Thanksgiving 09

We celebrated Thanksgiving at my mom's house this year! It was really laid back.. Derek is on his mission ( but my mom did bring up our golden pig and place it at the table in remembrace of the PRIZED PIG)! and Ashlie and her family went to Judd's parents this year so it was just me, Colby, Kade, my mom and dad and my Grandma Bonnie! My dad invited Jose and Antonio over to eat with us too ( They work for my dad). But they didn't make it for dinner. They came over a little later though and my mom fixed them up a plate. It was kind of awkward cause they don't speak much english and they didn't really seem like they wanted to eat! They kept picking at it and lookin at it. Maybe they felt a little weird celebrating Thanksgiving with us cause they did let us know that Hispanics don't really celebrate Thanksgiving...OOOPS! They were kind enough to humor us though:) They stayed for a little bit and tried to teach my dad some more spanish too! My dad is so funny he thinks that he is making progress because he can say things like MUCHO!! Uh dad everyone knows that word means BIG... Its not that cool! ha ha

After Some visiting and sittin around we watched "Four Christmases" It is a pretty good movie and it was fun to just realax and hang out and realize how blessed we are! I am so Thankful for my parents and my family ( Colbys included) They are so great to help us out in anyway that they can and they love us uncoditionally! I am Thankful for Colby and Kade and the family that we are building together... I can't picture what my life was like without them! I never knew what I was missing in my life! I am Thankful that Derek is on a mission and just having him out there is making all of us want to be better people! Thanks For the Exapmle that you are Derek:) We really have so much t0 be grateful for! Good Health, good friends, Good Food! Here is to Thanksgiving and taking the time to look around at all the good in our lives!

Here is Kade With Derek's PIG! (inside JOKE)!

The only pics that we took on Thanksgiving... we are such LOSERS!!

Oh, and Kade actually took an hr and a half nap so that Colby and I could both eat a HOT Thanksgiving meal! Wahooo... so much to be Thankful for!

Mom's BIG B-DaY

My mom had her Birthday on The 17th of Nov. We decided that it would be a good idea to do something a little extra special... She gets a little down in the dumps on Birthdays and Holidays because Derek is not here. So my dad called some of Derek's fiends to come down to the bowling alley and have pizza and cake and ice cream. If we can't have Derek we will have to have his friends... we love them anyway. They love REB DANK :) Gentry came and even brought my mom some Chocolates for her Birthday! He really is like our second Brother and he knows the way to my moms heart:) We all met down there after work to go bowling and my mom had no idea that that many people were gonna be there to celebrate with her. Of course she cried cause she was so stoked about it! Ha ha, it was fun and my mom enjoyed every second of being the center of attention! She is crazy... but we love her! Happy Birthday momma!

I will have to post some pics soon!

Kade's 1st Halloween

So, I know that Halloween was over a month ago... Holy crap where did November go?!! Anyways, for Halloween we had our traditional pumkin bowls and soup:) This year we made cheesey patato and it turned out pretty good, We carved pumpkins and we made the rounds to see the grandparents. Since Kade is to little to go trick or treating they were the only ones that got to see his cute costume this year but we still had a lot of fun! Kade actually didn't mind his costume even the hat. Although I did buy his costume about a month early and by the time it was time for him to actually wear it we couldn't button the bottom of the hat together cause of his double chins!! ha ha:) We love you Kade!

Oh and of course we still had to dress Meatball up a little:)

Fall Pics!

My sweet CHUNKY monkey:)

Kade is just getting so big and changing every single day! So of course I had to get his pictures taken again! It's a good thing that I know a great photographer that loves him:) (Thanks ASH)!!

My sister was kind enough again to take Kade's pictures for Halloween, we got some good ones of him in his super cute monkey outfit and I decided while we were at it we would take some more casual ones too! Kade is such a HAPPY, SMILEY baby and we love him so much! I love the pictures that we got and I am so glad that Ashlie can document these memories for me! I am not sure what we would do without her:) Just look at that face! I just want to squeeze him! It was a lot harder taking his picture this time, he is so alert and wanting to look at everthing except the camera, not to mention wanting to put everything in his mouth and drooling like a mad man ha ha! Ashlile is so good at what she does if you need a photographer especially for your kids... she is your girl!

The Used!

We went and saw the Used at Saltair. We decided last minute to go up and just buy tickets at the door. Colby hadn't seen the used since before his mission and had been dying to go forever so my mom watched Kade for us and we drove up to the concert. Once we got to the door to buy tickets we were told that they only accept cash!! What the freak! Normally this would not have been a problem but i had just got a new debit card and did not know my pin number and Colby only uses a credit card!! So after staying on the phone with my bank trying to figure out how I could get cash they basically told me that we were out of luck because I was going to have to reset my pin at a Bank! It was 8:30 or so at this point and of course the banks were closed! To make a long story short we went to gas stations and hotels to try to cash a check! of course we had no luck but I was determined to get to this concert for my hubby so we drove to the nearest Walmart........ about 15 min away and I bought a pack of gum at 3 different registers and got the max cash back each time ( a whopping $20) hahaha! It took us quite a bit longer to get into the concert but It was worth it!! Colby loves the used and I have grown to actually like a lot of there stuff too:) Bert the lead singer guy is fetchin crazy though! He is funny but sometimes he goes a little to far... like spitting on the crowd!! DISGUSTING! But all in all it was pretty fun and nice to spend some time with my Hot Hubby! Love you Colby:)

Meatball had her puppies! wahoo:)

This is our FAT Pug Meatball before she popped out 7 puppies/hamsters on Friday

Of course she had to have them on my day off:) I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with the whole birth process... call me immature but I had a hard enough time dealing with my own:) she was up all night freaking out in her kennel and Colby stayed up with her. She popped out 3 before he left for work and I didn't think she would even have anymore........WRONG! She had 4 more while he was gone, I kept calling him everytime she would have another one and we were both in complete shock! I mean she was fat but not 7 puppies fat!!! i kind of felt bad for her, she was exhausted and was trying to clean the puppies, give birth to more and feed the others all at the same time! ha, she kept looking at me like she was gonna kill herself:)

The bad news is that one of the puppies ended up dying later that day:( Colby seems to think that I killed it by turning off the heater but whatever.......it was like 107 degrees, and I thought that they were gonna roast to death, but whatever I guess I will take the blame! Then the next day another one was acting really sick and could barely move or latch on to get fed. I tried my best to save her and stayed up and fed her every hour all night and all day. She acted like she was getting stronger but after Sunday dinner we came home and she was stiff as a board in the corner by herself:( I am soooooooo sad, I know it sounds really stupid, but I am so mad at Meatball and the puppies! I think that they knew she was sick and they just wrote her off! The poor little puppy kept trying to get by them and cuddle but they were so mean and would just move! What jerks! What kind of mom does that?! I know I am crazy but what kind of a mom is Meatball?...... at least cuddle her and comfort her so that she doesn't die alone and suffering by herself RIGHT? Meatball is definitely in the DOG HOUSE! Anyways here are the rest of the 5 puppies, they are all getting so big! If you want one let me know. They are awesome, you will love em:)

Kade's 4 months checkup!

My Poor CHUNKY man had to get shots at his 4 month apt on Oct 2nd. I hate taking him to the DR! last time he got his shots he was soooo cranky afterwards for like 2 days. So I was dreading doing it again:( It wasn't that bad this time, he only cried for a sec and he seemed ok the rest of the day. We did get him tylenol earlier this time so that might have helped too:) The Dr was amazed at how big he had gotten, and so am I! Here are Kades Stats!

he is 27 inches long now which puts him in the 97%tile

he weighs 17 1/2lbs- 91%tile

and his little head is only in the 40%tile ha

I swear his head does not seem small for his huge body, but I am his mom and I think that he is perfect:) Kade is such a blessing and I love every second that I get to spend with my chunky monkey!! no matter what my day has held, when I come home to that smiling face he melts my heart every time! I don't know what we did without him:)