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Update

I always know when life gets either really boring or really busy because I tend not to write. Right now, it's pretty much just really boring. Nothing too exciting to blog about. Asher crawled off the bed a week ago chasing a set of keys he was playing with. It gave him a pretty decent sized rug burn on his forehead. He didn't cry for too long though so that's good. He's a tough kid, for sure.

For Halloween a friend of ours gave the boys pumpkin hats. (Thanks Salli!) Well just recently, Brayden has found complete enjoyment in wearing hats, and when he's wearing his pumpkin hat, he insists that Asher wears his also. Sometimes, Brayden will even wear it to bed.

We got rid of our Malibu last week. It was kind of a sad day. We've had that car for 3 years and we've loved it. It was very good to us and was always really reliable. We were sad to see it go, but we're grateful for the money that we'll be saving by not having it anymore.

We're really excited to start this next chapter in our lives. We are about to move out on our own, and we are certain that this next year will be different (read: better) than this previous year. We're grateful for our experiences and the growth we've had because of our trials and challenges, but we're also grateful that some particular ones are behind us :)

Brendan, Sean's cousin, works at a really nice barn just a couple miles down the road. It is a brand new (really nice) facility. On Sunday we decided to pack up lunch and head over there to see the place. Brayden LOVED seeing the horses and Brendan even took him in to pet one of the calves.

I've still been running. The 10k is in 3 weeks. I'm really nervous/anxious/excited. The past couple times I've ran more than 3 miles my right foot goes numb. It feels like I'm running on a brick and it shoots weird pains up my leg. I *really* want to get that figured out before the race considering it's 6.2 miles! I've tried toying with my shoe laces but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I'm almost wondering if it has to do with my ridiculously short achilles tendon but I really don't know.

I've been getting a little frustrated that I haven't been losing weight. I've been the same for a couple months. However, I put on a pair of jeans the other day that I hadn't worn in a couple months and they were loose on me. It was awesome! I definitely know that things are paying off...I just have to be patient. I wish this baby bulge would go away but we'll see if it's meant to be!

Asher is very active. He loves crawling everywhere. However, the main motivation to get him to move is paper. He LOVES paper. I'm not really sure why. He noticed it though and it will motivate him to crawl across the room. It is his favorite toy! I wish I didn't have to take it from him every time...it makes him so sad!

Brayden is talking a lot. I love being able to have little conversations with him. His responses are only 1 or 2 English words mixed with a lot of Braydenese, but he knows what I'm saying and I know what he says (or at least the jist of it)...it's been fun. I can't believe that he is turning 2 in 2 weeks. That just boggles my mind. Kids grow up

WAY.TOO.FAST

#81 Visit Everett Children’s Museum

Check! Saturday we went to the Everett Children's Museum with my parents, 3 younger brothers, sister Lisa and her 4 kids, and sister in law Jenny and her 2 kids. All 8 grandkids (and 1 in utero) were all in attendance for this fabulous fun filled day! The museum was amazing!! They had SO many cool little exhibits and toys. It was super fun for all ages. My favorite thing was the green peg board. Remember THIS toy that has all the tiny metal pegs? Well there was a massive green one at the museum. (See first picture and 1st video) We spent a good hour on this thing alone. We really wanted to make one so we did the math. We figured out that that there were about 31,725 pegs on that thing. Each peg being 5 inches long meaning 13,219 feet of the clear acrylic tubing. Then 26,437 of the green caps. PLUS the cost of the metal sheets and the frame. Add to that the thought of hours and hours of sticking pins through matching holes in lined up pieces of punched sheet metal. So, we decided that we weren't going to make one for ourselves afterall. But it would be cool! My second favorite thing was the magicians stage. (see 2nd video) There were some cool props and then a sound board in the back that you could control. It was fabulous!

William was my barber

Keith built this car and trailer in the "construction" room. The kids loved it!

And since I haven't posted a video in a long time, I decided to put lots of videos up :)

Sorry, you have to watch this one sideways!

After the museum we went to my sisters house and stayed the night. Then we left after church to come home for Sean's birthday dinner (Post to follow.) In the car ride, B was extremely happy. I'm not sure why, as he generally HATES being in the car, but it was too cute to not share. I love having 2 kids! They make each other laugh all the time. It's great!

And a video of Asher from last week...just cuz he's so dang cute!

Christmas Weekend

We have had such a fun few days! I have taken a bunch of pictures, as you'll see in this post. We got lots and lots of snow, and it was the whitest Christmas I've ever had :) I really liked all the snow, but I'll be grateful when it's gone so I can leave my house. The kids and I haven't left the house in over a week. Sad! Grandma Janeway came into town last week from So. Cal. She had never seen this much snow either. So this could be a really long post but we're leaving in a bit to go to Enumclaw so I'm going to keep it short and sweet (or at least try!) Christmas eve we had the entire Brad Janeway Family over. That hasn't happened in a long time. It was great! We ate a gigantic dinner (I wish I had taken a picture of the spread) and TONS of dessert. We played games and the grandkids opened their presents from each other since they wouldn't all be there Christmas Morning. Some of us went to Midnight Mass then we all went to sleep. Christmas Morning lacked the excitement that I"m used to in the Harston household but it was still awesome. Tanya and Scott and their kids stayed the night and we all got up (everyone was finally up at 10) and opened stockings and presents. Tanya and Scott had to leave, but then shortly after Ryan and Heidi and their kids came. We finished opening presents, ate aebelskiver and hung out while eating more sweets. Overall, it was a really enjoyable Christmas! I had so much fun watching Brayden tear open the paper on his gifts and with each pull he'd growl "ahh!" like he was beating someone up. It was awesome :) Here are some pictures of the past few days

Sean, measuring the snow. At this point, it was 8 inches and still coming. (I think we got somewhere around 14 total)

Great-Grandma Janeway (Brad's mom) with Asher

The frozen branches out the kitchen window

Brad and sleeping Asher (Yes, he's can breathe.)

4 generations

These next ones are Brayden's reaction to the snow. He would pull this little chair in front of the big windows and sit there in absolute glee as it fell. His new favorite sign is "snow" and he absolutely could not get enough of it!

Brayden, watching more snow

Great Grandma Janeway reading to Brayden

A cool lookin icicle

All of the grandkids, including the one in Heidi's belly!

This is Braydens dirt devil Ryan and Heidi and fam got him for Christmas. He LOVES it. Brayden always tries to take the vacuum from me when I'm vacuuming. Then when I'm done he plays with it for another 20 minutes. Same thing with the broom. Anyway, now he has his own! The middle part actually comes out and works :)

Brooklyn and Asher. She's so excited to have a new little brother!

Sean and Brayden opening presents

Joshy, me and Asher

Here is a video of Brayden just being super cute. I love this little man! At the very end of the video you can hear him say his attempt at "Help please"

Mikey entertained us with his mad beat-boxing skills. Keep in mind he is only 6. And no...he does not have 1 shy bone in his body.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!!!!
Love, the Janeways

Best Sister Ever

So, it has been a fun weekend/week. Monday morning I had 2 wisdom teeth pulled. Sean had to work and my in-laws are in Europe for 2 weeks so my sister Lisa came down from Marysville (north of Seattle) with her youngest son to help take care of me and the boys while I recovered. She got here Saturday evening and just left this morning. We had so much fun while they were here! It was Lance's 1st birthday on Monday so on Saturday we went to Target and Lisa picked him up these really cute moccasins. We went to Joann's and I picked up the cutest fabric ever to make an apron. We went to WinCo and bought groceries for some yummy dinners. We went to Sports Authority and I bought new running shoes and a Nike Plus that hooks to your iPod. We went to REI and Lisa bought 2 new really cute shirts. Lisa taught me how to make super delicious homemade bread, chicken chowder, and chicken tetrazzini and I taught her how to make coconut sweet rice and how to do cool things with her blog since she just got one. (finally! yay!!) We bounced vinyl ideas off of each other and we watched movies and of course, hung out with the boys. My wisdom teeth that got pulled had already broken through the surface so it wasn't too invasive of a surgery. They prescribed me vicodin but I didn't have to take any. I was in pretty good shape considering, but I was still SO glad Lisa was here! We had so much fun. It was really great to have her here where we were able to do whatever we wanted for a few days. Thanks so much Lisa for making the drive, and for all that you did for us while you were down here. It was mucho appreciated and we LOVE YOU TONS!!

Lance and Brayden playing together

Lance (Is it fair that one kid can have eyes THIS blue?)

Lance and Lisa (Check out Lance's new moccasins!)

Lisa, Lance and Brayden

Brayden playing with Aunt Lisa

Aww...baby Asher

And I just HAD to post this. This is B this morning. We just started teaching him the "Do as I'm Doing" song...so now whenever we sing it, he does this! And the beat boxing thing? Priceless...I love that my kid is so musical!