The other reason I haven't been into blogging this year

We are having a baby!!  She is due March 15.  (Beware the ides of March!)

That is the other reason I haven't blogged in a while.  If the computer was working, the light from my monitor made my stomach turn.  I preserved my tolerance of computer lighting for work and paying bills.

Now I can keep food down and I am hungry all of the time!  I feel as though my chin is growing as fast as my stomach.  I am getting to be as big as the side of a barn and I still have SEVERAL weeks to go.  Months, even.  The first 3 months I couldn't eat fruits and veggies.  Chicken nuggets and Taco Bell bean burritos (no onions) were my best friend.  Now I want nothing but fruit (and cream cheese and frequently pepperoni).  Too bad most fruit is out of season.  I've ended up snacking on more bad for me things at work or giving into the cream cheese and pepperoni cravings.  Not good!

We are all excited about our little girl coming to join us.  Henry is excited.  He was convinced he was getting a sister from the beginning.  I think he thinks all babies are "grirls".  Almost every morning he climbs in bed with me and says "Mama.  Let's talk about sumpin'.  What kind of baby my gonna have?  A fruit baby?  A ball baby?  A __(whatever goofy is on his mind)__ baby?"  

Technical Difficulties

Soon is a long time.

(September)

This has been a rough year for blogging for me.  Two of my biggest problems have been technical issues.  It started with our camera breaking.  And our computer breaking.  And our computer breaking again.  I still do not know how you kill a hard drive in just over 90 days.  (The warranty was only 90 days.)  I am finally getting all of the pictures from our borrowed camera as well as our new camera.

Now that cameras and computer are functioning all at the same time (Maybe I shouldn't say that out loud.  Wouldn't want to jinx myself.), bills and all other computer related activities are caught up, and I feel like I have a moment to transfer pictures and post a few them, I will.

(Present day)

Wanting to get all of the posts in chronological order, I have been working on catch up posts and hope to post one a day(ish) for at least a week.  I am excited that when I go to make this years Butterfield family journal, there will actually be something to read!

MIA (again)

Almost two years ago I posted this.  I thought I was MIA then.  That post came after a month in which I blogged 4 times.  That's as much I have blogged this year.  This is for a variety of reasons.  I never actually made the blog private.  Still might in the future, but haven't yet. 

I have nothing for today.  We got a new camera and I still haven't figured out how to get pictures from the camera to the computer without doing it the old school way (removing the memory card and sticking it in the computer).  I don't even want to talk about doing it with a cord.  I just wanted to say that we are still alive and I still think about the blog.  Just rarely look at it.  Soon, though.  Soon...

Popapiddles

Henry is not feeling so well today.  Today was supposed to be grocery day and really had to be buy gas day.  He got a nap and a bath and said he was feeling better and seemed to be doing better, so I decided to head to Costco for gas.  Up until this little adventure, I thought he just had a cold and really needed to eat a bowl of oatmeal or something (to relieve his tummy issues).  Let's just shorten this story and say an over ambitious mother ended up standing at the front door of Costco covered in watermelon (and who knows what else) that was eaten hours before...

Luckily I parked beside a large vehicle that served as the 4th side of our parking lot "changing room".  And luckily little boys can ride in car seats in the buff.  And luckily I had an extra sweater in the car.  Yeah.  Hopefully no one was paying too much attention to what was going on...

Poor Henry.  :(

Anyways, before I forget, Henry had lots of "pop-a-piddles" for supper.  Pop-a-piddles!!  Popcicles for those of you that don't speak Henry.  We have been practicing each syllable and he says it really well until he says it normal speed and all together.  And I am okay with that.  I think popapiddles is pretty cute.

Ho Hey!

Henry and I have a routine.  I work in the mornings while he spends time with Grandma.  After work/Grandma time, we (do a whole bunch of things to make this pleasant including getting everyone a sip of water, the dog on a leash and that leash handle wrapped around my foot) “rock rock” together.  He sits on my lap while I rock him. (and hope and pray that he takes a nap because as much as I love spending all of my at home time with him, we’re both just happier if he gets some rest.  And this is the nap method that works best for us.) 

I thought I was the only one of the two of us that really loved this routine.  I love getting to cuddle with him even though he quite frequently fights me so hard an outsider would think he was fighting for his life (hence my thinking he hated nap time).  After an eternity a couple minutes of this, he settles down.  He’ll be calm and comfy for a few minutes then he decides he doesn’t need a nap and would rather play.  He is getting to that age where naps are kind of optional but still very much needed, so I do take how he is doing into consideration.  The rule is 20 minutes.  If he can sit still and quite for 20 minutes, he can play.  After 20 minutes he’s either rested and happy enough to keep going, or asleep. 

ANYWAYS!  That’s our routine. 

One day, our nap routine got a little mixed up.  He was so sleepy, he fell asleep at Grandmas.  I was cool with this because I had stuff to do in “the City” (aka Provo) and didn’t especially want to disturb his nap time or keep him up and push him past that point of no return.  

That night we were getting ready for bed, doing our usual thing, and Henry came up and said "Ho Hey!"  (Henry for hold me.)  "Can you rock rock me?  We missed it today."    He needed his "rock rock" time.  Funny!  I guess he does like our little nap time routine.

Folding Laundry

I have a stack of posts (almost) ready to catch me up on what we've been doing and so that I don't forget things that I want to remember.  BUT, before I do that I thought I would post this because this ecard is the most accurate reflection on my day to day life I think I've ever seen. 



(Henry isn't a toddler anymore.  It's like a fan on low these days.)

Me folding laundry usually involves backhoes, bulldozers, cranes, tow trucks, trains, etc.  We dump the clean clothes on the floor or bed and "mighty machines" help me move the pile around and "tidy  up" until all of the clothes are folded.  I do not love the part where my clean clothes sometimes end up on the floor, but the rest is fun and makes it worth it!

Does anyone else love this house?

We have been watching a lot of Andy Griffith Show lately.  Every time I see this house, I think "look at all that character!" and notice something different.  I love the side porch, the front window and half window above it.  I love how the chimney isn't where you would expect one to be.  There are lots of cute things about this house.  I want to see inside it!