I WIN THE CRAZY MONTH AWARD!!!

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| This chair is called a BUMBO its the BEST baby invention EVER!!! this was a group gift to JJ from our circle of friends and I totally love it! so does he b/c he can always be part of the action but doesn't have to be laying down!

Well, let me start off by saying Merry Christmas! I know people are probably wondering where my blogging spirit had gone but i will get to that in a second. I would love to blame it on the hiustle and bustle of Christmas or even the busy schedule of Chem-Dry and Rotobrush. However, I'm stuck blaming it on a shortage of nerves and a bad case of the willies!
I hope everyone had a great holiday with family and friends and took time to remeber the reason we celebrate. I must say this was by far the funest Christmas with Tyson. He was having a blast opening his gifts and wanting to play with each one as he opened it. He got a pretty good haul! with a rocking horse from Joel's parents that moves its head and tail and "neigh's" its pretty cool. a John Deere combine from Uncle Aaron (to go along with the tractor he bought him last year!) some super cute clothes from Auntie Tamara all the way from Austrailia and the 5 Veggie tales from Auntie Michelle! it goes great with the huge veggie Tales Pirate's who don't do anything ship my parents got him! not to mention all the other clothes and toys he got from mom and dad, Jeff, Sterl & Sheleen and Alicia! yup we have one styling 2 year old! I love it! JJ got a decent haul as well of Toys and clothes. Joel got me an Ipod for christmas so I am pretty stoked about that. We finially spent a day at home today (well, we did go out for about an hour!) But we spent most of the day cleaning and doing laundry and Tyson played with all his new toys. We FINALLY took our car in to be fixed so that should be done by Friday we hope. that whole ordeal is still up in the air but its not looking too good. We contacted an accident specialist and he says that since we were turning left it doesnt matter if the kid was going 5 kms or 100. so that is crappy news and super frusterating being he could have seriously hurt one of my kids! but i think Joel may still try and fight it.

Now to the reason that if there is an award for the craziest month it should go to me!
About a week ago i was cleaning the room in the basement. I was putting away some maternity clothes when I couldnt get the big hamper back into the closet. i was trying to figure out why when i looked on the ground i found all this shedded paper i had a stick in my hand (THANK GOD!!) when i found all these brown lumps on the ground. Trying to figure out what it was I moved in a bit closer. Then I realized i had stumbled accross a nest of 5 DEAD baby mice! Words can't express what went off inside me as i started screaming my bloody heady off and ran upstairs. I jumped onto the counter and called joel in a nearly hystarical stae. I couldnt even get the words out all i said was "come home now!!" He was worried somethig was worng with me and the boys but i assured him we were fine By this point i had reached a full out panic and for those of you that don't know how i would react in this kind of a situation i actually laugh...not b/c its funny but b/c i'm scared out of my witts! Joel finally got home and I hadn't moved from the counter. When he came in I couldnt even get the words out. I now know the real meaning of "THE WILLIES!" Joel was trying to figure out what was wrong in between the tears and the screams and with a calm voice he said "Alesha, let me help you...do you waqnt to go outside and tell me?" with that he tried to take me off the counter...let's just say this was not a wise move! Shereeks of terror were released as i clutched on to his neck and told him not to put me on the floor. finially, by him asking all the right questions and him using the reaction he got out of me as his "yes or no" key He went downstaris to take care of things then went right to Home Depot and bought some traps. its been about a week and we have nothing so that is good news. and it doesnt seem they were even here for very long nothing is wrecked so thats another good thing. But, needless to say it took me a while to muster up the nerve to come downstairs! i wouldnt even do payroll for the guys! So yes, if there is an award or a charity for the craziest month sign me up! oh wait, i almost forgot...Christmas morning Joel almost lit the house on fire!..well, okay that is an exageration... But i had bought him an electric razor as one of his gifts and he was in the bathroom taking it out of the package and i was on the phone with mom and dad I could smell burning and was checking the stove and oven to try and figure out what was going on . When i walked down the hall the box and my hand towel were up in flames! Needless to say joel is grounded from candle lighting for the next while!
Well, our car went in on Wednesday..finally we are driving a fairly nice truck for the time being...fun but not exactly a family car. Anyways, i think that is a good summary of life at the Websters over the past few days.
Cheers!