Christmas Catch Up

I know right? waaay too long since I last posted, can I blame it on the pregnancy? Poor guy too many things have been blamed on him. Sheesh I am lazy this time around. So Christmas 2010.... Started off with Christmas eve at the Ford grandparents. Cadence has the tradition of leaving Santa an assortment of Grandma's homemade treats, and a caffeinated beverage, because she reasons he needs to stay up pretty late (also she hates milk).

Christmas day we moved on to Grandpa and Grammy Dover's house for another round of presents. Here Uncle Adam is showing off his gift from Pete, uh huh.. truck nuts. Adam admitted that this was even too far for him, and he was uncomfortable with his gift...so I guess mission accomplished.

And Tyler? This kid kept me laughing by his outfit - classic ugly Christmas sweater.

Grandpa Dover with baby Cole, I have a picture similar to this with Grandpa and baby Cadence.

Then the Blakes and the Harr's showed up for more presents and more fun. It snowed a ton this week, which squelched any desire to go up into the canyons for sledding, but it all worked out because we found an awesome sled hill where we spent two days sledding.

Uncle Pete of course is the uncle that all the kids climb all over, he acted as a sled for the kids, they sat on him as he flew down the big hill.

Cadence, pretty exultant after an excellent ride down the big hill - I think I will miss this age where she can run up and down the hill by herself all day and I got to just watch.

And of course, it wouldn't be complete if I didn't show Carver's propensity for eating snow. Makes a parent proud I am sure.

We spent New Years eve with the cousins, ringing in the very cold (like 4 degrees) new year with sparkling cider, brownie sundaes and illegal fireworks - yea!

Carver did not care for the sparkling version so he opted for a real apple.

Cadence-isms

So, yesterday, we went to Ruth's Diner up imigration canyon to celebrate the news that we are having a boy. Most likely we ingested copious amounts of fried and greasy food. I handled it like a pro, Pete did not, and had an upset belly for the rest of the day. When Cadence came home from school, she blurted out upon entering the bathroom "Oh, smells like something died in here!" one quick pause "yep dad, your dignity died in here!" aww Hallmark sentiment for the books.

BABY Post

So yes, its official, there is a baby brewing in my belly (okay uterus) and I will have to post the video of me telling grammy on Christmas - priceless. So now I can share all the indulgences that I have been looking up these last few weeks. It has been 10 years since I was last pregnant and I am pretty excited about all the cute things that have come around in those years. I will definitely be shopping from etsy this time around cause I am loving all the handmade unique, cute items on there. First up? This Castle Peeps quilt. Love the fabric and love the idea.

I am dying over these alphabet cards. Although I did see my nephew's alphabet cards for a nerdy baby and died laughing. Will be hard to choose.

I am loving these little handmade booties, some are reversible and they are so colorful and unique. I already purchased this pattern to make a whole army of shoes.

Love love love silk screened onesies. And who doesn't love this robot?

And I think this shirt will need to be a must have for me. And sorry that I did not post any links to these wonderful items, you can always go to my etsy shop www.crabbycrochet.etsy.com and click on my favorites list.

New Boots

I love boots. Plain and Simple. Love them, wish I could live in them. The End. However, I have giant calves. huge. The Hubby says that they are so big, that they are now cows. Ha, I know. And yes part of my big calves can be attributed to my weight, but even at my skinniest I have some pretty gnarly calves. I almost didn't date my husband because my calves were bigger then his. Anywho, long ramble, I bought these boots and they are my new favorite. So much so that I bought them a size bigger because that was all they had. (that's what wool socks are for right?) The tall part of the boot is in two sections, probably to help facilitate over the jean wear, but this is awesome for my calves. Then the straps on the side are adjustable, and then I don't even have to let them out all the way either, which leads me to believe that a very skinny girl would have some issues. But I am personally loving them. They are Candies (Verona) boots, I bought them at Kohls, but good luck, they went fast.

New hat Pictures

This one's from Mindy's shop, and I am dying! So so adorable!

How we Spent our Fall

Lacrosse. Here is my little number nine in her giant blue socks. We were afraid that this pose was how it was going to be the whole year. Her first game she used her stick like a baton. We were worried. But by the next game, she started to pick it up and get into it.

Game three? She scored a goal. Her only, but still we were thrilled! We really mulled over wither we would put the girl in an expensive team sport (in another town I might add) because her attention wanders, she doesn't like to work hard, and she doesn't stick to commitments. But she begged us for this, so we did it, and we ended up pretty happy. The league is made up of 4th, 5th and 6 graders, so she was pretty much the smallest on the team, so hopefully next year she will have an advantage.

It is a pretty neat sport, entertaining enough to occupy 8 Saturdays in a row. And we are definitely looking forward to Spring season.

Halloween 2010

So I am throwing up pictures from a few different activities, smashing them all together for one big Halloween Blog. - Lazy I know. First I crashed a daddy daughter night out to the haunted house. This is a once every 10 years kind of event, since they charge so dang much! Also it was so crowded on a Friday night that it is really hard to be scared when you are jammed in there. However it was pretty cool and authentic. So we had a good time checking out all the inventions and decor and what not. Like I said, good every 10 years.

Cadence and Molly, Retro Space Aliens. I made costumes similar to these for a work event at the Planetarium, and my daughter thought it was the coolest thing, so she got it in her head to be that for Halloween. She even called herself a Venga Babe (from the band VengaBoys - it's a song). I have to give her props it turned out way cuter then I imagined! Molly got green alien glasses, which Cadence didn't think was fair, so I found these purple Lady GaGa glasses, which I thought fit all too well. I even made them matching trick or treat bags. I know my child is spoiled.

We went up to Red Butte again for their Park After Dark, this year's theme was an international folk celebration. I love the work that goes into this, totally worth it!

Molly down right glowed in the black light alley.

The girls colored Day of the Dead masks. They also got to listen to a Romanian story teller, participated in Australian rituals and made gypsy potions.

Cadence touching the Vietnamese Lion Dancers.

Pete and I also went to a Halloween costume poker party. I was a Roller Derby Girl. (I loved my costume) and Pete, well he was Jesus, what else?