The Bump

Here is a picture of my beginning baby bump at 17 1/2 weeks for those of you who care. I don't have much to say about it other than I need to get some more maternity clothes because the ones I have are way to stretched out. But at least they will be good for later on. Keep those guesses for whether it is a boy or girl coming. I am counting down the days. I just don't do well with not knowing things.

Babies, Babies, Babies...

Ok so I have had babies on the brain a lot lately (I know, shocking) and I have no new pictures of Keira so I thought I would reminisce a bit. These are a bunch of pictures of Keira from a couple days old to about 5 months old. So cute.
Anyway, a lot of cousins have been wondering when I would find out what I am having and when I will be tested for gestational diabetes again. Isn't it nice that we have so many cousins and family that worry about us, especially when it means we may have to give up chocolate for a couple months? Well the answer to that is March 18, when I will be doing both of those things. What a busy day it will be. So everyone keep your fingers crossed that I don't get G.D. again and lets hope everything is happy and healthy with the baby. Also, if you want to leave a comment with your guess if it is a boy or a girl that would be fun too. I think boy, Rick thinks girl so we aren't much help there. ;)

Future Flohawks of America

So I was telling some cousins the other day that I have been trying to get a picture with Keira wearing her Flohawks beanie that her grandpa gave her a while ago. She loves to put it on and walk around the house in it. If you tell her to go find her hat she runs around until she finds it and puts it on. Funny stuff. The other picture also shows a new favorite pass time which is to use my keys to run her bike. Smart girl.
Keira has also finally started to speak some English. She has been understanding everything we said but was reluctant to say anything that remotely sounded like any languages I know. She now says Jada (the dogs name), Uh-oh, Daddy (she can say mom but prefers to simplify things and call both of us Daddy), Hi, and yesterday she started saying no and so then I also taught her yes. She is a smarty pants so I know that now she has finally started saying things her vocab is probably going to explode in the next couple of months. Fun stuff.

Erin Tagged Me!

1. What time did you get up this morning? A little after 7

2. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cold cereal

3. What is your favorite CD at the moment?I don't really listen to any specific CD's. Rick has thousands of songs on I tunes and I just listen to them on random.

4. What kind of car do you drive? Chevy HHR

5. Favorite sandwich? I love the BLTA croissant at Red Robin

6. Favorite item of clothing? My pajama pants or anything else that is loose (the belly is starting to bulge)

7. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go? DisneyWorld!

8. What color is your bathroom? White

9. Where would you retire? Wherever I am close to all of my grandkids. :)

10. Most memorable birthday? My 22. My hair caught on fire while I was blowing out the candles. I am now incredible paranoid when it comes to candles on Bday cakes and we will see if I ever allow my children to have candles on theirs!

11. Favorite sport to watch? Not really anything but if I have to something with a lot of beatings like football.

12. Are you a morning person or a night person? Late morning. lol

13. What is your shoe size? 9

14. Pets? Jada the dog.

15. What did you want to be when you were little? A teacher

16. What are you today? A wife, mother and a piano teacher on the side

17. What is your favorite candy? Anything with chocolate that doesn't have coconut. I could never pick a favorite though. Maybe Reeses?

18. Your favorite flower? I am not really that into flowers but anything weird and exotic I guess (I have no names off the top of my head)

19. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?Some day in March when I get to find out what I am having. I don't care what it is but I want to know!

20. What are you listening to right now? Keira making funny sounds to entertain herself

21. What is the last thing you ate? Raisin Bran

22. Do you wish on stars? not lately

23. What faith are you? I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

24. Who was the last person you spoke with on the phone? Rick

25. Hair Color? Dirty Blonde

26. Name of your favorite school teacher? Probably Mr. Terry. But I had a lot of good teachers.

27. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate. Always chocolate. You really never have to ask again.

28. When was the last time you cried? I can't remember. It has been a while thank goodness.

29. What is under your bed? Nothing really. Our bed it pretty low to the ground.

30. What did you do last night? Got home from the WOSSA conference and went to bed!

31. Favorite smell? Fresh baked cookies

32. What are you afraid of? Something happening to Keira, Rick or my little blob (what I call the baby at the moment :)

33. How many towns have you lived in? Four

34. Do you make friends easily? Not at all


Ok so maybe this should be a separate post but I am here now and so it is not going to be. I just got back from the WOSSA conference last night. It is a 2 1/2 day conference for those in the septic system industry (WOSSA mean Washington Onsite Sewage Association). My dad has been many things on the board including the President a couple years ago and he has also been the chair for the conference I guess for 5 years so this is the 4th year that I have helped. It is really exhausting but can be fun. Plus I get paid. Always a bonus. Usually Rick goes with me but this year it wasn't worth it for him to go so I went alone. It is the first time since we have been married that we have been apart overnight and I have also never been away from Keira that long but I didn't break down and it sounds like Keira survived also. So today is the day to catch up on sleep. I don't have any new pictures but I thought I would tell you what I have been up to. I think I will get back to my napping. :)

Mom, I am on the Phone!

Keira is the queen of gadgets. I think she will surpass Rick and my knowledge of all things electronic by the age of 3 (and we are pretty savy when it comes to our electronics!) She loves to call people on the phone and talk to them. Usually they are just the voices in her head but sometimes she gets lucky and calls random people from my contact list or whoever I last talked to. So if you ever get a random phone call from me and I have hung up on you or left you a blank message just know that Keira sends her love. :)

Many of the cousins have been telling of the horrors of switching to the 1:00pm church time and I share in that. We have tried everything and finally have had to work out a system which involves one of us missing sacremant so that Keira can sleep in the car. We have yet to find another system that even remotely works. Keira has decided that she does not like nursery without Mom there, so I am going to be in the process of weening myself away from her in the months to come. Yet another joy I know that many of you have faced. I must admit, after she has interrupted Gospel Doctrine twice and Relief Society once with her screams of bloody murder, I have gotten to know many people in my ward now. They have come up to me and introduced themselves and shared in the memories of their children not wanting to go either. So maybe it is a blessing in disguise.

Grandma's House is More Fun!

Ok so these are a bunch of pictures taken at random times while Keira has been at my mom's house. I just got them yesterday with the Christmas picks so I thought I would put up a few of my favorites. Most of them are from this summer and they highlight some of Keira's favorite toys at her grandma's house. I also really like the ones with her in the garden. What a little poser! Keira also loves the "I Spy" quilt that her grandma made for her. She plays with it all the time and has quite a lot to say about each picture. This picture was actually taken yesterday. Rick and I went out for our 4th (!) Anniversary and Grandma was nice enough to take Keira for the day. Way too much fun!

Christmas in January

Ok so these pictures are in a very random order but it is all Christmas with one Christmas Eve. I will just tell you what is happening in them all and you will play the fun game of guess which picture I am talking about!
Keira got a Mr. Potato Head for Christmas from her Aunt Andrea and she thought it was quite funny but I think that Andrea also was having a little too much fun with it.
The picture with my dad and the money is a very common happening when he and Keira get together. He likes to bribe (?) Keira although I don't think she gets it although she probably has more money in her savings account now then I ever have.
Keira kept trying to get to Aunt Andrea's stocking goodies and though no one had caught her, I think the picture may prove otherwise.
Of course we have the self portrait.
Keira and cousin Audrey (yes, we are lucky enough to have a cousin Audrey on both sides of the family) were such good friends on Christmas Eve. They chit chatted and "shared" toys but not very willingly sometimes.
I thought that I should add a picture of Rick and myself just to prove that we do get our pictures taken however rarely, which is fine by me. We got booster packs of Magic cards and if you don't know what that is, don't worry, it just means you aren't a nerd. ;)