recent pics I have neglected to post...

These first ones are post-haircut...=) Spencer loves his cool shades!

the following are obviously pre-haircut

Spencer with his buddies!

I love these guys!

We have been having lots of fun with my Mom here!

I love how he says helicopter...

magic!!

So I am sold! Spencer will forever more get hair cuts at Cookie Cutters. The combination of watching the movie Cars, licking a sucker and steering a plane make for a nonchalant boy that will let his hair get cut. Success is the lack of everyone being in tears!!!

late happy birthday post!

We have been fortunate enough to have my mom stay with us for a bit. We have enjoyed her so much and will be sad when it is time for her to go, though I am sure she is counting down her days to return to peace and serenity. =)

We took my Mom to Texas Roadhouse for a birthday lunch. She braved the birthday saddle and was kind enough to let Spencer join her. I was too close and couldn't get a good picture that included the saddle. And sorry the pics are a bit blurry!

We are so glad that we got to celebrate her birthday with her! Spencer sure loves Grandma and is always so excited to play with her! We love you, Grandma!!

You vote, tired or not?

And ps, Happy Birthday Mom!

new job

Why am I posting at 3AM, you ask? Well because I am at my new job and it is slow. Same employer, IHC, but different location in the hospital. Instead of working in the heart and lung bldg Monday-Friday 8-5, I now work in the ER doing traumas (car accidents, falls, gun shot wounds, etc) and crisis (overdoses, suicide attempts, psych issues, etc). And my schedule is now pretty much every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 7pm-7am.

Pros

--My Mom and I took Spencer and my nephews to the park this morning for like two hours and we had a blast

--I can fit exercise into my schedule better (not that my butt is getting any smaller...)

--I am kind of like a stay-at-home mom now with the perks of still having my income

--12 hour shifts are amazing. Seriously. I was nervous about them, but it is quite nice to only come 3 days a week. Plus the ER is like a time warp and the time goes quickly even when I am not doing anything.

--I can cook decent meals for the hubby (which he is liking!)

Cons

--I don't get to spend Friday and Saturday nights with Jean/Spencer

--It is the middle of the night and my teeth are feeling fuzzy and I don't have access to my toothbrush. And PS, IHC buys worthless toothbrushes for patients, so that doesn't even help.

Anyway. So that is my life recently. I thoroughly enjoyed this first week home with Spencer and look forward to many more!

We miss you, Leticia!

Okay, Leticia, here are more posts!!! Hopefully I keep it up!! =)

who's the boss?

new phones

So for Valentine's Day, Jean and I got new phones and have joined the ranks of smart phone users. I am having quite the learning curve unfortunately, but am slowly picking it up. I have downloaded a few pics we have taken to prove that I can figure somethings out!! =)

Needless to say, we love to have Spencer photo shoots! Sorry that I have been slacking on posting lately!!

Power outage fun!

Spencer loves flashlights and had a great time during our power outage!

Slacker...

So I opened up the blog and saw the last pics of Spencer and thought his hair is NOT that short. I then checked out the date and realized that it has been awhile since I posted and now my kid is quite shaggy and desperately needs a haircut...Haircuts are such drama though that I have been avoiding it and now Jean thinks that Spencer has a Beber hairstyle, which I promise is not on purpose. Any tips for making haircuts less dramatic?? And I will post again soon...

Oh, I love this two year old!

Happy Birthday!!

Spencer had a great day and is excited to be TWO!

And ps, the boy LOVES balloons!!

winter wonderland!!

Utah knows how to begin the season right!!

Look how deep the snow is!

Spencer decided my gloves were more effective...

Silly kiddo is weary of the snow. He wanted to be rescued and refused to walk through the snow. Weirdo.

This is as close as he will get to my snowman, it freaks him out a little.

Hope you are enjoying your winter too!

Happy day!!

So today is our anniversary. Four great years!! Jean is so perfect for me, that sometimes it feels that he was never not in my life. I am a lucky lucky girl! When we were engaged we used to joke with each other that the other was the lucky one, but I have been proved wrong (not the first or last time) and it is not him that is the lucky one, it is me. No doubt. I will list only a few of the things that I love about him. Jean is so patient with me, but will still call me on my crap (which I don't always enjoy, but need). I love the little things that he does for me. The random text message he sends telling me he loves me a lot, and then denying that he sent it! =) How he will tickle my back. How he kisses me even though he knows that 9 times out of 10 my lips will shock his (Guess we still have our spark!! haha). I love how he loves Spencer so much that he can't leave the poor kid alone. I love how he is such a hard worker. I love that he loves learning and is interested in the most random things. I love how generous he is. I love how kind he is. I love how he can fix anything. I love that last night he tore apart one of Spencer's favorite little toys to fix it and now Spencer is one happy camper. I love that he makes me laugh. I love that he is grateful for me. I love to hear him speak Portuguese. I love how loyal he is. I love to hear him laugh and see his smile. I love the wrinkles around his eyes when he laughs. I love how he cuddled with me in my hospital bed and never left my side. Anyway, I could go on and on but I will cool it. Jean, I love, love, love you and always will. Happy Anniversary!

What are you grateful for?

Apparently Spencer is grateful for swimming. Random, as he has gone swimming only a handful of times. Guess I need to get my butt in a swimming suit more than once a year....sorry world.