memorial day

on this memorial day we went to the park, chowed down on KFC, and  made everton walk, swing, and slide all over the playground.

see?  i knew he secretly loved the swings.

my other big boy.

check out the kid's hair.  and his face, he looks pissed.

oh that face.  that face.

and then we ended this beautiful day with some mac and cheese.

word vomit

i think everton looks so freakin cute in little t shirts.  i REALLY need to see the avengers again.  i miss playing the french horn.  i'm hosting bunco tonight and i'm freakin out.  i ALWAYS freak out.  everton and i just watched a dinosaur cartoon on tv that used the words, "poops" and "feces" the entire time.  i just signed up for twitter and i feel really awkward using it.  i have a strong urge to get out of utah for a vacation.  i'm reading a book on loki right now and it's so freakin good.  i watch too much tv.  i wonder how brett's doing at work.  i had a dream my sister erin got her hair done and it was awful.  it was black and blonde and had silver foil stars glued all over her hair.  and it costed my parents $30,000.  i'm becoming obsessed with norse mythology because of loki and thor, brett's 1/4 norwegian so it's not that crazy.  everton is such an excellent napper.  i miss my mom's filipino food.  i need to do my nails.  i have to teach my primary class this sunday and i'm scared.  everton is getting his canine teeth.  making it a total of 16 teeth and he's not even 13 months old.  crunk it, i just saw that today's the LAST day they're showing the avengers in IMAX 3D.  i'm now sad.

word vomit over.

the mother's day way

this has been my 2nd mothers day and it was just fantastic.

on saturday we met up with my friends, mitch and jenny, from high school and ate sushi and watched THE AVENGERS!

it was my second time seeing it and brett's first.

and after the movie i asked brett what he thought of the movie and he said one of the best things since he proposed to me,
"we HAVE to see it again and next time, in IMAX 3D."

yessssssssssssss

and yes, i am wearing an avengers t-shirt i got in a large in the little boys section at wal-mart!  thanks for asking!

i seriously love being a mom.  i still love being a stay at home mom.  i find it fascinating watching how much everton grows everyday.  he gets peskier and peskier, but it's because he's just getting smarter and smarter.  it's been such a HUGE blessing in my life being a mom.

and i want a flock of evertons surrounding me giving me big hugs and kisses.  that's my dream.  

brett grilled up some burgers after our 3 hr long nap after church and everton likes to wait for his food in such peculiar ways.  weirdo.

mothers day roses from my lover.

you know, during a lot of the holidays i tend to pout a little bit because of things not going how i thought they would.  like today for instance, because it's mother's day i pretty much assumed my primary class would be on their best behavior.  false.  or you know, i didn't think i'd be getting my monthly visit today from aunt flo, that beotch.  so poor brett, he got a double whammy from a grumpy mommy today.  brett often reminds me that i can't let my sour attitude get in the way of the day's happiness.  that i need to find the joy in the little things, cuz otherwise i'm gonna miss the good times when i was focusing on the bad.  i hate how he needs to remind me of that every once in a while.  but i'm trying to not be so pessimistic in life but more optimistic and grateful.  and i sure am grateful for a husband who is there for me NO MATTER my mood.

and before brett went to bed (he goes to bed a lot earlier than i do) he sent me on my way by popping in my movie, x-men origins: wolverine, made me a cookies and cream ice cream cone, and brought down my nail polish equipment.

he pretty much made me feel like a queen.

it is mother's day after all.

happy mothers day to all and to all a good night!

everton's first year book

not a year book where everton is featured with other children that i don't care about and their accomplishments, which again, i don't care about...

but a year book consisting of every month and milestone of everton's first precious year of life.

i made it on shutterfly and seriously, if you're a mama who loves to sit at a computer while the kid's napping like i do, get an account with them!  they always have great discounts goin on and every once in a while, they'll send you a code to your e-mail for a free book!

with everton's book i only paid $12 when it usually costs about $30.

granted, i also had a gift card, but with their dealios and free shipping offers you feel like you're paying next to nothing on something that is top quality.

you create the book online then send it off, all online, and they'll ship it right back to you.

i find this process a heck of a lot easier than scrapbooking so i WILL be able to make one for ALL of my kids.  mark.my.words.

and i even included a whole page dedicated to everton's extra thumb and removal of said thumb, just to prove it once existed.

and this was the first photo book i made documenting brett's and my love from the beginning.

and this book was $8, i just had to pay for shipping.

now onto the blog books...

caught on camera!

utterly thrilled

everton was so psyched and ecstatic for the swings.

1 year birthday and other nonsense

"i'm 24 years old, i'm 24 years old, i'm 24 years old."

"everton is 1 year old, everton is 1 year old, everton is 1 year old."

that's what i have to say to myself after this week.

it's bad enough i have to remind myself every year after my birthday that i am now a year older, but now i have to remind myself that my handsome and sweet baby boy everton is also a year older as well.  but it's gonna freak me out more every year as he gets older rather than how old i'm getting.

i turned 24 years old this week.

i'm still madly in love with my husband and my son everton.

i am still obsessed with THOR, wolverine, and anything MARVEL.  i'm SO FREAKIN pumped for the avengers film.  i'm also obsessed with nail polish and anything about the TITANIC.  and those are my stats.  i won't tell you how much i weigh.  sorryyyyy

as for this poophead's stats, according to his latest doc appointment he's caught up to his weight and height for his age!  he weighs 22.2 lbs and is 29 1/2 in long.  he's right in the 50th percentile.

-he's not walking yet!  but i'm seriously not in a rush for that to happen.  he has taken 2 steps though.  so close!

-he just grew in his bottom front molars

 since we already partied it up last week, our birthday weekend consisted of everton watching me shop with the birthday money i received, i'm an awesome mom i know.  (everyone, go to the city creek mall in slc!  it's amazing!  i think i've gone there every week this month.)  on the day of my birthday i requested to go to joe's crab shack to do some gorging on crab legs.  this is the only photographic evidence taken from my birthday day.

turns out when it's your birthday they make you dress up and yell something absurd as they sing happy birthday to you.  thanks dad for telling them it was my birthday.  thanks oh so much.

my life since giving birth has changed dramatically.  i can't believe it's been a year and how big my everton has gotten.  even though i'm a stay at home mom i have had to make a few sacrifices in becoming a parent.  but those sacrifices are so minor compared to the enormous joy and the love i feel for my baby.  i'm amazed at how much his personality has come through.  he has this beautiful look of concentration on his face as he examines a random object and pokes at every side of it.  he'll take one of our phones and try to place it on the side of his head where he thinks his ears are, when his ears are clearly a few inches farther down.  it's hilarious.  this kid and his faces and his face plants crack me up.  i still freak out everyday thinking how crazy it is that i have a baby and that a part of me is a part of him.  shoo i still freak out thinking how crazy it is that i'm married! life is just shooting by and it needs to slow the freak down.

my parents just left us on friday after being with us for a WHOLE month.  everton and i are a little depressed to see them go (brett not so much), yet it's nice to have the house back to ourselves.  and i've seriously gotten fat while my parents were here.  darn my mom and her huge portion meals 3 times a day.  now i can go back to not eating till 1 in the afternoon and brett and i playing the "idk what do you want for dinner" game when he gets home.  sighhhhhhh i miss my parents already.

good luck to my dad as he drives back east with 5 filipinos and a dog in one van.