My Show is Over!

I almost forgot to comment on my sadness- my favorite summer show, "So You Think You Can Dance" is over and now I have to wait another year for it to come on! It is so much fun to watch, especially when there is no other summer t.v. We record it on our DVR every week and the whole family loves to sit and watch while Aidan dances. He goes between some fine break dancing to very beautiful lyrical. It's a hoot to watch. The other day my mom had him at the mall and when they were in GAP some funky music came on and Aidan got down on the floor and started spinning. The sales rep got a kick out of it and when my mom said that Aidan watches this show, the sales rep said it was here favorite too. Ha. ha. It's so fun to see all the incredible work from such amazing choreographers and all the different styles. It really makes me want to join a class again but that would require me having some time, energy, and oh yea- the body I had in high school when I was dancing. :) I guess I'll just live vicariously through the show for now. My favorite dancer- Sabra- won so we were happy!

I finally got it done!

I am happy to say that after much picture taking and agonizing over which picture is the best I finally got the birth announcements ordered. I loved this picture of Ethan and although it didn't make the final cut, I thought it needed to be posted somewhere.












Occasionally we get a smile that we're pretty sure isn't from gas and it's so cute. He's getting chubby already and is such a sweet boy. He has the worst stomach pains but a woman Brett works with recommended some great stuff that you can buy at Good Earth. We've actually gone to bed before midnight the last couple nights because he isn't crying until 1 am. I'm starting to feel a very small amount of normalcy coming back this week. On top of the birth announcements, I actually got the bills paid and ordered his blessing outfit. Those 3 things took all week, but they are done, right? Life has changed so much with the addition of another child, but I feel so blessed to be the mother of these sweet boys.

To the Beach!!!

Well, crazy as we are we took off to the Oregon Coast for my family reunion, 2 weeks after Ethan was born. We were in the car for 4 days and at the beach for 1 1/2 days, which was obviously too much car time and not enough beach time. The boys traveled well on the way there but the way home was a nightmare with someone needing to eat, use the bathroom or whatever reason every 45 minutes. It took 12 hours to get back to Jordan's house, when it should have only taken 7. Brett turned to me the next morning and said that we will no longer be traveling when the babies are only 2 weeks old (we did it with Aidan too) and that I shouldn't even ask. I think I finally agree. Needless to say, we loved being in Oregon and on the coast. It was so fun to be with all of my family and Brett and I just love it so much up there. We are trying to arrange to go back to the same place next year, split a beach house with my family again, and stay a whole week. It seems like our "vacations" are always to see someone or because we have some event happening and they are always fast and not relaxing. We are vowing to start taking actual vacations next year and every year.