the countdown begins

I don't know that we've been up to anything too exciting, but here's a little update.
I have always thought it was hilarious when kids fall asleep in their high-chair while eating, but Jacoby has never done it. The other day, he wouldn't lay down for his nap and so I got him some toast and went in the other room for a minute. I didn't hear him chattering after awhile and came out to this. I had to grab the camera. :) He looked so handsome in his little outfit that I had to get a picture.

Jacoby is the WORST shopper of all time and hates sitting in the cart or stroller, doesn't stay by me, and runs away. Well on this trip to the grocery store, I made him use his monkey backpack/leash and I bribed him with this huge sucker. He was thrilled and was a lot better than normal. It was a huge mess, but I don't even care. By the way, I don't know why people think leashes are a bad thing, please forgive me for trying to be a good Mom and take care of my kid. Grr...

I was so thrilled that Katelyn's husband had an interview at Midwestern. It was great to spend a little bit of time with her. I'm really hoping that Doug gets in so they can move by us. Jacoby and Krew had fun together swimming and playing on the toys at the mall. I love Kate and miss her lots. She even colored my hair while she was here; she does such a good job. Thanks for coming to see us! Oh, Katelyn agrees that Jacoby is a bad shopper and a very busy boy. Dang! Ha ha.

Jacoby had is two-year check-up the other day and it was a real nightmare. It was a new doctor's office, but I think he quickly realized what was going on and his memories of the awful stitches came back. They could hardly even do anything. I felt bad for him because he's been through a lot at the doctor's office already. We ended up going to get him Red at the Disney Store afterword. I think he's his favorite car yet.

He is loving cars right now and loves to line them up in a row.

Little girls push dolls in strollers, boys push cars.

Yeah, Jacoby runs around in a diaper a lot; it's hotter than heck here!

Tyler had his white coat ceremony on Friday. We're really proud of him and how hard he works. He's doing really well, but that's not a surprise.

I'm tellin' ya, it's hot here, check out that sweaty forehead as proof.

The countdown has definitely begun, my family is coming to see us in 4 days. It's been almost three months since I've seen them. I miss them so much. I'm really glad that we have Skype and can see each other and talk on there, but I usually start crying after I talk to them or while I'm talking to them. They really are the best. Can't wait to see you guys!

bye bye, we won't miss you one bit

For the last year of so Jacoby has just had his binky when he is sleeping, but the other day he didn't want to brush his teeth, so I told him he didn't get his binky. I decided we were getting rid of it right then. That night was pretty sad and he was screaming in his room saying, "Please Mommy, bo!" (binky) I almost wanted to give it to him because he was asking so politely, but I was too determined to get rid of it. Things are going really great now and I'm glad we've moved on. I was always really nervous to do it because he was so attached to it when he slept, but he got over it. We kept telling him he was such a big boy and we went a got him a book for getting rid of it. Good job, Jacoby!

Yesterday morning Jacoby came up to me and said, "Bye bye Mommy!" He had his play keys and Taylor's old cell phone in his hand all ready to go bye bye. He even tried to unlock the door with his keys.


I made these banana pancakes yesterday and they were really yummy. Try 'em!

Jacoby's Scrapbook

I was so excited to get Jacoby's scrapbook in the mail the other day. It's so fun to see the pages printed and in a book. You can look at it below!

Click here to view this photo book larger

post my projects-button shoes

I got these shoes not too long ago, but wasn't a fan of the rhinestone on them and thought maybe I could just pluck them off, but they didn't look very good after that and had little holes. I thought it would be really fun to glue white buttons all over instead. I had my mother-in-law pick up some buttons for me in Idaho Falls before they came to visit. I hot glued them on and while I was doing the second one, I looked at the other shoe so they would be pretty similar. I like them a lot better now.

Here's a before picture, but they were white. After
I finished Jacoby's birthday pages so that I could get his second year scrapbook made. It's should be arriving in the mail soon and I can't wait to get it!

Visitors

I have been slacking on the blog posts, but here's a little update.
Just a cute picture of Jacoby yesterday after we cleaned the church. He was a good boy while we were cleaning and just followed Tyler around while he emptied all the garbages and me while I vacuumed. He brought his big train toy and pushed it all over the place. He was thirsty and so we got a drink for us to share. He wasn't very interested in sharing though. Tyler's family came to visit this past weekend and we had a great time. They are so good to us and do so many nice, thoughtful things for us and we really appreciate it. When they first got here, Savannah surprised me with a little box containing TWO Cocoa Bean cupcakes. I pretty much love her. We shopped a lot and found a really great mall, went swimming, ate a lot, and went to a Diamondbacks baseball game. We know it's a long drive from Idaho, but we're so glad they came to see us. It's so fun having visitors.
Savannah and Taylor stayed with us and took turns sleeping in the trundle next to Jacoby's bed. I thought they were pretty sweet and had to get a picture.

At the baseball game, Jacoby liked to climb up on this baseball and jump off. Sometimes he is too brave.

These next few pictures have some really scary red eyes I can't get rid of, but other than that, it's a great shot of the family.

On the way to the game we were driving on a road called Thomas, so I wanted a picture. I would've liked to get out and get in the picture, but we were at a stop light. By the way, Thomas is doing really well and working harder than ever. It makes the time go by so much faster knowing that he is so happy where he is. He is a great example to me and I love and miss him so much.

Thank you everyone for the kind birthday wishes on my birthday last week. It's nice to know that I haven't been forgotten about even if we moved so far away. My family made it a wonderful day even from afar. I was able to Skype with my mom and sisters, talk to my friends, grandmas, aunts, dad, sisters, and so many others. It really means a lot and I love ya all! Jacoby and I went shopping for a little while and got some ice cream. Later I went to Famous Dave's with Tyler while my wonderful friend Brooke watched Jacoby. (It's been great to have a friend down here in Arizona that I already know.) The food there was great!

I received so many nice gifts on my birthday: orange plates, clothes, jewelry, cake plate, sprinkles holder, frosting tips, money, gift cards, movie, decorations, and chairs for our table. Thank you everyone. :)

I love this holder that Steph gave me. She also gave me an awesome set of frosting tips I've had on my wish list for a long time. Now I can make pretty cupcakes, but definitely won't be as awesome as her cupcakes.

A cute necklace from Livi and Annie with a fun bracelet.

I'm in love with this cake plate. Becca knows me so well because this has my name written all over it. Can't wait to use it. It'll be fun to switch out the ribbon for different holidays or parties.

Spending my birthday with one of my favorite people. Love ya, bud!

post my projects-glass etching

Awhile back I talked about doing some posts on some projects I've been working on. This is the first project I'm going to post about.
I bought these canisters right after we go married. They are the largest size of glass canisters at Walmart. I have always really like them and the convenience of having them out on my counter. I use these two ingredients so often that it is a real time saver to have them right there, where I work, and right next to my Kitchen Aid. For the longest time I've been trying to think of a way to label them with flour and sugar. I didn't want to do vinyl, but I wanted to do something. I mentioned it to Steph and she said she wanted to use glass etching on them. I realized that was perfect, so thanks Steph. (We have the same taste on a lot of things.) You can pick up the glass etching at a craft store, but be sure to bring in a coupon, because even the baby bottle was a little pricey without a coupon. Cut our vinyl in the word you want to use, place it on your glass, and follow instructions on the glass etching package. It's really easy and I love it.

My canisters:

Steph's canisters:

My aunt Deanna, who cut the vinyl for me, had a Pyrex dish with her last name on it. I decided to do a couple for my cake pans. I thought I would just do Roe, but it was just too small so I added family. Who ever thought that my last name would get shorter, from Long to Roe. :)

This isn't the best picture, but you can kind of see what it looks like.

Just had to throw in a picture of Jacoby.

Most kids sleep with stuffed animals, but he sleeps with his basketball. :)

TWO

Wow, Jacoby is two now! That is definitely crazy to me. He is such a fun boy and so full of energy. We are having such a fun time hanging out together all day while Tyler goes to school and studies all the time. Jacoby loves when Tyler gets home and pretty much wants nothing to do with me after that. Oh well, then I get to escape and blog for a little bit.

I wanted to document a little about what Jacoby is doing at two:

-Really into movies, but Cars and Toy Story are his favorites. He brings me movies all the time wanting to watch them, and throws a fit when I won't let him watch movies all day. Weird that I wouldn't allow that huh?

-Loves playing with cars now, finally. He was always so interested in basketball and baseball and never showed any interest in playing with cars. He especially loves playing with his cars from the movie Cars that we got him last Christmas. Finally they're getting used. :)

-Loves popsicles and would eat ten daily if he could, but I don't let him. I don't know why I'm surprised that he has such a sweet tooth; he gets that from me because I have a major addiction and didn't cut back when I was pregnant with him. I ate healthy besides that though. :)

-He is sleeping in a twin bed and doing okay. Hopefully it gets better soon, but right now he wakes up in the middle of the night and I usually end up sleeping in his tiny bed with him.

-Saying quite a few words and a few short sentences, here's the list: snack, drink, car, ball, basketball, book, bye bye, hi Mommy, Daddy, I want Annie, Mattie, bubbles, fish, stop it, duck, quack quack, bike, I want some more please, thank you mommy, Johnny, Eden, milk, dog, cat, cow, moo, rabbit, I don't want it, Janet, it's hot, monkey, blanket, no, yeah, please, thank you, love you, mitt, bat, bear, basketball hoop, and probably a few more.

On Saturday I wanted to do a few fun things with him for his birthday since we wouldn't be able to do as much on Sunday, so I took him to a splash pad. He loved it and ran around screaming. We had a little picnic after that.

Later we went to Toy Story 3 together; it was a great show. Jacoby liked it a lot. Go see it!

After church yesterday, we had calzones, which are his favorite.

This is a basketball hoop for the pool that Tyler and I gave him.

I made him Elmo cupcakes that he was pretty excited about. They're not professional looking at all, but they were fun for Jacoby. I have been teaching him to blow out candles so he would be ready on his birthday, and he blew it out quick. Love this face

Tyler's parents got him this fun trike.

Jacoby had a lot of fun and was sure spoiled by his grandparents, cousins, and aunts and uncles. A few more things he got were: beach toys, Cars Magnadoodle, clothes, Cars book, crayon roll, basketball and football, and lacing toy. Thanks everyone, you are all great.

Happy birthday, Jacoby. We love you and are so happy to have your in our family. You make us so happy bud!

I hope all you wonderful Idaho people I miss so much enjoyed all these pictures. We love you!

first day

We've had a lot of fun going to the pool just about every day. Jacoby loves to swim with his water wings on and play in the sand. We love taking this wagon my parents gave him to the pool because it has enough room for all our crap and I doesn't matter if he's wet. We're having fun in Arizona, but we miss everyone; I don't think that will ever change.
I really love my ward down here and am so grateful for all the friendly and outgoing people who've made me feel so welcome. It's been very hard for me to adjust to being away from home, but they have made it easier. Our relief society has tons of activities throughout the week like cooking groups, craft groups, play groups, book clubs, and even more stuff to keep all the students' wives busy. Tyler and Jacoby on his first day of medical school. I asked for a picture before he left and he said only if Jacoby could be in it. It'll be fun to take one every year of the two of them together and see how much they change. :) Tyler is such a hard worker and will do great in school. I know that it's going to be a lot of work, but it will be worth it.

I've been keeping busy and sane by working on little projects here and there. I've decided I'm going to do a series of posts of projects I've been working on, so I should be posting one pretty soon.