Sam

A few weeks ago I wrote about Harrison and some funny things he does that makes up laugh. I was thinking I have to get down all the funny things Sam does. He is a crack up. Sam is our kid who makes us laugh on a daily/hourly basis. He has the funniest sense of humor. When he wakes up in the morning he starts talking non stop. Most of the time the first few minutes are sleep talk and its usually about Nemo, Curious George or some other random cartoon character. He then has, what I like to call, his "Morning Graham". He starts each day with a graham cracker, or two. Its his favorite treat and his day cannot start without one. Sam is constantly trying to make you laugh. He walks around most of the day saying "that was funny, huh?" and then waiting for your response. He is a total snuggle. He always wants me to hold him like a baby and suck his thumb. Oh, that's my favorite, he sucks his thumb and twirls his hair. So cute! Like I said Sam talks non stop. I wonder where he got it from? He talks from morning until night. When you ask him to be quiet he quickly answers "Nope, sorry" and then continues to talk. Sam makes up laugh and brings so much joy into our home.

Baby Update

When are you coming? Apparently not next Thursday! I went to the Dr. today and I am apparently NOT READY to have a baby yet, so he is not inducing me next week. I will go again on Wednesday, and if I am ready then he will induce me on Thursday. We'll see. I really dont see me having this baby next week, maybe the week after but not next week. Its been a gut feeling I've had for awhile. Oh well, we contiue to wait........

Baby Shower

Julie and I with Lauren. She was pooped, so were we!

Last Saturday Aunt Marg threw Julie and I a baby shower. It was so much fun! Just the family was there and it made it so nice. I had a baby shower all planned and ready for Julie, however 2 days before the party Lauren, Julie's baby, decided she was tired of sitting around and wanted to join the party. So she was born. So we had a combined baby shower. It was great, everything was blue for William and pink for Lauren. Lauren even wore a pink tutu to the party. We visited, played games, and ate, it was wonderful. Val, my cousin Lisa's daughter who is 11 going on 17, put together a few of the games. My absolute favorite was the A-Z game. Val gave you a piece of paper with A-Z listed on it. You had 3 minutes to write down everything you could think of that started with each letter of the alphabet that had to do with a baby. A- applesauce, B-bottles, C-crib, etc. Val then read the answers, you may have written, B-bib but she was looking for B-bottle, so sorry, you didnt get a point. Sometimes we would argue our word and if she liked it she would let you have a point, but really your answers needed to match Val's. Total crack up. It was so much fun!

My cake. Chocolate chocolate chip with cream cheese frosting.

Julie's cake. Lemon with cream cheese frosting.
Grandma Jane and Aunt Sandy
Linda, Sally, Aunt Fran and Mom

Aunt Marg did so much to make the day so special and I really appreciated it. She had white flowers in a blue vase/bag for William. Party favors for everyone, games galore, food galore and everything decorated in pink and blue. I just loved it. Thank you so much Aunt Marg for such a wonderful day. Below is a link of the pic's from the shower and some presents I received.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ellsworthamanda/BabyShower

Baby Bedding

About 4 months ago Julia and Sara emailed me, they wanted to make our new baby his bedding for his crib. I was so touched and couldnt believe they would want to do this for me. Sara and Julia both have online fabric stores, so I got to go through their inventory and pick out what fabrics I wanted. I have a favorite Michael Miller print that they used and these are the results. Julia embroidered the baby's name on the quilt, William Thomas Ellsworth, so the cat is out of the bag. We are naming our baby William Thomas Ellsworth. I love the name. His room is so cute, but not finished. Ben painted the walls a really neat blue and the bedding looks so gorgeous with the walls, his white crib and white dresser. We still need to paint some cowboy scenes in the frames that outline his room. Right now they have jungle animals in them that matched Sam's bedding. When the room is completed I will send more pics. I am so touched that Ben's sisters would take time out of their busy lives with their kids to make our baby something so special. I will treasure this forever and pass it to William when he has babies. I just love his baby bedding and it couldnt be made better, be more perfect for our little boy. I cant wait for him to lay in his crib, snuggle with his blanket and hopefully not spit up on anything. Ha ha ha. Thank you so much Sara and Julia, I love it!

Julia and Sara's sites are the following. Check them out, I love them!

Julia's- www.thedizzydaizy.etsy.com

Sara's- http://stores.ebay.com/Sisters-In-Stitches

Touch a Truck

June 14, 2008

Every June our Park and Rec dept in Thousand Oaks hosts an annual Touch a Truck day. Local trucks come out to the park by TOHS and you are allowed to walk around them, get inside, honk the horns, climb on them, do whatever for the whole day. Its awesome and the boys love it. This year we saw police cars, ambulances, tow trucks, Humvee's (I hope I spelled that right), bomb squad truck, trash trucks, helicopters, tractors, etc. The best part was Sam and Harrison got to sit in the basket of a crane and be lifted up to the sky. Below is a pic of Harrison with grandma and grandpa being lifted up and getting to touch the tree. Sam got to ride with Ben and I, however our camera died so we didnt get a picture. The boys had a blast. The also go to go on a Jolly Jump slide and on a little train ride around the parking lot. The highlight of their day. The boys got to sit in everything, touch all the buttons, play with the controlls, honk the horns, pretend to drive, etc. Its an awesome event and so perfect for boys, we love it! Cant wait to go next year!

Mom's Birthday

Mom and her Wii!
June 6, 2008

Mom turned 26 this year and is loving it! For her birthday we went to Outback for dinner and then headed to my house for cake and ice cream. Sam and Harrison kept asking her "what kind of party are you having grandma?" Apparently she needed a theme. So we went to the party store the day before and got some supplies. Mom had a Curious George, Princess, Finding Nemo, Car's party. Mom got a Wii for her birthday and has already added Guitar Hero to her collection. Happy Birthday mom!

Grandpa and 2 little monkeys

Sam with his Curious George mask

Monkey Harrison and Grandma blowing out candles

The Father, the bicycle, the watch and the Camaro

Does everyone remember the story that is always told in Sac Mtg about the little boy who wanted a bicycle, he earned money for the bicycle and the day came that he and his dad go to the store to buy it. The little boy doesnt have enough money and is crushed so the dad says "I will make up the difference", this is supposed to be likened unto Christ making up the difference for us.

Harrison has been wanting a watch. He is always asking what time it is and decided to earn some money so he could buy a watch of his own. He earned .30 cents at home this week and my dad paid him $3.25 yesterday to pick up palm tree seeds in his back yard. Harrison was thrilled! I promise it was better than it sounds. Today I paid him $1.00 to pick up toys. So tonight we headed for Target to buy the watch. The watches were $7.00, Harrison had $4.55. Here's the conversation, it didnt go well.
Me: "You dont have enough to buy the watch, you are 2.45 short.
Harrison: "Yeah, but I want it"
Me: "Dad and I will make up the difference"
Harrison: "Really, hmmm, what else is there, lets go look"
Then he took off for the toy aisle and checked out all the expensive toys. Since he wasnt getting it I told him he only had $4.00 to spend. He didnt like what $4.00 bought him so he decided to settle for the Lightning McQueen watch. Sam earned .35 cents and bought a matchbox car for $1.00. We didnt even try explaining the make up the difference story to him, it wasnt worth it. My favorite line of the night was Ben "Yeah, nice story but its not real" Of course the part about the Savior is, but the little boys response to his dad, yeah not real, or at least not for this family!

Update: Harrison is in love with his watch. He keeps checking the time every couple of minutes and lets us know. "Its 10:45, oh now its 10:46"
Sam likes his matchbox Camaro, he walks around the house saying "Cam-ar-o, Cam-ar-o, Hey! dont touch my Cam-ar-o!"