Happy 90th Birthday, Grandpa!

This weekend Colin, Gideon, and I joined with the rest of my Petersen side in celebrating my grandfather's 90th birthday. It was such a joyful experience and one I am thankful to be able to be a part of. My grandpa has always been someone I not only care deeply about but look up to and admire. He is such a great example of patience, service, and love. He is also so FUNNY! I remember many times he would ask Heather, Patrick, and I to rub his feet for $1! It wasn't the most pleasant, but we did it anyway because we love him...and we got $1 to use at the Hinckley gas station!

Some of my favorite memories of Grandpa Petersen are playing dimes at his house, listening to him recite "I Used to Kill Birds In My Boyhood," singing songs with him, and listening for those all-too familiar sayings of his.

A lesson I learned from my Grandpa:

We were coming to visit him one day and as we walked in the door he said, "Well, who's that?" (One of his all-too-familiar sayings! He knows who we are!) I said hi and went to kiss him but noticed he had been eating Oreos...grandpa always ends up with Oreo all over! Well, as I went in for the kiss, I turned my head so his kiss would land on my cheek but he just grabbed my face, kissed me on the lips, and said "You don't turn your cheek to your grandpa!" I haven't since!

We love you, Grandpa and we treasure the legacy you continue to leave for the Petersen family!

IT'S A.......

SURPRISE! Haha! Today was my 5 month check-up and we were able to get some beautiful pictures of the baby through the ultrasound. Of course, we didn't find out the sex of the newest addition to our family! We are so excited for our little suprise! I really thought we would cave but we're stronger than I gave us credit for! LOL! For some reason I can't upload a picture right now...sorry :(

I hate cleaning...

Colin is on a total cleaning frenzy... I'm annoyed... Gideon is everywhere at once... Ahhh, our life! I hate cleaning on a Saturday! It's terrible! My mom made us clean every single day of the week and then on Saturday we "deep"-cleaned which basically meant we had to move every single piece of furniture and clean behind every little crevace... My mom is such a clean freak, but her house is always spotless. Whatever, I hate it. Plus, I have an almost two-year-old I can blame it on! LOL!

So I decided to blog to pass some time while Colin isn't looking! :-0 Shocking I know! The thing is, I really don't have anything to say!!!! I had planned on going to a Pow Wow today and playing in the pool but as you know...my plans have changed.

OOOH! Colin is on his way back here! I have to go! "No honey, I'm totally busy cleaning!" HAHA!

AT LAST!!!!

Ok, so I'm half Guatemalan and totally pregnant which means my pregnancy cravings (mis antojitos to you bilingual peeps) are pretty much for the simpleness of Guatemalan yummies! This craving (the most persistent yet, further intensified by wait time...read on) was for chicharrones. Yes, I'm craving fried pork skins. If you haven't tried it you don't know. Anywho...I set out on my quest for chicharrones Tuesday of last week. No luck finding them in Mexican stores throughout Utah County...ok so I only checked one, whatever. This week the hunt was on!!!! Monday, we went food shopping and I was so tired afterward that I didn't make it to the Mexican store on 1400 North to see if the had any. Tuesday, I went to said store and they told me the chicharrones would arrive by 4 o'clock. At 5pm, I went back to that store and lo and behold, NO CHICHARRONES. The lady who makes them didn't come in but will have them by opening tomorrow. Ok, Wednesday now. At approx. 10 a.m. I strap Gideon into his stroller and make my way to the store (they had two bags left and I told them to save me one and I would pick it up pronto!). I get to the store and the lady there gives me Mexican chicharrones...not pork rinds. Mexican ones are basically called chicharrones de harina or made of flour. Anyway, NOT the fatty goodness the "baby" (yes, me) wants to experience.

Well, by now I'm totally determined to get me some chicharrones one way or another. If I have to raise a pig myself and make them, I will have them!!! So I check at the largest Mexican store in Logan...with false promises of having them on Friday or Saturday I go to the meat counter and ask when they will have more: "Oh, we don't sell those here!" GRRRRR!!!!

I have one last chance, and I've been promised I will find them at Rita's Panaderia y Pasteleria. With hopes held at bay, I quickly take Gideon into the store to face my final disappointment...wait! What's that at the back??? Could it be? Really? YES! Finally!!! Chicharrones!!!! I bought myself a half pound of just skins and a half pound with meat too. Gideon and I enjoyed our well-deserved lunch of minced chicharrones, lemon (didn't have a lime), salt, tortillas, and avocado. Take that craving!

Summer fun!

So Gideon has stayed pretty busy entertaining Colin and I! He is such a busy little guy! It's fun but can be extremely tiring! Maybe it's cuz I'm preggers? LOL! Well, one morning, during one of the times that I was too tired to entertain him myself, I put him to work creating his very first fingerpainting masterpiece! Here are the results!
Colin said: "Wow, that's better than some crap (not that this is crap, I'm just saying if an adult did it it's crap) I've seen at museums!" Oh, my hubby is so funny! And, yes, that is an old pizza box!

Hola!

So for the longest time I've been worrying that Gideon is too American. I worried that he wouldn't pick up on Guatemalan things and like them as much as he likes American things. Now let's not throw a "Hyrum Prayer" fit over the things I'm saying here. I would just like my son to grow up knowing and experiencing all of his heritage.

Anyway, the point I was trying to make: Gideon doesn't like food. He likes candy, chips, unhealthy drinks...you get the point. But feeding the kid has gotten me worried a few times...especially since he averages anywhere from the 2nd to 7th percentile in weight. Anyway, I've tried lots of things: fun food cutouts, sauces, dipping, using toothpicks to pick up food, you name it. One day he'll like it, the next he won't have anything to do with it.

Well, today for lunch I sorta gave up. I wanted to satisfy my craving for Guatemalan comfort food: black beans, scrambled eggs, queso fresco, and tortillas. It sounds weird, but believe me it's delicious. When Colin was working with a bunch of Hispanic guys the summer before we were married, he called me one day and said he thought it was so wonderful to see these guys bring this kind of meal to work because it was so simple but so satisfying. Then he asked me how to make it...I just kinda laughed at him. ;)

So I make our lunch while Gideon is busy destroying my house (heehee). I serve him half a bowl of black beans, half a bowl of eggs, a slice of queso fresco, and a tortilla thinking "oh well, at least I can eat his leftovers!" HE LOVED IT!!!! He ate the whole thing minus two tablespoons and was still picking at at it when he said he was "done".

I'm just so happy that my Guatemalan baby is showing some of his Latino side!!! Tomorrow I'm going to try ejote con huevo and see if he likes that!!!! (A lot of eggs, I know, but that's what it's like in third world countries...you can't afford meat every night)

So here are some pictures:

Oh yeah, my mother always hoped that I would have a messy baby because I was such a messy eater when I was a baby... Well Mom, congratulations!

Blech!

So...we're sick. Colin isn't...lucky dog...but Gideon and I are. I think Gideon's is just cutting teeth but he's just really fussy. I would be too if I were cutting four teeth at one time. I have some sort of cold or flu or something. I feel poopy.

But, we're doing well besides that! Colin and Gideon picked our first tomato yesterday! It was exciting for them...not me, I was in bed. Hopefully we will have more tomatoes here in the near future because Gideon is itching to harvest more. We keep having to tell him not to pick the green ones! LOL!

I know this post is short, but at least I'm posting!

Oh and CONGRATULATIONS to my cousin Erin who had a beautiful baby girl on the 24th of July! You'll make a great mommy, hon!