How Jon Won the Husband of the Year Award

Yesterday was my birthday. Usually on my birthday I plan it, completely and totally, and then I let Jon execute my plans. This year I finally realized that I am super lame for planning my birthday so I asked Jon to surprise me.

He planned 5 surprises. First he came home at lunch time with my favorite flowers and second he then took me and the kids to Cafe Rio. That evening we were going on a big hot date (I even wore heels) and I was looking forward to the the next 3 surprises. We drove out to Herriman, which is where our house we are buying is at. We were going to a Sushi restaurant,  but we got their super early for our reservation and we decided to go drive past our house.

We show up at the house and we were just talking about how excited we were to finally close on our first house. All of a sudden Jon pulled out the keys to the house and opened the garage door. He had closed on the house early (early as in LAST WEEK) and was just waiting to surprise me. I am not on the loan just the title so I didn't need to be there. I was so floored in the most happy and wonderful way. I CAN'T BELIEVE HE COULD KEEP THAT SECRET THAT LONG! We then went into our new house and he made me dinner and a cake and the last surprise was a lap top (like the house wasn't enough, but my laptop is currently in the process of slowly and painfully dying) so that was also a much appreciated gift.

Just want to say, I love that man. I really feel like the luckiest girl in the world to share my life with him. And might I add that I am no longer planning my own birthday because my plans are so much more lame than Jon's!

So here is a few pictures of my new house! The bad lighting is due to the fact this was taken with a camera phone.

Here's some out side shots.

 Here's Jon signing everything without me

A few interior pictures I took while Jon cooked for me!

By the way I am moving...TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Men Who Dress Like Pirates

Last weekend we were in Park City and we stopped at McDonald's to get the kids Happy Meals (further evidence that I love my kids I now eat at McDonald's). Anyway we happen to be sitting across from some leather clad bikers and their ladies. Lola upon noticing them stood up and pointed at them laughing and said "look Mommy they're dressed like pirates!"

It was her first public siting of pirates ever so she was excited, fortunately for us it was super noisy and the "pirates" didn't hear us.

Every Tool is a Weapon if you Hold it Right (Ani DiFranco)

I pulled Ryder out of the tub and I was sitting on the floor Indian style drying him off when all of sudden he peed. He peed directly on the crotch of my pants. So yes, I had a urine spot on the crotch of my jeans at the exact moment someone knocked on my door, but I swear it wasn't mine.

 But seriously who could be mad at this happy little guy? Not me.

D is for Diva

Okay so its a wee bit hard to pretend that my daughter is not a diva. I know it and accept it. Here are my top 5 reasons.

5. On a girl's outing to Walgreens (I know its an exciting life) she insisted on bringing her cell phone (not a real one) inside the store.
4. She decided to rename Ryder "Bob" and referred to him as Bob all morning.
3. Refers to herself in the 3rd person.
2. Her favorite bedtime story is "How to be a Princess" (In my defense I didn't buy her that it was a gift).
1. This photo

Life in the FAST Lane

Here is a snip it of life with 3, 3 and under. 

My last blog post (pre-baby) I wrote about my 2 rules of motherhood: listen and be quick. That was once again reaffirmed this week. Jon and I were upstairs in the kitchen with Blake and Lola and Ryder were downstairs playing (more like destroying the basement). Lola came upstairs and said "Ryder is lost." Well that definitely got my Mommy senses tingling. I told Lola I was going to go find him, to which she replied, "He's just fine." Anyway after I hurried downstairs I found Ryder locked in our bedroom (nice try Lola).

Our home teachers came over last week and as they were visiting a look of horror crossed the face of our home teacher. I look to see what he was looking at and there was Ryder standing on the dining table swinging the chandelier.

Blake is exceptionally tolerate of his hooligan siblings and they really love him too. Lola is very protective of him. Jon was holding Blake the other day and Blake was crying. Lola told Jon "The baby doesn't like you, he wants his Mommy." Another sign that he is a good baby is that he has only peed on me once

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To All 3 People Who Read My Blog

Alright I actually have a great reason for not posting. The GREATEST reason.

That's right Mr Sweet Cheeks is here. Blake Thomas Benson or as Lola calls him Blank Thomas was born February 25th. Seriously I am so in love.

And for those interested in the nitty gritty details of the birth story...

Lola I did a natural birth. It was 2 days of labor and 3 1/2 hours of pushing. Crazy right? No crazy is doing natural birth again (that's right on purpose) for Ryder. Almost 2 days of labor and 3 pushes (much better than Lola). Blake induction and an epidural. I HEART EPIDURALS.  7 hours 3 pushes. Chances of me doing a natural birth again... zero. Seriously after doing both I feel like a fool for doing natural twice. 

How to Avoid Plugging Your Toilet and Other Kid Made Disasters

Mmmkay, the good news is that to be a Mom you don't have to be a genius or clever or benevolent (although I'm sure those things help). Really there are 2 things that really help prevent kid-made-house-disasters. Ready?

LISTEN and be QUICK

For example, after your daughter goes to the bathroom if she informs you that she used "many wet wipes" that is a code. You will only hear this code if you are listening. This code phrase means "I filled up the toilet with the entire roll of toilet paper." (Listening also entails being aware of silence, silence and evil are often combined and you will find a kid dusting your front window butt-naked or sitting in your bathroom sink eating a tube of toothpaste, hypothetically of course.)

Now when you find this hypothetical toilet filled with urine and 10lbs of toilet paper this is the time to be quick. Why? Because while you decide how to fish out the paper without putting your hand in the toilet (man a few more minutes and our noodle spoon would've sacred its life), your other child will throw in one of his wood puzzle pieces while the original offender proceeds to flush the toilet. Then both hands will be submerged into the toilet to retrieve both items.

Mmmkay you've been properly warned
LISTEN and be QUICK.