We have finally gotten a new computer and I can blog again!! Ours broke way back in the fall and I've had to only blog when I was at someone else's house. Which was so annoying! And I couldn't load any pictures...and now I can! Happy day!
Nothing too exciting has happened lately. We bought Jacey one of those little kids plush chairs. It's Lightning McQueen from Cars. He LOVES it. He has figured out a method to sit in it, he steps up with one foot, sits on it, then turns around and kicks his feet out. It's so fun to watch him. He is getting so big and talking so much. We understand practically nothing, but there are some definite phrases that are different and regular. One day we'll get it. Pretty much we understand "what's that" and that's about it. He says that all the time and to everything. Over and over again. And over again. He's very curious!
So the other night, Jeffrey was taking the garbage that had collected over the week from outside the back door and he was going to bring it through our house, upstairs and to the front lawn where it would be collected the next morning. And as soon as he got it in the back door, he kind of jumped, made some kind of noise (I would say screamed, but he'd be embarrassed) and dropped the bags. I thought it was a spider and since I'm not afraid of those, I went over to kill it. But when I went around to see what it was, a lovely, little brown mouse scurried from the bags and ran under our microwave (yes, we have a microwave on the floor in our living room..still no kitchen). Well, I AM afraid of mice, so I screamed and grabbed Jacey and jumped up on the couch. For the next 20 minutes or so, we watched the mouse run from the microwave to behind our TV stand. We were trying to figure out how to trap it so that Jeffrey could kill it. (We're not about "saving" the little critters and putting them back outside..they'd just find their way back in again). Anyway, we somehow didn't notice that the mouse was no longer under the microwave or the TV stand. But it soon ran out from behind the fridge across the room and into the bottom of our computer desk. From there it ran into Jacey's room under his crib!! Don't ask me why we didn't block the other rooms off before this, we were really dumb!! Anyway, Michael and Melinda got home then and Michael and Jeffrey took most of everything out of Jacey's room and then we locked them in and blocked the floor under the door with a towel and said that they couldn't come out until the mouse was dead. So Melinda, Jacey and I were safely videoing the event from outside the room. Wow, I just realized that normally, they would be regular doors that you can't see through, so we would have missed it all, but they're glass, french doors, so we got to see them freak out everytime the mouse took a run for it! It took a while, but finally the boys set up a trap for the mouse and it worked and a big wooden board fell on the mouse and it died. And thank goodness there was no blood. I was prepared for that, and I would have been happier with a bloody mess to clean up than a mouse in our house. But luckily, there wasn't any. We have some video footage of the mouse after it died, but I probably won't post it, that would be mean. It was sad that he had to die, but he chose the wrong house to come into. I was so grateful that they killed him though, cause if they hadn't, I was not going to be sleeping there until it was gone. I got used to a lot of bugs and gross things on my mission, but since we lived in the third story of a house, mice weren't something that I came across at all. At least inside. Give me spiders, cockroaches, geckos..I can handle those, but not mice! Anyway, glad that's all over with!
Here are a few pictures of Jacey. It's been a long time since I've posted recent pictures of him. He's getting so tall, but is still so skinny. He's walking like crazy and climbing up on things too. He has so much energy and it's exhausting for me to chase him around. I don't know how I'm going to handle 2 babies at the same time! I may regret it. Just kidding, not really, but it will be hard. My hat goes off to those of you that already are doing it, and especially to Crystal with her twins! :) Can't imagine!
Jacey and his beloved Jean-Jacques. He always manages to get into this basket somehow. I wanted to have Jeffrey photoshop this picture before he went to work, but he didn't have time, so I attempted to do it. Jeffrey helped me over the phone, but I totally made Jacey's feet look fake and fuzzy. I tried! Sorry to disgrace the art Jeffrey. :)
Nothing too exciting has happened lately. We bought Jacey one of those little kids plush chairs. It's Lightning McQueen from Cars. He LOVES it. He has figured out a method to sit in it, he steps up with one foot, sits on it, then turns around and kicks his feet out. It's so fun to watch him. He is getting so big and talking so much. We understand practically nothing, but there are some definite phrases that are different and regular. One day we'll get it. Pretty much we understand "what's that" and that's about it. He says that all the time and to everything. Over and over again. And over again. He's very curious!
So the other night, Jeffrey was taking the garbage that had collected over the week from outside the back door and he was going to bring it through our house, upstairs and to the front lawn where it would be collected the next morning. And as soon as he got it in the back door, he kind of jumped, made some kind of noise (I would say screamed, but he'd be embarrassed) and dropped the bags. I thought it was a spider and since I'm not afraid of those, I went over to kill it. But when I went around to see what it was, a lovely, little brown mouse scurried from the bags and ran under our microwave (yes, we have a microwave on the floor in our living room..still no kitchen). Well, I AM afraid of mice, so I screamed and grabbed Jacey and jumped up on the couch. For the next 20 minutes or so, we watched the mouse run from the microwave to behind our TV stand. We were trying to figure out how to trap it so that Jeffrey could kill it. (We're not about "saving" the little critters and putting them back outside..they'd just find their way back in again). Anyway, we somehow didn't notice that the mouse was no longer under the microwave or the TV stand. But it soon ran out from behind the fridge across the room and into the bottom of our computer desk. From there it ran into Jacey's room under his crib!! Don't ask me why we didn't block the other rooms off before this, we were really dumb!! Anyway, Michael and Melinda got home then and Michael and Jeffrey took most of everything out of Jacey's room and then we locked them in and blocked the floor under the door with a towel and said that they couldn't come out until the mouse was dead. So Melinda, Jacey and I were safely videoing the event from outside the room. Wow, I just realized that normally, they would be regular doors that you can't see through, so we would have missed it all, but they're glass, french doors, so we got to see them freak out everytime the mouse took a run for it! It took a while, but finally the boys set up a trap for the mouse and it worked and a big wooden board fell on the mouse and it died. And thank goodness there was no blood. I was prepared for that, and I would have been happier with a bloody mess to clean up than a mouse in our house. But luckily, there wasn't any. We have some video footage of the mouse after it died, but I probably won't post it, that would be mean. It was sad that he had to die, but he chose the wrong house to come into. I was so grateful that they killed him though, cause if they hadn't, I was not going to be sleeping there until it was gone. I got used to a lot of bugs and gross things on my mission, but since we lived in the third story of a house, mice weren't something that I came across at all. At least inside. Give me spiders, cockroaches, geckos..I can handle those, but not mice! Anyway, glad that's all over with!
Here are a few pictures of Jacey. It's been a long time since I've posted recent pictures of him. He's getting so tall, but is still so skinny. He's walking like crazy and climbing up on things too. He has so much energy and it's exhausting for me to chase him around. I don't know how I'm going to handle 2 babies at the same time! I may regret it. Just kidding, not really, but it will be hard. My hat goes off to those of you that already are doing it, and especially to Crystal with her twins! :) Can't imagine!
Jacey and his beloved Jean-Jacques. He always manages to get into this basket somehow. I wanted to have Jeffrey photoshop this picture before he went to work, but he didn't have time, so I attempted to do it. Jeffrey helped me over the phone, but I totally made Jacey's feet look fake and fuzzy. I tried! Sorry to disgrace the art Jeffrey. :)
Now here's the real deal...Jeffrey did this one. I love that little man Jacey and his tongue!! Whenever he grows a new tooth, he plays with it with his tongue. So cute!
11 comments:
Aww Jacey what a sweetheart, I feel like I haven't seen him in forever.
You guys are cruel!! haha I don't blame you though, it would freak me out...although I've had a mouse trapped in my room before when my cat was trying to torture it. I just trapped it somehow and brought it outside...I am a little more sensitive when it comes to animals. But cockroaches BLECH! Freaky bugs....haha
nice to see you back! ;) jacey is adorable!!! he's just so cute! those pics are great.
i HATE mice. kill the sick things!! i do have to say, i laughed out loud reading it though. just the part about the boys and watching them. that's hilarious!!
you'll do great with 2!! don't worry!
Hey, this is Stephanie, I'm Brandon Salmon's wife, and Brandon I think is cousins with your husband. I don't know either of you but I finally added all the cousins' links to our blog. Check it out if you want. Where did you serve your mission? I lived with mice in every apartment on my mission so I'm not one bit sad that you guys killed it!!!
Jacey is so cute. Must be nice to have Jeffery around to take AMAZING pictures. They are always so fantastic. The littel plush chairs are the best. My kids love them.
He is a cutie pie! I could barely read your blog today though, I'm convinced that mice have been put on this earth to freak me out and give me nightmares!
Oh Em those are great pictures! Expesially the last one...he is just sooo cute! It was so fun to have you guys over last night, thanks again. I can't wait till we live there, then when the boys go play basketball we can chill together!
Madagascar! Crazy! Never heard of anyone serving there. Did you learn another language? I served in the Philippines and learned Cebuano, Ilonggo, and a little Tagalog. I miss it so much! Well, maybe we'll all meet one day. :)
HE's so cute!~ I miss him. And every time Nix sees a picture he squeals "JAAAAACEY!" It's cute.
I HATE mice. And while that really sux for you...it was a funny story to read and I can just picture those two boys in there. It makes me think of Michael and the cricket. lol
cute pics!! and great new post. I can't imagine seeing a little mouse scurrying across the floor. I would for sure be up on the couch with you! hopefully they will finish your kitchen soon!!!
Ewww mice are disgusting!! But that just reminds me of last summer when Pratt's had a million mice in their home (and by a million what I mean is 7... so yeah... a million!) and Cindy had like 12 mouse traps set up around her house and as soon as she knew one was in the little box, she'd make Sara, Alana, Kaiti and I go outside and empty it. One day when we were emptying it, we took the box outside and put the little creature in a plastic baggy. I saw Cindy was standing on the driveway so I ran up to her holding it and she screamed and ran in the house and locked all the doors... it was the funniest Cindy moment of my life. After reading your post I kind of picture you running the same way from the mouse haha. What a great mental picture! But I'm glad it is dead. Hopefully you don't get any more! POST THAT VIDEO FOOTAGE! I want to see Jeff and Michael freaking out.
Also, I am actually VERY impressed by your photoshop skills. I couldn't do it if I had Jeff's help... so that is truly impressive! You did well! But that last picture of Jacey is SO cute. Looks like he and his sister have something in common! He's such a little stud. And the picture of him in the basket is priceless.
Love you!
I love this last picture of Jacey with his tongue out! So cute!
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