I'm not Pregnant.

Hello Loves,

Jerilyn, I'm so happy to hear you are posting. Spence told me he saw you and I was sad I wasn't there. I hope you aren't unhappy with me about the whole Parent Help situation....it was a weird thing that happened and I can assure you I shed some tears when I learned details. If it makes you feel any better I can't get hold of Shae either. I'm trying to work as much as I can...but there is hardly enough work for me to work full time. I usually only get 20 hours a week in. I'm getting a little concerned about the situation, but I'm not quite sure what to do about it. :( Shae is so busy with her music thing and now wedding plans that it's getting quite hard. I've started doing some freelancing to bring in some extra money since I am now the primary bread winner. Scary. I'm glad you had a good anniversary. If you ever need an in-town babysitter just call. It might help me with my bad attitude about getting preggers.

My V-day was fun. It's nice to not loathe the day entirely now. (Hollie, sadly, I was one of those pathetic girls who spun into a spiral of self-loathing on the wretched holiday that you spoke of in the survey you sent me. I think that was you?) I got Spence a harmonica harness and a harmonica that I had engraved with this line from our song, "I'll be the harmony to every lonely song that you learn to play." I also got him tickets to the Jazz game that night since last year he took me to the Ballet. (Romeo and Juliet.) That morning I woke up at 5 am...yeah, me, 5 am!!!! and made him a candlelight breakfast. I was actually so excited about it that I couldn't sleep a wink that night. He out-sweeted me though. At 9 am I was awakened from a nap by a weird beeping that got faster and faster. I was so confused and due to the fact that we've been watching all of the seasons of 24, I was sure it was a bomb. I frantically searched the house and found an alarm clock beside two dozen rozes. At 12:00 another went off and I found a stuffed puppy. At 2:00 I found a Valentines playdough set, some heart cookie cutters, and a gun that shoots cupids. Then, at 4:00 I found some candy and a cute little heart bracelet. I thought that was all and I was so impressed. Then at 5:12 another alarm went off and I found an aquarium with two adorable froggie lovers in it. There was a card attached, a perfect one that I can't beleive he found. It was hot pink with a princess crown on it. When you opened it up it said, "I'm glad you're my wife. If it weren't for you, I'd still be a frog." The he wrote all of this heart wrenching stuff about how I give him courage to be a warrior and a prince. I bawled like a baby. You should all come see our frog babies. They stay in their aquaruim castle together a lot though and makeout. Either that or my previous frog, Prince, wrote an epitaph on the castle walls. May he rest in peace. He died when I was a sophomore, followed by Romeo and Juliet, who ironically killed eachother. After that trauma, I put the aquarium away, but have been asking if we could get some pets. Now we have Chuck Jr. and little Chanda. May they live and love long.

So anyway, we went to the Jazz game and to Hard Rock Cafe because I knew he'd love all of the rock and roll memorabilia. I made reservations 2 weeks ahead and the host said I got the last one. But when we got there, there were only two other couples there. So sad. :( It makes me cringe to think of how scared those poor innocent people were that night. My MIL was on her way to Pottery Barn but her husband wanted to eat first, thank goodness!!!

Hollie, I'm sorry you're so sick. I feel your pain, I got it too. :( It hit me so suddenly on the way to SLC. At the jazz game I was using napkins to wipe my nose and the noise was KILLING my head and ears. I had to go seek out some cough drops at half time. I've never had a cold hit me in a matter of hours. I think it was because my neices gave me the flu the week before so my body's defenses were down. Mine developed into a sinus infection too...yucky!!!! Then Spencer's tummy got bad from a hot dog he ate at the game so by the time we got home, we were so sick we just went to bed. Zycam really helped me, so try that...although I hope you're over it by now!

Els, how's the hip? And the lip? You're a dip. Just kidding...don't flip. Okay, that's enough. Sorry.

Well, I must retire to cleaning my house. Much love to all.

I have a little catching up to do . . . .

Hello everyone! I know it's been a terrible while since I've posted. I get so sick of the computer anymore. I'm hardly on it at all.

Valentine's day was a big day for Jay and me. It was our third anniversary! Jay's mom came up and stayed for a couple nights and watched Liesl. We wanted to go to the movies, but nothing decent was playing. So we went to Gia's, where I ran into an old roommate. The next day we went to get icecream. That was fun. I gave Jay a movie and soundtrack, and he gave me a bunch of chocolate and some gold earrings. Wonderful!

Liesl can pull herself to her feet. She loves standing and walking, though she can't balance on her own. She doesn't even crawl yet, though she is starting to lunge forward from sitting. She still hates tummy time and using her arms. It's quite possible she will walk before she crawls, because that's what I did. Who knows. . . .

She is very vocal. She makes these horrible screams and squeals and wails. It's terrible. Sometimes my ears ring! But she loves using her voice. She also dances-- wiggles back and forth to music or singing. I'm starting to teach her sign language, which she won't pick up on for a while. In a couple months, I will potty train her. I'm not going to wait 'til she's a rebellious toddler; I'm going to start teaching her very soon.

She's been eating cereal and solids for a couple months. She loves prunes, sweet potatoes, mixed vegetables, and saltines, but not really peaches or pears. She's had two teeth since New Years day. She is also six and a half months old. Oh how time flies!

I've seen Karrissa and her baby. McKinley will look just like Karrissa, luckily for her. She was born with green, green eyes, but they turned black. Liesl's are still blue and sometimes a little green. But we can't tell if she will have mine or Jay's.

Liesl assumes everyone is her friend. She loves church because she gets to stand on the bench and smile at the people behind her. She loves people, and unless she's tired, she always has a smile. She also knows how to take off her socks, and today she tried to pull my socks off for me! She's funny like that. We like her a lot. She's our source of daily laughs.

Anyway, I'm not working. I work as-needed. Sometimes I get bored, but I use those times for hobbies. Jay stays so busy. Enough for both of us.

It's good to see you guys posting. Vanessa, don't quite school. You're nearly halfway through your master's degree, right? Hollie, you sound terribly sick. My sympathies. How is your new job? Amelia, thanks for the homeschooling info. Elsie, I'm sorry I didn't make it to your party. I haven't been keeping up on the blog. Chelsi, I'm glad you're keeping busy. I saw Spence the other day in Walmart. I haven't talked to you in a while. I haven't heard Shae's music. . . . I can't even get ahold of her to turn in my timecard!

Mandy, as for your elevator story, that's horrible! I've had nightmares of elevator deaths (not necessarily my own). But I'm glad you kept a good attitude and made it to your meeting. What a story! Better luck next time, eh?
Anyway, all's well here for me. Love you all! Keep posting!

Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year!

This year, I celebrated by being invited with my parents to a Chinese resteraunt by the owner who is from China. She invites all her friends, and all her local family for a feast.

I ate too much. But it was good.

happy v-day

i got a very cute little 1-inch square valentine today from a guy in our institute class. he handed them to all the girls.

i also got a funny little musical message from chelsi. :)

i am also taking every opportunity i can to eat lots of chocolate. and i hope the rest of you are too. happy valentine's day.{ from veer }

I'm sick of being sick.

So I started out with the flu, and last Wednesday I had a fever and went to the doctor. He gave me cough syrup laced with codine. That was nice the first day. After that, it REALLY started messing with my head. I was all swirly around the edges and my dreams were a little too vivid for comfort. So once my cough went away I stopped taking it. (Ok, before my cough went away, but it went away enough I could sleep at night.)

My flu has now morphed into a lovely sinus infection. So, on twice the amount of ibuprofren that i usually take and a pain killer specifically designed for sinus headaches, I must wait another 2 hours 45 minutes for the clinic to open up and I can go beg for some antibiotics to help me get over this.

I hope everyone is doing well, or at least better than me.

yawn

hollie, so sorry you're ill! my family was all sick in bed yesterday too, skipped church and all.. it was way sad.

we went to the beach this weekend. it was cold, but we had fun. it's been ages since i've been camping.i've checked the old blog, and it has decided to let me post, randomly. but i'm not sure if it will let everyone else post or what. what do you all think? shall we just keep this one and leave that one in the dust of the past?

SIESTA FIESTA!

Okay, I am throwing a Siesta Fiesta tomorrow. It's going to be fantastic and I want as many of you to come as you possibly can.

It will commence Saturday evening, 8ish. You can come whenever.
Come in your PJ's, or sombero, or poncho, or any other mexican attire.
We will provide slushies, multple chips and dip, PS2 games including guitar hero, American Idol, Dance Dance Revolution, and possibly a pinata.

It's going to be awesome and I want all of you there.
Call me if you have any questions!!

I'M PREGNANT!!!

Just Kidding. Hahaha! That was funny though, yes? I think it was. I'm glad I am finally able to post...I've missed you all. Good news; I talked to Wilson and he is alive and well. He's still dating the same man; he must be a keeper. Shae is doing well also. You should hear her music- she's a regular Avril Lavigne! Nothing is new AND exciting with me. I'm recovering from the flu and one of my diamonds fell out of my ring! I found it and it's fixed now. I'm taking ballet again; it's GLORIOUS! I also painted a picture of a poppy garden last week and I am continuing to cross books off of my "Want to Read but Haven't Yet" list. I made Spencer a cake that looked like boobies yesterday...it was very realistic because I used fondant frosting. He was having a bad day and so I wanted to give him something to "perk" him up. Hehe. I am working though, promise. And I'm quite enjoying it. If you wanna see go to www.parenthelpcenter.com. I wrote most of the text on the site. It's fun. Well, that's all for now. Much love and adoration!