WHAAATS UP!!

You may say it has been a while, and I may say it hasn't. If you are reading this you know of my love of laziness!! So here are some pics of the M lady - or Sushi!! In my defense k works 4.5 hours away and has the computer with all the pictures on it.

Introducing the FATTY!! But a happy fatty!!


You know she wants to eat that flower - I would too!!

' She is saying "What's up dog?"
Here is my neice Alyssa holding her - Alyssa took all these pictures of the sushinator for me!! Girls are sooo fun - she wears a dress everyday almost!! :) If there were a celebrity lookalike contest sush would win - she totally looks like Yoda!! I will post again I am sure later than sooner.

Mei Lan

You know it has been a long time when you forget your password to log onto your own blog. Oh well - I have been a little busy and tired. She finally came - over 5 weeks ago! I have since blocked out the labor and recovery! I vaguely remember that 13.5 hours on Pitocin was not too lovely and I recall wanting drugs in the end. But it was too late and there she was! I do remember telling the doctor that I needed a nap before I could push, but the doctor didn't cooperate. The great ball of joy rang in at 7lbs 13oz, 19.5 inches at 11:21pm on Groundhogs Day, February 2ND. Her name is pronounced May - and it k picked it. We thought it meant plum, but k's dad and a few others say it means beautiful. Well that is a fair trade - her middle name is her grandma's first name meaning orchid. Beautiful Orchid - not to shabby. We all call her Sushi, so I guess it doesn't matter what her name is anyways :)..

Here is a pick of J holding her - he is in love. S loves her too, but I don't want to post another pic today.


Here she is thinking -"what did I get myself into?".. yeah sorry lady, you are stuck with us!
This is what happens when you have older brothers. Here is just one of the many poses J put her in. K has since put them into a power point presentation where it flashes the pics back and forth - making it look like she is moving. He is crazy, but it is funny.
Do you see that awesome flower!! Yeah too bad daddy is the headband Nazi - he says they leave marks so they are too tight!! I put them on, and he takes them off as fast as he can.
Can you believe this picture? K took it without looking - she was lounging on his tummy and he had the camera.

I am changing the title of our blog because we obviously moved back to CA. We just got our cars today so we are officially 100% Californian. It has been a crazy hectic 5 weeks and it does not appear to be slowing down. That means I will continue to be a lazy blogger - but maybe a cute little lady will inspire me. "Crazy People in Disguise" will probably be temporary - but it comes from the Robots in Disguise saying from Transformers! Plus we do try and look normal, even though we are crazy.

8 is GREAT!!

Well it happened. Some people call themselves procrastinators - but I really am one. If you ever find yourself in a situation like this one - you could be one too! The day of your 1st son's baptism, your mom looks at the white shirt he is going to wear and says "this is unacceptable".. Hey the shirt was free and it is fine - it is just one of those shirts that need to be ironed really well. Then she says "where is his tie, doesn't he have a tie".. Serious mom - I look at her like what are you even talking about. Long story short we are off to Target to buy a shirt and tie. That being accomplished, we make him change outside so I can get his picture in front of the Target store.


Then you go back into Target to the photo shop and print the - awesomely lacking in hair gel that was so desperately needed- photo of that said son. Anyways if this ever happens to you - you can be classified as a procrastinator too!! I also didn't send out invitations, and we decided we were going to baptize him here 10 days before we did it. I was sitting in DeAnn's house the day before J's baptism, and I said "you know J is getting baptized tomorrow" - "WHAT!" she exclaimed - "did you tell me this before?" In my defense it was announced in church the Sunday before and my answer was -"probably not" :).. Here is the Target picture.. (Getting an acceptable smile out of him was horrible for all involved - but 20 pics later we had a decent one)

Our good friends came up from VA to be there with us on this special day - we are going to miss them. We hope they move to the west - SOON! I am huge in this picture, but I am hiding behind cute boys!! My mom was there of course but I don't have a picture on my camera - she has one on hers, but that is way too much effort to get to.

Here is the cute dad and son combo - J was baptized with his friend Russel. It was a perfect night!! How fun for dads to get to do these life changing ordinances for their kids. We have been talking about and teaching baptism in our house forever. This was the day J got to make the commitment - of course we are so EXCITED for him.

This next picture is of my mom - can you tell she thinks it is cold here in PA!! She is such a baby - I tried to keep the thermostat down, but she couldn't take it. This is her with the thermostat at 67.. serious.. We have been having lots of fun and lots of naps. This baby was suppose to be coming today and tomorrow - instead we get to wait until mon/tue. She will be a groundhog baby probably. Therefore mom and I have been enjoying the time to just relax and have fun (and I am trying not to eat candy but GET REAL!).

There was a shower - and I will admit that I walked away blessed with more pink than I ever could imagine. When we got home J was on this right away. DeAnn made this tutu - she tells me I am to put it on her all the time. Then when she is 9 months old she won't want to go without it. It is sooo CUTE!! FYI - a true procrastinator doesn't have a name yet for her baby 5-6 days before her birth...

What you could do with some AWESOME snow!!

About 2 weeks ago we got the BEST snow I have ever seen here in PA. PA just had to prove me wrong - I am always complaining that it is just lousy ice we get. I have gladly been proven wrong!!

Here are some things my boys decided to do with the snow. Traditional snow ball fight.


Not as traditional - but more fun probably. A type of human bowling - the sled and person are the ball - and the rest are the pins. The pins are usually cooperative and get in the way of the sled.
A STRIKE of course - these are the days you need lots of kids that are your own and can't sue you for broken bones.

You could fill a sled up with snow and ambush the person coming down the hill with it. Look closely the J man is under the falling fluff.

Pile all your own kids (liability reasons again) on the sled with you and see how fast you can go into the side of the apartment building.

Just plain dog piling!

There also is the science project - snow volcano.

Our Christmas this last year in PA was spent the absolute best way it could have been. Just us in the apartment ALL DAY - never even considering getting out of our pj's. I do believe this was by far S's favorite gift - he has been carrying it around for a week now. Oh the joys of silly putty. He has been waiting for a year to get his silly putty privileges back (he lost them after a huge chunk had to be cut out of his hair - by his preschool teacher! He showed up to school with the chunk in his hair. I didn't take him to school that day so I am innocent of all parental neglect).

The most popular gifts were of course TRANSFORMERS!! That is what K did all Christmas day - transformed, transformed, and transformed. I took a nap!! We ended the night with TACOS!! I know how weird - but don't forget we have taco blood in us. It is what the boys wanted for dinner and that is what they GOT! To end the night on a high there were marshmallow wars. So CRAZY!! Grandma sent marshmallow guns and K was a master!! He was taking everyone out.

The picture below is no ordinary gun - k modified it by taking pieces from all three of their guns. He loaded it up and took fire at the boys. You can see some of them flying through the air. They were smart to cover up their faces. I really think K enjoyed the game more than the boys.

It is crazy that 2009 is over! Bring on the fun 2010!!

We had a birthday!!

Well the S-man turned 6!! I think he was really excited about it!! He looks a little scared in this picture. I think it is because of the six flames he is afraid will catch his face on fire. He wanted a chocolate Transformer cake - 1/2 Decepticon, 1/2 Autobot. I got some white icing and handed it to the K-man. Looks pretty good if you ask me - it has given the J-man a lot of CRAZY ideas of what his Transformer cake will look like. (If you haven't guessed - we are having a Transformer Christmas)
Doesn't the icing hanging off S-man's nose look yummy?

Well if you must know the extent of my pigness here it is. After we all had a piece I said to K "You know if we don't get rid of this cake, I will eat it all in the next few days - all by myself. We have to just throw it away." At this point in the conversation we switched over to Spanish because K had other ideas for the cake. I was worried it might make someone cry - but by doing it to both of the boys we avoided that problem. An excuse was made that I needed another picture of them biting the cake and K did his job flawlessly! I mean look at S-man's head - you can only see his hair - so cool!!

J made sure there was no crying - it was instant, crazy, loud laughter. J-man fell off his stool and was literally rolling on the ground busting up.

In fact he told me he wants this to be his Star of the Week picture. I mean what boy wouldn't want this picture in the halls of his school to be his representation.

These are the sad shoes that had to be retired. We were actually in NYC for the week of Thanksgiving with my whole family (except Dan and fam). I am guilty of not taking one picture - so lame! My SIL's had their cameras so there is photo representation somewhere in the country. These are the shoes my brother looked at on the crowded subway and said to me, loudly "what does their dad do for a living?!" As if profession should influence shoe buying - but I do agree they were in need of new shoes. In fact I got so much CRAP for it in NY that within days of returning they got new shoes. (In my defense I HATE TO SHOP!) People were even texting me to make sure they got new shoes - it is done, and they are happy. Our NY trip was AWESOME!! I thought it was going to be quite painful - 13 people in a 2 bedroom apt - but it was perfect. We did tons of traveling and EATING!! There are some seriously grubbing cookie, cupcake, restaurants there. We did the Martha Stewart show (FREAKINFANTABULOUS!!) I felt like I had been on a roller coaster by the end - I was exhausted from being so enthusiastic. We did the Rockettes show and went backstage afterwards because I have a SIL with connections. We did the Macy parade balloon blowing up event, the Museum of Natural History, soccer in central park, and some more eating. I even was successful in getting k a whole duck in Chinatown that he said was the best. He ate it for 2 weeks. I am sure I have forgotten some big events but I am old and pregnant.

We are in a tiny apartment until we move - and knowing my laziness and grinchness - I refused to put up a tree. Instead we taped a paper one up and decorated it. You may be asking yourself - why is there a big black goblin in the middle of the tree? I think the answer "he's a boy!" answers that question sufficiently.

We got some snow!!! The boys were stoked - and out there maximizing their snowman building time. I stayed inside and watched them warmly through a window.

Here is a prego picture that some have been wanting to see. I made my friend take it at her house, and if you are not satisfied - TOUGH CRAP!! I don't know if it shows the belly enough, but it does show that my clothes are too tight. I am huge -this was taken today 33 weeks and counting. Although at my appointment on Monday they said they would most likely induce Jan 27th if she doesn't come earlier (yeah right - they NEVER come early). I get another ultrasound in Jan to determine size - if the little lady is too big she may come even earlier. Just 6 weeks to go!!! I should really get on choosing a name - any suggestions are welcome. Quick story for my memory. The other night K was laying down with the boys and I was in the other room. They were talking of names for the baby. Then I hear S say "don't name her I CUP its a trick", he was dead serious. If you don't know the trick spell I CUP!!

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Catch up again!!

Oh the laziness - or should I say sickness. I mean we have all been healthy, I just tend to feel really tired. This baby - who is a GIRL!! Kept me barfing till 25 weeks, now I am 29 weeks and barf free. Currently I am really tired and officially gestational diabetic - what a pain. Who in the crap wants to prick their finger 4 times a day. I am sorry for all those who do it all the time. If you want to know what the little lady with no name looks like - close your eyes and imagine and ultrasound picture - YOU GOT IT!! That is what she looks like. K has taken to calling her sushi, I don't think that is going to go away even when we have a proper name. I keep reminding him he is NOT Japanese, and raw fish wrapped in seaweed and rice is not a good nickname for the 1st girl in the family. Here are some pics catching up on all the boring things you have missed.

Here is J at football camp. Whoever thought I would have a child who LOVED football. I don't think we will be doing a league, but he loved the 4 day camp he went to. They did real drills, running, dropping, catching, and tackling. He did this after a whole day of regular camp. He would go to day camp from 9-3 and football camp from 6-9 at night. That kid has more energy than he knows what to do with. GIVE IT TO ME!! Usually there would be a scrimmage everyday and he was PARANOID of being skins. I had to go tell the guy in charge that he had to be a shirt because there was NO WAY he was going to take his shirt off!! What a funny kid..

We went to CA for 3 weeks in August. K didn't come and as the day drew near to leave I wondered - what the HECK am I doing!! Serious I must have been smoking some serious crack. I didn't puke a ton in CA but I didn't feel that well either. We lived our lives on the Wii. At least 2 of the 3 weeks I had another boy cousin staying with us. My boys could not get enough of their cousins. We camped in Santa Barbara with our family - it was so fun and DIRTY!!

We also visited Legoland - 2 days of fun. We have never been and it was a blast. It is amazing what those crazy people have done with legos. We spent the night in a hotel near by which always makes the kids happy as can be. Why are hotels so exciting for them?

K and I escaped for a few days on a cruise to the Bahamas. Here is K in some thing - yeah I forget the name. What I remember about this day is of course the WATER!! Honestly how can the water be so clear, and so PERFECT!! I could have chilled in the water the whole trip. The temperature was so perfect that there were people loungin in the water alcoholic drinks in hand. CRAZY!! K didn't go in because he is not a fan of water - weirdo. I was a little irritated we didn't get to go snorkeling but the ship said no pregos on excursions. After the trip to the beach k pulled out his map and said lets go. That is right - unlike normal people who go in a safe group of tourists on a bus to explore - k wanted to do it on foot. So we walked, and walked, and walked. I was nervous at times because we were obviously the only tourists around, but it was all fine and fun in the name of exploring. I probably walked 6 miles that day which lead to many cases of braxton hicks as we were truckin along.

We did a weekend to Niagara and Palmyra NY a couple of weekends ago. Here is a pic of the Moroni Monument in Palmyra. What is so significant about this you say - well have you seen the Hill Cumorah this thing sits on. How could my child resist - it was very easy for me to resist. ROLLING DOWN the hill - 3XS I might add. He felt a little ill after. J kept begging and I thought, GO FOR IT! So J rolled, S ran, and K threw their shoes that fell off down the hill.

Here we are suited up for our trip around the falls. We stayed on the Canada side for a night and had a blast. The Canadian side is WAY better than the US side.

Sacred grove pic - this pic shows the dire need for haircuts in our family! S has tons of religious questions all the time. The week before we had been discussing how we had the fullness of the gospel and how this is the only true church. When I was telling him about the 1st vision and how Joseph was told not to join any church because none of them had the fullness of the gospel. S got really serious and questioned me. I thought we had the truth - SERIOUS I am not ready to explain these things to a 5 yr old. I did my best and I think he understands.

Halloween - soccer players. They look like they belong in some Japanese animation show - that hair really needs to be cut!!

We made some cracker houses after FHE the other day. S looks hungry - he attacked it the next day.

Frosting fun with dad.

Man I can't believe I just wrote all that. A funny story. The other day S got off the bus from school and I noticed his pants had a big "I peed my pants spot". So I calmly asked - hey did you pee your pants at school? S had an enthusiastic answer of "YEAH!". I mean he sounded like isn't that great - so then J started saying - yeah I think I peed my pants in Kindergarten too!! We decided it was an experience not to miss in Kindergarten. I guess one day he will figure out its not too cool.

Catch up!!

It is great when you have friends that remind you that you are not performing in the blog area of your life. I will have to admit I have not really been performing in any part of my life. It is crappy!! First lets catch up a little - so much has gone on but I have been lazy with the pics. Both kids are still alive and what the heck - spoungebob loving!! How can your kids know everything about the bob when you don't even have tv? Well J knows everything - and if he is ever at your house - I am sure he will be trying to sneak some squarepants on your tube!!

These are the only pics I have to document the last who knows how long. Soccer season has ended and J is still obsessed and still wants to play. He got crazy good at the end - mostly because he got so aggressive. I wonder where he got that from - not me!! His last game he scored 3 goals - nice!!






This next picture is of the squishy one - I mean the squishy one besides me. He is the one that J sends at night when they are in bed. The one he sends out to say "daddy will you lay down with us?". I always look to K and say - J is smart - he always sends the squishy one. Look at all the squishyness!!!

How can 3 boys pick like 40 bucks worth of strawberries? K kept telling J to stop, but then you would look over and he'd be sneaking in another. I was more of a pick to eat person - so the only fruits of my labor was a full belly.

We did swim team this year - J and S rocked. We went to the practices because I really wanted them to improve on their strokes. We only went to one meet because we aren't those die hard swim people. I mean 6 am - give me a break. They weren't into the biker shorts either.

GO S!!
We sold our house and are closing in 6 days!! I am excited I guess. I mean K has been doing most of the packing because I have been feeling like junk. I just want it to all be over. I guess I have been feeling crappy because I am pregnant. THE P FAMILY IS SUPER EXCITED!! I am only 12 weeks and I am actually feeling a lot better - still nauseous all the time but at least the barfing has kind of subsided. 3 weeks of everyday barfing - at least once - would make us all feel like crap. I've got everyone on my side for pink except the J man. He wants the blue - he wants another squishy one that he can send out to do his dirty work. He also wants him to sleep in his room. J likes to pat my belly - which is quite LARGE and say there is a baby in there. I try to remind him that the baby is the size of my pinkie maybe.

I forgot about girls camp - I got to go when I was about 6 weeks. I napped 2 days during free time - I tried to shirk all heavy lifting, and I ate all day long! The girls were great and those camp song/cheers are HILARIOUS!!

To end this pathetic yet long over due post I am going to tell my 2 favorite barfing experiences!!

1-driving and barfing - lucky I had a bag in my lap cause I had been feeling yuck and 15 min before I had a false alarm. Then it happened instantaneously - I just started barfing!! Lucky I was on a smaller road near my house so I pulled over and kept my foot on the brake while I was finishing!! J was watching me and saying gross. While S, who was sitting behind me and couldn't see - was yelling "I want to see, show me, what color is it!!". I just ignored him cleaned up and drove home for a nap.

2-Doing it in the toilet where it should be done. My toilet was really clean from frequent usage - I even just kept the boys stool near it so I could sit down if I wanted to. Anyways it was one of those times and as my body was rejecting everything in it, the projectiles hit the water and created a big splash. So big in fact the water splashed up onto my face. Gross - causing more rejection. Lesson learned - flush first if you can, to lower the water level!!

Well we are super excited about everything!! We get to go to CA for 3 weeks in Aug. - I am hoping to feel wonderful and until then survival is my motto!!