20 weeks!

I thought I was 20 weeks tomorrow but I guess it is today! Yeah I am half way done with this pregnancy! So far it hasn't been that bad. I am starting to wear maternity clothes. I had to go get some yesterday cause all the ones I had for Hunter were for winter since I am two months ahead with this pregnancy. Thank goodness clothes haven't gotten any more expensive. Our Ultrasound is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept 17th in the am which is awesome cause Hunter's was in the evening and it made for a long day! So what does everyone think we are having? Boy or girl? Leave me a comment on my blog or email me at my hotmail account and give your vote and this time Corey you can't cheat! I am on to you! Just click the orange comment section on the right of this blog and you can leave a message but make sure you leave your name if you use the anyomous option! Especially you Corey! Hope everyone has a great long weekend!

Hunter's dislikes!

I love Hunter dearly but he has turned into his own little person! He is very independent and stubborn and smart all at the same time. This a.m. I was getting ready in the bathroom and he came waltzing in like he owned the place closed the bathroom door put up the toliet seats (both of them) and put his backside against the toliet for a few seconds turned around put one of the seats down and flushed the toliet. Crazy! This little guy is constantly learning and watching us! Maybe I can get him potty trained before Robinson No. 2 comes! I little more info about him is that he dislikes shopping carts. He hates sitting in the seat and being strapped in! It is a pain especially when we have to go to the store or Costco! He does like the carts shaped as cars but only for a little bit. He is starting to not like strollers also. Why you ask? It is all about the strap and not doing what he wants to do! He is so stubborn! He also just started not liking his pajamas. I love getting nice fuzzy pajamas with the feet in them for him but he fights for all his might when we put them on him after bath time that it isn't worth it anymore. He pulls on the feet like they are burning him and the other day he started pulling on his sleeves! Very sad that pajamas with feets are no more. I love them and that was one of the exciting things I thought about when I was wanting to be a mom is to put them on my kids oh well another thing for us to enjoy with the next little person. He has become independent on his socks. He either wears them or doesn't and it doesn't matter what or when he will take them off on his time and let you put them on him pretty much only when he knows he is going somewhere. You can also tell when Hunter doesn't want something he will make the psst sound or raise his hand at it. Lovely I know. Honestly he is a sweet boy he gives loves and sits in your lap to play with toys and has the greatest smile. I am just telling you about how he works this month will see what new thing shows up next month!

Suprise!

This weekend as been very busy because of Larry's suprise! I had told him that I wanted to work on our very full, cluttered pantry this weekend. Which meant all the stuff that wasn't staying in the pantry was going in his shed. I was just preparing him for cleaning his shed. He was thrilled, not really. Anywho, Hunter woke up from his am nap and Larry said he had to go to Home Depot I didn't even ask why I just thought he wsa getting something we needed. He came back with an early anniversary gift! Our anniversary is Sept 14th so he was nice early. When we bought the house I wanted storage in the laundry room and had great ideas but than I forgot about them cause I knew that it would cost alot and Larry would have to do them. My suprise was brand new white cabinets for the laundry room! I was shocked and thrilled! Larry put them up in under 2 hours and the laundry room looks awesome! We keep going in there! I went to look at them probably 15 times yesterday. This a.m. I was able to put stuff in them! I love to organize! Here is pictures of before and after and Hunter and the cats playing with the boxes!

Clutter!

Larry working hard installing! Hunter and the cats playing with the boxes. Misha was out on the front porch watching her beloved pig ear!

New cabinets! Yeah! The next project which will take awhile to get to is to move the washing machine by the dryer and put a deep sink where the washer is. Alot of underground work and plumbing but maybe that will be another suprise down the line! I forgot to take a picture of the pantry but it looks alot better less clutter!

Book of First's!

It is done! At least all that I can do so far until Hunter does more first that the book covers like when he goes to school and stuff! I am so glad I finally got it done! One goal done before the new Robinson shows up. I gotta couple more scrapbooking projects to go! Here is a couple of pictures of it sorry it is so dark and you can see the flash!

A little about me!

I was thinking the other day I don't write much about me so I thought I would tell you all what I like to do in my spare time! Which makes me laugh because my spare time is during naps it seems lately! So here goes...

TV shows~I love Jon and Kate plus 8 it shows me I can handle two kids if they can handle 8! I like Kate in the show cause she is funny to watch and I get new ideas from watching her; for example that you can afford to give kids organic food and not break your bank! I love Deadlest Catch I have watched it since the beginning show! It makes me appreciate eating crab when I order it. I love it when they show the Coast Guard helicopter but it makes me sad when they can't find a sinking boat. I love watching Dirty Jobs. Mike Rowe cracks me up and I like his voice. My new fav show I can't remember the name I think it is Ice Truckers and it isn't on our DVR anymore for some reason but he has to do with the big trucks carrying heavy loads on an ice road in Canada. Crazy stuff. I think that is it for TV I don't watch much but I love having a DVR!

Books~Love books! I like Luanne Rice I am reading through all of hers right now. And anything that is English humor I just read Remember Me by Sophie Kinsell (or something like that). Very cute! I try to read a chapter of a book a day. Which is alot less than I did before I was married and had Hunter. I used to stay up till 2-3am just to finish a book. Not anymore!

Scrapbooking~ I love to do this and I haven't been very good at doing it lately! I have been working on Hunter's book of first which I am almost done with. Once I am done with that than my mother made me a diary book for this new little one and I have been slowly plugging away on it. But my biggest goal is to get all the pictures that I developed of Hunter in books before this new little person comes! I have finished one book of pictures when he was born alot of pictures were taken than. I am currently working on his one/two month book! I think I have pictures up to 1 year! I need to get on it! I think I am gonna just Snapfish my scrapbooks from than on. Much easier. Well see I gotta lot of scrapbook stuff so I need to use it up too! I will keep you posted on my goals now that I have broadcasted it to everyone!

Nap~ I love to nap and I have been doing alot of it lately! I am gonna be so bummed when Hunter stop taking his am nap!

Magazines~My favorites are Rachael Ray and Real Simple. I also like Martha Stewart but I don't get hers anymore.

I think that is it. I love crafty things but it seems like I need more time to do them. I love to organize things and you wouldn't think so by the way my house looks but I try! So that is a little about me! How about you?

RoBoT!

Larry and Hunter were playing with the cereal box on Saturday. Larry made the box into a robot for Hunter. It had holes for his arms and eye holes. He looked pretty cute with it. He was walking around the house with it on. He was a robot for probably 15 minutes and than he was done thank goodness we got pictures when we did!Than when he was done with being a robot Larry put him in the box. Saw that one coming, huh!

Water park in Oregon City!

Larry found a water park in Oregon City that is close to our home. It is called River Crest Park. We went twice last week and each time we did was after five and the water was freezing and the trees shaded the water park. But that didn't stop Hunter he loved it and was shivering through it all. I felt so bad for him. We will take him again during the day but it takes two of us to watch him cause he just keeps going. Everytime another kid would accidently spray him with a spray gun he would act so suprised and do this face that is priceless he did it when he sat on Santa Clause lap last christmas at Larry's work. It is his what the heck look. He would go in a new water fixture and do that look and go through it again and do the look I wish on had it on video next time I will try.

New highchair!

Hunter absolutely hates his highchair! He will kick and scream and go straight as a board if you try to put him in it! Drives me crazy. He will not sit in a booster seat either. Stubborn child I tell you! I told Ryan Weber who came to visit us with Emmett awhile back and he said to get him a Stokke chair cause that is what they got Emmett from the beginning and we did! It is very expensive and it grows with him! And I can't believe we bought him it but if he doesn't use it this new little Robinson will! We put the old highchair in storage cause I can't look at it the ruffles were driving me crazy everytime Hunter ate spaghetti or pizza it would go on the ruffles and clean up was a bear! Here he is in his new chair! He doesn't sit at it everymeal, which is a bummer. He likes to sit in our regular kitchen table chairs instead on his knees, which is our fault cause I took to long to buy the chair was trying to save up the money for it! He starts off on whatever chair he chooses at the beginning of the meal and most of the time halfway through a meal he is on his new chair. I still think it will be going to this new little person instead but we are trying to get him in it!

08.08.08

It was my birthday on this day! Yeah! I am 32 now crazy how time flies. I am just that much closer to 40! I had a great bday. I had to work but everyone at work remembered and it was a fun day to work. My mother watched Hunter for us during the day so that was nice and she took me to get my nails done on Saturday. Thanks Mother! After work Lindsey and Corey watched Hunter for us so we could go out to dinner. Thanks guys! We went to an Italian resturant on Milwaukie I can't remember the name but it was very nice and romantic. It was a jazz and wine resturant. I almost ordered a glass of wine but didn't I had a club soda instead. It was very yummy. It was a great bday thanks to everyone who called, emailed, sent a card, texted it was very nice! The olympics also started on my bday so that was cool, too!

Finally in August!

We did a garden this year and grew some zucchini, which neither Larry or I eat, and a bunch of other veggies. The zucchini turned out huge and this is one of them. Hunter and Misha could not get enough of it. I was trying to get a picture of how big it was compared to Hunter size. Didn't work. I think we grew four zucchini and they were all this size! We gave them all away since I tried to make zucchini bread but the zucchini just stayed on the kitchen counter for a week so I gave up on the idea.


Hunter likes to watch Seasame Street. He loves Elmo! He calls him Emo it is very cute. I think these are pics of him watching Emo in papa's chair that has been claimed by Hunter. He also has claimed the couch and he doesn't snuggle with you anymore unless he is very tired or doesn't feel well. He pretty much just sits where he wants to by himself now. Bummer cause it was so nice to chill with the little man. We still get to on occasion but on his terms. Stubborn and Independent!

He loves books and he takes them down from his shelf everyday. He looks for the kitty's in the books they are is favorite! I love how he sits on his knees he looks like such a big boy!

Behind in blogging

I gotta catch up on my blogging! All these pics are from July! I can't remember when or what night but I put on Hunter's Halloween costume from last year. The size is 12-18 months and he is almost out of 18 months and has been wearing 24 months so I thought why not try it out. The reason he got such a big size in his costume last year is because it was the only size that wasn't too small. He wouldn't stay still for the camera and the outfit was a little snug in the head. Go figures!

These are pictures of Hunter in his box that turns into a checkers board or a street board. He had a great time in it!

What Hunter can do!

I am trying to put together "a book of first's" that my mother and wayne got me for Christmas and thank goodnes for my baby's first calendar cause I am getting all my info from it since I didn't write anything down! So I am gonna try to write more about what Hunter does in my blog so I can look back on it. Here goes...

Words he says now~

baa for bottle

emo for elmo

Isha for Misha

Pepe for Peaches (grandma and grandpa R's dog)

Papa (all the time!)

ganpa for grandpa

Mama (sometimes, but he is getting better)

Mooe for movie

hat for hat

cacka for cracker

caa for car...I think that is all his words he doesn't have them all right but it is something and hopefully he gets them right soon.

What he can do~

run, walk, turn on lightswitches, climb on couches and chairs basically anything his height, he can slide down little kids slides, he is getting better with utensils, knows when we are going in the car we just have to put on our hats and shoes and say car, he can hum twinkle twinkle (it is pretty cute!). He used to moo like a cow, huh huh huh like a monkey, and roar like a dino but not so much now. He also can throw a tantrum like no other but I am gonna write the sweet things about him!

That is all I can remember at the moment. He babbles all the time and makes his happy sounds. He is very independent and stubborn and likes to do his own thing and explore everything! He does give loves when he wants to and we all love it when he does cause it is rare and you get them when he is tired. He is such a boy bummer he can't be more snuggly! Even though right now he is a busy handful I love him even more! Especially at the end of a busy, go go day and he is sleeping in his crib looking so cute for some reason I think a sleeping, peaceful baby is the sweetest, greatest thing!