Pictures of Micah

This is what i woke up to one morning..Micah playing the guitar and singing! So CUTE!

and eating the cookie dough we love love love making cookies!

for some dumb reason it's sideways....but i'll just be happy that i was able to post a picture!

I think i'm kinda beginning to miss the little guy and i've only been gone a week!

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!

Haha that was kinda the over all theme for today as Micah was having major mood swings.... so i was always trying to figure out if he was happy or mad. A good sign that he is upset he starts growling serious growling not the fake little i'm pretending to be a bear growl but almost a scary one. a clue that he's in a good mood ummm he isn't yelling at the dogs but just playing calmly with them, sometimes he'll randomly come give me a hug and if i ask him what he's doing in my room he'll say i want to hang out with you.

Anyways to start off the day i got up at 7:15 (this is sleeping in by the way) to find Micah laying by the cold turned off fireplace so i asked him what he was doing and he very seriously informed me that he was warming up because it is cold. I then made him a yummy breakfast...scrambled eggs, and a smoothie and we played for a little while while waiting for his mom to get home.

Once Becky arrived Micah and i headed to the gym for the toddlers swim class (that's the 3rd day in a row that i've gone the the gym) and then i was going to drop him off in the daycare center and do some working out myself. we walked into the gym to see a nice little sign on the desk saying water tots class canceled... great so now i have to inform a little 4 year old who's favorite word is "why" that the water is broken and he can't go to class today. There was a table of little old ladies listening and they were talking about how the poor little guy is going to be sooo disappointed so i informed them that it would be ok i'd take him shopping. Hehehe i'm going to teach that kid to love shopping!

We had a nice long car ride with becky today as well 3 hours total i think that's when the growling started from the backseat...anyway i knew then that i was in for a "fun" night. He was hungry but only wanted what we didn't have to eat (i believe that he demanded i make him cookies....:D ) and so i decided that i was popping a movie in and he could watch that for while before bed because i didn't want him running around anytime he got up i told him if he was done with the movie he was going to bed so he stayed sitting and watched it...i didn't want to send him to be too early because if i did he would be up before the sun rose we're talking 5 or earlier and i don't like that so i dealt with the grumps.

After the movie i said bed time which caused a screaming yelling fit...something about you're not Allyson...you're a monster! and i don't like you, you're not my friend...and the classic i'm going to tell my mommy you're mean. so i decided to sing if you're happy and you know it clap your hands well somehow this got him smiling and he demanded that i keep singing so i did and the song went through all the motions of getting ready for bed (if you're happy and you know it put on your pajamas) and getting into bed(if you're happy and you know it go to sleep) and so amazingly enough the day ended with a smile and a cute adorable little micah fast asleep!

Ok bored of hearing about Micah now i'm sure but my life kinda revolves around him....his mom is never really home so i take care of him and clean all day! Anyways today was also an amazing fun wind storm i love those! MOST IMPORTANTLY though tomorrow i get to go home!!!! ok well only for a day then it's off to cali for a few days then back here and then back to Oregon for a week! Paid vacation! I really should be packing....

Micah's asleep time to update the blog!

Well not much has been happening lately besides the normal taking care of Micah and i'm sure you're all tired of Micah stories for now so i'll not put any of those up today! So let's see i went to the gym today but i'm going to have to go back again later because i didn't really get a good workout because i forgot my gym shoes, so i just got to do Micah's little swim class with him which is fun but doesn't count too much as exercise! I've also been catching up on all the e-mails and letter, and thank you notes i've been needing to send off but i still have about a million to go! Let me tell you i love Micah nap time because i have a few quiet hours then to get stuff done i think i'd go crazy without them! haha i am totally beginning to sound like my mom! :)

I guess that's a pretty good update on whats going on right now and since i don't have much else to write i'll do what most of my cousins have done at the request of Aunt Shirley and make a list of my favorite things...oh that would make a really cool scrapbook page (another thing i enjoy doing while Micah sleeps) so anyways here is my list

*sunshine
*swimming
*photography
*ocean
*long walks in the woods
*reading
*my Bible
*meeting
*talking with my friends
*hanging out
*laughing until my stomach hurts and tears roll down my face
*singing
*Fall colors
*the sound of leaves crunching
*cute hair stuff
*sewing
*baking
*clean bedrooms(haha that's a new one but i'm enjoying it now, i guess i'm growing up)
*watching the sun rise
*shopping
*scrapbooking
*working out
*surprises
*travel
*big huge rain storms with thunder and lightning
*hugs
*kind words
*memories
*shoes, cute ones that don't match anything but are just adorable!
*rainboots
*snow
*fireplaces
*fresh baked homemade bread
*meeting new people

ok that's a pretty good long list for now but i'm sure there are way more that i could add to that someday!

dumb internet

So the internet has been very very lame of late i can only get online sometimes and for a very short amount of time when i can, so don't expect too many updates from me! Meeting today was wonderful as normal, i missed gospel meeting because i wasn't feeling so well at all but i made sunday morning. I'm still not able to upload picture it just doesn't work for me i'll have to try at home and see if maybe it's just the interenet here that doesn't work right that makes it impossible. k i really have nothing to write about so i'm off!

days off are boring!!!

Ok so i decided that i don't really like days off they are pretty lonely... and when i'm lonely i shop and that is a BAD combination, but i did end up with some pretty cute stuff! :)

Ok so i guess i'll give you a Micah story we were eating dinner and he suddenly starts crying and rubbing his eye and i asked him what was wrong and he said his tacts hurt...i was very confused and went to go look and see what he was talking about and i didn't see anything in his eye so i asked him what hurt again and he said his tacts were hurting his eye. He then tried to pull his eye open using two fingers of one hand and the other hand he was trying to get the tact out! that's when i started laughing...i guess he's been watching me put my contacts in my eyes so when his eye hurt he thought that it was a contact and was trying to get it out! That pretty much made my day! lol He's adorable!

Made it to wednesday night gospel meeting the other day twas wonderful Daryl asked us to put ourself in the place of the churchs (he spoke from the study Revelations 2) and see what it is that Jesus would tell us. He said that he would start out by pointing out the good things...are faithfullness, steadfastness, the fact that we had all shown up showed that we had overcome something. It means a lot to God that we are faithfull and endure. Then he asked us what He would say we needed to work on, maybe we had let things in that we shouldn't have. We were also reminded that infulences outside the church don't always stay outside and we need to be carefull. All in all it was a wonderful meeting. My favorite verse from the study was the 26- 28 which says "and he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end,to him will i give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter sheall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Fater. And i will geive him the morning star." and also the 11th "he that hath and ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death." I loved those and the promises of what God will give us if we can overcome, it makes it beyond worth the sacrifices we make.

Ok well all for today i put the kiddo down for an early bed time as the "dark side" was beginning to appear because he had no nap today!

I will survive!!!!

No that title has nothing to do with that one song that goes something like...first i was afraid i was petrified never thought i could live with out you by my side...the title also has nothing to do with boys! lol It has everything to do with the fact that i discovered that there is a Maurices just 10 minutes away from where i live!!!! :) I went shopping yesterday! can you tell? Pretty much was happier than happy when i saw in the beautiful cascade mall my store Maurices, so i went in and tried on a ton of stuff and i got a few things, i really did manage to limit myself only 2 shirts and a hat! Tomorrow is my first day off and let me tell you i will go shopping all day i have so much stuff that i need to get! Yesterday i only got to shop for a few minutes so i have to go again! Oh i also got new rainboots! Seriously that was exciting!

So now for a little cute Micah story...After i had finished giving thanks for my lunch the other day he looked up at me and said "i was quiet", the next day he closed his eyes for a few minutes and then looked at me and said "i prayed Jesus", and then yesterday he closed his eyes for a few seconds and then opened them to see if i was watching and closed them again this happened a few times and then he looked at me and smiled a smile that said how proud of himself he was and then said "i prayed for a really long time" i almost started laughing he is so stinkin cute.

Oh i'm still trying to figure out how to put pictures up i can't get it to work and i have so many i want to add! ugggh

quick update

so i really haven't been doing too much exciting stuff lately but i'll give you a rundown of my days and maybe a quick little update to say what has been going on!
This is what a day in the world of Allyson the Nanny is like...
6:30 am alarm goes off- make sure Micah is not awake yet the hit the snooze
7:00 Micah is up by now for sure and playing quietly so i stumble out of bed
7:10 feed Micah and the dogs (3 dogs, 1 cat)
7:20 yell at Jonah (the BIG puppy) for biting the other dogs or Micah or me this continues ALL day as he doesn't understand the word no
Micah normally just kinda plays by himself for a while so i have a little bit of quiet time here...today he seems to just want to play in his own word so i've had a lot of time.
9:00 dress Micah and remember i haven't eaten yet!
10:00 do dishes and clean up the house and play with Micah
1:00-2:00 answer all the questions about where his mommy is until she gets home normally around 2
2-5:30 Becky is home so i have a little bit of time to myself (i want to go shopping today) but i'm still watching Micah and taking care of him as Becky is exhausted and getting ready for the next day of work
5:30 distract Micah as he's normally pretty upset that his mom has just left then feed him dinner
7:30 put Micah to bed, read bedtime story, feed dogs and put them in their crates...then finally have some wonderful time for me to catch up on whatever i want to do!!!!!! Normally check facebook and chat with people.
9:30 my bedtime unless i sometimes stay up later to try and talk a little more but i'm normally too tired!

That is just on Becky's days of work...so far she's worked everyday that i've been here but i think next week she has 3 or 4 days off! Who knows what will happen then!

So pretty much the 2 highlights of my time here so far has been Saturday when Kyla and Mark came to Seattle and i met them there for a wonderful fun day of shopping! Kyla and i got nothing but Mark got a lot of stuff. We got a ton of exercise walking up and down the hills twas fun. My camera was dead so Kyla has all the pictures! the other really cool thing was i got to take Micah to his first meeting! He did so good just kinda sat there and looked at everyone with big eyes one time he made a little noise and he got so embarrassed i almost started laughing. after meeting everyone came to meet him it was so cute. Oh they haven't decided which field i'm going to be in yet because i'm kinda on the boarder of 2 of them so i went to Sunday meeting in the Mt. Vernon field and they told me that they voted me in and that i was to stay, it was really nice to feel so welcome! Then we packed up to go to gospel meeting but there was a rock slide and it blocked the road so we had to turn back, that was a little disappointing but next week i'll go!

Ok i'm going to try and post some pictures from the last few weeks to show some of what has happened...