I'm Getting Excited for Christmas!

Only a few days til Christmas! It took me longer than normal this year to get into the spirit of the Holiday. I am usually excited for Christmas mid-November! It was probably a mixture of missing the TSO concert and knowing that I won't have my whole family over to my place Christmas morning to open presents this year. When Terry and I were both working it was easy to blow 100 bucks on a concert but we just couldn't make it this year, and with my mom moving to Arizona and most of my brothers and sisters now in relationships, they are all going to be somewhere else for Christmas. So I was pretty Scroogy up until a couple weeks ago when we put up the tree, listened to Christmas music, and drank hot chocolate. It's funny how something as simple as a quiet night at home listening to Holiday tunes and putting lights on a tree can instantly make you feel happy and peaceful. And the closer it gets the more excited I am!

Anyways, the picture I posted is just a fun screenshot I took of my character from World of Warcraft, dressed up in a snowman costume. I'll post real pictures of all the Holiday festivities after Christmas.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Four Months Old

Well, she was four months old about a week ago but I have been procrastinating with getting the pictures put on the computer. I can't believe how fast she is growing. It feels like just yesterday she couldn't even hold up her own head. She still likes to suck on her fingers. Sometimes I hear lip-smacking noises coming from her bedroom when she is napping and I'll walk in to see her with one finger in her mouth, still fast asleep. She has hair on the bottom of her head that is at least two inches long but she's rubbed off all the hair in the middle of her head so her hair is amusing and frustrating at the same time.

Here she is watching Led Zeppelin on You Tube with Terry. She is clearly enthralled. I'm not sure she blinks once the entire video. Sorry the video quality is bad, but you still get the idea. : ) Sadly, she does not care for Aerosmith, it makes her cry. Oh well, I guess she's a daddy's girl.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We were lucky enough to get two Thanksgivings this year; one on Thursday at Nate and Jill's house, and one on Friday at Terry's parent's house. Jill and her kids made this awesome turkey cake. I though it was so cute and creative I just had to take a picture. This was Tato's first Thanksgiving and she was so good the whole day. I think by the second Thanksgiving she was so tuckered out from all the commotion of two days of family fun that she decided to be grumpy and scream all Friday night.

That's ok though, who could stay mad at this face. Not I.

We had alot of fun and were so excited that we got to see all the nieces and nephews on on Terry's side. Here they are attacking Grandma.

Thanks to everyone who prepared all the wonderful food and allowed us to enjoy the holiday with them. We had alot of fun!

Three Months Old

Our little Tato is three months old. She is getting so big! She enjoys spitting, wiggling, sucking on her hands, and chewing on her toy bunny. At least she is getting her vitamins . . .

"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world."

This week my favorite author, Michael Crichton, died of cancer at the young age of 66. Very few of you know me well enough to know what this guy meant to me. I know most people just know him as the author of Jurassic Park, but he wrote so many other wonderful books and most people don't know anything about the many essays he wrote and speeches he gave. If/when they get his website up and running again, I urge you all to read some of the speeches he wrote. They are very insightful and full of interesting truths. Or, if that isn't your type of reading material, check out one of his many books at the library. They are fast paced, fun, and also full of interesting truths. Anyways, I just found out about this today so I thought I should say something on here because it is really affecting me.

Happy Halloween!

Well another Halloween has come and gone. We continued our tradition again this year and carved pumpkins a few days before Halloween. Mine is the one that says creepy, however I was sick of carving after I finished the word creepy and Terry was already done with his so he did the bats for me. What a sweet husband I have. Hope everyone had a fun holiday!

First Halloween!

Terry and I were so excited for Tato's first Halloween. We decided to go to Gardner Village to see all the witches and stop by the candy shop for some old fashioned soda. The obvious choice for Tato's costume was a baby panda so we threw this little ensemble together. We don't own a sewing machine which is painfully clear but we made it work! Terry and I went as Zookeepers. We had a lot of fun walking around and looking at all the shops. It was a lot busier than we thought it would be, but I guess we did go on a Monday night, so that explains it. We ate at the resturaunt in the old mill (Archibald's I think it is called) and then we got pumpkin shaped sugar cookies at the bakery. By the end of the day the baby was exhausted. The only disappointment of the night was when we went to the candy shop to get the old fashioned soda (Peach Nehi to be specific), we found out they don't have it anymore! That is the only place I know of that carried that kind of soda so I was kinda bummed. If anyone has any info on the location of any Nehi soda, it would be greatly appreciated. : ) Here are some pictures of the day.

Baby's New Bed

Well our little girl has been sleeping in a pack n' play for two months while my mom lived with us but now that mom has moved out we have started setting up a nursery for Tato. We haven't gotten much done yet as Terry has been working alot, but the crib set my sister made for us (yes, the same sister who made her blessing dress) is just too cute to wait, and I had to show it off now. (I swear our baby would be dressed in potato sacks and sleeping on a pile of garbage if it weren't for my sister )

I wanted lady bugs because I'm a big fan of red and green. For some reason I have never been that interested in an all pink nursery. So Jessica followed through and made this lovely bedding set. To find out more details about this, and other projects she is working on go to her blog, The Bossy Quilter.

Please Don't Poop on the Dress

As many of you already know, yesterday was Tato's baby blessing and it went really well. Mom wanted alot of pictures posted up here because she misses the little cutie so I hope I got some good ones. She smiled alot yesterday but just won't smile for the camera! I got one of her smiling but her face is, of course, covered in goo in that one. I'll post it anyways. So the day started early at 7:30 (that is early for me). She woke us up at almost exactly 7:30 so it turns out we didn't need to set our alarms. We got her all ready and went to the church and I kept praying and praying that she wouldn't poop on the dress. We've been having a little bit of an issue with explosive poopies all over outfits so . . . I was nervous to say the least. We had a little scare right before the opening hymn but Terry had her changed into a clean diaper by the end of the second verse (he's such a pro : ) and she happily avoided the dress. Nathan did a great job on the blessing, and all of my wonderful brothers, my brother-in-law, and my best friend's husband stood in the the circle. It was a great experience. And of course I worried a bunch the night before for nothing!This is Tato's blessing dress and my talented sister Jessica made it for her. It's funny how you can have an older sister that you don't see very often but she completely gets your style anyways! I love this dress! I love everything about it! I love the length, the fabric, the sleeves, the feel of it. It was absolutely perfect for my little girl. I kinda wish I had another excuse to put her in it. But then I guess it wouldn't be her "blessing dress" anymore, it would just be her dress. After all the pictures we got her out of the dress to avoid the aforementioned problem. Terry looks so dashing in his suit. And Tato is always content when she is in her Daddy's arms.
After the blessing we were so tuckered out we went home and had jammie time.

Goo on the face picture, but hey at least she's smiling. : )

Oh no, someone doesn't want to take a nap.

Problem solved; thank goodness for binkies. Out cold.

Well it was a long tiring day but it was also alot of fun and it went really well. Thanks to everyone who could make it. We're so lucky to have such a supportive family!

Tagged

I was tagged by one of the girl's I went to Russia with; Jessica. I don't know exactly what that means but it seemed pretty self-explanatory so here goes. I am supposed to write 7 interesting facts about myself and then tag 7 other people.

1. In Fall of 2003 I went to Russia to teach English to 3-6 year olds.

2. I went to BYU for 3 years for Anthropology then never finished.

3. I married my boss.

4. I have 3 level 70 characters on World of Warcraft, a Paladin, a Priest and a Mage (is that interesting or just sad?)

5. I love Classic Rock. I've seen Aerosmith, ZZ Top and Cheap Trick all live in concert. (tried to see Boston but they cancelled the show the day of)

6. I was in labor for 46 hours with my little girl.

7. I played the guitar in a Bluegrass band with my roomate in college.

I am tagging Jessica (sister), Jill, Shayna, Nena, Lisa, and Christina. I know that's only 6 but hey, I don't know that many bloggers!

Two Months Old

Today Tato is two months old. She was so brave at the doctors office for her two month checkup (Although I wasn't. I sat in the waiting room while she got her shots.) She only cried a little then she calmed right down. She was kinda sad and fussy all day though. She is still a chubby, healthy girl!

One Week Video

I know she's not doing much in this video, but for some reason I could watch it a hundred times. This is when she was about one week old. I totally love how her eyes dart around. She is such a curious little girl (and a sleepy little girl in this particular video).

Eat the Icecream Before it Melts!

So something pretty crazy happened tonight. It's one of those things that you are glad turned out the way it did but at the same time feel silly that you made such a big deal out of it before you found out what it was. I was sitting on the couch and I heard crackling coming from the kitchen, like some sort of electrical short or something. Mom was in her room opening another package of diapers for Tato. I called in there, "Mom, I think I heard a crackling from the kitchen. Like an electrical sound." Mom called back, "Are you sure it wasn't just me opening the package of diapers." Mom says funny things like that from time to time. Things that make no sense. In what way does an electrical crackling coming from the kitchen sound like a package of diapers being opened from a room on the opposite side of the apartment. (Permission was given to me by mom to make fun of her a little). Anyways, she went to check the kitchen and she said, "Yeah there must be something going on in here cause I smell smoke." So I went in there and smoke started pouring out from behind the fridge. "What should I do!" I asked, "should I call 911?" But mom was half way out the door with the baby already. So I called 911 which is a little intimidating because if it's nothing you don't want to be the idiot that called 911 but if it's something you don't want to be the idiot who let their apartment burn down. Well, long story short, 3 fire trucks, an ambulance, 2 police cars and everyone who lives in a 3 mile radius showed up to see what turned out to be a broken fridge. I'll post a picture of the fridge because I of course didn't think to take pictures while all the commotion was happening.

Come on, Everyone Else is Doing it!

I suddenly realized that everyone I know has a blog. Everyone but me! I struggle to move with the rest of civilization as far as this kind of thing goes. I hate texting and never ever ever had the desire to sign up for myspace or facebook. Well I guess everyone has to eventually "progress" so here it is. My blog. Well really it is our blog (mine and Terry's) but let's be honost, this is woman's work. Ha ha. I guess another reason I have never blogged is because nothing exciting has happened in the last couple of years. But everyone seems to start blogging when they have a baby so . . . Here she is.