It's my birthday

I've been tagged and it seemed like the perfect one to do on my birthday...

8 (I'm not sure I can come up with 8! I'm so normal) weird things about Robin:

1~ Until I was about 12 I had very blonde, very curly hair and blue eyes. Now I have dark brown curly hair and green eyes.
2~ When I cook, most of the cabinets are wide open. Once I open a cabinet to get something, I always leave it open just in case I need something else out of it later. This will save me the effort of opening the door again. But I hit my head on the open doors all too often.
3~ I don't think this one is that weird but whatever. When I load the dishwasher, I always separate the silverware. It makes the unloading much easier.
4~ I clip my fingernails at least once a week, usually twice. I can't stand having any white at the end! But I always forget to clip my toenails.
5~ Next year Dennison and I are trading birthdays. I've always wondered what a birthday in the middle of the year would be like and he'll get a little taste of a Christmas time birthday.
6~ I'm a picky eater but not in the sense that I don't like a lot of foods. It's more the quality of the food that I'm picky about. I won't eat anything that looks, smells, or tastes a little off. I used to pick through my rice and take out all the ones that were a little discolored I've gotten better about this over the years.
7~ My biggest pet peeve is when drivers slow down before they get into the turning lane.
8~ Before I put my shoes on I have to check to make sure there's no spiders hiding down in the toe. To do this, I get a wad of toilet paper and quickly shove it into the toe, squishing any spider that might have been hiding. I don't do it with all my shoes, usually just the ones I haven't worn in a while and always with my rain boots. And sometimes I want to do it so bad but I force myself to just put the shoes on (curling my toes back, just in case) without a spider check just to make sure I haven't crossed the 'crazy' line.

So there you go, Happy Birthday to the weirdo.

what a day

Today was Carter's first day of nursery!! He did great, just like we knew he would. He's always a little shy at first but he warms up to anyone pretty quickly. And if toys are involved, forget it! It was a little sad because he didn't even miss us. He probably didn't even notice we were gone. But I'm so glad he had fun and we were able to do our thing without worrying about him.
He looks so grown up!! My little boy....

Unfortunately, he only got to stay in nursery for an hour on his first day. Because of this snow (yes, that is grass that you can still see poking through, and our patio that snow was barely sticking to), church was canceled before the last hour! Being from a very snowy town in Idaho and then Utah, I was a little surprised that this little bit of snow would have such a big effect. But believe it folks, it's true. I was wearing a pair of FLATS while at church and a kind lady was appalled that I would wear such things when in was snowing outside. At first I really didn't understand what she was talking about but then, seeing her choice of footwear, it made sense. Boots. Snow boots. I don't mean any offense by this story, it's just not what I'm used to. But I'm so glad it's snowing!!! It just doesn't feel like Christmas time until I see snow. And living here, we don't see it often (obviously).
But since it was so cold today, the boys got to wear their grandma-made sweaters!! Aren't they darling??!! Carter loves holding Jude's hand. so cute.

Baby sling anyone?

I've never used a baby sling before but I really want one! It would be especially helpful now since Jude is getting heavier by the minute and Carter cannot sit still. I feel like my hands and arms are always full of babies!!! I guess there's worse things in life though :) My sister has a sling and every time I talk to her on the phone her cute little baby is in the sling. She loves it. I also have a friend here that has one and every time I see her she's sportin her sling. Sidenote: when you check out the modmum website, my gorgeous friend Lacy is the model on the main page. Isn't she cute in that sling?!

SOOO.....

If you want to win a baby sling here are the instructions straight from the modmum baby sling website. My favorite sling is the Lily.

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awwww

Oh Carter...

If you look closely, you can see Carter inside his cool "train" trying to pull Spiderman inside with him. Spiderman is obviously too tall.

Jude's baby blessing

This past Sunday was Jude's baby blessing. All of Dennison's family - minus mom:( - was in town for Thanksgiving so we thought it would be the perfect time. Both of his brothers and his father were here to participate. It was a beautiful blessing and an incredible experience for our family. I've got some amazing guys in my life!!Jude's face is priceless in this one

Dennison with his Dad, brothers Mark and Shane and friend James. And Jude.

Thanksgiving and just some other pictures

All of Dennison's five siblings and his Dad were able to come to our house for Thanksgiving this year! They haven't all been together for quite some time so it was really fun. Thanks to his sisters Heather, April, and Kristina we had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with plenty of leftovers. The best part was that I didn't do any cooking! They were so wonderful and thoughtful of us with our new baby. The men were able to get in some football (playing and watching) and the kids all had a blast together. We even managed to get family portraits taken. It sure was crazy around here for a couple days but so fun.
Carter loved the corn on the cob

Jude always sleeps with his hands above his head

Dennison and Jude with his brother Mark and niece Rachel

Me and my boys

Carter giving Jude a kiss and Jude being bored with it.