You know you’re obsessed when…

1. The Twilight Saga takes up so much of your free time it’s all you can think about and therefore you find yourself blogging about it.

2. You want to buy a t-shirt that says:

"I poured glitter on my husband so he would sparkle"

but you know your husband won’t be caught dead in public with you wearing it.

3. You talk your husband into reading the whole Twilight Saga (including Midnight Sun’s 12 Chapters) just so you can have someone at home to discuss every chapter with.

4. You get personally offended when your husband rips on Edward or Bella.

5. You get excited when your baby gets his sharp corner teeth before his front teeth.

6. You look forward to going to work just so you can talk to coworkers about Edward and Bella and Jacob and Alice and Jasper and Rosalie and Emmett and Carlisle and Esme… you get the point.

7. You put a Twilight Movie Countdown on your blog.

8. You go into withdrawls after you've finished reading the Saga and desperately want to start reading Twilight again, but you can't since you've loaned it out.

9. Your husband is desperate for whites so he starts a load of laundry himself.

Okay, so I started writing this thinking it would be funny, but as I reread it, it’s just embarrassing! I think I need help!

How To...

My brother-in-law, Matt recently had to give a "How to" report.... his was on "How to procrastinate" funny huh! This brought back memories of all the "How to" reports I've given throughout my life, my favorite one being in 3rd grade on "How to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich". Anywho, Matt took great notes on one of the other presentations and was able to share his new knowledge with his wife who shared it with me... and now we're addicted! Thanks guys!

Here's all you need:

• Peanut Butter
• Ritz Crackers
• Almond Bark
• A toddler who loves to push buttons on the microwave, who loves to make messes, and who loves chocolate

All you do is make a mini PB sandwich with 2 crackers (be sure to load on the PB). Melt the chocolate and dip the mini sandwiches until well coated. Put on wax paper.



ENJOY!

Mini Jeremy

Tanner is entering a new phase where he likes to imitate EVERYTHING we do. The other day I heard a lot a ruckus coming from our bedroom. As I got closer I heard a lot of frustrated grunting noises. When I arrived this is what I saw…

This is Tanner exercising just like Daddy. This was his first success at getting his shirt off by himself (hence the frustrated grunting noises).

Jer got home shortly after I found Tanner on the treadmill. We were having our normal after work chat to catch up on the day. Jer walked by me and gave me a couple little love taps on my derriere. Tanner followed closely behind doing exactly the same thing. Jer saw it from the corner of his eye and said, “Did he just...” and we both started dying of laughter.

We’re learning quickly that we have to mind our P’s and Q’s if we want Tan to do the same.

Here we go again!

Wow, I feel like we just went through this with Tanner... oh wait, we did about 18 months ago!

We'll our happy little guy started doing the super crawl and pulling himself up all in the same week (this was a couple weeks ago... I'm just a little behind). He has entered a new world and loves to explore. His favorite things to do are: Climb the stairs (and scare me half to death), walk in circles around the coffee table, pull off all the books on the bookshelf, and empty out all the toy boxes. As you can tell by the pictures, he is VERY proud of himself. Now that he's figured out how to get around, he can't hold still.

Tanner is loving this new stage Max is in. Every time Max starts crawling towards Tanner, he thinks they're playing chase! It's great... Tanner get's really excited and starts running in circles around the house. Finally, someone else can play chase with Tanner!

A WINDY Day at the Beach

Well, we went to Longbeach with my parents yesterday. We love Longbeach! You can drive out on the sand and it's usually the perfect place for flying kites, window shopping and eating great food. This has become a tradition to go to Longbeach so this was our 3rd annual summer trip. Each trip to Longbeach has given us many hilarious memories, and this one did not disappoint. We drove into town car packed with kites, buckets, shovels, chairs, a canopy to protect us from a full day in the sun, a picnic, swimsuits, towels... and the list goes on. The town was packed with tourists...this was our first sign that no on was at the beach. After a delicious stop at the bakery we ventured out to the very desolate beach. We opened the car doors and instantly knew why we were the only ones out there! Dad and Jer's hats blew off, Tanner got blown over, sand blew in mom's eye and the door slammed shut onto my leg. Needless to say we were all back in the car within 3 minutes.
Despite the wind and rain, we still enjoyed our time in Longbeach. We did some window shopping, Tanner rode the marry-go-round and we all got some ice-cream... and yes, Max LOVES ice-cream! Tanner loved his ice-cream too... he wanted cotton candy ice-cream... yummm! Max and I shared a blueberry cheesecake cone! Look how excited he is!

Not quite the same as a picnic on the beach, but at least it wasn't windy in our front yard!