"Life is more fulfilling and less stressful if we make peace with the past and daydream less about the future and live each day as it comes" (Lowell Bennion, How Can I Help).
The week goes by a lot slower when you're counting down days. I can't wait for Conference! I can't wait until the 4th! But why do I want the week to go by so fast? Last night Scott got home pretty late and wanted to go straight to bed. But I insisted on leaving the lights on so we could actually see each other in daylight for about five minute before we hit the hay. I guess the weekend suggests a certain degree of togetherness... I'm excited for that. And April 4th is the day we get to conceptualize putting our little family together... I can't wait for that!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Who Wants One?
I do!!!
Lap Giraffe!?
Maybe for my Easter basket... eh, Scott?
Remember when I as giving away Pygme Marmosets? I think the Lap Giraffes are a better value than the Marmosets.
Lap Giraffe!?
Maybe for my Easter basket... eh, Scott?
Remember when I as giving away Pygme Marmosets? I think the Lap Giraffes are a better value than the Marmosets.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
It's About Time....
That we got the internet.
Scott celebrated by looking at pictures of cars for about a minute.
I'm chatting with my fabulous friend who's living in China. It's 11:30am the next day for her. She said the future looks good.
We've had the internet for a second... and we're already loving the consistency of full bars and high-speed!
And now Scotty wants a Blue Ray for Netflix and Hulu. I knew he'd get sucked into the technological world the day we bought him a Droid. I won't worry though until he starts asking for a Wii or some sort of gaming system. Then we'll have to have a talk.
Scott celebrated by looking at pictures of cars for about a minute.
I'm chatting with my fabulous friend who's living in China. It's 11:30am the next day for her. She said the future looks good.
We've had the internet for a second... and we're already loving the consistency of full bars and high-speed!
And now Scotty wants a Blue Ray for Netflix and Hulu. I knew he'd get sucked into the technological world the day we bought him a Droid. I won't worry though until he starts asking for a Wii or some sort of gaming system. Then we'll have to have a talk.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Heading to Bed!
We still haven't unpacked from our trip. That's what the last couple weeks have been like. I feel like I haven't been home in about four days... and I really haven't... but 6am comes early tomorrow morning, and this week is shaping up to be a lot like the one before it! I guess we'll unpack later! Again...
BUT... though we've got miles to go before we sleep, we're going to sleep and do the miles later! Cause I'm getting a lot better at letting the list go when I need to.
And guess what! A week from tomorrow we can finally stop saying "it" when referring to the tiny human inside me. I'm excited for our baby to have a descriptive pronoun!!!
BUT... though we've got miles to go before we sleep, we're going to sleep and do the miles later! Cause I'm getting a lot better at letting the list go when I need to.
And guess what! A week from tomorrow we can finally stop saying "it" when referring to the tiny human inside me. I'm excited for our baby to have a descriptive pronoun!!!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Marie Howe
The Moment
Oh, the coming-out-of-nowhere moment
when, nothing
happens
no what-have-I-to-do-today-list
maybe half a moment
the rush of traffic stops.
The whir of I should be, I should be, I should be
slows to silence,
the white cotton curtains hanging still.
Oh, the coming-out-of-nowhere moment
when, nothing
happens
no what-have-I-to-do-today-list
maybe half a moment
the rush of traffic stops.
The whir of I should be, I should be, I should be
slows to silence,
the white cotton curtains hanging still.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Poem of the Day
I liked the first part of the first stanza of my daily poem by Marilyn Krysl.
Looking back now, I see
I was dispassionate too often,
dismissing the robin as common,
and now can't remember what
robin song sounds like. I hoarded
my days, as though to keep them
safe from depletion, and meantime
I kept busy being lonely.
It makes me think about how often information and understanding comes into my life and how quickly I can let it leave sometimes under the cover of being preoccupied with all the stuff. I, too, hoard my days for a number of reasons.
Looking back now, I see
I was dispassionate too often,
dismissing the robin as common,
and now can't remember what
robin song sounds like. I hoarded
my days, as though to keep them
safe from depletion, and meantime
I kept busy being lonely.
It makes me think about how often information and understanding comes into my life and how quickly I can let it leave sometimes under the cover of being preoccupied with all the stuff. I, too, hoard my days for a number of reasons.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Avocado and Then Some More "Stuff"
Thanks for all the congrats and excitement!
Back from vacation... and busy! I love making lists. But I'm at a point where there is so much to do that the idea of making the list is daunting enough... let alone actually performing the listed tasks. When there's too much to do, I like to do one thing for me to keep me sane. 3 minutes of blogging will help.
I guess the avocado inside me will only make things busier, so I better get organized. By the way... the baby's an avocado? Well no wonder I'm not getting bigger and not feeling the baby! I can down an avocado any day.
I got promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.
By the way, make sure your kiddos where green today so they don't get pinched on the playground! I woke up at 5:15am to make Scotty his lunch and get him out the door. I reminded him to wear a green tie, call his mom on her birthday (Happy Birthday Lynne!), and I packed him a green lunch (spinach salad, green apple, snap peas, celery and peanut butter, green pack of gum, green guava drink, green grapes, and some strawberries and yogurt for variety). I feel like I was extremely festive for 5:15 in the morning. And what does my husband do? Kiss me on the way out the door, ask me if I'm wearing green, and then pinch me and run off. He left me staring at the door with my lower lip poking out.
He called on the way to work and I told him that it wasn't fair! I was performing selfless service in the safety of my own home, and I managed to lose at St. Patrick's Day before the day even began. I might as well wear fuchsia to work. I don't own any fuchsia.
Back from vacation... and busy! I love making lists. But I'm at a point where there is so much to do that the idea of making the list is daunting enough... let alone actually performing the listed tasks. When there's too much to do, I like to do one thing for me to keep me sane. 3 minutes of blogging will help.
I guess the avocado inside me will only make things busier, so I better get organized. By the way... the baby's an avocado? Well no wonder I'm not getting bigger and not feeling the baby! I can down an avocado any day.
I got promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.
By the way, make sure your kiddos where green today so they don't get pinched on the playground! I woke up at 5:15am to make Scotty his lunch and get him out the door. I reminded him to wear a green tie, call his mom on her birthday (Happy Birthday Lynne!), and I packed him a green lunch (spinach salad, green apple, snap peas, celery and peanut butter, green pack of gum, green guava drink, green grapes, and some strawberries and yogurt for variety). I feel like I was extremely festive for 5:15 in the morning. And what does my husband do? Kiss me on the way out the door, ask me if I'm wearing green, and then pinch me and run off. He left me staring at the door with my lower lip poking out.
He called on the way to work and I told him that it wasn't fair! I was performing selfless service in the safety of my own home, and I managed to lose at St. Patrick's Day before the day even began. I might as well wear fuchsia to work. I don't own any fuchsia.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Little Mexican Dress
I'll post about Mexico as soon as I have some pictures, but allow me to tell you about one of the highlights. We surfed, we snorkeled, we relaxed on the beach, we read, we slept, we took boat tours, we saw whales, we ate lots of tacos, we fished, we went to the flea markets, we spoke a ton of Spanish, we went to a glass-blowing factory, and we ate gelato (that one doesn't quite fit since we didn't go to Italy). But one of my favorite things was our one random impulse buy. I was walking through the little flea market stands and I saw this darling little Mexican baby dress. It was white with little red and blue flowers, and I thought it was so cute and little. Jen was buying one for their little girl (who is due July 30th), and I thought... if I get home and find out that our first child is a girl, I'm going to be really sad that I didn't get this little dress. It looks kind of similar to this (minus the design on the bottom):
Well... we'll find out if we're having a boy or a girl in... oh... about three weeks! so... I guess if it's not a girl this time around, then we'll have to pack it up in storage.
Yep! We're expecting our first little person this August (He/She is due August 31st)! We couldn't be more excited! And we couldn't be more grateful! I'm 16 weeks along, and we can't wait to find out what it'll be!
For those of you who didn't know already and feel sad that I'm telling you the same way and at the same time that I'm telling Joe Blog-stalker, don't feel bad. I'm not one to send a mass-text and tell the world. I figured people would just start finding out as we go, but a quick word on the blog might be a good way to tell friends I don't see or talk to regularly. You're still my friends, friends! Plus, we didn't even tell the parents (on either side) until we were already out of the woods with our first trimester. I spent the whole time feeling tired, but not a bit nauseous. I consider myself extremely lucky. I'm also lucky that my biggest cravings included string cheese and yogurt... and that my strongest aversion was to chocolate and ceasar salad.
It was fun telling the parents. For Scott's parents, we sent them a package with two Berernstein Bears books about a new baby and visiting the grandparents. We wrote a little note with the due date in the front inside cover. We had them open it while we were on the phone so we could be excited together. We told my parents at a dinner up at their house. My grandparents were there, and so was my sister with her family. We told my mom we had a V-Day present for her. The present was a beautiful glass butterfly figurine (For V-Day from my dad, she was given 3... one for each grandkid). So we gave her one more, to let everyone know that she was about to have 4 grandkids instead. It was so fun to tell our families! And we were already 1/3 of the way through when we did! It makes the whole process go by really fast.
So let me know what you think... boy or girl? I go in for the ultrasound on April 4th. (I've already had one ultrasound which revealed our baby with froggy little legs...which I love). I'm proud to be able to say that I've gained 6 pounds in 16 weeks (this is a huge triumph because I was only able to put on 1 measly pound between weeks 8 and 16). I'm still not showing and I'm wearing all my normal clothes... but I hope to start showing soon. Then maybe it'll feel a little bit more real! We heard the heartbeat at 8 weeks. It was 160 beats. Today it was at 156. I'm told that a high heartbeat like that usually signifies a girl... but I've been convinced all along that it's a boy. Who knows? We'll be thrilled either way. At night, when I'm having a tough time falling asleep, I rearrange the furniture in our house in my mind... I'm really excited to start to make room for this little one!
Does anyone know a better way to display our pregnancy countdown? I've never been a fan of the strange floating fetus you see on the left. It's extremely creepy.
Well... we'll find out if we're having a boy or a girl in... oh... about three weeks! so... I guess if it's not a girl this time around, then we'll have to pack it up in storage.
Yep! We're expecting our first little person this August (He/She is due August 31st)! We couldn't be more excited! And we couldn't be more grateful! I'm 16 weeks along, and we can't wait to find out what it'll be!
For those of you who didn't know already and feel sad that I'm telling you the same way and at the same time that I'm telling Joe Blog-stalker, don't feel bad. I'm not one to send a mass-text and tell the world. I figured people would just start finding out as we go, but a quick word on the blog might be a good way to tell friends I don't see or talk to regularly. You're still my friends, friends! Plus, we didn't even tell the parents (on either side) until we were already out of the woods with our first trimester. I spent the whole time feeling tired, but not a bit nauseous. I consider myself extremely lucky. I'm also lucky that my biggest cravings included string cheese and yogurt... and that my strongest aversion was to chocolate and ceasar salad.
It was fun telling the parents. For Scott's parents, we sent them a package with two Berernstein Bears books about a new baby and visiting the grandparents. We wrote a little note with the due date in the front inside cover. We had them open it while we were on the phone so we could be excited together. We told my parents at a dinner up at their house. My grandparents were there, and so was my sister with her family. We told my mom we had a V-Day present for her. The present was a beautiful glass butterfly figurine (For V-Day from my dad, she was given 3... one for each grandkid). So we gave her one more, to let everyone know that she was about to have 4 grandkids instead. It was so fun to tell our families! And we were already 1/3 of the way through when we did! It makes the whole process go by really fast.
So let me know what you think... boy or girl? I go in for the ultrasound on April 4th. (I've already had one ultrasound which revealed our baby with froggy little legs...which I love). I'm proud to be able to say that I've gained 6 pounds in 16 weeks (this is a huge triumph because I was only able to put on 1 measly pound between weeks 8 and 16). I'm still not showing and I'm wearing all my normal clothes... but I hope to start showing soon. Then maybe it'll feel a little bit more real! We heard the heartbeat at 8 weeks. It was 160 beats. Today it was at 156. I'm told that a high heartbeat like that usually signifies a girl... but I've been convinced all along that it's a boy. Who knows? We'll be thrilled either way. At night, when I'm having a tough time falling asleep, I rearrange the furniture in our house in my mind... I'm really excited to start to make room for this little one!
Does anyone know a better way to display our pregnancy countdown? I've never been a fan of the strange floating fetus you see on the left. It's extremely creepy.
Coming Home
We're back!!! And once we catch up on sleep from our all-day-and-all-night-travel-commute back home, we will officially enjoy feeling the relaxing repercussions of our vacation get-away!
Details (and pictures) later!
In the busy week before we left, I was able to make it up to Kirsten's for an afternoon to take some pictures of the kids. Mexico was a blast, but it's a little easier to come home when you know you'll get to see these little people. I don't know when... but I hope it's soon!
Details (and pictures) later!
In the busy week before we left, I was able to make it up to Kirsten's for an afternoon to take some pictures of the kids. Mexico was a blast, but it's a little easier to come home when you know you'll get to see these little people. I don't know when... but I hope it's soon!
Monday, March 7, 2011
What's With the Irony Here?
Why is it that the best winter storms always seem to hit right as we have plans to head to warmer climes?
I wouldn't mind a long snowy hike right about now.
We're lucky though, to have enjoyed a fantastic day at Snowbird yesterday! One of the best ones yet... it was just one of those pleasant days! It was warm but not so sunny that the snow had melted down and iced into poppy chunks. We skied in bliss! And then we went to REI and bought some quick draws. And then we went to Smashburger and had the most delicious burgers with bacon and bleu cheese. And then we watched to new Robin Hood with some good friends while we both battled head aches. It'd been a long time since we had partied so hard.
Now I'm cleaning my house, catching up on laundry, cleaning out food that will mold in my fridge, saying goodbye to my beautiful roses that will die while we're gone, and packing my bags! And blogging... just real quick.
I wouldn't mind a long snowy hike right about now.
We're lucky though, to have enjoyed a fantastic day at Snowbird yesterday! One of the best ones yet... it was just one of those pleasant days! It was warm but not so sunny that the snow had melted down and iced into poppy chunks. We skied in bliss! And then we went to REI and bought some quick draws. And then we went to Smashburger and had the most delicious burgers with bacon and bleu cheese. And then we watched to new Robin Hood with some good friends while we both battled head aches. It'd been a long time since we had partied so hard.
Now I'm cleaning my house, catching up on laundry, cleaning out food that will mold in my fridge, saying goodbye to my beautiful roses that will die while we're gone, and packing my bags! And blogging... just real quick.
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