Blogs Blogs Everywhere.

The blog craze is cracking me up... I go to one friend's blog and see links to other friend's blogs. It's hilarious and awesome at the same time. I just saw some of my friends I don't keep in touch with too much and it's so cool to see their kids. I stand by my theory that every one of my friends insists on having darling kids. I haven't seen one yet that isn't. But anyway it's pretty cool. I mean how cool is it that we can keep in touch and be friends without even seeing each other. I feel like I know some of these girls so well and they probably don't even like me, but I stalk their blogs anyway. Telling myself that I am their friend whether it's true or not :) I feel so special and liked when I have lots of comments too, it's like the more comments you get the more popular you are... hint hint- please make me look cool to all my friends.

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I decided I am a sedative. The second my children touch me they fall asleep. Piper was this way (still is) and Beckett is relentlessly this way. But I honestly thought how could I love anything as much as Piper, and you just do. Like they say. I think your heart grows or something. He is so dang sweet. I can get him to smile on cue, I am just going to go ahead and make myself feel good by saying he is already a mama's boy. Mmm, anyway just had to get that out there because he is asleep in my lap and so sweet and peaceful.
So I went to my grandma's house yesterday and I think her and my grandpa are so amazing. I was cleaning and my grandma is the most immaculate person I have ever known. I remember being little and loving to be at her house cause it was so clean. Well with crooked arthritis fingers it's still that way. She is so neat and organized and such a minimalist. I had a moment at her house that I just know is imprinted in my mind forever.. walking in her room and it's completely tidy and her temple dress is hanging out in front of her closet. This is funny because last week I was at my other grandma's house and I had a moment like that too, I went in her room and she has this funny thing she does she wraps her velcro hair curlers in a funky handkerchief and always has. (Handkerchieft is very odd word).Well there they were in the middle of her bed with nothing else there. Anyway just thought I'd share, I love it when you have a moment that is so bittersweet like that that you know is just imprinted. That very moment is frozen in your memory.
So what is up with the new Counting Crows song? Who cares, at least they are still making well deserved money. The lyrics are so what I picture Adam Duritz to be like.
Anyway.. Brandon-what is the Layton Thai place? I didn't know Davis County had any good eating places, besides Rooster's of course, right ladies? And go to Thai Siam or Sawadee in downtown-ish Salt Lake they are basically the same and both great.
Sharstin-email me that recipe, sounds good. Except for the sweet potatoes. They are basically my new found ENEMY. I'll leave them out, far out.
I think I don't like this new background. It's a little much. It is sort of trippy.

Ok it is actually sort of hard to keep a blog, not hard but hard to make it interesting. I thought mine would be different, guess I just fall among. So what is up with Tone Loc and company.... well had a nice weekend. Went out with Debo and Supalinds and they are fabulous. I had one of the best nights in a long time. I love them both, where have you been all my life. Not to mention the intro to the yellow curry that I too could drink. Next night we went to the sister restaurant of Thai Siam, Sawadee, and had more yellow curry :) with Jake's friends, well my friends too, but that is how I distinguish it. Had a nice little fiesta at the casa de Carroll. Too bad it was missing Mexican DIET coke. But I love my in laws as much as my own.. I love love them to death. I think I like to be with them more than they like to be with us, isn't is supposed to be the parents bothering the children? Anyhow my mother in law is one of the people I look up to most (and no she doesn't check this blog, I don't think she is electronically intelligent enough j/k). She is awesome, smart, well rounded, cooks great, sews the holes in the butt of my pants, supportive and positive and she is 50 and has a social life. She is the coolest. My in laws are the parts of a family I never had.. a sister, a Martha Stewartish mom and a dad.
Anyway I too am basically Martha Freaking Stewart. I bought a slew of things today that have never before been in the Carroll home, but are much welcome new additions cooking red wine, almond extract, a horse radish, sweet potatoes, and two spices. I love adding spices to my collection it's like my cooking ability grows every time my spice collection expands. I am also losing my mind. In twenty four hours I have discovered that I took a movie back without the movie in it, I mailed an unstamped letter and used the wrong debit card. Can we say frazzled mother??? Anyway.. peace out.

Life As A SAHM

As life just keeps keeping on with two kids I find myself constantly reevaluating my life and my purpose. I used to be so proud of our decision to have me stay at home and it was just that: a decision. But now with the two kids it has all the sudden hit me that I really don't have a choice but to stay home, I mean what would I do with my kids? And what would I do that would make enough money to pay for daycare. And how would I manage the guilt of putting my kids in daycare? So as you can see even though I "choose" to stay at home, I really don't have a choice in so many ways. But I will keep referring it to the fact that I "get" to stay at home, and I choose to. Whether or not it's true I will cease to analyze. Speaking of which both kids are crying, one going to sleep, one waking up. No rest for the weary, and by weary I mean fussy baby at 5 a.m. Ok. Crisis averted, thank goodness for the binkie baby.
So even though it may appear I lounge around in my pajama's all day in truth I would just rather not subject my designer jeans to diapers, spit up or Pine Sol. And even though it appears I have time to post on my blog what you don't see is me bouncing a newborn on my lap so I can. I just hope he stays content long enough for me to balance and pay bills. And although you may think I look good and get ready everyday and maybe even have someone important to see, I just get ready so I feel ready even if I don't leave the house. And although the television is on all day...it's on cartoons, and I would give an arm and a leg if it could entertain Gossip Girl or October Road for more than a half hour at a time. So in conclusion I can see how those of you could say we stay at home moms do nothing..It just appears that way, and when we do get to occasionally sit and watch some cheesy unrealistic show about high school students it may or may not make it all worth it :) Which is less personal time than the worker bee gets unless you include commute time, which I do not. So although I am so thankful that I am a stay at home mom and would not have it any other way I think sometimes my inner selfishness and cool girl comes out. The one who gags at the fact that I haven't worn heels in months. (yes, there is some cool in me left.)

Adventures At Home

Pretty exciting day eh? This is us in search of a good cheesecake recipe cause I lost mine. And no, I can not function without a recipe for the most part. As you can tell Beck was pretty bored by baking which is portrayed by the two seconds he woke up to stretch and then go back to sleep. But by the first picture you wonder how sanitary our baking masterpiece really is, and really, I swear Piper can be photogenic.

So you know what drives me nutts? When anything someone touches is left worse than it was before. Always has bothered me. Probably doesn't make sense but it does to me. That is why I have this thing with making whatever or wherever I am better than left it. For example: You get out of your car you take your crap out with you, your diet coke cans, whatever. You go to the grocery store, you return your cart where it goes. You go to someone's house, you pick up after your kid, or clean up their house if it's your grandma. As long as you aren't leaving your trail in a bad way in whatever place you go or thing you do. Just in general whatever you do, wherever you are...leave it better than you left it. Goes for people and relationships too but that would be too broad to start upon. Ok that is enough of my OCD lecture. But it's a good rule in theory.

Y o Yo Yo

Well I figured I better write something even if it's lame because I hate when I check other people's blogs and there is nothing new! So.. had a good weekend, blah blah. Did some family dinners which were very fun. Can't go wrong with the Pizzeria (in O Town). Went to a Thai place with the whole family. Piper had a sleep over at grandma's. Went to cute Zoee's over the top blessing celebration. We watched the All Star game at my brother's house, well more so I watched kids instead of the game. Yesterday we took Piper to a pet store to look at animals and then to the Hello Kitty store and to ride on the carousel at the Southtowne Mall. Then hung out at the Carroll's for awhile. It was a nice weekend. However I don't know why children insist on not sleeping. I think every kid you have cuts your sleep in half. We tried to establish good sleeping habits too... but Piper wakes up in the middle of the night so much now. I think maybe she knows Beck is in the bedroom. And then there is him... He just grunts and snorts all night. So typical boy. I feel bad for Jake he had to go to school and then work all day after maybe 4 or 5 hours of sleep. At least I get to hang out in my jammies for a few hours. But, don't worry good dinner and dessert are on the way for him to look forward to. So anyway that is my lame and boring update from Tone Loc.

Eli's Girly Side

First Obi is kissing the baby doll and now Eli and the stroller and purse??? What isn't portrayed here is how mad Eli was when Piper would try to take it away.