Random

So I found this quiz during my blog stalking travels today and since I'm bored I decided to copy it and do it.

1. The phone rings, who do you want it to be?
Any one. friends or family

2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart?
yes

3. If you had to kiss the last person you kissed again, would you?
Yes

4. Do you take compliments well?
No

5. Do you play Sudoku?
N0.

6 . If abandoned alone in the wilderness would you survive?
Yes, I have mad skills. LOL

7. If your house were on fire, what would be the first thing you would save?
Kelcy, Madison and spooky. I'm assuming tracy can help me save them of course.

8. Who was the last person you slept in the bed with?
Tracy

9. Who do you text the most?
Um.. Brittney

10 . Favorite children's book?
Harry Potters

11 . Eye color?
Blue-grey.

12. How tall are you?
5'7

13. If you could do it over again, start from scratch, would you?
can I start from scratch at like 9th grade?? cause then yes, but i'd rather not repeat my childhood

14. Any secret admirers?
Yeah right

15. Does the person u miss misses u?
um.. i dont miss anyone

16 . When was the last time you were at Olive Garden?
Thursday with Jess

17. Favorite ex..?
Dont have an ex

18. Where was the furthest place you went today?
um.. so far just from the bedroom to the couch.

19. Do you like mustard?
sometimes

20. Do you prefer to sleep or eat?
sleep

21. Do you miss anyone?
Nope.

22. Can you ever do splits?
yes

23. What movie do you want to watch?
um.. at the moment i'm gonna say...um... i dont know

24. What did you do for New Year's Eve?
nothing, but this year we are having a party at my grandmas house WOO!

25. Do you think The Grudge was creepy?
I own it ... but i ahvent seen it yet cause the previews freaked me out. Seriously had a hard time showering after that

26. Do you own a camera phone?
Yep.

27. Was your mom a cheerleader?
No,

28. What's the last letter of your middle name?
E

29. Are you Hispanic?
NO!!

30 . Do you like care bears?
Sure do

31 . What do you buy at the Movies?
Usually just the ticket but if i'm feeling spendy i'll get a drink

32. Do you know how to play poker?
Yes

33. Do you wear your seatbelt?
Yes.

34. What do you wear to sleep?
it depends. Usually like pajama pants and a shirt,but who's shirt is the question

35 . Anything big ever happen in your city?
um.. Sometimes.

36. Is your hair straight or curly?
It has a lot of natural wave, but I make it straight

37. Is your tongue pierced?
Nope.

38. Do you like Liver and onions?
um.. NO!!!

39. Do you like funny or serious people better?
Funny

40. Ever been to L.A.?
No.

41. Who is on your mind right now?
No one..

42.any plans 4 tonight?
Nope.

43. Whats your fav. song at the moment?
Stuttering- Ben's Brother

44 . Do you hate chocolate?
NO chocolate is good

45. What do you and your parents fight about the most?
um. I dont really talk to my parents so nothing

46. Are you a gullible person?
Yeah

47. Do you need a boyfriend/girlfriend to be happy?
No, just my husband. lol

48 . If you could have any job what would it be?
Archaeologist and Author


49. Are you easy to get along with?
I think so

50. What is your favorite time of day?
um.. Bed time HAHA

51. Are you generally a happy person?
yes i think so

Congratulations

I just wanted to do a quick post to say CONGRATULATIONS to Julia and Dustin who are Engaged and getting married on March 12th!! He proposed last night and you can read all about it on her blog.

These two were seriously made for each other! I remember Julia telling me about their first date to a Jazz game. They compliment each other in every way a good couple should and I know they will be very happy together!
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!!
P.S. Jules I'll even forgive you for texting me at 2 am to tell me the good news and waking me up! :D Love ya!

Christmas Time

All in all I'd say Christmas was pretty good. On Christmas eve we let Kelcy open her christmas jammies and one toy. She asked speciffically for Dora the Explorer jammies so I gave her some. She was so excited to go to bed in her jammies that she brushed her teeth with her new Disney Princess toothbrush set and then ran straight to bed. She wouldnt even let me hug her before! She was like NO MOM I'VE GOTTA GO TO BED! She didnt wake up until 10 the next morning! It was sweet.





she loved all of her presents even though I really shouldn't have let her open the barbie first because she wasn't that interested in still opening after that. It was really funny having to coax her to keep opening presents. Madison naturally just sat in her swing and smiled at everything we showed her. She got one of those baby play mats with the gym on top. She loves it so far. And they both got tons of cute clothes. They got spoiled by Tracy's parents and my Grandparents and family.
These pics are from my family christmas party on Christmas eve before the camera battery went dead. We only got two pictures! One of my aunt Joy and Kelcy delivering presents and One of my Uncle Ernie and My cousin Jesse who is on leave from the Navy. It was good to see him. My Cousin Dayna and her husband Jason moved to Florida earlier in the year and it just wasn't the same without them. We did prank call them however which was really funny. I hope they had a good Christmas in Florida!

Silly Girl

Kelcy talks in her sleep. Its so funny, especially when she falls asleep in the car and just starts talking about kitties, or daddy or Madison or whatever she is dreaming about at that moment. I just peeked in on her and she is sleeping, but giggling like crazy. I have to wonder what she is dreaming about that is making her laugh out loud. I hope that this isn't something she grows out of. I think its charming!
She was so cute at Tracy's family Christmas party tonight. Taking people presents and unwrapping hers with so much enthusiasm. The biggest hit of the night was definitely her new kitty from Tracy's brother Brian and his girlfriend Randi. Its a littlest pet shop giant stuffed kitty and she HAD to sleep with it last night. Tracy's Mom got her a build a bear teddy bear in hopes of replacing the build a bear kitty she got her a while ago, but she had to sleep with that kitty too! The girl loves kitties!
Madison wasn't in a very good mood for most of the party. I think its because she sleeps so well at night now (9-10 hours!! To bad mommy still has insomnia!!) that she just gets hungry so quickly in the day and I just cant keep up with how often she likes to eat.
Tonight is my family Christmas party (the moms side) and I just cant tell you how excited I am to spend several hours with my mom and my sister. (Sense the sarcasm please!) Especially since we don't have our family pictures yet, which is what I was planning on giving my grandparents and my sister for christmas so now I have to go shopping, LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS EVE SHOPPING, that I really cant afford to get presents so we dont show up empty handed. SUCKS. It especially sucks that our photographer was aware of my plans to give them as presents and said that they'd be ready last week. I understand that these things take time, and I'm not unreasonable. I just like to be kept in the loop. Anyways. Enough negativity for me and back to being optimistic.

Annoyed

Bugged, Bothered, Angry, Bitter, Upset, Short tempered... I think you see where I'm going with this. I love Christmas normally, but this year I'm just done with it. Nothing is going the way it was supposed to, EVERYTHING is going wrong and I just want it to be January already. I'm so ready for the new year. I'm excited for Tracy to go into the army. I think the 9-12 weeks he'll be gone for basic training will be good for us and our relationship.
I feel like I'm at a breaking point, with my family, with my friends, with life in general I guess. I feel big changes coming and I dont know if they are good or bad changes right now. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Sorry for being so bitter. Just one of those days where nothing goes right and no one cares about me.

Don't Quit

Don't Quit Poem
by anonymous

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! if you must; but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow;
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit;
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

Story of my life.

Sleepy

So I'm insomnia girl once again. Went to bed at 1, woke up at 4 and decided since I was up I might as well wrap all of our Christmas presents. We did most of our shopping last night. Got all of Kelcys Christmas wrapped up and ready to go! Its a good thing she doesnt know that Santa is supposed to use different paper yet. LMAO. She just unwrapped one and brought it to me. She is so silly! She knew exactly what it was just by the shape. I only think this is so hilarious because I'm half asleep! She told me I cant wrap it back up because its for halloween and not Christmas. I guess I should go get her some breakfast and make sure she didnt unwrap anything else!

Christmas Party

Yesterday was a busy day for us. We had family pictures taken in the morning, which meant getting up early and then we had my family christmas party, on my dad's side. The pictures were fun for me, but not so much for Kelcy. I dont know what I was thinking having Sarah take her single pics first. I should have done the family pictures first! The whole point of the pictures was to get new family pics but Sarah assured me we did get some. Kelcy was so cute and smiley for her individual pics and then she was just done. We were able to get some cute ones of her and Tracy a little later and I think we got some cute ones of me and Tracy and me and Madison but I think since we got up really a lot earlier than we usually get Kelcy up that she was just tired and grumpy. I'm excited to see how they turn out!
After pictures we came home for a quick nap and then it was off to the Kimball party. It was fun, good food and lots of family I havent seen in a while. I dressed Kelcy and Madison in their santa dresses and everyone was asking me where I got them. Surprisingly they were a gift from my mother. They looked adorable and everyone had to hold Madison. I forgot to take my camera to the party and I"m so sad because for the first time ever we had a karaoke machine! It was a really awesome one and my uncle Brent is a natural show off so he was having a great time singing christmas songs and whatever else caught his fancy. All of my little cousins were hilarious singing jingle bells, batman smells. They'd get that far then burst into giggles. Seeing my Aunt Anne sing Love shack was great too! I was content to sit in my chair and sing along rather than go up in front of everyone but I might have done it if we hadn't run out of wipes in the diaper bag. We got home at about 8:30 and everyone but Tracy was asleep by 10 which is crazy for us. The only reason tracy didnt come to bed was he set a goal of February 1st for enlisting and has been working out hard to make that goal so he stayed up to work out.
Madison has been sleeping through the night for over a week now. I mean a full 8 hours, sometimes even a little longer, but I cant sleep through the night now. I wake up after about 3 hours and then can't fall back asleep. I managed to sleep for a whole 4 and a half hours last night before waking up. I dont know what is wrong with me! I'm so sleepy all the time but I cant sleep!

Kelcy "helping" mommy get madison ready for bed.


I love this picture cause it shows Madisons sad face! I think its adorable!

Madison in her santa dress

Edward

Two words.. UM NO!!!

Champagne dreams

I'll admit it. I like nice things. Really nice things, things that I can't possibly afford at this place in my life. Here is just a taste of some of the things I want, you know in case any of you have won the lottery and feel like buying me presents. HAHA

Jonathan Adler blue vases

Saw one of these vases on a commercial once and completely fell in love with it. At the time they were selling for like $200 bucks or so on Ebay but now they are down to $20 So I might splurge and actually get them.

They would match so nicely with this!

I love Jonathan Adler! I also love Kate Spade!! If I ever win the lottery I'm going to track down every piece of her Gramercy Park bedding in Pink.

And if I cant find it I'll settle for her Sea Cliff bedding


And just to put all those nice things in


One Day!! :D

I get so emotional baby!

Tracy finally told his mom about the army. He was so stressed out about telling her that she was the last to know. He kept delaying and delaying and kept saying I just dont want to disappoint her, and I dont want to be a cause of grief for her. He finally caved to pressure because his cousin found out and told his aunt and he didnt want his mom to hear it from her sister rather than him. So he wrote her an email (most of which you can read on his blog. it totally made me cry) He was so nervous about it and she wrote back today and said that she is so proud of him and she is going to miss us so much but that she understands his decision and it sounds like a good plan. It made me cry too! Honestly. Sitting here reading both emails over and over just torn between happy that he finally told and the harsh reality that its happening. I'm excited. This makes it so real. I'm sure she's going to have lots of questions on Sunday when we go over... Hopefully she's not mad at me for keeping this secret for 5 months, but it was Tracy's secret to tell. The countdown is offically on!

This is what I woke up to today...

At 7 AM this morning I get a text from my sister in law asking if we were ok. Now im a little confused by that because why wouldnt I be ok? SO i go yeah why? and she replies because theres a swat team at your apartment, its on the news. Well right now we dont have cable or an antenna so I jump online and find this..


A police standoff ended with the suspect's arrest this morning at a Midvale apartment complex.

A man police say has a violent criminal history was holed up inside an apartment near 7200 South and 300 West.

Officers and SWAT negotiated with the man and talked him into surrendering just before 8 a.m. They say he had barricaded himself inside a stranger's apartment following a traffic stop around 3 a.m.

Police say during that traffic stop, there was a scuffle and officers tased the man. He ran off, and police tracked him to the apartment.

The person living in the apartment was able to get out safely.

Robert Giles, who was evacuated because of the standoff, says SWAT officers woke him up. "I heard some pounding on my door, so I went to answer it. I looked up, and it was the SWAT team. They told me I had to get out," he said.

Police say the suspect was not armed.

They say they may know why he ran from police when they stopped his car. Sgt. Marcello Repelo said, "We did find some drug paraphernalia. We suspect that he was either in possession of some narcotics or something further, maybe a weapon or something."

The man faces charges of aggravated assault on a police officer and attempted kidnapping.

(thanks to KSL.COM for the story)

I couldnt see anything from my apartment windows but Tracy said he was way late to work this morning because there were Cops and Swat team members in our stairwell with battering rams and then the parking lot was all blocked off so he couldn't leave. I was talking to Tracy in gmail about it when he finally got there and I told him I thought I heard a gunshot. It was a flashbang that the Swat Team threw at the apartment trying to get the guy in there to come out or respond to their negotiations. They threw several and it was really loud. We didnt get evacuated but still this is NOT the kind of thing I want to wake up to ever ever again.

Insomniac

Its almost 5 AM and here I am, awake again. Madison is finally back on a normal sleeping schedule but can I sleep now? Of course not. Every once in a while I get horrible insomnia where I'm just awake for hours and hours and no matter how hard I try I cant fall back asleep. I think Kelcy has inherited this problem because I can hear her playing in her room. I know she wakes up in the middle of the night and plays with toys for a few hours before finally drifting back to sleep. She's done it for about a year now. I keep hoping that she'll outgrow it but as long as she's content to play quietly in her room it doesnt really bother me. Madison is starting to stir and I must admit to being grateful that she'll give me a reason to be awake. You'd think that sitting here in bed, listening to the rhythmic breathing of two sleeping people would be enough to lull me back to sleep but no. Even my repeated yawning cant make my brain shut down for a few hours. I keep thinking about things that cause me to stress over nothing. Like Tracy joining the army. Totally his idea but I cant help feeling like I'm pressuring him. Its not that I want my husband to be gone for months and months and possibly be in life threatening danger, because I dont. I dont do well alone. And I'm completely paranoid so I know that I wont sleep much when he's gone. Even now, just thinking about him being gone is enough to bring tears to my eyes and make my throat ache with the strain of trying not to cry. But at the same time his decision to join seems like such a blessing. Its a solution to most of our problems and neither one of us has every had second thoughts about it. That says a lot. When you make a decision and it just seems so right that you know you have to make it happen and follow through. There is a guy at his work that is planning on enlisting at the same time as Tracy. I'm hoping they sign up together because then at least he'd know someone in basic training. This guy is slightly insane though because he wants to do straight up infantry. I, at least, have the comfort of knowing Tracy has chosen a non combat position. Also he found out that if he does get accepted to the nuclear medicine program that when he is finished he'll have a masters degree in radiology. A masters degree in two years. That is crazy to think about. And the job opportunities that will be avaliable to him when his enlistment is up is just insae. He is thinking he wants to do the airborne school and the ranger school now. RANGER SCHOOL. That is insane! He wants to do it strictly for the bragging rights but its also an incredible leadership opportunity that will look amazing on his resume. Its hard to think about how much our lives are going to change over the next 4 years. *Yawn* Naturally I'm starting to get sleepy right when Madison is waking up and Tracy has to wake up for work now. Figures. :)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? It depends on what you are wrapping but generally wrapping paper, I love to wrap presents
2. REAL OR FAKE TREE? Fake, so low maintenance and it looks pretty forever!
3. When do you put up the tree? Usually the day after Thanksgiving, but this year it was the sunday after
4. When do you take the tree down? New Years day usually.
5. Do you like eggnog? sure do, which is funny cause I Hated it when I was little, thought it would taste like eggs
6. Favorite gift received as a child? um... Porcelain Doll from my Grandma M that started my collection
7. Do you have a nativity scene? No, and I know this is horrible but I really don't like them so I dont want one.
8. Hardest person to buy for? In-laws
9. Easiest person to buy for? Kelcy
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever got? hmm. this requires thought.
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Either, this year I'm mailing so send me your address everyone!
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story!! And Elf, and miracle on 34th street, the old one. And scrooged, and a disney christmas carol, and its a wonderful life
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Day after Thanksgiving
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I dont think so.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? um.. the only thing we have consistently every year is this Christmas dessert that my Grandma M makes that everyone but me loves,.. so I guess I'll go with food. haha
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Colored, clear is boring!
17. Favorite Christmas song? I love Christmas music so here is my list! Where are you Christmas, All I want for Christmas is you, Oh Holy night, I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, Carol of the bells, The Hanukkah song (haha ok not a christmas song but only plays in december!!)All of the Forgotten Carols, the Hallelujah chorus, Oh come all ye faithful- I sing that one a lot
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? dasher dancer prancer vixen comet cupid donner blitzen, and rudolph :)
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star, I've never found an angel that wasn't tacky looking to me
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas jammies on Christmas eve, everything else in the morning, Unless it is a Christmas related present, IE- a cd of christmas music must be given in time to enjoy it.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Stupid people that make it so you cant say merry christmas! I would NOT be offended if someone said happy hannukah to me or whatever. GET OVER IT!
23. What I love most about Christmas? Giving presents. I love to give presents and make people happy.

I'm tagging everyone!! That means you have to do it! :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

Twilight movie

Ok first of all if you havent read the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, Do it now... RIGHT NOW before you even finish my post. I think every girl in the world is in love with Edward Cullen and with good reason. I'm rather fond of him myself but only because he is sweet and romantic and sooo in love with Bella. Who doesnt want to be loved that much? hmmmm. Anyway! They are turning Twilight into a movie which I'm rather anxious to see. They've cast Kristen Stewart for Bella, I dont necessarily agree with this since I thought she was a boy in the previews for panic room, but to be fair I've never actually seen her act. I want to know who they are going to cast for everyone else but right now there are just rumors. On a funny side note, Edward Cullen has a myspace and its really entertaining. You should all check it out cause it made me laugh! Actually aparently all of the Characters from Twilight have a myspace now. HAHA.
I'm actually making Tracy read Twilight, I hope he gets some romantic ideas.(HAHAH ok I just fell over that was really funny. I'm so funny sometimes.)
Speaking of Vampires, I've been borrowing Jaci's Buffy the Vampire Slayer seasons. I'm currently on season 5 and I must say I'm hooked. We (Jaci and I) like to debate over who is hotter, Spike or Angel. Its pretty fun cause she's a big Angel fan and I like Spike. I think its the accent that puts him over the top because, fake though it may be, lets face it guys with accents are HOT!
well thats enough about Vampires for tonight. Back to watching Buffy!

payday? no way

So Tracy is supposed to get paid every Tuesday, well actually its Monday but since we elected for direct deposit it goes in on Tuesday. We've never had a problem with getting the check into our account until today. His company insists they deposited it and our bank is insisting they dont have it, not even as pending. I'm super stressing about it because rent is due by tomorrow. If we dont get that money in our account by tomorrow afternoon, not only is our rent going to be late but we need groceries and to do laundry. URGH. I hate living paycheck to paycheck. Everytime we get a savings account built up something happens that drains it and we are back to paycheck to paycheck. The army is going to change all of this but we are still a few months away from that and we need to have a good $2500 in the bank in order for Tracy to leave for 9 weeks and still be able to pay all of our bills. The army pays about 6-8 weeks behind for the first check so his first check will be a very nice one but we need to have money to get us through until then. I know we'll make it work no matter what but the sooner he can get in the army the better off we'll be. I cant believe how fast time is going by. I am measurin time by paydays and getting one every week makes it go that much faster. We are getting our updated family pictures taken on the 15th by my brilliant photographer friend/ex-coworker Sarah. I am so excited for them! My girls have the cutest dresses so now Tracy and I just need to find somethings that match. Their dresses are black and white so I need to find something cute that is black and white and somewhat formal. If anyone has any suggestions I'd really appreciate it!

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Terrible Two's

I know that Kelcy is closer to 3 than to 2 but I think she's full on in the terrible 2's now. The tiniest thing will make her throw a tantrum or burst into tears. She doesnt mind at all and in fact will often do the opposite of what you ask her to and then when you discipline her for it she does it again as soon as she's out of time out. I know that she's just testing her boundaries and learning but its so frustrating. I'm trying very hard to be understanding and patient but its very hard when the thing you get mad at her for doing is potentially harmful to herself or Madison, or both of them at the same time! She is refusing to go to bed, to potty, to get dressed, to eat, to brush her teeth.. I could go on, but then when you finally give up because she's having such a fit, she then throws a fit to DO whatever you wanted her to do in the first place! Like tonight I told her she needed to get jammies so she could go to bed and she immediately starts screaming. I tell her to grab a dry bum while I get her jammies and she screams about that. So I finally change her and she starts screaming no jammies no jammies! So I go ok fine you can just sleep in your clothes to which she responds, I NEED JAMMIES! I NEED JAMMIES!!! Then there was a fit about the jammies that I grabbed. Even now when she's been in bed for a while I can still hear her bursting into tears about every ten minutes or so.
Anyway! Onto the good stuff and no more whining for me! I find Kelcy sleeping in the most random places. I'll have to do a post just on places I've found her in her room, for instance, IN the dirty clothes basket, UNDER her bed, IN her closet, Behind the door.. you get the picture. well this morning I found her like this:

I know she's in her bed, but she's SIDEWAYS in her bed, with about 8 blankets, she's using her Kitty as a pillow and she has on her grass skirt from her swimsuit.
She was cute earlier tonight and I was able to get a couple of cute shots of her and me.


This is her playing dress up/model yesterday. She loves to dress up and has hats and costumes that she frequently runs around in


And finally tonight my little miss Madison, wo is currently asleep in my arms... well arm, I'm typing this left handed.









She looks so cute all bundled up!

Quitting Time

Its official. I am not going back to my job. My maternity leave was supposed to end on Monday but due to circumstances right now I just "gave my notice" today. I thought that when this day came I'd be so excited but instead I feel somewhat sad. I've always wanted to be a stay at home mom and I've certainly enjoyed it the past 3 months, but all of my friends are moving on to that hugely successful part of their careers and even though I've reached my goal I cant help feeling just a little bit sad that I will never have job stories anymore. I suppose if I ever finish my book and get published that will definitely be a success but I feel like that is so far away. I just need to sit down and write more. I have the time now but the story seems trapped inside me and it wont come out the way I want it to. I guess we'll just have to see where it goes from here. On to lifes next great adventure! If anyone knows of any LEGIT work at home jobs I'd appreciate it! Just cause I'm a full time mom doesnt mean I cant make money too right?? :D

Thanksgiving and tree pics

So we got new ornaments for our tree this year, because while we were moving, Tracy had an unfortunate incident with the ornament box and we lost quite a few of our GORGEOUS blue and purple swirly ornaments. I decided that I wanted to buy these elegant black and white and silver ornaments I saw. We put up our tree the sunday after Thanksgiving and I think it's so lovely. It needs more lights but the rest of ours are in storage somewhere and I dont feel like digging them out and redecorating the tree so I'll just leave it how it is. What do you think??








Kelcy was so tired on Thanksgiving she fell asleep on the floor at my Grandmas house. And I think she took the picture of me and my sister Karrena is in the background.





This one is just because its sooo Cute!!

Game night

A little while ago we had our good friends Erin and Jordan come over and play games with us. We played Singstar on the PS2 and Tricky and just hung out and had lots of fun. I wish I could have gotten pictures of us playing Singstar but I forgot to grab the camera until we were all just lounging around a bit. They brought their dog, Regis Carlos and naturally Kelcy wouldnt let him go! Good thing he is a patient dog! Thanks for the fun night guys!!

Random Memory Wednesday

Turning 8

Once a month in Primary we would do birthdays. Our teacher would have the parents fill out cards then stand up in front of the class and say ok this person's favorite color is this and their favorite sport is this... etc etc and we would all have to guess who that person was, if we couldn't guess who it was that person would have to stand up and be like oh its me I'm blank years old and answer a few questions about why we liked our favorite color and stuff like that. I was so nervous because back then I was ridiculously shy and I didnt want people to turn and look at me. There were lots of March birthdays and when she started every one I would tense up and start to panic that the one she was reading was me, but then none of the answers were right. I was starting to think that my mom didnt fill out the little card because she only had one left and it wasn't me! My favorite color wasn't purple, my favorite sport wasn't basketball, yeah my favorite animal was a cat but everything else was wrong! I started looking around the room with everyone else trying to figure out who it was when my teacher said it was me. I stood up, shaking and panicky, while she asked me why I liked purple so much. I was so scared I couldnt even say that purple was my least favorite color. I think I muttered something about flowers that are purple. Then she asked me about basketball and again I made something up even though soccer was my favorite sport, and the only sport I played! I remember thinking, doesnt my mom know me at all?? The next day was my actual birthday and I got up and got ready for school and was so surprised that my mom had gotten up early and made me breakfast. Normally she was just dragging herself out of bed right around the time I got home from school claiming she had a headache. This is the one and only time I remember my mom making me breakfast before school. She gave me my birthday present, a stuffed elephant that I still have to this day. Man my childhood was depressing! no wonder I've blocked out lots of it!! :D

2 Month stats!

Madison had her 2 month checkup and immunizations today. She was very good at the doctors office. She weighs 11 pounds 5 ounces and is 22 1/4 inches long and that puts her in the 75th percentile. She is just doing "wonderfully well." Her head was in the 50th percentile. She is very proportioned and her head is very round. I have people stop me in stores and say what a lovely head shape she has and ask if it was a C-section or if it was a natural delivery. Then they are amazed that it was natural. What can I say, my girls have nice heads.
Madison had to get 4 shot and 1 set of drops today for immunizations. 2 shots in each little chubby leg. She didnt like those very much but they were over quickly and she was done crying about a minute later, but when she woke up from her nap I think she was in a bit of pain because I've never heard her scream like that. Jaci stopped on her way to her final luckily and got her to sleep, and she's been good ever since.
Kelcy was adorable in the doctors office too. Talking to the doctor about baby sister and asking for suckers and stickers. Our pediatrician is awesome so she gave Kelcy the special green sucker she asked for and even let her pick a sticker on the way out. All in all not to bad a day at the doctors!

I should be sleepin'

I should be sleepin'
'stead of keepin'
these late hours
I've been keepin'... Gotta love Emerson Drive. Madison has been a grumpy girl today. She would hardly nurse at all and at 430 AM I gave up and made her a bottle, she drank about an ounce and then just fussed. At 620 I finally got her to actually eat and then she was happy for about ten seconds. Now she's fussy again. Its ok except for the fact that I'm completely exhausted! Tracy is working overtime tomorrow so who knows if i'll get a nap or anything. Good thing I can function on not much sleep! I am excited to do some more shopping today, should be fun. I think i'm gonna hit old navy... :?)

Black Friday

First off, Thanksgiving was awesome! Great food and great people = Great day. Minor drama with the sis in law but its Thanksgiving and she seems to do something EVERY year on Thanksgiving and since it was minor I just shrugged it off this year. Makes me wonder if she's going to try to top it for Christmas but we'll cross that bridge later. We started at Tracy's parents house and then moved to my Grandmas where Kelcy decided she was sleepy and laid down on the floor in front of their window and fell asleep for about 40 minutes. It was so funny cause one minute she was playing and the next she was just out. Then we went back to the in-laws house for games on our WII and chocolate fondue. It was hilarious playing bowling with them in video game form, but I wouldnt be surprised if they bought a WII just because they had so much fun with it. We called it a night at about 10:30 and went home to get some rest for our big day of shopping!

Let me just start by saying I'm a HUGE fan of Day after Thanksgiving shopping. ALL OF IT, beginning with combing through the ads on Thanksgiving day to pick the best store to go to. Tracy and I have had a tradition since we started dating that we always go shopping on black friday. Now normally we dont buy much because we never seem to have money on this day, but for the past two years his Mom and Dad have surprised us with a substantial sum of money on Thanksgiving. Its our Christmas present but Maylene knows how much everyone in the family likes to go shopping on this day so she gives it to us early so we can get good deals. This year we decided that with our Christmas money we'd actually spend some of it on us, last year we just bought presents for everyone else to make sure they got taken care of first. This year we decided we wanted the LCD tv we missed out on last year. Target had a 19 inch LCD with built in DVD for $199 which is an awesome deal when you consider that they had a 17 inch one with built in DVD for $299 just regular price. Target opened at 6 AM so we decided we should be there around 4:30 - 5:00 AM just to make sure we have a chance at it. At 2:30 in the morning we decide that we cant sleep and we decide to go walk around South Towne mall that opened at Midnight. Madison had just woken up so we woke Kelcy up and dragged ourselves to the Mall. It was actually really fun! I found the cutest dresses for our family pictures we are going to have taken next month. Its really hard to find dresses for a newborn and an almost 3 year old that are the exact same, but I did it! We got drinks at Orange Julius and then bought them shoes to match their dresses. We also got Kelcy this adorable elephant that walks and moves its trunk. And naturally everything was on SALE!! We let Kelcy ride the carousel and then decided to head to Target. We'd scoped out the West Jordan Target on our way to the mall and decided it would be our best chance since there is only one entrance and not two like all the other stores. We got there at 4:30 and Tracy hopped out and got in line about 20 people back. I stayed in the car with the girls and kept them happy and entertained (and fed) I'd drive by and check on Tracy every half an hour and see if she wanted to trade places with me because it was cold! 28 degrees according to the West Jordan City Hall sign. He wanted hot chocolate so I went to 7-11 and grabbed two hot chocolates because when he said go get me a hot chocolate the girl sitting down next to him said me to just jokingly. I asked if anyone else wanted some which was stupid of me really because by now there was easily 100 people in line. Luckily everyone just laughed. At about 10 to 6 there was just a crush of cars pulling into the parking lot. The plan was for Tracy to run inside and grab the tv and I'd wait for the huge line of people going into the store to dissipate then meet him by the 1000 thread count sheets that I wanted that were also on sale. It took 7 minutes for the line to make its way inside the store! 7 minutes of non stop people just flooding into the building. Then I got the girls out of the car and went inside. There were NO shopping carts left so I had to hold onto Kelcy's hand and carry Madison in her carseat through the crazy maze of people. By the time I found Tracy in the Electronics department my arm was burning! But we got the TV and the sheets! An LCD Tv and 1000 thread count sheets, my bedroom is going to be awesome! We are trying to decide if we want to mount it on the wall or put it on top of the new dresser we are buying soon. We got home at about 6:45 am after having NOT slept at all and sadly my phone wouldn't stop ringing until almost 8 from all of Tracys family calling us and seeing what we got and if we found a Zune (we didn't but Tracy's parents did) or a camcorder (also a no) and what we got. And my sister texting me and asking me if I wanted to come to Kmart to get a TV (they had a 20 inch with a dvd built in for 200 and since she works there I could have gotten a discount on that.. Wish I'd known BEFORE Target!!) That means I didnt fall asleep until well after 8 am this morning!! But it was definitely worth it! I cant wait to get our tree up! I think that's going to be my tomorrow night project. Yeah... putting up the tree, listening to Forgotten carols and drinking hot chocolate.. Definitely a great night!

Quizzes

I was playing around and found some quizzes today so just decided to post them for fun! Enjoy!

Your Five Variable Love Profile

Propensity for Monogamy: Your propensity for monogamy is high. You find it easy to be devoted and loyal to one person. And in return, you expect the same from who you love. Any sign of straying, and you'll end things. Experience Level: Your experience level is medium. You probably have had a couple significant loves. And you may have even had your heart broken. But you haven't really dated a wide variety of people. Dominance: Your dominance is low. This doesn't mean you're a doormat, just balanced. You know a relationship is not about getting your way. And you love to give your sweetie a lot of freedom. Cynicism: Your cynicism is low. You are an eternal optimist when it comes to love and romance. No matter how many times you've been hurt - you're never bitter. You believe in one true love, your perfect soulmate. And if you haven't found true love yet, you know you will soon. Independence: Your independence is low. This doesn't mean you're dependent in relationships.. It does mean that you don't have any problem sharing your life. In your opinion, the best part of being in love is being together.

The Five Variable Love Test

Your Kisses Are Medium-Hot

Your kisses are definitely sexy, but you're not about to make anyone gasp for air. You take it slow and steady... and you ramp things up when you get the right signals. Your kissing style is adaptable and adept. And people who kiss you love it!

How Hot Are Your Kisses?

That kind of sucks.. Who likes to hear they are a medium hot kisser???

Your Seduction Style: The Charmer

You're a master at intimate conversation and verbal enticement. You seduce with words, by getting people to open up to you. By establishing this deep connection quickly, people feel under your power. And then you've got them exactly where you want them!

What Is Your Seduction Style?

Your True Love's Name Is

Seth S.

What's Your True Love's Name?

Hmm.. I wonder if Tracy will change his name for me... HAHA

And FINALLY

You're a Romantic Kisser

For you, kissing is all about feeling the romance You love to kiss under the stars or by the sea The perfect kiss involves the perfect mood It's pretty common for kisses to sweep you off your feet

What Kind of Kisser Are You?

Funny.. the first time I took this quiz I got expert kisser, but I think Romantic kisser is better.

Thanksgiving

There are a lot of things I'm Thankful for, not just at Thanksgiving but all the time. I could go on forever, so heres just a few of the things that I'm most Thankful for this year.

I'm Thankful:

That I had an easy labor and delivery, again.
That both of my girls are happy an healthy.
That my husband is willing to work so hard so I dont have to go back to work.
That I have an amazing extended family
For laughter
For our cute new apartment, even if it is somewhat in the Ghetto
For memories
For Game Night with friends
For Tracy
For Kelcy
For Madison
For Jaci
For Brittney
For Erin and Jordan and all of their singing!!
For Regis Carlos something something the 4th and his ability to tolerate Kelcy.
For Spooky cat for the same reason
For Warm fall weather that delays winter a little more every day
For sugar cravings that drive me to bake
For books that keep me entertained for hours
For Glaxo Smith Kline and their team of pharmaceutical engineers
For Hugs and kisses from sticky little girls
For TV seasons on DVD :D
What are you Thankful for this year??

Random Memory Wednesday

So since its the Holiday Season I decided my random memory for today (ok yesterday but madison is awake so what can you do right?) should be a Christmas one, more specifically a Santa memory. The Christmas when I was nine was an interesting one. My Great Aunt Iris was very sick so one night My Grandparents took me and my cousin Dayna over to visit and see how she was doing. It was only a week before Christmas and I remember it was very dark and very cold. When we pulled up in her driveway we could hear a helicopter. Now being that it was Christmas and my Grandparents wanted two nine year olds to behave while visiting a sick relative they told us that the helicopter was Santa checking up on us. Being the very mature nine year olds that we were, we naturally said we acted like we didnt believe them, when we were secretly bursting with joy that Santa, THE SANTA, was checking up on us! Of course we were on our best behavior as we stood there staring at that red helicopter. Who else but Santa would fly a red helicopter?? We must have stood there for a good five minutes watching that helicopter fly around and disappear behind bare tree branches. I never could figure out why we couldn't see it through the trees even though there were no leaves on the trees. We could see it on one side, and when it came out on the other, but we could never see it behind the trees. Naturally we assumed it was magic! Aunt Iris died that Christmas and I remember thinking that it was ok because Santa must have been checking up on her and knew that she was going to die so he did something special for her. That was the last Christmas my mom kept up the pretense of Santa. In fact on Christmas Eve when I accidentally busted them putting out presents, she didnt even pretend that Santa had just dropped them off. She actually asked me if she could return some because they needed money. I never did see what my daybed looked like, but I sure remember taking it back to RC Willey with them the next day. Ok thats actually two random memories.

P.S. Just for the record, I still believe in Santa. :D

Celeb look alikes

Friends Forever

I have so many people in my life that I will always be grateful for! I know that I am incredibly lucky to have such great friends so here are some of the people that I love!
Best Friend Brittney

I have known this girl for 12 years and she is amazing!! She somehow convinced her parents to let me live with them after my mom kicked me out so I wouldnt just be out on the street. She's stood by me through all of my hard times and I'm so blessed to have her as a friend. She is dating an awesome man right now, and they are talking about getting married! I'm so excited for her!! She is an always will be my best friend and there aren't words to say how much I love her.

DirtyLove and Julia Goolia

Julia's also helped me in some rough spots. We worked together at a homebuilder and ironically got fired on the same day! Luckily her roommate Jaci(dirtylove) got her a job at a law firm where she worked and then Julia got me a job there too. Julia followed me home one day shortly after I found out I was pregnant with Madison just to make sure I got home ok because I was so sick. And Jaci and I were destined to meet somehow! We went to the same Elementary school, lived in the same neighborhood, worked at the same place (before the law firm), and like all of the same things. Its really kind of freaky how long it took us to meet! She even went to Forgotten Carols the same year that my high school choir was IN Forgotten Carols. So many coincidences! Both of these girls are great and I LOVE THEM!

Dooby

Dusty and I met in Middle School. We were in the same gym class with Brittney and Bethany and all got partnered up together to make up a dance to a song. It was hilarious and even had a pyramid at the end. We've had some good times together. Everytime I think about some of the times we've hung out I just sit and laugh to myself because she is hilarious.

Bethany

Bethany is part of the Gym class I just mentioned. She has overcome so much since then. She is one of those people that are truly non judgemental. I know that I can tell her anything and she'd never ever judge me for whatever it was I told her.

Tracy

I'm putting my husband on here last because he is definitely the most important person in the world to me. He's stood by me through everything and even puts up with his crazy in-laws and family drama on my side. He is funny and smart and even though he likes weird things like Dungeons and Dragons, which makes him a nerd, I love that he is a great father. Kelcy always screams when he comes home from work and runs up and hugs him and it makes me so happy to know that he loves his daughters. Right now he is hammering me to get off the lappy so he can check his email so I guess thats all about him! I love you honey, even though you are kicking me off the computer.