Thursday, October 2, 2008

Go Hep HEP HEP

So i have recently been torturing my baby, yes it's true terrible mom i am. i had to go to the dr about a week and a half ago, perhaps it's that it was the same office where jamie was tortured for 2 months of his babyhood, but he hated it he kept grabbing my purse clutching it to himself running toward the door saying GO GO GO GO OUT OUT.
then 3 nights ago we were at the fire station for dinner, the outside door for the garage was shut, and to make matters even more unbearable, the fire trucks, and the tanks on wheels, not sure what they are actually called (jamie just loves them because he can spin the wheels all by himself) were out side. so he once again grabbed my purse and headed for the door. this time however he was much more upset, screaming HEP HEP HEP OUT CUCK CUCK OOM OOM OOM PEZE OM HEP OUT GO GO OUT HEP (a rough translation help help help out stuck stuck open open open please open help out go go out help) all on the verge of tears poor little baby, it took be about 30 seconds to give up trying to distract him and oom the door for him. he then clapped for me and said his version of good girl which i can't figure out the spelling for

Monday, September 22, 2008

Growing up

My baby is not much of a baby anymore i'm afraid. he can do basically anything himself
at least he thinks so anyways is latest is cutting his own hair. Turning on his movies of course and then screaming at me to WAT WAT. He's getting lots more words, not much clearer yet, but we'll get there.



We were in a waiting room today with a few other little kids and they were all playing and then in came a baby, anytime the other kids talked jamie would put his finger on his lips and shhhh them, so so cute.... however the other kids didn't appreciate it much.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Daddy's helper

this is the cutest thing in the world!!!!!

Time!

so it's been what like 2 months now since the last time i posted, i guess that slightly speaks for itself as to how crazy life seems to be getting around here. let's see a recap.... oy where to start, calvin is deploying in january, ok enough on that subject. the house seems to be progressing....outside anyways.....
the neighbors seem slightly less scared of us now, we actually met 2 more maybe it's because now they understand why we, hopefully temporarily, look like trailor trash.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Clean Baby

Calvin's Family reunion.... the idea was for all the little kids to play a game of croquet, Jamie thought he was supposed to sweep up the grass
Every stick he sees is his broom,
it's just another one of those things that I am no longer allowed to do when he's awake. I never would have imagined I'd sneak around to sweep, vaccum, or use the mixer, the blender, or the screw driver. He's so sweet though and really does try to help do every thing!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Cowboy Baby!

In honor of good old Frontier days, I decided to share my little cowboy!I asked him to climb in the chair for a picture, thinking if i let him make the decision to get in somehow he would cooperate more (lol) Climbing in of course was no problem, however when i asked him to sit down....
He was not interested and started trying to tame the bull,
hitting the back of the chair with his tush,
and trying to stay on as long as possible....
just like a real cowboy.

Then for a dramatic exit he jumped off!!

Crazy cowboy!

Did i mention i dread frontier days, small town, only with the population of a big town...guess i should start stocking up on supplies so i don't have to sit in line for hours.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Tag all about me

5 things I need to do this week:
1. sort through jamie's toys Again, and put some in storage
2. pay bills
3. clean the house
4. get milk
5. bake cookies

5 snacks I enjoy eating:
1. that chex vanilla nut miix
2. apples and fruit dip
3. mike and ike (the berry kind)
4. cereal
5. pretty much anything with sugar

5 things I'd do if I became a billionaire:
1. we'd probably buy lots of broken houses and fix them
2. go on a cruise
3.also a boat, a truck, and a fifth wheel
4. help someone
5. invest in the stock market

5 places I've lived:
1. sacramento california
2. los alamos nm
3. clovis nm
4. provo, ut
5. south weber ut

5 jobs I've had:
1. sandwich artist lol
2. tele sales
3. tele support
4. cashier
5. mommy

5 things you may not know about me:
1. i can't sleep alone
2. i have actually learned to like a tad of christmas cheer
3. my cleaning "music" is the nanny, full house, or the cosby show
4. when i have "grown up cereal" i still add sugar to my milk
5. i am incredibly boring

Tag danielle

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Summer!






So i don't know if i've mentioned that wyoming sucks, well it does. They say most year it snows, starting in AUGUST and continueing until June!!!!!!! How retarded is that i mean seriously whose idea was this! so since we have finally got a few days of warm weather i am veery excited and wanted to share my fun even though i am aware that the rest of you have all been experiencing the blis of summer for sometime now!


turns out hoses are much harder than water fountains!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Boy's best friend








Please let my puppy in, I promise she'll be good!
Puppy Love
don't worry all the toys are new, although now they share food Beethoven style, much to my dismay.

man i wish i could make her that small again!




She still sleeps close by him almost every nap, so sweet


And this is when we put the chair up

Technology


Alright so for some reason, far far beyond my current realm of knowledge, my camera still will not download pictures. Seeing that I am now completely sick of telling the history of Calvin and me, I have decided old pictures of the cutest baby ever, will have to do. Here he is just chillin in the car seat watching seasame street on his i pod, or rather what used to be Calvin's i pod.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Happy 3rd Anniversary!







I keep thinking of that song, how do you measure a year...



ok so let's play 3 years;
5 fish,
1095 days,
4 frogs,
92 sunday family dinners,
2 dogs,
4 trips back home,
1 turtle,
1923 diapers,
5 jobs,
30 car payments,
6 moves,
43 attempts at baby food,
3 weekend getaways,
1 pregnancy,
3 cars,
my first, second, and third hospital stay, since birth,
an emotional roller coaster,
1324 hours of laughter,
1 house,
287,064 tears,
and one amazing baby.






Sometimes life has been crazy, sometimes it's been crazier, some of it has been so so hard, but even with all the heartache, there's no where else i could be, or no other way i would want it. Everytime I lay in Calvin's arm it's where i belong, i can feel it.






there are so many parts to everyday so so many different aspects, taking care of the baby, paying the bills, doing the dishes, doing the laundry, cooking, grocery shopping, fixing the pipes, sometimes it get so overwhelming, but in the end if you can just take a minute to enjoy our little family all the stress, all the worry, all the tears, all the laughs, it's all so amazing to have to be a part of, I love you Calvin.



Friday, July 4, 2008

Wedding July 5, 2005










I cannot believe it's been 3 years, I'm crying now, maybe i'll wait till morning, when it's actually been 3 years to finish this one. I need to gather my thoughts.

proposal 1-29-05






A week later Calvin blind folded me, tell me we were going on a double date with mike and alisha. I knew something was going on when he called mike, and mike answered the phone just a little too quickly, but thought i was just imagining things. we drove around for a little while, i'm sure just to make sure i was lost. After arriving, we got out of the car calvin leading me, I could hear kids laughing and feel the cold and the echo. where could we be? My first thought was an ice skating rink since i refused to go, that's why he blind folded me. As i heard automatic doors open i was more puzzled, trying to think. he picked me up and carried me down a short flight of stairs. He set me back down, I had almost given up trying to figure it out, i heard a whisper, and suddenly felt as if people were around, and shopping mall? dead on a saturday...no. then he carried me again this time up a large stair flight. I've been here before i know it the short flight of stairs then the long seems familiar, but where.


He sat me back down and took my hand again...leading me then he stopped and let go of my hand. walked around to the back and untied my blindfold. there we were standing in the room where we'd met As i looked around and saw the beautiful roses and a monkey holding a box of chocolates, i began to almost shake, and i couldn't breathe wondering if this were truly what it seemed to be.


Calvin walked over to the monkey and opened the chocolate box pulling out the perfect ring. Will you marry me?


Unable to breathe, and almost fainting, he took me in his arms as i whispered a soft barely audible yes. we walked over to the gift shop, where he'd given me his number, and continued taking a trip down memory lane, arriving finally at a private room in the restaurant for the perfect dinner.

Dating....



We dated for almost a year, so so so many fun stories, too many to tell. trying to set up our friends, still emailing always. stacking up ads at carls jr getting in a fun foam fight, ice cream eating compettions, senior all night party, sunrise, football in the face, fourth of july, family camping trip, water skiing, trip to grandparents mission fairwell, thanks giving extended family quiz, christmas sleep over.. then the perfect excuse to look at rings, my sister got married.

Our First Date 4-10-04



First writing it out, I just have to say, that is a good date, better than my acutal wedding day I have to admit...



this is actually after we had been dating for about a month and a half. ps I just noticed Vanessa in the picture she's so cute


I emailed him the standard 3 days later a quick, hi how are you here is my number email. Then we emailed everyday for the first couple they weren't long but soon we were emailing 3 pages twice a day, I looked forward to it, and couldn't wait to see what he said.

Now back to the first date... so you know that rule no single dates, for like I don't remember anymore, hmm. Not only to follow rules but also just in case we didn't hit it off well in person, we decided to have more than just us. so this beautiful date also happens to be my parents' anniversary. I told my mom i would babysit weeks before, so calvin said he and his friend could come help, so after begging Kaitlyn finally agreed to double at my house.

First my little sister answered the door calvin had forgotten what i looked like, and wasnt sure if it was me or not. Actually to be perfectly honest I was excited to remember just how cute he was too. Then when he saw me and it all came back to him we all went into the kitchen including susan, who kaitlyn had brought to make sure it wasn't really a double date, and mike. We all sat around the table with 7 dozen eggs, and colored easter eggs. PS my parents are still home, not wanting to leave with a strange boy in the house of course. we learned a little about each other, including that calvin was an artist, and what a water polo ball looked like. and then took the twins out for a game of tag. Now we all know that when you like someone you tag them so of course we ended up tagging each other a lot, and ended up in corners of the yard sometimes, which got us teased a little. But i was very impressed with how he also played with the twins.

Dinner time, all american pizza, and a movie. My mom ordered and brought down our pizza, which she called manly pizza, and she changed the movie to a manly movie.

we sat next to each other on the couch not touching or anything and i put my hand down in between us, he took it.

my mom called me upstairs, and told me to hold his hand, glad to obligue i returned to my spot, only slightly closer.

we finished the movie, and hugged good night.

How we met 3-25-2004

I guess you could probably tell this is not a picture of how we met but this is one of the early dating pictures which is the closest I had on my computer.
















her story


We met at a hotel, at least that would be the explanation calvin would give.

let's see the real story, hmm... ok so I now have to admit I was a nerd, or maybe am a nerd?

anyways, we both did FBLA in high school. Provo Marriot hosted the final competition in 2003-2004 school year.

Sitting in a room full of people you don't know waiting to get judged, I know sounds fun. My mom always told me you should try to do or say something nice to someone everyday... why not the cute stranger sitting one row up.

so it went something like this...

"I love your tie." I flirted

Cute stranger looks down at pink tie, looks up at me, mumbles, "thank you," and turns back around.

Yes I know the perfect start of a true love story, the kind you've only heard of in fairy tales.

After a few moments of silence, "Does anyone know how to play mafia?"

Well if it wasn't the cute boy with the pink tie. Hey why not, "I love that game."

Pink Tie dealt the cards, they played 2 or 3 rounds, and then I left. While walking with my friends into the next event low and behold, there he is mr. pink tie, now realizing I definitely needed a new name for him, perhaps his actual name, I sent a friend to go look at his name tag. Just a quick glance, then come back in no scene or anything. oh no of course it couldn't be that easy, not with my luck.

She went straight up to him, my friend wants to know your name, and came back in and sat next to me. It's so nice to remain anonymous sometimes isn't it.

"It's Calvin....." she whispered

"Oh my gosh its a sign today of all days I have on Calvin Klein underwear," not really sure what exactly it was a sign of, but I knew it had to be a sign. We all laughed.

I ran into him a few more times that day talked a little, but not that big of a deal really.

The next night there was supposed to be a dance, I guess we would see then wouldn't we. but i didn't have to wait we were in all the same events again. we ended up somehow sitting close to each other in our competition that day, i was excited at the chance to talk, and maybe flirt a little. However, we were also sitting next to, hmm how should i put this, an idiot, who was determined to argue with me, at first I couldn't help it because I didn't realize he was as dumb as he was so after arguing for maybe 10 minutes. I said something to try to get him to stop, so i could talk to calvin, i saw him smile at me and almost chuckle at the other guy, i knew then at least he wasn't an idiot, but it was too late he got called out. I hoped to see him again at the dance. but when the dance came my friends and i decided to go around collecting phone numbers, I decided I would get calvin's or give him mine maybe. He was no where to be found.

The last day of competition, at the closing, Calvin came over, I had been freezing all day so I borrowed a friend's jacket he insisted I wear, Calvin asked who's jacket I was wearing, I'm not sure anymore if he directly asked if it was a boyfriend, or just tiptoed around it, but after talking for a minute he left to go sit with his school.

I looked for him after but no sign of him anywhere so sadly I started down the hall, headed home. At the very end of the hall with his name card in had and his head down, was Calvin. He looked up and smiled at me, I walked over, saying a quick good bye to my friends. We talked for a couple seconds about who beat who in what competitions. then...

I'll never forget, he reached out and handed me his name tag with both hands, and just touching hands for the first time, I can't really describe it except chemistry i guess. But the card had both his number and his email, he said a soft call me, and dashed to get on his bus.

I had never hit on anyone first.

I had never emailed anyone first, but 2 firsts started a list of many many firsts together.


his story



I was just going to another competition, but this competition i was going to meet my match i was signed up for about 5 different events, the sad part of signing up for so many events is you can't visit with the new people. On the way to my first event I saw this gorgeous blonde who was very classy and very popular. I kept my eyes on her trying to work up my courage to talk to her. she turns the corner and i loose her in the crowd I was disappointed but i had no time to sulk i had a competition to go to i was cutting it close and had to sit in the front while waiting for each individual turn, people get bored. it's good to find ways to keep you entertained, as i scan the group to see if this was going to be a fun wait or a boring wait i see a sweet familiar smile, it was the beautiful blonde and to make it even better, the sweet smile was followed by her lovely voice, and it was talking to me, it said i love your tie. i didn't know what to say so the simple words of thanks, was the only thing i could say. it must have taken me a while to contemplate what to say next because when i started the sentence she was gone. To hopefully break the ice and get a chance to know her a little better i insisted everyone play a game of mafia, everyone enjoyed the game but the inevitable came and she left again i was sad i never would see her again. but little did i know out of 5 events she was in four after all the time together i knew i needed to get to know her better so i convinced myself to get her number, but i was dealt another devastating blow there she was with another guy in his jacket. i was so upset that she would lead me on when she was taken she sees me and comes over and starts to talk to me again after the competition i was unsure what to do so i gave her my number and email and left it up to her

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

boring

So in the interest of exploring i decided to look at Jeff and Sarah's blog and see what they had. Truthfully it made me jealous it has their love story, which reminded me of all the emails from calvin that i lost, which mad me sad. Then i was trying to post pictures of the cutest baby in the entire world, and my sd card wouldn't work only calvin's xd card which is stupid ps! So i decided i want to make like a few posts of the olden days since the only pictures i can get are old, with the exception of father's day when i couldn't find my camera. so the next posts will probably be boring, feel free to ignore. I really just want to use it more as a journal i guess.

Chocolate!


Happy Father's Day! On his birthday he wouldn't even taste his cake, chocolate mousse however was a hit!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Home Improvement

We have officailly been living in our house for a month now, and do to certain bumps, so far this is what our home improvements look like.this used to be the car port, and will hopefully someday be our bedrooms! The good news is we finally have water, and can now flush the toilet without leaving the flushed content on the basement floor, the first of the framing supplies should be delivered this week, and with any luck at all Jamie will fianlly get to take a bath at home tonight!!!

New Blogger Beware

OK here goes nothing. Since We currently live 7 hours away from all of our family and friends, and we get a new computer virus everytime we sign on to myspace, with the much needed and very determined coaxing of my best friend, and the also much needed nap of my son. I am here creating a blog! We will see how it goes.