a few random pictures

I don't have anything too exciting but I have a few pictures I wanted to make sure get up.

Here is a "dessert" dip I made last night.  It is made with garbanzo beans!  It also has peanut butter, brown sugar, and a few other ingredients, but the beans made it way healthier than normal dessert.  We dipped graham crackers in it which was ok, but maybe fruit or something would be better because it got dry. My dad came back for more (as did I...and Sawyer) so I think it was a success. It was supposed to be something similar to cookie dough.

Here is Sawyer and the other boys today at his daycare. Aren't they cute?

Here is Sawyer looking cute in his rocking chair from grandma Smith. He loves to climb up and rock it by slamming his head against the back of it. He ate a wipe.

Here is Sawyer looking cute in the tub

Another random: the house moved on to the next stages since all those documents got faxed in. (18 pages by the way and since they were front and back I had to fax them through the scanner glass).  We got our estimated monthly payment and interest rate which is pretty good. I am also excited because I think we are going to have some family move in for awhile which is kind of exciting because I miss having a full house like when we lived downtown, and it will save us some money :) We just need to arrange how we will park because I don't think the hoa would want cars parked on the street (not that there is much anyway since the houses are close together) and the driveway is small lol.

OK, I think that is everything for now. I am so glad tomorrow is Friday!

M's again

Yesterday was Sawyer's first day at his new daycare!  My old friend Janelle has one and offered.  I know her because she lived with me and my boyfriend for a few months back when I was 19 and we both worked at Dairy Queen.  I know she loves kids and is really good with them.  She has 2 boys of her own, age 3 and almost 20 months, and there are 2 other boys there, one is also 3 and the other is Sawyer's age.  He was a little shy at first, but she said after about a half hour he was running around and playing with his new friends like he had been there forever.  We are so proud of our little man :)

After Andy got off, we faxed in our loan papers, and are crossing our fingers the loopholes and whatnot that we have to rely on work out.  After a stressful day, we decided to use our last Mariners coupon for $1 tickets. We had fun, but they lost miserably.  We took a break for an inning so Sawyer could run around. He even got a "first game" certificate from the team (even though it was his second) and a mariner moose baseball card.  He also met a dog that got him really excited.  He loves dogs and always runs over to pet them and stick his hand in their face/eyes/mouth, etc. which hopefully doesn't end badly one of these days lol.  I think we lost 7-0 but it was a fun "Munson family fun day" as Andy called it.

He was running all over the place

He was laughing all over the place with this dog, but none showed up in the pictures haha

You can see the Sounders/Seahawks stadium behind us :)

Fair part two

Let me first say that I woke up to the best surprise- breakfast in bed from my boys!  It isn't even a special occasion :) Note the cookie sheet lol.

Next I spent half the day organizing Sawyer's old clothes and picking out the ones from Cooper to give back to Destiny.  I hope we have a boy next so we can use them again.  It would also be more convenient to have a baby using the same size at the same seasons as Sawyer.  I think it was a good time to be pregnant too, because I didnt have to be prego in the summer.  You aren't allowed to lay out in the sun when you are prego (bebe can overheat just like if you went in a hot tub, and you can get discolored skin), and I think it would be miserable to be prego in the heat lol. I think we will plan the next on accordingly (as in get prego the end of next summer).

Around 5 Erik called and said they still have a few fair tickets left if we wanted to go with them since it was the last day.  We didn't do anything all weekend so we jumped at the chance to get out of the house.  I found my favorite pair of jeans ever for Sawyer today in a pile of clothes I hadn't even looked through yet. They even have a designer looking stitching on the back pockets.  He looked so cute today I wish I could have got a better picture, but he was too fast.

We walked down to the fair to get the rest of our favorite foods that we were too full to eat last time: Pulled pork sandwiches, elephant ears, and cones from the dairy barn.  Andy usually knows the people at the dairy barn from church and one brought Sawyer his own ice cream (though he had shares of all our other food).  We even got free soda at the end because we went to the Puget Sound Energy booth to get free efficient shower heads and the guy working had been brought food but he can't have soda so he gave them to us.  It was a lot of fun the second time too and we got to see the pretty lights of the fair at night!  I already can't wait for next year.

You should see this!

Sawyer gets watched m/t/th/f by our friend Tyrell.  She and her husband have a toddler Sawyer's age (if I haven't mentioned this before) and they had some fun today...you need to see these pictures and the video she posted.  Hilarious!  Go here to see the post :)

The Puyallup has been done

Whoo, we finally made it to the fair!  If you are not familiar, the Puyallup Fair is THE fair. Look it up if you don't believe me (thefair.com).  If you grew up in Puyallup, you haven't missed it.  You get free tickets every year, and you even get the first Wednesday off half-day for designated "fair day." I hear people from other places say "it is always the same."  Yes, it IS always the same.  The same delicious, fun, and exciting fair.  They just don't understand.  Luckily we saved ourselves $20 and got some free tickets from Destiny (since her grandma owned stock and they send her like 36 tickets every year).  You don't get free tickets after you graduate.

In our family, we pretty much count down to the fair in terms of Earthquake Burgers.  Andy would say "two more weeks until Earthquake Burgers!"  Earthquake Burgers is a place that used to have a restaurant up on South Hill (where we live), but closed down when I was like 8.  Now you can ONLY get it at the fair, and NOT during Spring Fair.  We drove to Destiny and Erik's house to park, walked down, and made a dash for the Earthquake stand. Luckily, being a Wednesday, the line was short.  On weekends, you have to wait FOREVER and pretty much have to fight for a spot to sit down when someone gets up. We didn't have a problem today.

These burgers aren't cheap.  A basic one is $10!  Add cheese and onions and it is pricey!  We realized that it is cheaper to get a double (we cut it in half) and some of the delicious (brick of) fries and we are both full.  It still cost us $22 but it is a LOT of food. The burgers are huge.

Andy had the top bun to load ketchup

Longest fry ever!

That gem walked by while we were eating with some crazy music to boot

We walked around the rides and games to feel the excitement. I hate doing those things now, but I used to love them when I was small, so it is good memories.  We should have known better than to go on a bracelet day (unlimited rides when you buy one), it was crowded.

I love this picture in the sun

I can't wait for Sawyer to ride these (he loved watching them)

And this (which was my favorite ride I remember as a little kid)

And this is my future favorite ride. You get zipped into a plastic ball to "walk on water".  If there werent a bunch of little kids in there, I would have done it today.

We visited the hobby hall and the animals.  Sawyer loves animals (he doesn't talk much but he barks when he sees a dog, says "duck", and can hoot like an owl and moo like a cow).  He even got to pet slap a goat.  We got to see a lady feed a piglet too. Very cute.

There's a tiny chick in there but you can't see it well

My legs were getting super sore (I have had shin splints for about a week now) and we had a party to attend to, so we left.  Destiny was having a jewelry party which was quite fun while the guys played FIFA in the other room.  Sawyer was so tired he fell asleep on Andy!  I already want more fair food, but it will have to wait until next year.  I consumed enough calories for a month, and I didn't even have any of the deep fried butter, oreos, koolaid, etc that were options!  It was fun though, even if it was the same as any other year.

Highs and Lows

I am going to do something like the "compliment sandwich" here lol. I will start this blog off with a positive, then negative, then positive. First off, I wanted to congratulate the country, military, and the personal friends I have that are directly affected by today's end of the "Don't ask, Don't tell". I know they are celebrating tonight and I feel like my problems are so small compared to the people that had to hide who they really are for so long.  I feel like our country is moving closer to equality for all.

Negative- I have been so stressed lately. I wish it was just Halloween so we could know that the house all went well, that Andy's paychecks have been coming right, and that the loan goes through. The rugby season would be over so I could have more time with my boys too. I feel like I don't have any free time or money anymore :(

Another positive:  Have I mentioned Andy got an awesome promotion? We had to keep it on the DL for awhile so I can't remember if I posted about it.  Basically, he got his boss's job.  He is no longer a driver and is now in charge of everyone at the Auburn places.  He is not back in school because his goal was to have a job that he can dress nice (like now) and with school and student teaching, we didn't know how he could afford to do that....plus even as a driver, the teacher's salary would be a pay cut....and we have had a few friends that couldn't even find teaching jobs (one moved to vancouver, one moved to korea to get jobs) so the future wasn't as promising. Now he got more money and a very good chance for an even better promotion eventually.  We are very proud! This is how we got the house, on his new salary.  He finally got his first paycheck on Friday so hopefully things will turn around.

Last positive:  This future rugger (and current rug-rat) is 15 months today!  He is becoming more of a real person and we love him so much.  It melts my heart when he comes and sits on my lap or gives me a baby kiss (aka coming at your face with his mouth open), or hears me upstairs and runs to his gate and yells up MAMA MAMA! I can't wait until he can actually talk so we know more what he wants and needs.  Usually he wants to read a book, but he hands us pretty much everything in reach lately and goes "Ehhh?" Here he is in his mama's jersey.

Eugene

I had a game this weekend in Eugene, Oregon.  For those unaware, it is 4.5 hours from Puyallup.  We decided it would be easier to not wake up early and drive down, so we decided to stay in Vancouver (2 hours away) overnight.

I got off work and we stopped to check out our house's progress. The walls are up!  I won't bore you with all the pictures, but I will put the living room and the outside.  We snuck in the garage door.

Sawyer was good down to Vancouver, he loves to shake his sippy cup though and got water everywhere.  He eventually fell asleep.

We got to Vancouver and hung out with his aunt Karla and eventually his uncle Bill and cousin Duncan got back from the Timbers game (they have season tix like us- the Timbers are the Sounders' rivals). It was pretty fun.  We got to sleep in their little apartment.  They have a laundry room and if you go through that, there is a little apartment with a small living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.  Sawyer would scream any time we put him in his pack and play all night, so he had to sleep with us. It was AWFUL!  He is so wiggly!

We woke up early and hit the road. We gave ourselves an extra hour since there was a University of Oregon football game (also in Eugene) and we knew the traffic would be bad.  Though the road was filled with Duck fans the whole way down with their little tail feathers sticking out of their trunks (aka those yellow pom-pons they give out at sporting events) and flags on their cars (several littered along the side of the freeway that blew off) we still got there about an hour before I had to be so we stopped and played at the park next door.

Yes, Sawyer actually did a summersault down the slide

My left foot has had issues the past two weeks. Before the park, i had a bad bruise under my small toes on the top of my foot (i got stepped on), a blister, and my toenail is ripped halfway and I have been taping my toe.  After the park, I added a bloody stubbed toe on something sharp in the rocks that cut it while I was chasing Sawyer as in the last pic.

Our actual game went well. I don't have pictures because Andy was cheering/yelling at the ref the whole game, but I will someday have a massive picture blog from all the other people with cameras.  We won 37-5 YAY!  We are now going to regionals in California at the end of the season so I hear. I didn't even get bruised this game which must be a record!  I even got to kick it once and the girl catching it got a knock-on. I was proud lol.

We drove home right after and Sawyer screamed for the last 2 hours.  It was awful. I can't blame him for wanting out though, I did too.  I had to work as soon as I got home because everyone was required to come in that night to help change the store around.  I worked for about an hour, got home, gave beany a bath while Andy grocery shopped, then we finally got to hit the sack.  What a day!

Today we putted around.  I took pics of my friend who needs them for her wedding invitations. I get to be a bridesmaid in her November wedding- I am so excited! I wish we had longer but it was raining and her baby was in bed and she felt awkward taking pics so we went in her backyard for literally 5 minutes lol.

I feel like there is always so much going on and time is flying lately!