Baby Ruth

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So I finally made the trek to meet this little angel. I heart her!

Simon-isms...

Today was "date day" for Simon-face and I. We go once a week and try to do different things. Today we went to the mall. On our way inside the mall our conversation went like this.
Me: Man it's sure hot out here, huh Simon?
Simon: Ya, the sun is burning my nipples.

 I love the things this kid says! When we got home from the mall we had another conversation. I was pulling up my belly band back over my growing belly. Simon looked over at me and said, "Mom, I love your big belly with a baby in it. It makes you so, so pretty!" He always surprises me with the sweetest things, but still stays true to his little boy self. My most favorite thing is how he loves to be scared. He loves people jumping out to scare him or walking into a dark room and saying "WaHahahaha." Something he always says after he gets a little "fright" is, "Whoa, you scared me out of my crap!" A friend told me I needed to write this stuff down so I don't forget it. Write it down? Nah, blog it so it can be out there forever in internet history:o)

my Cute boy!

My mother in law sent this to me June of 2010 and I just found it in my email so I thought I would post it for all to see:o) We went to Pinnacle Peak in Tucson for My BIL Jonny's birthday. Fun Place. You should go if you haven't.

The Sabbath day and the Devil Car

Sometimes you just need to take a day off. My dear husband reminded me of that today. I woke up feeling not very good, but proceeded to get ready for church. He asked me what I was doing and told me I was allowed to take days off. I thought about it for a minute and realized I no longer had responsibilities to fulfill at church, so I did what anyone else would do. I took the day off, but only if Jarred didn't. I made him take the boys to church. As I sat on the couch after they left I began to think of all the things I forgot to do Saturday, namely pick up something to make for dinner. So I decided I would go get something, but when I got out to Jarred's car I discovered it was out of gas. I decided to go get some before I went to the store. His car was also completely filthy so when the pump asked if I wanted a car wash for $5 I of course pushed the "YES" button. I proceeded on to the car wash and entered my given code and began to pull forward. That's when I got the SHOCK of the year. Upon entering the wash, the windows sensing something was about to happen, immediately rolled half way down. Knowing the water was gonna spray me in seconds I screamed profanity and tried to roll them up, but they rolled down all the way this time. The water sprayed me one way and then the other. Just as the soap got to the rear view mirrors the windows randomly rolled up. I barely missed the soap in the face. Well I left there dripping wet and went to the store anyway, where I got dinner and made it home with a few minutes to rest before my Boys came home. So much for a relaxing day off. I guess that's what I get for not keeping the Sabbath day Holy. Lesson learned.

Too Hot to Have Hair!

Oliver Surprised me today and said he wanted a haircut. I was hot and tired but I've been trying to get him and Simon to cut their hair all Summer long so I wasn't about to turn him down. It's been too hot here for the kids to go out for recess. He finally got some much needed activity when soccer practice started Wednesday. I guess after that he made up his mind to corner Mom and get her to cut it. I knew if I gave Oliver one Simon would want one too. This is the mess of hair from both my boys. I measured the pieces from Oliver's cut and they were 4inches! Simon's were not quite 3inches but they both had a ton!

Here's my Handsome man posing for his Before shot.

He had to have a back view too.

Then it was Simon's turn. He was a little reluctant since he kind of enjoyed his "Beiber -do." Oliver was very convincing tho so he had to be just like big brother.

Before

And he needed a back shot too!

So here's the After pose

More Posing...

I wanted to do something different and have this be his After, but Oliver didn't agree.

So here's the real After pose

And of course he had to have another back shot.

They LOVED their new haircuts and even Jarred admitted they looked so much better. I just can't handle the boys having long hair during the hot months. So glad I have boys and not girls. I love my sweet handsome boys. Can't wait for #3!

hAPPY bIRTHDAY sWEETIE!

The 1st time Jarred and I actually met was on his Birthday 14 years ago. Of course he was frightened by me which isn't too different from our 1st interaction a year prior.

So yesterday was his 34th birthday! I couldn't find the #4 candle but somehow I had a "question Mark" candle. Very strange. I had been asking him for months to email his birthday "Wish List", but he never did. Grrr.... He said he didn't want anything. Really? My wish list is probably 2 pages long!

I wanted his birthday to be great so I just decided to make a list of all his most favorite foods and let him have a relaxing day. We got pedicures the Friday before and then went shopping for all the tasty goods the next day.

Sunday morning he woke up to his favorite: Creme Brule' French Toast with fresh fruit and turkey bacon. Since we don't get home from Church til after 2:00 and I wanted to eat dinner at 5:00, I thought we could just have a small lunch.

For dinner he got his favorite Fall dish "Squash Casserole." Weird Right? I know, what guy would pick that when he could choose anything? My guy does.

Later that night we had some friends and family over for Jarred's favorite cake ever "Hawaiian Wedding Cake!" It was a lot of fun. In fact Jarred said just that Happy Birthday song would have been enough. It was the most exuberant one ever! Thanks to everyone who helped celebrate Jarred's day.

It's official!

After about 4 years of saying I was gonna do it, I finally did it. I register for College.....again.

I haven't taken a college class since 1998 at E.A.C. Not really sure if I can count those as classes either. So now that I don't have a busy church calling consuming what little free time I have, I figured, what the hey. I mean, I might as well since it's basically free for our little family due to Jarred working at Rio. "What, Jarred works for Rio Salado College?" you say. Yes, it's true. Jarred has worked for the Maricopa Community College district for about 12yrs. Most people usually think he works for University of Phoenix, but that is incorrect. He works for Rio Salado College, BIG difference. And on September 6th I will begin my 1st class, Spanish 101. Yahoo!

Se Habla Espanol?

last year of Pre-School

So my baby began his last year of Pre-School today and it's a little bitter sweet for me.

He's growing up so fast and I still look at him and see my baby. My MIL was here yesterday and she couldn't stop loving on him(a weakness I have as well) because she swore he was the exact replica of his daddy. I've been saying this since Simon was born, but I'm glad she is so eager to agree with me.

It will be nice to not have a monthly preschool payment next year, but it's gonna suck to have 2 children whose homework I have to keep up. Kudos to my friends with 3+ kids! Don't know how you all manage.

Oh, my little boy! Please don't ever stop being your silly self. Sometimes I want you to be young forever, but I'm getting older so it makes sense that you would too. I love your naughty guts so much. And don't ever forget what your job is.....To love your Mommy and give her lots of Hugs and Kisses!

1st Day of School

1st Day of 3rd Grade!

My Little man is growing up so fast! He couldn't wait for this morning to come. I guess he was tired of all the chores I was making him do all Summer. I was tired of coming up with chores for him to do all Summer so I guess we both win. Simon was ecstatic and couldn't wait for total toy domination to begin, hehehe....

Love ya buddy, hope your day is Super!

A new Era...

I had a bit of a problem. It's been festering for about the last, say.....5 months. It will be manifesting sometime in the beginning of December.

My Bishop wanted to talk about this problem and how it will affect my work at Church with the Young Women. Well I was honest and said it would Greatly affect EVERY aspect of my life so something's gotta give and in this case it's gonna have to be Church. I can't work 30+ hrs a week, be a mom and wife and YW President. God said Family comes 1st so it's time I started doing that. But first I had to go to girls camp one more year.

We left on Thursday July 28th and came home Monday August 1st. Yup we were there over a week end. Kind of nice but not when your pregnant and have to wear a dress all day Sunday. The girls were great and the complaining was very minimal. I think it was because they liked wearing the socks, hee, hee...

August 4th they released me from YW. It was a little weird since I've been doing it for the last 4 years, not counting the 2 in my last ward. It's like this whole new world was opened to me! Now I can start doing things that I've been putting off. Like enrolling in some college courses. I might as well since they're free for me due to Jarred's job. Also, I've been neglecting my family for far too long so I better go and start mending some relationships. Hopefully they'll forgive me.

Wish me luck!

Weird how things change

So here it is, in all it's glory. My Belly at 19 weeks.

Five years ago when I was pregnant with Simon I never would have posted this, but today I find myself actually liking my belly. Probably because I can still do things like bend over and breath. I know I've gained 2 lbs a week since I conceived (you do the math), but I swear I'm pregnant with the sweetest baby boy ever so I don't really mind. We'll see how I feel after another 10 weeks.

Dinner time

Dinner time. I hate it, literally HATE! I wish I could just skip over that part of the day. Sunday nights dinner had EVERYONE including dad in tears. It was just mini Italian meatloaf, mashed potatoes and veggies. Does that sound like something to get hysterical about? Jarred's not a picky eater, he just has to have a lot of protein. I attended a Women's Conference put on by our stake last weekend where they offered a cooking class. One of the teachers had like 7 kids and they all seemed to be great eaters according to the recipes she gave us. My kids have not been fans so far. I'm at my wits end trying to come up with things to cook that has low carbs so my hubs can eat it, but kid friendly so I can avoid all the drama. Suggestions PLEASE!

Happy 40th!

I simply adore my parents. I mean look at them, they're adorable. My dad is a cross between John Wayne and Bob Newhart and my mom's world revolves around him. Today they celebrate 40 wonderful years together and couldn't be happier. As a gift, my siblings and I arranged for them to get their pictures taken at the Temple like they did 40 years ago today.

Here's to you Mom and Dad, you're the best!

Boobs!

So I bet if mine were bigger "somebody" would spend less time on the crapper. Seriously. I think "somebody" has spent about half a decade there.
"Food Nazi" begins her reign again tomorrow. This I vow!

This is how it's gonna go down...

1. get Oliver to school on time.
2. organize 2 week of coupons...ugh!
3. shower get ready for the day.
4. work a little.
5. go to mall with Simon.
6. work a little more.
7. soccer practice.
8. make something yummy for dinner?
9. run 4.23 miles.
10. go to bed before 11:00pm.

Too many teeth...

Yesterday I went down an picked up my Utah fruit order before Oliver got home from school. We LOVE fruit here at Truschke central, so I ordered half a case of some Galas, half a case of Pears and a whole case of Peaches. Mmmmmm. I love that stuff. Well Oliver was so excited when he got home and saw 3 boxes of fruit! He asked if he could have an apple and I said yes. Then he started telling me a story about one of his friends eating an apple and it making their tooth come out. As soon as he was done with his tale he said, "I think my tooth is loose!" I gave it a wiggle and said I thought it had a couple more days and to bite his apple on the other side if it bothered him. He left the room and cam squealing back in 30 seconds later with his tooth.

I was amazed at how fast it fell out. It seems like it took weeks of wiggling to get that 1st tooth out. So I told him to just bite his apple on the other side. So he did but he came to me 2 minutes later and said his other tooth was loose. I of course thought the tooth needed a few more days of wiggling so I sent him away again and not 10 seconds later he came squealing back to me with yet another tooth!

Seriously, he pulled out two teeth in less than 10 minutes! I was amazed. Then he said he hoped the Tooth Fairy would bring him $120. I told him she couldn't possible carry that much $$ for every kid and is teeth aren't worth that anyway. $2 a tooth is the going rate so he shouldn't try to rip her off or she might stop coming. So this is my little Goobers mouth now. He said he feels like a "Reverse Vampire", cute huh? Jarred saw him after work and said how he hoped they grow in fast. Ditto!

Oliver was happy with the $4 he got especially since good portion of it was in coins. He insisted that it was $65, but I made him count it a little better. I in NO way wanted him to show up to school bragging about the $65 he got for his 2 teeth. If any teacher heard they might expect me to donate more time and money to the school than I already do.
And so begins the "Awkward Toothy" stage of Oliver's life. Nice....

Happy Birthday Bompa!

Sunday after church Jarred, the boys and myself went to meet Jarred's family in Tucson for dinner to celebrate His dads birthday. Jarred hardly sees his parents at all since they never come to visit so this was one of those things we needed to do.

And I of course couldn't pass up an opportunity to get a picture of Bompa on a saddle horse. The trip was well worth it for this shot alone! He was a good sport, I think because his grand kids were so excited to see him sit on it as they sang happy birthday. He's a great Bompa and his grand kids adore him.

This is Jarred's family. We don't have many pictures of us all together. Notice how the balloon is totally blocking the girlfriend in the back corner. It's funny because in every picture for the past few years that could have her in them, something always blocks her out of the shot. It's like fate. Oh my gosh, you can't plan stuff this funny!

And this is my niece "The Girl." Truschke's are very "Boy" so just the simple fact that we have one of these is amazing. Good thing she takes after her tiny dancer mom, otherwise who knows what we might have gotten. She is just precious and I love her bratty, little guts. She smiles like this every time she sees the light on the camera. What a Ham!!

One down....Three to go.

Like most homes built in the 1970's our couldn't escape the curse of the "popcorn" ceiling. Oh, how I have loathed it for the past 5 1/2 years we've lived here. So last week I got on the phone and gave my friend John the Handy Man a call to see when he could come relieve my house of it. He said he would be by next week.

So yesterday he showed up at 8:30am and began the removal process. I thought we would start with the boys room since they have bunk beds and are always picking at this cancerous stuff whilst sitting on the top bunk. He had all the "popcorn" down by 10:00am and was done texturing by 2:00pm. That was fast!

Hopefully we will have the other three rooms done by the end of the year. So if anyone shares this awful "popcorn" ceiling curse with me and needs a handy man to do the job. Consider my friend John. Call me for his number.

Wednesday's list...

1. Make sure Oliver's rash is gone by school picture time today.
2. Take Simon and Lilly to preschool on time.
3. Run 3.4 miles
4. Take shower.
5. Clean kitchen.
6. Work.
7. Play with my boys.
8. Grocery shop(optional).
9. Make a nutritious dinner.
10. Run 3.64 miles.
11. Be in bed before 11:00pm(optional)

Goal for today....

My goal for today is to not get mad at my kids.....and Jear-bear. Which means I can't listen to my music on my ipod while working. That is my angry running music. I"ll save it for later tonight when I run.