Highs
Halloween candy--candy corn, pumpkins, jelly beans, etc
Turning around and seeing Hyrum standing by himself in the middle of the room without holding on to anything
Going to a live jazz concert with Aaron
Leaving Hyrum with a babysitter, and not worrying about him all evening
Sharing a couple of Entenmann's buttermilk old fashioned doughnuts with Aaron
Bleaching the kitchen floor, bathroom sink, tub, and toilet, and disinfecting Hyrum's highchair, all in one afternoon while Hyrum napped
Handmaking Hyrum's birthday party invitations
Eskimo kisses from Hyrum (his newest past time)
Sarah stopping by for a minute
The haircut is starting to grow out
One week of walking the treadmill for 60 minutes at 3.7 mph which, according to the machine, equals about 513+ Kcalories
Talking to Clarke on the phone Sunday night
A surprise visit from Dad
Spending all day Saturday with my two boys
Watching Hyrum delight in "helping" Aaron fix the weather stripping on the doors (picture Hyrum, fascinated, trying to help Aaron hold the drill)
Buying two gallons of whole milk--officially Hyrum's new beverage as a one-year old (no more formula, hoorah!)
Purchasing baloons, streamers, glitter, ribbons, etc in anticipation of Hyrum's big birthday party
Listening to Aaron for fifteen minutes trying to convince Meridith to blog about how a boy "winky-winkied" at her at work
Having a visit from the exterminator
Strolling and dreaming through Williams and Sonoma with Aaron for a "date night"
Enjoying 1/2 pound of hot and gooey macaroni and cheese (from the deli) with the Hy-guy
Making "no-bakes" and sending them to Mer mer
Mom and Dad coming over for dinner
Taking popsicles over to Sean's house for Mer (for a picture, see the official Jackman family blog)
Having Aaron flip through a "Better Homes and Gardens" magazine and saying that he would like to try the "Pesto Walnut Turkey Breast with Onion Thyme Gravy" (He is a man after my own heart...he has come a long way since our early days together...plain chicken, plain brown rice, and broccoli...)
Lows
Experience after experience with Hyrum, realizing that, sometimes, I am not the best Mom in the world
Mouse #7
Eating nearly 1lb of "Cowboy Mix" in about a day and a half (cowboy mix: pumpkins, candy corn, jelly beans, good and plenty, and boston baked beans)
Budgeting (or lack thereof)
Going absolutely loco--stuck at the house without my bike, the car, or the stroller
Getting a babysitter only to get to the Temple a few minutes too late
Watching helplessely as Aaron carries the burden of 19 credits and the attached homework/stress load
Falling asleep with the light on...again
Hyrum's horrible diaper rash
Stepping onto the scale with giddy anticipation only to find that I have...gained one pound (I don't know...maybe it is the cowboy mix...)
Mutual night's "Lip Sync" debaucle
Being consistently late to pick Aaron up from school with no good reason why
Changing seven dirty (not just wet), sticky, messy diapers in one day
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