Naughty Words

I'm still going private within the next week so if you're interested, leave your email. I did want to write this down before I forget. Now that Knox is older and playing with older kids, he's been bringing home some pretty naughty words. His new words of choice are stupid and hate. He did tell me yesterday I was a piece of work though. Where is he learning this? Anyway, I call those kind of words "Level 1" naughty words. We've been working A LOT on not using those words and I've been worried about what other words he's hearing and waiting for him to take it to "Level 2" words.

Earlier this week we were driving Dave's brother home and when we went to drop him off, his car was gone. It had been towed. There may or may not have been 1-2 "Level 2" cuss words said under their breath. Then we started talking about how we hate towing companies and how they pretty much rob you blind. Knox was busy playing on Dave's phone so I was hoping he hadn't caught the cuss words. As we pulled out of the parking lot, Knox said, "Mommy, Dad said a naughty word." I thought we were doomed. He now knew cuss words! And then he said, "Mom, Daddy said hate." PHEW! We still have time to master "Level 1".

Going Private

I realize the blogging crowd is kind of a dying breed....including me. I am not a journal keeper and want to do more blogging and I've decided that I should go private. I just want to share more thoughts and happenings and would feel better doing it if I know exactly who is reading it. Leave your email if your interested in continuing to read and I will send you an invite....all 5 of you :)

Wessels

Yep, that is his nickname. Wessels. It totally stuck and seems to fit him perfectly. Dave keeps hounding me that I'm not documenting our life as good as I should so I've resolved to be a better blogger. Maybe I should commit myself to that "a blog a day" thing. I seem to do better with a little motivation. My little Wessels has turned into the funniest kid. He is just oozing personality and keeps us laughing on a daily basis. He turned one in January and is busiest kid I have witnessed. A few of my favorite things.....

If this kid wants something, he finds a way to get it....

We are going to have a gigantic problem with TV time. He LOVES the TV, namely "Baby Einstein" and "Yo Gabba Gabba"....

It's a good thing he has really taken a liking to reading lately to take away from that love of TV. He follows me around all day with books. In the morning before Knox wakes up we read a lot. Literally, for like 45 minutes.

He finally had his first hair cut....

He loves his tubs. The funniest thing that has happened in a long time.....I got out of the tub this morning and as I was putting my clothes on I thought I heard splashing. I went to explore and found this little dude trying to enjoy the last of the water before it all drained out!


He also has some jacked up teeth, which I find adorable. His gum line on the right side is lower then on the left as evidenced below. So cute!

The poor peanut has been sick a lot too. He's had a lot of ear infections and recently just ruptured his ear drum. He spikes really high fevers and we've even ended up in the ER because of a febrile seizure. I can always tell when he has a high fever...it is the ONLY time he holds still.

And one last picture that I love of the little fella....

Ole' King Wessels! We sure love you!

Currently

I am not doing a very good job at blogging (or a lot of things for that matter) but I'd like to freeze my kids exactly where they are....

(Knox in his Christmas shepherd costume. Not to be confused with a karate ninja)

Currently, Knox is killing me. In so many good ways, and so many hard ways. Since moving to Utah his speech has just taken off and he talks non-stop. He's a giant tease who loves to poke fun at everyone. Dave is now known as "Diaper Dave" according to Knox. He also refers to me as Suzy. He also likes to sing the ABC's now starting out normal, and then finishing with words he's not supposed to be saying. He thinks he's hilarious, and even though I can't really admit it, I do too. He has been saying the sweetest things to me and I dread the day when he doesn't love his mommy anymore. Yesterday he said, "Mommy, you beautiful. You a princess." I may or may not have shed a tear or two. He's also a gigantic bully to his little brother and I'm just patiently waiting for the day when they can play together instead of Knox pushing him, blocking him, kicking him, etc. Does that end? He also is so particular about if his hands are clean and if his toys are in the right order. Cute, but frustrating. I guess I have no one to blame but myself for those genes :) He still loves to sleep and takes at least a 3 hour nap daily. I have to wake him up so he'll go to bed at a good time still. I hope he never outgrows that! We love our Knox.

Oh my sweet Wessels! And yes, he is now referred to as Wessels by everyone. Who knew that would be his nickname and that it would stick! He is the busiest kid I've ever seen. I never had to child proof my house with Knox and already this kid is giving me a giant run for my money. He is the sweetest little guy and always has a gigantic smile on his face. I absolutely love the age he is right now and if I could just pop my kids out at this age I'd have 10! He entertains himself and is so smart at figuring out toys. He could walk if he wanted to, but is a faster little bugger at crawling so I don't know how soon he'll be giving that up. He can be feisty when he needs to be, but he's very patient with Knox constantly bullying him. He LOVES Knox which I can't figure out. I'll put Knox in time-out for hitting Wes, and Wes will try so hard to find him so he can see him. He has two bottom teeth and he's getting fangs on top. This kid is always happy!

Dave has loved being back in Utah. I'm pretty sure he was gone every weekend in October hunting. I begged to move back to Pennsylvania :) He has been loving his rotations thus far. He is currently during a surgery rotation and his hours are like 5am-7pm so he might be singing a different tune after this one. He is so glad he chose to go back to school and do this profession. He absolutely loves what he is doing. He will graduate in August and finally we can be done with school!

I have been busy with the boys and also got a job working one day at week at the auto auction. I do clerking for an auctioneer and have absolutely loved it. It gives me just the break I need each week and it's been fun to interact with adults :) I also teach piano the same day in the afternoon. I love that as well. I've enjoyed being around my sisters and other family however I'd be lying if I didn't say I still deeply miss my Scranton friends. It was a harder adjustment than I thought moving back but it's been so fun to be home.

And there ya have it, our family update!

Hmmm

Remember how I used to blog? I think some Scranton friends thought we'd died on our cross country journey. We've kind of been non-existent since moving home. Once we got settled in, it seems we had something every night and weekend. We were making up for the time we were gone! I haven't been good at taking pictures but here are some updates from the past few months...

We made it across the country, even Ole' Blue (our truck) with just one minor slip-up...

The belt shattered into like 16 different pieces! Thank goodness I married one serious handy-man or else we would have been in big trouble. He had a spare belt, and he and father put it back together in no time! One person who was really pleased with the breakdown? This guy....

He played with his trains the entire time. Tons of gravel and freight for his trains.

We made it! The trip wasn't as bad as I thought and we made some fun stops. I was terrible at taking pictures but we stopped in Chicago to see Devin and Jennie and had so much fun! They were the best hosts and it was so nice to FINALLY see them! Thanks to our wonderful parents and the loot of 5-hour energies! We are living with my sister in her mother in-law apartment until we can move back into our home in May. They are the best and Knox is LOVING having cousins just a staircase away...

Another awesome thing about being home is being with my sisters (a.k.a. my best friends). We've definitely been making up for lost time!

Another piece of exciting news...as you can see from above, I finally cut my hair the way I've wanted to for 3 years! I love it! It is so easy to do. Really. I wake up and run my fingers through it and we're good.

We made it home just in time for our little brother Matt-U's wedding. We didn't meet his wife until one day before the wedding! Fortunately, she is awesome and perfect for Matt and our family!

All the Tranter women. Except for the blushing bride who I didn't get a single picture of. She looked amazing and now we have another blonde so I'm not solo. All the Tranter's are married and how lucky am I to have all these wonderful sister in-laws?

Our little family....

We've also been to the family cabin I think 4 times since we've been home. We have missed it so much! No big deal, just a few moose cruising around....

We also made it home in time for our annual Lagoon trip! I haven't missed a year yet. I planned my trip home last year so it would "coincidentally" fall on the Lagoon trip. My sister took Wes so we could enjoy all the rides. So awesome.



We then headed to Pineview Reservoir for a fun camping trip! How redneck are we? We crammed all 4 of us into the truck, which has no cab, and bought ourselves a ghetto, but awesome, trailer! On our way to pick up our gem...

And these boys have Dave's blood running rampantly through them. They love a good camping trip...


And a little update on the boys. First, my sweet Wes. He has grown up so much since we've been home! He hit the "glory age" as I like to call it. 8-months. They sleep through the night, are on a consistent schedule, and are so fun! He is crawling (and by crawling I mean he does the worm everywhere). He refuses to be anywhere but on that belly!

We watch my sister's kids every Monday and Wes is obsessed with baby Korver. Seriously. Obsessed.

And eating like a champ now...

Now to my Knox...he is the sweetest boy ever and has really become a mama's boy. He loves to cuddle and follows me everywhere. He sometimes wishes he was still the baby....

But has learned to really love his brother. He has been helping me get back in shape and goes running with me in the mornings. He is the best little buddy...minus the fact he wants to be on my spin bike at all times.

He's talking so much and I just can't get enough of this stage!

Dave is loving his rotations and being back in his Utah element. We really miss our friends in Scranton, like a lot, but have really enjoyed being home. We're just trying to figure out how to recruit them all to move to Utah! Please guys?

Life Wouldn't Be Funny

Life wouldn't be funny if:

-My son didn't shove his own feces in my mouth as I was sleeping and ask "Mommy, what's this?"
- We were moving in 3 days and had everything packed and ready instead of barely surviving the last five days while my husband worked every day and night at the ER.
- I had decided to start my strict dietary restrictions AFTER the move, instead of researching every GF pit stop on the way home and will have to pack a separate bag of just food.
- Both of my kids were healthy. Of course on the week we're moving Wes decides to get REALLY sick and require constant attention day and night.
-We were all healthy. Wes decided it wasn't fun to be sick alone so he gave it to all of us too.
- My aforementioned poop-loving son didn't hand me his diaper during nap time and pee all over in his crib.
- I was accepted immediately to insurance instead of having to lose sleep for weeks over it.
- I was always responsible and didn't drive off with a library DVD on my car. Now I subsequently will have to pay $20 for a Handy Manny DVD that we never watched.
- My wedding ring stayed right where I put it. Instead, as we're packing I'm also looking everywhere for my most precious possession.
- There wasn't a dead animal living somewhere in our garage.
- Knox hadn't decided to smash play-dough into the rug that we just sold to the girl moving in after us.
- We were smart and didn't decide to drive across the country with two children under two. I'm sure that will be a million laughs in and of itself. But one of those things you can't laugh about for years later because it is still a little too traumatizing to think about.
- Gas was a reasonable price, like I'd even take $3.00 a gallon.
- I could address the pile of things that HAVE to get done instead of blogging because my baby won't let me put him down.
- And for reals, he just pooped all over me, down the chair, and to the floor.

Lastly, life really wouldn't be funny if I didn't look like this right now....


Good thing we have all these experiences so that we can get a laugh in, even if it's not funny until after the fact.

New blog

I started a new blog about my struggles with Celiac Disease. I would go into it here so you can decide if you're interested or not, because let's be honest, for some of you it may be as boring as watching re-runs of MASH. However, I just can't find it in me to type it twice.

If you're interested or know people that also have Celiac Disease, you can find it here.