Busy Bee!

So I never get a chance to blog anymore! I feel like I'm so busy I can't get anything done! I get up in the morning and go work out, then come home and feed Alex, get dressed to go out and it's already the afternoon! Half the day is lost, and by the time I get to one store it's like 3 o'clock! AH!! I hate just not being able to pick up and go! And don't even get me started on how hot it is here! It makes it 10x worse with an extra layer of clothes! I'm like sweating to death out here, hopefully I'm sweating off the fat!

So the last few days I've been this little busy bee running around! Maybe more like a chicken with it's head cutoff. Let me give you a fast re-cap of the last week! Friday I went to hang out with my sister-in-law Heidi and we went out by the pool which was pretty funny because both Alex and Will had issues falling asleep! Here's a cute picture I nabbed of Alex and Will.. they were attempting to hold hands. CUTE


Later that night John, Alex, and I went to the carnival and Alex feel in love with the place, he loved staring at the lights. I grabbed a hot dog, and then got some tickets to ride some rides (which I love by the way). Well you know how rides at carnival or fairs just aren't worth the money.. well these were definitely worth every penny. Every penny and a hot dog, dinner and lunch. It made me so sick the minute we got home I had a nice talk with the toilet for awhile. I've learned once again never to eat before a ride or maybe ride the carnival rides again.

Saturday John and I went to see a movie and after we yes returned to the carnival, but no where the rides were! We ate at a Polynesian stand which was delicious and had a Texas Twister! We went around and looked at stands and I started to get irritated because when I went to get a smoothie all these girls were just standing there talking to the other girls and weren't even ordering! UGH! I don't remember being an annoying high schooler! Any who here's a cute picture of Alex at the carnival!



Other than that looked at my dream homes that I will one day have! I googled the one I wanted today and they were asking 2.2 million! This is where the word DREAM really comes in. :) This is my dream mansion that I dream to own one day!



Sunday, church as always but we went down to Provo for Will's baby blessing. It was totally different from our ward, they had two chapels and I've never seen that before! It was nice to have Heidi's and John's family there, and after we had lunch which was super packed! We got to see a ton of John's family which was great because we hadn't seen them in awhile! John and I left after awhile and went home to take a nap and John, Alex, and me all slept for like 3 hours.. so nice!

Nothing to interesting, on monday I attempted to clean my house and play with Alex. I got most of the house clean which was in desperate need of a cleaning!

Tuesday, I had to take Alex to the doctor.. poor thing scratched his eye! They did those funny test where the made his eye glow and he wasn't to happy about that one. For a sick baby he looks pretty happy huh?



I then was able to run some errands because Alex started to feel a whole lot better and I was able to carry him in around in my sling and it was great to have him sleep the entire time and run around shops!! Look how happy and peaceful he is!!



Wednesday I went and worked out with Heidi and Libby somehow (amazingly) took care of both Will and Alex. It was so funny cause when Heidi called I could hear a baby crying and low and behold it was both of them. But Libby called back 5 minutes later to us they were both happy and asleep. Funny how babies are.

And lastly today I plan on running all around town to obtain my medical records for new insurance which is a pain in the butt, because I have to go to several doctors and I'm corresponding with a broker over the phone and they don't always answer the phone or email back in time. I hate all underwriters who try to decline my son for acid reflux because he just "might" get cancer later. HOW STUPID!

I also wanted to announce that I hate drivers in Utah. The slow ones, the fast one, the people who cut me off, and the other ones who try run me off the dang road!!! Last week some JERK got pissed because I honked at him when he cut me off and then after about a minutes or so we turned right and he purposely threw me into on-coming traffic and I almost got hit dead on by a car! UGHH!! And the cops wouldn't do squat! I hate how the cops are out here are almost to lazy to do anything! My first cop was so rude to me and made me cry and the second was so nicer but the first just kept making the situation worse. I mean wouldn't you call the cops if you had a baby in the car and someone through you into on-coming traffic! That and the JERK tried to follow me and waited while the cops could! I'm tired of people trying to justify themselves.. he told the cops he couldn't see me but how and the hell do you not see someone who is parallel to you car! AHHHH!! (VENTING)

I'm still looking for the article a friend of mine should me about the baby carriers. I'll post the website when I find it.

I try to work out every single day for an hour and I feel like even though everyone is telling me I look like I'm making progress, I don't see it! Even the scale says I am but I don't see it where are you going baby fat I still see you! lol And Alex has sure been interesting lately he has learned to turn to one side and it's so funny and cute all in the same moment. He ends up on his face sometimes and then starts throwing a fit even though he did it to himself! (It looks like he got caught doing something bad and froze LOL) Here is him in action:



Other than that life is pretty normal, and not to much to blog about. I'm jealous how Sunny, Mandy, and Amy always post all kinds of fun stuff and pictures! Hopefully the older Alex gets the more things I can post about. Sorry my blogs get to be extremely long.. hopefully not boring :)

The Quirks

6 Wonderfully Weird Things About Me
1. Before I go to bed every night (unless I'm completely exhausted) I like to have everything cleaned up and in order. All the dishes done, everything from papers in order to pillow cushions put in place. I hate when I have to wake up and the house is a complete disaster, I'm definitely not a morning person and don't like to deal with much in the morning. I don't get to crazy over it now that Alex is here but I do like order. Order has always been a part of my life and I guess babies and order don't really work.

2. I'm extremely indecisive. It's always been an issue of mine, but I like to think of it more as I'm pretty care-free and don't mind much of anything. I usually like others to decide because it's a way of me getting to know them by what they like and it's something I store away for later. It's always been a habit to just say "whatever, or "I don't care", and some people take it as me being rude or non-social (which if you know me is completely false)

3. When I read I always read at least a 1/4 of the way through the book, regardless of whether I like it or not. I feel like I have to at least be fair and reading at least that much tells me whether or not I like a book or not. If I do like it, I like to have the book finished in a week max because if I push if off I'll end up forgetting something important and ruin the book for myself.


4. I have this thing about setting goals for myself and accomplishing them, I always like to have something to look forward and push myself. For example, I've made the goal to work-out and eat healthy, I want to strive to be able to fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes. I really don't care what my weight or size is as long as I can get back into my clothes and feel good about myself. I do the same thing with trying to learn to cook, and do new hobbies such as making blog backgrounds and headers.

5. I am extremely scared that I will be alone in life, I hate not having someone to be there for me and I honestly hated pretty much being an only child. I'm very independent and can do things for myself, but it's very hard for me not to have someone to share life with. Now that I'm married I hate not being with John, I couldn't really ever spend a minute alone while I was pregnant because I hated being home by myself. Now that Alex is here, I never get a minute alone hehe!

6. John thinks it's funny to call it a "ritual" but I always do the same thing before I go to bed at night. I always sometimes shower depending on what happened that day (if I went out, showered that morning..etc.), change my clothes, brush my hair, wash my face, floss my teeth, brush my teeth and my new one; check on Alex. Just like the 1st quirk I don't ALWAYS do it when I'm exhausted but I try to because if I do it any earlier it usually gets done again cause I forget.

A Real Thinker.

Ok so I stole this from Heidi to give me something to blog about..

10 years ago I was... Completely obsessed with Backstreet Boys, N*sync, and sadly but yes Brittany Spears.

5 years ago I was...I was getting my driver's permit and thinking I knew everything

1 year ago I was...just celebrating my 19th birthday and finding out I was pregnant with a baby boy!

Yesterday I was...doing laundry, planning with Alex, and trying to learn to cook

5 Favorite Snacks
Veggies
Fruit
Deli Meat (weird I know)
Chips and Salsa
Chick-fila

5 Favorite Books
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
And starting to love Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Book of Mormon

5 Favorite Movies
Pride and Prejudice
Batman Begins
All of the Harry Potters
Goodfellas
God Father Part 1,2,3

5 Favorite Places to Run Away to
Dallas
The Gym
The Mountains
Park City
The Beach

5 Bad Habits
Keeping everything overly clean
Making sure my make-up is perfect OCDish
Plastic Hangers.. long story.
Spending Money
Swearing

5 things I would never wear...
Pleather
Skort.. I know you remember those!
A Wig!
Elvis impersonator outfits!
A mustache

5 pet peeves
IDIOT Driver
Things out of order
Tons of dirty dishes
Closet and Doors left open
People who don't take care of/watch their kids

5 Things I Enjoy
Playing with Alex
Having long talks with John
Shopping for baby clothes and for me of course!
Tanning
Exercising

5 Favorite TV Shows
Law and Order, CI, and SVU
Sopranos
Sex and the City
Las Vegas
Deadliest Catch

5 People I would like to meet
My Sister
My Grandfather
Joseph Smith
Steve Jobs
President Monson

Well I at least found something to entertain myself for a little bit.

I wanted to let anyone know that uses baby carrier i.e Chicco, Evenflo, JJ Cole, Graco, Baby Bjorn anything that carries the baby in front or in back carrier beware! I was reading an article that carriers where the babies legs are positioned in a kinda free falling position (kind alike hanging there) can have hip problems in the future. I was really shocked because even though I'm not that much of a fan of those kinda carriers I was going to get on to go to Disneyland or something so I didn't have to bring a stroller. I guess I'll be using my pouch sling or using a stroller. Blah.

Ok so here's the update!

So I've seriously taken to long to update and I've been extremely busy and I have no idea how I haven't lost my mind.

Well Thursday night I went to a Pampered Chef party which was a lot of fun! I LOVE the food the made, it was like a Chicken Salad with beans, and cheese and guacamole etc. And lemon cake for dessert! YUMMY, I can still taste it! I love a lot of their stuff to purchase and have been looking it over for forever to decide what I want. I know I'll probably wait awhile but it's nice to look and have everything picked out!

Friday my friend Kristie and her kids and Alex and me went to Wheeler Farm to do fun activities! They had bounce houses and magic shows and face painting all kinds of fun things! Alex did so great in the heat I didn't hear a peep unless he was hungry! He hung out in my sling (which is amazing btw) and napped in his diaper! I got a horrible tan which is half way down my arm! I'm going to have to lay out this week! After about 5 hour sin the sun I went home and napped which I definitely needed!

Saturday John, Alex and I hung out and ran some errands and did some other fun stuff. Sunday John, Alex, and I spent time together for Father's day! I got up super early and made John breakfast which was a disaster because I was so tired from staying up late! I gave him a cute gift with an adorable card and we went to church as always and dinner at Libby and John Sr. house. I also went and met with my Stake Prez to get my temple recommend signed and we were in our meeting for almost 2 hours! It was great how he was able to explain some things that happened in the temple, and it made me feel a lot more comfortable.

Monday I had to go get everything ready for my endowment session on Tues and go grocery shopping which was much needed! I practically got lost in the Jordan RIver Temple parking lot just looking for the DC!

Tuesday finally came and everything that could go wrong did! I didn't sleep all night because I was so excited and when I finally got up to get dressed I was almost late because Alex at the last minute wanted to eat! Then I had to go back and get my make-up which I forgot to finish! Blah blah blah.. I finally got Alex's dropped off at Cousin Steph's house (Thanks Steph BTW!) and made it to pick up Libby on time. I forgot all this stuff though and when we got their I was half dressed and almost walked in with flip flops! But we got there and everything was great! I felt like I was almost to early but once things got moving it was almost went by too fast. I went to the Mount Timp. temple btw and I thought it was super overwhelming and it sucked because I had all these questions I forgot to ask! With everything going crazy all day I forgot to eat so John Sr. and Libby took us to Los Hermanos which is super good mexican food! I was so glad to have my family there! John of course, John Sr, Libby, Heidi, Aaron, and Uncle Jack. It was super special to have them there!

Other than that now I'm really buckling down on setting a sealing date which will hopefully be in the next few months! I promise to let everyone know in advance!

Alex is 3 months old today! And boy who would be able to tell other than my family! Everyone keeps asking how old and keeps guessing like 5+ months. I can't believe how huge he is! Officially in 6 months clothes and I'm hoping they last threw the summer! He sure is a piggy though, eating 6 ozs every feeding with cereal! It's great though he's sleeping a lot more and we usually only have to get up once at night now. I was dying for this day! Also I don't even know he has acid reflux anymore, other than giving him his meds he's doing fantastic!

I know I've probably left a bunch out but I've got to run and go do more stuff! When does it end!!1

So the day has finally come..

So I'm so super excited to say that I'm going to take out my endowments at the Timpanogos some time next week! If you could see my face through the screen I'm all chessy about it. I have to pick a day, I was going to do it on Tuesday but I don't know if its going to conflict with plans I already have with friends! It was funny though meeting with the Bishop because it was almost like he'd never seen someone so excited as me. And I've always got this thing when I get around a very knowledgeable member I ask a TON of questions. I do it to John all the time, so I thought I'd give him a break because he's probably getting tired of me asking all these questions when we get in bed at 1am and he's half asleep. Well I started to get into the real deep questions about the temple and I think I kind of surprised our Bishop. He had a little bit of trouble answering because I don't think he expected to be put on the spot like that. Anyways we talked so long about the temple and about his family and mine that we were in my recommend meeting for over an hour! Poor John was sitting outside waiting, wondering what the heck was going on! Anyways at the end of the meeting it was nice to hear how excited he could see I was. Now I just have to meet with my Stake President on Sunday (who by the way seems to be like a very nice gentlemen).

Other than that now I have to set a Sealing date. Everyone is getting on to me about it. So I'm going this week to look at dresses! Woo hoo! I already have the one in mind I want, so hopefully it's pretty fast! I know this weekend is Father's Day and I have this huge thing planned out for John. I'd write about every thing I plan on doing, but John likes to sneak on here and read what I write. Let's just say he's going to be very excited to know his wife and son love him :)

Ah well I'm super excited and I'm glad that John's going to be there with me next week. I think he's just as excited for me, now I just need to accomplish my next hurdle; our sealing. I hate planning things, even if they're simple. I always said I'd get a wedding planner.. I wonder if it's too late.. lol

The Obsession

Well I've been pretty lucky lately, I've had a lot more free time now that Alex is over the bronchitis and we hardly notice his acid reflux. The only time I remember he has it is when he's got to take his medicine once a day. Pretty easy you could say.. no more fussiness over here yay! I feel like my life is gone back to normal now.. other than we have a little baby now! He's sleeping a lot more during the night and eating 6 ounces in the evening. I guess you could say he like a big dinner he he he. Ah and he's finally holding his head up without it flopping around everywhere. How fast they grow.

I was worried since John is working more and not at home as much like he was the first 6 weeks that he was going to miss all of Alex's big milestones. Well boy was I wrong! I seem to be the one missing them and I'm with the kiddo all day! John got to see the official first smile, and today he got to see the official first laugh. I was wondering why he was laughing so hard this evening and I come out from trying to attempt to write a few emails and update the blog and I missed it! Dang it! John made Alex smile and John started laughing when all the sudden John heard it, Alex laughed! So much for worrying about John missing much, I seem to be the one! I still have bets he's gonna see "mama" before he says "dada" but we'll see.

Ok so the obsession is.... dumb roll please! I'm officially obsessed with the Twilight series. I broke my record for reading a book and I read the second book New Moon in a 1 1/2. I read the 2nd to last or the last Harry Potter in 3 days so ya I've definitely got a problem. I couldn't even put the book down! I only put it down for church yesterday and the minute we got home I picked it back up! lol It's been great able to read though because all I have to do is throw Alex in his sling and jump in the glider and off I go. I just went and bought the 3rd book at target this evening, they have such good deals on books btw. Gosh I just couldn't put the book down until I knew Edward was coming back in the picture. I couldn't even read Amy's blog because I was scared it was going to ruin the next book for me. (Sorry Amy :)
Here are a few funny pics I thought I'd share--

This is what Alex looks like after he eats.. he looks like he's drugged up!


His mustache and how mad he gets when we take the bottle away for a burp


He was so upset about 2 mins before this picture, John just put him on his tummy and he was happy as could be!


and lastly close up!

So we have a really soft pillow top mattress with a duvey cover and a goose down comforter as you can see and John wanted me to let everyone know that in the 2nd to last picture he was "monitoring" Alex sleeping face down with his head turned, he keeps repeating to me "I wasn't going to let him suffocate or anything ok".

And look our new family of fish, they all died and there is a poor goldfish we've had for like 8 months or so is finally trying so hard not to die he's been pulling through for over a week. These are our replacement pets until we get a dog next March. :)

Happier nights.. with restless days

Title: Happier nights.. with restless days
Date: 2008-06-06

Well where to I begin? Well my birthday was great, I had the man of my dreams to spend it with and a little boy who couldn't make me happier. Then Sunday we had Alex's baby blessing which was so beautiful I thought. I always saw people have theirs and just thought "Oh that was very sweet" but when it came to my son I almost cried. John did such a beautiful job and I was so happy and excited all at the same time. And for the first time ever I bore my testimony. I've never really been able to do it because unlike John I get extremely nervous in front of 20+ people, but I thought that day was a better day than any other. I got up there had exactly what I was going to say all ready and I could only get out a sentence. I was more worried about fainting than say my little speech. Oh well I always have next time, and everyone tells me your testimony gets better with practice. Anyways Alex was so sweet and peaceful the whole day and after church everyone went back to our house to eat and then when they left to go home John, Alex and I all snuggled in bed together and took a pretty nice nap. It was almost the most peaceful day we'd had together in awhile.

I'm glad to say I finished my temple prep classes! We went through it so quickly, that and I already knew a lot of things from quizzing John over the last few years. My teacher was such a wonderful man, his wife and him were such nice people welcoming us in their home and I never thought I'd feel so happy to have him teaching me. I wish he could be truly part of my family and I could see him often. So I'm SO excited that I'll be taking out my endowments in the next few weeks. I really can't wait to do something I've been waiting to do ever since I converted. I've got so many questions and so much running through my head I feel like I can't wait a few weeks! lol I think the only difficult thing I'll have is transitioning to the garments. I know it's a little awkward but I think I'll manage, especially knowing I get to buy new clothes to start a new wardrobe! hehe

I think I've decided to get sealed at the Manti temple, It's not a dead set decision but I hear so highly of it, it's beautiful and they do the endowment ceremony with actual people! Interesting! I found a dress that I like, have a photographer and I don't really know if I want a reception or not but the only thing left is a date. Now don't worry any of you who think I'm going to spring it on you! I'll let everyone know a few months in advance and whoever wants to attend can make plans. I'm hoping for a nice fall sealing.. but we'll see. I can't wait until it happens though.. I hate waiting. Anyone have any suggestions on other temples? I'd love to get advice since I haven't been inside any yet. Here's what Manti temple looks like:

Well.. the nights with Alex have gotten a lot better, he's learning to sleep more at night but he's always awake during the day.. meaning I can't get anything done! Oh and we are almost sure he's teething. Very few babies do before 3 months but my luck he's one of those babies! He seems to be having a little of a tough time and gets fussy every now and then but overall he's a little champ! Oh and he's gotten over his bronchitis! He handled that great too, I couldn't ask for a better baby.

So I've been reading the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, I'm completely sucked in! I read the first book in like almost 3 days! Every minute I had I read! Gosh!! I can't wait for the movie!

Anyhow, it's late and I should probably think about getting some sleep I've got a busy day tomorrow! I hope the weather stays somewhat nice and hopefully it gets better this month! I can't wait for all the festivals to start! I love the state fairs and fun events around here it's something to look forward to!