Nobody didn't do anything in your bed

This morning Savannah somehow got woken up when Jesse was getting ready for work, and so she came in my bed. Hours later I'm in the playroom playing with Linc, and I hear her calling my name. When I walked in the room we had the following converstation:
Van: Nobody didn't do anything in your bed.
Me: Did you pee in my bed?
Van: Nobody didn't do anything in your bed.
Me: Are you sure you didn't pee the bed?
Van: Nobody didn't do anything in your bed.
Me: (looking under the covers) The bed sure is wet, are you sure you didn't have an accident.
Van: (Thinks for a minute....)You're right, I need a bath.

Like saying, "Nobody didn't do anything in your bed," doesn't instantly tell me who did what in the bed.

50 books

My mom gave me a great book while I was in Utah. Twilight. I'm sure most of you have read it, and if you haven't you should. Anyhow, I ended up reading all 3 books in the same week. Then it hit me; I don't read much anymore. I used to read all the time, like a book a week, and I haven't read an adult book other than the scriptures in a long time. So, I've set a goal for myself to read 50 non-children's books in 2008. Books I've read before in previous years do count, but reading the same book twice in 2008 only counts as 1. So, here's a list of the books I've read so far along with a 1-10 rating.
1. Skipping Christmas, John Grisham: 7
2: Twilight, Stephenie Meyer: 10
3: New Moon, Stephenie Meyer: 10
4: Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer: 10
5: One for the Money, Janet Evanovich: 3


If you have any recommendations PLEASE post them in comments. Thanks!

Bad Day

So, its not yet 9 am, and we are already having a horrible day. I hate to whine, but I'm going to. First off, I'm sick. Really sick. Then we started off the day with Savannah pulling the door off the closet in the playroom. Wonderful, I laid it against the wall so Jesse can fix it when he comes home from work. Then, Savannah tried to shut Lincoln in my bedroom and shut her own fingers in the door. Then I turned on Mulan in my room so the kids could watch it while I laid in bed. When I went to the kitchen to get a drink Lincoln fell off the bed onto the hardwood floor. He cried for like and hour which is really uncharacteristic for him, then as soon as I put him down he climbed onto the couch and fell off. At least the day can only get better from here... right?

Spencer's visit

So, Patricia and her kids came to visit this weekend. They came down Friday around 2:30 in the afternoon and stayed until about 9 Saturday night. Friday we just hung out and let the kids play. Saturday morning the kids and I woke up bright and early, and once the twins (Jesse and Patricia) woke up around 9:30 we got ready and went to the mall looking for clothes for Andrew and Lincoln to wear to Chrissie's wedding next month. After that we drove around forever looking for somewhere for Jesse to get his eyebrows waxed. We were going to get Linc's hair cut too since he is starting to look shaggy, but by the time Jesse found somewhere that was up to his standards (we passed by about 10 salons by the time he found one he liked) Lincoln was sleeping. Then Patricia wanted to take the kids to the beach, and Jesse was getting grumpy, so we took him home and us girls took the 4 kids to the beach by ourselves. It was a blast! We stopped at the exchange to get some sand toys, but they didn't have any, so we got bubble stuff instead. Savannah and Andrew loved the bubbles, and used up the entire bottle within the first ten minutes we were there. They had fun using the bubble wands as shovels though. Patricia took Camille out into the water (ankle deep) and Camille accidentally fell, so we had to take her wet clothes off and let her run around in a diaper. Then Lincoln wanted to go into the water too, so I took his pants off but left his shirt on since it was only like 60 degrees out. Then Andrew (who strips down every chance he gets) saw the babies, and started taking his clothes off. By the time Patricia and I got close enough to stop him he was completely nude! All in all it was a great time though, and we stayed much longer than I thought we would. We had a hard time dragging Andrew, Savannah, and Lincoln away when it was time to go. Camille was cold and all too ready to go. Enjoy the pics, and I have a bunch more on dropshots.

Savannah's new game

Savannah made up a new game today. Its called, "Kick Butt" and it goes like this;
1: Lincoln lays down on the ground.
2: Savannah kicks his rear end.
3: Lincoln screams.
4: Savannah laughs.
5: Lincoln sees that Savannah thinks this is funny and lays back down so she can do it again.

Needless to say I didn't think this new game was quite as funny as she thought it was. At least they were playing together, right?

Carseats

My mom called me today and asked about carseats for my nephews. Now I'm no expert, but I've spent way more time researching carseats than any normal person should. I was just going to e-mail my mom my recommendations, but I decided, "What the heck, I'll post them here in case anyone else is interested." I won't be offended if no one is though.

First off, all carseats have to pass the same standards, so technically they are all equally safe. However; some are easier to use, and have more features. Since my mom asked about seats for my nephews who are 17 and 20 lbs, I'll start with those seats. The "Cadilac" of seats in the convertable catagory is the Britax Marathon. I don't personally own one, but I've talked with probably 50 people who have them and love them. They are supposed to be super easy to install, very comfortable, and all around user friendly. Plus they can be used rear facing up to 33 lbs, and forward facing up to 65 lbs.

Now, if the $260 price tag on that one turns you off, Fisher Price sells a seat that is actually manufactured by Britax and is supposed to be almost the same. Again, I've never actually had one of these, but I've heard great things about them.

There is a new seat in this catagory, that is so amazing its virtually impossible to find. Its made by Graco and at this point is only available at select Walmarts. This carseat has been acclaimed to be better than Britax, and is only a fraction of the cost. As with all forward facing carseats, it should only be used by children who weigh at least 20 lbs and are at least a year old.

Now, if you are looking for a super cheap carseat, there are several in the $50 range. I've heard good things about this Cosco one.

If you are in the market for an infant seat, from what I've found they are all about the same. I would not waste your money on a Britax infant carrier as I've heard they aren't any better than a Graco or Evenflo. If you are asking for my personal opinion, I prefer the Graco Snugride, or the Chicco Key-fit.

If you are wondering about booster seats, you probably don't want my opinion. I don't like them. If you want to know why, do a search on youtube, and many videos will come up. That is why both my kids are in carseats that harness until 80 lbs. Hopefully, we will never need boosters. In case you are wondering, Savannah rides in a Britax Regent and Lincoln rides in a Recaro Como which are both ridiculously huge, but I love them! (If you have the room I recommend the Como over the Marathon because it has a heigher height limit) We also have a SafeGuard Go (which is at Nana's house)

Oh, and if you are in the market for a seat, I highly recommend elite carseats. They have free shipping on carseats, and every time I've ordered from them I've had my seat within 3 business days. They also have return insurance which you can purchase for $2.50 and if you don't like the carseat for any reason you can return in for free (they pay shipping). Also they have EXCELLENT customer service. Click on "live help" on their website, and a professional carseat tech can answer any questions you have.

So, that's my rambling about carseats. Hopefully at least someone was interested.

Here we are

Well, I hate to admit this, but I forgot the website to our old blog. So I guess I will start a new one. I'm pretty good about keeping our pictures updated on dropshots, but apparently I suck at writting down everything else, so here's another attempt at improving that part.

Just a quick update. Savannah is 3. She's about as girly as it gets. She loves to dress up, do everyone's hair, and take care of her babies. She is sure that she is the boss, and makes sure no one forgets it. She is now 42 inches tall, about fourty lbs., and starting to outgrow size 5 clothes in length. She loves singing, dancing, and Dora.

Lincoln is 15 months, although I don't think he knows it. The boy is growing up WAY too fast. he talks, and talks and talks, but doesn't seem to get that we only understand about a third of what he says. He will hold an entire converstation of which I maybe understand two sentances, but hey at 15 months I think that's pretty good. He loves books, music, dancing, food, and is still obssesed with shoes. Jesse mentioned the other day that he was a bit worried about Lincoln's masculinity due to his shoe obssession, but Lincoln set things straight when he ran over and tackled Savannah. He is actually close to normal size now. At 15 months he is "only" 26 lbs and 31.5 inches. Which seems tiny to us considering that he was 23 lbs at 6 months, and Savannah was much bigger at this age.

Jesse and I are loving San Diego. We found a nice house off base which we are renting. Jesse is trying to get settled into his new job, although since his unit is in Iraq, so far it entails hours of surfing the internet and two hour lunches. Apparently eventually he will have much more responsibility and will even be traveling. He has joined the neighborhood watch and the basketball teams at both church and work.

I'm trying to stay busy, although without a car or a job that has been a challenge. At least the tornados, I mean kids, keep me pretty busy here. We have loved hte weather here and have really taken advantage of it by playing outside, going on walks, and finding outings to drag Jesse on over weekend.

Here are just a few pictures of our outings from this weekend, Point Loma, and the Aquarium. You'll notice I'm never in any pictures because Jesse isn't a very good photographer.