Our cute little monkey...

Well, Scotty is growing up so fast--today he discovered he could pull all the videos off the shelf!




We've been having a good time here in Provo, and Scotty is loving the parks for the grass and the swings! The weather for the most part cooperates.






It's also been good for him to have other kids to play with--more often than not he seems to be the bratty one stealing everyone else's toys! We're working on that :o)


This is Scotty playing nicely with Azure (she's actually trying to teach him how to stack his rings...) before the Jensen's left for Georgia. I have adorable pictures of him with Callie (am I spelling that right?!) and Bryce that I haven't loaded yet. He loves little babies and thinks they smile just for him.















We also got to go to Colorado over Memorial Day weekend for Bekah's (Eric's only sister) graduation. Congrats, cute girl! We're excited for you to be out at the Y with us in a few weeks.













Again, Scotty had a blast playing at the park with his cousins. Eric had a blast playing video games with his brothers and watching the office. I had a blast kicking trash in Nerts and even beating April and Bekah at Ticket to Ride! I also cut April's hair, which inspired me to cut mine when I got home...hmm, have to wait for pics on that! I am officially growing my hair out so it's not a dramatic whack job--just enough to get through that awkward growing out mushroom head stage.

Oh, I almost forgot--Happy Birthday to Me! I think I'm tremendous. Feel free to argue if you must ;o)

Things You Probably Don't Know About Us Larsens...

So Scotty woke me up nice and early, and I find myself for once at a computer with internet! (thanks mom and dad!) So, here are some things you probably don't know about us:

Megan:
I've had chicken pox and braces--TWICE.

I'm allergic to mosquitoes--I break out in hives and look like I have chicken pox all over again.

I was a competitive gymnast for years--I can still do a backflip and the splits and I get nervous watching anyone compete.

My left thumb is significantly shorter than my right--we call it Stubby :o)

My "stupid human tricks" are facial gymnastics--I can pull my bottom lip down over my chin (thanks to a botched gum graft back in the day), touch my tongue to my nose, raise either eyebrow independently, flip my tongue over, and fold my tongue in half...now if only I could wiggle my ears I'd be complete!


Eric:
He loves the high-risk stuff (at least before he had kids!)--he played hockey, raced motorcycles, and has been skydiving.

He can't stand the touch of suede or even crush velvet against his skin, not even enough to sit on a couch or touch a baby blanket--he says it makes his mouth dry.

He took French in high school--claims he doesn't remember a thing :o)

He plays the guitar and sings like nobody's business--that's how he wooed and won me in the first place; he even wrote me two songs...

He has a scar on his knee where he had a bone spur removed--said it was like a thumb for his leg.

He will put BBQ sauce and/or pepper on just about everything that isn't sweet. I once bought him a one-handed pepper grinder for his birthday--probably his prized possession.

Well, that's it for now for us...mostly because Scotty has decided that he needs "Mama!" time. RIGHT NOW.

Let's hear it people--share your innermost secrets with the world.

I Am a Mother

The heels of my shoes don't "click-clack" across marble office floors or a courtroom--they "crunch" cheerios and abandoned toys.


My clothes are specially washed in baby drool and pressed by tiny hands.

My idea of the perfect business suit is one in which no stains, spills, or spit-up ever shows; stays in place and covers what it should-even with flailing arms yanking at the edges or constant bending, lifting, pulling, and cleaning; and makes it easy and convenient to nurse a squid in public.

My working lunch is chasing a crawling baby around the house with a sandwich in one hand.


My day begins whenever I hear a little peep from the other room, and it ends as he closes his big blue eyes--only to begin again the second he's asleep.

No one applauds when I finish speaking, but when I walk into a room, little hands climb up my pant legs and little eyes stare up at me in wonder.

My name and title isn't engraved into a plaque sitting on my nicely furnished desk--but it's obvious by the diaper hanging out of my purse and the bits of graham cracker evident on my floor, couch, counter, table...

I am a chemist, a teacher, a musician, a storyteller, a housekeeper, an inventor, an interior decorator, a fashion consultant, a medic, the CEO herself, a chef, a PR consultant, a receptionist, a counselor, and overall domestic engineer, but most of all--

I Am a Mother.

I hope you all had a wonderful mother's day and you find the small moments in life that make you sit back and wonder how you got so lucky. To my wonderful mother and the world's best mother-in-law, thank you for everything you do! You are both such examples to me of what motherhood is all about. To Eric--thank you for letting me get the hang of this mother thing, and for all of your love, support, and patience. And Scotty, my little man, thank you most of all for letting me be your mama!

Bahamas Cruise 2008!

Well, here is the first attempt at a slideshow of our Bahamas trip--slide is being a little odd so I'm still ironing some quirks out, and we took two disposable cameras (one for underwater snorkeling!) and I haven't scanned any of those pictures in... so this will get edited and reposted and such, but here's the rough draft :o)

Also, I have run out of energy to write the details and the story, so feel free to post questions if you have no clue what the picture is of! We did a tour in Cape Canaveral of the Kennedy Space Center which was amazing, so I'll share those "factual tidbits" next time I grab a few minutes--and when Eric and I agree on the "facts" that we seem to remember so differently...maybe we should have spent more time sleeping!

Adventures in Provo

Well, besides cleaning (mostly Meg), school/work (Eric), and drooling/eating (mostly Scotty), we have managed to break out of our monotony a few times!

First, we met up with the Birk's and the Jensen's at Kennecott Mine and Bingham Canyon--the largest manmade hole on earth; large enough to be seen from space. It's 3/4 of a mile deep and 2.5 miles wide and growing everyday...it is worked on 24/7/365.

We had a good time hanging out with people with little kids again :o)


Also, the weather here (after an apparently horrible winter that we missed! woohoo!) is starting to warm up, and we went to the park yesterday to celebrate. Scotty loves being able to wriggle around outside, and he still occasionally eats the grass even though he thinks it tastes like celery. His favorite activity, though, is climbing mom and dad!

Back in Provo: Wet Spots and BYU

Well, it's official--we're back in Provo. Our house is even reasonably in order--after unpacking and clearing the layer of dust from everything, now we just need to fix the lawnmower so we can mow the weeds. For those of you who have been lucky enough to visit our cozy cottage, would you have ever guessed we had tulips? in a variety of colors? even in patches in the middle of our "lawn"? Neither would I, but there they are!

Just wanted to add a few quick thoughts of funny things from the past few weeks. I've been covering distance inside our little house unpacking, and every few steps I would look down and think "is the carpet wet? why is it wet? do we have another leak or something?" I would wipe it up as best I could and continue my unpacking, only to find another wet spot a few feet over 10 minutes later...I was about to call a plumber to come check our pipes when it dawned on me: we have a crawling baby with a major drool problem! Yeah--so much for wearing clean socks, mom!

Eric was looking forward to Provo for friends and BYU football, but one cold day (50ish) was enough to make him emphatically declare that he was "done with cold!" He wants to move back to Phoenix tomorrow--but of course he still has one more year of school before they award him any degrees...
anyway, the week before we left Provo we were running errands for my mom when Eric struck up a conversation with a man wearing an ASU hat. He said he got the hat for free, and he likes ASU, but what he really likes is BYU. Eric got so excited--BYU! No way! Someone in Phoenix knows BYU! "I go there!" he says. "How do you know about BYU?!" The guy didn't respond, but just kind of looked at him. Eric couldn't figure out why this guy wasn't really excited to meet another Y fan, and wondering how this man even knew we were BYU students either...

He climbed back into the car to tell me about it when it dawned on him: we were dropping things off at Deseret Industries...

Ok, not our brightest week!

To all our Provo-ite friends--feel free to come by and visit! We've missed you!