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More From Bradlee...

I don't know how many of you have seen the Bill Swerkski's Super Fans skit on Saturday Night Live, but those of you who have will get a kick out of this...

Tyler: Bradlee, can you say Brock?

Bradlee: Daaaaa Baby!

And then tonight at Red Lobster...

Me: Bradlee, you should try some of your fish.

Bradlee: NO, Tory!

Brock Update

First of all, he has been holding his own bottle for a while now. It makes me happy and sad all at the same time. It is really nice to be able to just hand it to him when I am in a hurry, but it means he is growing up too fast! Did I mention that I also still let Bradlee have a bottle from time to time? And the mother of the year award goes to...(wait for it)...TORY MCLACHLAN!

Secondly, he is crawling! I saw it for the first time yesterday night during family prayer. I had my eyes open, obviously, and watched him crawl over to Tyler. It took a lot of self control not to start cheering in the middle of the prayer.

He is getting so big! I sure am gonna miss Baby Brock!

25 Random Things...

Thanks for the tag, Kate!

1. I hate staying anywhere besides my own house. I refuse to take my shoes off in hotel rooms, and I won't allow the comforter to touch me (you know they don't wash those every time).

2. I would rather have nice things and a nice house than travel. I don't like travelling because I don't like staying anywhere besides my own house.

3. I dance and sing in my house as loud as I can, and I pretend that I am on stage in front of lots of people. It's one of my fantasies...and I am only halfway serious about it!

4. If I had to look like someone else, I would pick Eva Mendes. What can I say, I could use a little junk in the trunk...not anywhere else, but there, yes.

5. I am a quitter by nature. I don't really care for challenges or anything of the sort.

6. I have terrible social skills. People make me SOOO nervous.

7. I honestly believe that my parents know everything. I trust everything they say 100%, no questions asked.

8. I miss dancing more than anything. I am not that good at it, but it sure does make me happy. I plan to take it up again one day...on my own terms...my own style...in a studio...in my basement.

9. I once stole every life preserver from every pool in Klamath Falls. I had help, but I am pretty sure it was my idea. Well, not all of them, but a lot.

10. People say I am super competitive, but I don't really think so. Molly is WAY more competitive than I am. Oh yeah, and she's meaner.

11. My idea of a good time ALWAYS involves food.

12. Sometimes, I let Bradlee eat a cookie for breakfast...sue me.

13. I cheat at games.

14. I am not sentimental at all about material things.

15. Folding clothes is my least favorite household chore.

16. I LOVE Valentine's Day.

17. I have twelve frames hung on the wall in my basement with no pictures in them.

18. I think the vacuum is the greatest invention ever.

19. It is super hard for me to keep my eyes closed during prayers.

20. Almost every night I get up at about 2 am because I have to have some candy.

21. Remember when you were little and you would watch a karate movie, or something like that, and then for the next hour would be doing karate moves all over the house? Yeah, I still do that.

22. I only have five colors in my wardrobe...black, white, brown, pink & denim.

23. I like to fall asleep with the tv on.

24. I don't like to be touched.

25. I think having fewer nice clothes is way better than having lots of crappy clothes.

Wow! I thought 25 would be easy, but it was super hard. Sorry to those of you who actually read through all these.

So Cute

Tyler: Bradlee, can you say, "Wuz up, dawg"?

Bradlee: What's up, doggie!

Tory Bricco Meets Tyler McLachlan

Everyone knows how much I love these videos, so it was only a matter of time before they made it on the blog. No real reason to post them other than I just watched them with Bradlee the other day, and she LOVED them! Also, I just figured out how to save DVDs to our computer...I guess that might have something to do with it!

This Weekend

This weekend my parents came to visit us, and that always spells F.U.N. Saturday we spent the day down in Denver with Jamie and Amy. We went out to eat a few times and just hung out. It was really good to spend time with them. Below you can see a family picture of the McLachlans, and, oh yeah, Jamie striking a sweet pose. No worries, we also have a stellar pic of me striking a pose in their family photo, but you will have to visit my mom's blog to see that (there's a possibility it may be borderline inappropriate).

Jamie and Amy and their kids. What an attractive family, am I right?


I love these guys!!! In fact, I love them so much, I may just move my whole family into their basement and live with them forever!

Jetrin and Brock. Best buddies, except for the fifty times Jetrin got a death grip on Brock's face. We finally had to split them up.

Sunday morning we all got up, got ready for church, and what do you know...three generations all with curly hair and matching clothes. That calls for a picture. Like mother, like daughter.

Bradlee and Brock both got sick while my parents were here. Here they are both fussing and crying, and both wanting to sit with grandma. Good times!

Well, minus the runny noses and coughing, I had a spectacular weekend. How come weekends are always so short?

School

Whenever I consider my education, I always feel way unfulfilled. I should've/could've finished my undergraduate degree by now, but I could never settle on a major. Now, that I work full-time and have two kids, I have finally decided what I want to do. Good timing, huh! I've always said that I would love to go to law school, but I never seriously considered it because I couldn't think of anything I would ever want to do with a law degree, but now I've got it! I will get my undergraduate degree in political science (which I also love), go to law school and then become a real estate attorney. I know most people would think this was boring, but I really like that boring paper work stuff. Granted, none of this will be realized until I am like 45, but it is the plan.

Tyler Said...

My sister-in law, Diane, has a feature on her blog called "Heard in Passing". She keeps track of all the funny and interesting things she hears. Well, as I was listening to Tyler talk today, it occured to me that I should be keeping track of all the funny, weird things he says. I mean it isn't really fair for me to be the only one to enjoy them, so I have added a feature to my sidebar called Tyler Said... I might even have to add a few things he has said in the past (just because they are too good to just let go). ENJOY!

Christmas and New Years, but Mostly Christmas

This year we spent Christmas with the McLachlans. We drove down to North Salt Lake on Christmas eve.

Here we are in the car on the way down there...
When we got there, there was a package from Santa on the front steps, and the whole family was waiting for us. Inside, we all opened a pair of matching pajama pants

Here is Brock in his pajamas. I think he liked them.

Here is Bradlee in hers. What a princess!

Sorry my pictures are out of order because I am in a hurry, but here is a picture of Brock opening his pajamas.

Tyler and I still get really excited on Christmas morning, and we woke up really early. As I was walking by Collin and Lisa's room, I had flashbacks of waking up Rowdy, Molly and Jamie at like 4:30 every Christmas morning, so I had to go back and talk Tyler into running into his siblings room yelling "It's Christmas, guys! Santa came!" Even though Lisa had some choice words for him, I am pretty sure they appreciated the wake up call! After Megan and Cory got there, the games began. It was so much fun because this is the first year that Bradlee really got into opening presents. She only cared what was in like the first two presents, and then all she cared about was ripping them open and moving on to the next one. Good thing she had all of Brock's presents to open too.

Brock was seriously so overwhelmed by the whole present opening deal. He just sat there stunned the whole time. After we were almost done he just looked at me surrounded by all his presents and just started crying like he needed me to save him from all the chaos. After I picked him up, he took about a four hour nap. Clearly, he was all tuckered out.

Here is Tyler in his new North Face coat. He has wanted this for SOOO long. I am glad he finally got it.

Here is a picture of our little family in our matching pajamas.

A closer look at Brock's pajamas. This picture was taken after his present opening.

Christmas night my strep started to come back, and I had a fever and what not, so we decided to go to the emergency room (that was the only place open) so that maybe we could salvage our holiday weekend without contaminating anyone. Luckily, the doctor said I wasn't contagious and gave me some sweet pain killers. I felt remarkably better the rest of the weekend, crazy huh!

Friday we ate at Cafe Rio (it was heavenly) and went sledding. Well, my kids hated the cold, so Wendy took them home, but the rest of us had a blast....most of the time. There was that one incident where Tyler kicked me in the face and made my nose bleed, my lip bleed, and my teeth bleed.

Tyler and Bradlee on the tube.

Megan in her HOT sledding outfit. She tried to make me promise to not post this picture, but for the sake of everyone out there, I held out because no one should have to miss out on this gem! Don't worry, I am sure I'll pay for it later.

Sledding gone wrong. This was after we cleaned the blood off, and I performed minor surgery and cut off all the extra skin. P.S. I still have scabs and bruises, it is super attractive. Oh yeah, and my gums still hurt.

Friday night, extended family from the Greene side all came over to have dinner. It was a lot of fun to see Brandon, Jennifer, Ryan, Jessica and all their beautiful children. Saturday we pretty much just laid around most of the day. We played some Rumikub and watched some movies. It was sad to leave, but we had a lot of fun while we were there!

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For New Years Eve we went over to the Bangerter's house and hung out with them and the Cuppy's, but I was naughty and didn't take any pictures. New Years day was a ton of fun though. We got to sleep in and just hang out as a family.

Here is a picture of Bradlee and Tyler on New Years Day at Red Lobster.