Oh, Noah.

Noah is so funny. Pretty much everything out of his mouth has us laughing. He's got the wildest imagination. He is SO creative. And he says the funniest things. Some things I have no idea where he gets. When he was really little he started to say "Cheers" every time he had a cup in his hand and someone else also had a cup in their hand...and we do not know how it started! Macie does it too. It's kind of funny when we are in a restaurant and our kids starting saying Cheers! People must wonder. He also likes to shake hands and say "Nice to meet you." He just picked it up somewhere, it's pretty funny. His favorite "knock knock joke" is when he says "Knock, knock." We say, "Who's there" And he answers, "Noah Jon Christensen." That's it...not real joke, but he knows who he is! He says so many other things that I can't remember them all right now! But yesterday as we were getting ready for church I asked Noah to pick out some toys and a few books for church. And he responded with, "Toys. Books. Coming right up!" Where did that come from? And today at dinner I told him he had to finish eating before he could leave the table. He shot back with, "Aye, aye, captain. Yes, Sir." Oh, he is just a a crack up! Ha has been so excited to see the movie Wall-E since he saw the first preview for it. It came out on the 27th, which is my sister's birthday. So I told him he could go see it on Alison's birthday. Every morning he would wake up and ask if he could sing to Alison yet. After a long month, it was finally almost time. He kept saying, "I am so excited. I'm going to get popcorn and eat it like this. (and then he would hold a pretend bowl and eat his popcorn) And I'm going to get pop and drink it like this (he would suck on his finger, pretending it was straw.) I am so excited." And yes he was. It was the best thing ever for him! He's at the funniest age. He's almost 4 and he's very adventurous and mischievous. The other night we were cleaning up the house and packing, and he brought something over to me and put it in my face, and asked what it was. And yes, it was a spider. A huge daddy long leg. I know, it's a daddy long leg, they aren't harmful because their mouths are too little to bite you. But it's still a spider! I screamed bloody murder and Adam came running down the stairs to see what was going on. Noah was cracking up. He could not stop laughing, it was the funniest thing for him. I'm glad I can be the butt of his jokes, that trickster! He's not even 4, and I'm already dreading what kind of trouble is up his sleeves. But, for the time being, I'll just enjoy watching him grow and develop. He's quite the character, that Noah.

Which one?

We have a queen a twin mattress. We got such a screaming deal on the queen (for free on craigslist) that we don't want to let it go. So, the dilemma is this: we don't have 5 bedrooms anymore, we're condensing to only 4. Quite the sacrifice, I know! ;-) But we have to live with it. Because of the new baby coming, Macie will be without a bed. So, we came up with a solution, if the baby is a girl, Noah gets the queen, and if the baby is a boy, Macie gets it. Everyone keeps telling me I'm having a boy...so since Macie a girl, and quite the princess, she gets the bed for now. I know, I know...a 22 month old getting a queen bed? Pretty spoiled. But we make do with what we have! But now onto the next dilemma of the day...what bedding should I get. I made a longer post than I really needed, but I thought you'd want the background! Macie already has greens and pale pinks in her room in her crib bedding and things, and I love the look of those colors together, so I want to stay along those same lines. I also have a spring greenish set of sheets, so which ever bedding I pick will go with green sheets. But I can't decide which one. I always like feedback and opinions before I make the final say. Adam hates it...but I am VERY indecisive. Anyway...your feedback is welcome!

Is this the same girl?

At the end of April last year I bought Macie her first bikini. She was 7 months old. I had to buy her the 2T because she was such a chunk! Remember she was only 7 months old! Well, now she's 21 months old and it fits her even better than before! That rolly polly baby girl has turned into a skinny little girl. She's not so much a baby anymore these days. It's kind of sad. Just look at all those rolls she had! She filled in the top pretty well, too! Now it just fits her perfect, it was almost too small before! I can't believe how much she has grown! Noah was the same age when Macie was born! I just think she's so much younger for some reason! I guess I baby her way too much! She'll always be my baby girl!

What can you do with a box?

 

We have boxes everywhere. We are moving in three weeks, two of those weeks, Adam will be in Pheonix, so I thought since I'm pregnant and all, we might as well start now! I folded up a bunch of boxes and left the room. I heard Noah saying All Aboard! He had made a pretty long train out of the boxes, stuffed animals were his passengers. He even had his luggage in the back car. He kept him and Macie pretty entertained for a while! But this kid has an imagination! The boxes soon became his house. Macie kept bumping them, causing them to tumble over, so that wasn't as fun. Later on, Noah kept calling for me to bring him a hat. I couldn't even imagine why he would want a hat! He had two boxes around him, and he told me was a snowman, and needed a hat. I thought that was very clever! But it didn't stop there! Next on the creativity list was a stage for a puppet show. And then he wanted to be a robot. Adam cut the wholes and Noah beep, beeped everywhere! The stage for a puppet show soon became just a fort to hide from the bad guys, and then he just needed a little break, where better to rest than his box chair! That kid, he's got quite the imagination. Just give him a box, and look what he can do with it! Parents also question why they even buy their kids toys, when they would be just as content with a box, and it is so true! The possibilities are endless...

Happy WAY late Father's Day #2!

 

Happy Father's Day, Adam! We love you so much. There isn't another man that I would want to be married to, or I would want to be my children's Daddy. You are the best. Our kids love you so much. They are always SO excited when you come home, and wait for you often in the front window! Noah adores you. As well as Macie. She's definately turned into quite the Daddy's girl. When she's upset, she always asks for her daddy. You are Noah's hero. Everything you do, he wants to do too. It's so great to see you interact with them, it makes me so happy as a mother and a wife to know that they are so happy. I'm so excited for this new job that will have less commuting time. That means more time for you to be with the kids. They miss their Daddy while you're at work. But, I love you so much. They love you so much. Thank you for everything that you do. And for putting up with me. I may be difficult at time...espcially while pregnant, but you seem to manage. Thanks, Adam. You're the best!

Baby Update

So, I went to the doctor today. There is one baby. It's almost disappointing to only have one...but a relief as well! I'm sure we could have handled two just fine...but this time we will only have one! They did a quick ultrasound just to find out if there were two, so they didn't measure or find out what the sex is. I'll have to reschedule for that. But it was good to see a big healthy baby in there. The nurse was shocked at how long the baby was. Which just probably means that I'm further along than they say I am, but oh well. They say I'm due on December 11th. We'll see how that goes, however. When we move, I'm sure I'll get another ultrasound with the new doctor, so hopefully in a month we'll be able to find out for sure what it is. We'll be happy with either one! Girl's names are just harder for us to pick out! Noah wants a baby brother some days and a baby sister the others. And Macie just wants a baby brother. Both kids are so excited for a baby and can't get enough of babies that they see. So that's a good sign, right? I'm about 16ish weeks, so in about a month I'll be half way there! Yay!

Happy WAY late Father's Day!

 

I'm such a slacker! But, I am going to pass blame, and blame Picasa for not letting me post my picture collage for some strange reason! Computers...you can't live with them, but you can't live without them. Go figure. BUT...now the purpose for the post! Happy Father's Day, Dad! One thing that I have learned throughout life, is that father's don't get the recognition that they deserve! Mothers are always congratulated for staying home with their chidlren and whatnot, but are fathers ever congratulated for being away from the home and working to provide for their family, no...not really. The money is spent and they don't get enough time off of work to really enjoy it. But, Dad, I want to tell you THANKS for everything that you have done for me! There are so many things that I cannot even start listing them! I really appreciate everything that you do. You work really hard and it's evident. You took the time to serve our country. You were away for so long without a hug from any family member. We were all so sad for you to leave, but at least we had other family around, you didn't. That's a huge sacrifice. Many people thank you for your service. My children love their Pa. You were the first person Macie really ever recognized by name in pictures. Noah talks about you every day. He's still talking about Pa's favorite ride at Disneyland is P+irates, and says that he gets to go on it with Pa in a few weeks. So that just means you have to come visit soon! It's so sad being so far away from you guys. I never thought it would be this hard. But a girl needs her Dad! I love you dad, thank you for everything that you do for me and for our family. We love you and can't wait to see you again! Hope you enjoyed your Father's Day, there should be more of them!

Stylin'

 

Yes, those sunglasses are worn in public, and they are stylin. Well, Adam seems to think so. Adam has the worst luck with sunglasses. They either break or disappear shortly after purchase. His regular glasses lasted A LOT longer than I had originally thought. But then they broke too. With regular glasses he didn't wear sunglesses, we were poor and the prescription option was too much for us! So, when he finally got contacts, he decided it was time to start wearing sunglasses. Knowing his luck with them, he was hesitant to buy them, as was I. And then he came home with these. Safety sunglasses he picked up from work. Of course, they are free, but look at them! I've tried them on before, Noah and Macie just laughed. If a three year old and a 21 month old laugh, they must be pretty bad. But he still wears them. They're free, I'm not complaining about that, but the look...not so much going for it. Maybe we'll splurge and buy him new sunglasses, what do you think?

That itchy feeling...

So, last night I got into bed. I had taken my contacts out, so I couldn't see a thing! I'm pretty blind without them. So I lay in bed, and Adam turns his lamp off. I noticed a lot of crumbs on my side of the bed. I found a cracker in my bed, that I had just assumed Macie had taken from my stash next to the bed. The stash I keep so I don't get so sick in the morning before I get out of bed. It's been there for a while, so I didn't think much of it, and I brushed all of the crumbs off the bed. I'm laying there, and keep getting all itchy, and then I keep feeling like little pins all over me. It's dark, so I turn on my lamp, and I see an ant. I keep looking, there are ants EVERYWHERE! Those crumbs...yeah, not crumbs, ants! Even now writing about it, I'm all itchy. I run down to get the dust buster and the ant spray, while Adam moves the bed out. Sure enough, the wall behind our bed is covered with ants! Palmdale has an ant problem. We had a friend who sold Pest Control out here while he was in school. He said that this area has ants REALLY bad. When we first moved it, we had a bad ant problem on our middle landing of our stairs. They were HUGE black ants crawling out of the floors when we turned on the water. I guess with new construction, they are pretty bad. But these ants in our bed were not black ants...they were red ants. Hence, the little pin pricks I was getting. They were biting me. I have little red bumps all over this morning. YUCK! Luckily the kids were both sleeping, as we both were freaking out about all these ants. They were under the sheet, in the mattress pad, in my pillow case, inside the pillow...EVERYWHERE! And for what? I guess for that little cracker. It was the last one, I don't know why they haven't shown up before. I was SO mad and grossed out. I hate ants. I think I may hate ants more than spiders. At least with a spider, there usually is only one. You kill it and you're done. With ants, they never go away. We vacuumed and sprayed forever last night, and they probably still were crawling around on the floor. Oh man, just thinking about it is grossing me out! I couldn't sleep on the bed last night. Adam assured me that they were all gone, but I couldn't do it. I opted to sleep in the guest bedroom. We have a queen bed in there, it was fine. But I couldn't sleep there either. I went downstairs and was getting settled. And then I kept feeling itchy everywhere. I went into the bathroom, and took my shirt off and my pants, and yes...ants in my underwear. IN MY UNDERWEAR! SO GROSS! I did a little shaking off and rinsing off in the shower, and then went to the ant free bed, but still could feel all itchy crawly all over me. I HATE ANTS! This morning I stripped the bed and am washing all of the sheets, I've vacuumed again, but I'll probably do it again, and I'm planning to buy new pillows for both of us. And it's only 7:10. Oh the misery of ants. I'm sure hoping Santa Maria doesn't have ants. I'm thinking of calling Terminix, they help with ants, right?

Reunited...

 

 

 

Noah is tall enough to ride most all of the rides at Disneyland. When my sister, Erin, was here visiting, Noah discovered Star Tours. He LOVED that ride. I think we rode it like 6 times that day! Since he loved it so much, I bought him a C3PO car. It's just what it sounds like, a car in the shape of C3PO. Disney has their little traps with these cute little cars that resemble every character. Noah absolutely loved this car. He slept with it, he played with it daily, he just loved it. He took very good care of this little car. He has many others, but this one was his favorite. It reminded him of his fun on the Star Tours ride. On our trip to the LA Zoo, he insisted that he take the car with him. He promised to hold on to and not lose it. He's really good about that. He's a little toy horder, and he will hold on to things forever. He doesn't let go. Even multiple things. So, he did hold on to that car all day long. I mentioned in the zoo post that he ended up throwing away the car. He was so sad. Adam just told me that yesterday that the look Noah had on his face was so sad. Like the whole world had ended and he just didn't know what to do. He didn't know if he should cry or what. Oh, poor guy. So, since we were in the Disneyland neighborhood, I stopped and got him another one, and threw in a Luke Skywalker to help console him. He was napping when I got it. But when he woke up and I handed him the cars, his eyes lit up. It was like the BEST thing that had ever happened to him! He had his car back! He smiled and repeated THANK YOU THANK YOU! He giggled, even. It was the best investment I've made in a while! I'm glad he loves his cars, and I'm glad he appreciates them! He even woke up this morning thanking me for the cars. Oh, Noah, he's a good kid!

The hats of Noah and Macie.

Noah and Macie love to wear hats. Just the other day Macie wore 5 different hats in about an hour. She just loves it. If you have seen Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the kid in it lvoes hats and has many, many, many hats all over his walls, and wears a new one everyday. I may have to do that with Macie's wall, so she can take her pick! I was going through pictures, and found that we have quite a few with hats on their heads! I don't know what the obsession with hats is, but they have it. Noah's favorite is the cowboy hat, and Macie's is her pretty white Easter hat, which we got for like a quarter at Target (gotta love Target!) Macie has loved hats from the beginning. Noah did , too, but went on hat strike for a little while. But I'm glad we've rediscovered the hat. We love hats.

 

Santa Maria

We are very nomadic. The longest we have lived in one apartment/house is about 13 months. Palmdale has been our home since last July. And in accordance with our Christensen family tradition, it's time to move on. We LOVE our house. It's been so nice having the 3200 square feet of space. Although, we have accumulated A LOT of extra things. But, the kids love to just run around the house. But, we're nomads. We have to move. Adam is in the process of getting an offer from a company. They want to solidify the tentative offer they gave him, but there has been a few delays. Like BYU-I not validating that he ever graduated from there. We had this problem last time, too. But, the job will take us to Santa Maria, CA. It's supposed to be really pretty there. It's so close to the beach. But not the warm laying out beach, a colder sort of beach. The temperature there is around 75 all year round. So that will be nice. A LOT colder than we're used to, but we can manage! It's real close to San Luis Obispo. We've never been, but the Hearst Castle is there. Seems pretty cool. There are a lot of cool toursity things around there, too. It should be fun. Disneyland will be a lot longer of a drive, nearly 3 1/2 hours! But, we can manage! On our trip out there on Friday, we found a nice house to rent. We're torn between two, so I guess that's good...we have options! But the good news is, we'll be a lot closer to Target than we are now! But sadly, the Super Target that is only 3 miles from our house now will be open just AFTER we move. Oh well...I can't have everything, I guess! But it should be fun. Another chapter in the Christensen life.

Being sick sucks.

I really don't remember the last day that there wasn't a sick person in our house. With the pregnancy and being totally sick and throwing up everyday, and just being plain sick, and then having the kids have their sicknesses, we've just been a sick house for a while! On our recent trip to Idaho, Macie and Noah both came down with colds. And were coughing and sneezing, had runny noses, Macie a lot more than Noah. And then they got pink eye. Pink eye is not fun. Having to wash their hands every five minutes and keep pestering them not to touch their eyes, and then having to take their toys away that can't easily be sanitized, and then the drops...it's torture for these little kids, and even for their moms! On our last day in Idaho, Macie woke up with her eyes totally sealed shut with a ton of that mucus crap. It was so sad. She didn't cry, though, she just tried to open her eyes, and when she couldn't, she just went back to sleep for a little while. After doing this a few times, she kind of got a little annoyed, but let me wipe away the crusty crap. And then we had to drive home. I wasn't sure if it was totally pink eye at this point...I mean, I was like 90% sure, but I didn't know. But we still washed hands every so often, and used hand sanitizer. It was a LONG trip. I didn't get my medicine for the ride home because I was out of refills and it was stupid, so I had to go without. It was awful. And then the next day was even worse. Not only was I throwing up and nauseous all day long, I was all stuffy from having a cold and having all of that drain down, that wasn't helping at all. And then it just got worse...and worse...and worse! I got the nausea medicine, so that was all good. And the kids got drops for their pink eye, which cleared up in about 2 days, but I got bronchitis, which led to bilateral pneumonia, and then a sinus infection. All at once. Not fun at all. It was, and it is terrible! And all Macie wants to do is nurse. But, if I nurse her, I get so sick. I nearly black out when I stand up after nursing her. I really don't know what to do with her. I try not to nurse her, but then she cries and throws tantrums, and makes herself throw up, it's not a pretty sight! But I don't think I can physically do it anymore! Anyway, I've completely complained about life. I really do like life, just not sick life. I wish it would all just go away and not come back. Being sick sucks.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears...Oh my!

On Saturday we ventured down to LA to go to the zoo with our friends, the Barkers. Noah and Macie loved it. They love animals and making animal noises. On the way there we asked Noah what he was most excited to see, and he told us he wanted to see cows! Luckily, there were much better animals than cows at the zoo! His favorite animal were the tigers. It was so dang hot, however, so none of the animals were really even out. The tiger babies were pretty active and playing around, so Noah got to see them. I think that Noah is the perfect age for the zoo. He doesn't need a stroller anymore, he can just walk, he knows all of the animals, and is just a good boy! It was a little harder with Macie, having to keep putting her in the stroller and taking her out. And half the time she could see the animals anyway, because you had to really search for some of them! But it was fun. Both kids really enjoyed it. We were able to spend time with our friends, too. Which was fun. I was miserably sick, but that's another story! The saddest part of the whole trip was as we were walking toward the exit. Noah had been carrying around his C3PO car he got at Disneyland all day long. He always is really good about holding on to things. He had a bag of grapes that he was done with, and so he was being a good little boy and was going to throw it away, but he bag and the car were in the same hand, and the car ended up in the garbage. It was pretty traumatic for the boy! But he reassured himself that he would get another one. So then he was happy. Oh, boys and their cars!

Baby #3

I have been wanting to blog about this for the longest time. But, since I live so far away from my family, and I don't see them everyday, I wanted to wait until I went to Idaho to tell them, and surprise them! But, we are expecting baby number 3! Yeah...three little kids. Can you believe it? I already have a huge belly. I think it's huge anyway! My sister, Alison, is expecting as well, and she doesn't even look pregnant! The first time I went to the doctor they said that I was about 12 weeks. Which I thought was about right, that's what I came up with when I did those due date calculator things. And then they did the ultrasound. The baby was only measuring 5 weeks. I had been sick for a lot longer than 5 weeks. It seemed a little strange to me. And then they said that they thought they could hear two heartbeats, but only saw one baby in the ultrasound. The first ultrasound, the baby really only looks like a peanut, but the 5 week baby looked just like Noah and Macie did when I had their ultrasounds at around 10 weeks. Just a lot smaller. So they wondered if there was another baby in there that we just could see. So I have to go back in in a few weeks and get another ultrasound to see if there are two or just one. It's kind of confusing, I know. But whatever. It would be identical twins if there were two. So we'll just have to wait and find out! I don't know how I could handle 4 kids under the age of 5, however. But people do it, so I guess I can two! I watch that Jon and Kate plus 8 show on TLC, and I feel like a terrible mother! She has eight kids and handles them much better than I can handle my two! We'll see how things play out! But we are very excited for the new addition to our family! We'll be happy with one or two. Whatever is supposed to happen will! We'll keep you posted! Oh, right now my tentative due date it December 11thish, but I think it's amonth before that! We'll see.