Mouse Story

This story begins at the end of December when I saw some black things on our carpet. I asked Tyrel casually if they were mouse poop and after he carefully inspected them, he replied that they weren't. I cleaned up the mess and went on with my life all the while thinking 'of course it's not mouse poop, how could a mouse get into our house!' Later that night, Tyrel runs into our bedroom telling me to hurry and get up because, guess what, he saw a mouse!! He for some reason thought I would help him kill it, silly Tyrel, but I just stood on a chair and screamed when I saw it run by. Needless to say the mouse escaped, Tyrel was annoyed with me, and I did not sleep well that night. The next day was spent with me buying mouse traps and my mom helping me search for the mouse. We tried to track it down by following it's trail of droppings and that trail led to my bedroom. (shudder) I placed mouse traps throughout the bedroom and bathroom but I am not an expert on mouse traps and put too much peanut butter on it. The mouse swiped the peanut butter and left new droppings in our closet. As soon as Tyrel came home I told him where the mouse had been. He shut himself in the closet, blocked both doors so there would be no escape for the mouse and came out 5 minutes later saying the mouse was not there anymore. I cleaned up the closet mouse droppings and have not seen any sign of the mouse anywhere in our house. We figured he went down the vent and died.
My story continues 5 months later.....
So last night after a very hectic night involving me loading up kids, doing a lot of running, and shutting off a linear end gun a couple times (don't ask), it was 10:00 before I got home and was settling the kids down so they could go to bed. As I sat in my comfy rocking chair giving Jaiden her bedtime bottle, I saw something run out from under the couch and over to Abby's toys. My heart jumped and I gasped. Abby asked me what was wrong and I didn't know if I should tell her the truth or lie so she wouldn't grow up being as scared as mice as me but in the end I told the truth and proceeded to tell her to get my phone so I could call Tyrel (I had to stay where I was to watch the mouse in case he escaped again). I thought my phone was in my jacket and she brought my jacket but there was no phone and I panicked. I told Abby to find my phone and she was running around the house saying 'I don't know, I don't know. Where's your phone mommy? Oh no, a mouse. I don't know, where's your phone.' (That part was really funny) Luckily I heard Tyrel's four wheeler pull into the shop and told Abby to run and yell for daddy, so she runs and opens our screen door and starts yelling 'DADDY'. He thinks she is just excited to see him and doesn't think anything about it, so I tell her to tell him there is a mouse in the house. She goes back to the door and yells 'DADDY MOUSE' and he still doesn't think anything about it so I tell her to tell him that it's in the house so she yells 'DADDY MOUSE IN HOUSE'. Finally we have his attention and he comes in right away. Just then the mouse runs by me again and runs over by Abby's other tote of toys and Tyrel comes to take over. We block the area with boxes so the mouse can't escape but the dang thing runs up the broom I had over there but luckily jumps into one of the boxes. HA, we have him trapped. Tyrel take the box outside so that there will be no chance for escape in our house again and I won't go into many details about how we killed the mouse but I will say that it involved a wheelbarrow and a water hose and the mouse is definitely dead and Abby is definitely scarred from the whole experience. She woke up at 1:00 in the morning and climbed into our bed while crying about a mouse. (oops, I guess I should have handled the situation better :)) With our luck, it was probably a different mouse too. (sigh)

Day of Firsts

There were only 2 firsts, one was cute and the other was not so cute. You be the judge.

Jaiden's first ponytail (she did not like it)

Abby trying to get her own cereal while I was in the shower.

Luckily the milk was almost gone!

6 months old!!!

Okay, technically Jaiden is 6 months and 4 days. I can't believe how fast the time has gone by!! (she is half laughing and half crying in this picture)

Happy Birthday!!

It's Tyrel's Birthday!!! Okay, so he doesn't really care about his birthday but I do. He told me not to get him anything but of course I did anyway. He probably won't like what I got him and that's okay because one of the things is more for me anyway. (hehehe) The poor guy is stuck in his tractor planting away, so he really isn't going to have much of a birthday but the rain is coming so with any luck he just might get off early tonight! (I won't hold my breath, though) By the way, he turned 26!

Sad News

I can't believe how bad I am at updating this blog! It's not that I have nothing to write, I'm just lazy. Well, I guess I will start by telling you that we lost our dog, Lucy, yesterday. She was hit on the road. It was a really crappy start to the week. I can't believe she is gone. Abby hasn't asked about her yet and I'm glad because I think I would break down and cry. She was such a good dog and we will miss her. We also woke up to a lot of snow on the ground today, so that hasn't helped my mood this week. Sorry to be so gloomy. I will write about happier things now.

It was nice and sunny last week so I did get a bit of yard work done. Okay, my dad did most of it but that's only because Jaiden wouldn't lay down and take a nap but as soon as she did, I helped him. We also got to have Abby's cousin Ellie stay with us for a few days. Ellie and Abby had a blast playing with each other although they did have their arguments but what can you expect from two head strong little girls!

Tyrel has been in a tractor planting potatoes for the past week so I haven't seen much of him lately. I have to laugh when other wives say they never see their husbands because they leave at 7:00 in the morning and don't get home until 8:00 or 8:30 at night. Tyrel leaves at 6:30 usually doesn't get home until 11:00 or later. He came home at 10:00 the other night and I didn't know what to do because I'm just used to being alone and doing whatever I want. Ya gotta love being a farmer's wife. I do take him lunch and dinner sometimes and yesterday Jaiden got to go for her first tractor ride! It's just the first of many, I'm sure. The picture below is Abby and Ellie riding in the tractor last week but there wasn't room for Jaiden and me so that is a picture of Jaiden chillin' in the old red pickup while we waited. I did take a picture of Jaiden when she went for her tractor ride but it was on my phone. I'm not quite sure how to upload it to the computer yet.

Update

Well, it's been over a month since my last post, so maybe I better get things up to date.

Let's see, the last time I wrote Tyrel was on his man trip to get his snowmobile and I have to admit that she is a beauty. I am a little jealous but not really because I could never handle that much power! I can wait for my pink M6. Ha! Abby really liked it too.

Jaiden turned 4 months old and she began eating cereal. Just another milestone to remind me that she is growing up way too fast. She is getting so big now. I had to pull out the 6-9 month clothes!!

Abby is in the middle of her terrible 2's more than ever. AHHH!! Will it ever end?! I love her but she sure can be a little turd. She does have her good moments and is starting to show compassion for Jaiden. For instance, when Jaiden got her 4 month shots and started to scream, Abby glared at the nurses and kept saying 'Jaiden crying!' I thought it was pretty cute.

I got to go on a little shopping spree with my mom, sisters, and sis-in-laws. We had a blast. Of course I mostly spent my money on the girls but their clothes are just so much cuter than mine! Tyrel got to spend that weekend alone with Abby and I think it was excellent bonding time for the 2 of them. I am still very impressed that he was willing to do that and he is even planning on watching her next year when we go again! He is the best!!

look for new pictures below

Little Homemaker

While Tyrel is out of town picking up the newest member of our family (his snowmobile, aka his second wife! HA!) I decided to try something new. I made Abby a dress and keep in mind I have never made any clothes before. I have made quilts but I think it is way different. Anyway, I made Abby's cute little dress that she is wearing and if I do say so myself, it turned out pretty good. (just don't look at it too close!) I spent all day Saturday making a table runner for Quilt Guild and making Abby's dress and about 10:15 Saturday night I finished the dress so she could wear it to church. I had her try it on right after I made it and she was so excited to wear it that she told me to put on my dress so we could go to church. Needless to say, Abby loved it but I think I could have stapled two pieces of fabric together and she probably would have liked it just as much. =)
You might also notice Jaiden in the background with an enormous bow on her head. I have never really been a big fan of the huge bows on babies but I am very sick of people calling her a boy. I went to a wedding reception and she had a little pink bow glued to her head but someone still thought she was a boy! So I have finally had enough and bought her a big bow that nobody would miss and hopefully nobody will mistake her for a boy again!!!!