Everyone Run, Godzilla!!!

We replaced our camera so we took some picks of our little MONSTER!

He hates wearing it so we were lucky to get him smiling a few times.

Cutest little terror ever!

Day 4 & 5

Yesterday {Nov. 4th} I spent the second half of my day handicapped on my couch from some freak sciatic nerve thing. Not only did Bret sympathize over my unexplained weird nerve thing but he totally took care of me. "babe, will you heat this hot pack?" and "babe, can you turn of that light?" "will you hand me that?" and lots of "babe, can you help me get up?" Poor guy was practically my slave all night when he was the one at work all day. I am so thankful for my superman husband who takes care of me my odd pregnancy side effects. I don't deserve him.

{Nov 5th} There comes a day in every pregnancy when you wake up, look in the mirror and declare "holy COW I am huge!!!". Poor Bret has had to listen to me complain about my self esteem for the last two weeks because of this realization. Today, I am thankful for something I have been resenting. My "big fat belly" {as I refer to it every day} keeps my baby girl healthy and safe. Because of my "big fat belly" Bret and I spend special moments feeling her kick and move. Because of my "big fat belly" Kingston and I have Tummy Drum time. Because of my "big fat belly" I'm getting exactly what I want, so Welcome BELLY! I am thankful for you!

{slap me if I complain about my belly again.}

Gross you out, or make you smile.

Kingston and I discovered a magical new way to grocery shop! I've seen these little buggy carts before but never wanted to use one because they are so HUGE. Well we parked right next to one so I gave it a try. H E L O V E D I T. He was so happy the whole time in his cool car, even with how sick he has been. And bonus, i didn't run into anything. The car is a must from now on whenever possible if it keeps him happy and awake.

Sometimes it's ok to spoil him with a treat because he's so cute!

I won't tell you what this is but if your a parent chances are, you know...

Want to Learn Photoshop???

I've had several friends ask me if I would teach them how to understand and use photoshop, so many that it would be more sensible to host a class then try to teach them all individually. If you have Photoshop or plan to get it and are interested in learning how to use it let me know. I plan to teach a 4 hour class on how to understand the PS interface as well as popular effects and basic tools to vamp up your personal photos. I also plan on including a disk with digital paper, embelishments, brushes, borders and more to get you started on your own digital scrapook. I'm charging $25 for the class and cd as well as some addition helpful material. You will simply need a laptop and your own version of PS already installed and some scratch paper to take notes if you wish. The location is dependant on how many more individuals sign up and the date(s) also depends on who is attending.

Email or call me (becki) if you're interested in signing up as soon as possible even if you are not 100% positive. Thanks all!

Day 3 - My sweet Boy

My sweet boy is growing up so fast. I LOVE hanging out with him everyday and watching him get smarter everyday. Sometimes he mimics things we do and somethings he just does all by himself. He can stand and sometimes walks {only when HE wants to}. He can sign a few words now and can says Mama, ball and dog. He is so curious about everything and always seems to figure out the way things work on his own. Mmmmh I just can't get enough. I truly am so thankful for him in my life.

He tires of shopping really fast.

One day he just decided he wanted off the couch and got down without any help or me showing him how. Scary, I know.

Halloween

For Halloween we went to our ward Trunk or Treat Party where individuals decorate their trunks and passes out candy to trick or treaters. Since Kingston is to young to trick or treat we decorated our own trunk. Behind our House of Horrow we held several bowls of grossly textured food for the kiddies to touch and feel them. We told the kids they were touch eyeballs, fingers, worms, and brains even though it was really just noodles, olives, baby carrots and mushy marshmellows. It was a lot of work but hopefully the kids liked it.

We were going to be Mario & Luigi but Bret only wanted to be an old man. So He was a dirty old man and I was his pregnant gold diggin' girlfriend. Goody for me, I got to be the punchline in all his dirty old man jokes. It was pretty funny, for everyone but me. Oh well, at least I got to hide in the back of the car most the night.

Afterward we went to Barry's house to hang out with him and Lisa and his hilariously dressed roommates. We didn't get a chance to take a picture of Kingston in his costume because it was to darn hot to keep him in it all night and our good friend Shye so sweetly took the pictures of us at the end of the night when he was out of his attire. I will try and find a way to take one of him though because it's sooo cute!

Autumn in Utah

I had the chance to fly to Utah for 11 days while Bret battled finals in his masters program of Accounting. I don't have many pictures because my camera kicked the bucket but it was a very relaxing much needed Break. I got to spend time with my mom, dad and my brother and sister and my favorite twin brother in the world. I can't believe how beautiful and wonderful it is there. The only thing that brought me back to the sweltering heat in az was my Sweetie pie. I hated leaving him for so long but it helped him to stay focused and study hard for his tests. It must have worked because he got A's and B's in his classes! Yeah! One semester down two to go.

As you can see Kingston is a big fan of flying. He helped himself to a window seat on the plane in a lap of stranger from Scottsdale.

he also got a nice taste of sweets in a long ride through the canyon.

I love spending time with this little yummy bear!

I already miss my family in Utah :( I can't wait to go back!

Twilight Giveaway!

I've recently posted lots of NEW Twilight paraphernalia on whippy cake as well as a fun Giveaway Countdown where you can win some of my Twilight products! Enjoy!

Thanks
-becki

Also, Here is the NEW really good music video for "Decode" if you're into Twilight clips.

Paramore - New Music - More Music Videos

Lake Trip

I'm a 'lil bit behind on our posting. We went to the lake a few weeks ago with some friends from Round Valley {Buddy & Sara, Trey & Lauren, and Devin and Nicole}. It was a nice vacation from our kid and of course since it was October the weather was nice and HOT and SUNNY. Sadly these are the only two pictures we took before our camera was killed by an unexpected wave. We had so much fun though. We stayed up way past our bedtime and played games, ate junk food and of course played all day on the lake. Thank you Crosby's for letting us use the Lake house and Buddy for providing the awesome boat! We need to get together again!

November 2nd

Jeeze, I am so thankful for Tony Melendez, who is so cool. I am so thankful for all the individuals who have challenges like him and still chose to make a difference and set such a good example to me. What a powerful message and what a motivation for myself to kick it into gear. I am thankful that I have hands and feet and the ability to do anything I want because of them.

Thanksgiving Challenge

I really liked the idea Shye has going on her blog about posting something I am Thankful for each day of November, so I am taking on her challenge...

November 1st: Today, I was especially thankful that I could wake up before Bret for once so I could make him Breakfast and do something nice for him for a change. He is usually gone before Kingston or I even wake up and he gives up so much every single day for our family. He is a machine so anything I can do to make it up to him is GREAT. I hope this challenge will keep me doing more and more for him and help me appreciate all the madness he goes through for me and our kids.

143 Babe!

Little Pretties

If you are wanting to get your little girl's ears pierced or yours but you don't want to spend too much $$$ give me a call. I only charge $10.

Becki

How does he love me?

Let me count the ways....

1. For my birthday he surprised me with pretty expensive tickets to the So You Think You Can Dance concert tour!

2. so I got to see this live....


3. and this...


4. and this too...


5, oh yah, this too...


6. and my favorite of course....


7. there was about 3 hours of non-stop goodness!

8. I got to take the whole night off just for fun.

9. He worked it out so Rennai came with me.

10. All because he just loves me.

Fun to make...

This weekend I took some ME time to play around with some ideas. I have been wanting to make a cloth doll and now that I am having a girl I had a reason to. At first it was a big pain in my... until I made a pattern I liked and then things started to get real fun. I liked making them so much I decided to sell them as well. {you can find them HERE.} Bret has NOT enjoyed my mess one bit but willingly gives me feedback. I can't wait to make some more and fun accessories!!!

Names... {Again}

I posted this on my (personal) blog but I wanted Bret's friends and Fam to get a chance to vote on which names they like also, assuming not everyone looks at my blog.

I picked out the name Story for a girl last year when I was pregnant with Kingston but of course we had a boy and didn't use it. Bret is really attached to the name Story now so when I suggested my first choice as London he fervently refused to like it, so I stubbornly refuse to like Story. (of course I like it but not as much as London.) I am sure Bret will not like the idea of me putting our baby girl's name to a public vote but I would just like to know how her name will be received by those we love and care about. Who knows, maybe if Story is voted for the most I will give in to it (unless I catch Bret voting for Story everyday or something...) but I can't guarantee we will name her based on the results even though they will certainly help.

So feel free to cast your vote or leave your suggestions, especially if you think of a third name we both might like even more! We love hearing what others think... as long as it's nice :)

Also, two middle names we are considering right now are Arabella and ily (ily = the initials of I Love You and is pronounced eye-lee - my idea). We might think of more later but i really like just the two for now. That's all-

one of each please...

Lack of Motivation

We can get him to stand but he won't take steps yet :(

Ward Talent Show. Yikes!

This is a video of Rylee and Delaynee dancing to Animal Crackers which Trina taught them.

It was always funny to watch Trina do it with them so they talked her and I into doing a spoof on their dance.


A couple of girls and I thought it would be funny to dress up and lip sync to Mama mia... We got our bling on and did a little ditty. It was really fun for us.


It's ok to laugh, that's the idea. Enjoy!

Getting there...

Time to vote on whether you think we are having a boy or girl. Its getting to that time when we find out. Hooray!

Blog Backgrounds

My friend Cori makes super cute and fun blog backgrounds. I am trying one of hers out right now for Halloween until Bret has time to help me pick out a different one together because he's been wanting me to change ours for a WHILE.

Anyways, if you wanna see more of her backgrounds check them out HERE.