dear husband, sean

dear husband sean, you are sad that brennan has taken over our blog. well, not really sad that HE has taken over our blog as much as you are sad that YOU are not on our blog that much. it is true, i'm OBSESSED with our son. how about we stuff cherries in your cheeks and take pictures? that is one reason it is so fun to take pictures of our son. in this picture you are taming mom's unruly patch of ivy. have i told you how PRETTY i think ivy is?! too bad it's so tough to TAME. it's just such a magical plant! i feel like taking my shoes off and walking in it, until i think about all of the nasty spiders that have made their lovely abodes in it...that makes me want to not be within 20 feet of ivy. as you recall, i HATE spiders. i am still recovering from killing 3 black widows last week all by myself. it was SO sad to not have your Sasquatch feet to smush them for me!!! reasons why i LOVE YOU today: you tamed my mom's ivy patch two weeks ago and she's so thankful for your help. you smoosh spiders for me with your Sasquatch feet. you let me put my icy cold feet on your stomach sometimes and on your legs most times. you get your clothes ready the night before so you don't wake me up in the morning when i am sleeping. you did ALL, yes ALL of the dishes in the sink tonight and THAT is freaking fabulous!!! you let me have the remote whenever i really want it. that is all for now, but ode to dear husband sean. i will try to be better about making you a husband celebrity!

reasons why i LOVE this picture:

1. i'm wearing my favorite fall hat with all of the pretty colors (thanks kelsey)

2. i'm NOT wearing makeup and i STILL feel pretty

3. brennan is touching my face

4. i'm smiling with my eyes

5. brennan is in it with me (and looking at my pretty hat)

note: "pretty" is my word of the week,

use it twice daily and you will feel prettier!

p-fest, utah style

raddest pumpkin ever. reasons why i LOVE this pumpkin:

1. it is green and orange

2. it has a handle with lots of stuff on it

3. it is tall and skinny

baby celebrity--brennan r. gibson

STATS: 22.5 lbs, over 25 in. long, milk addict, 8 mo. old

mom: brennan, how are you handling this status of baby celebrity?

brennan: i just take it one feeding at a time, some breastmilk here and some veggies there.

mom: so would you say you're busier now as a baby celebrity?

brennan: well, i mean it's all relative. some days i poop once, some days i poop twice. i'm not much different than most adults. (mom wipes puke from baby celebrity's mouth and shirt that just appeared)

mom: that's very insightful.

brennan: yeah, i'm pretty much a down to earth guy.

mom: what does it feel like to be surrounded by kids that mob you every time you go in the backyard?

brennan: it feels pretty great.

mom: how will you handle the pressures of growing up with all of this attention?

brennan: well, i'm just gonna ride this train as long as i can.

ladies, this baby celebrity is SINGLE and one hot commodity, so start primping now b/c in 21 years he'll be ready for the taking! i give you, BRENNAN RYAN GIBSON!
i adore these handles, and therefore ADORE these pumpkins
baby celebrity and his lady friend (a.k.a. audrey, first cousin once removed, careful there!)

white chocolate, chocolate, carmel, almond dipped apples

step 1: lay all goodies out

step 2: unwrap each carmel...b/c the idiots who made the carmels for dipping apples individually wrapped each piece (seriously, why didn't i notice that before buying this pack??!!)
step 3: sigh of relief that you've unwrapped each carmel in under 20 minutes
step 4: stick sticks in all apples and roll in melted carmel (step 3.5 was melt carmel, if you missed that)

step 5: dip in both chocolates and roll in chopped almonds (yes, i skipped a few steps, but you get the idea)

Happy HALLOWEEN, BOO!

treasures from afar

mom came home from her trip to Jerusalem and surrounding countries last night, bringing FABULOUS trinkets and such.

brennan loved the sound my headdress made...i did too. i love how feminine it made me feel to wear such pretty things
LOVED these headdresses SO much, i thought i'd make one into a skirt (over jeans and skirts of course). this is my favorite thing mom has ever brought home by far:
such a beeeeeeautiful scarf, what will i choose to wear to church tomorrow!? tune in monday to see:-)
below are incense burners, frankincense & myrh (really!), dead sea soap, & dead sea lotion. deeeeeelightful treasures! gracias mucho mucho mama!

my faaaaaavorite....

Winken and Blinken are two little eyes, and Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoes that sailed the skies
Is the wee one's trundle-bed.
So shut your eyes while mother sings of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things as you rock in the misty sea,
Where the old shoe rocked the fisherman three:Winken,Blinken,and Nod.

Eugene Field

i actually really did

cry! i can't help it. i read stephanie's blog, get deeper and deeper into her story, and i cried. one twinkling tear rolled down my face. now sean really will make fun of me! it's a good thing he loves me and thinks it cute that i cry over things like this. it's a good thing i love him and kind of like it when he makes fun of me;-) i LOVE you my sweet and miss you already!

felt like crying

i felt like crying this morning. i put brennan down for his morning nap, made the bed, cleaned up the toys and kitchen, and ran straight for cjane's blog. i have to get my morning nie nie update! this morning cjane was running off all of the things she and her family were doing this weekend and mentioned that she was going to see stephanie awake for the first time on saturday. i looked at a picture of stephanie in a post from earlier in the week, and i felt the tears welling up. it was a happy/devastatingly sad kind of almost crying. what is going to go through her mind? thank goodness sean had just left for school so he couldn't tease me about my weepiness over a girl i've never met! and yes, i AM addicted to blogging. love you, my dear.

"IT" happened

it!!! yes, it did. IT happened. i was walking through the halloween section of target, and IT happened. i almost didn't believe IT, but after the second verse of jingle bell rock i stopped dead in my tracks (again, in the halloween section). christmas music was playing in target. i looked around and listened really well to make sure it wasn't a halloween version of jingle bell rock. no sir, it was not. it was the real santa wearing red suit, reindeer flying version of jingle bell rock. am i wrong or is halloween still a week away?? what the HEEEEEEEECK is going on!?

also on our walk...

"moooo," said the cows.

(our neighbors down the street have cows. we ALWAYS stop to say "moo." they know us now and walk over to us if they are semi-close)
i think they like brennan more than meeeeee.

his face still gets a bit nerVous when they first walk over, but he squeels with excitement at least once!

then we just sit quietly and stare at eachother.

then B and i leave for the rest of our walk. this is my view of the two boys in the stroller (B and Hurley, that is)