The Terrible Twos are Upon Us!!

Well, I guess this post really SHOULD be titled: Happy 2nd Birthday to the Bubs, but I think the terrible twos being upon us is pretty accurate too! This kid's been in the "terrible twos" phase for about 6 months already... so does that mean I only have six more months and then he'll be an angel again?

So, after downloading the pictures from his party, I realized that we didn't really take that many! We were very video camera oriented this year, so we got A LOT of sweet video... including a classic Bubster tantrum (SO using it for blackmail in the future), so we didn't get a ton of pictures. Therefore, to make up for it, I have put a "Bubster through the years" montage (minus the slideshow and music... ok, ok, so it's 3 pictures.... some montage, eh?) to make up for our appalling lack of documentation. Enjoy!

Our Sweet Bubster-- November 3, 2009

Amazing what a year can do! The Bubs, November 2010

Our crazy 2 year old! Man, we love this kid!

The "Happy Birthday" table. Uhh.... do you SEE that huge pile of presents? He is WAY spoiled...

Another shot of the serious loot he was getting....

His "Cars" birthday cake made by yours truly. Not my favorite cake I've made... but he's 2, so he won't notice, right?

Enter the THREE pictures we got of him. We stripped him down to partake of his cake. Silly us. We should have known that he would be a dainty little lady while eating his cake. He proceeded to eat the icing off of the cake one fingertip at a time. He didn't touch the actual cake. And the one mess he made? Spilling a tiny bit of ice cream on his chest and freaking out about it for about 5 minutes....

Frosting is ESPECIALLY tasty when eaten daintily.

Eating and skyping with Mama Rae and Papi. And yup, that's it. Those are all the pictures we got. Gold star for us as parents.

It was a fun day, and the biggest present he got was a Big Boy Bed. He slept in it for the first time on Saturday. I was expecting to be up ALL night, and miraculously, he went down very easily and slept the ENTIRE night, and has done so every night since....knock on wood. He won't nap in it yet, but I'm working on that and hopefully by the time Caleb gets here, he'll be a Big Boy Bed pro!

We are so grateful to have our sweet Bubs. He brings so much joy to our lives. We can't even begin to imagine what our lives would be like without him.... Happy Birthday, little man!

Halloween 2011

I will not be getting on my soapbox of why I despise this holiday so much on this blog post, but let it be known that, really, Halloween is a lame holiday... except for when you have a really cute little kid who gets to dress up like his idol, Curious George. Then, Halloween is fun, it's cute, and while it might not be worth it to pay $20 for an outfit he will only wear once, you do... because it's cute, and fun, and makes everyone smile... even the grumpy pregnant woman who usually despises this holiday. Now if only teenagers would stop coming to my door stealing all of my candy... but that's a soapbox for another day....

This year, my awesome mother in law picked out the Bub's outfit and did an exceptional job! WE LOVED IT!! And while the Bubster didn't love the hood, we are happy to report that he left it on the ENTIRE time when he was trick or treating. A Halloween miracle, for sure! We started off the festivities on the Friday before Halloween. Our ward had the classic Trunk or Treat/Chili Cook off activity. The Bubs enjoyed running amuck and having us chase him the whole time, which led to me being in massive pain and going home early while Brett took charge of the carnival booth that I was supposed to be in charge of. As I was sitting in the car waiting for Brett to bring our crock pot back, he informed me that he had just accepted the gift for the 1st place chili prize! Woot! I had made a brand new recipe and was afraid that no one was going to like it, and I took home first place :) It made the night totally worth it! A quick side note about our costume choice: I was supposed to be Brett's nerd date, but found out the night before the event that my big belly would not allow me to wear the costume that I had planned on. This resulted in a crazed, "find the pregnant lady something to wear!" search that ended with a pair of scrubs and my husband's stethoscope. Not super creative, but at least we found something, right??

A monkey, a nerd, and a PA... if only Brett and I had reversed our costumes, it would be a pretty accurate portrayal of our family :)
Brett and the Bubs

My crazy little monkey...

On Saturday, celebrations continued with the annual carving of the pumpkin. We had to do it right before Halloween, because with the heat, the pumpkin will only last about 2 days before it shrivels and dies... much like myself :) We thought it would be fun for the Bubster to be involved, so we stripped him down to his diaper and strapped him to his booster seat. After cutting into the pumpkin, we took some of the "guts" and put them in front of him, thinking that he would love to play with the slimy, gooey, mess. What were we thinking? He started crying hysterically and wanted NOTHING to do with the pumpkin guts. He wanted to get down and play with his ball popper. So off he went. Happy Halloween to him :)

This is me trying to coax him to come touch the pumpkin. As you can see... he was pretty hesitant. I love his little shoulder shrug that he does...

II'm not gonna touch the dang pumpkin, Mom and Dad!

Struggling to get AWAY from the scary pumpkin!

Well, maybe I'll take a peek... but just a little one.

Oh! The pumpkin is actually cute! I shall call him pumpkin and he shall be mine and he shall be my pumpkin!

Brett holding our sweet pumpkin!

Now the Bubs asks to see the pumpkin about 50 times a day... he is going to be one sad little boy when we have to throw it away!

On their way to go get some candy!

Happy Halloween!

Catch Up Time!!

Welp, let's see... we've lived in Gilbert for just over two months now, and I haven't blogged since we got here, basically. So, yet again, here we are playing serious Catch Up with the Waite Clan. Here are some highlights of our lives since being in Gilbert:

*No big deal or anything... but Brett started work at Page Family Practice in Tempe and is rockin' it. The hours are a bit longer than I was expecting, but he loves the people that he works with, and loves helping out his patients. I love the paycheck :), and the great stories he brings home!!

*Another no big deal thing... we found out we're having baby boy #2. He is healthy, and getting stronger every single day. The Bubster refuses to sleep on me anymore because he doesn't like getting kicked by his little brother. The power struggle over Mama has already begun! We're going to name him Caleb Duke Waite (after one of my favorite students, and of course, my sweet maiden name... can't lose that!) He's due on Jan. 30th, and I'm praying that I get to be induced a week earlier than that, we'll see....

*The Bubster has made a few new friends (and so has his Mama), so life is starting to feel a little more normal, and not so solitary anymore. We love to go on playdates and our ward does playgroups on Fridays, so we hit that too.

*Brett and I both got new callings in our ward. (This was after we had both already taught lessons in RS and Priesthood, and Brett has already given a talk-- this ward means involvement!!) I am now the Primary Chorister and have a new found respect for the calling, as it is HARD CORE. There is a lot of planning and a lot of time consuming things involved, but it is a blast! I've been doing it for 2 whole weeks now and am already starting to fall in love with the kids. Brett is the 1st counselor in the EQ, which means I get more alone time :)

Other than that, life's been pretty normal (HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!) So, now here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

The Bubs has started freaking out (HARD CORE) about getting his hair cut. He hears the clippers turn on, and he turns on the drama! For his first hair cut in Gilbert, he started screaming bloody murder and would barely let me touch him, the next thing we knew... he was out cold! Easiest haircut EVER, now if only he would fall asleep every time!
Looking at these pictures makes me realize we're going to have to cut his hair again soon.... maybe I should pull out the Benedryl for this one :)

He likes shoes. Especially if they are triple the size of his own feet....

1st day on the job! He's an official PA-C now! What a stud!

Throughout the month of October, a farm in Mesa was allowing people to come for hayrides, pony rides, pumpkin patches, etc. It sounded like a lot of fun, so we decided to go. We went on the 2nd Saturday in October and I lasted about an hour before I almost passed out from heat stroke. Have I mentioned that being pregnant in Arizona is the worst idea EVER?? Oh well, we still had fun and had a VERY happy little boy on our hands. He still talks about riding the pony and petting the animals...

Chillin' at the Pumpkin Patch. He is OBSESSED with pumpkins, and requests to look at our

jack-o-lantern out on our front porch at least 50 times a day.

He declared this pumpkin, the Michael Pumpkin. Too bad we are super lame-o parents who didn't want to pay 5 bucks for a tiny pumpkin. He was not pleased...

Hooray for Dad and pumpkins!

A cute little petting zoo, where the Bubs could have stayed for an eternity. He loved seeing and touching all of the different animals and would yell out what sound each animal made. It was pretty sweet.

While originally, he HATED being on the white horse, he did NOT want to get off by the time we were done. He's a natural on horseback, isn't he??

Well, that catches us all up until the next post... Halloween! And then, we'll have another entry soon after that for the Bubster's 2nd Birthday! (Is he REALLY that old already???) Stay tuned!