Not much takes me back to my childhood more than the Love Bug. Man, I loved that movie, and the fact that the cute little car was alive. Just imagining the sounds that Herbie made, and that repetitive upbeat music, is enough to make me feel like I'm in my parents basement on a Friday night with my siblings, sprite and Butterfinger BBS. My favorite character was Tennessee. I loved his accent, his chubby cheeks, and the way he called Herbie "the little ca".
Well guess what. Every once in a while, Owen makes a facial expression that looks like Tennessee! I think I've only once captured it on camera. Every time he does it, it reminds me of the movie, which in my mind is directly linked to the "cozy weekend, Free-til-Monday" feeling.
Do you see the resemblance? I can't wait to introduce Owen to this classic show.
I was watching Oprah the other day featuring Celine Dion. Toward the end of the show these guys were on. They are huge Celine Dion fans, and didn't know she was there. They thought they were just there to perform, not be introduced to their idol. I love this song! I really love this version...and I kind of can't stop watching it. Aren't their voices amazing?!
Owen got to spend a whole day with his fun and doting cousin, Jovie. She loves him, and he loves her! She's the perfect tackle buddy, and really takes care of him.
We've had a fabulous long weekend with Treavor taking a few days off of work. We enjoyed our Valentine's day. On Friday night Treavor and I both confessed that we hadn't gotten the other a gift, so we celebrated Saturday by making chocolate covered strawberries and watching the Olympics. Which brings me to my next topic. We are loving the Olympics! Those athletes have got to be a completely different species! Are they even human?! The moguls have been particularly impressive to me this year.
Owen got to hang out with Kinnie, and couldn't get enough of her and her fun play room!
Jessica came to town and brought with her, the worlds best laugh, my new favorite song, a trip to kneaders and new nail polish. Owen was in heaven showing off for her, and I was in heaven having my friend around. until next time!
On Sunday we had a three hour Valentine's day nap (by we I mean I), a visit from Layton and Mally...more showing off, shooting hoops, and a whole pan of rice crispy treats.
Blindside is every bit as good as people told me it is.
Football is highly over rated. Good food however, and being with family is not, therefore I LOVE the super bowl.
We sent our love and 50 hygiene packets to Haiti. We talked about how we wished we could throw in a few chocolate doughnuts and spicy chicken wings, from our party.
It took a while for Owen to get comfortable with the stairs so he used to wait for me to be by his side to go up and down. Well this weekend was monumental because he totally mastered them! He thinks he's so old just wandering around the house all by himself. This morning I was doing dishes and before i knew it, i could hear his pitter pattering above me. It makes me feel like a legitimate mom, with a child just doing his own thing ya know? It's weird how tiny things can hit you as such a bang of change. He was playing basketball, I was doing dishes, and let's be honest...my eyes got a little watery. What am I going to do when that kid goes to college?!?!
My mom wanted to see Owen playing basketball, so here he is doing what he does best. I guess he was a little camera shy, cause he wasn't jumping and cheering like he usually does. That hoop might be the best $34.95 Santa has ever spent. The hours of entertainment have been endless!
I am frequently teased for a comment I made after giving birth to Owen. Much of our kind and patient family was at the hospital waiting for Owen's arrival. They were invited into the room almost immediately after he came. As our parents and almost all our siblings surrounded the hospital bed to admire our sweet bundled angle baby, I laid my head back on the pillow and said "that was tiring". I now realize that I was totally UNDERSTATING the OBVIOUS. Like what else would child labor be right? BUT honestly I didn't know that! Every experienced mother had given me the impression that after getting the epidural, your body just does the work. In fact, I think those were one woman's words exactly. I was expecting to feel quite a bit of pain on the way to the hospital, and then get that giant needle in my spine and be totally comfortable. After getting the epidural I kept saying that I was hurting, to which my sweet nurse would respond..."I think your confusing pressure with pain". Hmmm maybe I'm a wimp, but to me pressure always has been pain, and this pain was pressure, and this pressure was pain. I'm so glad I couldn't feel the real pain. I was so naive to assume that epidural equals walk in park, but I was honestly not warned that it is exhausting. Pushing for two hours, hot flashes, cold flashes, hands shaking, face sweating, pressure feeling, exhausting!!! So, to any pre-motherhood women reading this, I wish upon every star that you'll have the opportunity to take advantage of the miraculous modern day medication that for me made giving birth possible, however please consider this your warning, it's tiring.
I'm going to say the same about the half marathon I ran last weekend in St. George. It was tiring.
What I learned:
It's hard.
I can do hard things.
It's ok to remove myself from being with people, close my mouth, and be alone with my music and my thoughts. I actually enjoy it.
I am a slow person. Even after lots of training.
It's so invigorating to be running in a herd of 1500 people in the fresh, fresh air surrounded by beautiful red rock.
I don't think I could do a full.
It's comparable to giving birth with an epidural.
We had a fun weekend, kickin it...just the three of us.
So you know how there are like a million versions of the Chris Brown wedding entrance? Well this is ours. Every Christmas eve the Peters family gets together for dinner and a program. Each family was assigned to do a small little talent or performance. Treavor had the idea to surprise his mom and Dad by having everybody forgo the separate talents. After a spiritual nativity done by the children, all the siblings and inlaws combined forces and totally rocked out. It was definitely a highlight of the season!! It was so fun to watch Kathryn cracking up and to see all the kids watching their crazy parents. I married into a pretty fun family huh?
Sorry, to those of you who just saw the exact same post on Kathryn's blog...I just wanted the fun memory in my own records. I want to post the video so i can watch over and over again Steve's handstand and Adam's worm...oh yeah and my super smooth moves.
Well guess what. Every once in a while, Owen makes a facial expression that looks like Tennessee! I think I've only once captured it on camera. Every time he does it, it reminds me of the movie, which in my mind is directly linked to the "cozy weekend, Free-til-Monday" feeling.
