Sam Looking Cool Lttle Chipmunk Boys The Crawfords Have Landed
Sam Checking out the "Sea Star" Sampling the delicious Fish Liam enjoying chillin in the stroller
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Virginia Living Museum
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Baby Showers, vistors and general craziness
This was an extremely busy week. Christopher had an Ethics test so it felt like it was finals all over again! I felt like we were ships passing in the night this week :) On Friday we had a fun baby shower for Jordan! I threw it but it was at Terishas house, which was fabulous because her home is amazingly welcoming with a TON more space. We had a great turn out and I ended up not getting home until eleven PM! Jordan as always was a gracious recipient and received a lot of adorable presents.The theme was "baby's first..." but due to my apparent lack of explanatory skills I don't know how many people got it :) It still went off beautifully though. Then it was rise and shine early on Saturday for our Primary activity. It was a meet your teachers breakfast for the new year. We also played who's line is it anyway where three people would say one fact which was true about only one of them and the kids had to guess who it was. On one of my turns I had to say I was from New Jersey and was Left handed. I did so waving my left hand and speaking with what was probably a horrific New Jersey accent. The kids all flipped out though shouting "It's Sister Crawford!!!" It obviously was not but was sure fun to pretend. This weekend was augmented in its "funness" by Kerstin visiting from DC. She got more than her fill of Thomas the Tank engine and Elmo! It is always a blast having her though. Her sense of humor cracks me up and I LOVE how easy going she is. Kerstin makes it easy to be her friend and I adore that about her. No high maintenance I need a call every other day. We had the Thornocks and the Grady's over to share pizza and play games so Kerstin didn't die of complete boredom with just Chris and I. We also watched our good friend Jill Stevens compete in the Ms. America pageant. She made it to the top 16 but was then eliminated-- oddly enough right after the swim suit competition where she was the only one wearing a one piece! JERKS! It was still wonderful to see her go so far. The excitement continued when I did my first Sharing Time! It was great and the kids were wonderful and I think they had a good time. I no longer get nervous to speak or teach in church so it is mainly excitement. I figure A.) Members are very talkative and always want to tell their stories B.) They are very forgiving or at least very forgetful C.) Kids could care less what you are teaching about as long as you have a big bowl of warm cookies to give them :) It appears this week is going to be as busy as last week. With only three days to go till we go to UT there is a lot to be done! While I am so excited to be going home and seeing our families I cannot be more bummed that I won't be here when Jordan gives birth. I cannot express how helpful she was when we had Liam and I am so sad that I cannot be there for her. I know her mom and Matt's mom will be here but just to be able to take Fischer and let him play with Sam for a while or bring in meals... I guess when I get back I'll just have to jump right on it. I know Sam will be dying to see his best friend. Fischer left nursery early today and Sam had an absolute meltdown and was screaming "ISCHER!" up and down the halls. It is ridiculously adorable how much those two love each other! Who knew two year olds could be such good buddies. I hope it stays that way forever!
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
For the Love of Packing Peanuts
My mom being the amazing lady she is sent us yet another fun package. Although it was filled with toys and books for the boys Sam thought the best present EVER was the packaging peanuts. He spent forever throwing them around and then of course "cookie monstering" them into his face. He and Christopher had a blast rolling around and getting them stuck everywhere! even now days later we have yet to vacuum them all up!
He also has a renewed love of the little piano my parents bought him for his birthday! He Loves to put his legs straight out, rest the piano on it then try to balance objects (his teddy bear, his bowl of fish's etc) on it while he bangs away. My theory is that he loves it so much because Elmo plays the piano at the end of Elmos world. Though he LOVES when I shout out the color he is tapping and he will try to go super fast and trip me up. It was nice to have something to keep them busy though since I was down for the count with strep Throat this weekend. I forgot how severely your throat can hurt. I was actually in fear every time I had to swallow. Chris took great care of me though and with the aide of some really strong antibiotics I am no longer contagious or in pain. PHEW! It was a fairly good weekend to have to stay inside though as we got a good three inches of snow! This is VERY unusual for this area so Sam had fun going outside and seeing the neighbor kids and college students pelt each other with snowballs. It was a nice warm up for him for when we arrive in Utah in two weeks! Yes we are heading west. Christopher's Unit is now going to Afghanistan. Apparently 18 months in Iraq was not enough. Thankfully we have been blessed and Chris does not have to go!!!! He does however have to go back for two weeks to help prepare all the soldiers. I shudder at the thought of what those poor families are gearing up for. Those 18 months were some of the hardest and longest of my life-- and we didn't even have children yet. I literally cannot fathom how I would handle it now with our two boys. I am not even talking about the being the only parent for 18 months I am talking about the constant fear that my boys could grow up without a father. I would be sick every day with worry. Okay moving on because I just can't think about it. On a VERY happy brighter side Chris's little sister Robyn is pregnant! She will be due right around our little Lemers first birthday! I think it is a little crazy but they seem hesitantly thrilled. The baby will come a few weeks before their first anniversary. It is so funny because Chris and I were talking about how last Christmas we took a beautiful expensive Crawford Family picture and we though well that will be good for at least a few years. Then about two weeks later we found out we were expecting Liam... Then IN the fall Robyn gets married and now pregnant so in a short time it will be missing four members of the family! But that's what happens when the families are growing I guess!
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Sunday, January 13, 2008
Busy week full of laughs
This week went by extremely fast... well more specifically this weekend went by way to fast. Due to the amazing sale at Steve and Barry's we made the drive to VA Beach twice this weekend. Once by ourselves and the other time with our good buddies the Grady's. Thankgoodness the Thornocks lent us their portable DVD player. Sam thought it was magic having Elmo in the car with him! Christopher also got a treat and we actually went to Red Lobster the second time we went down even though Leslie and I hate fish, pretty sure their biscuits alone are reason to go there! We had a great time playing games this weekend and embarrassingly enough plenty of snorts escaped me. The Thornocks and the Grady's came over and we played Cranium and Apples to Apples. I had never played cranium although we had owned it for at least two years now. Christopher astonished everyone when he guessed a Dolly Parton song without any humming at all-- it was truly miraculous. Apples to Apples as always was a blast even though after at least three games not a single one of my cards was picked-- no one gets my humor apparently. Once again Chris had me rolling though as he put down Amputations when my topic was useless. I don't know why that tickled me so much but I was in tears. We also watched the Best Two Years this weekend. Neither Chris or I had seen it and we both really enjoyed it. If nothing else I now REALLY want to go to Holland!
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Swimming on a Saturday
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Friday, January 4, 2008
Why some police officers stink, good sameritans abound, and a little prayer goes a long way
Today was an eventful day. Since Christopher was still up in DC I decided to get Sam and Liam as tuckered out as I could resulting in what I hoped would be a long afternoon nap. In order to do this I loaded them up in the Thornocks car and headed to the gym to go swimming with them then work out and let them play in the kid area. About a half a mile away from the gym I hear a large bang and the car starts to rattle. I had a flat front tire. Of course this occurs in our friends car and at a time when everyone of our friends are home for break and Chris is in DC. I didn't really know what to do. I took a deep breath and said a little prayer. I tried calling Chris but since he deals with sensitive information he is not allowed bring his phone in where he works. So I loaded up Liam and grabbed Sam's hand and we started walking. The very first car that passed was a police officer. I thought for sure he is going to stop since he saw the car with Hazards on and now a women with two small children walking in what couldn't have been more than 30 degree weather. I didn't even see a break light as he passed by. The next car was an older women who pulled over and was so kind. She even had a car seat that she keeps for her grand daughter. Coincidence? I think not. She dropped us off at the gym and the boys and I headed straight for the play place. I told the girls who work their about my plight and Lisa immediately says "you know I have AAA you can totally use it!" She then proceeded to call AAA and they said they would have a person there within the hour! Lisa handed me her AAA card and the boys were able to stay there while I headed back out to wait for the Tow Truck. On the way there Three gentlemen asked if I needed help!! While I was standing by my car another two cars stopped and asked, but don't worry yet another police officer drove pass without even a nod. The car was fixed quickly and without a problem. Often I look at my beautiful boys and almost cry that they will have to grow up in this world. I become overwhelmed with the amount of violence and hatred that seems to abound. Then days like this come along and my faith is once again renewed in the decency of mankind. Each person that stopped was pleasant and sincere. I am so grateful for a swift answer to a simple and panicked prayer.
On a lighter note we had the Grady's and the Moon's over to "play games" and have desert. Of course we spent the next three and a half hours talking while Sam and Atticus played and Liam hung out. It is always soooo much fun to just sit and talk with other couples. It always leaves my cheeks hurting from smiling and gives me so much to think about for the coming days. Of course it always helps that we all have so much in common, but I think the batch of LDS kids going to Law school here are exceptionally amazing. Especially those in the 2L class. It will be hard to leave here in a year and a half. Thank goodness for blogs to stay up dated!
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
All cars are NOT created equal
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Family pictures
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