So It's Genetic?!??!!?!?!?

Anyone that knows me well knows I have an obsession with pinching my ears. I have done it ever since I or my mom can remember, and it drives her and David nuts! I take my ear lobe and pinch it between my finger and fingernail... often drawing blood and leaving my ears scabbed over. I do this when I am nervous, deep in thought, tired, etc.

About 6 months ago Aidan started to play with these two tiny bumps he has on one of his ears that he was born with. He plays with it when he's nervous, deep in thought, tired, etc. Well, this playing turned to rubbing, which turned to picking, which turned to bleeding, which turned to scabs, which led to... a band aid. I am going to try to take care of this before it becomes a life-habit like mine. Aidan sports his band aid with pride and loves to tell people about his owie, but it seems to be working so far.

So I am guess all these years people have been after me to stop this obsession when in reality it was something I could not help... it's clearly genetic.

Tag... Your it!

I have been tagged by two different people (thanks ladies!) so here it goes:

Ok the rules are: list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions, and 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their name.

Joys:
1. My husband, kids, family, and friends
2. Scrapbooking
3. Having the gospel

Fears:
1. Something terrible happening to someone in my family
2. Gaining baby weight that I actually have to exercise away (oh wait, that's me now, minus the exercising part)
3. My home burning down with all my scrapbooks and Journals in it! Ahhhhh! (Stealing this answer from Mo but YES... such a fear!)

Goals:
1. Get my scrapbooking caught up... one day!
2. Lose baby weight... plus some!
3. Become more of a neat freak... obsessive cleaner!

Current obsessions:
1. Blogging.... posting, reading friends and strangers, composing in my head, etc.!
2. Reality TV shows... I have a sickness
3. Projects... anything to make me feel busy, productive, and creative

Random surprising facts about me:
1. I was electrocuted as a child. :)
2. I want to adopt a child from Ecuador one day (Where David served his mission)
3. I love sweets, oh wait... I don't think that is a surprise to anyone that knows me.

So who to tag??? Have fun ladies!

1. JJ, even if it's not till you get home
2. Kathleen
3. Mandi
4. Heather Hamm
5. Kari-Lynn

Don't feel obligated!

Here's a tag, play if you want:
Here are the directions: 1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! 2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Confession...

I have a confession... I am a reality show addict. (I am not even going to go into last nights Bachelorette Finale!) I just can't get enough! Probably one of my top three favorite shows is going on right now... So You Think You Can Dance. I look forward to this all year as they only have this show once a year during the summer. If your not a fan, you should be because you are missing out. It's not too late to get hooked and I have included my three favorite dances of the season so far to catch you up! (Mostly I have put them on here so I can come and watch them over and over again without having to search for them every time I need a fix!)
PS... You might want to pause music at bottom of screen to get the full effect.

Background: He gets his letter to be deployed

Background: He's a work-a-holic and she's trying to get him to stay with her

Background: This is interpretive but I think if you listen to the words it has to do with how there are so many kids out there in bad homes and unloved


You can find this show on FOX Wed. nights and the results shows are on Thurs.

A Day At The Circus!

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus is in town and we thought it would be so fun to take Aidan and Brinn. My parents, brother, sister and their friends ended up coming and it was such a blast! Aidan just loved it!

A boy who loves his animals!

Proud Grandparents

Aidan was so taken back by the clown that he refused to look at the camera.

After seeing a couple more clowns he was a little more comfortable and this time gave me a big smile.

Aidan and Daddy!

Although Brinn did watch a little of the show, this is how she spent most of it.

Derek, Holli (my sister), Sami, Austin (my brother), and Aidan as the center of attention!

SO MUCH FUN!

4th of July

(One of the many failed attempts of the two together.)

We had a fun but low-key 4th of July. David was out of town for the day so I took the kids to the pool at my parents house and then we went to dinner with my family.

Our Army Crawler

Brinn has been army crawling for quite awhile but I thought I wold put a little clip of it on here for you to see her in action.

Aidanisms

- Ever since Father's Day Aidan continues to ask me if it's "Aidan Day!" When I tell him that it's not, he starts crying and saying, "It is Aidan Day." Luckily his birthday is not too far around the corner.
- Yesterday I was calling Aidan a raggin-muffin because his hair is so long, maybe even the longest it has ever been. When I called him a ragging-muffin he informed me, "I not a raggin-muffin, I'm Aidan." I kept calling him the same thing and he kept telling me the same thing. It gave me a good laugh.
- Through the mouth of Aidan: Swimsoup= Swimsuit, wuv= love, skool= stool, sparkle= freckle, his friend Logan= Gogan
- Today in the car Aidan told me he had to go potty, and I told him to hold it: he then proceeded to hold it... literally!
- Aidan loves other kids! He calls them "my friends" or "my kids" and he believes that the soul purpose of every other person on this earth is to be his friend.