Isaac survived his first year (and so did I)

I can't believe it but Ike turned one a week ago. I can't believe how much he has grown and how quick the year went by. I spent time today going through his clothes and cleaning out his closet and it was amazing to see how small his onsies once were and to remember how calm he once was. He is walking and if he could have ran first he would have. He is so smart and figures things out quickly. He has figured out that the dog door is a great resource of freedom, and the stairs are a blast to play on. He is starting to talk and I realize more and more I have to watch what I say. We do need to teach him how to be gentle, and can be a little aggressive with other kids. The other day at the doctors office he attacked a couple kids to give them hugs but due to the aggressive nature he ended up pushing them down. The kids were sadly much older than Ike so I think I might have raised a bully. A bully that gives frighteningly aggressive hugs and kisses. I will display a video of Ike on attack and you all will understand. Plus who can leave out pictures of him destroying his cake.

Some cute ones of Ike

Here are some latest pix of Ike. He is 9 months and counting, I can't believe he is that old already. The crazy kid is a crawling fool and I think he will be walking in no time. He already walks along the furniture and lunges from coach to whatever is near. He loves going up the stairs and then diving headfirst to the bottom. He has discovered how a dog door works and lets just say what could have turned out a disaster some how was just a great adventure for Ike. I unfortunatly didn't get a picture of his adventure to the great outdoors. You forget to snap those things when your child is sitting on the frozen patio after escaping the warm indoors. The other thing he loves is to attack the camera whenever it comes out so the majority of the pictures are close ups and contain drool. Just one of those things only a mother can love and will spare sharing the real drooly pictures. 

We had our friends Patti and Issaia come visit us from Seattle this past weekend and we had a freaking blast. We had a chance to go out to dinner just adults and let me just say that was much needed. We also had fun tubing up in Garden Valley, ID and that was a ton of fun. Patti and I were a bit nervous at first but soon realized that the 6 inches of mud in the parking lot was avoidable with a little quick move in the parking lot, the inbred sleeveless worker wasn't as scary as he looked, and the slopes weren't as brutal as they looked. Well the Uggs didn't make it, we were very soar the next day, and Matt of course hurt something, was the hero of the day, and has some cougar that would do him in a heartbeat. It is hard to beat tubing and beers, but later that night was a great game of Apples to Apples, drinks, cigars, and Sex and the City movie. It was a great weekend and can't wait until they come back for their next visit. Here are some pix from our fun weekend. 

Tolman update

So I have slacked in the updating department only because life has been crazy busy. So here is a month in review. Isaac finally got over the teething thing and now has 3 almost 4 very sharp teeth. He loves to give us kisses on the nose and then try and bite our nose off. It was all cute until he picked up the tiny chompers. He also is constantly moving and the roll seems to be his favorite form of transportation, but he has crawled a little bit and gets better at it each day. He is a crazy eater and can really pack the food away. Typically it is packed right into the mouth but some days it turns out to be a real mess. (See pictures below). Well I think that is the Ike update other than he is the coolest kid ever. Now onto the other fun and exciting things that have been going on with us. Matt and I spent October on the house hunt, and looked at a ton of homes put in a couple bids on some, but finally found one that was perfect and the bid was negotiated just right for us to buy it.  We closed on the house just before Thanksgiving and spent Thanksgiving weekend cleaning and moving. I tried to convince everyone to move us on Thanksgiving but for some reason people thought we should be eating turkey. I was nice and gave the family them Thanksgiving the day to relax knowing they would be busy the next few days. We are all moved in and realized that living in cramped spaces like we did in Seattle you really become a minimalist, needless to say we have multiple rooms with nothing in them. I'm sure it will only be a matter of time til they are filled up. Other than house hunting, moving, working crazy schedules, we also celebrated my grandma's 88th birthday, helped rake up leaves at my parents (this was mainly to keep them on my good side for when it came down to moving), and took some time to decorate a Christmas tree. Oh and in case you have no furniture to put in a room just buy a Christmas tree it seems to take up some of the space. Oh yeah I almost forgot we proudly watched Obama acceptance speech and had a great laugh when we saw the footage of Bush getting a shoe thrown at him. (Sorry the political side of me had to come out.) All of this just in time for Christmas hopefully I will be better about updating the blog on our fun Christmas within the month of December. Ok so pictures to come on all of our adventures only because I have no clue where the cord for our camera is to download all of our pictures. (the joys of moving and losing all your junk again)

Grandma + Camera = Ike going crazy

I think the final picture sums up Ike's feelings. 

100 things about me

1) Doing this post because I want to be like Ashley, both Matt and Isaac are asleep, and the only thing on TV is game shows. 

2) I really would like to have my 15 minutes of fame playing on a game show

3) I still hope to be a professional stunt woman

4) I still hope to be like Johnny Carson

5) I'm only on #5 and having a difficult time thinking of things

6) I can touch my touch my nose with my tongue.

7) I have horribly fat feet. So fat that I have a pair of flip flops that won't fit my feet. 

8) I do NOT have cankles.

9) Cankles freak me out.

10) I had a cankles when I was pregnant

11) My pregnancy cankles caused irrational emotional outbursts 

12) I think I might be the only person on the face of this earth that hated being pregnant

13) I had a complete stranger argue with me on how far along I was in my pregnancy. (I was 7 months along and she refused to believe me and continued to inform me that I was at most 5 months. I wanted to punch the crazy lady, but managed to keep some what calm after throwing out a few smart ass comments.)

14) White guys can't jump nor dance (the guy on the game show is making me cringe)

15) I think I can dance after enough drinks 

16) After enough drinks I still can not dance

17) I'm really liking my new job and the people I get to work with

18) 18 is my lucky number

19) This is going to be the hardest blog to post.

20) 20th of September 2003 is when Matt and I got married

21) I feel really lucky to have married my best friend, high school sweetheart, and soul mate.

22) Marriage is freaking hard even when you marry your best friend, high school sweetheart, and soul mate.

23) I love watching Matt be a dad

24) Matt is a freaking awesome dad and really helps balance my spastic mothering. 

25) February 25th 2008 Matt asked me if I would be his girlfriend

26) I love 80's music 

27) I can not carry a tune to save my life but love to sing

28) I want to go on long road trips all the time just to listen to music and sing like a crazy person

29) I feel bad for the people that are really reading these random things

30) I miss playing soccer

31) I hope to run in the Sawtooth Relay this coming year

32) I better start working out if I'm going to run the relay

33) I miss the rain 

34) I hope in a couple of years we can move back to Seattle or some other exciting city

35) I feel like I have a wandering soul

36) Someday I will live in Mexico, Italy, and a few other places. 

37) I love laying on the beach in Mexico

38) I miss the cute pool boy Trina and I had on our girls trip to Mexico in 07

39) I hope we can have a girls trip to Mexico in 08

40) I'm happy that Matt and I have such great friends (they make it easy to be living back in Boisenburger)

41) I love the fact that Jess and Jackie loved the idea of wearing our wedding dresses drinking champagne and watching chick flicks

42) I love the fact that Jess and Jackie made me feel better about being to busty to fit back into my wedding dress

43) I'm glad it was only due to bust size that I couldn't fit into my wedding dress

44) I would love to have another wedding

45) I love weddings

46) Matt used to DJ weddings and other random things.

47) Matt has had a lot of random jobs through out his life

48) I'm proud that I was able to support us and help Matt go back to school

49) I will go back to school 

50) I hope I go back sooner than later

51) on the down hill slope of this post

52) Decorating stresses me out but I love to decorate

53) A Martha Stewart commercial prompted the last thing about me

54) I hate Disneyland way over priced, way to many people, and just not enjoyable

55) I love the beach

56) I love the mountains

57) Matt and I watch a ton of Movies you could call us movie whores in fact

58) I have a ton of shoes mainly tennis shoes, and black pumps  but I love shoes

59) 59 is Matt's lucky number

60) I want a pair of purple pumps that I found the other day but can't convince myself to buy them

61) I love to buy clothes and wish I had a personal shopper

62) I admire people that step outside the comfort zone and wear some of the crazy trends. 

63) I'm most comfortable in a great t-shirt or polo jeans and flip flops

64) I'm proud that I voted for Obama

65) I have a new passion for Politics and our government

66) I HATE the Boise State Broncos

67) I can't stand all the idiots that have painted their cars and trucks BSU colors

68) I miss being up North for school

69) I think my favorite job ever was being a Marina Attendant on CDA lake

70) I have a freakishly good memory

71) I will remember little things I have said and done in the past and get really embarrassed 

72) I ran into a mailbox while riding my bike causing me to get a bunch of stitches in my face.

73) I love to make people laugh and use the stupid things I have done like running into a mailbox to make fun of myself and hear people crack up.

74) I use humor to try and hide how nervous I truly am 

75) I would love to go back in time and re-do high school

76) I have hit the three quarter mark and feel really sorry for those that have read through all these things. 

77) I wish my dog Frankenstien would like Ike more

78) I miss Frankenstien cuddling with me in the mornings

79) I think I might send Frank to a nut hut if I bring home a puppy, but I really want to get a puppy.

80) I would name our puppy Stella (that way I can be like the play "A streetcar Named Desire")

81) I have began to question religion and people who are major believers kind of freak me out

82) I do believe in ghost though so some may say that would freak them out. 

83) I really want to talk to a psychic, and loved that I had the chance to go to a palm reader

84) If I had a ton of money I would waste it on psychics, Taro card readers, and other random people like that

85) I honestly believe I will win the lottery, this has caused problems in the past with wasting money on lottery tickets. 

86) When I do win the lottery I will be on the first airplane back to Seattle to buy a house on Capitol Hill

87) I really want to commit to being more green in 09

88) In my attempt to be more green I also want to be much more organic and self sufficient in growing my own food. 

89) I believe Ike is going to grow up and be a famous athlete, artist, or both.

90) I'm pretty sure all parents believe their kids will grow up to be rich and famous

91) I will not be the typical sports parent that lives vicariously through my child (I hope haha!?!?!)

92) I can't believe it Matt and I get to move in a week to a house that will hold all of our furniture. 

93) I can't wait to be back in our own house even though it isn't Seattle

94) I finally realized what it meant to say "home is where the heart is"

95) Matt and I have both agreed our hearts are in Seattle

96) I say I miss Seattle a lot

97) I have always been a negative person, but have been trying to be more positive.

98) Having Isaac has made me want to be more positive, and be around the people that make me happy. 

99) My family is the coolest family ever

100) I'm freaking done, and realize I could probably come up with a few more things, but no one really cares to know anymore about me.  

Yeah for teeth!!

Ike has a tooth. Not only does he have a tooth he is back to sleeping through the night life is good. I have been slacking on the pictures though so I will have to work on getting some photos.