Campout

So if any of you know Tony, you'd know he hates being dirty. I've wanted to go camping more than a couple of times and he always says he doesn't really want to. He's not a dirty guy. Don't get me wrong, he's a dude's dude, he just likes being clean. So since Spencer has never experienced the camping, Tony thought it would be a fun to let Spencer pretend camp in his bedroom the other night... Last Easter we got him this pop up tent that he loves to play in. *Funny sidestory: When we bought it, Tony tried for 2 hours to try and unpop the tent so we could put it away, but to no avail. We ended up taking it back and buying a new one. I studied it for a few minutes before opening it. Let's just say if something were to happen to me, that popup tent would always stay popped.

Anyway, got the tent out, pumped up his Spiderman blow up bed and Spencer was so freakin' excited he wanted to go to bed then and there. After tucking him in, within 15 minutes he was fast asleep. The next day, midday, before even mentioning it, Spencer asked if it was naptime. Before I could say anything he was in his tent, tucked into his Spiderman bed. So stinkin' cute. Needless to say, the tent has since been taken down after he took all of his Grow (in water) Dinosaurs and ripped them to shreds during naptime.But now we know how to bribe him next time we really want him to do something. :)

Tatum did NOT go poopy!

Like any polite girl, or any guy for that matter, Tatum is totally in denial after going number 2. She had an explosion in her pants the other day and this is what she had to say for herself after I asked her about it...

New Baby Connor

We went over to my bro's house last night after my sis-in-law and their newest edition came home from the hospital. Here's some footage of the newest & smallest McIntyre to ever be born...

Pig Mud

The other day we decided to paint Great Grandpa a picture for his birthday this coming Monday. Spencer's favorite thing to do is paint apparently. I wonder where he gets it? ;) He even concentrates so hard that he tends to stick his tongue out when he paints. It took him 45 minutes to complete this one painting. When all was said and done, he called his masterpiece "Pig Mud."

Wii Ski

So we busted out the wii fit the other day for the first time in a long time while some friends were over. Spencer really wanted to participate so I brought out my step aerobics board. One of his favorite events to do with Daddy was the Ski Jump...

Wacky's

A few weeks ago Spence, Tate & I went to this place in Corvallis that is just rad. It's like bounce castle mania. I totally forgot I got some video of Spence & his friends going down one of the big slides until I was going through my flip today... So here it is:

A Blog I found totally WORTH checking out!

So I just LOVE this blog called HisBoysCanSwim because it's absolutely hilarious. Didn't know I can randomly find something so cool. Just wanted to share with all my other mommy friends so they too can get in on the day to day hilarity.

Poor sick Tate

It has been a long couple of weeks. Poor Tatum ended up getting sick afterall. She has had bronchiolitis for about a week now and it is one of the saddest things to have to watch. She cries most of the day and she has lost her voice so it sounds even more pathetic than you can even imagine. She seems to be getting better though since she will actually go down for naps during the day. I cannot wait for her to feel better so we can get back to crawling boot camp. :) Spencer on the other hand is on the mend from yet another battle with pneumonia.

As for what else has happened... Turns out the people who made an offer on our house didn't want it that bad. But that's another post and another time when I am not in bed blogging from my iPhone instead of sleeping.

Things Have Been Crazy!

A lot has happened since last I posted. Spencer is officially a little boy. In 2 days he managed to get 2 different owies on his face. The bruise on his forehead is from doing jump circles and landing on a wire basket. The one on his cheek is a faint reminder of turning to run down the hall and running into the couch instead. Poor guy. And now he has pneumonia for the fifth time! Seriously? I took him into the doc on Friday and they said he was fine. Saturday his fever would not break and I knew something was wrong. I know it sounds crazy, but whenever he gets pneumonia he emits this kind of foul odor. So I took him to urgent care and low and behold... pneumonia!

Tate has managed to stay healthy, despite giving her big brother lots of big kisses.


Tate is officially 9 months old. She is turning out to have quite the sweet personality. She loves to talk. She can now say Mama, Dada, and bruh (brother). Saying Spencer is a little too hard for her. Even Spencer had a hard time with his own name. I think he went through pesser, pencer, sipter, senser before finally figuring it out.

She loves giving kisses (as you can see) and is perfectly content to sit and play or watch Spencer. Tatum usually falls asleep in the car if we go somewhere during naptime, but a couple weeks ago, as opposed to falling asleep, she was more content to watch Spencer sing. He cracks her up every time! It's nice that she finds him entertaining and he loves doing it. :)

Photo Tag

I have been tagged by Jaime! Here are the rules-

1. Choose the fourth folder you store your pictures in on your computer

2. Select the fourth picture in the folder

3. Explain the picture

4. Tag four people to do the same.
So I have a mac computer and the filing system is a little different so I just went to my 4th event and then my 4th picture. This of course is our wedding. :)

And now I will tag Kellie, Susan, Heather & Jennie...

Pics of Mr. Tony

So Tony wanted me to take some pics of him for a professional blog. He had to run to a meeting so we had literally like 2 minutes. These 2 are my fave. He hasn't even seen them yet... still in his meeting. But I thought I'd let you all decide. What do you think? Toothy or Solemn?

Silly Putty Art

So Spencer got some silly putty in his stocking for Christmas. The other day we busted it out & I was feeling my old sculpty self come out. Here are a few of our sculptures before Spence accidentally mixed the green & red together to create an awesome shade of vomit.

Tate loves her big brother!

Tatum thinks Spencer is hilarious. Sometimes I think she loves him more than she loves me, since I certainly can't get her to laugh this hard. :)

Best hiding place for a 3 year old...

So I was taking a shower and I came out and couldn't find Spencer.

Tate Claps!

Who knew I'd have such a sensitive daughter?

I had no idea what a big transition it would be going from having a son to having a daughter... For the most part, I thought that I could treat them the same, at least during the baby stage with no major problems. I guess not.

Last week Tatum was nursing and for some reason thought it was a good idea to bite me. So I responded in the exact same way I did the first time Spencer bit me. I flicked her cheek very lightly and said in a firm but quiet manner, "we don't bite." Now when I did this to Spencer (3 years ago), he stopped nursing and started laughing at me. But when I did this to Tatum, she looked at me like I had killed her best friend and broke out in the most heartbreaking cry I've ever seen or heard. I felt terrible! So when she had finally calmed down I went back to nursing. She bit me a second time and being aware of what had just happened, I didn't flick, I just pulled away slightly and said very quietly, "we don't bite." She started balling... AGAIN! I really thought I had been nice about it. Guess not. So we tried to nurse a 3rd time. This time I was very aware of her feelings and wanted to be extra careful not to upset her. She bit me AGAIN! So this time, I didn't say anything, I didn't do anything, I just carefully pulled away. I even smiled so as not to show that I was upset in any way. She still cried bloody murder! But it was a delayed reaction... She looked at me kind of crooked and hurt, as I looked back smiling, then after about 5 seconds the quiver lip started and the inevitable tears... Let's just say we were done nursing for the afternoon.

So yesterday, on the same topic, we were playing in Spencer's room and he wanted to play shark. So I was shark and he was Shamu. So without thinking I did to Tate what I have always done to Spencer (and he ALWAYS laughed). I made the sharky noise (duuuum dum, duuum dum, dum dum etc..) and then pretended the shark bit her in the tummy. Well, to my surprise, at the time, seeing as I wasn't thinking clearly or remembering the biting incident of the prior week, I thought she would laugh. But clearly I was mistaken as she looked at me in utter disgust and fear. She cried and cried and cried.

Needless to say, I am now starting to realize that I have to be extra careful not to hurt Tatum's feelings. I am also figuring out that these 2 kids are going to have to be disciplined in quite different ways. I am pretty sure all I will have to do is look at Tatum crooked when she does something wrong in the future and I'll get my point across.

Family Photo

Last time we had a family photo of all my family, it was 2 years ago and some people had their eyes closed, others had nasty attitudes and I had braces. So last week when my big brother Dom & his wife Melinda were in town we got one! And a nice one too... everyone is looking at the camera and everyone looks like they're somewhat happy to be there. Maybe next time we'll get Nathan to crack a smile. At least his eyes are open. Baby steps...

Tate is 8 months...

So here's the latest pics of our not so little baby girl... Spencer couldn't help but be a part of her pictures, so he went and got his puppy too...

Daddy's Little Girl

If I learned anything from my father, it is the art of nazi cookie baking. My father never really cooked growing up, aside from pancakes, waffles or coffee cake on Sunday mornings. He was, however, the avid baker... at least when it came to cookies. To this day, my favorite cookies are his peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips on top. I recently learned that he, as I do, always puts 5 chocolate chips on each cookie. Apparently OCD is genetic, at least when it comes to cookies. Tony also pointed out how I line up the cookies to cool and once they are cool they go into neatly stacked lines. My father never allowed us to eat any cookies that were being cooled, didn't want to throw off the count or mess up his lines. No one was allowed in the kitchen during his cookie baking process. But we would always go sneak a spoonful of cookie dough when he wasn't looking And now I find myself doing the same thing, aside from one thing... I do let Spencer help. But if Tony tries to get himself some cookie dough, it's a spatula to the hand! Like father, like daughter, at least when it comes to our anal OCDness. ;)

St. Jude's Comet

My friend Susan recently posted a blog and I thought it was hilarious, so I am copying her! ;)

1. Put your iPod (or media player) on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

Here goes.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Bubbly Toes (Jack Johnson) -- I do think toes are cute, as long as they're not hairy!

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum) -- Very accurate.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Scrub (TLC) -- Actually quite the opposite.

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
If feels like Christmas (Muppets) -- How ironic, we totally took Christmas down yesterday.

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Angel (Jack Johnson) -- Interesting. I totally made a video of my babies and had this play with the footage of right after Tate's birth.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Tiny Dancer (Elton John) -- Spence, Tate & I dance when we have nothing better to do for absolutely no reason.

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Hey Mama (Kanye West) -- Love it.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
The Way You Look Tonight (Michael Buble) -- Tony IS hot.

WHAT IS 2+2?
New York's Not My Home (Jim Croce) -- Really?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Little Moments Like That (Brad Paisley) -- It's SOOO true.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Cocoon (Jack Johnson) -- Not true. Not gonna be over soon EVER!

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Irreplaceable (Beyonce) -- I hope I am irreplaceable.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Son of a Preacher Man (Janis Joplin) -- HA HA

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Go On (Jack Johnson) -- Can you see the theme? I LOVE Jack.

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) -- Umm, I haven't taken all of my Christmas music off yet.

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Bang Bang (Dispatch) -- No, that's AFTER the wedding.

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Rodeo Clowns (Jack Johnson) -- Nearly Perfect.

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Someone Like You (Tyler Hilton) -- Didn't think I was a stalker?

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Testify to Love (Avalon) --

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Photographs & Memories (Jim Croce) -- It's true.

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Losing Hope (Jack Johnson) -- So true.

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Come On and Dance (Steve Miller Band) -- That would be hilarious... Dancing & boom, dead.

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Kokomo (Beach Boys) -- HA! Never even been there. But I did do baton in elementary school and we always did it to this song!

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Love Me Good (Michael W. Smith) -- Huh?

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
White Christmas (Bing Crosby) -- from joy!

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Butterfly (Mason Jennings) -- yup.

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Please Remember Me (Tim McGraw) -- Wow. I am mostly afraid of dying young and not be able to watch my babies grow up or that they will forget me. :(

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
If There's Love (Citizen Cope) -- I guess that answers that question.

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
She Don't Know She's Beautiful (Kenny Chesney) -- For some reason, this song always makes me sad. Probably because I grew up thinking I was a tubby lardbutt.

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Photograph (Weezer) -- Uh? My pictures aren't up in my house because we're trying to sell it?

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
St. Jude's Comet (Paul Simon)