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Okay so I am now caught up from June 2009 until August 2009. Two days and three months. Look at me go. Hopefully September will be tomorrow:)

Blogging...

So it was Brock's birth that did me in. In blogging that is. I was all caught up and then he was born and I would slowly write a post here or there but never posted them because I wanted them all be in chronological order and writing about his birth always was a stumbling block for me. Time passed and here we are over a year later and my sweet hubby says it's time to post what I have and move on. So here I go. Welcome the Larsons back to the blogging world.

Angels Game

LA Angels of Anaheim. It was probably the biggest scoring baseball game I have ever been to, the Angels won, and the mustache made it all a great day.

Bathroom Remodel

Our toilet was getting old so I figured we would want to replace it with a water-efficient toilet. And while I was at it, I thought I would try my hand at replacing the stained linoleum and put in some tile. It would be my first time putting in tile, but really, how hard could it be? Turns out, it just takes time and if you screw anything up, then you have to shut off the water for a whole day and pay a plumber $240 to come fix it on a Saturday (pipe in the wall was leaking water). After all that, and a week later, I ended up getting it all done and it looks pretty good. But I could have just replaced the toilet and been just as happy since it is a small bathroom and the bathroom mats cover most of the area anyway. I guess I did get some experience, and that is worth the $500 that went into it right?

Before

There were 4 layers of linoleum

Do you see the sacred picture of some guy behind the wallpaper? We really didn't draw this. I would say we should make a shrine in this room now, but I think the toilet takes care of that.

The bare cement floor

Putting in the mortar and tile

The finished product

4th of July family picture

Kind of tired

Having a new baby is hard work.......

Stung by a Stingray

I told myself this would be the summer I learned to surf. I know too many people who can't get enough of it, so I figure there has got to be something special about it. I bought a big blue costco longboard, a couple of wetsuits, and I was ready to go. Then we had a baby and we got busy and I didn't go out much. 4 Weeks ago I went out for the first time. I'm still not very good but I did manage to catch a few waves. After catching a wave, I was in really shallow water and I felt like it would be much faster to just walk the surfboard out to bigger waves. As I looked around, I noticed that none of the other surfers were walking back like me. They all jumped back on their boards as soon as they could and swam back out to the waves. Right as I was thinking about this I stepped on something squishy, and then it got me. I felt a burning sharp sting in my right foot. It was a stingray! After the initial shock, the pain really wasn't that bad. I figured I should get out though and go home and call a doctor or something. It was bleeding pretty bad and was hurting more every minute. By the time I got home it was seriously painful. It turns out that hot water breaks up the poison and eases the pain perfectly. After a couple of hours, the pain was gone and that was that. But can you believe it, a stingray? Crazy! I have been surfing a couple more times and you bet I always get back on my board right away now.

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PS Although most of the previous posts were by me (Heather) in my last days of pregnancy nesting craziness, this actually happened to Jacoby! I have yet to ever try surfing:)

Why I can't leave the boys alone with Brock....

Angels Game

Last night we went to the Angels Game with my family for Mormon Night. It was a lot of fun for us but our kids weren't too thrilled with the game of baseball. The idea of eating non-stop snacks all night however did appeal to them so they had a great time. After eating their way through donuts, gummi bears, popcorn, and fruit snacks (and this was after getting some del taco for dinner on the way there) they then proceeded to say "Is that all? Didn't you bring anymore snacks?" And I thought I had brought enough to feed a few families. Silly me! Maybe it's just a glimpse of the high school years with all these boys......

(If you are thinking the field looks really far away, it was! We were one row in front of the very top of the stadium.)

Brock's Baby Blessing

I am totally loving the learning how to smile phase. You get a lot of half-crooked ones:)

Beach Day

This was our second beach trip with Brock (his first was at three weeks old). I love the beach in the summer but trying to nurse and keep sand off a newborn as well as avoid all sun exposure is quite the task! Rett and Coby however are always so good at the beach. We can stay for hours and hours and they are just as happy as can be!

This is a post chocolate chip cookie picture:)

1 month old

4th of July

This 4th of July we went over to some good friends new house and got to watch fireworks from their backyard. They weren't too far away and not having to fight any crowds to park and then haul our kids and stuff around looking for a spot to sit was awesome.

Brothers

Rett's 3rd Birthday

Rett is now 3! He is such a funny kid. He loves to come give me hugs after he has been naughty and then say "I still love you mommy." I love the cute little way he talks and We spent the morning at the mall where they have a train ride and a bounce house to play in. Then after dinner we had a dance party, presents and of course cake. Rett was pretty excited about his spiderman cake, lumpy frosting job and all. Kids are so easy to please sometimes:)

More Brock

Brockton David Larson

He's finally here. And he's perfect. We went to the hospital at the crack of dawn while Megan came and watched the boys for us until Gayle came down later. I don't think I have ever been so nervous just sitting there waiting for them to call my name. All my other kids we had things in motion before we got to the hospital so being induced was a new experience for me. Once I was all changed and hooked up to monitors and what-nots it was just time to wait. And wait and wait. Rett came so fast that I thought for sure Brock would be the same. It just seemed like nothing was happening for a long time and then they came to check and I was a 6 and 1/2 hours later I was a 10 and ready to go.

Labor itself was a bit rough because everytime they rolled me on my back I kept feeling like I was going to pass out (which never happened with the other two). And then whenever I tried to go on my right side the baby's heart dropped a bunch so I spent the morning just on my left side. But then when it's time to deliver you obviously have to be on your back and so it was all I could do to not pass out let alone breathing and pushing. My epidural worked a little to well this round that I couldn't feel anything at all anywhere so that made it even harder. But he made his way out and was so beautiful. On a funny note, when I saw Brock my first thought was he is so small. Upon saying that out loud I am sure everyone thought I was a little crazy because 9 1/2 lbs. is not small in the baby world. But when you are dealing with a 4 year old and an almost 3 year old who are both large for their ages, then 9 1/2 lbs. seems pretty small.

Since Gayle was watching the boys for us we had a few days of just us in the hospital and it was such a sweet time. Time to just be there for our new baby without other kids and the demands of life getting in the way. Time to just reveal in this new miracle. And then it was time to let the boys meet their new brother. I think they were thinking he'd be bigger and more able to play with them but since they both got a gift from their new brother they thought he was pretty cool.

Overdue

It's June 16th and I am STILL pregnant. Um, due date was yesterday little baby which means I am overdue (and very cranky about it!) Overdue is just a bad word. It never means anything good. Go to the library and your books are overdue and now you owe a bunch of money. Work hard at your job and your raise is overdue and now you are short on cash. Anyways around it overdue can only mean bad things. Which is why someone who's spent the last nine months throwing up, having heartburn and feeling like their body was being stretched to unimaginable sizes should not ever have to be overdue. When you have had a baby five days early you just kind of expect that the next one will be on the same program and getting moving sooner. Too bad no one told the baby that.

Funny Kid Thoughts

Somehow the idea came along that my baby was going to "pop-out" rather than saying it was going to be born. So whenever they ask about the baby they want to know if the baby is going to pop-out soon. Yesterday we were going to play candyland. I had been sitting on the couch and slowly rolled myself onto the floor mentioning how I couldn't wait for this baby to come because then sitting on the floor and playing games would be so much easier. Rett looks at me with a look of disgust and says "Your baby going to pop-out on the game???"

Another morning I was playing with Rett in the room and asking him if he was my baby. He said no he was getting bigger and bigger like Coby. Then he pauses and adds, but not like Susan. (If you've seen Monsters vs. Aliens you will get this one!)

We continue to play and he picks which Ninja Turtle he is going to be and then tells me what each ninja has for a weapon and their color. When we get to Donatello I say and he has a stick right and Rett looks at me like how dumb are you and says "It's not a stick it's called a bowstaff." Oh, didn't think he knew the real word. Just goes to show you how much smarter kids are then you give them credit for!

Since I have horrific heartburn while pregnant and it's fairly warm lately, I tend to eat a lot of ice. My kids always want to know why and I tell them it helps me to feel better. The other day I was laying on the couch because I felt nauseas and Coby upon seeing me says "Oh no, I will go get you some ice!" If only ice was the cure-all for all problems:)

Happy 30th Birthday Jacoby!!!