Shoot milk out your nose funny!

While we were in Montana a couple of weeks ago, Ollie and I stopped by A&W for lunch (I wish we had one closer...mini corndogs, yum!). They give you this cute kids lunch pack, complete with hot dog, french fries, apples, Teddy Grahams, milk, wet-wipes, and a root beer sucker. Oliver really has only had a sucker 2 or 3 times, so they are still a fun novelty for him. He went around the hotel room, blissfully licking away. He never stuck it in his mouth, he just kept sticking out his tongue and rubbing the sucker on it. Snapping picts, I caught this:



You REALLY should click on it to get the large version to feel the full impact of the "crazy sugar eyes"...


IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE HIM!!! I thought I was going to loose my lunch from laughing so hard when it came up on the camera. Really, one eye is bigger than the other, he's got his lips all curved in, and his tongue is about down to his chest. Is it just me, or does it look like he's saying "SUGAR GOOD, huh, huh, SUGAR GOOOOOOOD!" Seriously, he really is much cuter, so when I get gems like this, gotta share. Just for comparision, here is my usual shot of him:

Just for Mavis and Tianna

Ok, so I was doing some layouts in Jan about the Sorenson "Baby Thiefs". Mavis is the one we ALL know about (Perry, Laura, Kolby, and Justin chime in here...), but I thought it totally funny that the person who showed up in photos "stealing" Oliver at Ryan's wedding wasn't Mavis but...TIANNA! HA! These pages are going in Oliver's book. Love you ladies! Mavis, you make Shawn feel like a bit of Lavonne is here loving on the boy, and Tianna, well...it has to be genetic! Love you both!

Seriously, you have to check this out

Ok, new guilty addiction going onto my "watched Blogs" bar. The Pioneer Woman ROCKS. She cooks, she remodels, she homeschools her 4 "punks" (which deep in my heart is what I wish I could do with lil man so he never had to face the hurt of kids who don't know what it means to be a good person), she gushes over her cowboy hubby. Sigh. I could seriously live her life. Of course, I'm deathly allergic to horses, so it's not an option, not to mention Shawn's serious case of the "Citys". He could TOTALLY be a small town man, but I can't get him to realize this. I miss my small town, miss knowing the people I see in the store, miss feeling safe leaving my doors unlocked. Oh well. The things you do for love.


Speaking of love, Shawn is so funny. For Valentine's Day, I had some fun with Photoshop. I made Shawn some framed picts of Oliver and of our wedding day to show him our love.


























He came in after work, no presents in hand. Oh well, I thought. No biggie. We're trying to watch our pennies for our down payment on a new house, so no big deal. I was completely happy with the "Happy V-day!" emails and texts, I just like to know I'm being thought about...About an hour after he came home, he went out to his truck and brought in CHOCOLATE, ROSES, SPA GIFT CERTIFICATE, and CRAZY SWEET CARD! He was disappointed that I didn't get mad that there was no V-day gift. Silly boy! I've become so much less about "things" since Olllie came that I was just happy that we had the energy to hug and kiss after work.


Speaking of kisses and Oliver... (no, there's not another baby on the way, Momma has a few goals in mind for the next year before we think about that, more to come later...). Oliver is totally hilarious when we are smooching. If one of us is holding him up when we kiss, Ollie will actually take his hands and push our heads together. Too cute! He's gotten so good at showing his love lately. He gives hugs out freely, smooches Momma when she's putting him in the car seat, and says "luv you!" at bedtime. Sigh.





Love my boys!

Blogger photo issues

I hate blogger's photo issues. The captions don't match, but you are all smart adults. I'm sure you'll figure it out!

New pictures, as promised!

Eating a pear, down to the very core.

Hiding in a suitcase. All in a day's work if you are
Oliver.

Totally wiped out after playing hard at Kori's house.

Chillin in our new backpack. Hard life, but someone has to do it!

Computer time. Shawn is totally in love with how cute the tootsies are in this one!

Ollieisms

I know, I know. I should post more pictures. Photos of the park and an adventure with a pear coming tonight... Until then, I will leave you with a list of Ollieisms. He is talking tons (who would have imagined with two such quiet parents?!?!?), but sometimes he needs a translator.

buy-eesh=brush (chanted at bedtime when he wants to zap us with the vibrating sonicare)
doush=juice
on, On, ON, ONNNNNNN!!=Momma, I really don't like that radio station, can you please kindly change the channel?
uck=truck
buk=garbage can (no idea where this one came from!)
aaaa-dun=all done (accompanied by throwing food from his plate if we don't immedatly get him down from the chair!)
WALL-E=ok, no translation needed, but since we watch it probably SEVEN TIMES A WEEK it gets on the list
Kor-gi=Kori, his daycare provider
grag-ge=Grannie
pog-gorn=popcorn, usually eaten while we watch WALL-E, AGAIN
Hi Bay-bee!=said as he greets us in the morning, or when we catch him getting into something he shouldn't be into (he thinks cute solves every problem...he's right)
Mau-mau=Maui the cat. Funny because it's what I call the cat too. Maui is actually letting Oliver touch him now that he isn't trying to drag him around by the tail...
Ni-nite=goodnight. He'll actually say this when we are rocking at bedtime when he wants to go to sleep. So sweet!
Luvb you=Love you!

Love my boy.

The Evil Empire of Thomas the Tank Engine

Ok, so I'll admit it, Shawn and I need to go to a 12 step program for Thomas the Tank Engine. WE love the show, WE love the toys. WE need help.

Notice that Daddy is playing with the trains while Oliver has moved on?

Let me go back to where it all began. Shawn. A little boy. Going to Montana on the Amtrack Empire Builder with his mom and siblings to visit family. Loving all that had to do with trains. Flash forward to December 2007. Shawn, Carrie and Oliver sitting in our "sleeper car" (HA! That's a story for another time!). Oliver was mesmerized by the cars that would whiz past on the other line.

All the other moms were talking about how much fun Thomas was, how versatile the toys, how stimulating the play was. Sucker rookie mom starts letting, gasp, her son WATCH TV, but only Thomas (due to it's supposed "educational value"). BIG PROBLEM!!!! Who can resist their barely walking son (this was during the summer) dancing, swaying, and clapping to the Thomas theme song? Evil, evil Brits!

When we read books after this "Thomas Exposure" that had trains in them, little man always piped in with a "choo-choo!". So what are any good, loving parents to do for Christmas? Feed the addiction of course!

Black Friday rolls around and Shawn found a smokin' deal on the Thomas play table. According to his Microsoft Dads boards, it was the "must have" for any Thomas collection. Thus it began...He got Thomas gifts from family, but then...

Dad and Mom found out about...EASTSIDE TRAINS. I kid you not, Shawn and I hit that store at naptime. Oliver was OUT COLD. Like a limp noodle in my arms almost the entire time (until I had to pass him off to Dad because my arms were dying). WE WENT NUTS. CRAZY. Yes, Eastside Trains has a "Thomas Club" where we get 25% off of everything, but we still did some serious damage. The worst part? (get ready for a predction here...) SHAWN WAS TOTALLY DROOLING OVER THE MODEL TRAINS. I'm pretty sure that model trains will be something that the Alexander men will be having fun with while I'm scrapbooking.

LOVE MY BOYS!!!

Are they EVER going to put this together and put it in my room?!?!?!