You Are My Sunshine :)

Sooooo last weekend was awesome. On Friday Mitch and I went to an Italian place in Poulsbo. We had a very fun dinner! The food was just alright, not fantastic but we'll probably go there again some time. We came to the conclusion that Italian food on the east coast will probably always be better than it is on the west. After dinner we went to Cold Stone!

Randomly here's a couple tips for servers at restaurants (serving to people such as Mitch and myself).
1.  Be polite.
2. Don't make us wait forever to speak to us when we sit down. Even saying "I'll be right with you" is better than saying nothing and ignoring us.
3. Keep our drinks filled. I'm nursing, so I'm always thirsty and want my drink asap. Also, Mitch is usually always open to trying a new beer or a beer special you are running. If you don't offer it, it's your loss.
4. We love eating a lot. If you suggest an appetizer or dessert we pretty much always say yes. If you don't ask though, or bring the check before we are done with our meal, that's totally your loss on a better tip. Andd if there's some delicious chocolate thing I want and you didn't give me the opportunity to eat it, it will lessen your tip. 
5. Be friendly. I'm out to dinner to have fun with my family or husband to have fun, not to deal with whatever made you unhappy that day. It is your job to be nice to us.
6. We are awesome tippers if you're an awesome server.

On Saturday, I had a rugby game. It went pretty well. I had an awesome run and scored in the second half, so that was cool. However, one of the girls chasing me was 3/4 bear. I didn't see her face, but she was growling behind me. Like legit growling. Not like huffing and puffing while running. I'm absolutely certain that if I didn't score she would have chewed off my limbs right there on the pitch. Needless to say it made me run faster. I need to pick up my aggression and lose my hesitations though. After the game we bought a volleyball/badminton net and played that and barbequed some yummy dinner. It was beautiful outside and it was fun. I am truly thankful that my husband and I enjoy each others company so much.

Eden can float on her back by herself now :) She's the only kid in her lesson that can do it, and easily the best swimmer overall. Her teacher has gotten better as well. Mitchell is trying to stand by himself now. I think he'll walk by the time he's 1. He's clapping now too, which is so freakin cute. I feel like he does something new every day. They grow so fast. People always say that, but holy cow is it true.

Some more randomness real quick-
1. Wrinkly skin feeling is gross and I hate it. Doing the dishes and living in a place that drizzles rain 80% of the time make for plenty of  wrinkly skin...EW.
2. Laundry is never ever ever ever ending this house. Between rugby, working out, uniforms, baby drool, mud, and everything else under the sun I am always washing, drying and folding clothes. *sigh*
3. Oz is a messed up show, yet some how I keep watching it. 

Tomorrow is game day! Last one of the season. I made ambrosia salad for the social afterward. Yumm!!

Saturday's a rugby day!

So Saturday was awesome. We woke up got some breakfast and headed down to Tacoma for my rugby game. The field we play at has a playground right next to it, so it's awesome for Eden. I even brought her to practice with me the other day. I can keep an eye on her from the field while she's playing. Mitch had the baby in the backpack and he was really good. I played wing and full back. I actually did better playing at fb than I did at wing. It was much better than the last game. I still have a lot to work on but it wasn't the suckfest that happened before. Mitch was helping me from the sidelines too, which was cool. I guess I must have gotten stepped on too at some point. I can't even say when, but my toes are blue and purple. gross.

After the game we decided to meet up with Mitch's buddy Kent and go for a hike. I wore flip flops because there was no way I was putting shoes back on. My toes hurt! It wasn't bad at all actually. Mitch and Kent went up ahead and the babies and I took our time and had fun. Being outside with my babies is awesome. People on the trail were looking at me all weird because of my flip flops and rugby stuff on still haha. Oh well!

We came home and Mitch grilled some pork chops that we marinaded in pineapple juice and beer...weird right? Well it came out pretty good actually.

The baby has started waving hi and bye now! It is THE cutest thing. Sometimes I yell at Eden for being to rough or loud around the baby and I look over at him and he's laughing his little butt off. I guess he's learned to embrace the tornado that is Eden rather than run for cover haha.

Ta ta friends xoxo

Spring!

It's starting to warm up! Woo hoo! Eden and I have been playing outside a lot. I put Mitchell in the back pack and he loves it. We don't even have to be doing anything and he is content just to be outdoors :)  I have a bunch of seeds that I am going to use to start my garden soon. Fresh veggies yesssss!

The baby is saying "mama" now! Which is sooo awesome. Eden said every word under the sun before she said it. He has 2 more teeth and 1 about to poke through. Poor kid, teething is rough. I got him a new stroller today so he wouldn't have to ride in Eden's pink flowery one. So tonight is night 2 of putting the baby to sleep without feeding him until he falls asleep. My little piglet is not happy about it, but it must be done.

Eden started swim lessons on Monday! Her teacher is kind of jerk wad though, in my opinion. I'm about 88% sure that she's never dealt with a 3-4 age group before. She has such little patience with nervous little kids. Eden is fearless and picks things up quick so she hasn't picked on her (yet). She's not very nice to some of the other little kids though who don't do what she asks the first time she asks. If I was their parent, I would certainly say something to her. In the event that she acts like a jerk to Eden, she will be sorry that she did. Any hooo, she's doing well and is having tons of fun. Her reading is coming along awesome. She told Mitch that she can't wait to have a kindle like him :)

So Mitch and I went to a fancy dinner on Easter in Seattle. It was fun and the food was really good. We both got seafood and wine. I got to drink chardonnay, which was cool because Mitch and I usually compromise on something like a cabernet sauvignon. The Easter bunny came and hid eggs all over the house and outside :) Eden in past years has only been mildly into finding eggs. This year was much better. Mitch loves hiding the eggs. Edo and I also made a tye dye cake with a bunny on it for our neighbors too. It came out pretty cool.

Mitch and his buddy Kent went on a little survivor man night last week. They pretended all was in chaos and they had to escape to the woods with the bare minimum of things, no tent for example. (They also bailed on their families, which I appreciated since I didn't have to sleep out in the wet and cold haha) Turns out they survived, but looked pretty tired when they came back the next morning.

I have a rugby game on Saturday. I'm hoping it goes better than the last one. Mitch has kinda been helping me with skills so we'll see.

That's all for now friends. xoxo

Sunday

Happy April Fools! I wrote on Facebook that I was pregnant and my mom, and 2 of my best friends believed it. Really ladies?? haha. I tried to tell Mitch that and I couldn't fool him haha.

The babies and I played out in the sun today. It wasn't exactly warm, but when the sun is out here in Washington you need to take advantage! Eden showed me all of her "castles" which are sweet little spots she's made for herself in the trees around our house. It was actually pretty cool. The lady that lived here before us  was super tacky and the yard was covered in all kinds of stuff. Well Eden has decorated her little forts with bird houses, wind chimes, sea shells and whatever else she could find. I remember doing that stuff when I was little, it was fun.

So this past week something or someone got 5 out of our 6 chickens. Mitch was so sad that I went and bought him 4 new chickies at the farm store when he went to work. Eden still has hopes that the other ones will come back :( The one that lived/wasn't seen was Katniss, and I just went out there today and she's freakin gone now too :( (I'm kinda Hunger Games obsessed. Still haven't seen the movie though.)

After a bunch of sleepless nights, little baby has another tooth. His two front teeth are almost through too. Poor kid is chowing on everything. Needless to say I've been a zombie walking around all sleepy lately. It's kind of messed up my workout schedule too. I'm feeling all fattish again.

We've been in Washington for 6 months now, kinda nuts.

I missed one of my best friends baby shower last weekend and another friends wedding this weekend. However, I did receive favors from the shower and a phone call of friends singing Billie Jean to me from the wedding! :)

I was going to read before bed tonight, but I'm so tired I think I'm just going to go bed!

xoxo