8 Months Today!!

My little Parker is 8 months today. I can't believe it. He is growing up so fast and doing things so quickly. I think he just wants to keep up with his older siblings. I wanted to get him dressed all cute and do a little photoshoot with my new camera. But we ended up at the Dr's because he has double ear infections. Here are some recent shots of him. He has CRAZY hair. The other 2 kids didn't have any hair at 8 months and if they did it wasn't this blonde. He is definitely his Dad's son.

He was so excited that he can stand by the tub and watch his brother and sister take a bath.

He loves to play peek-abo in his crib.

Ladies Man

This weekend was a fun one for Nicholas. He went to a Rebels game with his Dad and Grandpa. He loves basketball. Before the game they had a bunch of games for the kids and Luke thought it would be funny for Nicholas to get a picture with all the cheerleaders. As you can see Nicholas was a bit shy. We all know he didn't get that from me. If you ask me i think Luke just wanted a picture with them and used Nicholas as an excuse. :)

My two handsome boys!

What was i thinking??

I have been promising the kids we could finger paint for a long time. The problem is, everytime they wanted to do it i had just scrubbed my kitchen floors. I finally gave in yesterday. I bought some washable paint and let them go at it. They had so much fun. Everytime they put it on their body or somewhere it shouldn't be i would cringe just hoping that the paint really was washable. They had so much fun and this will definitely be a new thing we will be doing at our house. I promise you my kids did have clothes on but i thought it would be better if they were stripped down to the undies.

Kids Say the Darndest Things!!

First i have to start off with a picture of my kids because they are just too cute. Whenever i am feeling tired and drained all i have to do is look at pictures like these and it brings a smile on my face.

I started thinking about all the funny things kids say. Where do they come up with all of it? Here are a few things that Nicholas says that just make me laugh:

1. He loves to tell me that him, Parker, and Luke are Handsome and not pretty, but Sammy and Mommy are pretty.

2. We were driving in the car one day and he asked where Dad was. I told him he was at work and he asked why. I tried to explain to him that he works to make money for all of us. Then he says in a very excited voice "oh so we can go to Chuck e Cheese!"

3. I was putting Nicholas down for a nap the other day and our loud teenage neighbor was reving his motorcycle engine(he always does this right around naptime). Nicholas tells me he is scared. I tell him he is safe in the house and he says "Mom let's say a prayer to be safe".

4. This just happened today and it made laugh so hard. I was getting ready for the day and Nicholas comes up to me and asked me where papa and mama Lund are. I tell him that they are in Utah. He then says "Oh papa and mama Lund are my friends". Well Sammy didn't like that at all and she started saying "my friend!" Nicholas didn't like that she said that. For about a minute they are arguing who is friends with Mama and papa Lund.

5. When Nicholas wants me to hold him he says "mom i hold you "

That's about all i can remember. I hope you got some laughs out of these.

Evening of Fun!

I feel i am very lucky to still be great friends with the people i hung out with in high school. There were quite a few of us and people called us BBH. Most people don't like to look back at the high school days but i do. We had so much fun. We were such a close knit group and i will never forget the fun times we had. We did some stupid things but hey isn't that what makes us stronger today?? My friends took me out for a belated birthday. Since my birthday is right around the holidays it was way too hectic to do anything. They took me to Outback and got me a gift card to Target. Thanks Girlies!! I love you all(we missed you Alicia)!! You are a great group of friends and i am so glad we have stayed that way!

A first for everything!

Well this week was a sad but happy week in the Lund home. Nicholas had his first day of sunbeams( i attempted to get a picture that day but it didn't workout) on Sunday, and he had his first day of preschool on Tuesday. I can't believe my little boy is old enough to do these things. We have 9 o'clock church, which we are so excited about. We used to have 2 o'clock and it was a not a fun day. Anyways Nicholas was hesitant but he ended up loving it. It doesn't help that i am in primary. He sees me and wants to come sit by me.



Now onto to preschool. The picture below was taken on his first day. Notice the thumbs up. It's his favorite thing to do. I don't think he quite understands that he will be doing this 2 days a week for LONG time( YES!!!). I told him he gets to go 2 days a week and he tried compromising by saying "no mom how about 1 day". Now when Sammy sees him go into school she throws a complete fit and i am stuck carrying 2 kids out. One which weighs about 25 lbs(in his car seat) and another one who weighs about 30 lbs kicking and screaming. I'm sure it's quite a funny sight. Only 1 more year until Sammy goes!

Happy New Year!

Can you believe it is 2008? It's crazy. This year i will have my 10 year high school reunion and i swear it was just yesterday that i left for college. I am not one to go crazy on new years resolutions. I'll admit i usually don't follow through with them. I know it's awful but at least i am admitting it right? I have a great life. A wonderful husband and kids, but i realized that there are quite a few things that need improving on. I am not going to list all of them but i do have to share 2 of them with you.

1. To not get pregnant this year. Laugh all you want but i have been pregnant in 03,04,05,06, & 07. No joke! I just want one year to have a somewhat normal body. Is that so hard to ask? As much as i love all my kids i do not need a 4th one right now. Which brings me to #2.

2. I need to lose weight. Being pregnant so close together has been tough when it comes to losing weight. Right before i found out i was pregnant with Parker i was about 10 lbs from my goal weight. Now i am about 25(35 would be good but i better not push it) lbs away from where i need to be. Unfortunately i am not one of those girls who can walk out of the hospital in my normal jeans. Also when i nurse it is very hard for me to lose weight. It takes A LOT of extra work. Which i am willing to do. See my sister Amy is getting married March 15th. I need to look really good. My other 2 sisters are tiny and i don't want to look like a cow next to them. I know i won't be at my goal but hopefully half way there. I normally do weight watchers but it is not in our budget this year.

This is where all you come in. I need your help and support. In weight watchers you get weighed once a week. So i decided every Friday morning i will report on my here and let you know how much i lost/gained. No i will not tell you my starting weight. I don't want all you to die of shock! I know what you are thinking, "how can we trust that you will tell us the right number". Just trust me on this one. Please??? I checked out the book Body for Life and hopefully that can help me out. I will be going to the gym 2 days a week and working out in my garage 3 days a week. I have an elliptical,, treadmill, and free weights. Now my wonderful husband has taken on his own separate challenge. He is 6'5 and weighs 197(he would kill me if he knew i told you all that). He really doesn't need to lose any weight but he is doing this to help me out. Anyways i have 2 more days until i do my official starting weight. Oh and don't expect me to post pictures of myself while i lose. Maybe when i weigh 125 and can fit into my hot bikini :)