Tag tag TAG!!!!!

The first tag is from Auds. 

The tag was to put up your 4th picture from your 4th folder...

This is Lucy and I, in a shuttle in Hawaii.

 We just got there, and were really excited to see Maui!

This next tag is from Jenna...really creative, but mine is BORING. Sorry.

I am: A mother!!!! 

I think: on a very childish level.

Everything in life: has opposition! Sometimes its harder to see the good! 

I want: Our sweet baby boy to come soon! 

I have: A family that I ADORE

I dislike: Rude/ Not friendly people! EVERYBODY needs a smile and friend! 

I miss: All the fresh fruit from summer

I fear: being disliked

I feel: actually sad right now. No reason to pin point...

I hear: NPR on the radio, and Ira Glass! Love this station! 

I smell: the yummie spaghetti Jeff cooked.

I crave: to run. Really run, with out a belly. 

I cry: when I feel lonely.

I search: for real things. Friends, emotions...

I wonder: If Lucy will stop taking 30 min. naps any time soon...

I regret: not being more out going and insistent

I wish: kids would never get sick.

I love: The fall, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie... good food

I care: about kindness

I always: miss the ocean

I am not: very interesting!!!!!

I remember: How badly I wanted to be a mommy when I was growing up!!! 

I believe: what my mom says

I sing: To Lucy at night, and through the day

I don't always: express what I am really feeling

I argue: at last resort! Very rarely 

I write: to my mom! and on the blog, and in a journal.

I win: not very often, but did win lunch on the radio the other day!!! 

I lose: more time, then possessions

I listen: To NPR all day long and to my husband who keeps a great open mind

I don't understand: liars

I can usually be found: at home

I am happy: with family.

I tag Jen Scott, Becca and Linds!!! 

Packs Pumpkin Patch

Just in the nick of time! 

Late last week, Lucy and I went shopping for some winter things for her! 

We got this darling hat/glove combo, plus a winter coat! 

And thank heavens we did!!

Its been FREEZING, 

We used them all when we went to Packs Pumpkin Patch monday night! 

It was so fun, but SO cold! 

Here are two of the cutest pumpkins in the bunch!!! 

Lucy and her cousin, Meg! 

Riding off into the sunset (or moon rise) with the two cuties in tow. 

I was planning on some darling pictures, with Lucy by some pumpkins, 

but it was so cold, and she wasn't crazy about the itchy straw. Oh well. We'll be back! 

The Wonderful World of Waxing

Perhaps I should say the WICKED world of waxing! 

It has been long, my hairy friends. For about 3 weeks,

 I have wished my stray eyebrow hairs away. 

But to my sadness, no matter how hard I wish, when I look in the mirror the next day, 

they are still has hairy,

 and even more so,

 then the day before.

 So funny, that I truly said to myself, and even sometimes out loud, "yeah, they could use a trim, but maybe its just the lighthting" (I mean really? Day after day?)

  So today, just as soon 

as Lucy was down, I tackled the beasts. 

It has not been THAT long, but any time with out much attention is to much time! 

So, for all you wondering, 

YES,

 they look much better, 

and even if they really don't except to me and the mirror, I'm fine with that. 

Sick again?

Other then one sleepless night months and months ago, Lucy has just not been sick! 

However, as an older post stated, she had now experienced the feeling of loosing 

her cookies. 

Unfortunately she had the opportunity again this weekend. 

She seemed to be feeling under the weather Friday, but perked up a bit on Saturday. 

It wasn't until Saturday night, we were leaving Grandma & Grandpa Sanders home, 

and all over everything but the hard wood floor, came all the food imaginable. 

We were covered. 

Well, this continued, and Sunday, she was in really bad shape. She went to bed on Saturday 

night at 9:30, and between then and 4:30 p.m., the next day, she was only awake for 1 hour!!! 

She just slept and slept, but it didn't help all that much, seeing how she threw up again 

on Sunday! Poor little sweetie. 

I didn't realize how hard it was to take care of a sick child, emotionally. 

She seems to be doing better today, and so far, she's kept all her cookies!! 

As far as the relevance of this picture, my sister asked if she's eaten anything different. 

Well, now that I think about it, yes. She ate rocks and dirt a day or so before.... 

Not truly ate, but well, you can see the evidence. 

I guess no parent goes with out sickness, but now I can sympathize! 

As for conference, LOVED IT!! 

We did have some family over for dinner on Sunday. On the menu, crepes and waffles! 

The crepes turned out really YUM!!! 

The not so nerdy NERD

So, Lucy and I had ran some errands, one of which included buying Halloween candy. (No, this candy is NOT for Halloween, its to feed my ever growing belly)
So, on the way home, I figured she would enjoy playing with a box of Nerds, oh, and play she did.
In the short ride home, she managed to open the box, and begin the feast!
When I went to get her, along with a soggy box was a nerd covered Lucy.
She thought it was the funniest thing.
What the heck I thought. I'd let her immerse herself in the pure sugar, to which she has seen very little of in her short life.


In the first picture, I think you can see one little Nerd, stuck to the corner of her mouth!!!

The good, the bad, and the UGLY

Against everything I have ever said, this post is with out a picture!! 

As for the hives....they're baaaaaaaa-ack. ARG! So what good are these steroids anyway? 

Perhaps I should phone all those dopers, and ask them. To great disappointment, I welcomed the hives into my life again on Saturday. Thinking it was just a misquote bite, I felt free to itch. It wasn't until I noticed the familiar rash that fear leapt into my heart. Grr! 

And as for my dream the other night, it was glorious! 

I dreamt I was in labor! It was so glorious! The baby was not coming early, it was just time! 

I have been feeling particularly LARGE lately, as the only other time I've been pregnant (with Lucy) at this point I only had 3 weeks to go. So naturally, I am preparing my body and emotionally organizing myself for the baby. But alas, I awoke, with a belly. Who would have ever though I would wish for, and even crave contractions? I am anxious to see what its like. What will this labor be like? What will having a boy be like? What will having 2 kids be like?What day will he come?

What what what....And yet, we still wait...just over 8 weeks...and counting. 

(Oh, and as for the good, tonight is Tuesday, which means "The Biggest Looser" is on!

 So all, enjoy!) 

These are a few of my FAVORITE things!!!!!

Peaches!!! Well, thanks to a few folks, I had peaches galore! Unfortunately 

it took incredible amounts of control to stop eating them, and begin the bottling bonanza. 

We seriously were eating about 10 a day,

 and I began to wonder if there would be any left to bottle! 

As a matter of fact, yes, there were a few to bottle. 

We ended up with about 16 quart jars, with one minor disaster. 

Necessary items when canning...

1. A willing husband who won't mind if the kitchen is a disaster for several hours, even days

2. A patient daughter, who won't mind eating the green peaches 

3. A completely unattached love for a clean floor, 

because when you finish, the floor will feel like one big honey jar!!!

Oh, and as for Lucy, her favorite things...

as of lately it is Henry the Hippo. This darling toy has taken 

Lucy places she didn't dream she would go. 

If it had an odometer it may have logged more then 12 miles! She LOVES to push 

it all around, or at least until she runs into a wall, or furniture. 

She is not walking yet, but with Henrys help, it may come sooner then later.

And last but NOT LEAST!!!!!!

My 2nd favorite thing this week....LEGACY HIGHWAY!!!!!!

Even ask Jeff, this has been on the bottom of my wish list. I was doubtful, and 

not in the least bit excited for this supposed solution to the traffic dilemma in North Salt Lake. 

Well, all my fellow doubters, all ears!! 

It was Wednesday, and I had been with a client in Salt Lake.

As we made our way home, in the peak of rush hour traffic, it didn't take long for me 

to realize our amazing speed. 

As we cruised along at a comfortable 65 MPH, I felt my  love and adoration grow for Legacy highway! By no means were we delayed by traffic or any other transportation issue. 

I encourage all of you to enjoy rush hour traffic in Davis county now! It truly is an 

enjoyable experience! 

 

Ahhhh! Adorable Lucy

Sorry for ya'll who just see pictures and pictures of Lucy. BUT I adore her, 

and just can't get enough!!!

These pictures are after church. 

We were walking home, and past a wild sunflower plant, which she wiggles and babbles, telling me that she'd love it if I pick one!   

Lucy is at the funnest age! Every day I think it can't get better....

"Persuasion" and the treasure trove

Unbelievable as it may seem, I am in a book club! I LOVE it!!! 

So, the first book, which I would never have picked, but am THRILLED to have 

it on my "read" list was "Persuasion" by Jane Austin 

The joke of the group is that the only series I've ever read is "The Bernstein Bears".  

As sad as this may seem to all you bookies, it may be the truth. 

A few months ago, I was determined to read more, and before I knew it, after several 

books on my own,  

soem  friends and I were starting up a book club! 

I am just LOVING this idea, and can't wait for our next book, the "Lone Survivor" 

So, this is the treasure trove!!! Lucy CHOWS when she eats, but some how, 

she always saves room for her treasure trove. 

Whatever food has fallen in her bib in the end, she looks forward to discovering 

the remnants. 

She is at such a fun age, and every moment is more fun then I could have guessed!