Pics

Things are always hectic around our house. Here are some pics of our boys.
Joseph high-fiving a dinosaur...or at least the print.

Joseph wanted to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house, so I bundled them up because it was cold. Samuel was not happy about his outfit that made him look like a smurf. It is a little small on him, but at least he was warm.

Samuel couldn't wait for me to lay him down for a nap, so he took one in his seat instead.

I walked upstairs to go to the bathroom and I found Joseph in bed reading a book instead of sleeping. It was cute. I ran downstairs to get my camera. He likes books that require him to find things. The book he is looking at is one that you have to find things that are not right in the pictures. He laughed everytime something funny was on the page.

Samuel and daddy. He enjoys it when daddy tickles his belly with his chin. This is right before a tickledown.

My candid boy

Joseph: "Danger, heading for danger!" (Everytime Samuel crawls into a situation that Joseph views as precarious)

Yesterday on the way to church:

Daddy: "I'm hungry. I could really go for some oreos and milk."
Joseph: "Why didn't you get it?"
Mommy: "We are fasting."
Joseph: "What?"
Mommy: "We are fasting."
Joseph: "What?"
Daddy: "Do you know what fasting is?"
Joseph: "No."
Daddy: "It is when you don't eat."
Joseph: "But you 'eed to eat." (he always leaves out the n on need)
Mommy: "It is to show Heavenly Father and Jesus that you have faith and need help."
Joseph: "If you are hungry, you 'eed to eat."

Right now Joseph is walking around with 2 "claws" and roaring. He is a t-rex.

Santa and the chimney conversation aka "why we don't have fires in the chimney on Christmas":

Joseph: "We 'eed him to give us presents."
Daddy: "What if we have a fire in the chimney."
Joseph: "He will burn his butt, butt, butt. Then he will leave our house and we won't get new presents."

As for Samuel, he now climbs stairs and has started to pull himself up to a standing position. He babbles a ton and is starting to act shy around people he doesn't know or even people he recognizes. He likes it when his Uncle Ziggy comes over and tries to get his attention. Speaking of attention, he also fake coughs if we look at him after he coughs once or twice. His two top teeth are finally showing.

Song

Periodically I make up songs that I then sing to Joseph and Samuel. We were leaving Target:

Me (as I am loading them in the car): "cutie patootie, I have cutie patooties, da, da, da, da, da, my 2 cutie patooties." (Not a very good song).
Joseph: "Mommy, will you sing it again."
Me: "Cutie patootie, I have cutie patooties, da, da, da, da, da, my 2 cutie patooties."
Jospeh: "You need to put that song on the Xbox."
Me: "The Xbox. Why?"
Joseph: "So everyone can hear it."

That is a great way to start a singing career. Quality. :)

Joseph and the Lost World

In many of the cartoons and movies that Joseph has watched, people run across dinosaurs in a lost world. Joseph has contemplated this often and asked me on several occasions, "Mommy, where is the lost world?" Obviously, if it is lost, that means that no one knows where it is, but that is beside the point. This morning, as Joe and I were sleeping, Joseph brought in his dinosaurs and set them up on our comforter that is at the foot of our bed. He set up his dinosaurs in his own little lost world. He then pretended to visit it. He stomped around for awhile pretending to be a t-rex and Samuel was the baby t-rex. Joseph was teaching him how to roar and it scared Samuel a little. He then quickly said, "I'm sorry Samuel." Here is a conversation we had:

Mommy: "Joseph, when you grow up, are you going to find the lost world?"
Joseph: "Yes. I am going to find the lost world. I will be careful and be safe. I will take daddy with me so I won't be alone and scared."

It was cute. Another question he asked today, "why do we have bones?" This he asked himself and I overheard as we were watching "Legacy" during primary. He sat there examining his wrist and holding it with his other hand before he asked the question. At dinner tonight, he asked us the same question and we answered it. He then said that we are made of water (we have had the discussion before and I told him that most of our body is made of water, not including percentages).

Primary program

Today was the primary program in our ward. The past few weeks have seen a lot of practice and judging (on a scale of 1 to 10) for each song. Yesterday was the 2 hour run through/practice at the chapel. Most of the kids were extremely tired by the end of the 2 hours (we went through it 2 times). Yeah. So today we got to church and sat down for the sacrament and then went up to the podium. Joe sat with Samuel in the back, trying to entertain our hungry and sleepy and wiggly almost 10 month old. I went to the front to sit with the 4 boys in our class. They did really well. Joseph got up for his line and said, "Adam and Eve is the first family." It was said in his cute little high pitched voice. I let Joseph use my scriptures for the scripture power song. Sometime after that, he dropped them over the edge of the stand, behind the piano. He turned around and started to pout to me and said, "mommy...the scriptures fell!" His teachers reassured him that we could get it afterward, but he almost started to cry. Afterwards, the primary had treats and watched "Legacy" (note to self, kids can't sit through a movie that is made for adults). One mother said she wishes that they would have let Joseph speak more because she loves hearing his little voice. A lot of people seem to like it...I know I do. Afterwards we had class. I thought it would be a great idea to have our class make a collage or picture of something that helps them remember Jesus on the Sabbath day. Nope. Not such a great idea. It was a long church day.

Dang alarm

Samuel has gotten into the awful habit of waking up at night and refusing to go back to sleep. He purposely wakes himself up. Last night he screamed and cried from 11:30 till he finally fell asleep around 1:30 a.m. I was carrying him and trying to rock him, which only served to anger him more. I think it is time to let him cry it out. We haven't tried before because we are afraid he will wake up Joseph, plus the crib is at the opposite side of the house.

It took Joseph 3 nights and then he was good. Hopefully it will only last a few nights. Joseph cried for 3 hours the first night, about an hour and half the second night, and 30 minutes the last night. It was hard, but I don't think I can take too many more nights of trying to get him to sleep and he just screams anyway. Tonight the crib goes into the basement bedroom so I can sleep in the family room on the couch while he screams it out. I want to be close, but I will have to be strong, otherwise he will continue to stay awake and keep us up with him.

I forgot to turn off the alarm. Joseph was scared last night, so fell asleep in our room, so rather than move him, Joe went to sleep in Joseph's room. At 6:40 this morning, the alarm went off (radio talk show) and it took me awhile to realize it was on. Of course, the talking woke Samuel up. Darn it. I am tired, won't be able to take a nap, and have a long day ahead of me. I guess I will start to look for more jobs.

Interviewing again

My first interview was for a care coordinator position with AmeriCorps. It only pays a living stipend, but it seems like it would be a fun job. I think they liked me. I sent in my resume and cover letter and received a call for an interview, all within an hour of each other.

My second interview was with Gymboree. Yes...a retail store. I love their clothes and thought, why not. I enjoyed working retail summers in college. They will let me know if I get a second interview. It is only for seasonal work and I know I won't make as much as I did at UVU, but it would be fun.

I also interviewed for a position at UVU. It is a part time advisor position with graduation and transfer. I met 2 of the other candidates that were interviewing. It makes it awkward because you know they are your competition for the job and it would be counter-intuitive to say "good luck" because that means if they have good luck you weren't so lucky. Anyways. I think it went well, but I guess we shall see.

I don't know if I will be offered any positions, but until I know for sure, I will keep applying. That is what I need to do now.