Time well lost

I have been wasting my time lately to make my blog look better, which I didn't really win on but at least its different. It takes me twice as long as the average person to read directions step by step, then tell Levi No five hundred times because he keeps on hitting the laptop, then I have to stop to console him because he has the really sad cry when he gets in trouble and i'm a huge push over, oh well.

Levi now has 5 and 1/2 teeth in his little mouth and we have suffered through everyone of them. I don't recall it being this difficult when Tom teethed. Who knows? At least I am glad to say the kid is sleeping clear through the night everynight (or maybe he wakes up sometimes but I just don't hear him?!?) I am just glad that it will be a LONG time before we have another kid, so I can just enjoy my sleep for a while.

Thomas is just crazy, full of stories and always coming up with something new to do. His new thing is to climb on his little house and plays spiderman.

We are now the proud owners of a wood stove that works. That thing has been sitting in my living room for who knows how long being my TV stand, No one told me what white trash I was to use it as my TV stand until I had to move my TV off. It happens! I'll have to take a picture one of these days once we finish the floor and wall. (it still needs help) but we are warm and Opey has proudly told everyone "we have gone green" because we no longer use the furnace. (this is as green as opey will ever go and he is only doing it so we don't have a crazy power bill this year)

We also did new family pictures, It was murder getting the boys out there and then using my remote on my camera, it didnt turn out the way I wanted it to but I think it will be the best I get for a while!

Lately

Opey traded someone cutting hay for a saddle this year and I have taken over the saddle, I love it, Even if I did fall off my horse a week ago and still have the nasty bruises to prove it. (he was at a dead run, long story, didn't end well.) Levi got to ride the horse for the first time, we were way slow on this one but with my husband busy all the time it happens, but he absolutely loved it and cried when it was time to get off. The pudgy budgey is now walking everywhere, and I do not know what to do. The kid is insane. Thomas was 14 months before he started walking and Levi took his first steps at 9 months and now is walking everywhere at 10 months, I could just cry. I know it will be a LONG time before we have anymore kids because between the 2 boys and my husband I have my hands full. Levi has also spent the past month getting a mouth full of teeth, he went from none to working on 6 in less than 2 weeks, its crazy. Thomas is just as funny as ever, In fact tonight I had a bag of chips and they were almost gone and he wanted some so he looked at me and said "You're not gonna eat all of those okay, mom, PROMISE" it was pretty dang funny. Him and Levi are constantly fighting, over what I don't know, The youngest one can't even talk but holy cow can they both scream at each other. I have been going a little crazy with practicing my photography and my poor children get SO tired of me carrying my camera around but I need the practice so they are just going to have to deal with it, My sisters and sister in laws have been nice enough to let me practice on their families so maybe someday I'll be good enough to charge people, Until then I just love practicing

I love this picture of the boys, even if they aren't looking at the camera it is about the only picture I have of them next to each other, both smiling, this is our christmas card picture this year

Oh and I know my blog doesn't look right, I'm still trying to fix it!

Baby Butt

Now just imagine little kid squeals because he wants to get in the tub that bad - so cute!

I just had to post this - my babys cute little rolly polly butt - the kid never stops eating cuz he loves it so much and he loves to take baths, tonight he got both. I gave him a halloween oreo cookie (yes thats chocolate, no he's not a year old yet, yes I know he shouldn't be having chocolate yet, No I really don't care) <- just to clarify for anyone who raises their child by the book. Anyways, he loved the cookie all over his face and I couldn't quit laughing -

Oh one quick story about Tom - the other day I was walking around picking up the house while Levi was down for a nap, I couldn't see Tom but he was kinda being noisy so I asked him what he was doing, "Hooker things" was the reply I got, a little curious I asked him what exactly that was and he proceeds to tell me "I'm a hooker mom" as if I'm the stupidest person he knows (imagine a little 3 year old voice that just sounds irritated as all get out), well I turned the corner to see what in the heck he was talking about and he had a hanger that was bent like a hook that he was carrying around, at which point any sort of response I had died on my lips.

Cute little halloween lion (i'll get better ones later - sorry grandma none of tom, the kid refused to smile)

Catching Up

I know I have been really bad about posting to my blog lately but my computer and internet together have been not working right so Facebook is where all my pictures go. I have been taking lots of pictures with my camera lately and having a lot fun trying to get better at it. This past month we went out and took family pictures - I'm not crazy about them so we're going to have to go do them again. Levi is now nine months and just broke through 2 teeth and has not been a happy camper about it. Thomas is still coming up with fun new things to say all the time and I have no idea where he gets them from. He loves his little brother as well and I am constantly having to tell him to be nice and soft. Opey is done farming for the year and now has taken his first trip in the big truck yay lotsa fun - Now my little one is crying which is why I never have time to do this!

8 months!

My little Levi is 8 months old now... I can't believe how time has flown, he has started crawling and talks all the time, he loves loves loves food and it is his number one priority. He does really good riding with me around in the swather but when it comes to helping me move handlines he is not a fan. The other night I took both boys with me to move pipe and Tom sat on the fourwheeler to wait and Levi just sat in the pasture, Tom that sweet thing kept on giving me advice on how exactly to get the job done faster. He told me his dad did it better and then he kept on saying "Really?" in this totally sarcastic/dramatic/are you stupid voice. and then when he finally got off the four wheeler to "help" me he barely moved the pipe and then announced to me "I am to old for this mom and I quit" Yeah.

Anyways when Levi gets upset he says mama until he gets what he wants and still isn't completely free of waking up at night, I have now got him to take a bottle and that is making me very happy. And since I got my new camera I actually get cute pictures of him all the time. Tom hates getting his picture taken until he sees that his little brother is smiling and so then he thinks its okay too.

We got to go to the fair this past week and it was a lot of fun, both times we ended up hanging out with family and so Thomas got to see his cousin Roan and they get along really well so he had a lot of fun (so much fun in fact we had to schedule a play date before they would part the other day so they knew that moms were not lying to them, I don't know when they got that smart?!?!) I also recently took up doing crafty stuff and so Levi got to model the tutu that I made for cousin Bri and then one that I made for karas new baby. Glad she's willing to be the guinea pig of my picture taking! Here are some of the pictures from lately:

Love this one! its like the blind leading the blind

Riding in the swather with me, don't mind my outfit, I wasn't planning on having anyone see me

A day at the park

I got a new camera a few weeks ago and absolutely love it, The boys and I went to the park today and it was a lot of fun, and I got super good pictures that my old camera never would have let me get

The boys wrestling, its pretty cute and levi just laughs the whole time

Toms birthday present, he loves it

Summer fun

We have been busy this month, and I forgot to post anything about Levi being 6 months old, He is now trying to crawl, learning to throw tantrums quite well, says ma ma and hey when I ignore him too long and he still gives me the sweetest smiles because he knows where his food comes from!

Tom is still mouthy and showing signs of being super smart like his mother every day! His favorite phrase is "Holy crap" and "Get outta here" and a new one I am trying to get him to stop saying is "Hey come back pretty girl" in the middle of the store! gotta love my little boy who is growing up too fast. He had his first rodeo and just kinda didn't do much but we still love him anyways, He was mostly frustrated that he couldn't ride the sheep, but soon enough he will

I have taken on the title of Opey new hired hand... yay go me, I always wanted to cut hay when I grew up... not. Oh well It helps out and saves time and money, My poor opey is going 500 miles an hour and I rarely get to see him... the crazy man when its summer he is telling me he wants to go drive truck but when its winter he is complaining saying he wants to be farming...."As a rule a mans a fool...."

Tom and Zack also went fishing with Jake and Roan and Grandpa Vanorden and had tons of fun