If you give a mouse a cookie

Has anyone read that book recently? We're just sitting here, and Ben was just talking about getting a horse (after vet school)... Anyway, it just made me think of that book. If he gets a horse, he's going to need some way to get him around, so we'll have to buy a horse trailer. If he has a horse trailer, he's going to need a truck. If he has a horse, a truck and a trailer, he's going to need somewhere to keep the horse. If we buy horse property and have all that stuff...he's going to want another horse. Oh the joys! I wonder where we'll end up living. Wherever it is, I better learn to ride really well if I ever want to see my husband. haha

Hoppy Halloween

This year Cody was a frog and Macey was a princess fairy. We went to our ward party-it was so fun and well planned! Cody almost fell asleep on our way there and was a little overwhelmed at first, but once he figured out that everyone was just waiting to give him candy, he warmed right up! We had 'eyeball spaghetti' for dinner. At the party there were cute carmel apple hoer d'erves (I have no idea how to spell that) that were on toothpicks...what a great idea! Annie who is not unlike Martha Stewart made them; they're family is pictured above as the cat in the hat (the baby is the fish in the bowl:)). So cute!

My only regret is that we didn't get a picture with our whole family. I didn't dress up, but got some pj pants from Old Navy with little ghosts on them for $2 that I wore-better than nothing- and someone even commented that Ben was dressed up as a cowboy...but that was just Ben as himself, wrangler jeans, wrangler shirt, boots and all:).

On an unrelated note, I feel busier than when Macey was a newborn. Cody doesn't take naps (and his 'quiet time' is not all that quiet) and Macey sleeps less now. That, and always being on guard so Cody doesn't have an accident, makes me feel like I can't do a lot. In fact, working around children while I blog is ca-razy. But really, I am a mom, that's what I do! I just want to learn how to SEW:)

A Fun Visit / A potty training week

Grandma Bonnie came to visit!!! We had SO much fun swimming, going to the science discovery center, shopping, eating out, playing, and talking. Ben and I were even able to go out child free one night! Thanks for coming, we love it!:)
The night we went out to eat Macey was starving. When we finally got our food (pizza) Macey inhaled two pieces while Grandma watched in amazement!
When grandma was getting ready to leave Cody said 'Don't leave grandma'... We wish you could stay!Grandma brought presents including cute new clothes and this adorable plate set...construction work on a plate! I thought it was an appropriate picture too because in the background there's children's tylenol and miralax...common in our house lately, hot chocolate-I love it, and canned sausage things that are soft enough for Macey to eat...who knows what meat is in them but when Cody has a hot dog, Macey has those. She likes them, but really she would live on fruit if she could. Oh, and lentils in the jar-everyone in Pullman needs lentils:)

This is Cody on the 'city bus,' (pronounced Ci-dee-bus), with his city bus in his hands (as opposed to the school buses that we frequently see). It made his day again and he talked about how big he was all day!

The last month...it's been a good one! We have had some big changes this month. First and foremost I apparently neglected to write that Macey is crawling. It is an army crawl, but a crawl nonetheless. And I just read in her baby book that she started at 8 months to do it. At first it wasn't ideal because then she could crawl to my room at 6 am after she woke up and Ben had gotten her. But now, we let her just play in her crib and don't get her out so early. She has also started clapping and saying "YEA!" She loves playing with toys in our front room, but if we are at other people's houses, she just wants ME:) Every time Ben comes home she will look up and scream "Da!"

Cody is POTTY TRAINED! (Not poop, but that's an entirely different story and we'll worry about it later.) I am glad I did it the way I did. I didn't know any other way to go about it and my good friend sent me a little write up about potty training your child in 3 days. So I did it, and it worked! I threw him a potty party the first day. Basically you stay by their side (no phone, no email, no distractions, no tv, etc.) ALL the time and ask them every 10 minutes or so to 'tell mommy when you have to go potty.' First day, lots of accidents, second day 2 accidents, third day 1 accident, voila, a little less sanity for me than I would have chosen, but it was done! And I have to give Cody credit, he really was a trooper, I mean I would hate to go to the bathroom all day all the time. And in all honesty, I felt closer to Cody when it was done even though it was exhausting. We did a LOT of playing with blocks-building planes and trucks, and playing dinosaurs and animals. He has quite an imagination.

Ben finished his surgery rotation month. They worked on doing spays and got some pretty good practice. He was gone a lot, so we're glad it's over:) He also just finished a series of a bunch of tests, and has a bunch coming of course.

And last but not least, I finally got a good stroller! Thanks for the early Christmas present mom, this will really help with my sanity! In Erin's words, Praise to the Man who invented the BOB!

Weekend with Aunt Jessi

This picture just cracks me up!Here's Macey's cute grape bunch hat from Swiss Days-thanks, I love it!He even does the pirate face while he swings!Helping carve pumpkins

The pictures kind of explain our time...we laughed a lot and played a lot. Jessi loves playing with Cody and Macey and that alone is worth a million dollars. We wish you could stay! We had SO much fun!!!!!

Lately

Cody is going to be a frog, and Macey's going to be a fairy princess for Halloween. I made Macey some wings and a tutu (http://www.make-baby-stuff.com) and it was kind of fun!

Here's the pirate face again;)

They love sitting in this chair getting their picture taken.

Cody likes to take pictures too with his camera.

Becky and I ran a half marathon in Moscow a couple of weeks ago. It was a really hilly race but was a lot of fun. Nice job Becky!

Macey now has three teeth and counting. If I'm right, she's working on about 6 more...and you can tell. She's not the happy Macey we all know, although I can't complain. She's just not happy, not screaming all the time (except for tonight, but we'll forgive her). Poor Jessi, she came right in time for it! You can't even see her teeth, but they are there.

Kentucky Trip for Ben

Finally, here's a couple of pictures of Ben's trip to Kentucky. It really is pretty there. He went there with the Equine club from school. They had the opportunity to visit some thoroughbred farms and see some of the nice veterinary clinics out there. He said it was pretty fancy. Here's the group that went: