i'm curious...

do toll house cookie pie, ice cream sundae, banana split, and twix candy bar count as carbs?

come again?

monday i went to see the dr.-a regular checkup you know. the entire pregnancy my dr. was worried that i wasn't gaining enough weight. imagine my surprise when i stepped on the scale i realized i had gained 15 lbs.! yes, you read right-15 lbs. this was the conversation when the dr. came in the room.

dr: hi melina. how are you?
me: good.
dr: so i see you've gained some weight. what are you eating?
me: oh, you know-everything.
dr: you've gained 15 lbs. since your last appt.
me: yeah, i know.
dr: what about carbs? oh...you're samoan, right?
me: why, yes, i am samoan.
dr: yeah, you like to eat lots of carbs.

needless to say, looks like i'll have to cut back on the sweets. sorry, johanna-i was going to put forth a better effort with the oreos.

game night, take II

mason had class again tonight so it made for a very long day. we're without a vehicle til mason gets his car fixed, so that left us with nothing to do...so i thought. i was tired of watching movies and then i remembered christine sent us one of my favorite games-encore. how bad could it be playing a music game with a 6, 4, and 2 yr. old? i tried to explain it to the kids and surprisingly, they weren't too shabby. of course, most of the songs they came up with were primary songs(they are learning something on sundays:). and they did come up with some good christmas songs while trying desperately to make up some of their own. they were good sports, even when my voice got a little loud-i'm still working on the patience thing. i don't know...cable for $12.44 a month is sounding good to me right now.

johanna jr. in training?

most of you know of my extreme liking of anything sweet when i'm pregnant. yesterday i bought a package of oreos. not good. by the end of the night, i think i ate 2/3 of the cookies. and yes, my thoughts turned to my good friend johanna, and how she just loves oreo cookies. will i ever be as good as her and finish off a package all to myself? only time will tell, but i'll sure give it my best:)

finally:)

we are now back in the swing of things, meaning, part of the world wide web! i've been without internet for a week and it's been driving me crazy thinking of all the blogs i'm not reading and what's on the drudge report:) i'm sooooo happy to say we're in our new home and we are loving it. we know it's a blessing and we can't wait to share it with our family and friends...so here's an open invitation to anyone reading this-you are always welcome in our home, so stop by and see us, we'd love to have you! mason and i have always been so blessed to have good people around us to help us and show us love and we're so grateful for your love and friendship. have a fantastic weekend and remember...come and see us!

there's no place like...OUR HOUSE:)

YAY! we got the keys to the house today and we're sooooo excited:) with lots of help from shawn & darcy, and mese & anna, we got it sparkly clean, ready to move in tomorrow. thanks so much guys for your help-we really couldn't have done it without you. now, i'm back here at the apt. going thru things(mostly throwing things out) and cleaning what i can. carrie has also been a big help-we just have awesome family:) and we're grateful. tomorrow we'll be moving everything in and we can hardly wait. we'll have to post pics. after everything's done...but thanks again to our wonderful family who helped us get our new home looking fabulous! we love you.

My beautiful wonderful Melina

Today is my sweet wife's birthday and this is for her:

As a young man I remeber the sweetness of her voice
tobe with her forever would always be my choice
I thought of how perfectly her hand would fit in mine
and what a blessed man I'd be, to be with her all the time
Every man should be as lucky to live the life I lead
Because I have in her love, all I will ever need

Melina is my greatest blessing

2009

what will the new year bring for the pattersons? hopefully, in the very near future...a house! and of course, a new baby:). -mason getting his teaching credentials...and beginning his masters program-mese continuting with school-sila starting school:( and :) i look forward to the new year with a brightness of hope and to all of you...all that is good and many many many happy times.
HAPPY 2009!