Too Funny!!

Seriously! As I was posting the previous post (of finding Paige asleep in weird places) she LITERALLY did it again! About 2 minutes before, she was at my side wanting to go play outside. I told her "just one minute". No more than 2 minutes passed till I was done. I went to find her and I couldn't find her anywhere! I started to get a little frantic, thinking "did she go outside without me?" But I didn't hear the door open or close. So after walking through each room a couple of times, I checked in her favorite hiding spot (the closet under the stairs) and sure enough....SHE WAS ASLEEP IN IT! It is even funnier that she closed the door behind her... So she has now officially fallen asleep at the top, bottom, and underneath of the stairs. Crazy.

My Paigey

Yesterday, I came out of my bedroom to find Paige asleep on the bottom stair. She has now officially fallen asleep at the top AND bottom of the stairs. And the funny thing is, is that she had just been in my room with me about 2 minutes before this. I think even more amazing than the places I find her asleep in, is just how quickly she can fall asleep. We all had a good laugh at this one....

Below I managed to capture a small clip of Paige's dancing. This is only a fraction of her moves. She sort of tones it down when I pull out the camera. But this girl loves to dance. It is so funny. And yes, I am totally aware that she looks like a complete ragamuffin. I especially love the one purple and one white sock. And earlier that morning she had a small accident (yes, still potty training) so she decided to wear some capris that are too big with her pajama shirt. Very stylish, I know.

Speaking of potty training, here's an update. Paige is doing AWESOME at home. It has been a long time since she's had an accident. She wears regular underwear everyday that we are home. However, going out in public is another story. She has a fear of public restrooms and I really don't want to carry a potty chair around town everytime I have to run an errand. So she wears pull-ups in town, and even though she is almost always dry by the time we make it home, the 2 times I have gone without she peed her pants. Once in the grocery store (that was really embarassing) and once at a friends. (Sorry, Jami. And Harvest Foods too for that matter.) Anyway, all-in-all, I am thrilled to at least being on the road to diaper freedom. For a little while at least.

Anniversary

Seven years ago today, on March 16, 2002, Casey and I were married in the San Diego Temple. It is hard to believe seven years have past already. (I feel a little old). Our 2 children have been our greatest accomplishments. And we have been blessed every step of the way. So....here's to my awesome husband....Thank you for being a great husband and for working so hard and, most importantly, for getting up EVERY morning and feeding the kids breakfast while I sleep in. I will forever be grateful for that one.

How did he pop the question? Well, it all happened at the beginning of Winter semester 2002. We knew we wanted to get married and had talked about it prior to the semester beginning, but had not exactly shared this with our families just yet. At this time Ricks College was making the transition to becoming BYU-Idaho. But not all programs had switched to a 4 year program, including mine. I had already gotten my Associates, so my schedule was filled with mostly random classes. We knew would eventually have to transfer somewhere else and Casey found out that some of the classes he was taking would not transfer. So....it seemed a waste to stay there and take classes that we didn't need or wouldn't transfer, right? Solution: Drop out and get married. So we dropped all our classes and decided we work for the rest of the semester, save up some money and get married in the summer. This was a really fun phone call to make home. I distinctly remember calling my mom and catching her on her lunch break. She was in the drive-thru of Burger King. I told her Casey and I were getting married and dropping all of our classes (in so many words, I'm sure I presented it much better). I heard the order taker say "Can I take your order?" and my mom snapped "Just a minute!!" It was hilarious. But nevertheless, she was happy for me and was all for it. So we began looking for jobs in Rexburg and could not find ANYTHING. What to do? We upped the wedding to March and decided to move home (me, California - Casey, Washington) until then. So....back to how he popped the question. In the meantime of all of this, we had been ring shopping and I found a ring I liked. The element of surprise was sort of gone, since we knew would be leaving soon to go home, and it was only a matter of time. So Casey asked me to go into the ring shop and have my finger sized. Unbeknownst to me, he had called the guy there beforehand and told him to tell me that they accidentally sold my ring. So I went in to have my finger sized and the guy told me "I'm so sorry, but we sold your ring." I was sooooo mad. Dumb idiot. How does that happen? So I called Casey and he assured me that we would continue looking and find another one and it would be okay. The next day, he came and got me and we went and got some lunch. It was a nice day, so we went and ate outside at the top of a hill overlooking good ole' Rexburg. Then he got down on one knee and pulled out MY ring and proposed. I was so happy and very surprised that he was able to trick me. (Anyone who knows Casey, knows he is a TERRIBLE liar!) Anyway, not long after that we went home and worked a little and in just 3 months time, planned a beautiful wedding in San Diego. We had a luncheon on the beach and later honeymooned on a cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico. And we are now currently living our happily ever after....

Too much TV!

This may be sign the TV is on too much in my house....

Yesterday I was in Rite Aid shopping, and Caiden (who, let me remind you, is 5) saw an item he had seen on TV. These were his exact words: "Mom! We have to get this! It's the AquaGlobe! You put it in your plants and it waters the plant for you! You don't have to water them for up to 2 weeks!!" He was so excited and talking really fast and his voice squeaked on the last word. He was totally Mr. Infomercial. A lady nearby heard the whole thing and she stared at him like he was the strangest child. I couldn't stop laughing at how excited he was over the AquaGlobe. And even funnier, we don't even have any plants. So as much as I'd like to believe it's his super fantastic memory, I'm more convinced that I need to turn the darn TV off more often.