Update

I know, I know. It's been a long time since I've updated my blog. But between me getting the flu last week (still not feeling 100%), Isaac getting sick again, and me being so busy at work that the last thing I want to do when I get home is to get on the computer, I keep putting off writing anything new. But, as I wait for another load of laundry to finish up I'll post some things we've been up to.

We have 3 fireplaces in our house. 2 are gas, but the third is a good old fashioned wood burning fireplace. Since Greg has a job in the moulding industry, scraps of wood are never in short supply. So about once or twice a week we have been building fires in our fireplace and making smores, roasting marshmallows, etc. We've been having a blast.

Also, it finally looks like Christmas here. I wouldn't mind if the warmer temperatures had stuck around for a little longer, but I will admit I do like the look of snow. Greg and Isaac went and played in the snow and took the sled down the front yard earlier in the week.

They later built a jump for the sled, but the memory card in my camera couldn't hold anything else on it. So I didn't get any good pictures of it.

Greg found a gingerbread house kit at Costco. We had a really good time decorating it. And while it's not the prettiest house on the block, it sure is the most colorful. It looks like a candy store exploded on it.

Some Discoveries

Isaac has been sick for a few days with croup. It has not been fun at all. Poor kid wakes up in the night coughing so hard he can't stop and has a hard time breathing. It's a little scary to say the least. We took him to InstaCare on Sunday, and they gave him some steroids to help open up his airways and that's helped a little.

The thing is that he has only been sick a handful of times. These past few days I have made a few discoveries:

1. Greg cannot handle throw up. If he hears someone throw up, sees someone throw up, or smells throw up, he himself will throw up.

2. Isaac is BOSSY when he's sick. I just laid him down for a nap, and he told me, "go out of here, Mom, I need to go to sleep." Okay!

3. Greg is a better stay at home parent that I am. He stayed home from work with Isaac yesterday, and cleaned the house and did all but about 2 loads of laundry. Yes! Thank you Greg! Also, Greg had to leave for a few hours last night and Isaac sat by the window waiting for him to come home. They must have had a really good time yesterday.

4. My sister thinks that gout and croup are the same illness. Okay, maybe not really but she kept saying that Isaac had gout. He he, you know I love you, Mel.

Hopefully Isaac will get feeling better soon. He's been pretty mopey and I miss my fun little guy.

Family Pictures

We went and had our family pictures taken a few weeks ago. I was a little worried about how they were going to turn out, because about a half hour into it Isaac was done. He decided it would be more fun to play in the dirt and run around in the leaves. Can you blame the kid though? When I got the CD from the photographer, however, I was really pleased. She did a great job. She has 5 kids of her own so she worked really well with Isaac. After we were done, she told me that she took over 300 pictures! Here's some of my favorites:

Halloween Report

I've seen this same entry popping up on everyone else's blog. Here's some pictures of our Halloween.

We carved a pumpkin a few days before. Greg's dad grew this pumpkin in his backyard, so props to him. It was huge. We asked Isaac what he wanted to carve in it, and he told us he wanted an octopus. The kid couldn't think of something easy, like a cool jack-o-lantern face or a ghost. He insisted on a octopus. So I left it up to Greg, because I am artistically challenged. Ever the handyman, he decided to use his dremel tool to carve it. I was really impressed with how it turned out.

Isaac decided months ago that he wanted to be a "Go Utes" (translation: University of Utah) football player for Halloween. I thought, simple. I've seen U of U football jerseys at Wal-Mart, I can throw something together. It'll be easy. HA! Not so. I went to pretty much every Wal-Mart in the Salt Lake Valley looking for one of those jerseys. I found plenty on line, but I wasn't going to pay $50 or more for a football jersey. Anyway, I ended up finding a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform online for a *somewhat* reasonable price and he loved it. From the day UPS delivered it he wore that helmet non stop. I even have a picture of him in only the helmet and undies, but I will spare him the future embarrassment and not post it. I'll save it for a day when he's older and I need something for blackmail.

Anyway, here he is in his Bucks uniform. He had a blast trick or treating, and asked the next morning if he could go again.

Oh, and I almost forgot. Saturday morning he dumped his candy out and started putting it in matching piles. I couldn't resist taking a picture. Although I will admit that I did help him match them all up.

We're still around

Well, what a blog slacker I've turned out to be. I haven't posted in almost two weeks. When I started this thing, my goal was to try and post something at least once a week. I'm falling behind. We've been really busy. Doing what, I really couldn't tell you. Not that I have some big secret life or anything, it just seems like we're always running from one thing to the next.

This past weekend we went up to Snowbird and rode the tram to the top of the mountain. They had a deal going that if you brought in a can of food, you could ride for free. I'm all for getting things for free! When I told Isaac where we were going he asked, "what's a tram?". It just made me step back a little and realize that there are so many cool things I can teach him.

We got to the top of the mountain, and it was COLD. And the wind was blowing. Not just a little mountain breeze, but huge gusts. We spent all of about 20 minutes at the top of the mountain before jumping back on the tram and heading down. Greg got some really cool pictures though.

Isaac's Party

We had Isaac's birthday party on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. We did a sports theme since that's what he's into. We had all kinds of "sports" snacks: pretzels, chips, tortilla chips and salsa, etc. On the invitation I asked everyone to dress in their favorite sports team colors. Which ended up with almost everyone in University of Utah gear. lol. I went to take the decorations down the next day, and he asked me if we could keep them up. So they're still up. Four. Days. Later. *Sigh* Here's some pictures.

Thanks to everyone who came. Isaac had a blast. He keeps saying, "I had fun at my party, Mom."

Tagged

I was tagged, so I guess I'd better do this:

7 random/weird things about me:

1. I hate wearing socks. Even though I live in a state where we get feet of snow piled up in the winter, I will wear sandals as long as I can stand it. Even then I will try and find shoes that don't have to wear socks with. And nylons, gag! I don't think I've worn them for years.

2. I love cinnamon bears. But when I eat them, I have to bite the head off the bear first. I don't know why, I just do.

3. I have a habit of twirling my hair around my finger whenever I'm nervous, bored, anxious, etc. It sometimes bugs Greg.

4. I can talk in a REALLY low voice. My high school friends used to make me do it all the time. I do it for Isaac now, and he thinks it's pretty funny.

5. I have to have the radio or TV on at my house. I can't stand it if it's too quiet.

6. I don't like to watch sports on TV. The sound of the announcers' voices is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. But to go to a game is something totally different. That's way more fun. I think it's probably because I like to people watch too.

7. I love to read. I always have to have a book I'm reading. Right now I'm reading Wicked. It's kind of slow going.

Alright, so I tag:

Wade, Dana, Dawn, Julie, Pyper, Janelle, and Nathaly. This is my first tag, so you guys better do it! :)

Happy Birthday Isaac!

Today is Isaac's birthday! I can't believe that he's 3 already. It goes by so fast. When I asked him what he wanted to do today, he told me he wanted to go but some new shoes. This is the same answer he gave me last year. I think it's bordering on a tradition. So after he opened his presents this morning (which were mostly clothes) we took him to see Space Chimps, to lunch and then to buy some new shoes. Here's the ones he picked. What do you think?





Pretty cool, eh?


I thought I would write down a few things I love about my baby boy.


* He is really tenderhearted. He is always very concerned if someone else is sad. He'll tell me "I'll give them a hug and they'll feel better".


* He is a comedian. He loves telling jokes and making people laugh. Here's one of his favorites:
Q: What kind of bug says zubb?
A: A bee flying backwards.
After he tells the joke he throws his head back and laughs. It's funnier than the joke.


* He is really easy going. He was a really easy baby (minus the 10 months of reflux), and he is okay just to go with the flow. He has had very few major breakdowns.


* I love his long eyelashes and big eyes. I think we may have a problem with girls when he's older.


* He's really social and loves talking to other people. Both kids and adults. We'll be at the store, and he'll strike up a conversation with anyone in sight.


And since I'd rather play with him than be on the computer, I'll finish with some pictures.

Hours old

One year old

Two years old

And three years old today on his new wiggle car.

Happy Birthday buddy.

Busy Busy

It seems we are always running from one thing to the next. This last Friday Isaac and I went to Chuck E Cheese with my sister in law Liz and her two kids, Maddie and Zack. Isaac had a blast. He wanted so badly to ride on this monster truck. He thought he was so cool.

Saturday we got up early and went out to our rental property to install sod. I will be so happy when this house is sold. It has done nothing for me but bleed my bank account dry. Poor Greg was there at 6:00 in the morning and didn't get home until about 8:0o that night. Even then we didn't get all the work done, so he had to go back out on Sunday and finish up. Thank you to all of you who were out there helping us. We would probably still be out there if we didn't have your help.

Sunday Greg's family had a pre birthday party for Isaac. (His actual birthday is Saturday) I thought this picture turned out neat.

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

Since the purpose of this whole blog thing is supposed to be about what going on with our little family, I feel like I need to do a little catching up. So here's what we did over the past summer.

Our biggest thing is was going to Southern California with my family the last part of July. We hit a Dodgers game, Disneyland/California Adventure, the beach, and went fishing. It was a lot of fun.

Isaac was lucky enough to meet a couple of the characters. He wasn't too sure about them though.

His favorite ride, however, was the new Toy Story one at California Adventure. You wear these 3-D glasses and shoot a gun at theses targets. He went on it 4 or 5 times. Here he is waiting in line with his glasses on.

Of course if its summer, my family is going boating thanks to my brother Craig. I was so proud of myself that this is the first year I got some air jumping the wake. Boo Yah!

Greg of course comes along and shows me up.

Yeah! what a babe!

Isaac has been asking to wakeboard too, but I think I'll make him wait a few years. He did get to do some tubing though. He got soooo mad when we made him get out. You would have thought I'd killed his dog. I'm such a mean mom.

Another thing that happened this summer was that Greg ran in a few races. He ran a 10k in Salt Lake and a 5k in Centerville. I didn't get very good pictures and I feel kind of bad. (Sorry Greg) But, Isaac ran in a 1/4 mile kids race in connection with the Centerville 5k. This is one of my favorite pictures of Greg and Isaac.

Come on, how cute is that!?! You want more? Of course you do.

I've Given In

So I guess I've given it to peer pressure and here I sit creating a blog. I don't know why I've resisted for so long, I've actually had fun! I think it will be a good thing for me to keep track of what we do in our crazy busy lives and a good way to keep in touch with people.

If I have your blog listed on the side, and for some reason you don't want it there please let me know. I'm sorry if there's some blog etiquette I don't know about. Give me a break! I'm new to this!

So off we go, I guess. We'll see how good I am at updating this thing. I hope to do it often. Oh, and if you haven't figured out what the name of the blog stands for it's Greg, Lisa and Issac Baldwin. My sister came up with it for me. Thanks Melanie!