just plain cute.

We were finishing dinner and what do you know... Sammy beat us to cleaning up for him...

And you can tell they're my kids if they know how to use a camera by the age of 1 right?

coolest balloon animal ever...

Well, not quite an animal... it's actually a balloon princess that the guy at the restaurant made for Ada.  We took her to Brick Oven for her birthday... and because we wanted to go out to eat...(Can't believe she's turning 3!)  And sorry about the dirty kitchen... I wasn't exactly planning on showing the world my disgusting kitchen.  It's usually not amazingly tidy, but I try to keep it semi clean.

Videos

Here are some videos of the marathon... one of Jer crossing the finish line.  And... I'll change that... I have a video of Emily crossing the finish line but blogger's server is rejecting it... (file size maybe?)  I'll see if Jer knows anything about it.  I didn't marry him to not use his tech expertise after all. 

Here's Jer's take on the experience.....

Funny

So I went to get Sammy out of his crib this morning... and this is what I found... Ada still isn't able to get out of her shirt on her own... but he got halfway out of his somehow...

Jer did it!

So Jer did it!  It's what he wanted to do since he started running marathons (almost 2 years?).  He ran the St. George Marathon.  And so did his sister Emily.  And our neighbor Scott.  And I didn't see any of them or their families the whole time I was cheering.  That was weird but I guess when you have 7000 runners and all their family and friends that come to cheer them on that's not too weird not to find anyone that you know.  There were runners from every state but one... I don't remember which one but it wasn't Alaska or Hawaii... it was something like West Virginia... and runners from 8 different countries.  I saw a blind guy running with his cane and a running partner.  A parapalegic being pushed in a special running wheelchair.  A midget.  And the Army was on hand to both help those that collapsed and to encourage those that were almost there but didn't think they could make it.  It was an amazing experience!  It was dang hot though... it was a record day for Oct in St George.  Jer and I also got to go to the temple the night before which is really cool because Jer's parents were married there and my Grandparents were temple workers for some odd 15 years there.  We also got to drive through Snow Canyon on our way home.  I loved it... missed the kids but loved the alone time with Jer.  We also got to visit LeVenard and Dottie in Cedar City on our way home.  I will say they are a lot of fun!  And Dottie has spunk.  Even though she needs back surgery and has a tumor on her adrenal gland... she made sure that she got us something special to drink at the store, and made us a dinner of Ham, potato salad and green salad from her garden.  She never complained about the pain until the end of our two hour visit.  And she does all her dishes by hand even though they have a dishwasher.  She says it's easier to wash them as she cooks then to let them pile up.  Spunk. 

We got to Jer's parents house who had been so marvellous to take our kids overnight!  THANK YOU!  And Sammy just cried... he was so relieved to have mommy back.  What a momma's boy.  Ada could have cared less though... as long as there was something to do!  We tried watching General Conference but with the travelling and the kids running around I really didn't get much out of it.  I am so grateful that in our day and age I can watch it on the internet, read it in the Ensign, and download it for my mp3 player.  I'm thankful for technology!

 Ada was going "fishing" with her cousin...

 My cheeser boy... every time there's a camera... "cheese!:"

Ada was "helping" grandma do Sudoku... she actually really likes to scribble in all the little crossword puzzle boxes... it's pretty funny.  Sorry grandma... hope you got it done eventually.

prize

Ada got a "special" ice cream for not having any accidents in her pants for three days... It doesn't sound like much but she's stayed clean and dry since!