GRahaM CRaCKeR HouSE

Today at playgroup we made a graham cracker house. Kason was more interested in eating the candy than putting it on the house, but we got a little bit on there! Here is the sequence of pictures I went through to get him to do a normal smile. It seems like it is either a cheese or a somber face for the camera lately. 1 1/2 more days and counting until Isaac is done with finals and we are heading to Utah!!

Things We Love

I am a little bit behind! But, right now alot of things are happening that we love so I need to catch up.

About a week ago I went to see the Twilight movie with a bunch of friends. And while it was not as good as the book, I still liked it and it was alot of fun to be able to go

Stephanie, Marci, Callie, Trista, me

Kason LOVES baths. I ask him if he wants to take a bath and he gets really excited and says, "bath, bath" and runs into the bathroom.

We loved Thanksgiving! This was the first time we did it on our own. We were sad to not be able to be with family, but it was great to do things on our own for the first time too. I had never stuffed and made my own turkey before, but everything turned out so good and alot better than I expected for my first time! The menu: turkey, stuffing, gravy, green been casserole, candied yams, mashed potatoes, and rolls, with pumpkin and sour cream apple pies later. We got together with a bunch of families for the pie. It was great to have Isaac home for a day. He was back to school the day after Thanksgiving and now I just keep telling myself, "2 more weeks, 2 more weeks". Here is our attempt at a family picture.

We also set up our Christmas decorations. I love Christmas!! I love the smells, the sounds, the lights, the feeling... Kason was very excited about the lights and the tree (even though it is a little one it's better than nothing). I am sooo excited for Christmas, because: 1. Isaac won't be in school, 2. We will be home and hopefully it will be snowing, and 3. Kason will get what's going on more this year.

This is a picture of Kason last year at Christmas. He was just barely starting to crawl. Wow.

This is him now! What a difference a year makes! He can say "Jesus" and for Santa he says "Ho, ho, ho". We love this time of year!

Daddy's Shirt

This is Isaac's shirt that he wore when he was little. His Grandpa Smith got it in Hawaii and gave it to him. It is a cute little shirt and I thought it was neat that Isaac used to wear it when he was little.

And since I blog a little more often than I write in my journal and because I am planning on someday printing this or making it into a book, I want to remember some of the little things Kason is doing as he is growing up.

-Right now he loves football (he still loves basketball too) When he says football it sounds like "buttball"

- His hair is getting so much thicker! I cut it all a couple days ago. He just seems like a little boy now.

-When we eat dinner he gets this big smile, raises his cup above his head and says, "Cheers" and calls "Dada" to hit each others cups and then "mama" to hit cups.

-Isaac has taught him and he loves to give five, then pow, then a bzzz. This is where he will go to Isaac and give him five and then have to do it to me. Then he will give us each a pow (fist). Then he will do a bzzz (pointer fingers touching and "shocking" each other). He loves this!

-Also, although there are some things I don't like about Oregon and even though it did rain pretty much all day every day last week, this week has been a different story. It has been beautiful! It does not feel like the middle of November to me.

Finally!

I am finally doing Megan's tag. Each answer is supposed to only be one word.
1. Where is your cell phone? counter
2. Where is your significant other? school
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? work
5. Your father? work
6. Your favorite thing? happiness
7. Your dream last night? scary
8. Your dream/goal? eternity
9. The room you're in? living
10. Your hobby? homemaking
11. Your fear? death
12. Where do you want to be in six years? Home (meaning in a house and Isaac DONE with school)
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? decided (about where to live right now...long story)
15. One of your wish list items? washer/dryer (IN the house/apartment)
16. Where you grew up? Utah
17. The last thing you did? visit (a friend)
18. What are you wearing? sweatshirt
19. Your TV? liked
20. Your pet? nope
21. Your computer? blessing
22. Your mood? stressed
23. Missing someone? Isaac
24. Your car? civic
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? Walmart (sad, but probably true)
27. Your summer? fun
28. Love someone? Isaac
29. Favorite color? green
30. Last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? yesterday
I tag: Dulcie, Katie M., and whoever else that hasn't done it

Halloween and Applesauce

I have been wanting to post for quite a few days now, but just haven't gotten to it. So this morning, amidst the dirty dishes and still in our pajamas, I am doing it! Better late than never!

First of all, this is Kason's new crib! Isaac's dad has made a crib for all of us when we have our first kid. We are excited to have it and really like it. And Kason didn't have any problems adjusting to it. So, for those of you who have wanted to see it, here it is!

For Halloween Kason was a fireman. I was pretty happy with how his costume turned out for just going to Goodwill and getting the hat for $0.99 and the jacket for $2 and some yellow duct tape. He had a good time at our ward trunk r treat and on Halloween night we went trick or treating around the mall with some friends. Kason got the hang of putting out his bucket to get the candy. I don't give him that much candy, but I am eating way too much of it! He loved his costume and would say imaman (fireman) and do the siren noise.

And last of all, Kason has a new word - "applesauce". I give him applesauce alot for a snack or before bed and one day, he just came up to me and was saying it pulling me to the fridge. It is just such a big word for him and he says it so well; 3 syllables- pretty amazing. :) Maybe it is because we are his parents, but we just think this is pretty funny and pretty dang cute. We try to get him to say it all the time.

BIG Brother!!

We are all doing great and having alot of new and interesting experiences with where we live. Isaac is keeping very busy with school, but if he is home we are very happy!

I was trying to do something different with his hair this day, it didn't really work.

Kason loves books! He has some of his own and we go to the library and get about 15 new ones every few weeks.

Multiple times a day he will pull them all off the shelf and look at them all and come tell me what he sees. He loves it and I love it!

He will be a great big brother! Yes, we are having another BaBy! We are excited. The due date is May 12. So that makes me almost 11 weeks along, or I like to say a little over 2 1/2 months. Although I am pretty much scared to death of being pregnant and having the baby while Isaac is in this first year of grad school and gone all the time, we are definitely super excited. I am also excited to feel better, which will hopefully happen soon. This pregnancy, so far, has seemed a little different than with Kason and that makes me wonder if it is a girl. I don't want to speculate yet, but I can't help wondering. And I definitely wasn't showing at this time with Kason! The doctor is doing an ultrasound at the next visit and I am hoping there aren't two babies in there! We are excited and wanted to share the good news!

DaNCinG and the oFFicE

Kason has really been liking this little video we have lately about animals and singing. It's pretty much the only thing he will watch. He has started doing his own kind of dancing. He usually bends his legs up and down alot and tries to jump. The day I recorded this, though, he was doing more running/dancing. He turned 19 months old a couple days ago and is growing up so fast and talking so much! He is always making us laugh in the little things he says and does.

Also, Isaac officially started all of his classes and teaching assignments this week. eek! He is teaching 3 classes. I think it is going to be pretty intense! He has an office he shares with another guy. So here is a picture of his home away from home.