Wait, What!?!

So I know pregnancy gives weird cravings and aversions when it comes to food. In fact, I guessed I was pregnant (well one of the reasons) when I smelled broccoli and couldn't stand it - (true story... broccoli and me being pregnant don't get along.) However lately my aversion has been something that I never thought I wouldn't love. Chocolate. It just doesn't seem fair. (It is only however plain chocolate (milk, dark, etc), not chocolate pudding, ice-cream, or chocolate milk.) I couldn't even bring myself to buy Cadbury Mini-Eggs! (and honestly sometimes hearing the rattling of M&M's being raided by my husband makes me queasy.)

I suppose you can guess what one thing I won't be asking for on Valentines Day (or for that matter, making)!

(2-19 update - I actually can eat chocolate now... although I don't crave it as much as I use to...)

A little late...

I am finally downloading our camera from mid-December to now... and I just have to share this video with you. I came in one day to find Eric 'playing' Daniel's guitar and singing. It didn't take long to figure out he was singing "Jingle Bells" (and I have to admit that with my morning sickness we were kind of out of celebrating Christmas this year and thus didn't sing too many songs, so how he learned the words I have no idea - possibly because I would listen to online Christmas radio on occasion so I would feel a bit festive?!) He sang it over and over this day as well as few others. (oh and I had to film it from behind or else he'd stop singing...)

(Blogger hates me and the video didn't seem to be working... however I have uploaded it to YouTube and here is the link: http://youtu.be/en70fNmiQWo - but hopefully the imbedded video below works now!)

After Christmas we were in the car and started to sing Jingle Bells, to which Eric replied that we couldn't sing it because we didn't have the guitar!

Eric's Excited...

Or will be sometime around July 28th!

Problem Solving

Yesterday, after his nap, Eric comes to me and says, "Want Cookie." To which I respond, "I'm sorry, we don't have any cookies." (I have to confess that isn't entirely true, but I am saving them to make other cookies with...) Then he says, "Go to store, buy cookies." 

He really wants a cookie! Luckily I could tell him that his Papa has the car at work so we can't go to the store to buy a cookie, because we have no car.  Problem solved, right?

A minute later, he comes back and says, "use bicycle." Problem two ways - we don't have a way for Eric to ride the bike with me. Second, it's FREEZING. Our high was 31 yesterday. Low was half that. I was not about to bike to the store with my 2 year old to buy him a cookie! However, I realized that he REALLY wanted a cookie. 

Luckily he settled for Animal Crackers. (Or as we call them Animal Cookie Crackers.)

What a problem solver he is!

Gotta love the library...

Eric found this book at the library last time we were there... Elise this is for you!
Sorry about the low light... we're trying to find a non-lamp solution to our Living Room lighting (Eric likes to knock our lamp over and it broke!)

Who is this?

For Family Home Evening on Monday, we were discussing our family. I brought out a copy of this:

(I had made it quickly for a Primary lesson (Sunday School for children), so it isn't finished - but will be eventually!)

As I showed the picture to him, he exclaimed, "It's Eric", pointed to himself, then pointed to Daniel and I and said, "It's Papa, and Mama." Daniel then pointed to his mom and asked, 'Who is this?' Eric replied, "Grandma!" (We were a bit surprised since he hasn't seen her since June.) 

Next we pointed to Daniel's dad and asked, 'Who is this?' to which Eric replied, "It's a guy!" He said it with enthusiasm that was just so adorable. I think the problem was that when we were visiting in June, Eric's grandpa was sick so he didn't spend a lot of time with the family (so as not to infect the rest of us!)

A Conference Surprise...

Two weeks after we moved, we decided to let my parents know we still loved them by spending the entire Sunday of General Conference at their house. We came equipped with Eric's Pack and Play so he could have a nap (even set it up in his old room.) He was having a hard time falling asleep, unfortunately. After a while (about 40 minutes), Daniel decided to go check on him. 

*Warning - if you do not have a strong stomach for any kind of messes kids make, you may not want to continue to the pictures...

This is what he found (and I found when he called for my help):

 My son had been finger-painting his pack and play... one smell told all.

Yes, that is his fecal matter all over the pack and play (don't say I didn't warn you!) This is why I missed most of President Eyring's talk in the Sunday Afternoon session.