Really, go ahead! I just have to say that I am soooo, soooo excited for the fight on Saturday. Randy Couture is my ALL time favorite. Sam called me from work tonight and said Dawson ( a guy he was working with) had two tickets to the fight and that the good news was we were going, the bad news was he would be wanted for murder. :> I guess it is nice that he would go to those extremes for me since I have mentioned once or twice that I might consider leaving him for Randy or Chuck, whoever got to me first. :> Anyway - Randy is 45 and taking on a GIANT of a man Brock Lesner (who we got to see in SLC at a WWF event years ago, again, sorry for that Sam, Tyler and Cynthia! :>). I wish him all the luck in the world because (get ready for my list) 1. He is a NICE guy 2. He is a HOT guy 3. He is a somewhat OLD guy 4. He is "The Natural" 5. I LOVE him 6. I LOVE him and last but not least 7. I LOVE him!!!! You all get the point. Also, please enjoy the song that I have dedicated to Randy! :> It is by another of my favorites, Kenny Rogers! See, told ya you'd call me a nerd! :>
I know I should separate my posts, but that takes to much effort. So, Halloween and Shep's first b-day are going to be together. :> First, let me explain the song. Adee was in the tub the other night and as I walked back to check on her I heard - "na,na,na,na,na,na,naaa,na,na,na,na,na,naaaa - guess I just lost me husband, I don't know where he went." followed by the rest of the na,na,na,na's.....! Oops, guess I should watch what I am singing around the house - good thing I never sing the rest of the song. :> Quite funny, I must admit! We had a great Halloween. I knew Shep would not want to be in a costume so I bought him a little pumpkin hat and booties and he hated that too, he kept ripping the hat off his head and kicking the booties off, maybe next year. Adee went as her most favorite friend in the whole world - Minnie Mouse. Alicia and Koy gave her a pink minnie for her 1st birthday and Lil Old Minnie sat in our toy box for about six months until one day Adee picked her up, and decided to never put her down again. She LOVES her minnie and takes her everywhere. :> ( I can't find a backup, so if anyone ever comes across an all pink minnie, please, call me. :>)We trick or treated at grandma and grandpa Colleen's (as Adee calls them) and Great Grandma's and Grandma's house, (Sam's mom and grandma - Adee thinks they live together because we have dinner there every Thursday and they are always there before us) made a quick stop in at her preschool and then Shep and I called it a night, well Shep did and I had to go with him. :> Adee and Sam went to trunk or treat and Adee was successful in filling her orange pumpkin to the top, she was happy. :> On Monday Shep turned 1!!!!! I CANNOT believe he is one already! He has been such an easy baby. I find myself thinking that we really need another one. I know, scary. :> He ADORES Adee and everything she does (even when it is not so nice) and is pretty much always happy and smiling. At one he can walk, kinda run :>, wave hello and bye bye, say mama, dada, dog, and hi. He loves his books and baths, playing with his toys and long walks on the beach. :> I could go on and on about his sweet little personality, but I am sure I have in plenty of previous posts.(I know, I ADORE him too!!) He was not to into opening his presents, he liked his ice cream cake, and was ready for all the commotion to be over by bedtime. All in all it was a great 1st birthday. Get ready for the picture OVERLOAD of our sweet little guy, can't help it! We are looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas and hope that you are all doing well. Love ya, Sam and Ash.
Here are the rules: 1. Each person answers questions about their sweethearts 2. At the end of the post the person then tags 6 people and post their names, then goes to there blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they are tagged!
WHAT IS YOUR HUSBANDS NAME? Samuel Christopher Butler. :> HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN MARRIED? 8 years on January 19th. HOW LONG DID YOU DATE? Not sure on that one, we were undefined for quite a bit. (odd, yes. :>) HOW OLD IS HE? 30 WHO IS TALLER? Sam WHO CAN SING BEST? Depends on the song, anything other than lullabies would be Sam. :> WHO IS SMARTER? OF COURSE Sam would say him.... which he is on most SCHOOL type subjects, but not ALL!!!!!! :> WHO DOES LAUNDRY? Both of us, but Sam is the designated folder. WHO PAYS BILLS? Me, not a fan of it, but Sam has NOOOO sense of urgency! :> WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED? Sam, when he is home. WHO MOWS THE LAWN? Sam WHO COOKS DINNER? For the most part me, but Sam does every now and then. WHO'S FIRST TO ADMIT THEY ARE WRONG? Probably me, I usually have to ask Sam if he has an apology ready, or something he would like to say. :> WHO KISSED WHO FIRST? Sam kissed me after I gave him the GUILT trip. :> WHO WEARS THE PANTS? We both have our days. :>
Okay - Alicia, Ashlee, Tracy, Tessa, Summer,and SAM.... (if he ever reads this!!!) it is your turn! :>
I got to go to a scrapbook NIGHT with the girls last Friday - I capitalize night because it is always toooo short. :> Adee stayed with grandma and grandpa and Sam and Shep had a boys weekend. Picture Sam on the chair looking the EXACT same as Shep's picture - Pillow, blankie, drink, football. Good times. :> They both had a fun weekend, and I seem to be losing my "favorite" status with Shep - I gotta work harder. :> I had a great time with Leash, Tess, Tiff and Koy, it is always so fun to get away and chat and get a LITTLE scrap booking done, I think I am going to try to plan these things about once a month. :> As always, thanks girls! :> Love you all! Onto Adee's b-day! She surprised me with a request for a GIRLIE cake. Tinker Bell..... wow! She also opened a present before school, it was a crown, and she would not take it off the whole day, very cute. We had cake and ice cream with everyone that night and Adee scored in the present department, as always. She had a great time and keeps asking me how many days until her next birthday, when I tell her three hundred and sixty whatever she gets really mad and says she can't be expected to wait that long. :> Sam saved the day and told her that Christmas was coming up soon, so she better be good. We move right onto the next bribe in this family! :>
Sooo, Adee had her stitches out today. It only took about 20 minutes to get her out from under the chair at the Dr.’s office, and because I had Shep I was not asked to participate in the holding down ritual. It was bad, but not half as bad or LONG as last time. She kept screaming I NEED TO GET UP!!!! And then it was all over and she about ran out of the Dr.’s office. I can only imagine what her next set of shots is going to be like. :> SUPER FUN!!! I am crippled because I ran my first 10K on Saturday. I like saying 10K because it sounds like a longer distance than 6.2 miles, therefore it makes me feel better about being soooo sore! It was quite hard, I had been training for the last seven weeks and my longest run was 5.5 miles. My goal was to finish in under an hour and I did, no thanks to the WONDERFUL set up of the race! It was really unorganized and I had to ask about 15 different times which way to go. Oh well, it was good and hopefully the first of many races. My mom was down and she decided to join in the fun and run with me, she did great and had soooo much fun, right mom??? :> Next time it's in Boise and I am dragging her along again! :>
Just ask Adee! What a bummer. We were getting ready to head out the door to go to lunch with Becky and the twins when Adee tripped and fell on our kitchen tile, which is slate. (Bad idea to do slate in the kitchen!!) I was in the bathroom and I heard her fall - which is quite normal for Adee because she is always going 90 miles an hour - but she was really quiet - and I knew that was bad!!! I made my way into the hall and as I turned the corner I saw Adee staring down at her hands which were covered in blood. I about peed my pants. Really. :> I have never seen blood on my kids, especially not THIS much blood. Of course Sam was out of town, so I knew I had to be calm and deal with this on my own, not fun. I knew I would not head to the ER because our last experience with Shep was less than impressive, so after a few phone calls I headed up to Adee's Dr.’s office - HOPING that he would say it was not that deep and it just needed a butterfly bandage. No Luck. He walked in the room and started shaking his head and saying "oh no.” He said if you looked close you could see her skull - no thanks! I knew we were in for it. I asked if I had to help out and he said it was time to man up (yes, he said MAN UP :>) He explained to me that because of where the cut was it was really going to hurt Adee to have it stitched and that the numbing SHOTS (plural) were going to be the worst. He put some cream on her head to try to numb it a little before the shots and left the room for about 25 minutes to let it work. In that time I tried to prepare Ad's and myself for what was going to happen. I told her she needed stitches and she asked what those were - couldn't bring myself to explain that one - so I just said something that would make her head all better. Needless to say I did not succeed in preparing EITHER of us! Adee LOVES Dr. Burton and she told him that she trusted him, (which brought tears to my eyes) and laid down on the table for him to fix her head. First shot, bad news. Adee screamed. Mind you, this is a girl who does not even like her hair touched, let alone brushed, because her head is so tender. She had a few more shots in which the nurse and I had to hold her down and then Dr. Burton started to stitch - worse news. Adee was not numb yet and she came UNDONE!!! The nurse had her head and I was pretty much laying on her to try to get her to hold still because at that point there was no turning back. I HATED IT!!!! It was all I could do to not scream right along with Adee, and I think I did once or twice. WHY do they make parents hold their own children down? I guess I know why - but it still sucks. Back to Adee - Dr. Burton had to give her more shots in her head and she finally calmed down and he finished stitching. When it was all said and done Adee's face was bright red, she had sweat dripping from her hair and a very good idea of what stitches were. Poor girl. She really was brave, and I KNOW it hurt her really badly because she is a very tough girl - plus the pitch of those screams was not something that could be faked. I felt REALLY sorry for the kids who were sitting in the waiting room listening to her, wondering what was going to happen to them. :> So after all of that - I decided that it would be a good day for an ice cream cone. :> Ice cream always brightens Adee's spirits, and I think she will be okay until we have to go back in and have the stitches removed. Dr. Burton said it will probably scar because of where it is on her head, so if anyone has any good scar remedies please pass them on. :> WHEW!! Now on to the other good stuff! We got our yard in, there is a spot for my garden (never gardened in my life, wish me luck) and a spot for the trampoline and our 18ft. above ground pool. :> I know, maybe a bit W.T., but I think it will be fun. :> Our lovely dogs are happy because they just got a ticket back into the house once they get a bath. I am pretty sure they have STRONG distaste for us at this point, but I think we can win them over. AND Sheppie has taken his first steps on his own. It was cute! He was holding on to the coffee table and I was sitting on the floor he turned toward me and let go of the table and took about five steps into my arms. He was quite proud because as soon as he sat down he started clapping for himself! Good job buddy! We also got some family pics taken so I can FINALLY take the Christmas one off. :> There you have it. All updated! Adee and Shep's b-days are coming up, so those posts should be happy go lucky. :>
No, seriously! That is the backpack that Adee had to have for preschool. I tried to sway her to the princess ones, Tinkerbell, even Dora.... not having it, she wanted red car (as she calls him) from Cars. She would not let me take her picture until I got a picture of her backpack first. As I was taking the picture I had to laugh because I had the thought that "Burning up the Track" could be the subtitle to the documentary of Adee's life. Adelynn Butler : Burning up the Track. :> This girl has no slow speed. Everything is 100%. (Maybe 110%) She is so sure of herself that she cannot understand why everyone that she talks to does not want to be her best friend. I used to try to contain her chatting with people but then I realized that it was really a good thing - go ahead Ad., be who you are and let the other people adjust. I have to admire that! :> I am proud of her for being so secure with who she is, at almost four she is SOOOO independent and confident. When I dropped her off at school she asked me if she could go play, I said yes, she gave me a quick hug and said see ya later - that was that, no crying here - for Adee anyway. :> When I came back to pick her up her teacher told me that she is a Montessori teacher's dream, so creative and ready to learn. That's our girl! Sam also had a big day!!!!! :> 31 years for him! I broke down and bought him a Wii, which I may regret. He did work up quite the sweat last night playing it - not me. I am in shape! :> (right!) I think he had a good day, and he deserves it. He had to frost his own cake (help me frost it) because I hate to admit it, but it was the first three layer cake I have ever made, those 9X13's are soooo much easier. It was a yummy cake (thanks Ashlee S. for the recipe) and I even got a few pics of the masterpiece. As far as Shep is concerned, life is good. He is loving new food and figuring out how to walk despite his parents lack of help. :> We have alot going on in the next few weeks, so expect updates - maybe MONTHLY since I am so slow these days! :> I'm not sure WHY I am so behind on everything, but I am! Love you all, Sam and Ash.
