20 days until Christmas or 20 more days of putting tree ornaments back on the tree every 10 minutes

My son is adorable. He is also rotten, very rotten. God made him adorable to try and even out the rottenness- he did not foresee the amazing level of rottenness. Don't get me wrong I love that kid like crazy but it does not make him any less rotten.
Proof: He climbs on everything. I pull him off the table at least 20 times a day. I know I have the tendency to exaggerate but this is not the case this time.

He despises time out but this does not deter any bad behavior one tiny bit.

Major wedgie from trying to escape his diaper and/or from putting his hands in his diaper.
The fact he can pull a gangsta face like this is all the proof anyone needs.
I am coming to believe the curly hair=evilness. The curlier the more evil. I fully intend to do studies to prove this.And EVERY TIME I try to take a picture he reaches for the camera. I can not get a shot without going through a couple of these shots first.
I made the mistake of letting him see some of his presents, this ended in major tantrums anytime I open a closet. He knows they are in there and I won't let him play with them. He tried to help me put up the Christmas tree. Helping to him was throwing the ornaments at the tree, getting angry that they weren't staying like mine, walking up to the tree and hitting it while yelling "DON'T". After I was done with the tree he decided he was scared of it. Further investigation of the tree proved it to be non-fatal so he began pulling ornaments off. I have only had the tree up for a day and have began contemplating a way of roping it off so I am not continuously putting ornaments back on. I am also contemplating tubal ligation. It is going to be a long 20 days until Christmas.

The Dentist and why I hate going.

It's finals week and I'm supposed to be studying so I thought what better time to update the blog, right. So this is my procrastination post. I hate the dentist, not the actual person, I'm certain they are normal nice people but while they are drilling my mouth they are pretty much plain old evil. I'm also a very anxious person, like super should take medication for it anxious and the dentist is something that kicks it into high gear. I take crazy care of my teeth in order to not go. I had been putting off going for awhile and then decided about a year ago it was about time. I went and had 3 cavities no surprise considering I hadn't gone in forever. The dentist, who was actually not too bad to look at, said they were just surface cavities and he could fill them in a short appointment. Next week I came in for a 20 minute appointment or so I thought here's a synopsis of the past YEAR of dentist appointments:

-Supposed 20 minute appointment gets extended, dentist keeps saying things like "Whoa" -"this is going to be longer than I thought" and something about my tooth "having an abnormally large pulp". He tells me I might need a root canal and I'm going to be in pain for awhile. What?

-Pain, lot's of it. I despise tooth pain. I'd rather have labor pains. Seriously. The dentist even called the next night to check up on me- he knew this was going to happen. See evil.

-Ibuprofen, lot's of it.

-I lie to myself, convince myself the pain will stop because there is no way I'm going back.

-I finally go in mostly because my husband threatened to kick me out on the couch if I didn't. I see another dentist who takes an x-ray and gives me the whole abnormally large pulp bit and how they couldn't have foreseen this until they started drilling. I can wait and see if it stops but then the tooth will probably die and I'll get an abscess and have to have a root canal anyway and other problems or get a root canal. I opt to wait- the dentist cannot win.

-I give up probably because my stomach couldn't handle anymore ibuprofen. I schedule the dreaded root canal and pout. Anxiety builds- I'm fairly certain a root canal will kill me and leave my child motherless further feeding my hate for the dentist.

-Part one of root canal- I was unaware there was more than one part. More hate- more pain. Root canals suck, no matter how much Novocain they give you they inevitably hit a nerve and you will cry. It still hurts and costs a pretty penny even with insurance. Now I'm sure they made up everything, my tooth will hurt forever and they are just in it to take my money and leave my child motherless. Pain eases a bit so I have hope.

-Part two of root canal-what I thought would be the end and then they explain that I have a temporary crown and need to set up another appointment for the permanent one. I have survived so far so I'm thinking that it can't get too much worse and I figure I've paid for it all… nope wrong.

-Part one of permanent crown. Once again I discover that there is more than one part. $400 more. Stupid. On the upside pretty dentist is back so I can stare at him while he defiles my tooth. He slips with the drill and drills a chunk of my gum and tongue off and they try to pretend it didn't happen. I felt a sharp jab of pain even through the Novocain and have blood flicking all over my glasses I know something is up. They try to cover it up and have a conversation with me even though I can't answer back since there are four hands, a drill and now a large amount of blood and gauze in my mouth. I decide that dentists are evil all the time- I had given them too much credit. Did I mention this was the day before Thanksgiving and I have been instructed to take it easy with the food…I curse cute dentist under my breath to choke on a turkey bone.

Part two of the permanent crown has been scheduled for the 15^th I will go and undoubtedly hate it. My tongue has pretty much healed up, I'm not dead but I still hate the dentist.

Feeling VERY grateful.

As most of you know we had another close call with Larin's father last week. He was very close to death a few times in the week we were up there, it was scary and deja-vuie (no, not a real word). It took me back to when I was laboring in the hospital and waiting for Larin's phone to ring with more news on his father's status and waiting for Charlie to come so we could get up to Idaho and hopefully see him once more. We made it and he had a successful surgery and was blessed with more time. And we love Grandpa Harris so much! Now a year and a half later we were sitting in the same hospital in an even more serious situation. Once again the man beat the horrible odds and is still here with us, he has a very long and laborious recovery ahead of him but as he has shown us before he is a fighter. Why does it take something so scary and sad to make us realize what we have I'll never know, I wish I noticed the amazing things in my life more! It was a major stressful week, Charlie got an ear infection so the little sleep we were getting lessened. Then coming home and making up for the time away added stress and I was not a pleasant person to be around I'm sure. Than Larin's birthday came around and he decided he wanted to do nothing...relax all day. So we have and it's been wonderful, and we had an awesome family nap and I sit and look at my family and think how great it all really is. My husband is such a wonderful man who takes such great care of us and still loves me even on my meanie days. Then there's Charlie, who has decided to ring in the terrible twos 6 months early, but still has those moments that makes my heart melt, makes me laugh until I cry, and sometimes if he feels like it will cuddle me and give me hugs and kisses. So I've felt so picked on and tired of life's curve balls but than I see this and remember I have it pretty rad...pretty rad indeed.

Long time...

I know it's been like over two months eek, bad. School, all sorts of travels, all sorts of stuff with the wee one and just general life! Charlie is all grown up now, he wants to do everything by himself. Now that he is walking he all but refuses to allow me to carry him when we go places. This invariably leads to plenty of bumps and bruises. Poor kid also has my bruise-like-a-peach gene and a new bruise everyday! The other day he began throwing a temper tantrum and running down the hall with his eyes closed and ran right into the wall. I'll admit, I laughed pretty hard. We've got to do fun stuff now that he's is older and mobile. I finished my summer semester so now we are doing swim classes before I have to start up fall semester. He is so excited about it and is doing fabulous. No longer scared of putting his face under, which is good, and true to self he tries to do it all by himself. All for now here's some pics.Note the pen marks all over his right leg, I still don't know where this pen came from or went to.

He turned a table over to make a chocolate milk lake, and then climbed in.

At the aquarium!

Charlie's new name- Messy McGetintoEverything....

Due to the recent weeks of naughtiness I do believe we should change Charlie's name. Messy McGetintoEverything. How did I come to this decision, I can show you better than tell you..... Keep in mind I only catch very little of his naughtiness on camera, so imagine the following pictures happening over and over day after day.
Caught red handed

Mashed Mac n Cheese
Ever wonder what happens when you stuff 10 Teddy Grahams in your mouth and then realize it's too much to swallow. This is what happens.
He has been dragging around his toys like this, I don't know why...
Ever get a random nonsensical text or strange phone call from me, this would be why.
Oh, and he's naked because he just had dinner, and it's easier to just take off his clothes then wipe him down.
He thought it was pretty funny
Until he realized I was mad and he was in trouble
Yes, those are tampons that he got out from under the sink
I don't know how food ended up smashed into the wallNow that he can stand and climb onto things it is only getting worse, it is amazing what a kid can do in one minute, like eat half a bowl of dog food or use the toilet to 'clean' their toys.

By the time Larin gets home and Charlie is doing something naughty I don't even have the strength to yell so I just laugh. That's the reason God made kids so darn cute, so you don't beat them senseless by the end of the day.

I needed to update...badly.

Yes, yes i know it has been awhile, we've been busy ok! We had a great vacation up to Idaho, starting in Mountain Home visiting my sister and her family and ending with Charlie's 1st birthday and 2nd Easter with the grandparents in Idaho Falls. His birthday was Insane with a capital I! The entire Harris clan made it (all 40+ people) and a few from my side were there. He got super spoiled of course and he couldn't care less about the presents. His cousin Spencer was quite the helper with opening presents it was hilarious! He kept telling me that we had to take the toys out of the boxes because Charlie wanted to play with them.There are millions of photos, and they are on facebook so I'll just post a few!Cake!!Easter morning and happy about the candy!
Just the wee one and I went up to Idaho Falls to send-off my best friend Kat, she's graduated ISU and is going to move to South Carolina so we had to see her before she left. Charlie loved all the attention and was showing off to Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan by CLIMBING THE STAIRS!!! It was a nice four day weekend for us to catch up with family and friends.He loved the tramp at Grandma's!
Larin is loving his new job down at battalion in SLC and is a ton more relaxed now that he isn't a recruiter! I like him coming home at more decent times and in a better mood!
I have started up school again and am glad to be getting it done yet stressed, homework is a lot harder when you have a 1 year old trying to get on the computer.Charlie has changed so much from my last post. He can climb on everything, we had to buy a new entertainment center to keep him from the TV and pressing all the buttons on dad's game consoles(yes we have more than one). He is still a chatter-box but it's becoming clearer and clearer, except when he growls-that's still not very clear:) He can stand all by himself and it is super hard to get him to sleep because he just stands in his cribs and throws things at the wall. He finally started drinking from a sippy cup but still takes bottles at night and nap time. He begs and eats all sorts of foods now and has FOUR teeth.Oh what else..oh yeah, he WALKED! He's been walking with his toy for a while but yesterday he took steps without it and I just about cried! He's so grown up!!!!
Here's a video of him walking with his toy, I haven't gotten him without it yet, he's so cute!

Staying BUSY!

I was finally able to get pictures of Charlie at his swim class, usually I'm in the pool with him so for obvious reasons I can't take pictures. Larin was able to get out of work a little earlier so he could go in the pool with Charlie and they had a great time! He loves it until it comes time to put his face under water, then he screams like you just killed a puppy or something. The instructor just drops and lets them fall down deep it always scares me because you can see his eyes all wide and a look on his face like "HOW COULD YOU MOM!!!!" I apologize for the crappy quality of photos, and the fact the boy wouldn't look at me, he was too busy!The pool we go to is pretty awesome, it has a way cool kiddie pool and lots of toys. Probably the best part is how after swim class Charlie is pooped and sleeps like a rock!

My son is getting more grown up every second it's insane. Right now he is screaming some sort of gibberish, probably on a sugar high from the sucker he is eating, he LOVES suckers by the way. If you think your child drools a lot give them a sucker and wait, it increases tenfold! Larin's boss recently received orders and is being deployed to Afganistan so she had a going away party down in Park City, it was nice for me to meet everyone he works with and learn a little more about his new job. She also has a little boy, a little older than Charlie but they still had fun playing together, I was surprised he was so well-behaved since he has recently decided he is too old for afternoon naps. It went until 9 which is past the wee one's bedtime and then of course we had the hour drive home, this is the picture I took of our exhausted little boy, too cute!!And here is Charlie, he's totally into the Twilight series....

...get it, because he looks like a vampire all covered in blood!! Ok, I know, Larin told me that joke was in bad taste, I thought it was funny, whatever. He was actually just eating a piece of licorice, a small piece and it made that much mess!
Lastly of course we got family pictures done, I know FINALLY! Larin is sooo not a picture person it takes a lot to drag him out to get them done. We went to JcPenney and they turned out fabulous! We got some of Charlie by himself since he will be one in two weeks, so they are Easter, family, one year old pictures! Here are a few, I must show you since I love my beautiful family.

Reasons to love life...

With Charlie's birthday coming up I've had time to reflect on the past year and how wonderful my life has become! There are so many reasons I love that boy, it's crazy!~His beautiful smile
~How he giggles at the most random things
~His giggle
~How when it's quiet I know he's gotten into something he shouldn't
~Now he eats anything he can get his little mitts on(For you information- the food he is eating is pasta with alfredo sauce and cinnamon toast crunch-YUM)
~And then spits 90% of it out
~His cheeks, and how when we're in the car the jiggle ever so cutely
~His great hugs
~The drooly kisses
~How much drool, snot, pee, poop, and vomit can come out of something so little
~He yells to get your attention and as soon as you look he looks away all bashful-like
~How when he doesn't feel good he becomes a great cuddle-bug
~How he barks and bites the dog to get her back for barking and biting him
~He yells "DADA!" from his crib whenever there is someone in the bathroom near his room because most often it is daddy.
~He flirts, but only with the ladies(how does he know???)
~ Splash fights
~His manly voice
~When he's tired he sucks his thumb
~If you look at his right thumb it's dried and cracked from him sleep sucking it
~How he looks just like his dad and I love him too
~He's mine and oh so sweet-when he wants to be.
There's so much more but I don't want to brag anymore than I already have!

I hate Nosebleeds...

I hate Nosebleeds, they are dumb and icky and I hate them, that is all.

Just living life.

Well I haven't updated in awhile but we haven't done anything marvelously amazing of late just living life! My baby is growing up far too fast I love all the new stuff we get to do now that he's older but he'll snuggle up to me and I miss the tiny little baby he was! He can now crawl, is great at standing and walks when helped, and has two teethies!!! I haven't been able to get a picture of them because he sticks his tongue out. I've tried to get him playing patti-cake on camera but he freezes and smiles! He is enjoying eating everything and is very demanding when you don't share and has figured out how to throw super tantrums, way fun. He is jibber-jabbering all the time too and loves to tell stories and get books read to him.Reading his books with his feet up on his toy.
I'm planning on enrolling him in baby swimming class once it gets a little warmer because I know he'll love it and I'm excited to get to do that with him! I'll also be starting up some school get a few more generals out of the way since we'll be here until January.
We got our taxes back and paid off some bills and my ring! It's so beautiful I had to post a picture and flaunt it a little!And of course Larin bought a gun he wanted, he is so excited and can't wait until hunting season starts.After that we still had some to put in savings! YAY! We are planning on getting a new mattress here soon and once we save a little more a new car, a four-door so Larin can drive his truck and I won't have to try and squeeze Charlie's seat into the Honda! That and save a pretty penny on gas. That's all for now!