Trick or Treating

Carter the Giraffe and everything on my living room floor.

Michael Incredible and Regan the Wizard/Alien. Mr. Incredible.  He was really good about keeping his mask on. Regan is his girl.  She grabbed his hand when we started walking.  Cute. My giraffe was happy as a clam.  He was a great little trick or treater!!! Miss Tiffany, Michael's teacher, walked the parade with us.  Her nephew Kade is in Michael's class and wanted to walk with he and Regan.  

Daddy joined the ranks about half way through trick or treating.  Carter did awesome on his shoulders.

Wesley, Michael and Regan.  Preschool buddies.

All my boys!

Undecided

So, I got my hair cut yesterday and I am still undecided about it.  I love the color it's just the incredibly short layer on top I'm not sure of.  I just don't know what to do with it.  It's just short enough that I can't tuck it behind my ears.  

What do you think?

Seven Months

Wow Carter!  I can hardly believe you are already 7 months old!  Well, 7 days ago.  I just had to wait for the right picture.  

Carter, you are so special.  I love the way you talk to me.  You are getting so big!  You are really trying to crawl.  You look like an inch worm right now.  You get up on all fours and kinda flop down on your belly then get up on all fours again and flop down.  It's forward motion.  As far as sideways direction goes, you still roll with the best of them.  You only nap for 20 minutes at a time.  I'm hard pressed to get an hour out of you.  :º)  You love your brother and he loves you!  He is learning, very quickly, to put the toys he doesn't want you to eat away.  You laugh hardest when Michael runs past you in the living room then into the kitchen then passed you then through the kitchen then passed you and so on and so on.  I think the other day he kept you laughing for a solid 30 minutes just by running.  It was so cute!!!  You love when Mama sings to you!  You love when your Daddy makes faces at you.  You are so strong.  When you throw a fit for your Daddy, he has to put you down because he is afraid to hold you too tightly.  You have so much to say.  I can't wait till you have words to tell those stories.  You are really good at giving raspberries.  It's so cute.  This picture is exactly that!  I love you my Carter Baby!!!

RASPBERRIES!

Little Man

He said

1. Today he ate Jell-O.  Brian asked him to wipe off his face and he said to me "You can't come in here right now!  Because I am wiping my chim." 

2. I was sitting on the floor in front of the couch so, naturally, he was playing with my hair.  He told me "Don't move Mommy, I have everything on control." 

   (note: He was doing my hair with a wrench and an airplane.)

3. Sorting laundry.  

Michael "We have to pick all this crap up?"  

Me "No Michael, we don't say that."  

Michael "We have to pick all this junk up?"  

Me "Yes Buddy, we have to pick all this junk up."

Michael "We don't say...... We have to pick all this junk up."

Those were all today.  He said something that made me laugh out loud but I already forgot.  I even thought, when he said it, 'I have to write about this one on my blog.'  Happy memory loss at 30!

The Spark

I was drying my hair this morning.  When I was just about finished the hair drier cut out.  Then it started up again.  LUCKILY, I pulled the drier away from my head when it cut out, because what happened next kinda freaked me out.  I heard that electrical pop and SPARKS CAME FLYING OUT THE END OF MY HAIR DRIER!!!!  It's a real bummer too.  I love that hair drier.  My hair has always been the long drying type and this particular hair drier kicked some serious booty!  

Guess I'll be shopping today.

Great Weekend

On Friday I FINALLY got to see Angela.  It has been FAR too long.  We had a great time.  Exchanged birthday gifts, ate at Ruby Tuesdays and had some good quality time together.

Saturday I went to a stamp camp with Ruth.  SO FUN!  I love going there.  So many ideas!  Mom and Dad watched the boys so I had some good girl time to craft.

This is the view from Chapel Hill!  Breath taking.

We finally got to meet Baby Zayne.

Michael picked out Carter's Halloween costume.  We tried it on last night.  :)  Cute Dude!

Michael took this picture.  Good job Buddy!

Wedding Graphics

Here are some pictures of the wedding vinyl we made here at Hassel Graphics!  It's very exciting and MUCH easier to clean than shoe polish.  :)   

Five on Friday

1. Gwenn and Zac.

2. What an ANGEL!

3. He finally opened his eyes.

4. Big Sister Jadyn

5. Big Sister Julia!

I'm so excited for you Bresslauers!  Love you!

Bee Careful!

Disclaimer: It has been brought to my attention that I must tell you to swallow your beverage and visit the restroom before reading this post.

Last night, when I came home from dinner with Ruth, I propped the door open so I could bring the kids in without having to deal with the storm door.  Michael insisted that I get him and Carter started screaming.  What's a mom to do?  Oh yeah!  I got them both at the same time.  

I set Carter's car seat on the ugly green chair and put Michael down on the floor so I could shut said door.  All of a sudden I hear this humming.  A broken humming.  I started looking around.  What to my wondering eyes should appear?  A FREAKIN' BEE THAT WAS AS BIG AS MY THUMB!!!!!!!  Seriously stick your thumb up in front of you!  It was the biggest bee I've ever seen! 

 

I struggle to get a crying Carter out of his seat (while watching the bee) and rushing a tired, cranky Michael back to his bedroom.   Once in Michael's room I shut the door.  I then realize that all the other bedroom doors in our ranch are open and just asking for the monster bee to infiltrate.  I leave Michael's room, carrying Carter, I turn on my bedroom light do a quick search and careful listen then SLAM!  Done!  On to Carter's room.  Same procedure.  Light on, search, listen, SLAM!  Whew!  Back to Michael's room.  Say prayers with Michael, finish good nights and try to explain to him that I HAVE to close his door.  He hasn't ever slept with his door closed.  He agrees, I move to Carter's room to get him ready for bed.  I hear Michael crying in the hallway.  Oh man!!!  "Michael!!!  Come in here!"  Calm Michael down.  Try to put Carter in bed.  Direct Michael back to bed.  Get Michael calmed and convince him to stay in bed while I go try to catch/kill this ENORMOUS bee.  He only agreed because I let him leave his lamp on.  He told me to hit it with my shoe so he can look at it in the morning.  Leave Michael's room.  Carter is beside himself.  Calm Carter, get him to fall asleep.  Ok.  Kids down.  Check!  Turn on whole house exhaust fan.  I thought maybe it could make the hall way and if it bounces off the hall ceiling it could get sucked out the exhaust fan.  (Stress logic I guess.  It sounded like it could work.)

Ok Bee!  It's you and me!  "What the heck am I thinking?!?!?!"  I can't do much.  We don't have a fly swatter.  "HOW AM I GOING TO DO THIS?!?!?"  The ceiling is too high for me to reach and I can't think of anything I can swat it with.  I don't want to spray it because it's in the kitchen above my dishes.  Oh Man!!!  It's circling my fluorescent kitchen light bulb.  I can't even throw my shoe at it!!!  I have some packages on the couch for me.  Maybe I should open them?  Ok, I'll open them and wait for that dang bee to come lower or somewhere I can actually do something.  Check!  Open some birthday gifts cautiously.  Constantly looking around and carefully listening for Megabee movement.  Oh CRAP!  Here it comes!  Heebie Jeebies!  After some time goes by, creeping about like there is a convict in my house, it lands on my cheap paper blinds.  What do I do?  Oh, I ran and got a pitcher.  Land the pitcher over the monster and against the paper blinds which are pressed against the huge front window.  Now what?  I start looking around.  I could just destroy the blinds but then we would have to buy anew.  Lucky for me the coffee table in front of the window has loads of pictures on it.  I grab the flattest frame I can find.  Slide the frame over the mouth of the pitcher and ... I GOT THE BEAST!!!  *Shiver*  

I did not let that mother bee go.  I wanted someone else to see it!!  So I left it in the pitcher, with the frame on top of it and put two boxes on the frame just to make sure it wouldn't move the picture frame.  Brian came home and I showed him.  He said, "WOW!  I didn't think it would be that big!"  HELLO!?!?!  I told you it was as big as my thumb!!!

In all fairness, I had every right to be scared of a freakin' bee.  I do not know if either of my children are allergic to bees and we live an hour away from the hospital.  Just saying.  

30

As of 5:14 this morning I am 30 years old!  

I was laying in bed with Michael this morning and said, "Do you know what today is?" 

Michael~"What Mommy?"

Me~"It's my birthday! You say Happy Birthday Mommy!"

Michael~"No Mommy, I'm drinking my milk right now."

Ha ha ha ha ha!  Good times!  Brian is at school and won't be home till 12:30 am.  Bummer.  At least I get to see Ruth today!  We are meeting in Wheeling for some dinner!  Thanks Ruth.  

Keith and Cille called me last night and asked if I want to fly out there today.  I would've loved to!  I just don't know if I can pack me and two kids in such a short time.  I like to take my time packing.  Thanks guys for thinking of me!!! 

 It would've been appropriate as I have spent every decade birthday away from home.  When I turned 10 my parents let me play hooky and go on a field trip to ride a train with my Aunt Linda, Gwenn and Morgan.  When I turned 20 I was in New Mexico spending time with my Alaburdas.  30?  At home.  Maybe for 40 I'll be able to make a trip to California or something.  Hawaii, for sure, if Gwenn is still there!  

Thank you everyone for making my first 30 years so special!!!  I hope my next 30 years can be so wonderful!!!

Oh Baby!

We have a new nephew!!!  Isaac James Bresslauer came into the world on October 4th at 1:59am.  He is 6 pounds 3 ounces.  19 1/4 inches long.  He had some fluid in his lungs but that seems to be better and he is eating GREAT!!!  

Congratulations Gwenn and Alex!

He looks like a mix of my girls!!!  So cute!

Anything else?

Carter got his first tooth yesterday.  He's been especially crabby lately.  I just figured he was going to grow again.  I put my finger in his mouth just about every day and last night... A TOOTH!  Good job Little Man!  

Michael was being very whiney today after school.  I had to go to the store so I put him in the cart.  My long-legged baby doesn't fit in the seat part of the tall (Like the old Giant Eagle carts) carts so I put him in the big part.  I often have to remind him to sit down.  Well, today he learned WHY I always tell him to sit down.  We were in the freezer section.  You know how when you open one of the doors for more than 30 seconds it fogs the door?  Well, Michael saw circles in the fog and tried to touch them.  He was stretched between the cart and the door.  Unfortunately, he lost that battle and landed on his forehead.  My poor dude has a goose egg bigger than a golf ball.  He's a great sport.  I've been checking his eyes.  Equal and reactive!  He now knows why he shouldn't stand in the cart though.  

Oh, and there's only 4 days left to my twenties.

5 days to go.

There are only 5 days left to my twenties and what did I do today?  Laundry, dishes, W.I.C. and hung out with my kids.  Alright, hanging out with my kids always rocks but I could've done without the cleaning.  :^Þ 

 What a way to spend my last few days as a 29 year old.  I suppose most 29 year olds do similar things 5 days before they turn 30.  What can you do?    

Let the Countdown begin

It's true!  I will be 30 in 6 days!