TV Review... Prison Break

**** WARNING**** MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!!

One of our favorite past times in the Ahlstrom household is discovering new shows on Netflix. Okay, so let's be honest, these shows obviously aren't new, but to us they are. And the best thing about it is that you don't have to wait a week in between each new episode! And in some cases, the best cases, you can watch the entire series without waiting on commercials or years! Love it!

So a few weeks ago we finally decided to start watching Prison Break.

We were immediately HOOKED!!!

The idea of the show is brilliant  Basically a brother getting purposely sent to jail in order to be able to break his brother out of jail. The kicker is that the brother who was already in prison, Lincoln, was on death row.... but wait, it gets better.... he is on death row for a crime that he didn't commit. He was set up by, duh duh duh... The Company.

So Michael, the mastermind brother who purposely got sent to prison, went to college as an engineer and is just insanely smart! So before he got sent to jail he studied the prison in depth and had the blueprints of the prison, as well as his plan to break out of the prison. tattooed on his body. Now obviously since Michael is a genius it wasn't an obvious design, it was CRAZY!

Now there are 4 seasons of this show, which at times, let's be honest, seems like way too many, but every time you begin to wonder how they can keep this show going, something amazingly crazy happens and it keeps you hooked instead of getting over the show. Very talented and smart writers!

Spencer and I grew super attached to the characters and the story line.

Okay now for the major spoilers!!! I'm serious.... if you haven't seen it and read this and then decide to watch the show you will be so sad. I still cannot decide if this show had the best season finale I've ever seen or possibly the worst. Throughout the show Michael continually gives people more chances than they deserve. He is smart, talented and just a very good person. He has a good heart! You spend 4 seasons with him and experiencing his emotions. You experience heartbreak, relief, sadness, stress and so many more emotions with him. And he dies at the end!!!!! I could not stop crying! Obviously I'm still not over this and I finished this show last week! After the final episode however, there was an extra show that explained how he died. And he died protecting his wife. So honorable! He protected her from death, prison, and from his imminent death all while she was pregnant!!! It was probably one of the most touching moments I have ever seen in a TV show (slightly behind Jim's proposal to Pam on The Office), but so upsetting that the one really good guy who didn't deserve to have something like that happen to him has to end up that way. And he was the one who saved everyone from everything!

*Things that will happen if you watch Prison Break*

-You will have dreams about breaking out of prison and being s fugitive on the run
-You will have dreams of being in prison
-You will occasionally talk in T-Bag's accent during your routine life (awful awful character)
-You will change your mind about characters you thought you hated... many times
-You will be amazed
-You will cry
-You will not be able to stop watching (Spencer and I frequently would watch the first 10 minutes of the next episode before we could go to sleep).
-You will be annoyed that when they're in Utah and there are no mountains
-You will be surprised many times
-You will wish that you were as smart as Michael
-You will wonder if they ever eat or sleep
-You will wish that you had watched this TV series a long long time ago

Basically it was a great show. My heart is still sad at how they ended it, but I'm glad it ended with Michael as the hero.

Basically I give this show 4 1/2 stars out of 5. The 1/2 star I'm taking away because of Micheal's death. My heart is just so broken because of that! But still worth the watch!!!

DAYS 546-547... Papa Comes to Visit!!!

I have always been blessed to live fairly close to my parents. Even when they tried to escape me and move to Hawaii, I quickly rearranged my schedule so that I could come and live in Hawaii too!!! Those were some great times!

So of course when the time comes for me to have a baby, my parents would happen to live the furthest away than ever from me! So when we caught wind that Papa would be coming to visit, our home got very very excited! We hadn't seen him since Aniston's blessing and that was 6 months too long ago!

Aniston had been pretty cranky lately, probably due to the fact that her teeth are coming in like crazy and that she had her very first diaper rash.... so sad!!! But when Papa was here she did pretty good!

Ani Kate is obsessed with buttons!!!! So of course that's the first place she went when Papa finally got to hold her!

We all hit up the always delicious Taco Bell for dinner and Aniston decided that she would rather eat the table than anything else.

We just happened to go on the day that their new Cool Ranch Doritos Taco debuted and I have to admit, I'm not really a fan. I just really couldn't even taste the chip so it was just a waste of cool ranch Doritos.

And this is probably my favorite picture from Papa's visit... So sweet.

We had a great time with Papa!!! We hope that he can come back soon and bring Nana with him!!!!

 At this point Aniston was really excited and had totally warmed up to Papa, which meant her arms were wildly flapping during every picture...

 3 generations!

Speaking of great Dads... Look what Ani had made for her awesome Dad...

DAY 544... Eight Months Old!!!!

Not a day goes by when I don't look at this beautiful face and consider myself lucky. I am amazed at the fact that this is my daughter and that Spencer and I made such a beautiful little human! No idea how I got to be so lucky! Seriously though... both of us were so judgemental about other people's babies (I know that's awful) we were sure we were going to get cursed with a super ugly baby. But we got the complete opposite!!!!!

I can't believe how fast Aniston is growing! She is acting and looking more and more like a little person every day!

She loves to gives us the most cheesy grins ever now! This started in the past week and I cannot get enough of it! Definitely not a pretty smile, but it is so ridiculously adorable that I can't help but to laugh every single time it happens.... which is usually once every 3 minutes. Like I said, I am one lucky Momma.

Ani has also started her war cry stage... I'm assuming this is a stage. When provoked or even just because, she will let out this wonderful sound. Pretty sure this girl will speak Spanish like a boss! Rolling those R's like it's no ones business. Please excuse her crazy morning hair.

Ani is interested in any and all food! Nothing is safe within the reaches of Ani Kate!!!! She will do whatever is necessary in order to reach her goal. Cell phones, iPods, and especially food are her main targets.

She sleeps and eats like a champ! She is the one who lets us know that it's time for a nap.

She is becoming more and more attached to Spencer and I. She still loves anyone who will give her attention, but she will reach for either of us if we aren't holding her. And sometimes she'll even cry for a specific parent.

She likes to pose in pictures for us now...

She is about ready to crawl!!!! She pushes herself up onto her knees and rocks, but it hasn't gone further than that yet.

Aniston Kate is getting teeth!!!! Her two front bottom teeth are coming in and she has done well considering how painful that is! If you look closely in the video of her war cry you can see them pretty good.

Ani will also click her tongue to mimic someone around her who does it.

She is starting to love to play by herself. Sometimes it is actually what she really wants and she will fuss until she just gets that alone time. Sometimes she gets stuck in her toys...

She is still practicing daily for her future career as a cheerleader...

Basically I consider myself so incredibly lucky! Being a Mom is the most rewarding thing ever! I just can't wait to see who Aniston will become!

DAY 541... Epic Fail

Since I am stuck at home while all of my awesome cheerleaders are in Boise for Boys State Basketball, we had to find some way to have a dance party with each other. We decided to have it out via text message... After hours (okay maybe not hours) of begging Spencer to dance with me, he finally agreed! But it was late, I was exhausted (darn mono) and nothing about this video is good. However, it is hilarious!

I should be extremely embarrassed right??? Somehow I'm not!

What a great Friday night!