JUNE's COVER MODEL

EVERETT MICHAEL ERICKSON

Dancin' her HEART out!

I have always LOVED dancing...in front of my sibblings when we were younger, at school dances as a teenager, at the clubs in college and now in front of my kids in my living room.
There is no denying that I would be the mom of a child that would LOVE to dance but my little girl is OBSESSED. She dances all the time...she is now on a performing team and now after her recital she can't get it out of her mind. I'm beginning to think my dreams of a star athlete my be put on the back burner to DANCE...WHAT??!!? whatever, I guess:)
What I would like to brag is Berlin is doing really well and she is TWO years old...the other girls in the class are all almost 4 years and older. This to me shows how much she loves this. These are videos from the rehearsal we weren't allowed to take video or pictures at the real deal. I have ordered the professional video of the actual performances.

Gotta LOVE IT

Being a mother is such a pleasure and most of the time I post all the many joys that come from being Berlin and Everett's mom...today I am going to reminisce about a day from mommy hell so one day when my kids resent me they can refer to this post and say wow our mom was so amazingly good to us!
It was an evening a couple of weeks ago, Michael had to work late and I had just finished making a nice and nutritious meal for Berlin and I. Everett was in his bouncer enjoying some toys. I pull out my chair to sit down and enjoy my dinner with my sweet baby girl. Right after the first bite Everett decides he HATES the bouncer so I go pick him up and again sit down to eat my meal. As I am asking Berlin how her day was and enjoying our sweet conversation Everett soils his diaper. At that moment I thought ya know Ev can just sit in his dirty diaper while I finish my meal I am too hungry to change him right this minute...right after that thought a warm gooey sensation trickles down my leg. From that point on I go change Everett's diaper after I was finished I go to get Berlin and food is all over my cabinets and floor. I then throw them both in the tub since they are now BOTH FILTHY. I get Everett washed up and out of the tub and within that 2 minutes and Everett's room is RIGHT next to the bathroom Berlin gets a couple of inches of water on my bathroom floor. I put her in time out in her room get Everett in his PJ's go to get Berlin out of time out and SHE is NOT in her room. I yell out for her and she comes out of my room in a very nonchalant manner in full make up says "Yeah Mom?"...gotta love mommy hell days! I also documented the poop pants so Everett can pay me back in the future.

WHAT THE???

So a couple weekends ago I was nursing my daughter back to health as she was suffering from a 102 temperature when my entire house shook like an earthquake had started. I thought maybe our umbrella had fallen out on the deck from high winds. I started to look out back when a younger long haired boy bails off of my back yard into a canal ditch behind my house...confused I watch him get out of the ditch and run to the left of my home. Long story short I walk out back YELLING "WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED????" (Everett on my hip...so classy:) The 2 boys in the field start to walk towards me with tails between their legs and explain how they were rolling a freaking HUGE truck tire down a hill up the road and it got out of control with Eric trying to stop the tire from hitting my house...UNSUCCESSFUL.

smells so sweet

My husband rocks my world here is a view of my Mothers day flowers hanging in front of my house and then the roses that arrived at my work...love HIM

5 mAgICaL YEARS!

The story of us...
It was 1998, I was a new sophomore at Idaho Falls High School and I had no idea WHERE my first class was...I was in a group with some of my friends trying to figure out where to go when this tall dark and handsome guy made his way up the stairs. He had a big blue Burton backpack on and his class list in hand (we still have the backpack)
Michael at that point in my life was MY NEW CRUSH!
Well things with Michael didn't go as planned that year...I never had the courage to tell anyone about the crush and we both dated other people. My junior year we dated a bit but it wasn't until my Senior year right before graduation Michael showed up at my house on a Friday night with our friends Andrew and Hugh. After that night we haven't skipped a day without hearing eachothers voice. It was also the beginning of a journey that has led us to 9 years together and today marking our 5 year wedding anniversary.
Throughout our time together Michael and I have been through a lot.
We went to school in different cities for almost a year.
We moved to San Diego. We lost my dad. We got burglarized. He graduated from SDGA. We moved to Boise for a job. We turned 21. We partied a lot. We always had roommates. We bought our first house. We got married. Went to Costa Rica on our honeymoon. We sold our first house. We moved to Pocatello for REAL jobs. We bought our second house. We had a baby girl. We built a house. We had a son. Now celebrating 5 years of marriage.
Here are some pics of our special day...

Michael I love you so much. Thanks for loving me the way you do and making me laugh everyday. Cue Kings of Leon... :)

That day on the stairs wasn't just the moment I knew I had a crush...it was the moment I knew my future was present.

LOVE HIM.

5 MoNtHS!!

My son is 5 months...
I still have a hard time accepting that he is not a newborn anymore. He is this energetic little boy that laughs at all my jokes and turns his head into my shoulder when his grandma flirts with him.
He really tugs on my heart strings anytime I see him. He is such a sweet little boy and I never knew how much love I could give until meeting him.

Everett Michael is a big talker he LOVES to coo and to laugh. He really loves to be scared...his sister practices her scaring tactics on him often so she is the number one comedian in his life.
He can roll over on one side
He can hold himself up on his tummy
He LOVES his dadda...he has to know where he is at ALL times. Even when nursing I have to tell Michael not to talk just so he will finish eating.
He is an excellent sleeper he still sleeps in my bed. We both LOVE it! He loves it because it is huge and he thinks it is all his I love it because when he wakes up in the night I am right there to cuddle him.
He is in 6-9 month clothing and his feet are huge.
He is very long and about 16-17 lbs
He drools a lot. He loves his green binkie but he really I think wants his fingers.
He is growing up too fast and I can't describe how sweet a boy he is.

Oh and since Berlin has seemed to be pushed to the side the last 5 months so here is a little update on her...
She is going to be 3 in September and she is a riot! She loves to play house, color, play play doh and jump on her trampoline. She can count to 14 in english and 11 in Spanish. She knows what city and state she lives in, her birthday and who the president and vice president are and she also knows where they live. Her favorite color is blue. She loves her dogs. She also just made a itty bitty dance team that has 4 competitions a year so I will be posting videos soon. She is such a sweet big sister and daughter. Yesterday she looked at me and said..."HEEELLLOOOO GORGEOUS!" I said what is that from and with attitude she said Alvin and the Chpmunks...mom!