New Obsession

You’re probably thinking a freezer full of food, huh.

It all started earlier this year when my parents and us, being Jon and I decided to buy a whole pig and split it. It actually took a while to get it because it was a little piglet when we bought it and it had to grow up. We bought the pig from a guy that my dad works with so my dad would always come home and give us updates on how the pig is doing. My dad and Jon thought that we really needed to name this little piglet and pay it a few visits during its life. They always suggested that Wilbert would be a good fit, how dare them. All I could think about was the cute little pig on Charlotte’s Web named Wilbert. However, my mom and I have very soft hearts and couldn’t even think twice about naming this little piglet let alone paying it visits. Even though they are dirty and stinky little things it is still sad to think that it’s life is going to come to a short end so we can eat it. :( With that said a couple weeks ago our pig was finally ready for us to pick up. We got about 180 lbs worth of meat. All the white packages in the freezer is the pig. We were able to get lots of bacon, sausage, pork chops, pork roast, steak hams, butt hams, and hucks for yummy lima bean soup. Ummmmmmm doesn’t that sound good.

Next my mom and I decided to purchase 40 lbs of chicken. Macey’s was having a case lot sale and they had 40 lb boxes of chicken for 1.49 a lb. It was a pretty good deal and I couldn’t pass it up. The past couple of years my mom has bought the boxes of chicken but this year I finally decided that it was a good investment. Why is it such a good investment for us? Well, Jon loves to eat chicken. I have never seen anyone that loves chicken like he does. I at least fix some type of chicken every other night. So the brown box’s in the freezer is the chicken. One box for them and one box for us.

My other adventures are trips to Costco and sadly enough Wal-Mart. Every time I go to the store I have this urge the whole time that I have to buy double of everything. Which, yes I have been doing. It doesn’t matter what it is I still grab double. For the longest time I didn’t realize that I was doing this until one day when I was thinking about food storage. I thought to myself that I have a little stock pile of food storage going on right now. Probably not the right kind of food storage for an emergency but it is still food.

I was explaining my new obsession to my mom the other day and she just smiled and laughed. She said “I think that you are being a typical mother and are feeling the urge that you need to make sure that your family is set”. Once she stated this I knew she was right. Every time that I buy in bulk it makes me feel good knowing that we have a stock of it.

I think that it is so funny how I have changed since I have become a mom. This is just one of many things that I have noticed. I will post others later that I have noticed and is frankly just driving me nuts.

My next bulk obsession is making some homemade Salsa!!! And YES I will drag my mom into this too. I guess I feel that they need to stock up too.

P.S. I am still pretty upset about my post getting deleted yesterday.

Frustration

Huh- I can't tell you how frustrated I am right now. I was just writting a post and I suddenly got an error message and it said that it couldn't save the information. It made me click okay and guess what.... My entire post did not save!!! It was a long post that I was pretty much done with and it is gone. So when I get over it I will rewrite my post and hopefully will be able to post it.

A Day At the PuMpKiN pAtCh

Last Saturday we went to a pumkin patch in Layton. It was lots of fun and I want to do it again next year. You probably ask why in the heck would you go to a pumpkin patch in Layton when you probably passed up 10 on your way there? Well, my friend Sara went there the week before and said that it was fun and pretty much free. The name of the place was J and J nursery which by any means was a huge nursery. Not only would you get a free hay ride and pumpkin for each person they were doing a food drive for the local food bank in Davis county. It was a bit cold but we bared through it. I bundled Landon up with his jacket and the one blanket that I brought. By the time we were done his little nose and fingers were like ice cubes, poor little guy. If it makes you feel any better when we got back to the car we turned the heater up full blast and he warmed right up.

Growing up I don't ever remember going to a pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins. If we did I must of been a little tyke and that is why I don't remember it. As a kid I remember waiting until a week or so before Halloween and going down to our local Albertson's and digging through the many boxes looking for the perfect pumkin. My sister and I always had to find the biggest pumpkin that we could find. I know many times mom and dad wouldn't let us get the big ones and would talk us into the smaller big ones as they would say.

Nothing can replace those special childhood memories that I hold. Anyways, I am glad that we went and I can't wait until next year.

Getting ready to leave to go to the pumpkin patch.

What a cute family picture :)

Landon on the hay ride back. It was exhausting picking out pumpkins

Friday Night Fun

So Landon is now almost 4 months old and I have been patiently waiting for him to one-day roll over. Many other babies that I have known have all ready done this by now so like any other mom I think that he should too. However, I know one reason why this has not happened yet. The one reason I can think of like I mentioned in my last post is because he doesn't like to lie on the floor. Honestly, I don't blame him. You can only look at the same ceiling and other surroundings (including his toys) for so long. He only last maybe 10 mins on the floor max. I know this is not enough time for him to learn that there is another way to change up the view. After much thought I have made floor time more present than it has been in the past.

On Friday night after I got done putting his adorable PJ's on (I will tell you about the PJ's in a moment) I decided to lie on the floor next to him and play. He was lying on his back and would slightly curl up in a ball and fall on his side so he could see me and smile. I would talk and try and bribe him to finish rolling over but he wouldn't :( I think the problem is that he doesn't know what to do with the arm that he is trying to roll over. That dang arm is acting like a roadblock for him and I have decided that I need to have a little chat with that arm.

Anyways after many attempts and a half hour of trying I finally helped him roll on to his tummy to show him how it works. This is when the MAGIC happened. I started to get up off the floor and glanced down and it happened. He rolled over from his tummy to his back. Yeah, it finally happened!!! I looked at Jon and said, "Did you see that?” He sadly missed it. So I was on a mission to get him to do it again. I thought "Hey, maybe you might want to go get the camera". So I barreled on up the stairs, grabbed the camera, and barreled back down the stairs to discover that he rolled over again. I couldn't believe I missed it. So for the next hour I tried and tried to get it on camera and would he do it? Nope. That little sticker would not do it. I hope he knows that one day I will get it on camera. Now we just need to work on getting him to roll over from his back to his tummy.

Now about the adorable PJ's. My mom made this way cute Cars blanket and gave it to me at one of my showers. She then later found some really cute PJ's to match it that had Cars all over them. The PJ's are a little big but they worked and I couldn't resist not getting any pictures of him in them. So here they are.

This is after a hour of trying to roll over and mommy taking lots of pictures. Needless to say it was bedtime.

Doing a little dance for Halloween ;)

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P.S. I have to give all credit to Hilary for discovering this. ;)

Some New Toys

So finally I am going to post again. Yeah!!!!!! I can not believe how busy life has become. Going back to work has definitely shaken things up a bit. However, I think that we might finally be getting things down into a routine. Just in time for the holiday's -right-. Then the craziness starts all over again. Although I can't complain to much because I do love this time of the year with every ones birthday's and the fun holiday get together's.

So on with the post. Landon got a new chair and walker this week. He absolutely loves to either sit or stand. If he is doing one of these he is a happy camper. If you even think about laying him down he will soon let you know what he thinks about that. Kicking, screaming, and crying are the results that you will hear. Since my mom watches Landon while I am at work she decided to invest in a walker with lots of fun toys on it. He loves to sit in it and play for a while, at least until you can get a load of laundry in. Now for home I decided to get a Bumbo. Yes, I invested in one of those ugly looking chairs. He fits right in it sitting straight up like a big boy. I have been able to use it while I am doing dishes and making dinner. What a life saver so far!!! After a while he will start getting board and then he will start to wiggle his way out by arching his back and pushing on the sides with his hands. What a little squirt. So we will see how long this will last being he is already trying to get out of it. I guess apparently he thinks that he is to big for it :)