Fun Halloween banner

I made this cute little Halloween banner the other night. It was so simple.

Cut some tags from my cricut, used some paper fan things left over from Hudson's b-day party, cut out letters from my cricut on the super cute glitter paper from Target. Hung over my "spooky" fireplace. (The thing really is spooky in more ways than one…) That's it.

15 months already?

Buster is 15 months old today! He is turning into a little stinker too. A dang cute stinker with his big 'ol dimples and gorgeous blue eyes. He is really moving. He looks pretty funny walking on those twiggy legs of his, but he is getting more and more comfortable doing it everyday. But being in no hurry to walk has not stopped him from climbing on things. He climbs on everything. Most are dangerous, the rocks, the "lunchroom" table, chairs in nursery, etc. He thinks it is especially funny to climb on things, look for my and wave his finger up at down (like he is saying, naughty, naughty, naughty.)

In the last couple of days he has taken to chucking things as hard as he can. Tonight it was water bottles. Earlier at the library, it was books. Sure hope he is going to use his amazing skills as a baseball player or something:)

He loves balls. I mean seriously, the kid would be happy with a room filled with balls. I have found him a several times laying under the changing table surrounded by his bouncy balls. Do I have a picture of it, no.

He loves the bath, he loves to eat and he is finally starting to become a good sleeper. He loves his brother and sister. He waves to everyone and says something that sounds like bye-bye to me. He is such a sweetheart.

And with his continued love of food, he is chunkin' up and and just might grow into that dome of his;) Love. This. Kid.

Today's edition of gratitude

Two posts in a row: WORLD RECORD!

Today I was grateful for naps. (Although I wish I could count myself as one of the nappies…)

Jade was having a rough day. She had a meltdown at my friend Janine's, she had a poo and pee accident resulting in two cold showers. She was basically a mess. So after the second cold shower, to bed she went. Nestled in her crib with her "pacifier blanket" and pillow sweet sleep brought peace to the house and peace to my little girl having a rough day. She woke up refreshed and in a much better mood. I was too.

General Conference

I was inspired by the talks given today and yesterday by our great church leaders. I look forward to rereading them in the Ensign online so I can fill in the gaps I missed taking Jade to the potty, making sippy cups, cleaning up, etc.

In a world with so much turmoil and sadness, immorality and filth, political opposition, greed, pride and selfishness, how comforting it is to listen to men and women who radiate and preach such hope, love and comfort. It gives me hope that there are good people all over who want a good world for their children to grow up in, and that makes me happy.

It's like the most t.v. I've watched in a long time:)

I was especially happy to see Dominic listen to a few talks while filling out his little word bingo card from primary. He carefully listened and check marked gospel words during a few talks. (Hey, he's 4…a three-talk attention span is nothing short of a miracle in my book!)

Well I want to be more grateful. Too many times I catch myself wishing, wanting and aspiring for more. That is okay sometimes. but I also recognized that I need to be grateful for the present. So I am going to strive to be grateful. And unlike my normal ADD self that has a tendency to do a million things at once…that's it. I am going to be more grateful. I think that alone will help many more things fall into place. And since everyone has basically left blogging for facebook…I'm pretty sure I can post my gratefulness as I please:)

And I'm going to list, because that's how I roll:

1. I am grateful for the gospel. It's a scary thing in life to not have a foundation. One that answers all the important questions. I have that. I know who I am, where I came from and where I am going.

2. I am grateful for my family. With every rear I wipe, and cry I quiet, I know I am needed and loved. I have a loving, compassionate, funny-as-heck husband that treats me well and loves and provides for our children. I know that he is working towards our eternal marriage just as much as I am. And that feels good.

Okay…those are the big ones for tonight. The two that are always mentioned in my prayers. There are many more, obvious ones. And some not so obvious. But here's to being grateful! I hope if you are reading this…you will find some things to be more grateful for…