First Teeth Cleaning

I can't believe my baby is this big.

Play-Doh, Cookie Dough...Whatever

Yesterday I woke Liam up from his afternoon nap, and while he was still half-asleep we had this conversation:

Me: Hey Liam, do you want to wake up now?
Liam: Mm-hm…
Me: Do you want to play with some cars?
Liam: No.
Me: Do you want to play with trains?
Liam: No.
Me: Do you want to play with play-doh?
Liam: Oh, yes! I want to eat some play-doh.
Me: Yuck! You want to eat play-doh?
Liam: No, I don’t want to eat blue play-doh. I want to eat brown play-doh with chocolate chips in it.

Cousins

Liam was a tiny bit hesitant about Baby Hanne at first, but then he discovered that she meets both of his criteria for being cool.

1. She likes his toy airplane:

2. They like the same jokes:

Nerd Lessons

Last night after dinner, Ben shook up the balsamic vinaigrette and said, “Liam, want to watch the oil and vinegar separate with me?” Liam excitedly jumped up on Ben’s lap and together they watched the oil and vinegar separate. Then they shook it up again and watched the separation again, over and over while Ben said nerdy things like, “An emulsion is a mixture of two immiscible liquids…”

I just hope that Ben's genes are more dominant than mine so he can always have a buddy to nerd it up with.

10 Cool Things That Happened On My Christmas Vacation

1. My family came to my house for Christmas, so I got to sleep in my own bed every night.


2. No one in my family has ever spent Christmas in Utah before, so we got to do fun touristy things like see the lights at Temple Square, go sledding, go to the Flowrider, and go night skiing at Brighton.






3. My brother, Jeff, built a giant snow cave in our front yard.




4. My nephew, Jacob, got a pack of giant underwear for Christmas. So lucky!





5. Ben got me a teeny tiny camera for Christmas, so now I can keep it with me at all times and document even the most mundane moments.




6. Liam yawned no less than 4,000 times on Christmas morning. How lucky that I have a new camera to prove it to you.







7. I got a new niece! And she’s so dang cute. Here’s little Hanne:




8. My littlest brother, Devin, moved to Utah to start school at BYU.


9. We took Liam and Jacob on their first trip to the world’s biggest dinosaur museum. Really. Or at least that’s what the billboards say.




10. I passed my gestational diabetes test. Hooray!

New Niece

Check out what Schmath and Ryan got today...

I'm Dreaming of a...

Good news! My family is spending Christmas in Utah this year, and it looks like there's a good chance that my mom will have her very first white Christmas ever.

First Christmas Miracle of the Year

Check out what I just found in the bowl of leftover Halloween candy:


It's the dream package of Runts. No bananas! That conversation I normally have in my head about the starving kids in Africa who don't get to go trick-or-treating won't be happening tonight, because not a single piece of candy will be wasted.

30

Yesterday Ben turned 30, so we made some food...



...and then invited Liam's friends over.

Decision Time

In the words of my wise friend, Tricia, it's time for me to just buy curtains already!

Now can I get a little assistance, please? I'm trying to decide between a more casual look in a more colorful color and a fancier look in a more neutral color.


Just so you know, if I end up keeping green I'll put them in the dryer with a damp towel to get the wrinkles out, like the directions say to do.

Here's what the rest of the room looks like:


So, what do you think?