The Hubs Tag

Where did you meet?
The last place on earth that I thought I would ever meet my eternal companion. YSA! When I first saw him I thought, "Geek!". I was so right about that but little did I know that I would come to find that attractive. After the YSA activity a small group went to the duck pond to hang out. I was wearing "girly" shoes so had a hard time of keeping up with everyone. I whined about it a few times and he cracked a few jokes at my expense. At the end of the night he walked up to me in front of everyone and handed me a piece of paper with his number on it and told me I should call him. I was in shock. Mormon boys don't have that much guts.

How long did you date before you were married?
2 months dating. 1 month engagement. I think that is the shortest of anyone I have read so far. Not sure how I feel about that. Hee!

How long have you been married?
4 years in February. I am looking forward to a trip to Italy for our 5th Anniversary. Hint, hint!

What is your favorite quality of his?
My favorite thing about him is also the thing that drives me the most insane. I love how he is so "together". He is so organized and on top of things. But...he can go sooo overboard and be insanely OCD sometimes.

What is your favorite feature of his?
It would have to be a tie between his thick, curly, begs-to-run-your-fingers-through-it hair and his booty!


Does he have a nickname for you?
He has a few that he says just to annoy me but mostly he calls me Baby

What is his favorite color?
Blue, which is good because it is also the color he looks the yummiest in.

What is his favorite food?
He is a human garbage disposal. He will eat ANYTHING! But, his absolute fave would probably be pork chops. If anyone has any good pork chop recipes, send them my way!


What is his favorite sport?
Tonsil hockey! Heehee! Just kidding...kind of. Chris enjoys weight lifting and running but is not really a sports fan. Which, I love, because I don't have to watch hours of games and Sportscenter.

When and where was your first kiss?
Chris is a convert so I had a bit of a challenge holding him off for a while. I was stingy with our 1st kiss because, at that point, I was so over dating. But, something about Chris kept me interested. After about a month of dating, but not dating exclusively, we had a YSA Halloween dance. He came dressed in camo pants and a TIGHT t-shirt. My heart races even now when I think about it. Oh, be still!! Anyway, we danced a few times and then he helped with the clean up. When he was helping me load some hay into a truck another girl came over and put her hand on his arm and told him she looked forward to seeing him at the next activity. Oh, NO SHE DIDN'T! I took the feeling of wanting to tear that chick to shreds as a sign. I told him a few days later that I didn't want to date other people anymore. He got a knowing smile on his face and rewarded me for my smart decision with a GREAT kiss.

Do you have any children?
A son and a daughter

His favorite type of music?
He rarely listens to music but if he does it is techno or church music. I know...opposite ends of the spectrum. That's Chris for ya.

What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?
We love to watch movies. Every Friday night we curl up together with what ever has come that week from Blockbuster.com. We watch all different kinds of movies too. I hate scary movies so we rarely get those but he is a good hubby and suffers through many a chick flick.

What do you admire most about him?
His determination and hard work. He takes such amazing care of us. I hardly have to worry about a thing because he is so on top of it. He is always good about making sure I am aware of everything and he asks my advice often. He thinks everything through so thoroughly and works hard to make our lives as simple as possible. I just adore him.

So His Mother's Son

I can't tell you how many times I've fallen asleep reading a good book.

SO His Father's Son

So I am in the office, aka-The Man Room, blog surfing and I look over my shoulder to make sure that Noah isn't getting into anything he shouldn't. I spot him starring longingly at his daddy's remotes. Now, Chris has an interesting collection of remotes. I only know what one of them does but there is about a million of them. Okay, only 4, but still. Noah ever so slowly starts to extend his hand to one of the ever tempting remotes, which he knows not to touch, and then notices that he has been caught. He flashes me with his classic grin and says, "No, no, no" while wagging his finger at me. (See the second paragraph of my previous post to see why this is no surprise to me.) I decide to watch and see what he does next. He continues switching back and forth between studying the remotes and watching me. Finally, he decides to brave it and reaches out for remote. With lightning speed, he proceeds to ORGANIZE THEM ACCORDING TO SIZE! Once his mission was accomplished he dashed off to watch Tom and Jerry, leaving his poor mother shaking her head and pondering on how proud his dad would be of him at the moment. Even if he did touch the forbidden remotes.

No, Schmo

Last Sunday Misty noticed some red splotches on Noah's back that hadn't been there hours earlier when I had given him a bath. By Monday he was covered head to toe in a rash. I took him in and the doc said it looked viral to her. She did a throat culture because she thought it was strep. Great! The culture came back negative. I took him back in on Thursday because every inch of his skin was covered in tiny little bumps. He had been red and splotchy earlier in the week but not bumpy and itchy. When the doc saw him again she was shocked at how different he looked. She said that now it looked more like a rash that is caused by an allergy. Double great!! I had bought a new laundry detergent but the only thing I think I could have washed with it thus far was the towel we used to dry him off after his bath on Sunday. So, he is on a daily dose of Claritin and doses of Benadryl every 6 hrs to help with the itching. Bless him, he was been completely miserable this week and I have felt totally helpless, one of the worst feelings in the world. He suffers really bad from seasonal allergies as well so the doc referred him to a Pediatric Allergy Specialist and we see her on Dec. 2. Urg!

Add this on top of feelings of inadequacy. I feel like all I ever say to Noah anymore is, "No!", or "Don't touch that" or "Get down off the dining room table!". Sometimes I seriously lay in bed and review the day in my head and just cringe. I am generous with my "I love you"s but I wonder at how much of that gets through in between all the "No"s and frustration because I feel like he doesn't listen to me.

Sigh. This just has not been a good mothering week.

FHE

For FHEs this month we are focusing on things we are thankful for. This week we talked about the creation and all the beautiful things Heavenly Father has blessed us with. For the activity we made a picture of the gorgeous fall leaves. Noah really liked sticking the leaves on the page. He did a pretty good job if I do say so myself!

Panickin...a little

Today I sat down and started making a list of things I need to do before Eden arrives. Things like transitioning Noah out of the nursery, finishing Noah's room, organizing clothes, etc. The more I thought about having 2 kids the more I started to stress. I started to think about how some of the simple day to day things are going to get complicated, especially since the 2 kids aren't even going to be 2 years apart. How do you grocery shop with a baby and a toddler? How do you care for the constant needs of a newborn and still give the toddler what he needs? I am very much aware that everything is doable but just thinking about it stresses me. How do mom's do all they do? Any words of wisdom?

Halloween With The Hozians

Ever since we came back from the beach either Noah or I have been sick. We keep ping ponging a nasty cold back and forth. So, I totally lost all my motivation for Halloween. I was going to make Noah a sumo but I couldn't find some of the things I needed to make the costume. Then I decided to make a dragon costume, but, again, lost motivation. So, Tuesday I decided that I needed to go shopping for a costume. All of the cool/cute ones where out, of course, so I ended up with a 25% of costume from Wal-mart. Luckily, he can pull anything off.

Tuesday night we carved our pumpkin. I found these cool face bits for pumpkins at Wal-mart and thought they would be perfect for Noah. He loved them. I punched the holes in his pumpkin and he spent a good hour putting different parts in and out. The first pic is of him giving his new buddy a hug.


After carving we had smores and hot chocolate (or chocolate milk in Noah's case).


Here is a pic of the finished product. Simple, but cute if I do say so myself.