The honeymoon is over

After 11 years I can finally say I have been on a honeymoon. I joined Aaron for the last two days of his latest conference in Baltimore, went to Ocean City Maryland for 2 days, then went to DC for a day.

Our honeymoon top 10:


10. Eating meals I didn't have to cook

9. Walking around museums with Aaron (without kids!)

8. Going to an amusement park (without kids!)

7. Parasailing

6. Playing in the waves at the beach for hours (without kids!)

5. Not having to worry about my kids while I was doing all of these fun things. Thank you so much Mom for making their week as fun as mine (well almost).

4. Did I mention that I got to play with my husband at the beach for hours without having to worry about kids drowning, getting sand in their eyes, getting kidnapped or lost, annoying other beach goers, etc.?

3. Lazing around the hotel room in Baltimore for 1.5 days while Aaron was at his conference (without kids!)

2. Coming home to my kids. The only time I have left them in the past is to go have the next baby so this was a first for me and though I wasn't nearly as sad to be away from them as I feared I would be (I know, I'm terrible) I was literally bouncing in my seat excited to see them when we got back.

1. Spending 5 days with my sweetheart enjoying each other's company and remembering what it was like long ago when all we thought about was each other.

Thanks for the perfect honeymoon Aaron (I have started planning for our second honeymoon. I want to go to Hawaii this time. It should only take another 11 years to save the money for it.). YBEG

Those with dentist phobias should not read this post!

Those of you with real problems shouldn't read this either since there is way too much whining involved. What can I say, a little self pity goes a long way.

I need to post about Liam, Brock and Evie's birthdays. Instead I will post about poor pitiful me. I will try to make sense through the pain killer haze in my brain.

So yesterday I went in to the dentist for a root canal. It was my second and the first wasn't bad at all so I was trying not to worry. Everything went fine throughout the appointment till near the end. The dentist was putting something into the tooth that smelled strongly of chlorine bleach and then suddenly there was a burning sensation that started in the tooth but then radiated to the rest of my face. It started to burn in my nose and down my throat. I made some grunting sounds to show I was in pain (I try to be brave at the dentist but this went beyond that) and he started to work faster and start sucking stuff out while asking if it burned in my nose and throat. Long story short they put this heavy duty disinfectant in the root of the tooth (I told him it smelled and felt like bleach and he said it is very similar. I don't remember this from my first root canal) and apparently my root went into my sinuses so when they put the stuff in it went into my sinuses as well. The dentist was as close to freaking out as I have seen a dentist and kept saying "this is not good, this is not good". So apparently my sinuses are kind of fried. He put a shot of steroids into my face to help the inflamation, gave me prescriptions for more steroids, antibiotics and painkillers and pretty much told me to stay on the painkillers because I would need them and made an appointment to finish up on Tuesday (he couldn't finish the root canal because of blood coming from my sinuses out my tooth). So why do these things happen to me? I am trying to count my blessings because my family is really pretty darn healthy but come on, I feel like someone shot acid into my face. I'm not sure if there will be any lasting damage and I will admit it feels better today than yesterday though now my tooth hurts a lot as if there is lots of pressure inside. So poor poor me, how tragic how sad. Everyone get out your little violins and play a sad sad song for me.

Animal Sounds

Evie has been making a sound for the past couple months that can only be described as a horse whinny. She used to do it all the time but of course we never caught it on video. We finally caught her doing it on my camera though it is hard to hear and they definitely aren't her best. I am glad I got it when I did because she hasn't made the sound since. Her attitude also comes out at the end of this video with her answer to my asking her to do it again.

Warning: This post is potty humor; I'm not kidding; reader beware!

So I don't usually post potty humor but for some reason an episode last night was really funny to me. Last night was my first night of Aaron's latest trip (he's in Sweden this time). I got to bed late because I hate sleeping without him and right as I was dozing off I heard Liam come up the stairs in a panic. He went into the bathroom and I could hear him making noises and I figured it was just my luck that the kids would get the stomach flu as soon as Aaron left. I got up and went in and he was kind of running around in circles in the bathroom. I couldn't tell if something hurt, if he needed to throw up or needed to use the bathroom so I tried the third and most simple option. He was so asleep I had to help him a lot but then he started peeing, and peeing, and peeing. If any of you remember the scene in a League of Their Own where Tom Hanks goes for like 3 minutes, this was similar. I couldn't believe he could possible hold that much and he was still only half way done. Anyway, now that half the people reading this are totally grossed out and the other half are wondering where on earth the humor is, I really don't know. I am probably relieved that his problem was so easily solved but he must have been so uncomfortable. When he was done he went right back to sleep and slept peacefully till morning. It really is the little things in life (like the ability to empty your bladder) that count.

Family Night

On Monday our family night was not as planned as it could have been (hey at least we did it). We usually give assignments beforehand but we only had the lesson/activity planned and we winged the rest. So after the Prayer Aaron asks who wants to give the scripture. Liam jumps up yelling that he wants to do it and runs up the steps to stand on the landing by the door (we were having family night outside because it was really hot inside and we were using the landing as a kind of stage). I started thinking of scriptures I had memorizes so that I could help him say one but then he started. "And Jesus... (he paused here for a couple of seconds and I thought he was going to tell a story about Jesus for his scripture) ...wept". Then he gave us a cheeky grin and sat back down. The kid is 4 years old! We had talked about that being the shortest scripture before but it was months ago and I didn't even realize Liam was listening. Needless to say Aaron and I busted up laughing and Liam got the exact reaction he was looking for. Overall it was a pretty good family night.

Random Pictures

These are some pictures that I wanted to add but I don't want to write a whole post about each one. Mia keeps going outside and playing hopscotch by herself. I looked out the window and she was out there saying "jump, jump, jump" while trying to play. She kept herself entertained for quite a while. Who needs fancy toys?
This is my Mother's Day picture. I got lots of awesome presents including a picture of Christ from Aaron and his parents, a book from my Dad, flowers and hersey kisses from the kids and a string art from Gwen. I wish Mother's day came more often.

Now that Evie is walking she is a whole new class of trouble. Her favorite thing right now is to pull all the books off the booshelves. It is merely annoying when she does it with the kid's books but she has hurt her toe a time or two when she tries it with the heavier adult books. Little turkey.

Our Newest Toddler

Evie started walking a couple of weeks ago. We thought it would take longer because she didn't crawl very early but she started walking just a couple weeks after she started crawling. This video is from 2 weeks ago, she walks like a pro now and walks back and forth across the room just for the fun of it. I am kind of sad that my last baby is growing up so fast but it is hard to be too sad when she is so darn cute.