SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE

So my dear sweet wonderful husband agreed to take me to the So You Think You Can Dance concert tour thing last night! Can i just say it was freaking amazing! i am still in awe at how coordinated some people can be! I mean really how do they do that! If you don't know what i am talking about...Google it ..or better yet you tube So you think you can dance .. and you will see...

We even brought Korbin with us--with high hopes of him being good-- we were even shot a few looks of "what were you thinking" when we sat down with him in our laps... but they ALL ate their words -in fact on phrase we heard was "he should win the baby of the year award" :P our child SLEPT the ENTIRE time! He was fussy at first with all the screaming and the music but... he gave up and laid his head on my shoulder and PASSED out and did not wake up until we left.. dang good child:)

The concert really was so fun to watch! the only draw backs were the stinky foot girl in front who assumed that everyone behind her can see when she stands up or SITS on her legs to get a extra few inches higher.... stupid stupid girl.. and the neck breather behind Russell and the fact that we did not have a remote to turn down the sound.. it was INCREDIBLY deafening between the music and 4000 screaming girls +10 boys...... but the hearing loss Russ and i will have to endure was very much worth it!

APA my A$$

So i have to write a paper.. in APA format. Which is not really that bad.. i am a SUPER senior in COLLEGE, this is not the first time i have had to do this. My original major was ruled by the world of APA format.... I USED to know how to do this.. i USED to have the stupid manual that told your how to write according to the STUPID guidelines... but seeing as i HATE clutter i did what i do with anything that has no real value in my life... THROW IT OUT... I now regret this decision A LOT...

Why cant i just say where i got the quote in a simple sentence. Why do i have to claim my findings in some STUPID nonsense formation that just makes things look to complicated to even care about. It is not like i am claiming that i wrote the quotes i am using, they are TOO far above my intelligence and written by someone who has WAY too much time on their hands... there is no way i want to even pretend to be them. so why cant i give them their credit how i want to and not in the stupid APA format wants me to.. GAY .... that is all i have to say....

I should be doing homework....

so.. i THINK i have kicked korbin of his NASTY habit.... key word THINK... he has slept through the WHOLE night every night this week and I have loved life--if only i could let myself sleep in now.. i guess one step at a time eh... getting up at 6 am isn't THAT bad....

Korbin has a new nasty habit now.. he HATES his car seat and it has become a game to get him into his car seat which FYI is LOTS of fun when you are in a hurry or when it is raining. .cant wait to see how it is when is it snowing.......... he thinks it's really funny to stand in his seat and laughs really hard when he does this..but when it;s time to sit down and get

buckled in he arches his backs and trys to get out..

this picture is crap..cuz it's with a cell phone.. but it

gives you an idea of what i am up against.. naughty

little boy......

I win..... or it's a MEAN trick

So I am proud to say that Korbin did sleep through the entire night... he didn't make a peep the whole night through..but sadly that did not allow me to sleep the whole night through.. I still got up, sadly out of habit, around three..... dang.... BUT the fact is he slept the WHOLE night... so therefore I win... :) Now this can be a big mean trick he is pulling on me... would be the first time.. he is awfully smart... so keep your figures crossed!

SLEEP TRAINING : AKA : HELL..... HELP

SO I KNOW THIS PIC IS REALLY WASHED OUT BUT LOOK HOW BLUE HIS EYES ARE!!

So we had Korbins one year doc apt. today- and i am glad to say that he is a healthy thriving one year old... he is 22 lbs, and 30 inches long, with a big head (we knew that already hence the c-section.) The Doctor asked if I had any concerns or questions like all good doctors do... I said YES! My lovely child for the past MONTH has found it in his heart to WANT to wake up around 3 ish and demand nothing but a bottle.. now keep in mind I did try other methods such as, plugs, ignoring it, and water in his bottle... NOTHING worked, the kid knows what he wants... so I being the mother climb out of bed with flashbacks of when he was a tiny newborn, for these "late night feedings"....

WELL... the Doctor did have something to say about this... apparently I am in the COMPLETE wrong with this and I need to so what is called SLEEP TRAINING, and now that a month has gone by it will be EVEN harder to break this late night snack habit... lucky me... according to the doc I am to let him cry until he falls back to sleep, and continue this till he is rid of the nasty habit.. easy enough... he even said it will take about two weeks.... I can do that!

So night one....



Three a.m.... I hear him start to whimper... I stay in bed and pretend not to hear it.... the whimper begins to turn into a cry.. which leads to pissed off I hate the world cry.. and then to the my mom doesn't love me, sad cry..... to silence....and then back to the whimper...etc....

This CRY CYCLE (as I will call it) continued for ONE HOUR.... I am sure it would have gone on for more than an hour but his pissed off I hate the world cry turned into really bad sounding coughs bc his thought was so dry..poor kid... and I could'nt take it anymore..... so sadly I GAVE IN.. .and went to comfort him with the thoughts of..., I CAN get up every night for the rest of my life at three for a few min to make my child happy (I was sleep deprived and CRAZY in this thought process)...........

Well he had been crying so hard he was really warm and had a small fever... ( I feel like a horrible mother) so I gave him some Tylenol and rocked him to sleep. (which by the way is the best feeling in the entire world... holding your sleeping child... so i placed my sleeping child back in his crib and went back to bed at 5:00 a.m. this morning... NOW i am sure i will here several suggestions and PLEASE DO! I apparently need them..........my goal is tonight I WILL NOT give in.... so stay posted and hopefully you will read a success story and not a failure one......

I LOVE MY HUSBAND

So I have been contemplating on making this new recipe I got in the relief society binder... Cheesy broccoli casserole... sounds simple enough..and I do like cheese.....

So I bought the ingredients and made it for dinner tonight... and ... it tasted like BUTT! I think the new name should be BUTT IN A BOWL. I managed to eat two bites and then gagged down a third till I said NO MORE.. sweet Russell is still denying of its resemblance to the taste of butt.. BUT did agree to cook a pizza.... :)

So I have learned my lessons...1. stay clear of Relief Society recipes.....

2. Next time i feel like betty crocker... DONT

3. Always keep frozen pizza in the fridge (it can never turn out wrong)

ps: KORBIN FEED IT TO THE DOG... and she ate it...

And he is one

(any suggestions about to filp this without starting all over?!?!?)Korbin and his girls (Kennedy and Avery)






Korbin and Kennedy "sharing" jello...

So it is official, Korbin turned one on Saturday. Russell and I made a cake, and we had a big party and he got WAY too many presents for a one year old:)

He loved it all though especially cake:)



It is SO sad for me to think about how big he really is. I can remember when the doctors first lifted him up for me to see how sur-real it was and then holding him to first time and realizing the he was all mine. I remember taking him home from the hospital and putting him all wrapped up tight in his crib and thinking how tiny he was compared to everything around him. I miss him cuddling with us on the couch, I miss his little boy coo's and sounds. I miss him sitting still for more than two min at a time. I miss having a little baby....

I used to make fun of my mom for crying at every littel thing when we were growing up, but now that I am a mom I totally understand. I have caught myself several times tearing up over stupid little things... Last night russ and i were looking through his new born pictures and videos of him, and couldn't help but to cry.. sad I know... But to me he is all grown up and not a baby anymore... I just miss it, that's all..... hmm time for baby number two???????