When Chase, Dylan, and I have no place to be we usually eat our breakfast and then go outside and play. I don't play, I drink my coffee and watch them play. That's how I stay in such excellent shape... Anyway, today started out in that same way, we got up, they asked to go outside, I said after you eat bloddy bloddy... So we eat and Chase and Dylan go outside. I am making my coffee when Chase comes in and says, "mom, there's a bird on the ground. and that's not the interesten thing about it. the interesten thing is that his eyes are open" and then he proceeded to do a fairly accurate bug eyed dead stare face.

Of course I do not want to investigate this. Those of you who know me know that I HATE birds. But, you know, I had to suck it up for the kids and see what was going on. Chase of course didn't want to be near the bird and Dylan most likely wanted to kick it so I headed outside. Right outside the sliding glass door to the immediate right was a dead bird (or so it seemed.... doo doo doo doo). There was also a bloody smear on my sliding glass door where it tried to fly in. (seriously?) So I had Dylan come back in and we watched a movie instead. About an hour later I am walking by the sliding glass door and there's the bird. Just standing there. I guess it was just stunned.....

Well no, it was more than stunned because the next time I walked by (no, I'm not obsessive or anything, well, actually I sort of am, but I was working on switching the computer room to another room and kept making trips by the bird. You know I didn't WANT to see it.) it had migrated over toward the bbq and was dead. again.


Later on................................

So, trip #527 by the bird and it's standing up again but I realize that it's left leg is tick tocking back and forth in about the spot a knee would be if birds had knees. And ew, it left a disgusting mix of blood, bird poop, and something chunky I'd prefer not to think about on the concrete by the bbq. Sick. At this point I just closed the curtains. I looked a few minutes later and it was gone. Yay.

Morgan gets home from work and I tell him about the bird and ask if he could please clean up any evidence (so I can pretend this did not happen) and also look in the yard for the bird because it wasn't looking so good and I thought it might not have gotten very far after it finally left. He proceeds to tell me that next time I should just get towel and put it over the bird and then it'll just lay there. AS IF!!! I must of looked horrified at this because then he just laughed. I mean really, I've been with the man for 11 years.

Of course Chase had to demonstrate the bug eyed dead stare face for Morgan. He also pretended he was a bird and "flew" into the kitchen cabintes and then landed on the kitchen floor. That was pretty funny. Oh, and in case you're wondering, the bird had just gone back to it's original spot and finally died.

Dude.

P.S. Tiesha, I am offended and hurt that you haven't checked my blog.... I will most likely mention your name in all my posts until you check it ;)

So, since I usually stay up later than I should (because my kids will be up early!!) and check facebook and surf the daily news (and when I say news I mean celebrity news), I figured I should at least update my blog. I totally don't have anything to say but this should keep Tiesha off my back for a good couple weeks! ;) Just kidding Tiesha! Well, I mean, sort of....

The boys had their birthday's this month. It's amazing to me how time flies. I can't believe that Chase is now five years old!! It seems like maybe a couple of years since he was born, not five already! And Dylan is two, he surprises me daily with all the things he's doing (or trying to do) and saying. He's so smart. I guess I forget how fast they learn things at this age!! They play together pretty well most of the time too which is SO cute. I love it! Just today they were chasing each other around the house pretending to shoot each other. I guess Chase got Dylan because all the sudden Dylan pretend moaned and fell to the ground and played dead. Chase stood over him and said, "wooks wike it wasn't your wucky day". Dude, it killed me. Then I obsessed about whether or not they were going to grow up to be sociopaths.

For their birthdays my mom bought them bikes, those were a hit for sure. They love them!!! Here are some pics of them in their gear. Pretty cute. Morgan and I keep telling them they just need to wear their helmets and not the knee and elbow pads but they like to have all of it on. They crack me up! I fricken love my kids.

So, I'm slightly better at getting my kids hair cut than I am at updating my blog. Sad, I know. It's just that I don't love having their hair buzzed (which is the extent of talent that Morgan and I have for hair styles) and I hate making phone calls so I put off making an appointment for them until their hair is really long. It grows really fast too, in my defense. Anyway, I knew it needed to be done but I didn't know how badly until we were all in Fred Meyer one afternoon and this guy told me how adorable my little boy and little girl was (the little "girl" was Dylan). I corrected him of course but he still kept telling me how cute "she" was. It was then that I knew something needed to happen, I mean, he was old but not THAT old. So, here are before and after pictures of Chase and Dylan getting buzz cuts from daddy.

I mean, really, a girl?? Okay, it's long but it's not that long..... just because his bangs caught on his eyelashes... he has long eyelashes. (Whatever it takes to make myself feel better...)

Clearly this is not his favorite thing to do!

Pilo 'o hair. It didn't look as impressive in the photo so we measured it next to Morgan's ginormous foot to show how big the pile really was.











Chase's before... this kid has a lot of hair

He's a pro, he thinks it tickles

Chase's pile 'o hair

The after shot. My kids are the cutest kids on the planet.

I know, I suck.

"Don't know what you got, 'till it's gone..."
Cinderella (the 80's rock band)

As some of you know, I have again been without my computer for what seems like years but was really only a month. The first time it broke the computer people said it wasn't Vista (as I mentioned it might be since we didn't start having problems until we upgraded to Vista) but just that we needed a bigger video card to handle Vista. So, we got a new video card installed and tweaked a few other things. Our computer worked for a couple weeks and then went down again. We took it to the same place who had it again for a week and said it was fixed. We brought it home but unfortunately, it never turned on. So, we took it somewhere else who (after almost 4 long weeks) put XP back on for us! I think (fingers crossed) that my computer is going to be fine. It runs so fast now and kicks butt. The only problem is that the speakers aren't working. For those of you who are wondering why on earth we upgraded to Vista in the first place.... it's becuase Morgan somehow accidentally deleted the speaker drivers on our pc. Since our computer didn't come with the XP disks and HP didn't support our computer anymore, we just upgraded to Vista. Basically, we are back to where we started (except short some mula, bummer) with a fast computer that doesn't make a peep. Normally this is something I would complain about but since I'm just happy to have my computer back, I'll complain about it next month. Like the title says, "you don't know what you got, 'till it's gone..." (I know, I'm dating myself with the 90's rock but whatever.)

It's the little things......

When I was about to have Dylan one of my major dramas (little things can become very dramatic when you're me and pregnant...) was what type of stroller to get. I don't use an infant seat, so I needed one that would lay flat for a newborn. I was pretty sure that Chase would still want to be in a stroller (he will still sit and nap in the stroller) so I needed a double stroller, and I needed one that would fit into the trunk of my car which is not very big. What I ended up with was the Zooper Tango which is a side by side double stroller. It is a great stroller, it steers well and is really well made. It came with all sorts of covers and it was a manly navy since I had both boys. Oh, and it was pretty much the only double stroller that fit in my trunk..... I loved it last summer, we took it for walks almost every day. Then came the rainy season..... and walks indoors... and then I realized, this stroller blows. It was such a hassle to try and maneuver it between aisles in the mall or the grocery store. And forget about looking at the clothes in Target... so finally I got a sit 'n stand stroller. You really can't appreciate how nice a single wide stroller is until you push around a double wide for awhile! I love my new stroller and Chase loves it too. Once in awhile I feel bad because he wants to sleep so he'll kneel on the platform (where his feet go) and then lean over the seat and sleep. That's kind of sad but it doesn't happen often anymore and I try and plan trips around times that I know Chase will be tired. But, that stroller pretty much makes my day every time I get it out. It barely fits in my trunk, I have to keep the front tray off for it to fit but the hassle of taking it off and on every time is worth it! Oh, and in case you're looking for a double wide stroller, I'm selling one and it's in excellent shape!

What the???!

I know, even though my computer has been fixed for a few weeks, I still haven't posted in awhile. I have a good excuse though, I started a new job and have been pretty busy with training on crazy shifts and stuff. Our life will hopefully be back to normal in a few weeks. I should be working mainly swing and weekend shifts, this past few weeks I've done day and graves. Graveyard sucks, by the way. A few weeks ago I had to take Chase to the dentist. It was his first appointment and I wasn't sure how he would do. Those of you who know Chase know that he has personal space issues! I took him to the dentist that Morgan and I go to and Chase did great! They were very good with him and showed him the tools before putting them in his mouth and stuff. Chase made it through most of the cleaning before he decided he was done so they quite. Here are are a few pictures.....

Checking out the air blower and getting teeth cleaned....

Dr. T. checking out the teeth and a picture of the thee of us when it was all over!