.lambert.

2011-08-23T18:47:00.002-06:00

2011-08-23T18:41:00.003-06:00

and you know this girl could not go without having the spotlight turned on her! While we were shooting Harper's pics, Halle kept telling Heidi to stop and only take pictures of her (we're working on the jealousy :) )

Harper's Newborn Shoot

2011-08-23T18:28:00.006-06:00

Heidi McLelland of Adore Me Photography took all of these shots. She always takes me girls pics! We luh luh lovvvvee them!!

It's only been what? .... A year

2011-08-16T23:08:00.006-06:00

I've been dreading this update for many many months... it's one of those things where you start to fall sooooo behind that it gets a bit overwhelming.

Honestly last year flew by and ALOT happened, i'm talking major life changing events, i.e. new baby.

If you know me, you know my pregnancies are far from joyous (throwing up every.single.day is so not something anyone should ever have to do). So I blame my lack of updates/picture taking/documentation on our new little bundle of joy.

Speaking of...

Harper Phyllis Lambert

July 8th, 2011

She came a little earlier than planned and was a teeny tiny little thing weighing in at a whopping 6lbs. 1oz. and 19 inches long.

As of late these little ladies have been my life, and adjusting to life with 2 kids is far from easy (anyone that says otherwise is lying, ha).

Halle adores her little sister and is starting to get a handle on this whole "big sister" thing, however she has not enjoyed sharing the spotlight.

Of course Heidi (www.adoremephotography.com) can take full credit for these beautiful shots. I can't wait to get the disc and get Harper's birth announcements done.

So for now, this is my update. Do not expect anything else anytime soon. Although I am working on compiling Harper's birth story, no promises on having it finished and posted in a timely manor. :)

Sweet Sweet Summer

2010-09-03T17:06:00.026-06:00

We've had a fun (& busy) summer this year.

Pardon the fact that this post is very haphazard and out of order.

We ventured up to Red Butte Gardens with Heidi & Bridget for little Taitley's 1 year photoshoot! Go here to see how adorable they turned out!

:Red Butte Gardens:

Keith, Natalie & Kenz came to visit. The girls had a blast together!
:Halle & Kenz:

Halle got her first "real" haircut. No more mullet-ish hair for this little girl. I would be lying if I said I didn't cry as her curls fell to the floor.
::

We've been swimming like crazy this summer and Halle has become SO brave. She only wears water wings and jumps off the side by herself (without anyone to catch her!), goes completely underwater and swims to the steps to do it again. She is such a little fish!

:JUMP!:

August was a very busy month for us, we had something going on every week from Erin's Wedding(pics to come), a trip to St.George and camping.

:Mirror Lake 2010:

(Yes I know she slightly resembles a 70yr old woman from Boca Raton in these pictures)

St.George... again. With Karen, Grandma June, Jen, Josh and Morgan. It was so much fun, we spent alot of time swimming(obviously), painting pottery, & playing at the main street splash pad.

We also went to see Tarzan at Tuacahn. It was amazing, really. Halle sat through the entire thing in awe and loved the "gwillas".

:St.George:

:Brushfire:

:Splish Splash:

Josh & Halle decided to have a dance party one day while we were in St.George. We were all laughing so hard!

(Gotta love Halle... messy hair, no pants and covered in oreos. What? It was a vacation..)

Celebrating Summer

2010-07-11T19:42:00.033-06:00

So far this summer we've...

Celebrated a few holidays

{4th of July}

{Memorial Day}

Enjoyed the outdoors

{which means A LOT of time "ah-hide"(outside)}

Spent time swimming

{Herriman Splash Pad}

{Hillcreek Pool}

(visitors welcome anytime)

Explored...

{Wheeler Farms}

(We love it there)

{look familiar?}

We've also attended...

{Tyson's Graduation}

(please heed my advice when I say never take an active toddler to a way too long ceremony)

Played with cousins

{Halle, Joshy, & Mo}

{So happy they live so close}

Spent time up in Heber

{Grandpa's 80th Birthday}

Made some new friends

{Halle & Isabelle}

{

{Halle, Tailor, & Millie}

& became obsessed with Oreos

(She gets into the pantry everyday trying to find them)

sunshine & smiles

2010-05-09T10:14:00.005-06:00

We're in St.George this weekend and loving every bit of sun!

main street

2010-05-09T10:05:00.004-06:00

happy birthday retlee

2010-05-09T10:02:00.005-06:00

{2 years}

and it's time...

2010-05-07T23:51:00.002-06:00

For my promised update that is, wowza where to begin??
FYI you may be reading "new" posts for a bit

Crae & Lachelle's Wedding
May 1st, 2010

wheeler farms

2010-05-07T22:54:00.003-06:00

big girl bed

2010-05-07T22:53:00.004-06:00

hippity hoppity easter

2010-05-07T22:50:00.006-06:00

{Easter Morning 2010}

Halle & Morgan looking for the easter bunny

{My Very First Easter Egg Hunt}

{very} quick update

2010-03-29T22:25:00.005-06:00

time flys by...
and I know I am due for a major update
just not right now (no time)
lots of pics coming soon
life is amazing & crazy busy

trust me this little one keeps me on my toes.

Brushfire Fairytales

2010-02-02T09:31:00.003-07:00

{Painting pottery at 10pm}

We love that mombo owns Brushfire.

{Not the best... but not bad for chasing a crazy one year old around either}

See Grandpa!

2010-01-29T09:41:00.002-07:00

See dad, told you she LOVES it...

(and she's obssessed with Tegan's too!)

Living Planet Aquarium

2010-01-27T13:46:00.002-07:00

Once we got there, she pretty much wanted nothing to do with me. Halle absolutely LOVED every single second of it, the stingrays, the fish, the coral reef play area. It took some work to get her to leave. Needless to say, we'll be going back more than once :).

So happy we got to spend time with Kendra and Retlee before they moved to Las Vegas. Halle & Ret are only 6 months apart and the same size, they're as different as night and day but together those two are quite mischievious. Partners-in-crime actually... I swear!

A lovely Christmas tradition

2010-01-22T11:34:00.004-07:00

My attempt to "catch up".

The holidays are a busy time with the Lamberts. It seems like the second we get back from California each year (for Thanksgiving and what not with my family) it's a nonstop schedule of parties, concerts and get togethers. It's impossible NOT to be in the Christmas spirit, especially since Karen always takes Jen, Erin and I to see the Forgotten Carols around the first week of December.

(and blame it on the hustle & bustle of the season for forgetting my camera 99% of the time)

{Donut Night 2009}

Halle, Brynnley, Morgan

Dave & Gayle Lambert have made it a tradition each year to host the family at their house for a night of homemade chilis & donuts. Entirely too much eating ensues and we all smell like greaseballs when we leave but I promise it's worth it.

turns out

2010-01-20T16:00:00.002-07:00

I.have.absolutely.NO.willpower.
might be why 23 years later I am still biting my nails & a week after new year's I was back to diet coke.

Anyhow, I'm giving in and at it again, even though my entire list is {still} gone.

So bare with me, i'm recreating my bloglist & will get to Christmas happenings and what not soon enough.

*however in my down time I was able to give my blog a bit of a facelift, you like?*

For serious????????????

2010-01-06T16:49:00.002-07:00

Are you effing kidding me??!!!!!!!
MY.ENTIRE.BLOG.LIST.IS.GONE!
I.E. My entire list of friends and family.
Yup, GONE!

Full on no longer in existance.

I hate you blog.

I am now on blogging hiatus.
(until you decide to play nice and bring my entire list back)

Lights at Temple Square

2009-12-21T11:08:00.005-07:00

Last week the temperature warmed to above freezing, so we finally went out to see the lights at Temple Square. Halle loved every second of it and i'm proud to say that I have now seen Temple Square at Christmas. We went with Scott, Jill and Sam and had a good time (minus the $10 for parking). After we had enough of the 20 billion teenagers we drove around to the different Christmas streets around SLC.

{By the by.... the christmas street around 15th and 17th is so not as cool as I was hoping. All it entailed were creepy dolls, mediocre lights, and U fans..... boo}

{She looked hilarious in her hat!}

{Since when is putting 2 1yr olds in a single stroller considered a safety hazard?}

Storytime with Maga

2009-12-18T12:00:00.005-07:00

Thought this was too cute to keep to myself

{ Sometimes it starts like this.... }

{And this....}

{However.... it always ends like this}

And this, well I don't even know what to say about this picture. It just makes me laugh. Ha!

O Christmas Tree

2009-12-09T10:31:00.005-07:00

Since I am starting to feel much much better, and well since Christmas is about 2 weeks away. We finally got around to setting up all of our Christmas decorations. We picked out a fresh Christmas tree monday night. I don't care if Hobbes eats the pine needles and they are a pain to clean up after. I absolutely love having the smell/feel of a real live christmas tree in my house. Jonathan was as excited as I was and SO FAR Halle has done very very well with leaving the tree alone (too bad that's about all she's not touching).

{Loving on the snow globe}

She winds it and dances to the music every.single.second.

{He did most of it... you should see our lights}

yes, our condo is decked out with lights
interior & exterior

{Placing the Star}

{Falling Asleep}

Did we stick Halle in her Baby Einstein thing? After letting Hobbes out of his crate numerous times and attempting to destroy every decoration....Yes, yes we did.

Seriously, so blessed!... Seriously, so effed!

2009-12-02T12:55:00.009-07:00

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow... you gotta put up with the rain" - Dolly Parton

The story goes a little like this...

Last Monday, Nov.23rd, Jonathan, Halle and I flew out here to Sacramento to spend the holiday/my birthday with my amazing family members we do not see nearly enough. The flight was an adventure (of course it was, we were flying with a 1 year old) but everything turned out fine and my dad picked us all up then took us to lunch down in Old Sac. We at at Joes! right on the river and minus the fact that the entire restaurant was celebrating their birthday (honestly, 4 different people did the birthday thing in the short time we were there) it was a good time. We spent a little time walking around old sac and found an awesome candy shop that we spent entirely too much time in. Later that evening we met up with my grandparents, aunt and cousin and all went out to dinner. It was a blast to catch up, spend time with everyone, and honestly I was just so happy to be here.
At about 3 in the morning I woke up in the worst pain and knew I was having a gallbladder attack (I have had a few before and knew the routine, as horrible as that may be). After throwing up nonstop and barely moving from so much pain I knew something had to be really wrong, it got to the point where I was throwing up tons of bile all over myself because I did not even have the strength to pull myself to a sitting position. My dad came over at about 8am and decided he was taking me to the ER regardless of my protests. After spending the day in the ER, getting another ultrasound, and being shot up with pain and nausea meds until I couldn't even walk they sent me home with Zofran and Percocet and said I should be fine by the next day.
The pain NEVER subsided and I was so sick I couldn't even keep down the Zofran. I still went about the week the best I could determined to have a good Thanksgiving and Birthday! Plus I was here in Cali with people I loved and I wasn't about to just lie around not enjoying it! We made it down to Stacey's house and spent some much needed time with EVERYONE there (we missed you like crazy Ari).
However, after going 6 days without being able to keep anything down (I lied, I kept 1/2 a banana down on the 5th night). Everyone decided that we really needed to head back up to Sacramento and get to a hospital asap, so Sunday morning we drove back up and my grandparents were waiting for me. They called their friend who is a retired surgeon and he told them I needed to get to the emergency room immediately. Nana and dad rushed me off and i've been here ever since. My gallstone became extremely infected and one of the stones passed into the common bile duct which caused me to get a nasty liver infection. I had to have 1 surgery to remove my gallbladder, in which they found they couldn't get the stone from my bile duct so the next day they performed another surgery to remove the stone. When they removed the stone they had to put a stent in the duct to keep it from collapsing, so as I type this I am awaiting my (hopefully) final surgery to remove the stent. My liver infection has been a very serious matter but after 4 days of serious meds things are starting to clear up. I am praying I am out of here tonight, I miss my family.

So in lieu of recent events I can't help but see the good in the bad and count my blessings, but first....

Seriously, so effed! (in no particular order)

I look forward to this trip for 2 years, we couldn't make it out here last year because Halle had just been born.... and I end up spending the entire time so sick and end up in the hospital.
It was my birthday on Thanksgiving
I didn't get to eat ANY of Stacey's amazing food
I didn't get to eat ANY of Stacey's amazing treats
I believe I am the only person ever to lose weight over Thanksgiving holiday
I didn't make it to La Selva Beach Shop to get my fav sweat pants ever
I've been so sick I have barely had the energy to "visit" with anyone
I didn't get to see Ari
I didn't get to see Nat or Paul
I didn't get to see any of my friends out here
I didn't make it to the beach, I was so excited to take Halle and it was about a mile away from where we stayed
I've honestly had less to eat in the past 10 days than I usually eat for a snack
I forgot my camera
I've had 3 different roommates in the hospital with the one i've had the longest being one of the most miserable people I have ever met!
Halle hates being at the hospital, breaks my heart that I only get to see her when she's being a little sass!
I only get to see my family for about an hour a day
My meds pass me out for hours
I've been stressing about missing work for this long
We don't have insurance
I hate feeling like I have no control over things

Seriously, so blessed! (again, in no particular order)

My grandparents, they have been so amazing the entire time we've been here. I really wish we lived closer.
Peter Carruth, the retired surgeon in my grandparents ward. He made sure I had the best surgeon available to do the surgery and even came in to assist so I didn't incur additional costs! He has even come to the hospital everyday to check on me.The man had never even met me and has been retired for years. It' s SO nice to know there are good people in this world still.
My dad, he has really stepped in! He's been so thoughtful and diligent in making sure I am taken care of!
Halle, you've been my sunshine. I love you little girl! Thank goodness you'll be too young to remember any of this.
Jonathan, he has been so wonderful through all of this. He has been "stuck" with my grandparents and dad (who he has met only about 5 times ever), playing Mr. Mom. We all know Jon doesn't have the biggest comfort zone and he has been so great this entire trip! I'm pretty sure my fam likes him more than me now!
Nick and Connie, they're my second parennts. They have been so concerned and supportive and have spoiled the heck out of Halle.
Karen, your plate is always so full but you always leave room for me. Thank you for being the best mother in law in the world!
Kia, such a beautiful girl. I wish I looked more like her and had her confidence.
Stacey, the most amazing cook ever and a mom to everyone. She should be everybody's role model.
Niko, Halle adored you and you always make Jon feel at home by watching the BYU vs U game with him!
Frank and Carol, such caring people. Thank you for pushing me to get this taken care of.
Jeanne, even though the magazines never actually made it to me THANK YOU for sending them my way. I love me some celebrity gossip.
Elisabeth, you may have thought it was boring but thanks for coming over and just talking to me for so long.
David Coven, without you we couldn't have made it out here. Thank you thank you for the buddy passes.
My bosses Doug and Mike, thanks guys for being so understanding. You're the best bosses anyone could ask for.
All my friends and family for the birthday wishes and love and support!

Fun to be 1....

2009-11-20T10:17:00.005-07:00

{Halle's 12 Month Stats}

Height. 31.3" ... 90th Percentile

Weight. 21.3lbs ... 50th Percentile

Head Circ ... 25th Percentile

At 1 year old this little girl...

.walks all over the place, officically started taking steps on her own on Halloween (the day before her birthday).

.will tell you what a dog (woof woof), cow (moo), owl (hoo hoo), and cat (mow) says.

.still dances like crazy.

.climbs up and onto everything.

.has found her bouncy seat from when she was just a baby and loves to chill in it.

.is a sassy little monster.

.went through a "bang my head on things when i'm mad" stage.

.loves/demands attention.

.has over 10 teeth, and she loves to brush them.

.loves having her hair done.

.trys to "do" her own hair while watching me do mine.

.says mama, dada, daddy, love you(duh doo), thank you (dank doo), and jabbers her own language constantly.

.gets SO excited whenever she sees her cousin Josh, she really loves him.

.is such a good eater, she'll eat pretty much whatev we give her.

.loves to feed herself.

.gets bored in her carseat, I can't blame her.

.still loving on bath time, she even puts herself under water for fun.

.loves animals.

.understands (and ignores) when we tell her no.

.is in destruction mode, she opens any drawer or cabinet she can .

.takes everything out of where it belongs... and then puts them back in .

.however give this girl a laundry basket of clean clothes and she's entertained for hours.

.screams SO loud and SO high, not a fan of this one.

.would love to climb the stairs up and down all day if only we'd let her.

.although she's sassy, she is the sweetest little thing. She gives loves to people constantly.

We're loving our little one year old. It seems like she's growing up too fast sometimes.

{This was taken at her birthday party, what a mess}

{This post is about 2 weeks late, but things have been crazy lately(well as far as work goes anyway). }

wow.

2009-11-06T11:37:00.001-07:00

{what a difference a year makes}

A weekend full of firsts.

2009-11-04T11:54:00.008-07:00

Everything from Trick or Treating, learning to walk, and turning ONE!

Again, trying to take a picture of 3 small children...

{As always, had a blast up at Jen & Pat's with the cousins!}

Cutest cow i've even seen

Had the fortune of meeting this adorable Newfoundland while trick or treating. She LOVED him!

Trick or Treat

{She loved every second of it, the journey to each door, josh yelling TRICK OR TREAT at the top of his lungs, meeting new people, and getting candy.}

Happy Birthday little bug!

{what an adventure....more pics to come soon}

Ta-Da!

{yup, she walks}

Happy "Halle" ween!

2009-10-30T11:47:00.007-06:00

We started our Halloween Festivities a little early this year.
(translation : I started decorating for fall and halloween in early September....)

Last weekend Pat & Jen invited us to the Nielson Halloween Party. We love Pat's family and LOVE Jen & Pat for always inviting us and making us feel like part of the family. We can't wait to spend Halloween with you guys trick or treating.

{lil' sis Morgan- Halle bug - Joshy boy}

This week we continued with the halloween spirit (in which some may or may not have had a choice in participating) and carved pumpkins. I was happy to start the tradition!

{Pumpkin Seeds}

Yup, they didn't exactly turn out. Why do I even try to be like Martha sometimes?

{BATMAN}

by scott

so talented when it comes to using knives

{YODA}

by Jonathan

he's a bit on the amazingly artsy side

{Jack Skeleton}

by Jill

to go with her Nightmare Before Christmas decorations

{BOO!}

by Kaity

I know, right? Don't even ask how long this crap show took me

{Scary}

ok maybe the lack of talent on my part is the only thing frightening

DESPERATE HELP NEEDED!

2009-10-29T09:56:00.002-06:00

Yesterday afternoon, my friend, my mentor, and one of the GREATEST people I have EVER met had her life taken from her. Withing a matter of minutes some low life took around $20,000 worth of photography equipment from Heidi's car as she ran into XPEDX. To all that know Heidi, or even if you don't... you've seen her work decorate my blog. She is amazing and this is how she has supported her family.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ AND HELP!

This was taken from Dustin Izatt's blog
Today was the best of days and the worst of days. I got to shoot a wedding today for the best couple ever Hailey and Nic. Over the past few months we have become so close we are like family so today I was so excited for their wedding. A fellow photographer and instant friend Heidi Walker of Heidi J Photography was kind enough and so excited to come and second shoot for me today. We instantly hit it off and she is just the sweetest photographer i’ve met and we joked back and forth together all afternoon. Well as many of you have heard, there have been many camera thefts around the temple from LOW LIFES that will follow the photographers from the temple, and if they stop at a store with their gear in the car, the slimeballs will rush in and steal all of the photographers gear. Thanks SO much news media for advertising to the world how much our gear is worth so the thieves now know to target us.
Anyways, Long story short, Heidi got all of her gear stolen and it makes my heart ache. Read all about it on her BLOG. This was her passion and she lost everything, she invested so much more than the $20,000 in gear that was stolen. She invested time, invested money into numerous workshops, into education and learning editing skills, program skills. Then some D-Bag comes and takes it all away from her. Her gear was not insured. She used that gear to support her family in an honest way and as much as I wish I could catch this thief and give him the beat down of a life time, the only other thing I can do is to jump in and call out for help.
I would like for anyone willing and able to help Heidi out and show her that there is still good in this world. It broke my heart to hear her in tears all day and worse than the gear being robbed, I think they stole her heart and trust with it. I feel dead inside as well and I wasn’t even the victim.
I am going to start a donation fund for Heidi to help out with replacing equipment, renting equipment for shoots until her gear is replaced or recovered, etc. I am going to personally donate $200 of my own money to get the ball rolling. Also, any sales made from my album templates for the next two weeks will all go to Heidi’s donation fund. Also, any one on one mentoring sessions that anyone signs up for during the next two weeks will also be fully donated to Heidi. For any brides out there that have been thinking about booking me, the very next wedding that books, I will donate all of your wedding package (minus the cost of any product) to Heidi to help her get back on her feet and help restore her hope. Also if you would like to just donate a dollar or two or three to my paypal account dustin@dustinizatt.com and just put For Heidi in the notes, I promise every penny of the donations will be given to Heidi.

ALSO TO READ MORE PLEASE GO HERE

somebody's turning one

2009-10-26T12:33:00.015-06:00

The amazingly talented Heidi JUST posted these to her photo blog, obviously I could not wait to share! Heidi is amazing, really she is. I love learning from this beautiful and creative person. Go check out her blog for more fun pics!

{This little girl has more attitude than most teenagers}

{See what I mean?}

{"Fun" facts about this shoot}

*The onesie was made by my lovely mother in law Karen, and myself. (the actual one pictured may or may not have been our second go around....)*

*I googled and you tubed how to make the giant cupcake cake, spent hours making a special candy mold and attempting to make the cake.... as you can see there is NO giant cupcake cake*

*SO CUPCAKE is a lifesaver in time crunch "cake emergencies"*

*Yes I really did go through all that trouble just so she could trash the cake*

*Another failed attempt was a birthday hat.... hence the adorable tiara. Somebody remind me that I am not as crafty as I think I am*

*Halle got so frustrated with me during this shoot that she started banging her head on the ground and in the cake... remember, I'm a good mom*

*Is she REALLY going to be 1 in 5 short days??*

Nearly a year

2009-10-13T10:19:00.002-06:00

{forgive the quality of these, they were taken with my little point & shoot}

I can hardly believe it. This has been the fastest year of my life! Halle is going to be one in just a few short weeks. I find myself becoming so consumed in the everyday that I forget to slow down. When I do, I look at her and think... that's my baby? I realized I haven't taken a single picture of her in over a month. (again... i've just been busy, hardly an excuse right?).

{Stay tuned for her 1 year pics... we're totally trashing the cake}

Sometimes...

2009-09-30T12:06:00.006-06:00

I feel like I am a bad mom.
Case in point....
I switched Halle to a forward facing carseat prior to 1 year.

My justification? She is bigger than a one year old, has been sitting up by herself since month 4, could not straighten her legs and hated being rear facing.
Halle does not have a doll

.... sorry they creep the hell out of me. She loves all of her animals and I turned out fine with just having stuffed animals.
I have no intention of taking away her binki when she turns 1.

She loves to chew on it, and sometimes it helps her sleep. The bottle is a different story.
I absolutely HATE for Halle to be dirty

tell me i'm robbing her of her childhood. I'm just not ok with her eating rocks and dirt and ruining her clothes (THIS is why I do not have a boy).

I work full time,

so does Jonathan. This means Halle is with a sitter Monday through Friday (and sometimes Saturdays). I wish I could spend more time with her, but I love the fact that she is around other people.
I have always let Halle cry herself to sleep.

Sorry if you think i'm the meanest mom ever, but hey, she's slept through the night since she was 2 weeks old. Oh and while we're on the subject, she goes to bed "late".... down around 10pm, up around 9am. It works well with my schedule, sorry if that's selfish.
She eats sweets

and she loves them! If i'm eating something tasty I always share (makes her happy and cuts down on my caloric intake, right? ).
T.V., Movies...

yup, she watches them all. She has always been mesmerized by everything from Baby Einstein to Mickey Mouse. Granted this isn't a daily occurance, but still i'm ok with the fact that I let my child watch T.V.. It's so freaking cute to watch her dance to everything.
I haven't "encouraged" walking

... i'm just not ready for it yet. She walks by holding on to things and stands alone for periods of time. I'm always there to help. When she's ready to walk, she'll walk. I'm not forcing anything on her. She already looks like a little kid(and acts like a teenager) sometimes . I'm not ready for her to be one yet.
I entered her into the GAP baby casting call

yup i'm one of those moms. I'm always being told to enter her into contests, so I did. Plus, how cool would it be if she won!!

*The list could go on..... This post was not meant to provoke pity on anyones part. Just the simple truth. Hopefully this is just first time parent un-surity(is that even a word?) Sometimes I just feel like a bad mom, particularly when my actions are being questioned and criticized by others. (Why is it that all "mothers" have the "BEST" advice?)
Bottom line, Halle is one of the happiest babies ever so I must be doing something right.

which to choose?....

2009-09-24T15:37:00.004-06:00

I'm not saying which i'm leaning more towards....

I really love them all. Help me decide! Halle is going to be something squishy and cuddly because she has the rest of her life to be a princess/fairy/butterfly/any other girly thing she wants to be. For now she is my baby and I want her to stay that way for a little longer!

So, what do you think??

Feels like home to me

2009-09-11T15:57:00.018-06:00

A few weeks ago we moved into this condo in Fort Union and we are loving it! The community is awesome and has a tennis court, pool, hot tub, clubhouse... everything. We love the location and there are alot of young families, plus alot of our neighbors have dogs so Hobbes has some friends.

{by the by... these are not the best pictures, lighting was horrible}

Tiny Little Kitchen

{Let's be honest, I don't need a big kitchen... I don't cook!}

{p.s. there is a new fridge & dishwasher, just didn't think it called for pictures}

Front Door & Hallways

Living Room

{still very much a work in progress}

Bathroom

Halle's Room

{psst... this dresser is over 30 years old. It was Jonathan's changing table when he was a baby, we inherited it & I refinished it. It's my favorite piece!}

Crib Bedding

{never got around to taking pics of it say 10 months ago}

Our Bedroom

{by the by... our bedding is from Walmart}

September 6th, 2006

2009-09-09T12:42:00.001-06:00

Happy Anniversay!

Crazy how much life has changed in just these 3 short years.

Marriage definetly has it's ups & downs. Lucky for us, all that we've been through has made us that much stronger. It's a crazy life, but it's our life and I couldn't ask for a more understanding person to spend eternity with.

I love you Jonathan.... plus you make really cute babies :).

fun fun fun

2009-08-28T12:33:00.005-06:00

Last weekend, Rori & Doug threw an amazing party for Cash's 2nd Birthday! It was a barnyard theme and they had a petting zoo come to their house! Halle loved all the animals and they had everything from ponies to goats to chickens & ducks and even a rabbit (I kid you not, it was bigger than Halle!).

Typical Halle, the second she gets what she wants... she doesn't want it anymore.

(I have no idea where she gets it from)

Some of the fellow party goers. Stevie is hilarious, Landry is fearless, Cash loves Ella, and aren't Mike and Ang's girls adorable!! Sorry for missing Elizabeth in the pic!

Thanks Cash for inviting us to your awesome birthday party!

p.s. we moved

p.p.s. i'm working on pics

.9 months.

2009-08-07T09:37:00.003-06:00

{Halle's 9 Month Stats}

Height. 28.8" ... 90th Percentile

Weight. 19.4lbs ... 60th Percentile

Head Circ... 25th Percentile

Funny story about her 9 month checkup. She had to have her heel pricked to check her iron and also get a shot she missed at her 6 month appointment (the dr's office was out of the vaccine at the time). So we're leaving her appointment and she is happy as can be, blabbing away to her "imaginary friends" in the back seat (it's weird how much she talks when she knows no one can see her). All of a sudden she starts choking(not the scary call 911 choking, but the making funny noises choking). So I reach into the back seat and she has her BAND-AID that they had put on her leg from the shot in her mouth! Sick! So I grab it out of her mouth, she screams for a second and then carries on jabbering away. We had to stop by Home Depot and when Jon went to get her out of her seat... sure enough she had the band-aid from her foot in her mouth too! Ewwww, she's so weird.

.Fastest "crawler" (army crawl/standard crawl/slide/wiggle) she gets so into it it's hilarious.

.Loves to "chase" Josh around anytime she's with him, she loves her cousins.

.Books it away from Mom and Dad anytime we try to "get her".

.Still a dancing fool, Halle is all about it she doesn't even need music, she makes up her own and shakes it... (although if she hears ANY rhythm she goes crazy, anything from cd's to tv to little kids singing to her) .

.Hilarious when she starts dancing and clapping during hymns, we get some funny looks.

.Pulls herself up onto everything.

.Especially loves to climb all over me.

.Has no clue as to what stranger anxiety even is.

.Loves anyone that gives her attention.

.Waits for anyone she sees to look at her, then acts all coy when they do.

.Plays pattycake.

.Waves hi and bye bye.

.Give loves and kisses.

.Would much rather feed herself (this makes feeding time SO much fun)

.Such a little water baby.

.LOVES swimming, we're going to have to be careful with her she already loves to go under water.

.Of course still loves to take showers.

.Soaks the entire bathroom/anyone in it by splashing like crazy during bathtime.

.Went from having 0 teeth to 5 within 2 months.

.Everytime she wakes up from her naps, she sits/kneels so she can play peekaboo through the slats in her crib with you.

.Loves animals and is so excited anytime she is around one.

.Has major attitude, such a sassy little monster.

.Knows when she's done something naughty (like pulling on the shutters, smacking other kids, harrassing Jill and Scotts's cat Tux) and laughs when we tell her no.

.Immediately looks for Hobbes the second I get her out of her crib in the morning.

.So so so much fun at this age, we love how interactive she is with everyone.

(Don't mind Hobbes or how fat he's getting, which should be impossible for how nonstop he is! We put him on a diet. He pretty much hates us for it)

Sassy!

2009-08-04T12:00:00.008-06:00

We attempted family pictures last week.... thought The Great Salt Lake would be a great location. Jon did NOT agree. Honestly, who hates sand? Things to remember for our next venture into family pictures.....

*If it's above 70degrees outside Jon will complain about the heat every chance he gets.*

*When bringing the loved family pet... BRING someone ELSE to help control said animal.*

*To ensure a smiley baby, make sure baby is not teething. (every other picture will consist of child with fist in mouth)*

*When shooting at The Great Salt Lake beware of infestation of the largest BLACK WIDOWS ever!!!*

Also we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house last week with Jon's family and invited Jill and Scott. Of course I make Jon lug my camera around all night and then don't get ONE picture (I stole this one from Jill). Such a beautiful temple, and unlike any of the others i've ever seen. I was told it was because they brought in a different decorator. You can definetly tell. I even wanted some of the furniture for my house.... (how often do say that about temple/church furnishings).

P.S. This picture makes me sad... just proves our babies are growing up. I compared it to one we took of them around 5-6 months old.

Yummy

2009-07-17T11:04:00.004-06:00

I'm off to Draper Days with Heidi *see HERE*
Photography.Bows.Headbands.Hats.Frames.All sorts of fun.

We'd love to have you come by and check us out!

As for your Halle fix....

Yeah, they're pretty much her fav

Crawling?

2009-07-13T12:46:00.014-06:00

it's more of an army crawl/slide/scoot/wiggle but it works for her

she would really rather roll (suprisingly really fast) all over

Playing with Uncle Tys

What can I say? He's her fav....

Luckily Halle is all better and back to her normal self. I took her into her doctor for her first "sick" visit ever! She had been a super picky eater and really hadn't been eating at all, she also had a fever which lasted more than 2 or 3 days (which automatically ruled out teething) and after a night of being up with her every couple of hours we decided something must really be up. I mean, Halle has always slept through the night. So we took her in and sure enough she had a UTI, it was so sad! Does anyone even know how bad those hurt?? Poor little girl. They had to stick a catheter up there and she just sat and screamed at me the entire time. It was heartbreaking. Then a couple of days later she ended up getting a yeast infection (a nasty side effect of the antibiotic). However everyone at Families First Pediatrics is wonderful. Halle's usual ped was not working but we loved who we saw, he was so nice and didn't even charge us for the catheter or the visit since we don't have insurance. We are so lucky. Really if you live in the salt lake valley and have kids you need to take them into Families First, all of the doctors there are so great.

Happy 4th of July!

2009-07-06T12:21:00.010-06:00

Our 4th was a blast! We spent lots of time with family.... swimming, bbq-ing, having tons of fun, and eating lots of yummy snacks! I even made blue and pink rice crispie treats (the RED didn't exactly turn out...) . We all went to the Bees game later but around 11:00pm with the game still going Jon and I had to get Halle home. She was so not having anymore of sitting there for 4 hours! All of that and we didn't even get to see fireworks on the 4th! There's always next year...

Halle & Retlee

Joshy boy & Halle bug. They're so cute together!

Pretty little Morgan

This pic cracks me up... it's so fun trying to get 3 little kids to look at you!

FUN at the BEES game

And since we didn't want to wait around for 5 hours to see the fireworks.... these are from last weekend at Taylorsville Dayzz

Hobbes vs. The Dog Park

2009-06-24T16:30:00.007-06:00

One thing I love (yes i'll admit, there are a choice number of "things" I love in Salt Lake) are the dog parks. Hobbers loves to run around a pretend he is a big dog, running over all the small dogs, getting tossed around by german shepards and what not..... Luckily Millrace Dog Park is right down the street from our house.

Oh these guys might like it too.....

Halle could watch the dogs for hours, she gets so excited and "talks" and claps at any dog who happens to look her way.

Happy 1st Fathers Day

2009-06-22T12:27:00.003-06:00

It's true, Halle simply adores you Jonathan.

her face lights up when you're around.

she loves showing of for you... i.e. bouncing around in circles in her jumperoo, playing pat-a-cake, dancing whenever you start singing for her, and screaming da da da at the top of her lungs.

you somehow even get her to nap with you, (something she will not do if i'm around... she has to be left alone if i'm in the picture)

you make her laugh... hysterically

she's starting to look less like you, & act more like you

she's inherited your love of constantly playing with your hands

along with the picky eating habits

and the ability to just chill..... she's always been the best baby.

(I might be a bit jealous that you get to spend more time with her lately)

Lake Powell '09

2009-06-15T13:16:00.011-06:00

{Halle enjoyed alot of this...}

{While we enjoyed ALOT of this.... }

{Jon wakeboarding... don't worry my picture taking skills make him look much better than he is :)}

{I guess when you're the only one taking pics... you don't get alot of yourself! I did alot more wakeboarding than this, I was SO sore at the end of the trip I could barely lift my hands over my head}

{Jon kneeboarding... I didn't know people still did this. I mean it is past 1990}

2009-06-15T13:15:00.013-06:00

{Jen snapped this pic one night. Halle actually fell asleep like this, lately she is becoming more and more of a crazy sleeper}

{She had more fun sucking on the steering wheel than anything. Like her little piggys??}

{Chillin on the dock}

{LOVING the bedhead after one of their many naps}

{Halle & Morgan. They love eachother.}

{The beautiful cove we stayed in... gunsight maybe??}

2009-06-15T13:14:00.003-06:00

{It was ALL because of these guys that we got to go! Thank you SO SO much Jen and Pat!}

{Lake Powell is seriously heaven on earth}

Halle's 1/2 year photos

2009-06-09T10:48:00.007-06:00

Love the vintage edit, along with the black and white. These pics are priceless to me. For anyone.everyone looking for pictures that truly capture personality and create timeless images. Heidi J Photography is a must!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the many great aspects of my job....

2009-05-22T11:38:00.000-06:00

Check THIS out for more

Hogle Zoo

2009-05-13T13:57:00.004-06:00

Adriana had Trace's 1st Birthday at the zoo. It was so fun and Adriana even got all the girls matching shirts and the boys too. We were happy we were able to make it and take Halle to the zoo for the first time. She didn't care too much for some of the animals, but wouldn't stop staring at the black bear... totally random. Maybe next year when she actually knows what's going on we'll get season passes.

.6 Months.

2009-05-13T13:36:00.004-06:00

{Halle's 6 month stats}

Height. 26.7" ... 75th Percentile

Weight. 16.14lbs ... 60th Percentile

Head... 40th Percentile

Looks like she's finally slowed down a bit, although her doctor said it wouldn't last. I am loving having a little girl while I can :). However, I can never seem to schedule her appointments before/when she is actually the right age. They always seem to be atleast a week behind.

.Rolling all over.

.Manuevers around in the most precarious ways.... we really don't know how she ends up where she does sometimes.

.All about dancing.

.Dances when she hears music.

.Dances when sitting.

.Dances when standing.

.Loves to stand and balance on something all by herself.

.Her doctor was very impressed with how well she sits up by herself.

.Sits in the bath now... and LOVES bath time even more now.

.Loves showers too.

.Jibber Jabbers to anyone/anything.

.Makes the funniest noises.

.Blows bubbles/spits constantly, I really don't know where she learned this.

.NO teeth yet (and doctor says she's not even close).

{venting}

2009-05-11T15:09:00.003-06:00

Can I vent for just a second?
I am baffled lately at choices made by my sisters... I have myspace only to keep tabs on their lives every now and again. Why is it that everytime I log in (maybe once a month or so) I am bombarded with "updates/bulletins" regarding crazyness? i.e. pregnant friends, guys in DT or that have been kicked out of their houses for a number of reasons I swear you only see on TV, incidences involving the police AND tickets for misconduct, etc..... And since when is it cool for middle schoolers to use the F word as if it were nothing? Come on! My sisters are 15/16! Are you kidding me? I am just so surprised that in middle school this is going on, and my sister who is a sophomore has been partying/drinking it up too with all her cheer friends, great example!

I am not being hypocritical here.... I fully admit that I got a bit crazy a good number of times and it all started in highschool at the end of my senior year.
But at this age???
Seriously I am never ever putting my kids in public school if this kind of business is starting in middle school.

On a good note however.... Halle has her 6 month checkup in about an hour (a little late but it's the soonest I could get her in) so i'll post all her fun 1/2 year stats later.

DISNEYLAND

2009-04-21T19:51:00.002-06:00

First family vacation in who even knows how long (with my side of the family that is) was so SO much fun! We went to So Cal and had a blast. Dad even came! Life was wonderful... We were there for Jenny's cheer nationals, haha poor Jon and J, they about died. We made up for it though by hitting up Laguna Beach, Balboa Island, Newport, Orange County swap meet and of course DISNEYLAND.

Halle was exhausted by the end of each night

She must have seen something more interesting than me holding a camera

Love the shades! And chins...

Ok so maybe Jon was the most excited about Dumbo

Just now getting around to posting these, although we went March 26-April 2! What happened? The day we got back I ended up in the Emergency Room! Turns out I have gallbladder disease, they wanted to take it out right then and there but I refused. Sorry but I am against surgery at all costs (literally). Anyway i'm dealing with it now, slowly but surely. Doing a bunch of natural things, i.e. cleanses, herbs, dietary changes.... The hardest thing is really having to watch what I eat (good news is i've lost about 6lbs in the past 2 weeks). Honestly I would rather go through pregnancy/labor/delivery EVERYDAY for the rest of my life than have another gallbladder attack. It was by far the worst pain I have ever ever ever been in. So this explains my life for the past 2+ weeks... yes I was even in bed all day during Easter. Luckily Maga and Paga took Halle for the day so she could have a happy 1st easter.

Some of her favs.

2009-04-21T19:50:00.003-06:00

Halle LOVED all the rides at Disneyland, although i'm pretty sure she was just digging all the fun colors and cool stuff to check out. She was such a big girl and rode Winnie The Pooh, Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Dumbo, Peter Pan, Mr.Toad's, Snow White, Roger Rabbit... seriously so many I can hardly remember them all.

.Peter Pan.

.Pirates of the Caribbean.

.Dumbo.

Happiest Place on Earth

2009-04-21T19:47:00.002-06:00

She really was SO good, she slept inbetween rides and didn't cry once

Jon thought the "Jedi" show was the coolest thing ever. I have to admit, it was pretty sweet.

Loving every second with daddy

Her face is hilarious... you can tell we just got done with Peter Pan

Cali Cali

2009-04-21T19:46:00.002-06:00

She's so freaking cute! Showing you her "leave me alone, i'm trying to concentrate" face

Our little family on Balboa

LOVE her

2009-04-02T12:49:00.000-06:00

New Tricks
Finally Halle has mastered some fun new things. She sits all by herself (for a moment or so) and loves to stand any chance she can get. Still hasn't mastered rolling from back to front yet but we're working on it.Check her out doing it all on her own, she's growing up way too fast.

2009-04-02T12:39:00.000-06:00

Cash & Landry
Jon and I had a fun time looking after these two while Doug & Rori were off on one of their many vacations (someday that will be me). Landry and Halle are about 2 months apart and it's so fun having these two grow up together. Also we've already arranged the marriage of Cash and Halle.

First things first...

2009-04-02T12:13:00.000-06:00

I have completely neglected our blog lately, but at least it's been for good reason. So let's start from the beginning of our absence.

.Halle's 4 Month Pictures.
Like I said, GIANNE did these. She is in a word... Amazing! I can't wait for family pics in May!

My {BIG} little girl

2009-03-12T23:43:00.000-06:00

Oh I just LOVE her!

{ Halle's 4 Month Stats}

Height. 26.1"... 99th Percentile

Weight. 14.8lbs ... 70th Percentile

Head. 15.9 ... 25th Percentile

I couldn't believe it when our doc came in, he looks at her and says " wow, she looks like she should be 6-7 months old". (Minus her head I guess. Haha, I love it!). She is wearing mostly 6-9 months clothes, especially all her pants. I should have taken that as a hint I guess.

Some fun things about Halle bug at 4 months

.Still loves to talk.

.Rolls from stomach to back.

.Her arm always gets in the way when she attempts to roll from back to front.

.So she turn herself into circles instead.

.LOVES to stand, she's wobbly but she loves it.

.Anytime you lay her down, she uses every muscle in her stomach to try to sit up.

.Slobbers like nobody's business.

.Is mesmorized by Bugs Life, Finding Nemo, and Baby Einsteins.

.Digs the bumbo.

.Love love loves her swing.

.Favorite times of the day? Bath time, getting her diaper changed, and of course eating.

.Laughs her head off at just about anything.

.Adores her daddy.

.Everyone says she looks just like her mama.

And since she's now 4 months old, the doctor told us to start introducing solids.

So we were patient this time and tried again.

.Before.

.During.

.And. OH.

.SO.

.DONE.

What a messy little monster! She was a bit uncoordinated with the spoon, kept trying to use it as a straw almost and really just wanted to grab it. It turned out way better than that little disaster last time. Right Jill? Ha! Practice makes perfect.

Just to pass the time...

2009-03-07T16:23:00.000-07:00

Yet another lack of posting... things have been crazy. I swear I just work too much. Halle is already 4 months! Time flies by, she has her 4 month appointment on Wednesday, i'm excited to see how much she has grown, but not so much excited for her to get more shots :(. I've recently re-read BabyWise and am so happy about it. Halle has always slept through the night, and still sleeps atleast 9 hours every night but she's been weird with naps. She'll sometimes sleep an hour but mainly just takes 20 minute cat naps in between playtime and feeding. Needless to say after babywising up again, she's an avid napper. If you have not read this book.... do! Love love love it. Everyone is always telling me how "lucky" I am for having such a happy baby. It's not luck people :). Also Kendra and I had the girl's pictures' taken. Gianne Snow did them, and I can not WAIT to see them all. I will post them as soon as I get them! Gianne is an amazing photographer, honestly! She is so freaking talented! I wish I was her. We met a couple years ago through Jill... it's nice to have a friend who does photography. Here's a little sneak peek she posted on her website, check her out!!

Also i've been meaning to do this for awhile.

(all about Halle)

1.Where were you when you first found out you were prego? At home

2.Who was with you? NO ONE! Well.... except Hobbes.

3. How did you find out you were pregnant? 2 Pregnancy tests I picked up at the grocery store (just in case). I had been super sick and thought nothing of it because I have never been "regular".

4. What was your first reaction to being pregnant? Freaked out of my mind!!! I was in complete shock and denial.

5. Who was the first person you told? Technically Hobbes found out first, I screamed and he came running into the bath room and I just started bawling. I did not know what to do, Jon was playing volleyball and would not answer his phone so I called Jordi and she was so excited and asked how Jon felt.... still hadn't told him at this point! It took me calling his little brother's phone to track him down, he rushed home because he thought someone had died due to my reaction. Whoops.

6. Did you plan to get pregnant? Nope!

7. Did you tell everyone else right away? No joke, Jon took me over to his parents house so we could tell his parents and talk to his mom... and then left me to go finish playing volleyball!!

8. Was everyone happy for you? Shock was the initial reaction.

9. Did you go out n celebrate? See #7. Call that celebrating?

10. Did you wanna find out the sex? YES OF COURSE I COULDN'T WAIT

11. What was the sex? GIRL

12. Did anyone throw you a shower? I had a few :). Thank you thank you!

13. Did you get any outfits that you knew you wouldn't ever put on your baby? Yes hahah.. I'm picky about clothes but over all I got a lot of great stuff and a good variety

14. How much weight did you gain? 35-40 lbs. I gained nearly 10 in the last week!

15. Did you lose all the weight that you gained? Almost.

16. Did you get any stretch marks? I was lucky :)

17. What did you crave the most? I really didn't crave anything the thought of food actually made me more sick. I just ate a ton of fruit (cause it wasn't as bad throwing it back up)

18. Did you crave anything crazy? Not really, I drank regular coke which I normally HATE but for some reason it helped me not throw up as much.

19. Who or what got on your nerves? probably my husband I never felt good so I was just tired and a grouch... I probably got on his nerves much more :) Did I mention I hate being prego??? haha

20. Did you have any complication with your pregnancy? Hyperemesis. Severe morning sickness. Ooooh the I.V.'s..... yuck!

21. When and where did you go into labor? It was Halloween and I had been having a really hard time breathing and kept nearly passing out. I had this headache for a couple of days and went to the hospital that night (after finishing handing out candy and playing Rock Band of course) and it turned out I was in labor so they started me on pitocin to get things moving!

22. Did your water break? No my Doc broke it at the hospital.

23. Who drove to the hospital? My sweet hubby... we were so anxious:)

24. Who was in the room when you gave birth? It was quite the social event. There was the doctor on call, her med student, my nurse, HER med student, some other nurse, my hubby, sister Kendra, Sandi mom, Karen, Erin, Jen. Hope I didn't leave anyone out...

25. Did you go early or late? In between two due dates. (Oct. 27th and Nov. 3rd)

26. How long were you in labor for? I got to the hospital around 10:30pm on Halloween and Halle was born the next evening at 6:16pm.

27. Did you have drugs for the pain? Oh yes.. and I'm so glad I did. It was a light epidural so I was still able to move around on my own.

28. Natural or C-section? Natural

29. What was your first reaction when she was first born? I was in awe, labor and delivery for me was AWESOME. I laughed through the pushing and when she born I was just amazed. A little freaked at first 'cause she didn't cry right away. Just her personality I guess :).

30. How big was she? 8lbs. 6oz. Surprised the doctors....

31. Did your husband cry? I'm pretty sure he got pretty teared up though it's all kind of a blur

32. What did you name your baby? Halle Jeanne

33. Any significant Meaning? First name ... No.. Middle... Yes.. kinda cool. It's my middle name, my dad's sister's name, was my mom's mom's name AND Jon's grandma's name. All spelled the same way. Weird.

34. Any visitors? Yes lotts... All of our family, cousins, friends... we are very loved:)

35. Did baby have any complication? None at all. She's perfect!

36. How old is your baby today? Just over 4 months

37. When is the next one coming? Who knows... sometimes i'm baby hungry. Other times I remember how miserable I was and realize I can wait.

38. If you could would you do it all over again? Part of me can't wait! But like I said, the other part can. We'll probably start trying again in 2010.

39.TAG: All you other mama's.

Oh and p.s. Guess who will be in DISNEYLAND in 20 days! YAY!!!

In case we miss ya!

2009-02-16T17:39:00.003-07:00

Don't know why we're even sending these out in the mail.... seems like everything is digital these days anyway. O well. Enjoy!

I did it!

2009-02-10T15:40:00.004-07:00

Before... (see I couldn't even hold her, I didn't want her to see me until after, when I could make it all better)

After... Right when she got done, SO sad!

Before... Poor Retlee, she had no idea what was coming

After... she actually cried more than Halle

So as you can see, actually I didn't do it, in fact I couldn't even watch! On saturday we took the girls to get their ears pierced... I was so nervous, but at the same time I wanted her to have pretty little earrings. Kendra is such a trooper and had no problems at all with Ret. She wasn't even nervous, I should have known I wouldn't be able to handle it. I had to hide when Halle got her 2 month shots done! It ended up with Kendra holding Halle, Kate taking pictures, and me wandering off with Ret to try to keep my mind off of it. It wasn't bad at all. As soon as I heard the chick say that she was done Halle screamed (she had a bit of a delayed reaction) and I ran and grabber her and she stopped.

p.s. even though you can't see in these pictures, Halle got little pearls. I LOVE them!!

Halle's Blessing Day

2009-02-01T18:56:00.000-07:00

Wow! I feel so on top of things. I'm actually posting about something that happened today! We can thank the Superbowl for keeping everyone occupied :).
Today we blessed Halle and everything went better than I even imagined. Jonathan gave her a wonderful blessing and we had alot of friends and family there to support us.

She started out the day like this....

And by the time we got home from church, ended up like this

Luckily Maga always makes it better

Family & Friends

My gorgeous sistas (haha, Ken and Jen)

Natalie & Kasia

Jill & Sam

Jon & Scott... being Jon & Scott

The mom's. We love them!

Thank you again to everyone who came(Laura & Matt, Jenna, Clarke Family, etc...). It really means alot to me. I was so so so happy to see everyone, I almost started crying! I didn't get pics of alot of people, sometimes I am the worst at making sure to take pictures.

2 months

2009-01-19T19:23:00.003-07:00

I can't believe she's already past 2 months! I swear time flies! Here are her 2 month stats

Height {85th percentile}

Weight {65th percentile}

Head circumference {40th percentile}

(haha Jon and I both have kinda little heads)

We love her more and more everyday. Check her out in the bumbo, she's been sitting by herself in it for quite a while now. Probably helps that her head is on the small side.

She is always blowing bubbles and she drools like crazy, hope it doesn't mean she's teething. Her doc said it's just excess saliva she hasn't figured out how to swallow yet.

Halle is constantly chatting away, takes after mom that's for sure. She'll have full on "conversations" with anyone who will look at her. I love it.

She has almost rolled over, but mainly just rolls up on her side all the time!

As for me...

I don't believe in New Year's Resolutions so here are some things I'm looking forward to for '09.

Gym atleast 3-4 times per week

Cooking dinner

Running

Drinking more water

and less Diet Coke (stupid Sonic Happy Hour)

Up OUR (as a family) church attendance

Trips to St.George (someday I WILL move back)

Enjoying everyday moments

Taking more pictures

Loving life as it is, instead of how I think it should be

and as 2009 goes on, I will be a better blogger.

Nichole is amazing!

2008-12-30T19:18:00.000-07:00

Picture overload!

A couple weeks ago, I went up to Nichole's and she took these pics of Halle. We had so much fun! We were laughing so hard because she kept making the funniest little faces. Nichole is so good and I love Ever! Anytime she would notice Halle she would book it over and try to grab her. It was hilarious. These are some of my favs, I can't wait to see the rest of the pics. You're going to have to wait for my VERY favorite, because it's being saved for her birth announcement.

Also I need addresses ASAP! Email them to me

kaitlinjlambert@yahoo.com

Look-Alike

2008-12-10T20:41:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

And everyone always says she looks just like me....

Maybe it's just these pics?

Happy Holidays???

2008-12-09T20:23:00.000-07:00

I apoligize in advance, this post is anything but sugar coated. I don't know about any of you, but my life is far from perfect and all I can say is when it rains, it pours! These past couple months have been full of... well let's just say they've been full. What's been going on? Everything from medical issues with Jon, Hobbes getting hit by a car, having Halle (do not get me wrong, she is by far the biggest blessing in my life! I'm just saying that having a baby is a major life changing event) , then Jon lost his job so I ended up going back to work 3 weeks after having Halle, AND to add the icing to the cake, last night as we were driving home someone HIT US. Major snow storm and they lost control of their vehicle and SLAMMED into ours. I have never been that scared, Halle started screaming when it happened, I started bawling. Good thing Jon kept a level head, it was quite the ordeal. Everyone is ok, Halle calmed down after a while. It just scared her really bad. Good thing we have our Peg Perego Carseat. (Thanks again Daddy, Halle was safe because of your gift). It took the paramedics over 1/2 hour to get there and the sheriff wasn't there for another hour after that. Our car is mangled. We're still waiting on insurance info since it was the other persons fault.

I am NOT a complainer (usually) but really.....
It's just a little hard to get into the christmas spirit.

Happy Birthday To Us

2008-11-25T22:12:00.000-07:00

Wow! Time flies. I didn't realize how long it's been since my last post until I was talking to my mom today and she mentioned the pics of Halle were over 2 weeks old. Whoops. Some fun things we've been up to lately. The Couture vs. Lesnar UFC fight @ Robin's with Rori & Doug and fam, BYU vs. Utah (let's just not talk about that one), and combined family birthday party @ the Steak House (thank you grandma) November is quite the month for birthdays in our families. Halle starts it off on the 1st, Jon's is the 17th and mine is tomorrow (the 26th). Not too mention Nana (the 14th), Erin (the 10th) and Jen (the 6th). It's pretty crazy. Other than all that not too much going on here, just adjusting to life as parents. We're pretty lucky, she already sleeps about 7 hours a night. However I need some advice... the nursing is not going so well. I am just not producing enough milk and I just started supplementing her with formula a couple days ago. I don't know what to do. Did anyone else have this problem? I feel like i'm not ready to be done breastfeeding yet. Any knowledge/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Still loving bath time, I love this little robe.

1 Week Already

2008-11-08T19:27:00.001-07:00

This week has flown by, I guess we can thank the lack of sleep for that. I never ever thought I would love being a mom this much!

She always sucks on her bottom lip

Constantly playing with her hands, she's totally a thumb sucker

First bath @ home

Haha! LOVE this face, look at that chub!

Grandma's so nice to teach me how to bathe a baby in the sink

Right after her bath, she's so happy when she's naked

Thank you thank you whoever invented the binki!

Go Cougs!! All wrapped up in the blanket I made her/Jon.

Our sleeping beauty

Halle Jeanne Lambert

2008-11-07T16:50:00.004-07:00

She's here!!!

Halle Jeanne Lambert

November 1st, 2008 6:16pm

8lbs. 6oz.

21" Long

Yes people, you are reading that right. Apparently I have pretty big babies, especially surprising because I was told I would have a 6.5lb baby! She is perfect. We love her so much! She has been SO good, she isn't fussy, breastfeeding has been a breeze and she's sleeping so well. Halle especially loves baths and having her diaper changed! I think it's so funny.

Can't figure out why this one is upside down

Proud daddy (and his awesome bed head!)

Minutes after birth. I LOVE her red lips!

My AWESOME nurse!

One of the many positions they had me in to try to move her! This was even after the epidural, I could totally still feel my legs and everything. It was nice!

So tired

Don't know why this one is sideways....

The Birth

Friday night (Halloween) Jon and I decided it was time to go into the hospital. I was over my due date and for the past 2 days I had been having a really hard time breathing and had this constant headache, which was really strange for me because I NEVER get headaches. Not to mention all the swelling, everything from my feet to my nose was significantly wider. We got to the hospital and they checked all my vitals and my blood pressure was 140/70! This was EXTREMELY unusual for me, my blood pressure hadn't gone above 90/52 this entire pregnancy. So they called my doc and checked again and it was 160/70. It was determined that I had preeclampsia so they told me I was having this baby ready or not. I was SO ready :). They started me on pitocin because I was only dilated to a 3 and hadn't been progressing although I was 95% effaced. After a little bit I got the epidural, which was awesome! Seriously people, I don't know what all the fuss is about, I would get one everyday if they'd let me. I ended up with a fever after my water broke so they gave me antibiotics and put an internal monitor in to check her heartbeat. Also she was faced up and would not move regardless of what position I was in so the doctor had to manually reach up there and turn her! That was probably the worst pain I felt. After that I pushed for about and hour and Halle was born! I barely tore so they put 2 stitches in me just in case.Labor/Delivery was great, I would do it again tomorrow.

What's New? Pictures coming soon

2008-10-09T19:25:00.001-06:00

Worst blogger.... ever? Quite possibly. Lately I have been sooooo overwhelmed with life. I feel like so much has gone on since my last post. Here's the skinny.

September went something like this

* OKLAHOMA. Whooo wooo. Hahaha, Jonathan, myself, sister Mariah, sister Kendra, J and baby Ret all flew out to Ponca City, Oklahoma for a family reunion. Not going to lie, we actually had a really good time. We caught up with family we haven't seen in YEARS and everyone got along so well. The majority of the time was spent just catching up and eating at some interesting (not so much tasty) places. Also the BYU game was watchable from the hotel so I had a happy husband. Kendra has the pictures from this, so I am just waiting on her to share the wealth :).

* 2 year anniversary! Yay... too bad we were in Oklahoma for a family reunion. Hahaha. We're just SO romantic.

* We moved, yup. 4th time since we've been married. We're pretty much all settled, just need Jon to put up the beadboard in babies room and I will happily post pictures :).

* Jill and Scott welcomed little Sam into the world. I love this little boy. He's a miniture Scottie!

* Rori had little Landry. Such a pretty pretty baby girl!

* Baby Showers. It was so nice of family/friends to throw these for me. Baby got some very cute stuff.

So far October has gone a little like this.

* Another (final) baby shower.

* Our little Hobbers got hit by a car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some jack a** just hit him and drove off, after dragging him under the car! I am crying right now typing this. Poor little guy. He got out and we couldn't find him all day/night so the next day we called the animal shelter and sure enough the driver behind the guy that hit Hobbes saw the whole thing happen and called Animal Services (his tags had been ripped off while he was being dragged). He's so lucky and we're so blessed. No broken bones, just badly beat up. Poor little guy can't even walk on his back legs. We're just happy he's ok.

*And to end on a good note, at my doctors appointment yesterday it turns out our little girl has dropped into position. I am dilated to a 1.5 and 70% effaced. Crazy how things are going. Still no stretchmarks (knock on wood) but I am HUGE. I am really debating even posting a pic later. My stomach is ginormous. Jon always looks at me and says "I don't know how you're stomach hasn't exploded". We're looking forward to meeting our little girl, and hopefully settling on a name sometime after we see her :). I've still got my favs and Jonathan has his.

Kinda boring without pics, but I know I haven't posted FOREVER. Just a little update for family and friends.

Proof!

2008-08-06T13:44:00.000-06:00

See told you I was preggers! Here's my belly at 28 weeks. It's crazy how a few weeks ago I wasn't so much "showing", but ta da, one day I just woke up and little missy had decided to shift forward. Before I was carrying posterior (the doctor still says I am, that'll be fun come labor) but atleast she's off my sciatic nerve 24/7! I have to admit, it's nice being asked when i'm expecting or what i'm having by people now. Before I swear they all just looked at me wondering why I had this awkward beer gut and had let myself go. Even my sister in law said to me the other day "oh yay, you finally look pregnant instead of just fat". Minus that last part, it was kind of a compliment. I think she means well. As inspired by Brianna, i've decided to share what I do enjoy about pregnancy. I feel like all I do is complain, so here we go.

Things I Enjoy about Being Pregnant

*When I can see the baby move, Jon and I will just sit there and watch her. It's kinda creepy but I love it!

*Still fitting into all my pants (the bella band makes it SO comfortable). Honestly I'm just happy I haven't had to waste money on maternity crap yet, and I get to save that money to buy cute stuff for our little girl!

*That Kendra just got a job at the CUTEST baby boutique and I get a nice little discount. It's in Kaysville and is called Cuddle Haven. Check it out!

*The satisfaction I get everytime I remind Jon that he's going to have a little girl. (He still SO wants a boy)

*Not having to suck in my gut... not that I could if I wanted to.

*Indulging in all the girly things, I have wanted to do a feminine room for so long and now I have an excuse. My baby's room.

*Finally justifying a Petunia Picklebottom bag. I have wanted one for so long.

*My sweets cravings. I have never been a big sweets lover, normally I do not enjoy ice cream and cookies and all that junk. But now I love 'em all so i'll take it while I can.

All in all, I will say that I am mos def not one of those people who LOVE being pregnant. In fact I can't see me doing this again anytime within the next 4-5 years, and conveinantly I told Jon that that is how long the doctor said I had to wait before we could start trying again, pretty sure he doesn't buy it but i'm sticking with it! Some days I enjoy it and others I'm so ready to be done with all of the weird aches and sharp pains that come from nowhere, the crazy anxiety I have all of a sudden about everything, running out of breath for no good reason, my swelling feet and hands after being out in the heat, these crazy ass mood swings and still throwing up on a weekly basis. Oh well, only 80 some odd days more of this.... and then things get really crazy :).

I don't think she'll ever have a name

2008-07-26T20:26:00.000-06:00

Why does it seem like EVERYONE I talk to (who is expecting, obviously) already knows exactly what they are going to name their child?? Jon and I canNOT agree on anything. Everytime we think we have come to some sort of conclusion, one of us decides within a couple of days that we hate it. We want something unique but not weird, you know so she doesn't go to school with 5 other girls with the same name? So far these names have come and gone

Halle

(don't hate it, don't LOVE it)
Rylie

(decided it sounded too much like the made up name my sister gave her kid, "Retlee")
Cadence

(But what would we call her for short?? Cady... come on! That's MY name)
Chloe

(again, don't love it)
Reese

(this one is my fav, but Jon's not so hot on it)
AND if Jon had his way Sevin

(like from Seinfeld, and no people, this is not a joke. I get mixed reviews, some love it some hate it. We would call her Sevi. The more I hear it the less I hate it, but I just don't want her to get made fun of)

And don't even get me started on the middle name. I want it to mean something and Jon couldn't care less. My middle name is after my grandma and I want to stay with family tradition. I don't know why, but I get anxiety way bad about this. I just wish we had her name settled on. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE has anyone else had this hard of a time with this? And please if anyone has suggestions let me know, we are almost desperate at this time.

Oh my teeny bopper overload!

2008-07-16T13:03:00.000-06:00

Monday night I went to the American Idols Live Tour. Jon's mom bought us all tickets, although Jon would not be caught dead there so it was just me along with his mom and dad, his sisters, my brother in law and the 5 MILLION screaming little teeny boppers just waiting for a peice of that David Archuleta. Chickezie started it off and was SO boring, then Ramiele... Also SO boring (but atleast she's cute), Michael Johns did so so so so good. He did a couple Aerosmith songs and I liked them better than the originals, he was my favorite of the night. Carly was awesome, her voice is so powerful. Then Kristy Lee Cook came on thinking she was hotter than Shania Twain... I ALWAYS hated her, I don't know how she made it as far as she did OR how she was considered the "hot" one. You can imagine I was even more bugged when she actually didn't suck. She was much better than she ever was on the show, but I still can't stand her. Brooke was cute but so cheezy, as usual. Jason Castro started off singing Over The Rainbow and I really liked it, he has a Jason Mraz feel. David Archuleta did amazing, he's just so cute. He sang awesome songs, including When you Say you Love Me by Josh Groban. It was so hard to hear him because everyone (even the 50 year old ladies behind us) were screaming SO effing loud!! He even got all teary and choked up. Last but not least was David Cook, I was never his biggest fan but he did good. I think by that time (3 1/2 hours later) I was just SO ready to go home. My back was killing me thanks to the lovely chairs and I had the worst headache thanks to the 13 year old girls (and boys for that matter). I felt like such a grandma. I don't think i'll ever go to a concert again while i'm pregnant :).

Really preparing for baby

2008-07-10T21:23:00.000-06:00

Atleast that's what Jon says :). Say hello to our newest ventute into debt. Hahaa, actually we got more than a steal on it and ended up paying LESS than we did for my car. We'd been looking around for a couple months now for an SUV and we're so so so blessed to find our new Pathfinder. It's an '05 (older than my sentra was) BUT it has less miles (only about 27,000) SCORE! Also it has so many nice features, not too mention 4 wheel drive. Looks like i'm fully invested into being a mommy and living in the north pole.

Plus i'm pretty sure Jon loves driving around in something that doesn't so much resemble a chick car. Haha! Love you baby!

My bellers

2008-06-26T22:36:00.000-06:00

Ok, I know it doesn't look like much but I swear to you it feels huge. I snapped this pic today, i'm 22 1/2 weeks. I feel her moving and kicking like crazy, Jon can even feel her now (he's already suggesting jiu jitsu). Sometimes she sits on my sciatic nerve and I have been waking up during the night because my back hurts so bad. I don't know how i'm going to manage life when I actually have a big basketball to carry around! I'm not complaining though, my clothes are all still fitting which means I haven't ventured into maternity wear yet. Lucky the style is longer and flowey shirts, hopefully i'll never have to. Oh and looks like the "morning sickness" is finally letting up, i've only had 2 bad days in the past 2 weeks! I'm SO looking forward to the time when I can actually keep things down, turns out I have a cracked rib from throwing up so hard!! Needless to say, it'll be a LONG LONG while before pregnancy is even a thought again, i've already talked to the doc about an IUD ASAP!

sugar & spice & everything nice...

2008-06-12T17:27:00.000-06:00

Pretty much everyone guessed right! We're so excited... well I can say Jon is *more* excited now. He had the ultrasound tech check more than once just to make sure it wasn't a boy. Did anyone else go through this?? In retrospec it's pretty funny but during the ultrasound I wanted to punch him! He was in complete denial and all he could say was "what am I going to do with a girl?". It's been over a week and he's accepted that yes we're having a girl and has started putting input into the nursery. He even went baby shopping with me this weekend. We've started thinking of names (since Jon wouldn't even humor me before we found out it was a girl). However we don't fully agree on anything. I'm totally open to input here... anyone have any good ideas??
Sorry no ultrasound pics, she was moving around so much that all of the still frames aren't so great. The actual DVD of the ultrasound is amazing! The ultrasound tech put it in 3D for awhile, but she was moving so much it's kinda blurry (and not too mention pretty creepy:)).
As for now i've picked out the crib, it's at Babinsky's and I LOVE IT. I've also narrowed down everything from the carseat to the highchair (doesn't hurt to be prepared.) I am having the HARDEST time with bedding, it seems like everything I would actually consider is around the $600 price point. Forget that! If anyone knows of any good places to get baby bedding let me know.
Oh on a side note, anyone else read the first chapter of BREAKING DAWN??? I can email it to you if not....

Quick Post

2008-05-28T09:06:00.000-06:00

To let all know that i'm still alive and everything is going so good! I'm back up here in Salt Lake and have been for a while, sorry I didn't realize it's been OVER a MONTH since my last post! Major slacker!! I've been busy busy. Kendra had her baby a couple weeks ago, she's really cute.

Retlee Maree Manzanares

More pictures are to come of her!

Also we find out the sex of the baby on MONDAY!! I'm SO SO SO excited. Everything with the pregnancy is still going really good. No i'm still not showing, in fact I still weigh less than I did before I was pregnant. We can thank the (STILL) throwing up daily for that. Actually I lied, it has subsided some. I only throw up most days :). I can't wait for it all it go away, but I will tell you this much. It will be a LONG LONG time before I do all of this again.

what to expect??

2008-04-22T08:57:00.000-06:00

So about my appointment yesterday.... It was SO awesome! Much much much better than I would ever expect! My doctor is the nicest person I have ever met. She was so sweet and so funny. Something so important, because let's face it, this woman is all up in your business! Her office is in the new IMC in Murray, and they have this whole women & newborn center, another plus. That place is SO nice, i'm actually excited to deliver my baby there! We got to hear the heartbeat and actually see the little bug. It was so cool and Jon looked like a kid in a candy store! The babies heart was racing, it was at 170! I measured 12 weeks exactly and she moved my due date to Nov. 3rd. However she told me not to get to comfortable with the idea of a November baby because she wasn't going to let me go to term because i'm so small and that I should plan on having a little pumpkin baby. Works for me :). She asked about my hyperemesis and actually wrote me another prescription. It's for reglan and I haven't tried that, so HOPEFULLY it works! So sick, but yesterday when I was driving I couldn't even make it over to the side of the road in time and just threw up all over myself. It was awful! But kinda funny too. Haha!

After the exam and ultrasound and all that we were talking and I told her I had been reading What to Expect when You're Expecting. She looked at me and said, please throw that away! I was so shocked! She told me that it was one of the worst books a low risk first time mother could read because all it does is tell you what could go wrong. This actually made me feel so much better because I have been a total stress case about this pregnancy, i've been worrying way to much about what could go wrong. I swear all I do is ask Jon to give me a blessing like everyday! It was really comforting to hear that I wasn't crazy and that everything with this pregnancy is totally normal. All in all, it was one of my favorite experiences. It all feels so much more real now, I keep just thinking about this little bug inside me.

Sunny St.George

2008-04-18T09:50:00.000-06:00

So i've been chilling here in St.George. I came down to work for my mom,

seeing as working a "real" job has been impossible because of my "morning sickness".

Can I just say that I am SO SICK OF BEING SICK! I can NOT remember the last time

I went more than a couple hours without throwing up. Zofran even stopped working,

I can't even keep it down. I got some sea bands and have been wearing those around

for a couple weeks. Yeah, I know I look SUPER COOL (they just look like 80's sweatbands).

They seem to help though.St.George has been wonderful though, it's been nice to just hang

out with my mom and sisters. I've also gone to Desert Hills Highschool Cheer practices,

Cassidy has an amazing squad!! I'm so excited for her. Jocelyn was there on wednesday

night too, so it's been so fun to see people I haven't seen for so long.

They both look amazing!!

On another note, I have a doctors appointment on monday. We get to hear the babies

heartbeat and have our first ultrasound. I'm already in my fourth month, so I guess i'm a little

behind on all this but we really wanted to get in with this doctor and she wasn't accepting

new patients. So we're just super lucky we get to see her at all!

I feel like i'm going to be doing quite a bit of commuting between St.George and Salt Lake,

but it's not a bad drive. I could do it with my eyes closed. The hardest part is

being without Jon for so long. He has been SO wonderful lately, gets me breakfast in bed

(just so I can throw it up later) but it really helps. He rubs my back, plays with my hair,

and has just been so sweet. I miss him alot, and it's funny how he has even resorted to

letting Hobbes sleep with him on our bed while i'm gone. He must REALLY miss me,

he usually doesn't even let Hobbes in our room.

Sorry this is super long, so i'll end it now. If anyone is in St.George call or come by Brushfire, i'd love to get together :).

Look what I found

2008-04-07T08:41:00.000-06:00

So I have passed these places for the past nearly 2 years without much thought. Really, they just looked nasty ghetto to me. On Saturday I went with my mother in law to run some errands and we ended up here. They have the best produce! Reminds me almost of being at Farmers Market in Santa Cruz (too bad it's still snowing up here, so who knows when that will start). We left with

2 pineapples

several grapefruits

10 apples

4 pears

several oranges

2 mangoes

2 bundles of asparagus

and 1 1/2 CASES of fresh strawberries

All this was under $30! I was amazed, at my usual harmons I wouldn't even start to guess what that would have cost. I don't really know where they are, maybe just up here in the Salt Lake valley. If you can, do go. I highly recommend! I was so happy to fill up on produce, for some reason citrus fruits help my "morning" sickness SO much. Typically on days I have a grapefruit or orange, I do not throw up after eating one. So weird. Also we're not just obsessed with strawberries, they we're on sale so in between conferences Jon's mom taught us how to make her strawberry jam. I would NEVER even think of attempting this, but it was so easy. Jon is super picky and will only eat his mom's (or grandma's) strawberry jam. I think we're good for about another year :). I also made some yummy fresh squeezed strawberry lemonade to go with last nights dinner. This coming from the girl who gets confused making toast. Watch out Martha!

Interesting

2008-04-04T10:44:00.000-06:00

KAITLIN

What Kaitlin Means

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life.
You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip.
People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.
You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.
You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.
You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.
Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

What's" Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Pretty dead on, except for the fact that I am probably the WORST secret keeper ever!

JONATHAN

What Jonathan Means

You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.
You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries.
You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.
You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.
At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.
You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.
You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.
Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.
Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

What's" Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

I think his fits him to a T!

This is my favorite

2008-04-03T09:18:00.001-06:00

I love the tranny
Thriller

Proud big sis

2008-03-24T10:12:00.001-06:00

She made it!!! My little sister Jenni and her bestie Kaity Read tried out for cheer at the new Desert Hills Highschool.... and made it! I'm so proud of them! I simply couldn't leave Kaity out, she has been like another little sister to me since I can remember. These girls have always loved cheer, some of you may remember them from the cheer clinics they attended year after year. Jenni has been on allstars for quite a while and has gotten really good. She's so cute! What can I say? I'm just a proud big(well older) sister. Go Thunder!

They're such nerds!

Not as easy as you might think

2008-03-21T11:48:00.000-06:00

One word. First word that comes to mind. No explaining.

1. Where is your cell phone? lap
2. Your hair? messy
3. Work? plethora
4. Your father? difficult
5. Your favorite thing? bed
6. Your dream last night? nonexistant
7. Your favorite drink? changes
8. Your dream car? Range
9. The room you're in? Large
10. Your fears? many
11. What do you want to be in 10 years? happy
12. Who did you hang out with last night? hobbes
13. What you're not good at? alot
14. Muffin? banana
15. One of your wish list items? $$$$
16. Where you grew up? scattered
17. Last thing you did? type
18. What are you wearing? jeans
19. What aren't you wearing? skirt
20. Your pet? hobbers
21. Your computer? Fabulous
22. Your life? crazy
23. Your mood? anxious
24. Missing? Family
25. What are you thinking about right now? taxes
26. Your car/truck? dirty
27. Your summer? fun
28. Your relationship status? married
29. Your favorite color? changes
30. When is the last time you really laughed with meaning? earlier
31. Last time you cried? jon
32. School? lame
33. Least favorite weather? cold
34. Soup? any
35. Movie? please

Anyone else feel up to the task?

Pineapple and Oranges.... did NOT throw up. Need to remember those. First things i've been able to keep down thus far.
Jenn tries out for cheer today @ 4!! SO SO SO excited for her, hopefully she'll make it. She's been on allstars a total of 4 years! Highschool will be so fun for her. She's awesome, I wish I was there. But NO Kendra had to have her baby shower tomorrow. WTF?!?!?! Ruin tryouts and easter. Stuck here in Salt Lake, so not happy.

Thought this was interesting...

2008-03-20T08:57:00.000-06:00

TIPS ON PUMPING GAS

I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. My line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon:

Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up; most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.

WHERE TO BUY USA GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON:

Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor.

An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS.

Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia. Just buy from gas companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis.

Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my family, and my friends.

I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil.

Companies that import Middle Eastern oil:

Shell........................... 205,742,000 barrels

Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels

Exxon /Mobil............... 130,082,000 barrels

Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels

Amoco............................62,231,000 barrels

Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans. If you do the math at $30/barrel, these exports amount to over $18 BILLION! (Oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel. Don’t buy from CITGO).

Companies that DO NOT import Middle Eastern oil:

Sunoco..................0 barrels

Conoco.. ................0 barrels

Sinclair.................0 barrels

B P/Phillips............0 barrels

Hess.......................0 barrels

ARC0....................0 barrels

If you go to Sunoco.com, you will get a list of the station locations near you.

All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing.

My Pregnancy Quest

2008-03-19T12:09:00.000-06:00

I have found the best website for preggie gals!

http://www.babyfit.com

Call me vain, superficial, whatev but I refuse to gain un-necessary weight with this pregnancy! Unlike others I cannot just drop weight by thinking about it, it takes work. Good thing i've always enjoyed being active and working out. Although I will never be one of those die hard mommy's who run marathon's @ 7 months knocked up! While google-ing random things about pregnancy health and exercise I ran across THIS BLOG. It's Kim(Telford)Guyton's pregnancy quest/journal. Does anyone remember her from highschool? Her blog sent me to the babyfit website and I am newly inspired. I feel like the biggest complainer lately. I have been so sick and all I do is throwup and sleep. I'm sick of this lifestyle, it's so not me! Anyway enough ranting for now. Just thought I would share some newfound knowledge with ya!

Preggers!!

2008-03-12T13:34:00.000-06:00

Sorry, this pic isn't that great. I took it after the tests had been sitting there for a couple days. I was going to wait to post this for awhile, but word got out (jon is so excited he cannot keep his mouth shut) and I was afraid of running into someone and having them think that I am either

a. terminally ill

b. bulimic

It's official, I am pregnant. We were NOT trying and so I freaked at first! Condoms do NOT work (please heed the warning on the back of the box, you too could be one of the very small percentage) I swear it's like Friends when Ross knocks Rachel up. I feel bad saying that because I know there are people out there who try and try. I guess this was our time though, and we're SO EXCITED!! We found out last week and I am almost 2 months! So weird still. Our estimated due date is Nov. 6th! Another thing we kinda freaked about, from the last week in October to the first week in December we have 6 birthdays in our families, including mine and Jon's! Then Christmas... oh we're gonna be broke joke's!

Morning sickness has started with a vengeance! Ooooh, it's no good. I'm so sick all the time. I can't eat, and when I do it doesn't stay down. Kendra was the same way. Thanks to Nichole for all the helpful advise on what foods help and what not. She's been a BIG help, along with Rachael. I feel like I have the stomach flu all the time but the books say that's good because it means your body is accepting the baby. Other than that i've been feeling pretty normal, the bathroom and I have become best friends between throwing up and I pee like every 5 seconds! We'll be excited no matter what it is, however Jon is already praying for a boy (literally every night).

Any advice is freely welcomed (please), this is the first time I have ever been preggers so I still feel so lost, despite all the books/info from the internet I read. My first doctor's appointment isn't until April 21st!! I'll be 13 weeks. However the ob/gyn (she is my mother and sisters in law dr.) wasn't accepting new patients. Thanks to who I know I got in though. I am on a cancellation list though, so hopefully i'll get in sooner so she can prescribe something for this sickness!

Since I love my little black (not really) friend

2008-03-06T09:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks Karamea... I think she is the only one who ever "tags" me.

Five things on my to do list:
1- Take Jordi to the airport tonight. She's going to Disneyland/Palm Springs for a week! (So not fair)
2- Hair Appt. tomorrow (so excited to see Nichole_
3- Wendover this weekend (oh yeah, we're so crazy!)
4- Help Macy pick out paint for her new pad
5- Talk to the bishop about releasing me from being the Primary Secretary! Is it SO bad that I hate it?? I have NO idea what I am doing (hello, I was never even in Primary before this calling, AND it's my first church calling). Plus the rest of the presidency is like 20+ years older than me and have been doing this for years.

Five places I have lived:
1- Sacramento/Fair Oaks, California (back in the days my parents would grow marijuana and have me water it. I was only a child, I didn't know what it was!)
2- Bloomington, Utah. Forever!
3- Fresno/Folsom/Rocklin, California.
4- Back to STG, UT - living alone at my dad's until Kendra and JJ moved in with their twacked out friends with a baby and a pitbull! Hell no! So I moved in with mom and Jenni and Mo until...
5- The North Pole, SLC, UT. Since 2006. I can't beleive it's been that long.

Five jobs I have had:(mind you this isn't even half of them!)
1- The SHAC/City Pool
2- Chili's
3- St.George Day Spa
4- Contempo Tile
5- Christian Roberts Mortgage

Five favorite snacks:
1- Grapes, especially frozen during the summer.
2- Pineapple
3- Jamba Juice ALL fruit smoothies. Ok pretty much ANY fruit! I just love it!
4- Almond m&m's (for sure Karamea)
5- chips & salsa

Five things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1- TRAVEL!!!!! Everywhere, anywhere!
2- Buy a house, or two, or three. You know different locals
3- Pay off debt/loans.
4- Donate, donate, donate. Especially to the humane society.
5- A new car for me and everyone I know. Because who doesn't want a new car?

Five things I miss:
1- Living in STG, weird huh?
2- My dad, he lives in Oklahoma now.
3- My mom and sisters, I really wish they were closer.
4- Friends all over the place
5- SUMMER!!

So I tag, Camille, Tara and Jin-Hee!

chk check it out!

2008-02-25T16:24:00.000-07:00

So try this. Promise you'll like it, 'specially if you're like me and find living without Diet Coke (or any other caffeinated beverage) un-bearable. It tastes nummy, then again I love green tea. You can't taste the green tea however in this, atleast that's what I think (and Jon agrees). You've gotta try the mocha. Sounds disgusting but so so good. I might be a little hooked... maybe just a little.

Firsts

2008-02-21T14:29:00.000-07:00

1. Who was your first prom date?
Brock Lyman, Junior Prom, Junior Year (I still wasn't even 16!)

2. Who was your first roommate?
Tresseca (that was a disaster, freaking crazy person who always accused me of stealing her clothes. Hello! She was a foot taller than me and had like 50 lbs on me, what was I going to be able to fit into!)

3. What was your first alcoholic drink?
Margarita in Mexico, my dad got me this when I was like 15!

4. What was your first job?
Nanny for the Rawlings

5. What was your first car?
Ha! My parents tried to make me drive this dodge truck that was older than I was, I refused and so they bought me a '97 white saturn. I loved that little car, so many memories. Like when we TRASHED it when Kendra was going to get it! Ahahaha.

6. Who was the first person you texted today?
Jon

7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning?
person? my doggies

8. Who was your first grade teacher?
I don't know

9. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane?
I've been flying since before I can remember. Dad's always had an airplane.

10. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was with you?
Katie Roquet, we snuck out to meet Travis Read and Clint Demas. We hung out on the Bloomington Golf Course and then snuck into the Duke's pool. Lame...

11. Who was your first best friend and are you still friends with them?
Chelsea Bird, does anyone even remember her?

12. Where was your first sleep over?
That I can remember? Chelsea Bird's house, she lived next door. I was daring!

14. Whose wedding were you in the first time?
Mom & Dad's

15.what is the first thing you do in the morning?
Press the SNOOZE button

16. What was the first concert you ever went ?
Santana with dad.

17. First tattoo or piercing?
Ears

18. First foreign country you went to?
Mexico to visit my birth family.... ok fine, Mexico just for vacation.

19. 1st crush?
Ben Prince in 3rd grade! Haha!

20. 1st kiss?
Travis Read, see #10

21. When was your first detention?
restitution when I was a junior

22. What was the first state you lived in?
California

23. Who was the first person to break your heart?
Joshua Stuart Lee

23 is a weird number to stop on.....

What do you think??

2008-02-20T11:50:00.000-07:00

First & Foremost let me apoligize for the ridiculous pictures and lack of makeup. Ahaha, if you can't laugh at yourself then you live a sad life. That's all I have to say about though.

I am so sick of my hair, in fact I haven't had it done for 3 months!! That's probably the longest I have ever gone in my life. It's just a blah brown right now, just brown! I had it colored brown with the intention of later adding highlights but let's just say I never got around to it. Now i'm wanting someting more fun! RED.... what do you think?
Hate Ashlee Simpson but LOVE her new(er) color.Can I pull it off? I mean I am very fair, like glow in the dark! It's just how I am , blame my damn english heritage. Should I just stay dark brown? Blonde???? Ahhhh I love getting my hair done but lately I just can't decide what I want. I need help, advice, opinions!

Think Again

2008-02-19T10:40:00.000-07:00

Before devouring that burger from some fast food joint, check this shiz out! Damn Skinny Bitch, I hate you for making me think again (or three or four or five times) before eating pretty much anything. I couldn't even touch my pasta last night (and I made it!) Just veggies and sauce for me. Let alone the entire week and half i've gone without my beloved diet coke. Ooooh.

This is my new everest. I have a 101 oz. water bottle , yes that's what I said 101 effing fluid ounces of aqua! Wow, not to say i've finished it in one day yet, but I do consume atleast 3/4.

On another note, am thinking about doing THE MASTER CLEANSE. Back when I worked at St.George Day Spa, the R.N. that did colonhydrotherapy was obssesed with this baby. Consistently informing us of the long term health benefits that come from doing the master cleanse. I'll keep ya posted on my progress, i.e. if I actually decide to do it!

So what? It's kind of an obsession...

2008-02-14T11:52:00.000-07:00

So here are the peeps that have been cast so far for the TWILIGHT Movie. For more info go to http://twilightlexicon.com/. Anyone recognize Edward? It's Cedric Diggory from Harry Potter, and let's just hope that "Bella" will prove herself to be an ok actress. As for other TWILIGHT news, Breaking Dawn comes out August 2nd! Yay!

Some things never change

2008-02-12T13:06:00.000-07:00

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Yellow

You're yellow, the color of joy and energy — two things you definitely bring to everyone around you. It's hard for anyone to be sad or lonely in your presence; your sunny disposition and cheery outlook just won't allow it. The warmth of your personality shines through in the kindness you show friends and family (and strangers, too). Always ready with a lighthearted joke or heartfelt compliment, you know how to make people feel good about themselves, so they can't get enough of you. Yellow is a warm and inviting color for a warm and inviting person — you!

What are you?
http://web.tickle.com/rd/50651/color/index.jsp?testname=colorogt&resultid=A

So I was interested to learn that I am still the same ol' kait when it comes to my personality traits. I know i've changed quite a bit, Macy and I were talking about this the other day. I feel marriage really changes you, along with moving away from family and friends. Sometimes I feel like i'm super boring and majorly depressed. Believe it or not I actually went on PAXIL for about a year, until I realized how F'd up being on medication was. I don't even take ibuprofen anymore. I'm so anti putting anything un-natural into my body. Which brings me to my next point.....

Have any of you read this? It's freakin amazing! Totally in your face and I love it! Some find it rather offensive so if the title throws you off, you better stay away. The book is basically a lifestyle change and these babes mos def know what they are talking about.

Anyhow, weather wasn't bad today. Looking forward to the time I can see my grass again, it's just slushy nasty mess outside which results in messy pups! Oh well. Also looking forward to
*Cheer tryouts for Jen
*Kendra's baby showers
*California
and JORDI MOVING UP! Yay! Totally love her new roomie too

All to come within the next month or so!

Catching up

2008-01-18T22:45:00.001-07:00

So since it's been forever (again). Seems I have some 'splainin to do. First off let me apoligize, my posts NEVER have pictures. Blame it on not having internet at my house, Jon can't conform to either Direct TV or Dish (neither of them have ALL the lame sports channels he "needs"). I swear he's a little anal. So it's been nothing but basic cable and solitaire for the past little bit! Anyhow Merry Christmas, followed by a Happy New Year. Both we're spent here at the effing North Pole! Remind me why I agreed to moving here in the first place. We had alot of fun however. Instead of doing Christmas for eachother, we adopted a little boy from the Angel Tree and gave him a great Christmas. This is something we've decided to do every other year! Brings the TRUE meaning of Christmas. Thanks to family and friends we got some really great gifts, including 2 new Ipods and 2nd ROW COURTSIDE JAZZ TICKETS!!
New Year was spent up at Jon's sister's house. We LOVE Jen and Pat and their super cute little boy! Josh is our one and only nephew as of now and we can't get enough of him. We love hanging out with these guys! We're lucky they're some of our best friends.
Speaking of New Year, i'm not one for resolutions. Instead I like to think of all the wonderful things that 2008 holds in store for me!
*I promise this will be my LAST picture-less post! I have many great things to blog about*

JAZZ GAME (we had to practically wipe the players sweat off of us
OUR NEW PUP (A little Jack Russell named Cosmo)
SISTER KENDRA (Did I mention it's girl??)

Although it seems

2007-12-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

I am NOT dead, nor have I fallen off the face of the planet. I am simply a major slacker whose life has been, for lack of a better word, CRAZY! Everything from my new job (I am a nanny for the cutest little 1 year old girl named Liberty), Jon's Birthday, 25 yay! and MY birthday. Trip to California for a WEEK, THANKSGIVING, effing world war 3 (LONG story) and yet another divorce for daddy :(. Oh my first ever calling in church Primary Secretary (I never even went to primary as a child...), helping our friends move to their new house (yay for them!!) and the most snow I have EVER seen in my life all over my yard! Wow, I haven't blogged in a very very very long time. However I was tagged (a couple times), so here are a few random tid bits about myself....

#1 * I am horrible at cleaning! Blame it on always having a cleaning lady. I am a very tidy person, i.e. making sure everything LOOKS amazing, but when it comes to the nitty gritty deep cleaning I am the WORST. I've never "scrubbed" anything in my life :(. I would rather throw a dish away then have to soak and scrub it by hand. Good thing I have a husband who learned everything from his mom!

#2 * I am completely obsessed with counting things (the tiles on the floor, the mile posts on the road, the number of split ends I have) It's BAD and I honestly can't help it.

#3 * My nose is too small for my body, not just looks wise. I honestly don't receive enough oxygen. I've gotten surgery for it and everything, but nothing seems to help. I'm just out of luck

#4 * I have to use a childs toothbrush!! Not even joking, something about my mouth and teeth being so small(You'd NEVER guess with how loud I am. It's weird, people make fun, whatev. Every dentist I have ever gone to has told me that using a soft child's toothbrush is what I need to do. So weird...

#5 * I have some really weird sleeping habits. I can't sleep with any part of my body hanging off the bed. It's a weird childhood thing that i've never been able to kick (and no I am not telling why, it's too embarassing). I also grind my teeth really bad, apparently yell at my husband, and twitch like crazy.

NOW it's my turn. I tag Camille Ence, Tara Barnes, and Jin-Hee!

A bit about me

2007-10-29T16:29:00.000-06:00

WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ? I really don't know.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Yesterday. I watched Finding Neverland and for some reason I got all sorts of teary eyed!
DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Ya for the most part
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Sick! No meat for this girl!
DO YOU HAVE KIDS? A dog and a husband, does that count?
IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? For sure!
DO YOU USE SARCASM ALOT? Yep
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? No
WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Can't wait!!!
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Fruity Pebbles, Captain Crunch, you know all those cereals that are really good for you!
DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I do.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? I don't really like it, but if I had to choose the ice cream from Dixie Nutrition. Yummy!
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Eyes
RED OR PINK? pink
WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Physically? My legs, my calfs are like man calfs. Mentally? I tend to run from confrontation
WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My Ni-ni
FAVORITE SMELLS? Hobbes after a trip to the groomers, Jon when he gets all ready and puts on one of his many colognes, and clean laundry.
HAIR COLOR? Right now it's brownish
EYE COLOR? Green, but they change. I have multi-colored eyes
DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No, just glasses sometimes.
FAVORITE FOOD? I am such a fruit bat
SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Scary Movies!!
SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer, mos def!
HUGS OR KISSES? depends
FAVORITE DESSERT? cheesecake, sour cream apple pie
WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Memoirs of a Geisha (AGAIN!)!I really need a good one right now!
WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? I didn't. Not a big TV watcher.
FAVORITE SOUND? When it's lightly sprinkling outside, when you turn on the radio and your favorite song just happens to be on, the sound of your friends ringtone on your phone... there are alot.
WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Puerto Vallarta
DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I teach spin... that's talent, right?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Sacramento, California

O Canada!

2007-10-21T21:20:00.000-06:00

LOVE how we're the only ones posing?

I look like a midge next to Jon's fam!

So finally a new post. Much much has been going on, sorry guys! The past couple of weekends have been filled with visits from family and friends. My guest bedroom has been getting PLENTY of use and Jon has been so good with putting up with all of it. Ha! Having a house full of girls all weekend isn't exactly his idea of fun. Lucky for him it's College football season (so I don't really have a husband on Saturdays anyway). I wish I was a better picture taker, something I promise to work on. Our lives have actually been pretty exciting the past couple of months. Many many trips (with much more to come before the new year). Anyway here are a few pics from our Seattle/Canada trip with Jon's fam! So fun!!

Whoa!!

2007-10-01T16:50:00.000-06:00

Oh my heck you guys!! BIG NEWS!! NOPE, I'M NOT PREGNANT but my little sister Kendra is. I will admit that I FREAKED at first... she's only 19, and her and J aren't married yet, BUT now i'm stoked. I'm going to be an aunt, yay! I didn't think that would happen for a long time seeing as i'm the oldest and I get a baby in my life (with all the bragging rights) without having to personally go through the pregnancy! What more could someone ask for?? Hehe!
However now I must think seriously! I need advice/input! I have never been pregnant and mom lives in California and there really isn't anyone here to ask advice. What do you do when you're pregnant? I scheduled her doctors appt and I put her on prenatals. She has no idea when she is due (we'll be finding that out) AND she has no idea when her last period was... I guess I am still freaking out a little bit :).
Oh well, CONGRATS sis! Love your guts!