GNO with Abbi at the Utes gymnastics meet

Abbi and I along with several other moms and their daughters from our neighborhood spent last Friday attending the Utes Gymanstics meet against Washington. What a fun outing! We first got dinner at the Training Table and then it was off to the meet. It was fun watching the girls scream, yell, dance, and get excited! The Utes even won which made it so much better. To top off the night, we stopped for ice cream on the way home.

Although Abbi claims to be BYU blue... she is now a big fan of Utes Red (but only for gymnastics)

Potty Training update

We are now about a week and a half into potty training and I must say Alex is doing AWESOME!! He will go pee all by himself without being reminded. I showed him how to stand and do it and he thinks that is pretty cool! As for the "other" we are still struggling with it but today he went, without being asked, and even wiped himself! Yay! We of course had to call Daddy at work to share the good news.

Okay, so as I am sitting here blogging this I can only laugh to myself because it is such a "mom" thing to do- get excited about your child's bathroom habits and then devote an entire blog entry to it! I know all you other moms out there will totally understand the excitement of it all though. I haven't had to buy diapers for over a month now! Maybe I should take the extra savings and go get a pedicure- I think I deserve it after cleaning up "accidents" for the past week! Anyone up for it?

Potty Training - Day one

Whew! I survived day one of potty training Alex. We have actually done well with only a few wet accidents and 1 other. When I decided I was going to start potty training, I told Alex that when his diapers ran out then that meant it was time to be a big boy and go in the big boy potty. So everyday I would say "Alex we are almost out of diapers- do you know what that means?" To which he would reply "more!" That little stinker!

Anyway, Alex has enjoyed running around the house today in nothing but his Cars Big Boy undies. I even found him with his snow boots on at one point but when I tried to get a picture he ran away- maybe next time. Hopefully he will be one of those boy geniuses and train with minimal effort. (I'm trying to do the whole positive thinking thing here- don't rain on my parade!)
Side note: Here are the pics of Alex in his snow boots. They are blurry but too cute to pass up!

A question to the universe

Why does a child walk past three bathrooms to stand over you in your bed to tell you they are going to throw up? (Abbi)

Just throwing it out there? (pardon the pun.)

Adam-isms

Adam is pretty humorous and some of the things that come out of his mouth just catch us off guard and make us laugh. Here are a few examples.

1. Last night while coming home from Grandma and Grandpa's house, Aaron and I turned on 80's on 8 on satellite radio. They were playing the top hits from 1984. I turned to the kids in the back and said:

"These are the songs from mine and Daddy's era." To which Adam replied: "You mean error."

2. To preface this one, we told Adam about Santa Claus this year. Christmas Eve night we put the kids to bed and then proceeded to bring out Christmas. I knew we were being kind of loud with the bags and such so I went down to check on the kids who were both still awake. I kissed Abbi and told her to go to sleep. I then went into Adam's room and he said: "Way to be Santa Claus, Mr. 4th of July." I started laughing and asked him why he said that. He said we were being really loud and he could hear everything we were doing. I went back upstairs and told Aaron. After we composed ourselves from laughing, we decided to wait a little while before finishing up.

A weekend fit for a queen

What a great, fun, and relaxing weekend. Friday night was spent with great friends for dinner and movie. I met up with Lori, Debbie, and Shelly at MacCools for dinner where we were able to catch up on each other's lives and laugh a lot. Just don't tell Lori that "Twilight" was cheesy.... That makes for an intense moment! We then walked across the street to the movie theater and watched "Yes Man." I love going to the movies and this one is worth seeing. Hearing Debbie giggle throughout the movie was the best part though! These ladies are awesome! We met while working at CMAC over 10 years and have become the best of friends. Our group was a rare find and I love getting together with them every few months to celebrate birthdays!

Saturday was spent with my mom and sister at Gardner Village. We met up at the Cottage Retreat Day Spa where we were pampered for an hour and a half. Mom decided to get the cottage pedicure and Ali and I got a luxurious mud wrap. It was heaven! They first brush mud all over your body then wrap you up cocoon style and let you detoxify for 20 minutes. They then come back and wash off the mud and wrap you in hot towels. This leaves you with super soft skin. I highly recommend it! I seriously felt like a queen.

After the day spa, we went and had a yummy lunch complete with carrot cake at Archibald's. And what girls day out is not complete without shopping? So, after walking through some of the shops at Gardner Village, we loaded up and headed to the mall. What a great day with the girls. Too bad Melanie and Karen weren't able to make it. We missed you!

So, after a weekend of being spoiled and pampered it is hard to come back to real life. But it was really worth it! Thanks Aaron for sending me out for the weekend. I appreciate it!