Pictures and Military

I know it has been a while since I did a post. Our summer hasn't really been very exciting, so I didn't really have anything to say. I will give you an update on us and include some pictures.

Trevor was promoted to Personal Training Manager at Golds Gym last month. I am really proud of him! He also just joined the National Guard. Yes, it may seem sudden, but we have been talking about this for a while. We decided that if he didn't find a teaching job, this is what we would do. He is leaving September 6th for Basic Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He will be gone to Basic Training and AIT for about 5 months. I'm really nervous to be away from him for that long. The longest we have ever been away from each other is 2 weeks. During that time, I will be living at grandpa's house in Orem. Friends and family are welcome to visit, just let me know in advance, so I know you are not a murderer.

I (Erin) have been working at the Gold's Gym daycare all summer. I do a lot of work for very little pay. One benefit is that I can have Jason in there with me. Actually, that has been more of a frustration than benefit. My days consist of going to the daycare, chasing after Jason, doing dishes, putting Jason to bed, and then running on the treadmill. I find myself getting very frustrated because I never get a break from my toddler. Trevor has been working a lot lately and he is rarely home. Which means I rarely (never) get a break from my toddler. Moms need breaks!! As you can tell, I am at my wits end today.

Jason is a very energetic toddler. I am currently working on potty training the little devil. We have not been very successful. Whenever I put him on the potty, he cries and asks for his diaper. If he can ask for a diaper, then he is more than ready to be potty trained. Jason's most favorite things are his "wippy wops." That is how he says flip flops. He wears them all the time and would even wear them to bed if I let him (Trevor has let him wear them to bed). He wakes up in the morning and the first words out of his mouth are "wippy wops?" Some other favorites are candy, milk, saying "hi" to everyone he sees, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and his potty book.

I don't know what else to say, so I will just include some pictures. Some of the pictures are from a BBQ that we had with Aunt Maureen and the other pictures are from when my mother visited. There might be a couple other random ones too.

Carter

High Five!

My dad's 60th birthday

Yes, that is my mother in my wedding dress

Harry Potter Action!

Granny kisses

Jason is quite the jokester. He thinks it is funny to close his eyes when I take his picture.

Model Behavior

After reviewing my pictures from the Rasmussen family reunion, I have come to the conclusion that we have a lot of potential models in our family. Here are some of the pictures that I took. Don't be offended if I didn't include a picture of your child. I think all the children are beautiful. These are just the children that I happened to catch in a moment of modelish (not a word) behavior.

I just thought I would throw this last one in because I think it is hilarious. Sawyer just happened to stick his finger in his nose right at the moment that I took the picture. Can you say photo bomb?!

Random Things

This post will include a few different things that have nothing to do with each other. I am also going to include some random pictures.


Just in case you didn't know, Jason broke his leg a while back. We are not exactly sure how it happened. I do know that it was a horrible six weeks. Well, 5 weeks because Cinniman took Jason for a week during those six weeks. Thanks again, Cinniman! Jason was so ornery for most of the six weeks. He quickly figured out how to walk with his cast on and he quickly recovered after they took it off. I am very glad to have that experience over with.

Now on to a different topic. Last week, I went into our bathroom to use the bathroom (that's a given). When I walked in, I noticed that a bunch of Jason's shampoos and baby washes were all over the floor. When I went to pick up the bottles, I saw a startling figure to my right. Sitting on my bathroom counter was a cat. I screamed, closed the door, and ran away. Jason just simply stared at me wondering what was going on. I frantically called Trevor and asked him to come take care of our problem. Trevor left work and came home to dispose of the cat. When Trevor entered the bathroom, the cat just stared at him. He said, "Oh, he's cute. He is just scared." All I was thinking was, "Don't underestimate that cat." Well, when Trevor went to get the cat, the "cute" little thing quickly changed from this...

To this!

When the fight went down, all I could hear were things getting knocked around and a lot of hissing. After the fact, I went in to find cat hair EVERYWHERE and cat pee all over the tub and Jason's bath toys. Needless to say, everything has been thoroughly cleaned and sanitized. Very thoroughly sanitized! I don't think that bathroom has ever been that clean. Trevor left the room with some scratches and bites... and possibly rabies. The cat left the room in a cooler and then escaped when Trevor tried to put him into a box. Don't worry. The cat has returned to the wild. I know you all are wondering how this cat got into the house. Our neighborhood is full of wild, feral cats. I think one of those feral cats wandered into our house when I left our sliding door open. Side note: I had left the door open two days before I found the cat. That means that the cat had been in our house for two days. I found evidence of this when I looked under my bed and found cat hair all over our things. Yes, the cat had been hiding under our freaking bed. I have yet to find any evidence of cat pee or poop anywhere in the house. Trust me, I have looked!

On another note, Sarah and Noah came down here for Easter. We had a good time. Jason is obsessed with Noah and never stops saying his name. Here are some cute pictures from Easter.



The other day, I put Jason in his crib so I could quickly get a few things done. The next thing I knew, Jason was running down the hall. That crazy kid climbed out of his crib! Needless to say, we have now transformed his crib into a toddler bed. He has done remarkably well with the transition. Knock on wood!


I got a new camera with some of my birthday money, so you may notice an improvement in the quality of my pictures. I went from 4 mega pixels to 14 mega pixels. That is a big jump! Anyways, here are a couple random pictures.

This is how Jason was dressed when I went in to get him one morning.

I hope you enjoyed this post. I love you all!

Graduation

I am writing this post to inform my friends and family about my graduation. My graduation from SUU will occur on May 6th and 7th. The commencement ceremony will be held on Friday, May 6th at 4:30 pm in the Centrum. The awarding of the diplomas for the College of Education will be held on Saturday, May 7th at 1:30 pm in the Centrum. If you can only come for one of these, I recommend coming on Saturday. They will be announcing my name and it won't be as boring as the commencement. After the ceremony on Saturday (probably around 5:00), we will be going to eat somewhere. I will be calling around tomorrow and trying to find a place where we can reserve a space for a large group. If you are going to attend my graduation, please let me know. If you would like to avoid the graduation ceremony (I don't blame you), but would like to go to dinner with us, please let me know. I need to let the restaurant know the head count. You can call me, text me, or comment on here. If you have any questions, feel free to ask! I love you all!

I called around today and made a reservation at The Pizza Factory. The reservation is for 5:oo pm on Saturday, May 7th. I told them that we will be doing the all-you-can-eat special. The special includes unlimited pizza, breadsticks, salad bar, and drinks for $8.75. I think it is cheaper for children.

Giant Sugar Cookies

When I was growing up, every Valentine's Day my wonderful mother would make giant sugar cookies. We were each given our own giant sugar cookie with our name on it. Most of the children would eat their cookie within one day. Hayley's cookie usually lasted a week, unless one of us other kids got to it before she could finish it. Anyway, I always loved this tradition. For the past few years, I have carried on this tradition with my family. I usually make one for Trevor and whoever else is hanging around. I have included a picture of one of the cookies I made today. It wasn't one of the best ones, but Trevor ate part of his before I could take a picture. I decided to include myself in the picture because I never put pictures of myself on here. I am always too busy taking pictures of Jason.

I decided to add a couple more pictures to this post. I will explain the picture below. Jason has recently learned the word "stuck." The other day, I was doing the dishes and I heard him say, "stuh!" Stuh means stuck. I turned around and I saw him wedged underneath his toy car. He likes to get in the car by going underneath it and climbing up. Obviously, it didn't work this time.




This next picture is of Jason reading. Jason loves books. He used to have a picture book that had a lot of pictures of various animals, children, and household items. He read it so much that it was falling apart. I got him a similar book the other day and he loves it.

Update

Oh my goodness, I am such a slacker. I'm sorry that I haven't posted in a while. I'm sorry that every time you visit this blog you see my depressing previous post. I promise this post will be more uplifting.

So much has happened since the last time I posted. Trevor is now working at Convergys. He doesn't like it very much. I am officially finished with school. Yes, I have a bachelor's degree. Yes, I have a teaching license. No, I don't have it with me because I have to pay $55 dollars before I can print it off. Needless to say, I won't be printing it for a while.

We had a very good Christmas. Jason received many many many toys, but his favorite has to be the Zhu Zhu pet that he got from his uncle Tyler. Tyler was worried that he wouldn't like it, but he loves that annoying little thing. He even named it. The name of his Zhu Zhu pet is Dadoo. He always yells "Dadoo" and looks around for his little friend. Jason is talking like crazy. If he doesn't want to say a word that you ask him to say, he simply changes the subject by pointing at something else and saying what it is. His go to object is a light. He just points to one and says, "ligh." Jason has acquired many new talents, but his most impressive talent is his ability to go cross-eyed. It isn't a lazy eye thing. He can go cross-eyed on command. He has a sense of humor and likes to play jokes on his parents. We love our little guy more and more everyday, although, he can be quite a stinker sometimes.

Jason will be turning two on January 31st. We will be having a party for him on Saturday, February 5th at 4:00 pm at our new place. If you are a member of the family or a good friend, you are welcome to come. Just give me a call, so I know that you are coming. Don't expect anything too extravagant.

I will explain what is going on in the pictures. Jason does this new thing where he takes off his pants. Like father, like son! Anyway, I told him to go put his pants back on and this is what happened.

Is this where pants go?

That didn't work. What else should I try?

Oh, I remember! They go on your legs!


I'm doing it! I'm doing it!



Oh, forget it!

I'm going to go cross-eyed instead!

I would like to note that this cross-eyed picture does not do his talent justice. This child can cross his eyes much better than this. He has inherited the talent of being able to make one eye look forward and the other one crossed. I call it the hillbilly stare. He got that from me. I must have inherited it from my Tennessee relatives. Well, sorry about the novel. Make sure to look at the post underneath this one. It is quite entertaining.

It's Raining Men!

This is a video of Cade and his awesome friend K.C. playing Just Dance. I'm not too surprised that they want it to rain men. ;) Don't tell them that I put this on here!