Alphabet

A — Attached or Single: Attached

B — Best Friend: Stu

C — Cake or Pie: cake instead of a pie unless it is a chocolate pie

D — Day of Choice: Friday

E — Essential Item: Contacts... totally blind without them

F — Favorite Color: yellow

G — Greatest Accomplishment: my kids

H — Hometown: Utah I suppose

I — Indulgences: hot bubble baths

J — January or July: January

K — Kids: 1 almost 2 year old and another on the way... 1 Stu and 2 cats...

L— Life is incomplete without: Jesus

M — Marriage Date: May 10, 2002

N — Number of Siblings: 1 brother, 2 sis in law, 3 bro in law

O — Oranges or Apples: depends on my mood

P — Phobias or fears: falling down ladders or stairs backwards... weird I know

Q — Quotes: Don't worry, Be happy!

R — Reason to Smile: watching my crazy little Audrey

S — Season: Spring

T — Tag 5 Friends: Stu, Emily, Brittney, Gilian, Dad

U — Unknown fact about me: I have problems with certain textures of foods, can't eat them if they bug me... and it is worse through this pregnancy.... good greif

V — Very favorite store: Baby stores.... I love to look at the cute baby things

W — Worst habit: Procrastination

X — X-ray or Ultra Sound: Ultra Sound.... it is fun to see your little baby inside of you

Y — Your favorite food: dessert

Z — Zodiac: Aquarius

"Give me Five"

Five Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago:
1. Going to high school
2. Early morning Marching Band
3. Early morning Jazz Band (when not marching)
4. Dating
5. Early morning Concert Band (yes band and boys were my life)

Five Things On My “To-Do” List Today:
1. Clean
2. Play with Audrey
3. Rest
4. Eat
5. Watch the Jazz Game with my sweetheart Stu

Five Favorite Snacks:
1. Penuche Fudge
2. Plain Chocolate Fudge
3. Potato Chips
4. chocolate
5. Anything but what I can eat.... maybe... :D

Five Jobs I Have Had:
1. Paper Girl :D
2. Taco Time - Shift lead....I still love to eat there too :D
3. Telephone Cell phone sales agent... oh dear
4. Blue Beacon cashier/ book keeper
5. Stage Crew/ Spot Operator etc.... still working here off and on... Love it! :D

Five Things I Would Do With a Million Dollars:
1. Pay off the house
2. Get a new car... maybe
3. Pay off the student loans
4. Invest (yeah)
5. Buy clothes for the family and me :D

Five People I Tag to Answer the Same Questions
1. Jessie
2. Gilian
3. Stu
4. Alicia
5. Emily

On another note

I decided that it was time to start reading the BofM to my sweet Audrey tonight. I have one that is illustrated so I thought that would be neat for her. And I need to read it again as well. She was sooo excited when I got the book out. She just wanted to flip through all the pages. So I had to sit her down and let her scream for a while until she was calm enough for me to read it to her. And as I read to her she calmed down even more. She loved the pictures, and she has always loved it when anyone reads to her.

After a while I decided that we needed to say a prayer before going to bed... And for the very first time, she folded her arms and closed her eyes for prayer. Oh that makes me sooo very happy. I had never tried just saying prayers with her at night time before. We have said prayers around her but never really tried to get her involved before.

Wow, what a night!

Now she is asleep with out making a fuss at all. I have a wonderful girl, who surprises me all of the time with the new things she is learning and doing.

Exciting news!

So about 1 week ago I was in the doctor's office having my Audrey looked at. (I was afraid that she might have been having an allergic reaction to some drugs...) And while I was there I asked the nurse practitioner, I think that is who we saw but she might be a doctor now, I dunno. Anyways I asked her about a few things for myself as well. And she decided that we could set up a quick appointment for me so that she could test my blood.

And you may have guessed from that little hint... the test was for pregnancy... And I am pregnant! I am not very far along at all... only 6 weeks.

But apparently with my last pregnancy I had things way too easy. This time I am feeling queasy almost all the time. And I try different things to try to help that queasy-ness but what helps one day or one time might not help the next, and that is very frustrating. And also I swear I am much much more tired this time around. Good heavens.

I need to find the energy to clean my house or I will go crazy... from the smells and everything... My nose is also super super sensitive to everything too.

But enough griping.... We are sooo excited to have a second child joining this family. You should hear my husband talk about it... It makes me happy. He says things like how he is excited about the little toes and feet. And that makes me wonderfully excited!

My Prayer

I am thankful to live in such times as these. This life is grand. It is good to know that there are good people in this world. I am also thankful that I can live in such a place as this where I can let my voice be heard and can maybe make a difference.

This last day has been historic. And I know that phrase has been said a lot. But I feel that it needs to be repeated. Historic. History been made. I believe that it is history being made, and I wonder if we made the correct decision. Oh don't get me wrong I am happy for this. But I can't help but wonder. Do I think it should have gone a different way? I don't know. I am happy today. And will pray that things go right tomorrow. I think that is all we can do anyways.

I feel the same way about the way I raise my daughter. Today I try and do what I think is right for her and for my sanity. And I hope that it will bring forth a beautiful, happy Child of God. So far things seem to be going well. And I hope things stay that way. But I still worry. Have I done the right thing?

And so that is how I go... Have we done the right thing? Who knows...

But today...


I am happy. So let us pray and hope for bright tomorrows.

Pics of the babe in the new bed....

And I decided to put up a pic of our 2 kitties too... Nicolas Moonboots "the Tyrant" is laying down. And Emmaline Fluffy Whiskers is in the doorway.

Tagged again

This is the simple deal. One-word answers. How long can it take?

Where is your cell phone? coat pocket
Where is your significant other? car
Your hair color? chestnut with blonde highlights
Your mother? interesting
Your father? fun
Your favorite thing? music
Your dream last night? not sure
Your dream/goal? happy peace
The room you’re in? den
Your hobby? playing
Your fear? loss
Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
Where were you last night? brother's home
What you’re not? dead
One of your wish-list items? puppy
Where you grew up? everywhere
The last thing you did? cleaned
What are you wearing? pink
Your TV? Sesame Street
Your pet? Moonboots
Your computer? loud
Your mood? energeticish
Missing someone? Ja
Your car? camry
Something you’re not wearing? makeup....
Favorite store? Haroons
Your summer? fast
Love someone? yay!
Your favorite color? yellow
When is the last time you laughed? today
Last time you cried? 2 weeks ago


Okay so I can't do one word answers.... but I tried.... I shall tag...

The Hess Clan (Britt), In the Howse (Alicia) and Janene!

And anyone else who wants to try. :D

Second midnight

Well the second night in a "big kids bed" went fairly good. She did wake up and go to the door and scream at about 4 am again. I got up and took her back to bed. I don't think she fell out of bed but then we did put an old quilt down for her to land on and two pillows. So I may have just not heard her fall. Anyways...

She was wide awake and not really wanting to sleep. But I got her to lay down. Singing wasn't getting her to sleep this time. So I just stayed with her. And finally she fell back to sleep just moments before I fell asleep.

And when she finally woke up this morning we had a visitor. I baby sat the neighbor's little boy. He is about 7 months older than Audrey. But I thought it was nice for them to finally play a little together. Though this may have not been the right time for her. She is just a touch moody with all this change going on around her.

So she threw a bit of a fit after a little while of having fun with him. We called grandma and she talked through her anger with my mom. She calmed down and came back down stairs to play and finish an episode of Dora.

This afternoon she had a very good nap, in her bed!

Then I decided that we needed to rearrange Audrey's room. So that the bigger bed would fit a little better. And she now has her own dresser. (YAY!!! Thank you so much!)

And tonight is the first night, with the new bed, that daddy hasn't put her down to sleep. And shall I say.....

SUCCESS!!!!!

I got her to bed with out much problems. She didn't even fuss when we changed into pj's. We found her binky and got a sippy and her bear. Got kisses from all her puppy dolls... and got tucked in. I said night night and left the room.

She cried a little but now all is quiet. I hope she is actually still in bed I suppose we shall see.

First Midnight...

Well for the most part the night went well...

At about 4 or 5 in the morning... (I didn't check the time. I was just really tired.) I heard a loud thud and then screaming. So I woke up Stu and went in to get Audrey. She was sitting on the floor just crying.

Unfortunately we had forgotten to put anything on the floor to soften a landing. But she calmed down fairly quickly after daddy found the binky. Daddy also placed some pillows on the ground in case she tried to fall off again. I stayed with her until she was basically asleep and then went back to bed my own self. She talked a little bit after I left but eventually went back to sleep.

When I went in to see her after she had been talking a little bit this morning, she got herself off the bed and seemed pretty okay with it all.

Though we just tried to get her to take a nap on the bed and she just sat there playing with her dolls until she felt it was time to be done. And I was just called in there because of her knocking on the door and asking to be let "Out".

So we shall have to figure out this whole napping thing all over again. But so far she doesn't hate the bed she just wants to use the tools to take it apart now.

The next step...

So my dad put up the big kid bed tonight for my little Audrey...

And we are sleeping our first night in a bed without bars.... :D A regular twin size bed. It is a big step for my little girl. And it took a bit of crying and saying bye bye to the old bed. And finally daddy to come lay down with her to get her to calm down and finally fall asleep. She had her old friends to sleep with and her regular baby blankets to sleep with... Her regular bed time music is playing. But as for tonight she still thinks she needs to be picked up off the bed to get down and "OUT!".

We shall see how the night goes... some times are better than others for the changing of things. But as for now it seems to be going fairly smooth-ish.

She was pretty hyper for a bit there. And didn't really understand what was going on. Until we took the old bed apart. Then she started to get a little nervous.

Here's to hoping that she sleeps well and likes her new bed. :D

I thought this was fun :D

You Are Pocahantas!

Free-spirited and wise. You have a strong passionate spirit that touches and changes all who know you. The wisdom and common sense that you have is really what guides you through life. Even so, you also have a very playful side that loves adventure and excitement.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Doctors sheesh

Okay so I am "this close" to getting a new doctor for me and Audrey. My doctor's office has a retarded staff. And whomever is redoing their computer system, they are retarded as well. The seem to be redoing their computers every freaking time we go in. I have had appointments lost, and things charged when I had payed them and so on. But today may have been the last straw.

I was looking through my wallet to find a card for Stu's doctor appointment, when I found one for Audrey. This says that she has an appointment scheduled for Mon Sept 8th. Let me see I have to schedule her wellness check ups several months in advance because her/my doctor is a very busy woman. So I don't generally remember when the exact date and time is. Which is why most doctors' offices give you a call before the appointment, right?

Anyways I call them up to see how we can fix this problem. And they tell me first off that I shouldn't expect the call to remind me because it is only a courtesy call and they can't always get the calls out that day. But we can schedule another appointment. Can you hold while we look a time up? Sure why not. She comes back to talk to me and places me on hold a few more times... Hmmm It looks like we are a ways out for an appointment. How does December 4th sound....?

DECEMBER 4TH!!!!! What the crap!!!! I want to scream at her. Do they get shots at the 18 month appointment? Is it going to be a problem that she didn't get her shots around her 18 months??? Can she just come in and get her shots with out a visit? So that she stays on schedule? No, she needs to have a wellness check up to determine if she can even have these shots given....

And this doctor is also my Obgyn. So I know that when they need to you can get a doctors visit the very next day to see her. It happened a bit at the end of my pregnancy. But if it is just a wellness checkup or a physical then you have to wait 4 freaking months just to see her. Oh my good freaking heck.... Needless to say I love this doctor but I think I just might have to make a freaking change. Because this is ridiculous. Not only that but they almost always have some sort of problem with our insurance and billing stuff.... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

Anyways there is my first rant for quite a while...



BTW the car was totaled and now we have another car that is almost exactly the same... same color, same year, the only thing different is that it is the upgrade model so it has a sun roof.....

Oh wow....

So yesterday was an odd type of day. All day long I was feeling just a little bit weird. I went out to lunch with my in laws, we had a great time! I ran an errand and go home. And all of the sudden I feel very very tired. Like I just can't do anything tired. Almost like I have taken a benedryl. And my very full stomach feels very empty even though I know it is full, almost like I just have a hole where my stomach should be.

Odd...

My sweetheart comes home from work and we get ready to go to the theatre. Both me and the hubby are working this show. I am single cast and he is double. We need to drop the babe off at my parents so they can watch her for us, by 6ish. I make dinner, my stomach feels better. And off we go.

On the way to my parents, we see an ambulance heading to the hospital, lights flashing. No biggie, Stu pulls over and lets it by.

At times I have problems with stairs and heights. I am not completely scared by them. I just freeze and I can't move, but usually I can pinpoint the reason for freezing. As I was walking up the stairs, babe in arms, to my parents apartment, I froze. I couldn't move my legs, just for about a half second. Because I wasn't holding on to the railing, (babe in arms) I had to force my self to move or I would fall down. So I made my legs move, but they wouldn't move very fast. And I still had to get to the top floor. I was on like the first floor when this happened.

I wasn't even looking out over the edge or anything.

I finally make it to my parents house and have to sit down for a second and regain my composure. We talk for a second and I head back down. Man, my legs are killing me. And they are shaking like jelly. What is going on?

I get back to the car and we head out for work.

Now Stu doesn't always take the same ways when he drives... he likes to spice things up a bit... ;P And he decided to change his path today. Not doing anything really crazy.

He slows down to stop for a red light, but before he even gets his foot on the brake the light goes green for us. So he puts his foot back on the gas and starts to go straight thru the intersection. And as we enter...

A huge white SUV comes flying thru the intersection from the left of us. Stu hits the brakes and tries to turn the car, but we get hit anyways. Apparently the SUV drives over the front of my car gets some air and starts to spin. It rolls onto its side, and then onto its top. I think this is one of the most terrifying things I have seen, as of yet, in my life.

I call 911 once it dawns on me to do so. People outside of my car are telling someone to do it. So I do. People show up from everywhere checking on everyone. Making sure we are ok, making sure there are no kids involved. Since Stu and I are ok he gets out of the car and asks about the other car. I talk to three people at 911 and by the time I get off the phone I hear the sirens coming.

I try to get out of the car and my door won't open... And I realize I should call my parents. I wasn't thinking very straight, Audrey was with them, she is fine... but oh yeah I should tell them what has happened. Like I said we were only about a block away from them. So my dad comes down almost immediately.

Stu calls work and tells them we will be late if we come in at all. I call them back and ask them to get someone to cover us. I don't think we will be able to work at all. We are just shaken up pretty bad, but I am not thinking we would have concentrated enough for it.

News gets to a few people and my friends from work call to make sure we are ok. (Thanks for calling :D )

There were at least 2 witnesses who stuck around to give statements to the police. She ran the light very red and the policemen had no problems with considering us the "victims".

There was an off duty police officer there with his wife who ran over to help out almost instantly. He got a little cut up trying to help the lady in her car. They had to get the jaws of life to cut her out of her car. And she had some cuts and at least one broken bone. So they took her to the hospital to get her checked out. But we were assured that she was going to be ok.

She was the only person in her vehicle.

I am pretty sure my car will be totaled this time. I will miss that car. It was a very good little car. And I don't know that I will be able to find one as good as it. We are pretty sure the frame was bent, as I couldn't get my door open and we were hit on the drivers side of the car.

Anyways we were incredibly lucky. if we had been going just a little bit faster she would have plowed into Stu and that would have been even scarier. But then again if we had been just a little bit slower, we wouldn't have been hit at all.

All in all, I felt the presence of Angels keeping us safe. And I am sooooo thankful that my baby wasn't in the car.

Update

Okay so nothing was broken when we re-x-rayed my wrist. Yay! So just a sprain. And let me tell you if this is how much a sprain hurts, I don't want to know what a break feels like.

I went to the dentist yesterday, no cavities! But I do need to have the wisdom teeth removed. Sooner rather than later. But we'll see when that actually happens.

Started a new show at the theatre... and I am single cast wahoo. I hope Audrey doesn't get too mad at me.

Took the babe for a walk this afternoon. And met a boy who seemed to be able to understand what my babe was sayin to him. He told me he thought she was talking to him. And about half way through our time at the park. She turned to him and chewed him out for something, and he just stood there while she glared at him and chattered very seriously at him. She turned around and started walking away and he joined her a little bit behind her and to her side. They then continued to play. I think he was about 5ish. But he would reply to her in the same language that she was talking to him. Odd....

Sorry if this is a little jumbled. I guess I just have a lot on my mind. Now I need to try and clean a bit.

Okay so these are some funny pics that Stu took of my sweet Audrey tonight. Now I need to tell you a little about these. Stu and I have talked about it but at first we really didn't like what we called the "Squichey face". But now Audrey does it just to get a reaction from us and if we say anything about it she will pull that face. But just recently she started doing it if we make the same face right back at her. And then she just laughs and laughs like it is the greatest thing in the world.

So we took the pics... And now that I look at the pictures I think I should change the name to "The Popeye face"....

And the one in the tunnel I just liked the action shot as she rushed stu and the camera.

Sorry they all seem a bit blurry maybe i will get around to fixing them sometime.

Disco Skating

I went out with my sweet husband for the first time in a little while this last saturday night. We decided to go disco skating, (Stu used to do this all the time before we got married, but we hadn't been in like 2 or more years.) it sounded like fun. So we got Grandma to agree to a late night of watching the babe.

Stu Heads off and gets there about a half hour before me. He has his own skates but I have to rent. The show ends and I hurry home to change. I get there at about 10:30. And this time I actually succeed in skating around with roller skates on. I only had a handful of troubles balancing on them. I am usually much much better on blades.

We were skating around on what was going to be our 2nd to last song... it very quickly became the last song we were out.

I had been there for about 45 mins. Me and my sweetie were holding hands. Having fun! But..... Something happens... He starts to go down. Holding onto my hand. Next ting I know his foot hits mine and trips me up, crap, down I go.

Ok, so all night I had been grabbing onto him to maintain my balance. So I can understand that he would do the same.

I landed on my right hand and it turned into a ribbon. My back tweaks, I get the wind knocked out of me, and my cheek hits the floor. PAIN!

I sit up and grab my hand. The first thing I do is pop my fingers, I didn't even look at them. I can only imagine that they may have been dislocated. Stu asks me if I am alright and he then helps me off the skating floor.

I sit down and try to regain my breath, then a wave of nausea hits me. And as I am trying not to throw up, Stu takes off my skates. Luckily my regular shoes were just slip ons.

We leave and Stu asks if I think that I can wait till tomorrow to go see the doctor. I decide I don't think I can sleep with this pain. So we pick up the babe and head to the ER.

At 11:30 pm we arrive at the hospital. Audrey won't sleep. I have about 10 xrays taken of my hand and wrist. All taken before I had gotten anything for the pain. Oh man did that hurt. By 1:30 the doc said that they couldn't see any breaks right now. But I will need to have secondary xray done in a week so see if there is any healing going on. So the put on a fiberglass splint to immobilize my wrist and pinky finger and sent me home at 2. The babe finally fell asleep about 5 mins before the check out nurse talked to us.

That was my saturday night.... fun.... Well mostly!

My babe

I can't believe that my daughter is already 1 yr old. It is just crazy to me, I watch her growing every day. It is just incredible how much she can do for herself already and how much she can understand.

I hear so often how fast time is flying and that soon she will be dating and then she will be married...with kids of her own.

How weird it is to start marking time by how old your kids are....

Tagged again!

So my Aunt Alicia tagged me....

The rules:
1) Link to the person that tagged you.
2) Post the rules on your blog.
3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
4) Tag at least three people at the end of your post and link to their blogs.
5) Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1- I do get a little crazy when my house is a mess... (even if you think it doesn't bother me it does...)

2- I talk to inanimate objects... but they rarely ever talk back :D

3- I love to play in the dirt... I haven't done that in a while but soon I hope to play more often now that the babe is older.

4- Poor posture while playing an instrument drives me insane... if I see some one playing and they have bad posture I get really, really, I mean seriously annoyed. Even if they are great, they could play sooooo much better if they sat with correct posture. Plus it just isn't nice to look at.

5- I very much dislike the taste of green. And for those of you who don't understand... the taste of green is in the flavor of juiced wheat grass and also in the flavor of guacamole. But mostly you can tell it from the wheat grass... because it is just juiced grass. Yes I know it is good for you. But the after taste cannot be taken away by just one slice of an orange, no matter what you say.

6- When I do clean and organize things... I have to have a specific order to them. I get kinda crazy when things aren't in that order. I don't know where they are otherwise. Plus when I am in one of those cleaning moods I have to get every thing clean even tiny spots will drive me insane.

Ok I tag.... Jessie, Stuart, and Gilian.

Three Loves?

Well I been tagged too... Let's see... what do I love most that is not my hubby, babe or Mt. Dew? Puzzling.

Well I think hmmmm.

1. I love animals. I love cats, dogs, horses, birds, cows, pigs (they can be really cute), and so on and so forth. I just really love animals. They are very interesting and I think that they know things. And we just can't understand their language. I wish that I could break that barrier and know their language. I also love the original Dr. Doolittle. I wish I could be like him. That is a dream of mine.

2. I love the outdoors. I love playing outside, walking outside, hiking, climbing, running, and just laying outside. Oh I suppose I like to work outside too. :D I just can't stand being cooped up inside. That is the only sad thing about winter. I just can't get outside to play all that much anymore, specially with the babe. She isn't quite really ready to play outside. Though she loves the snow almost as much as I do. Cuz I really love the snow, but I can't find too many people to go out and play in it with me. But I love all the seasons of the year. They are all soo beautiful and have all their own special things about them. Anyways...

3. I love to bake. I love to make any kind of desert. I like to feed people. I like it when they are happy. And of course I want them to like my food to. My favorite thing to bake is cookies. (And I make a mean chocolate chip cookie.) I just love to make food for people it is almost as good as performing a solo in a concert. I guess I just like to make people happy, as the root for this love. It seems to me that I am happy when others are happy. And I feel really good about myself when I can get others to be happy too. I hate being around mopey grumpy people and I do all that I can to help that person become happy. And I guess, also, that I just get sad if I can't help that one person near to me be happy. Who ever that is. Even if it is just an acquaintance.

Anyway, I guess I will be like my hubby and not list who I would tag. But if you feel so inclined you can go ahead and think up the three things you love the most, besides family and soda. I think it was a good thing to try and think over.

Grandma Price

My dear sweet Great- great grandmother. I haven't thought about you much lately. But last night I saw your picture. It was exactly how I remembered you. I miss you greatly. You are an inspiration to me, I hope to one day be as loved as you. And I hope to live as love and happily as you did.

I suppose technically I don't really remember much. As the last time I saw you alive I was 10. But...

I remember your house, your huge backyard, the stairs, the cool bathroom under the stairs, and the cool old toys. I remember your smile. And how you loved all of the kids. I remember your love. You always seemed to be happy. Everyone was always happy to be around you.

Last night as I looked at your picture I felt you give me a hug. I know you still love me. And that you still come around to check out how your grandchildren are doing. No matter how large the family grows. Thank you sooo much for the hug. I suppose I needed it, though I didn't know.

I love you Grandma.

This is a link to my Grandma's page on my dad's Wiki.