Thursday Three - Poop Talk Ahead, you have been warned

Poor Blake is constipated. I feel so bad. The words "my bum hurts" are said about 50 times a day. We are trying every method possible to remedy the situation. Wouldn't you know that the three things he has been asking to eat ALL day today have been

1. cheese

2. milk

3. bananas.

As it turns out, they are the worst offenders for constipation. So, not only does his bum hurt, I won't let him eat anything he asks for. He does not understand our little dilemma!!

He did find his spider man suit today though and I am hoping his super powers will help to create a super poop!!

Ikea

Here are a few things you should know before going to Ikea.
First, bring bread. You must leave a bread trail behind you or you will never ever get out on your own. Trust me. Second, don't buy anything unless you know it will fit in your car. Seems like common sense I know, but thought it was worth a mention. It was great when it started to rain on the way home. Don't worry, we are not white trash all the time.

Third, if let your kid push the cute kid carts around Ikea you are in for a long trip. Sure at first it is super fun, but after about 20 minutes of walking at a snails pace as they navigate through the store you want to die and regret fully your decision to not strap them into a regular cart. And lastly plan on your child using the .99 cent shoe horn as a weapon. They can and will hurt themselves and possibly others. Luckily the lady who Blake hit was kind and just kept walking.
The trip was worth it though and we now have cubbies for Blake's toys! I am looking forward to filling it up and organizing it tomorrow.

Thursday Three on Steroids

Lots and lots of Thursday Three. There really should be more pictures, but I don't have any.

Three fun pictures of Meredith's Wedding. We had so much fun in NYC and it was really nice to be there with my whole family.
1. Lots and lots of cousin time. Blake was in heaven.2.Blake getting his grove on at the wedding dinner. Mere and Eric picked great music and we all had a great time dancing. Paige even busted out the robot and I may have done the sprinkler.
3. Meredith looking beautiful with all her nieces and nephews. Pictures in Central Park were really fun despite how hot we were.

Three fun things we did in SLC with Matt's family. We enjoy a fun filled week and here are a few highlights. I wish we had more pictures or any pictures. As usual we had way too many late nights with Des and Eric, but it was worth it.

1. Lots of playing outside with cousins. Poor Blake has not know what to do with himself since we got home and there are no kids.

2. A tour of Kennecott Mines and eating at our favorite Utah places!! Thanks Sheri.

3. Watching our nephews finish out their baseball season. Way to go boys.

Three things that make traveling super fun.

1. Blake throwing up in cab ride to the airport all over himself and his blanket. Great way to start the trip.

2. Me getting really sick just as the plane took off and trying to get warm under the super nice airline blankets. Just two quick hours in the walk in clicic (for the second time since we moved here six weeks ago) and I got my second prescription. Let the healing begin.

3. The delicious bag of 10 peanuts they give you like it will really tied you over the whole six hour flight.

Three things we love about our new place. We are still renting while we look for a house, but we are loving our new set up.

1. A real dishwasher.

2. A garage. Our first one since we have been married and totally worth the wait.

3. An island in the kitchen.

Now that we are back home and settled, please please come and visit. That means you!!

Thursday Three

We had our good friends come and visit us last week.  It was so fun to see familiar faces.  We had a great time hanging out with them.  They did have a little trouble with their rental car and you can read it about it here.  I really enjoyed her new slogan for enterprise. 

It got me thinking about some sinus medication I took last weekend.  Before reading the box I took them and got really sleepy.  I checked the box later and it read, "Marked drowsiness may occur."  With the way I felt after taking them I came up with three other much more appropriate warnings that I think they should consider printing instead:

1. May cause you to be put into a sleep-induced coma.

2. May cause you to feel like you have been hit by a large truck.

3. May cause you to slur your words and not think clearly.

Here are some pictures of our little man.  He loves his new back pack, loves climbing out of his crib and enjoys long naps especially right now while he is recovering from a cold.

Knock three times on the window if you want me

We got the best seats in the house on our flight across the country, all the way in the back right next to the bathrooms. Luckily our seats still reclined, but there is something disturbing about waking up from a little snooze only to find a man looming over you while he waits for his turn in the bathroom.

I did over hear this while in our prime seats:

Steward:  Are you okay in there?

Person in the bathroom: Silence

Steward: Are you okay in there?  Just give me a quick knock if you are okay?

Person in the bathroom: Silence

Steward:  Just a quick knock so I know you're okay.  

 I am so glad that I was not on either end of that conversation.  I was a little worried that he might ask me to be back up if he had to go in there.  We are getting settled and hoping Blake will adjust to our new time zone and stop waking up so early. 

Thursday Three

Tomorrow is the big day where we say good-bye to student housing, good friends and Ann Arbor and hello again to the Pacific time Zone.  

Here are three fast food meals/desserts I have enjoyed while we have had no kitchen.

1. McDonalds Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad.

2. Wendy's small frosty.

3. Chipotle Burrito (rice, black beans, corn salsa, tomato salsa, lettuce).

We're leaving with great friends and good mems.  What more could you ask for??

Bringing Blogging Back

That's right. I think I am bringing it back. Things will be busy for awhile, but wanted to share these photos. Matt graduated and as you can see Blake really enjoyed the ceremony.


It turns out letting him watch Handy Manny has really paid off because he was so helpful today with the real tools as we were preparing for the big move.