How cute is he?

He was doing this for like 30 seconds before I got the camera. It was really cute. They're buddies! Oh, and talking at 7 weeks? I think he's a smartie!

Yeah Josiah!

For those who do not know, Josiah is in the beginning of his apprenticeship at Smud. He went to a lineman college in Boise, ID for four months, and then he got hired at smud one year ago! So, now we've been living here in Cali for a whole year. Last night he wanted to try out his new leg pads, so we found a pretty deserted road with some telephone poles on it and he gave it a try. For the record, they really were telephone poles, because they had only telephone lines on them, but if they hold power lines, they're POWER POLES. Get it right people! All I had was my phone, but the pictures turned out pretty cool. And Zeke and I loved hanging out in the field watching.

Look, no hands!

And it takes him about 10 seconds to get up that high.

Don't mind my face, I look sick! But Zeke was being such a cutie!

P.A.R.T.Y.

I guess it's not that big of a deal, but when I get three families to come over and BBQ, it's a pretty big deal to me! I figured that Kristin and Ryan would be down to watch some UFC, so I decided to take the opportunity to make it an event. Since the Mcphie's are moving back to AZ, (so sad for me!) we invited her sister Tara (and fam). Then we got our friends Kurt and Lindsey to come all the way from Petaluma, and it was on!

It just happened to be Ryan's birthday next week, so Kristin made a cake, and we had a grand time. Kristin and I went to lunch again on friday, so I bought a bottle of the salad dressing at Nordstrom, and I made that salad. We also had more deviled eggs, potato salad (homemade), chips, fruit, and Josiah grilled us some DELICIOUS burgers. It was perfect timing, because as soon as everyone started eating, the fights started. We all had a great time, and we put on a movie for the kids. Hopefully we can do stuff like this more often. You know, have friends over!

Kurt, Josiah, and Ezekiel enjoying the fight

Cute couple!

And even cuter Drake and Jack! I love when little kids watch movies!

Ladies that lunch:

So, as we all know, my dear friend Kristin Mcphie has moved to California. She works right across the way from the Arden Mall, so I decided to go out to lunch with her today. We went to the Nordstrom Cafe. Holy cow, where has this place been all my life? I had an apple/goat-cheese salad. I was a little wary, but I L.O.V.E. goat cheese. I think Laurie introduced me to it, and I am forever in her debt. I think it's the only way I really love salads. Ok, so I like candy, and I think it's the candy of cheeses. And this salad was the candy of salads. It had green apples and chicken, both sliced REALLY thin, and red onions. Then it had really good spring greens, not the bitter kind, and candy coated almonds I think, and some kind of red apple chips, and then tons of goat cheese. I almost got another one to go for dinner. Seriously. It's like when I met the Chicken Florentine, (it's the orzo dish), at Macaroni Grill. I'm Obsessed now.

So, my sweet sweet baby made it all the way to the mall without screaming in the car, and was a sweet angel the whole time, and then he fell asleep when we were eating, and slept the whole way home. It was really sad, because his head kept falling forward, and it looked like it just might roll off. I kept trying to fix it, but whatever. I tried to get a picture with my phone while I was stopped at a red light, but I figured I should focus on driving.

(I took this when we got home)

So we get home, and I am just enamored with my sweet baby. I feed him, and it's not even that painful. He's all smiles, and just being the sweetest baby. Then he starts to poop. And poop and poop and poop. When I finally went to change him, I didn't think it was too bad, because it wasn't leaking from the sides, but it had blasted all the way up the front and the back. SICK! So, I just stripped him and bathed him, which he loves. Here's a modest shot. Josiah will get really mad if I photograph Zeke's junk.

Look how happy my baby is! However, he gets pissed when you take him out.

Color me domestic!

So lately I've been wanting to make use of all the wonderful things I inherited from my Mom. So the other night Josiah and I were watching t.v., and I mentioned cinnamon rolls. He didn't let it drop, and so I stocked my cupboard with baking ingredients, and proceeded to pull out the Bosch. For those who aren't familiar, the Bosch is basically a kitchen aid, but not as cute. However, I think it's way more user friendly. It's more cumbersome, but I'm just used to it because I grew up with it. So this unit is as old as I am, and it still works great. I whipped up some beautiful dough in about 20 minutes, and then I had to let it rise forever. Once the cinnamon rolls were in pan, we went to bed, and then I finished them for when Josiah got home from work the next day. They were pretty tastey, but not gooey enough and I like cream cheese frosting better. Also, I was supposed to use a half batch of sweet roll dough, and I used the whole thing. Oops!

So the next project I decided to take on was a little more challenging for me. I had been looking everywhere for a blessing outfit for Zeke, but I couldn't find anything perfect. So yesterday we were running errands, and I picked up the only option at the distribution center. It was fine, but it just wasn't special. At all. So the more I thought about it, I decided I'd TRY to make him something. The easy part is picking out a pattern, because you can sew anything in all white, and it will work, but I'm not a designer, so bare with me. Josiah was sweet enough to take us to the fabric store, and be my consultant. Zeke was miserable and kept waking up and crying, so Josiah was getting stressed, and the store was closing down, so they didn't have everything we needed. However, I put most of it together last night, and then went out and bought the rest of my supplies today. The jo-ann fabrics in Roseville is AWESOME! I wish I had a girl to sew for. Boys clothes just aren't as exciting. Also, the ladies there helped me through one technical part of the pattern, and here's the finished product! Thanks mom for the sewing machine. I knew I'd use it one day for something besides a quilt!

For Nana!

I love you nana!, love baby Zeke

Our new ride!

Recently Josiah decided he really needed a truck. Apparently little red Jetta's aren't considered cool at Smud. Plus, it's kinda a teenage girl car, not a dad-mobile. Jo has really taken to this Dad role (with the grill and all). I know when he comes home from work talking about something he needs, it's usually because all the other dad's at work are talking about "grillin'" (that has to be said like a redneck for the full effect.)

So it's been a week, but every time I go to take a picture, Josiah is at work. It's pretty basic, but we got a sweet deal, so here it is. Plus, Josiah's still just a grunt, so he says he doesn't deserve a "journeyman's truck."

Oh, and speaking of Grillin, thanks to the Mcphie's for being our first bbq guests. I'd say we had a pretty successful dinner. Everybody loves a good deviled egg, and next time I'll just give kristin a spoon and a watermelon! I meant to take pictures, but we were having so much fun, I forgot :(