Tagged!

I guess Emily tagged me because she thought I needed something to write about since I hadn't written anything since January. Haha! Thanks Em. ;)

ABOUT ME

10 years ago: 10 years ago I was 16. I was a junior at American Falls High School in Idaho. I went on my first date at 16 (my parents rule was we had to be 16 to date), I was in Cross Country and Track, was in the Jr. Miss Competition at my School, my brother Bryant was born that year.... Wow, a lot has changed in 10 years. (thank goodness!)

5 things on my to do list today: Clean the house and car (is there a day when cleaning isn't on my list??!!), Visiting teaching, exercise, get dental insurance, go to the bank

5 snacks I enjoy: Fresh fruit, trail mix (good for camping trips too), homemade cookies and brownies, Cold Stone ice cream, Jamba Juice smoothies, yum! This is a hard list for me because I just think there are too many yummy things out there.

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire?: Build a house near a lake and have lots of land (you all would be invited any time), have a house cleaner and personal assistant, do lots of traveling, invest and donate.... the list goes on and on



3 of my bad habits: picking at my face at night, snacking when I'm not hungry, procrastination and being late



5 places I have lived: 1 place in Raft River, ID 4 places in Rexburg, ID 3 places in Antioch, CA 1 place in Brentwood, CA



Things people don't know about me: #1 I have sunglasses and shoe phobia - they make me feel claustrophobic. #2 I hate chewing gum. #3 I once went on a date in another state with someone I met on on a chat line (bad idea, don't recommend it!) #4 I posed as a model for an art class at College (what college students do for money! Sitting in the same position for hours in an ugly swimsuit so a class can draw you isn't very fun and very uncomfortable!) #5 Once upon a time I was a Idaho State medalist at Cross Country (kinda funny since now I wonder if I could even make it through 3.1 miles).

I tag Chris and Patty. (That means you have to apply these questions to you and post them on your blog) Have fun! ;)

Baby update

Laying on her back

cute little feet and toes

facial profile

I've never took a picture of a picture before, but I didn't have a scanner to scan these ultrasound pics so the next best (easiest) thing to do is take a picture of them! These were taken at 19 weeks. The baby seamed to be very relaxed laying flat on her back with her knees bent a little and her arms at her sides. We saw what looked like a yawn as we watch the ultrasound. So cute! At my appointment last week we finally learned that all the blood tests were normal and everything seemed healthy and normal with the ultrasound as well. What a relief! I guess I can rule out the possibility of having a dwarf or a baby with an extra head or something! Why do I have to worry about these things? It must be from watching TLC. Now I guess I need to start worrying about a name since Glenden and Patty are taking the name Aubrey. Urghh! ;)

Growing Pains

Poor Braden has been experiencing some hard changes lately. I guess we have been feeling the need for him to grow up a little bit since we have another one on the way. We took him off of the bottle and the binky a couple of weeks ago, he is strictly on sippy cups now. He always had to have a bottle in his mouth, even when he wasn't drinking, and I was worried it was going to mess up his teeth. It was very hard for him, I felt like he was acting like a smoker that got his cigarettes taken away, he was so addicted. Since he has been off the bottle he has also started talking a lot more! Yay! The other change that we have seen is that he is a lot more aggressive and has a bigger temper. Uh-oh.
Braden is also sleeping in his toddler bed (converted from his crib). So he has the ability to get out but he has been very good and only gotten out one time at the very beginning. I thought we should transition slowly so his crib doesn't get it yanked out from under him all at once.
Potty training..... we'll leave that for another day... I'm not ready for that!

The news you've been waiting for...

Well, the polls show that most of you voted for a girl, though the vote for boy was close behind (in part because of a few of you that voted for boy more than one time, Glenden and Patty). And as it turns out, most of you gambled and WON! It's a Girl!!!

More Sadie Pix

Sadie played with Natalia yesterday when Teddy and Christina from Utah came to visit us yesterday. They were so cute playing dress-up together. They almost exactly 1 year apart in age. We haven't seen their family in a year and a half so it was fun seeing how everyone has changed, including new baby Angelina that we hadn't seen before - already walking at 8 months!

My Girly Girl

Sadie has been asking for the longest time to paint her nails. Well, I'm not a real girly kind of girl and I hate doing nails, spending hours on makeup and hair... and Sadie loves it. Ok, not the hair part, but the makeup... She loves to carry around a makeup bag (with chap stick and lip gloss) and put in on all day. She used to cry and cry if she couldn't wear her dresses every day but I finally got her talked out of that and now she does like to wear pants and shirts too. Here is a picture of Sadie doing my toenails after I finished painting hers.

New Year Resolutions

My resolutions for this year (feel free to remind me later on in the year when I forget or neglect to follow through) are to
1- Get more organized. Both with my daily schedule and with my house. I want to have better night-time routine and get the kids to bed at no later than 8 o'clock. In order to do that I need get dinner ready by 6'o'clock.
The downfall with getting the kids to bed earlier is they don't get to see Daddy much because he usually doesn't get home and showered until 7 and sometime he has meetings at night. :(
I also want to keep my house cleaner so I am trying to get into a better routine. I wish I could just hire a maid! Its not my favorite thing to do but I love a clean house.
2- Exercise regularly. I have friends that have done it so I know that it can be done! I do exercise occasionally but since I do have a treadmill at home and weights and exercise videos.... I should have no excuse. I can imagine it would be so much easier to get back in shape after the baby is born if I walk everyday too!

Don't you love making new goals for the new year? The one thing I am not going to resolve to do that I have tried before and failed every time is change my eating habits. I just love food too much! I would rather work harder at exercising than not eat bread products! That's just me. ;-)