THE CARRIE UNDERWOOD CONCERT ROCKED :)

I was in complete awe....and I'll admit 150% jealous in every single way. I wasn't going to post this giant picture of me next to her.....but oh well. I have since become content with NOT having long beautiful blonde hair, perfect teeth, a perfect complexion, and talent like no other. So enjoy:)

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There are NOT WORDS to describe how wonderful it was....or how much I enjoyed it. I was in heaven...and I'm currently re-obsessed with her CD's.

COUNTDOWN 'til Carrie :)

She is so beautiful....and she sang "American Girl" with the cutest 14 year old fan. I was so proud of her (the fan), really! She was great... so confident...and sang it sooo loud.

She sang for 2 hours STRAIGHT... and never even broke a sweat.

ok---she did at the very end, but it was like watching her run a marathon!!!

OK----enough about that.

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My baby is getting so big.

I'm pretty sure he has learned about 30 words this week :)

Some of my favorites:

Juice (Juicey)

Tub (Tubby)

Duck (Ducky)

Blanket (Blankie)

Grandma (Nana)

Grandpa (Papa)

Jaxson (Jaxsee)

Tree

Light

Puppy

Hot!

Bite

Please (PEESE)

and so many more:)

It makes my life so much fun lately....and I cherish this stage of life.

I have mentioned MANY times that my son is O.B.S.E.S.S.E.D with baseball. This video was taken over 2 months ago...so his technique has improved a bit:)

Ha ha ha!

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He almost never misses it now....

and his new thing is to throw the ball in the air himself and then hit it. He mastered it in nursery using a baseball and a bowling pin for a bat. Whatever.

(The Nursery leader is convinced that he was born with an EXTRA dose of adrenaline and/or testosterone:)

I would have to agree!

The Horrible...and the Wonderful!

Let's see....where do I start?

So much has been going on in the Forsyth/Bishop home these last few weeks!

And yes, we are still currently taking up residence in my parent's basement...ya jealous? Free Rent, Great food, and absolutely NO privacy. Ya can't beat that:)

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I guess I'd prefer to start with the Horrible... now that I think about it....and sum things up with the Wonderful.

Everybody's life consists of both, right? :) HERE GOES:

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The other day I was on the phone speaking with my dad about a home we are currently looking to purchase. I started my complaining/whining/venting (which is known to go on for quite some time:) and approximately 10 minutes later I realized that things were UNUSUALLY QUIET.

Where's my baby?

not a thought a responsible mother would ever have:) Just kidding.

I immediately knew in my heart that something was wrong. Terribly wrong. It is the worst feeling ever....and my mind was flooded with the the blogs I read... of mother's who experienced that feeling...only moments too late. I flew up the staircase...just hoping he was upstairs with Grandma. Nope. I then flew down 2 flights of stairs screaming his name and feeling the panic begin to set in. He came running out of my bedroom and met me in the hallway. For a moment he appeared fine....and then I realized his mouth was full of PILLS. The poor child was almost as traumatized as I was. What were they??? I had now clue. They were white. I don't have ANY white pills. He knew I was upset and has never heard me scream like that in his entire 20 months of life! I started bawling for my mom. I laugh now....but it was just horrible (hence the tital of this post:) Ha.

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He didn't even blink before my entire fist was in his mouth prying every little pill out of it. I was screaming out of control and my mom was too. We are NOT a good pair when it comes to handling Stressful situations. My mind was flooded, "how many did he eat...did he swallow any...holy crap I am the worst mother ever....Jarom's going to throw up and hate me for life....as a matter of fact I'm going to throw up!....where did he get pills....How did I let this happen????

(a little to over-dramatic for ya??? Sorry...that's totally me:)

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I immediately called poison control. They started interrogating me with ridiculous questions I couldn't answer. "How many did he eat? How many!?! What are they??? How long did you leave him alone?"

Let me just point out (and I told this to the poison control man verbatim) THAT I HAVE NO CLUE HOW MANY HE ATE.....I DID NOT KEEP COUNTING AS MY BABY POPPED 7, 8, no I think he's on number 9 Pills into his little mouth! Don't you think I would have put a stop to it....had I seen him doing it?!? AND....he was alone for 5-10 minutes....it's not like I locked him in the car for my 12 hour shift at Burger King. Come on.

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He instructed me to take Jaxson to the ER immediately to be monitered because we didn't know WHAT they were...or how many he consumed. This was NOT happening...especially to me!

I am the crazy mother who drops my kid off at my cousin Karen's last week for 2 hours and calls her 10 minutes later with ridiculous OCD requests like "please cut his food TINY because I'll die if he chokes", "and make sure that he doesn't get into any belts, or neckties becuase he loves wrapping them around his head/neck"...."oh, and don't let him sleep next to window or blinds". Thanks:)

Thank goodness she's a sweetheart and doesn't think I'm completley NUTS.

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I tried to calm down (thanks to my wonderful husband) and his ability to immediately take charge of any situation. Just talking to him calms me. (Knowing he didn't want to kill me also helped:) Anyhow....I re-traced my steps and asked my baby "Jax, show mommy where you found the candies." Sure enough...he grabbed my hand and led me straight to my camera case and pointed. The side pocket was unzipped and... I immediately realized what they were...I knew exactly how many....and I was more relieved than I had ever been!!! Hallelujah.

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They were Advil. There were only 5....and according to poison control he could have consumed 12 before it affected him...crazy huh??? Anyhow....he was busy sucking the sweetened brown coating off of all of them when I found him! Hence the reason the pills were WHITE and I did not recognize them in my moment of panic. He hadn't swallowed any of them...and I was left completely grateful and even more traumatized.

As if I wasn't already anul enough about his safety!!!

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Ok-Enough with the horrible!

He survived...I survived...we both cried for most of the day and then things got better:)

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Introducing: THE WONDERFUL!

WHICH BRINGS ME TO: Why there were advil in my camera case??? WELL....because I went to the CARRIE UNDERWOOD CONCERT on Wed. night!!! I stuck a few in there "in case" and that smartie pants found them. I swear...he is a mischevious little thing. It totally rocked by the way and I have some wonderful pics, she is even more beatiful and amazing in person, I have a new found love for her CD even though I was getting sick of it....and she seems like the sweetest person ever. It was the best concert I have ever seen and I loved spending the day with my mom and sister!

That is for another post....maybe tomorrow. It is 3 a.m. and I have no clue why I am still up.

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We also put up ALL the Christmas decorations and Jaxson is a little "over stimulated" to say the least. He is thinking this whole "holiday" thing is pretty awesome and I am getting so stinking excited to see him react on Christmas morning when I give him a "vroom-vroom" = four wheeler to zoom around the house! We watched the big game, of course....Go Utes....and I single handedly consumed 2 half pints of ice-cream in the past 48 hours. Chocolate Chip cookie dough...and mint chocolate chip. Delicious. I'm not going to Hawaii next week or anything....(the thought of a swimsuit right now makes me want to cringe).

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Oh and I am busy checking the BLACK FRIDAY LIST....and planning my course for my crazy day of shopping. I am done buying gifts. I have NO money left....but I can't resist the crowds and the deals! Last year the security gaurd in Target told me and my friend Britt to stop running. Yep...you hear me right. HEE HEE.

For now...I have only 4 days to use my powers of persuasion and convince Jarom that I NEED a Scarlet Red Gateway Laptop from RadioShack. Wish me luck....

Watch for Carrie Underwood pics...TOMORROW maybe.

Night.

Love, Me

H-A-W-A-I-I....here I come:)

Last Saturday night there was a knock at the door! My sister answered and announced that a letter addressed to ME was perfectly positioned and waiting on the front step. What???

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It simply read " To KRISTIN" on the cover. I quickly opened it....and was SHOCKED/EXCITED/EMOTIONAL/ELATED at what I found!

THE CONTENTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

2 ROUND TRIP TICKETS TO HAWAII

A carefully planned (and typed...too cute) itinerary

Hotel accomodations for a week of BLISS

From: My sweetheart....

For: My 5th anniversary present:)

When: December 4th

OH.....My...Gosh....

....Was my first reaction....

I never saw it coming. He took me to Hawaii for my birthday 2 years ago....and I was instantly obsessed with the place. I have since wanted to go back....and do and see all the things we ran out of time for.

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HE IS THE BEST HUBBY EVER....and

CAN I JUST SAY HOW EXCITED I AM....TO BE GOING ON VACATION with

....HIM....

After 5 years...I can still look at his picture and think....MAN ALIVE you are cute.

I'm one lucky girl:)

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Of course..we will miss this little squirt.

BUT....I'm confident he will be having a blast at Aunt Kayla's house for the week...

While me and his dad spend some much needed time relaxing at Sunset Beach, sharing Pineapple ice-cream cones at the Dole plantation...being reunited with adams peanut butter fudge ripple cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory on Waikiki Beach, Swimming with Sea Turtles, going through a session at the Hawaii Temple, Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay....

.....and reflecting on our past 5 wonderful years together....

I love you Jarom:) and thanks

krissy

***Also-Thanks to my wonderful friend chels who took these pictures for me. It's nice to have one with both of us in it for once! They turned out darling...I love them!!!

...bell shaped reeses....

Tonight (around 7 p.m) I went to Walmart....looking precisely the way I did when I rolled out of bed this morning at 10:30 a.m. (Life's rough I tell ya:) and lucky/poor Jarom. Ha!

While I was picking up the "standard" 5 items:

1 Gallon of vitamin D milk for the little guy (check)

1 package of apple juice boxes (check)

1 box go-gurts (check)

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I happened upon the Christmas Candy isle.

Yep...Christmas candy. Holy Freaking Crap (my mom hates when I say that :)

What's the date again? Could it really be...?

REGARDLESS...I was ecstatic.

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For all obvious reasons of course...but mainly the bell shaped and TREE shaped Reeses.

Oh---how I begged Jarom to let me fill the cart with them:)

Do any of you know what I'm talking about???

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I think it is hilarious that I (we...I'm hoping there are more of you out there) never hesitate to pay TRIPLE for something...just because it has been melted and re-shaped to the perfect little symbols of the holiday:) I LOVE LOVE LOVE the egg shaped ones at Easter. I'm a sucker for any and all things Holiday.......

and YES they taste completely different than the original ones honey:)

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I exercised wonderful self-control...and somehow made it out of there (the isle and the store) without a single treat in tow.

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THE PROBLEM: It is now 1 a.m. and I am pacing the house in need of chocolate. Preferably a Bell shaped Reeses... yet there's nothing but leftover Halloween-sized Starbursts pouches. Disgusting. I hate those.

Wierd, I know.

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SO...I did the unthinkable. I found my mom's Visiting Teaching goodie bags...(the one's that she still needs to deliver) and helped myself. Inside each little "gift" there was chocolate. Even better...Reeses. Could I seriously be so lucky???? I was.

I opened them...ate every thing inside that contained Chocolate.... and am feeling much much better now, thank you.

TOMORROW'S AGENDA:

1-Make new Visiting Teaching Goodie Bags for my mom!

2-Possibly Beg Forgiveness....

3-Head straight back to Walmart and buy myself a bag...JUST in case a similar emergency presents itself in the future.

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Here's to the Christmas Candy isle at Walmart. I totally love it.

VOTE for Jaxson's Grandpa Today!!!

GO BISHOP FOR CONGRESS:)

Gardener Village and OCTOBER 31st :)

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A

HAPPY A HALLOWEEN!

We sure did.

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I am just waking up (it's 10 a.m.) and starting to recover from a busy and fun-filled weekend. I love when my whole family comes home...and we spend DAYS at a time playing games, laughing, staying up late, EATING...and just being together. BLISS

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We've been busy the last month PACKING our weekends full of Fall activities. November always goes so fast...and then it's too cold to get outside! So we took advantage of the great weather and took Jaxson to WITCH'S NIGHT OUT at:

GARDENER VILLAGE

(totally my idea...Jarom endured it like a champ...until he got hungry...I took him to chili's...problem solved:)

Jaxson was understandably obsessed with this witch. She was holding his toy of choice...a BAT. He ran under the "do not cross" rope in 2 seconds flat and was trying to pry it from her stuffed hand. Great times. Crowds of people watched as we tore him from her screaming.

HA. HA.

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My baby's first Petting Zoo!

I was kind of (ok REALLY) excited about taking Jaxson to the petting zoo. He experienced his first PONY RIDE EVER...and once again, was the only child screaming when it ended. Jarom pryed him from the miniature horse while bystanders giggled. Great times:)

I have to point out that my baby thinks the leather tassles on the saddle are Reins (SP?)

IS THAT NOT PRECIOUS OR WHAT????

I wanted to reach in the ring and squeeze him he was so cute.

He loved the animals. He pets animals backwards which is really entertaining.

FIRST: He walks up to their rear-end and places his hand on it's back. Then swipes it ONCE in a quick motion toward the head of the animal...and is moving on the next lucky little goat!!!

Crazy kid. I have some priceless pictures.

I LOVE LOVE THIS ONE.

...and this one.

You can see the excitement in his eyes. He just couldn't get enough...

THE BEST PICTURE OF ALL!

All animals obviously POOP at random...but this was Jaxson's first experience with it.

H.I.L.A.R.I.O.U.S

He thought it was the funniest thing ever.

After dark ---Jaxson got all dressed up in his costume...with about 2000 other little children....and we browsed the shops and saw all the witches. It was a fun night out with my family.

HALLOWEEN NIGHT!

We had a wonderful Halloween. My entire family was present to see this ONE little Dragon trick-or-treat for the first time. Me and Jarom even dressed up so Jax wouldn't feel lonely...what good sports eh?

I was Leonardo....Jarom Michealangelo. It was hilarious. My shell was bigger than I was...and it kept about tipping me over. Definitely a night to remember. HA.

We wore them for 4 houses....and then came home to take them off.

Holy crap I am a good sport.

IT'S All for you little Guy...I love you:)

The Good news:

Jaxson got a dum-dum sucker at the first house and was happier than he's ever been!!! There was absolutely NO NEED to continue we concluded. We went to three more houses...and came home to enjoy my mother's WONDERFUL cooking....

Homemade soups in bread bowls...cookies...carmeled popcorn...the list goes on.

THEN, the annual pizza PARTY at the BISHOPS, of course.

We were full to say the least....and all in all it was a WONDERFUL HALLOWEEN:)