One Most Fabulous Day

Halloween is the awesomest holiday when you are a kid....or Jon:) Saturday was filled with good times and WAY too much candy. We actually started off the celebrations by going trick-or-treating on base at Uncle Dave's work on Thursday. We hiked from cubicle to cubicle and the kids got so much candy that their buckets were completely filled. Thanks Dave!
At this point Wells is way into this whole idea of saying trick-or-treat and someone gives you candy for free. He still does it at home thinking if he says it, I will give him candy.
Thursday night we met up at Jon's sister Brittany and her hubby Cris' and we carved pumpkins.
Saturday everyone met up early at Jon's parents to set up for the annual Price spook alley. I played Halloween Scrooge and didn't dress up or participate in the spook alley this year. I played mom and took Wells out and then handed out candy.
Everyone had a great time playing their desired roles this Halloween whether it was a mom, witch at the fire, or a goblin jumping out of a gravesite.
Here is the little Frankenstein showing his scary face for the camera.

Jon took Wells around the block with me the first round of trick-or-treating and then after that it was Cora, Wellyn, and me that hit the streets.

Here is Jon in his costume. He helped hand out candy to the kids who actually were brave enough to make it through the spook alley.

This year was probably the scariest year of all and was really successfull. They were busy the whole two hours they were open and even had people show up after wanting to go through. Jon and his siblings have a serious talent for this sort of thing. Thanks to everyone for such a fabulous holiday. One down and just a few more to go until I am done being prego!

Drugged and Lovin It

Wells finally has all his teeth-FINALLY! The last of the molars came in this summer while we were on vacation. 2 1/2 years and we are about to start the process all over again:)
When Wellyn's molars came in one didn't completely develop all the way which left a big black spot in the middle. We could see it just by looking at the tooth and although it didn't hurt too much we weren't sure if it was a cavity or what. A few weeks ago we took Wells to his first dentist appointment and of course the dentist noticed the spot first thing. He said it wasn't a cavity yet, but a soft spot in the enamel that never hardened and would eventually become a cavity and cause pain.
On Monday the 26th I took Wells to have a filling put in the tooth. I was extremely nervous because I had images of me and three hygenists pinning Wells to a table why a mean dentist relentlessly drilled at Wellyn's mouth. I knew they were going to do a nasal sedation but in a small percentage of kids it does just the opposite and gives them an adrenalin boost which of course would be my son.
Luckily for me and my nerves it worked perfectly. Wellyn LOVED the drugs!!! The hygenist said it would make him see two of everything and it really did. Wellyn kept doing a funny giggle and waving to both dentists (there was only one) and saying "Hi Dr." while laughing. There was also a television right above him and "Shrek" was playing and he kept laughing at the two donkeys. I should have felt sorry for him but the hygenist as well as myself couldn't quit laughing. Wellyn even tried to walk with my help but couldn't move his legs so he swayed back and forth which made him laugh harder than ever.
Here he is waving at me:) He was awake the whole time but extremely relaxed.

They finished the whole thing in about ten minutes and the dentist said he did better than he ever expected Wells to do.

Coming off the meds wasn't so great because Wells cried for about an hour and a half but at least it is over with. Wellyn doesn't even remember a thing and that is probably for the best!:)

Halloween Activities

Last Saturday we were able to join Jon's sister Brittany and cousins Cora and Jonas for a little Halloween fun. Brittany's sister-on-law belongs to a group of young mothers who get together once a month for a play date on steroids (seriously like 30 kids). Two of the members happen to belong to the family that owns the Punkinaze down the street so they held the activity there this month. There were games, prizes, trick or treating, of course the corn maze, and the huge slides they are famous for. Britt and I didn't know very many people but we had an absolute blast as did the kids.
Here is Wells posing behind one of their many Halloween cutouts.
Of course the slide. I should have put a pic of the full slide because it is like 20 feet high and quite the ride. Wells couldn't get enough and was upset when we pulled him away for the games. He has since asked me daily to go back to the big slide.

After trick or treating with the group. We didn't get the costume memo but Wells didn't care because he still got all the loot.

Later that evening we met back up with Brittany, Cris, the kids, and Bridget and Ryan and we headed out to Hooper park where they had their pumpkin walk. This is our favorite park to go to during the summer and to see it lit up at night was awesome. They had over 2000 luminaries, little scary pumpkin scenes, and thanks to Brittany and her young women they had an Old Glory made out of flags.
Way to go Britt it was beautiful:)

Cora and Wells walking amongst the luminaries.

Of course the family pic. Pretty much the same pose as usual:)

Afterwards we all took a trip to Maverik for what was supposed to be a hot chocolate run but it turned out to be a candy, donut, ice cream, or chip run instead.

Thanks to Jon's siblings especially Brittany for such an awesome Saturday.

The curse words of a mommy

Let's face it, before I had Wellyn I could probably make most truckers and sailors blush with some of the language that I used. I don't know how it all started but once I was in the habit it was really hard to break. I had to watch my language around my family as well as Jon's so that I wouldn't offend anyone. I believe there were times when I actually offended my own soul mate with the words or phrases I used. :)
Since having Wellyn and especially since he now talks and copies the things I say; I have cleaned up considerably and without even really meaning too. I now find myself saying phrases such as:
Oh my stars!
Oh Lauzi!
Oh heavens and earth!
Winner winner chicken dinner (thanks Chandie for that one)
See you later Alligator or In a while crocodile!
Silly Monkey!
Son of a Monkey's uncle!
Oh poop!
Crappy!
and other such phrases. It isn't even just around Wellyn. I get wierd looks from people at work when I uses one of these phrases or excuse myself to go use the "potty."
The crazy thing is, is that I absolutely love it! I mean, I still have a ways to go and still have some cleaning up to do especially around certain adults but it cracks me up. If I stub my toe or get cut off by someone on the freeway I don't even have to think about sensoring for Wells it automatically happens. I actually surprise myself now if something else slips out instead because it feels so unnatural!
I had to post this because I have noticed it quite a bit lately. I think Jon thinks I am a dork and I'm sure some of you will roll your eyes at this but I am very proud of myself. This next baby will have it made, I just hope Wells doesn't remember some of the language from his earlier life:)

The Pumpkin Patch

Two Saturdays ago Jon met up with his mom, sister Brittany, bro-in-law Cris, and Wellyn's cousins Cora and Jonas and they all headed over to J&J Gardens in Layton. Unfortunately for me I had to work so I missed out. Apparently J&J Gardens offers a hayride and allows the kids to pick a pumpkin from the patch for only the price of a can of food. Seriously an awesome deal!
From what I heard from Jon and the little bits from Wellyn they had a blast and we might have to try and make it back before Halloween.

Here is everyone on the hayride.

Wellyn trying to find the perfect pumpkin

Despite Jon's best efforts Wellyn's "perfect" pumpkin was little but "very heavy" in Wellyn's words. Jon tried to get Wells to choose the biggest pumpkin but he fell in love with this one instead. He is so proud of himself:)

If you are up around Layton on a Saturday we would recommend this to anyone and hopefully will make it a tradition!

Better late than never

Introducing Baby Price II. I have had this picture since Sept. 23rd but due to my lack of knowledge with computers had no idea how to scan it and so on and so forth. Jon finally helped me out yesterday so that we could show his first real pictures.

Now I have never seen an ultrasound like this since my doctor with Wells was a little more old fashioned and I only got one ultrasound to see if it was a boy or girl. Maybe all babies look the same at this age but I think it looks dang close to how Wells looked when he was born. Below is a pic of Wells at 2 weeks-what do you think? Am I smoking something or is there a real resemblence to the shape of the face, nose, and lips?

Either way this makes us more excited for Baby Price II to come. He is a healthy text book baby is what my doctor says. Now the only decision we have to make is induction December 31 which my doctor said he would do or wait until he comes on his own hopefully before January 7th. My vote is December 31 (I only know how to do a Holiday baby) for the tax break and to make it 2009 but Jon doesn't want to do anything unnatural by making him come before Baby Price II wants too.

Beautiful West Haven home for sale!

Okay not really but after this morning I am seriously considering moving to an apartment in the city where there are none of what I saw this morning.

Picture me outside with Wells winterizing my garden. I am cutting down my salvias, raspberries, lillies, etc.. being crazy domestic right? My next door neighbor AnnaMarie comes over to say hi (actually Wells doorbell ditched her) and to chat. After talking for a few minutes she asks if I want to see something gross. Why would I ever pass up anything gross?

She walks me over to her yard and this is what I see from far away...



Perhaps a dog poo? Umm....no! As I get closer this is what I see!




WTF? What in heaven's name is that? Plastic or rubber perhaps? Nope it was moving. After having a freak out fest in front of her home and watching Wells try to get as close as possible to it without touching it we went inside to research what this horrible creature was. Turns out it is a Mormon cricket-the very same ones that ate the pioneer's crops, climbed up women's dresses, and the same ones that the seagulls swallowed and then threw up. I now totally understand why the seagull is our state bird and will never laugh again at someone's story of feeding a seagull Alkaselzer.
Apparently they are in the field across the street and therefore are in the neighbor's yard across the street. Their kids love to play with them and the cat loves to drag them around which is how it ended up in front of AnnaMarie's house.
Now my question is who wants to live across the street from these things. They even freak Jon out and when he kept touching it with his keys the cricket snapped at his key with his pinchers and Jon said it made a loud metal clanking sound against the key. GROSS!!!!!!!!
So once again.....beautiful West Haven home for sale and I'm pretty sure the one next door is now for sale too. I will be moving out of the country and back into the safety of the city!


Just to put in perspective how big this creature was.....this is my cell phone!

Oh Lauzi!!!!