Ashton, Ashton, Ashton

brad is the hardest person to buy for. he never knows what he wants probably because if he wants something he goes out a gets it. anyway, his birthday is coming up on saturday and i found the perfect present to get him. guitar hero for the wii. he stood in toys r us and played guitar hero for a good 20 minutes. the only reason he stopped is because talan was screaming, and i was standing behind him with my hands on my hips giving him a 'lets go already' look.

ashton is generally excellent at keeping secrets. we never have to hide a present from him (unless of course if it is for him) becuase he is so hard to crack! that all changed during one family meal on november 19th at about 6:24 pm. i'm going to dialogue the conversation because otherwise it doesnt do it justice.

just to set up the situation...brad somehow found out we had already gotten him a birthday present. he kept saying random things asking if it was that. ashtons answer was always no. he even said no when brad guessed guitar hero...and he had a straight face. that scares me a bit that he can lie so well. this went on for a good 15 minutes. then it happened...

me: what do you want to get justin for christmas?
ashton: maybe i could get him guitar hero for his wii which i didnt get daddy for his birthday.

so i start laughing hysterically because somehow BRAD HAS CRACKED ASHTON! ashton at this point doesnt realize that he gave up the present. and on with the dialogue...

brad: you got me guitar hero?
ashton: its a surprise so stop asking.

oy. the things kids say. so ashton isnt allowed to know any of the presents anymore.

Its a bad week for babies

tuesday--i was putting talan's carseat down and the diaper bag fell off my shoulder and right onto his sleeping head. luckily there were only diapers in the bottom.

wednesday--at playgroup i failed to save elliot from a crazy kid on a car. sorry elliot!

thursday--talan fell out of the spiderman chair. he was only about 3 inches from the ground but i cant imagine how terrifying it must have been for him. how scary would that be to feel yourself falling, know that you are going to fall on your head and not be able to do anything about it. i was sitting right next to him too. he always sits in this chair and never has attemped to fall out. next thing i know there is a thud and talan is no longer sitting on the chair. poor guy.

oy! i wonder what tomorrow brings.

Fireside Song

my mother in law sent me this and although i've never been to a fireside and really have no idea what a fireside is...i thought it was really funny.

http://www.spinozist.us/wp-content/uploads/FiresideSong.mp3

Ashton 2005

haha. how embarrassing is this going to be when he gets older! no wonder he hates everything girly now. what was i thinking. i was probably blinded by the sequins.

Christmas came early in the Coates house

WE GOT A WII!! yay! we've been looking for one for a while now. apparently there is some shortage going on. nintendo is limiting the number of wii's every store can have, which is really lame when they could just make more. whatever. anywho they had one at target greatland today. we only stopped because it is the only target in less than 20 miles that i havnt hit up yet for the 90% off halloween isle. the wii, which we have nicknamed boopie (in honor of talan since he is the only one that cant have fun with our new toy), is very fun! a pretty good workout too for the arms and shoulders. and apparently i need it. when i did the fitness test for the wii it said i was 70. :(

the whole family got to church in time today thanks to daylight savings time. talan was awake and looking at all the people and of course the lights. at one point i had talan sitting on my lap facing ashton. talan started cooing at ashton, probably telling him how handsome he looked in his blazer. ashton thought talan was starting to cry and got really close to his face and said something that surprised me.

he said, "dont cry talan. you shouldnt cry at church. church is very important. we learn to be sealed to our family at church and we get bathtized at church. dont you want to be bathtized talan?"

this coming from ashton was very surprising. usually he is the one throwing a fit, army crawling on the floor, taking several bathroom breaks or drinking fountain breaks. anything to not have to sit for an hour. it was really reassuring to know that we must be doing something right.

giggles!

WE'VE GOT BABY GIGGLES!

talan giggled for the first time today. he was laying on his favorite spot in the house...his changing table. dont know why that is his favorite spot although i have a guess. it doesnt even have a pad on it. he just lays on a plastic mattress and thinks nothing could be better. weird kid. i was kissing his cheek and he kept smiling and cooing so i started pretending to eat his face. haha. i just realized what weird things we do to entertain babies. he probably wasnt laughing because it was funny...he probably was laughing because i looked like a moron. whatever, i dont care. as long as he laughed. then finally it came. it was 3 little ha ha ha's. he has a deep laugh, but oh so sweet. there is nothing better than baby giggles.

toys!

talan figured out today that there are toys on his exersauser. he isnt sure if he wants to touch them. and he sure doesnt want to play with him. looking at them is good for now i guess.

ashton's EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE chart

brad came up with this new system to help ashton stop whining so my hair doesnt turn grey before i turn 25. he cleverly named it...ashton's eeeeeeeeeeeeeee chart since that is what ashtons whining sounds like. anyway, each time ashton does something good he puts a tally on the plus side and each time he whines or isnt listening he has to put a tally on the minus side. what are we adding or subtracting? quarters, the kid likes money. he scammed alot of change from the grandparents using the classic full house move. the sad face saying "please feed my piggy." he knows the grandparents cant resist. he leads them to believe he only has a few pennies in there when in reality he is sittin on about $50 in change. so we figure he will want to be good to make some money, right? how is that working for us you might ask. it is working out great for us...not so much for ashton.