Boston's got talent

CRAZY HUH?
How he figured this out: He always used to stick his 2 fingers in his mouth (as demonstrated in the video) and pull on his eyelashes when he was tired. I'm guessing that at some point the pull turned into a flip and this is the result. Funny thing...he almost ALWAYS has to have his fingers in his mouth before he will flip the eyelid, though occasionally when he gets going and there is an audience involved he will take the fingers out and go for the grand display of flipping both eyelids at the same time. Obviously I wasn't that great of an audience.
I was (and maybe still am) a little worried that the cartilage (or whatever is in the eyelid) might lose it's shape and he'd end up with a deformed eye - which it actually looks like it is when this video ends but it's really not...at least not yet - so I talked to the pediatrician about it. She said that she didn't think it would do any damage but that it would probably be best to ignore it when he does it and hopefully he will stop doing it eventually. So far that hasn't happened - as you can tell by my encouraging him to do this for the camera for you all to see. btw...sorry for the squeals. I know they are obnoxious but that's the kind of reaction he really goes for.

Fabulous Family Vacation

We spent a week in Los Cabos, Mexico with the kids and Lenny’s parents. It was a great vacation! Lenny found a place online that was a three bedroom, penthouse suite at the top of a beachfront resort. We had a great view of the ocean and spent plenty of time on the balcony just relaxing and listening to the waves crashing on the beach.

The kids had been talking about our trip to Mexico for a long time. They were so excited to wear their new swimsuits and play in the water. In fact, that is pretty much what they wanted to do all day long was to spend time in the swimming pool. We also spent some time on the beach and in the ocean.

Of course, grandma and grandpa spoiled the kids rotten. Grandpa bought Abby about every imaginable piece of jewelry possible (necklaces, bracelets and rings). He bought me a bracelet and earrings too. Jackson and Boston were spoiled with toys and shirts.

Our last night we ate at a restaurant called ‘The Tropicana.’ They had a tank of live lobsters in the seating area and the kids were able to see a lobster up close.

All in all it was a fabulous vacation with lots of sun and relaxation. We hope to do it again soon.

P.S. Lenny had to write this so I would get it on the blog.
So all of you who have been on my case to update can thank him.

P.S.S. Since I never updated about the pregnancy complications...
placenta is back where it should be and everything is great.

To Phoenix in "A Blaze of Glory"

So one day Lenny heard about the BonJovi/Daughtry concert and thought it sounded fun to go to. The year that Chris Daughtry was on American Idol was the first year that Lenny and I watched it (and have been hooked ever since). He was by far our favorite that year and we were both upset when he was voted off. I vowed I wouldn't watch it anymore but that only lasted until the next week. Anyways...since that was forever ago...Lenny found out about the concert and we were set on going. Too bad it wasn't coming to Salt Lake. We asked McKay (Lenny's business partner) and Aimee (McKay's wife) if they were interested in going. They were. So we booked a flight to Phoenix, found some decent tickets for the concert and headed out of cold, snowy Utah and down to warm sunny Arizona. It was a great LITTLE getaway. We got some good rest, some good food and some great entertainment. The concert was AWESOME! I'm not even sure what the best part was. I'm for sure a bigger fan of Daughtry but Bon Jovi played a ton of songs that I hadn't even realized I already knew and really liked. The only bummer was me feeling like baby was going to fall out after standing for more that 10 minutes. So I would stand and then sit for a while (while EVERYONE else was still standing - although Lenny did sit down a couple of times with me. I'm not sure if he was just doing it so I wouldn't feel so stupid or if he was a little worn out too - anyways it was nice of him) and then I'd stand up again on the best parts of the songs and jump around a little and pump my arms a little until I had to sit down again. We had an incredibly great time and really want to thank both of our moms for helping with our kiddies while we were rockin out!

Some pictures of dinner and the concert.

Lenny and me at dinner.
It was a mexican resturant - which I don't really love
but they had the best dessert!

McKay and Aimee at dinner.

Daughtry singing a song

The insane crowd of people trying to buy concert merchandise -
and yes- we too waited through intermission and 3 BonJovi
songs to get our $45 workout shirts.

Jon Bon Jovi about 20 rows right in front of us!

Daughtry - What about now

Bon Jovi - It's my life