life with lily

Mayan loves olives

2010-12-21T10:35:00.000-08:00

Sorry its a little jumpy. Enjoy

video ( i hope)

2010-12-21T10:20:00.000-08:00

Mayan

2010-12-16T11:59:00.000-08:00

I can't belive my baby is 10 months old and I never write about her.. (or anything for that matter. First thing every morning she searches for her Daddy... She yells "dad" or "Seth" as we walk around the house and when he comes home after work she doesn't leave him alone until she gets her daddy time. Mayan is growing up so much. She knows how to say "hi" and wave. She can say "mom" "dad" and tries to say "lily". She loves her big sister, but really loves her time without her too :) She is so different than Lily. She loves to sit alone in our toy corner and just figure things out. She will practice opening the doors on Lily's kitchen and putting toys inside for the longest time. She is our thinker and she is very good at figuring things out. She knows how to climb onto and up our slide (I've tried to get a video, but no success yet) She also knows how to use things to climb onto our couch and get things off the table, then she can turn around and climb down without falling! She can also climb up and down the stairs. I don't know how she figured out how to climb down, but she can! She is still a terrible night sleeper, but we are working on that. She'll start sleeping well and then she gets another tooth. She has 5 now and number 6 is almost in. Overall she is quite the joy. She is funny and has a ton of personality! Here's a video of Mayan taking a few steps... yes that is a piece of licorice I am using to bribe her. She can take a few more steps than this, but she was distracted by the camera and her favorite person in the world (Daddy) Shoot the video will NOT load.... It tried for hours... any suggestions? Here's pictures instead... or not, they won't load either!

The last year

2010-06-17T18:39:00.000-07:00

We have had alot of excitement over the last year... alot of joy and even more tears. Here is a quick overview.
June 14- Found out we were expecting Mayan
June 17- Seth lost his job at Arid (very unexpectedly)
June 25ish- My parents move from Blythe to NC and stop in to say farewell... its hard to see them go.
June 29- our 3rd anniversary and the day we move into our current house. We have lots of problems with the move (esp with our landlord being very inconsistant).
July 22- I find out I am actually 2 weeks more pregnant than we previously thought. July 22 Lily gets stung by a Bark Scorpion. The Doctors in the ER talk of her needing anti- venum and having to send her to a Children's hospital across the valley in an ambluance. We have no insurance. A dose of morphine and a Priesthood blessing later and she is sent home. (4 hours later) Half an hour after she got stung Seth's Mom and sister fly into the Phoenix airport to help his other sister. She is having surgery the next day while we watch her 1 year old son.
Lily remains in pain over the next several days and doesn't sleep well for over a month. She wakes up often screaming in fear of scorpions.
July 30th- Lily and I fly out to Charlotte to visit my parents and siblings. Seth flies to bakersfield- where he meets his grandparents and flies with them to a funeral in Salt Lake.
August 11th- Lily turns 2. Seth starts his job at TLC after being unemployed for almost 2 months.
August 20(ish) Seth spends the weekend at a Bachelor party in Orange County for our close friend Mike.
September 3- we find out that somehow Lily did not qualify for medicaid which leaves us with the entire hospital bill. We were blessed to find out the hospital paid most of the bill through their financial aid program.
September 24- We find out we are having a baby girl.
September 25- I fall down a flight of stairs and break 2 bones in my foot. In the emergency room I am told I won't be able to put pressure on it for 6 weeks.
September 28- I find out the break isn't as bad as previously thought and that I will be in a walking boot and soft cast for 4 weeks (that weekend was one of my hardest emotionally.. 4 months prego on crutches and my leg was swelling into the cast sending shooting pain through my leg, which would only go away if i hobbled around the house )
October 5 -I find out that I have tendonitis in my other foot from the combination of a broken foot and my growing belly. I cannot take the needed medication for this because I am pregnant, so it just gets worse. By week end of week 4 it is not healed, so the doctor has me take the boot off one foot and put it on the other.
October 20 -Seth is the best man in our friend Mikes wedding. We spend the weekend in Orange County. I get lots of funny looks and questions since I am quite pregnant and have a huge black boot on my foot. The wedding was beautiful and the couple is very happy.
Things slowed down as much as possible through the holidays. I got bigger and bigger.
Thanksgiving was spent in St George with my aunt Di and my aunt Pat. We took a day trip up to Provo to meet with our friends Jacko and Jason (Jacko now has a baby 6 weeks younger than Mayan so it was fun to be pregnant together) Christmas was spent at our house and then at Seth's sister's house in tuscon.
January and the beginning of February were spent waiting... and waiting... and waiting.. for Mayan to arrive. My parents came in the end of January in order to be here when Mayan arrived. They spent much of their time in Blythe and LA while we waited.
Several false alarms later and Mayan finally came the day before her due date. February 9th.
February 15 (the day after my birthday I went to the ER with some severe pains in both hips. I spent 9 hours in the hospital only to be told it was probably a bladder infection...
February 16 we find out Mayan has RSV. The doctor decides to let us monitor her at home instead of sending her to the hospital. He sends her home on a sleep apnea monitor. She recovers in about a week.
February 21 was Mayan's baby blessing.
March Seth's parents come to meet Mayan. Seth's dad spends much of his time installing our backyard. (thanks so much Bryant)
Middle of March we are released from our primary calling and Seth is called as Scout Master for the deacons.
March 17-I wake up to the downstairs phone ringing at 5 am. Seth is in a pretty serious accident. The car is totalled, but again we are blessed to find out Seth is just sore and bruised.
Early April we get a new corolla (we figure it saved Seth's life in the accident we're sticking with it)
Mid April- we decided on a friday morning that after Seth got off work we were going to hop in the car and head west. We got to Yorba Linda at about 2 am and stayed with Mike and Wendy (the friends that got married in october.) We spent Saturday at the beach and got to spend some time with my brother Aaron and his wife Jamie.
April 30- Seth goes to a landscaping convention -with his company-in Vegas for the weekend.
May 14 Seth goes on a campout with his Scouts.
May 18th I fly out to Charlotte with both girls without Seth. I get to see all of my siblings except one. All 21 of my parents grandchildren were together. It was wonderful. While I was in Charlotte with the girls Seth was in Houston helping his parents install their garden.
Somewhere between the time we moved into this house and when Mayan was born we had a total of 21 people (and 4 dogs) staying with us at various times for various amounts of time, many of them multiple times.
Now we are preparing for another crazy anniversary. Seth will be at scout camp for the actual anniversary so we are hoping to get a date the weekend before the actual day.
As I reflect on this last year I see ALOT of trials, but I also see the amount we were allowed to grow through these trials. We are so blessed to have made it through so many trials as a family and we are much stronger because of them. Here's to another year (hopefully this one is a little calmer)

Mayan's Birth Story

2010-04-27T21:50:00.000-07:00

Mayan is almost 3 months old so it's about time I wrote this, while it is still fresh.
Disclaimer, this post contains many "womanly issues" if you don't want to hear it then don't read it.
If I could title my last few weeks of pregnancy I would call it "The Waiting Game". Lily was born 3 weeks early and in the back of my mind I always thought Mayan would come early too. My parents flew in from Charlotte 2 weeks before my due date and we all waited.
The day before my due date I went in for my 40 week check. My cervix had not dilated any more since my 39 week appointment. This was despite the fact that I had my membranes stripped and 12 hours of contractions for 5-6 minutes through the night. My doctor told me that the position of my amniotic sac was blocking Mayan from putting pressure on my cervix thus allowing it not to dilate properly. He said I should have gone into the hospital the previous week when I was in labor. He stripped my membranes again and told me to wait an hour and then go to the hospital.
I called Seth and told him to hurry home. He was working an hour away and had a crew of men with him, so this was not an easy task. He hurried as quickly as he could and while he did my Mom helped me prepare to go to the hospital. The whole time I was contracting every 5 minutes or so.
When I got to the hospital it was packed.It was about 1 in the afternoon. There were 2 women waiting in front of me and before I was taken back 2 more came. I knew that since my water hadn't broken I could be sent home. I was taken back into a room and checked again and I still had not progressed past the 3 cms I was at a week earlier. The nurse stripped my membranes again and told me she would check on me again in an hour. The nurse that hooked up the heart rate monitor put it on too loosely, so every time I moved (which is impossible not to do while laboring in a very uncomfortable hospital bed) Finally the nurse called my doctor and he told them to admit me and he would come to break my water. This was at about 245. They checked me again and I had only progressed to a 4 even though I was in active labor.
As my luck would have it, I got a "nurse in training" to put in my IV. She splattered blood everywhere and left a nasty bruise.
This whole time I was in the triage department of labor and delivery. There were no open delivery rooms at the time. I finally got into my room at about 430. The anesthesiologist was waiting there to administer my epidural.
The epidural worked wonders- at first.... Then my blood pressure started to drop.... and then it started creeping up my right arm and through my chest.I could not lift my right arm. Then the left side started to wear off... (which is what it did with Lily also)
At about 530 my doctor arrived and broke my water. I was still only at 4 cm. The next time he checked- over an hour later I was still at 5 cm.
40 minutes later I had alot of lower back pain and pain on my left side. This really worried me because Lily was born "sunny side up" (which is why I pushed for 3 and a half hours with her)and knew that lots of lower back pain could indicate that Mayan was face up also. My doctor came and checked me again to find that I was was 10 cm dilated and ready to push. 3 contractions later and Mayan was born. 6 pounds 12 ounces and 19 inches long.
Seth noted that she was blue and my doctor's response was "Don't worry- she's not an Avatar" I really liked my doctor. I again required no stitches. The nurses let us enjoy our little girl for a good while before they even took her to clean her up and weigh her. It was a very calm and relaxed birth. Nothing was rushed and I felt very peaceful. We were discharged within 24 hours of the birth. We wanted to get home in time to introduce her to Lily before bedtime.
Overall I would say it was a very easy birth. From the time the doctor broke my water to Mayan's birth was about 2 hours. My labor prior to that was painful, but not unbearable. It was all worth it for my sweet little girl.

The Backyard and garden

2010-03-28T21:34:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of the backyard. It was hard to get a good picture of the whole thing. We put in 22 tons of rock around the edges. 2 garden L shaped beds that are 12 feet long and 4 feet wide and 18 inches deep. We (well, they) also put in curbing and sod. The whole yard is set up on timed irrigation including lines laid under the rock for future plants. (Citrus trees are soon to follow) The garden is doing well. We have probably 80 tomatoes between 10 plants that are waiting for a little warmer weather to turn red. We also have several peppers. This weekend Seth also planted 3 different kinds of melons, cucumbers, yellow and green zucchini and way too much okra. Lily planted every seed this weekend. She loves being in the garden with her Dad.
The flower picture is one Seth asked me to take for specifically for Katie. It is from one of our Passion vines.

Easter in the Morris home

2010-03-28T21:20:00.000-07:00

Yes I know it wasn't actually Easter, but for a few reasons (mainly that I thought it was Easter) we decided to celebrate today. Here are a few pictures of Lily's egg hunt... and my attempt at a pretty sister picture on the new grass. Overall a good day, except that I found out Lily is now the nursery bully... wonder who she got that from :)
Lily thought I had to take a picture of every egg she found. Note that she is wearing the same dress she wore last year for Easter. I would put a little link to it, but I don't know how and I still want to blog about our backyard.

this is how I found Lily the other day

2010-03-27T08:46:00.000-07:00

I guess its a step up from the other thing she asked me to suck on this week.

baby smiles

2010-03-23T12:20:00.001-07:00

Mayan is 6 weeks old today. She is still a very easy baby. (she is sleeping in her swing right now) She is smiling alot now. Her favorite thing is when Seth sings to her. She tries to sing along. She coos and even laughed yesterday. She is getting bigger every day. She has grown out of most of her newborn clothes. She is a little chunkier than Lily was at this age, but she still isn't really fat. Soon I will post about out backyard... it's finished, but the patio is still a mess, so I haven't taken pictures yet.

Mayan is one month old!

2010-03-09T17:47:00.001-08:00

So I started this almost 2 weeks ago when Mayan turned a month old... Inlaws came, backyard got finished, Seth got in a wreck Lily with a double ear infection and pink eye... Mayan in her 6 week growth spurt. life happens... so here is what I wrote originally and someday I will write about the rest. In the mean time enjoy a bunch of pictures.

I can't believe she is already a month old. She is still a very easy baby. She still naps in her swing and starts the night out in her co-sleeper. she only nurses 2-3 times in the night. She enjoys her tummy time and focuses on pushing up on her legs. She still eats like a champ (except when she is gassy) She has a bit of a tough time in the morning, but she still doesn't cry- even when she is hurting. The only time she really cries is if you change diaper when she is tired and hungry or if I make her wait a long time to eat when she is hungry. Overall she is a very easy baby. Her favorite past times include: nursing, staring at her daddy and sister, smiling and peeing most times we change her diaper (which is why she is sleeping naked in my bed in some of the pictures)

Lily has gotten a little better. She isn't rebelling so much at bed time, but still just wants to watch tv in the loft most of the day (which I make sure to limit)She is enjoying having her grandparents here for the week.

Oh and to make everyone jealous I included a picture of the bacon wrapped mango orange shrimp my dear hubby made for dinner tonight :) I love having a man who cooks.

More pictures, including the blessing

2010-02-22T13:26:00.001-08:00

Mayan is doing well. She still has some congestion and a cough, but is eating and sleeping pretty well. She is still a pretty easy-going baby. She is very patient and rarely cries. She is already obsessed with her daddy. She looks for him whenever she hears his voice and loves to stare at him. She will hold her head in the most awkward position to watch him.
Lily is slowly adapting to being a big sister. She adores Mayan, but is a little bitter towards me. She struggles with me not being able to get up and get her whatever she wants whenever she wants it. She often says "you don't need to nurse Mayan right now" or tells me to put her in the swing. She is finally over her sinus infection, so she is less grumpy now.
Yesterday was Mayan's baby blessing. We did it at our house (it was our stake conference) We only invited a few friends and some family in an attempt to keep the germs away. My mom got Mayan a beautiful dress and made her an adorable headband. Mayan kept herself happy during the blessing by watching Seth.
Today is my first day home with both girls. It has been raining all day. At about 1045 Seth called to tell me he wasn't working today ( because of the rain) He was at Walmart getting his oil changed and asked me to meet him there. I hurried and dressed myself and the girls and got to Walmart in about 40 minutes. When I walked up to Seth he was on the phone with his boss, who was calling him back to work to clean up a fallen tree branch. We got him for about an hour while the oil got changed and then he went back to work, where he remains now.
Sorry this post is so random, between Mayan's Sleep Apnea monitor sending off false alarms all night and her RSV (and just being a newborn in general) I didn't get much sleep. Here are a few pictures.

a video.. i hope

2010-02-11T08:02:00.000-08:00

Lily meets Mayan

2010-02-10T21:25:00.000-08:00

Lily was talking so much when we came home with Mayan today that I had to take a video. She already loves her little sister too much (especially since she has a cold) Mayan is doing well. She took awhile to latch on, but is now nursing like a champ. She is very easy going so far, easy to soothe and very curious when she is awake. She already reminds me of Lily in so many ways. For those of you who don't know, she was born february 9th at 7:27. She weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces (sorry if you heard 6 11- that was my fault) She is 19 inches long. Her hair is pitch black and her eyes are a dark green/blue. My labor was fairly easy, but that is another story for another day. Here is the video and a couple of pictures. I couldn't believe how long her nails were when she was born, even though she was small this shows me she was a full term baby.

A few lily words and phrases

2010-02-05T09:57:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd do a quick post about all the cute things Lily says. She has a very large vocabulary and says some things in a cutest ways.
Here are a few words that I love she uses.
wonderful
beautiful
georgous
disgusting
juicy
delicious
awesome
crazy
supermarket (I have no idea where this one came from but she said it when we were walking into the asian supermarket)

when she's hungry she likes to say that her "tummy is pretty hungry" and she loves to say foods are "pretty juicy" She knows all of her fruits including some that most people have never tried. (she can thank her daddy for that one)

Everything is "six". It was my favorite number as a kid and apparently it is hers too.

When we ask her how old any of her grandparents are she replys "eighty" (she can thank her daddy for that one too)

She gets mad when we call her nicknames. She says "my name's not _____ its Lily!" Sometimes she will agree that her name is "Lily Monster"

she loves the idea of being a big sister. She talks to my tummy and has recently started yelling at mayan to "come out" She constantly talks about Mayan using her swing, double stroller etc...

Everything baby is "double" double crib, double swing, double carseat... it all started when we got the double stroller in dec.

She makes everything into a song. She sings about taking a bath, watering her flowers, being a big sister... anything she can think of becomes a song.

That's all I can think of right now, but she makes me laugh every day. She is so animated and creative. I Love it. She is also really enjoying having her Granny here right now. Life is good.

The Advantage of ordering your own Christmas Gift

2010-01-04T22:25:00.000-08:00

I "found" this in my new diaper bag... Seth didn't think it was as funny as I did ;)
P.S. I wrote 3 seperate blogs tonight... Check them all out.

A Low Key Christmas

2010-01-04T22:02:00.000-08:00

It started about a week before Christmas when Seth's parents came to visit. We went to the Phoenix Ballet (the women did, the men and Lily went hiking) and then we went to the zoo. A lady outside the park gave us free tickets as we entered, which was awesome :) The weather was perfect and we were there in the afternoon right before feeding time so all of the animals were very active. The Lion was the highlight of that adventure. He was roaring for his dinner and it really scared Lily. She pulled the shade down on her stroller so she could "hide" from him. She still talks about the scary Lion at the zoo.
Seth's parents stayed for a few days and then went to stay in scottsdale for a few days. They came back on the 22nd to do an early Christmas with us. Lily loved her gifts from her grandparents, but loved getting to play with them even more. She still talks about them daily.
That night Seth started getting sick. He had a high fever and was sick to his stomach. He ended up taking the next two days off work (including Christmas Eve) By the afternoon of Christmas Eve he was feeling much better so we drove to phoenix to get my Christmas Present... A double stroller from Craigslist) Then we went to see the lights at the temple. It was too packed and Lily threw a huge fit, so we only stayed for a few minutes before going home. That night Seth and I stayed up late. It took him quite awhile to put together all 300 pieces of Lily's Play kitchen and I altered the dress up clothes we got her. I had about an hour and a half of contractions that worried us, but they stopped with rest much to my relief.
Christmas morning Lily woke up very excited that Santa came. She was still tired, so she didn't smile much, but she talked a ton (I should have taken video) She was very excited for her gifts.
After we opened presents we drove to Tuscon to spend the day with all of his family. We ate a Christmas meal and then drove home that night.
Overall it was a simple, but nice Christmas week. Here are a few pictures.

Did I ever mention...

2010-01-04T21:56:00.000-08:00

That Seth grew out his beard a couple of months ago?

Fun Times

2009-11-20T21:30:00.001-08:00

The last few days have been great. My aunt Di and uncle Rich came into town on Wednesday to help my cousin Jane' (sorry I don't know how to do accents so I can't spell her name correctly) with her daughter's wedding. They decided to stay with us since my cousin's house was overcrowded with the wedding party. Thursday night jane' asked if her two younger daughters (melissa 8, Nicole 10) could stay at our house with Di while she hosted the bachlorette party at her house.
Lily is completely in love with these girls and had such a wonderful time. We picked up hot and ready pizzas and watched high school musical two. Lily loved being one of the girls. She sang songs, showed off our Sugar Gliders and played on on her play place. At the end of the night they went to bed on an air mattress in our loft. Lily crawled right in between with them like that was where she belonged. Di told them a night time story and she almost fell asleep, but was just too excited, so she slept in her crib.
Tonight was the wedding. It was beautiful and again Lily had a blast. She loved seeing the "pretty princess". After the wedding we got to socialize with Di and Rich. It was great to have a good adult conversation and catch up with them.
Lily will be sad to see them leave tomorrow, but we are going up to St george for Thanksgiving just a few days later. She loves all of the attention she gets from Di.

Some other cute things about Lily:
She is part of a little group of friends in nursery. There are about 5 little girls the same age that love to play together. She constantly tells me that she wants to go to nursery and see her friends. She also has friends at our neighborhood playground that she loves to play with. When she sees other kids in the neighborhood she runs to yells "my friends, I love my friends"
She is learning so much, especially about the gospel. She loves to talk about President Monson and Joseph Smith. She still doesn't want like prayers, but she talks about praying to Heavenly Father and talks about how Jesus loves her. It is so fun to watch her learn and grow. She is such a fun little girl.
Here are a few pictures of my little sweetheart. (Including Halloween)
My favorite picture is the one of Lily on the couch. Note that she is wearing her "dora backpack", reading a book and sporting sunglasses.

Lily's garden

2009-10-26T22:47:00.000-07:00

Lily inherited her father's love for plants. She is constantly picking flowers and smelling them. She loves trees (especially palm trees) and points them out every time she sees one. Seth decided it was time for lily to have her own plant (mainly so she would leave his rare plants alone) We came home with a whole planter of flowers that Lily could water and pick as much as she wants. Needless to say it is a big hit. Planting them was a great bonding experience for her and Seth and every day she gets to go out with him and water them. It is great to see my two favorite people working together over something they both love.
Seth also got a few herbs for his own planter. He tasted one of them and offered some to Lily. She took it and ate it, because her daddy gave it to her. She really is alot like her dad. (one of the pictures is of her showing me the herb she was eating) Here are some pictures.

P.S. Also included is a picture of me on my last day with the walking boot. woohoo!

some pictures

2009-10-26T22:35:00.000-07:00

I know I have been terrible about blogging and I cannot promise it will get better, but here is one post.
Last saturday we took Lily to a pumpkin patch/ farm. It was a little dumpy, but lily had a great time. Here are some pictures.

another lost video

2009-07-17T08:34:00.000-07:00

This is from right before the move. I was packing all of our framed pictures and Lily freaked out when I covered our Christ picture. She is so cute about church. She talks about it all day. Yesterday when seth got dressed up for his interview she immediately stated "oh we're going to church" Of course she throws a fit every sunday when we walk into sacrament instead of nursery, but she gets over it. enjoy the video.

My crazy child.

2009-07-17T08:03:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Lily that were never posted because of the move. The picture of Lily outside in a red jacket was when it was 80 degrees outside and Lily insisted she was cold. The pictures of her with a pillow case on her head are just an example of a wild night in the Morris home. She does something similar to this every day. She ran around with the pillow case over her for at least an hour. As for Seth and I... life is looking up. Seth had his 3rd interview for a bank position yesterday. We should hear if he has another interview by Tuesday. We are starting to get settled into the house. It is slow, but we are so blessed to be in this house. It all happened at the perfect time (If you can say there is a perfect time for bad things to happen) I am feeling pretty good. I have some morning sickness, but it isn't too severe. I mainly just feel gross, exhausted and have lots of aches and pains. My first appointment is on Thursday so I will find out my official due date then. All in all we are doing fine. Here and the pictures and I hope the video of Lily will post. P.S. i love that even in a pillow case lily will pose for the camera :)

update

2009-07-04T08:51:00.000-07:00

So the last few weeks have been crazy. As most of you know Seth lost his job a couple of weeks ago. (see the previous post to see why this was very emotional for me) He had an interview with a bank and is now waiting for the second interview they promised. We are now moved into our new house and out of the old. It is such a relief to be out of the old house. Our landlord was very manipulative and kept giving us ultimatums for getting our deposit back. When we moved into the house it was very dirty and yet he expected it to be spotless when we left. You'd think that after our house flooded 3 times with sewage and WE had to clean it up he would give us a little break but no. I am just glad to be out of there. The new house is great. Seth's parents have been back and forth between here and Tucson helping us and Seth's sister Noelle. It has been a very long and exhausting week.
Lily is loving having some daddy and grandparent time. She has been so good through this move. She put up with 3 15 hour days without much complaint at all. She is in a good phase right now... very cute and independent. I am dreading Seth going back to work and life settling down and yet I want some normalcy back. Anyway if you haven't read my previous post yet, you might want to :) PS happy 4th

2009-07-04T08:49:00.000-07:00

Lily's crush

2009-06-08T10:26:00.000-07:00

This is Brandon. He and his wife alissa are good friends of ours... and Lily thinks he's wonderful. Infact she talks about him all the time. She even told me once "I love Brandon". When i told Alissa about that she told Lily that brandon was her husband and Lily gave her a look that said she was ready to fight for him. Yesterday Lily came up to me and in a very serious tone stated "I gunna call Brandon"... This wasn't a question, it was a statement. Then a few minutes later... "Brandon call me" She is going to be so much trouble as a teen. This isn't even her first baby crush. She loved our friend Jason in Idaho too. Jacko- if you're reading this, tell Jason that if you don't come to visit soon, Jason may be replaced forever ;)
My question is; have any of your kids ever had a baby crush? It's really cute and Brandon loves Lily, so it's all fun, but it really does worry me for her future. She is going to as boy crazy as I was and that scares me.

the house

2009-06-01T21:49:00.001-07:00

Today we met with the home inspector to go over any damage in the new house. There was very little, so we took the time to take some pictures and figure out where to put furniture and such. I swear I took pictures of the kitchen, but then when i got home they were gone... I'm sad, the kitchen is my favorite part. Anyway here are a few pictures. the picture of the bathroom is a jack and jill bathroom and I believe there is a picture of the loft. The walk in closet is one of two in the master and the apparently the pictures I took of the master bedroom got lost also. the rest should be explain themselves. ( I would describe them better, but my Windows Vista and Blogspot don't get along very well. I can't see the pictures on the blog and I don't know which ones actually loaded in order)

the house

2009-05-22T09:16:00.000-07:00

As most of you know we found out about a week ago that we got the house we wanted. Last night we got the closing date. 4 weeks from yesterday, june 18! Looks like we will be in a bit of a hurry. we are going to san diego today and then we I get back I have alot of work to do. It will be crazy but we are very excited to get into the new house.
On a side note all of this happened while "so you think you can dance" so i missed alot of it. The audition episodes make me wish I had a dvr anyway, since only about a third of it is dancing. I found a few people that I am excited about, but I can't remember any names. Lily is going to a be our little dancer. whenever someone is dancing on tv she tries her hardest to do the exact move they do. It is so cute. She spins circles, jumps and stands on one foot while lifting the other as high as possible. (she can actually balance on one foot really well)
Someday i will write about my mothers day gift, but for now I need to go pack for our trip.

I need your help

2009-05-15T14:12:00.000-07:00

I need meal ideas. I have the hardest time figuring out what to make for dinner. I need Something that takes less than 45 minutes to prepare (or can be prepared the night before) is decently healthy and inexpensive. I need to do a good shop so please give me a few ideas each. Thanks in advance.

Julia and Brett want to adopt

2009-05-07T10:27:00.000-07:00

Julia is my cousin and I hope by posting this she can find a little one to love. This might be a long shot, but if you know anyone who is looking for adoptive parents for their child please let me know.

This is their child preference:

Age: Newborn - 1 year old
Gender: Either
Ethnicity: Any Child, Open to discussion
Special Needs: Open to discussion, Drug exposed (occasional), Mild or medically correctable, Alcohol exposed (occasional), Smoking exposed, Emotional/mental disorders in family, Premature birth, Multiple birth, Diabetes in family, Conceived through rape, Nothing known about father, Nothing known about mother

Basically, they are open to any child out there in need of a loving home and two AWESOME parents! I know there child is out there... they just have to find the mother who is led and prompted to place her child with them! That is the miracle of adoption! The spirit touches 2 mothers and fathers and brings them together because of a mutual love for a beautiful child!

So, in order to get the word out, they are wanting to share their profiles with as many people as possible!

Parent Profiles:
http://www.parentprofiles.com/profiles/db24166.html

Provident Living:
http://www.providentliving.org/ses/birthmother/viewsingleprofile/0,12272,2133-1-10088,00.html

It's About Love:
https://beta.itsaboutlove.org/ial/profiles/21629485/ourMessage.jsf

For Ashley

2009-04-29T08:24:00.000-07:00

Here is Lily's birth story: part of it you know since you were there:
It all started with my baby shower. I had always said once I had my baby shower that Lily could come. Little did I know she was going to take me seriously. My shower was on a thursday night and my sister came from northern california for it. My mother in law sister in law and some other family members came from bakersfield. It was fun and crazy and in the end I came home with tons of stuff, but no newborn or preemie clothes. (didn't think I needed them since both seth and i were eight pound babies)

The next morning I woke up and my contractions were different, I could tell these were real and they were steady. I called seth (who worked 30 minutes away) and told him I was heading to the hospital. At the hospital they told me she was in position and I was 70 percent thinned but not at all dilated. The nurse said that it could be 2 weeks or a couple of hours, but then we I left I heard her telling another nurse she thought she'd see me sooner than later.
At this point I had nothing ready in Lily's room. I had only gotten her car seat the day before and of course it wasn't installed because seth had the car and I had the truck. So I went home and washed all of Lily's clothes, bought newborn diapers, set up the diaper champ etc etc... contractions kept coming but they weren't very hard. Somehow I just knew she was coming.
I called seth and told him I thought i'd go into labor that night. He didn't believe me. I called my mom (who was on the way to a family reunion) and told her to turn around. She didn't believe me. That night I loaded the car seat into the car (since seth was tired and didn't believe me he just wanted to wait) I made sure I had everything ready and finally went to sleep around 10 with seth.(I'll leave out one part for the sake of all of you)
I woke up around 2:40 because I could feel stronger contractions. I planned on waiting them out on the couch, so I settled in and turned on the tv and waited. Within 5 minutes i felt my water start to break and ran to the bathroom where it continued to break. I ran to tell seth. It took me saying his name half a dozen times before he woke up which is weird because he is a light sleeper (he now says it was the best night of sleep he had ever gotten until I woke him up)
We got to the hospital at around 3:15. The night nurses were chatting away as I stumbled in with contractions only about 2 minutes apart. They didn't even offer help. They took forever to get me in my room and check me and when they did the nurse said "hun I don't think your water broke, you just peed yourself". I told her to go check my bathroom floor, it wasn't pee. She even checked my fluid before she would believe me. She was so rude. Then she told me I was only at a one and I wanted to kill her. So I labored for awhile and then asked for pain killers. They started me on IVs first, because apparently august 11th was a popular day to give birth. 5 other women were already in line before me for an epidural. Both IV meds they gave me made me vomit and shake vilently, but barely touched the pain. Finally around 6 in the morning I got my epidural and got to rest for awhile.
Then the epidural started wearing off on my left side. They added more but nothing helped. I was back in some pain but not as bad as before. I was dilating at a rate of 1 to 2 cms an hour.
I had a fever that kept increasing with time so I was put on an antibiotic through IV. Lily's heart rate kept racing with each contraction, so they put a monitor on her head. (in the end she had the cord wrapped around her neck 3 times... guess i shouldn't have boogy boarded the week before.. oops)
At 12:15 I started pushing. I remember we were watching the story about the miners being trapped in a mine in utah and they were waiting to talk to a spokesman about it. Someone stated that we would have Lily out before the miners were out or something on the sort. They were right but only because they never got those miners out.
My epidural ran out completely before lily was born 3 hours and 29 minutes later. She weighed 6 pound 5 ounces and was 18 and a half inches long.
She had a slight fever and I still had a high fever. So the nurses decided to check on us every hour through the night. That night was horrible. The Philippino Nazis (as they were nicknamed by the day nurses) told seth than if we didn't feed Lily every 1-2 hours she would be brain damage. So between that and getting checked on every hour we didn't sleep at all. Luckily they let us go the next night instead of keeping us for an extra day as was planned. We left healthy and happy the next afternoon.

This last week

2009-04-22T22:11:00.001-07:00

A week ago monday Lily had her last bottle. I had put it off long enough so she went cold turkey. This means naps are rare and Lily goes to bed late, but she is eating better and alot happier. She only asked for a bottle a few times a day the first few days and then after a few days she wouldn't even get mad when i said no. I don't think she even asked for one today.

Saturday morning we had a flood; to be more exact we had a septic backup into our kitchen and bathroom. It was only water but still it was gross. This all happened after Lily went to bed at 11 the night before and then woke up at 7. Seth was in the shower and had to work that day and I had sewer water all over my house. We called the owner and he got a plumber over to the house by 10 and got the clog fixed (it was nothing we did, just big trees in the front yard that according to the owner block the pipes often). So I put Lily fighting and screaming in her crib and mopped up the water then got ready for a birthday party. She took a short nap and we went to the party. When I got home I mopped the floors with bleach and washed every item it touched.
Sunday night I left the fridge open all night. So i got to walk to walgreens the next morning and get milk and something for lunch for lily and I. The high was 100 that day. Fun times.
On Tuesday we went to the store and got Lily a swing. It was 8 at night and she was already tired, so she clung to that swing and screamed anytime anyone touched her because she was afraid we were going to take it from her. She even insisted upon holding it on her lap in the car. We got home and set it up and realied the ropes were so short that it is about 4 feet off the ground. She still loves it and asks for it first thing in the morning.
Luckily life has been decently uneventful since then. Its been hot, but this weekend the highs are only in the 80s. This is great because we have some friends coming to visit from california for the weekend.
Anyway here are some cute pics of my cute girl.

baby gliders

2009-04-15T07:57:00.000-07:00

We got to hold them last night. We have one boy and one girl. I only took pictures of the girl because I didn't want to take them both out at once. They are so tiny and cute.

its twins!

2009-04-14T10:45:00.000-07:00

No not me, but my sugar gliders! they came out of pouch on friday while mom was here. ( in the marsupial world this is their birthday) We only saw one baby for the first few days, but today I got to see both. I tried to take a picture of our new additions but Chubs is a good daddy and stood in my way. So here is a picture of my Chubs. I'm also adding a picture of our passion flower that is in bloom right now.

Easter

2009-04-12T23:25:00.000-07:00

We had a great Easter weekend. It started with my mom coming on friday. Lily was so excited to see her granny that she sat hugged her and kissed her for 10 minutes straight. Friday night Mom and I went to the Mesa Pageant again. we got there an hour early and it took us a good 20 minutes to find 2 seats. It was so packed, but it was wonderful.
Saturday it rained all day. This was the first time in 52 days that we got rain, so that kind of messed with our ward easter egg hunt, but Lily still had a blast. She took it very seriously.
Sunday we went to church and then came home and hid eggs in the backyard. Lily loved this hunt even more. (she didn't have to fight with 40 other kids for eggs) She spent the rest of the day carrying around her basket, taking eggs out, placing them on the floor and then picking them back up and putting them back in the basket. She even insisted upon taking the basket with her to a friends house for dinner.
While at our "Easter dinner" (it was enchiladas)Lily got knocked down really hard by their very large American bulldog. She wouldn't stop crying for a good 20 minutes so we were really worried about her. She everntually calmed down and seemed fine for the rest of the night, until she got tired and cried hard again and then threw up. She will be ok, but we were really scared for awhile and of course we are watching her closely tonight. (btw no she did not hit her head so we aren't concerned about letting her sleep)It was a really scary experience and from now on the dog goes in the bedroom until he calms down when we are at their house.
Overall it was a really good weekend. here are some pictures of my cute girl in the easter dress from her granny.

beautiful spring

2009-04-08T12:02:00.000-07:00

we have had the most wonderful weather since we moved here. Today the high is 75 and thats how most days have been since we got here. We have only had a handful of days over 80 and its already april! I am pleasantly suprised. I will have to take advantage of it now because I know the summer will be hot.
On another note I got two callings this week. I am now on the ward enrichment committee and the stake enrichment committee. I had meetings for both yesterday. I had to walk about a mile to my ward meeting and of course the stroller got a flat, so i was really late. To top it off yesterday was one of those days above 80 (it was 90), but the meeting went really well.
The stake meeting did not go as well. None of us knew eachother so we weren't very comfortable with talking to eachother. The event that was planned was also way too complicated and to tell you the truth if I weren't incharge of it I wouldn't go. Oh well I hope some people enjoy it and I will do my best to make it good. Now I better go and take Lily in our backyard while the weather is nice.

scorpians

2009-04-05T23:08:00.000-07:00

I Hate scorpians.
When Seth and I were dating we discussed what pets we would have and I told him that I had 3 rules. Nothing that could kill my children- meaning nothing poisionous or so large it could eat them. No Trantulas and no Scorpians even if they are not posionous. I have been scoprian hunting and I am still very frightened of them. Anyway there is the background to this story...
It all began when I was sweeping my kitchen floor and I found a scorpian on the floor. Luckily Lily was sitting in her high chair so I was able to kill it without her as a distraction. That night Seth took a black light out in our backyard and found and killed 2 more scorpians but 2 more got away. Since then Seth has found at least 8 more in our yard and a couple of them got away. So now I am very paranoid. Anyone know a good way to get rid of them? this area is really bad for scorpians, so I will have to just be aware but not afraid, but I would love for them all to simply disapear. Maybe the new house (cross our fingers that we get it) doesn't have such a bad problem. wish us luck.

The mesa pageant

2009-04-04T21:35:00.000-07:00

We had the chance to go to the mesa Easter pageant on Wednesday. I must admit that I didn't want to go. We had to miss Lost. I was worried about how lily would do that late, with that many people. I didn't allow her to take a nap that day in hopes that she would fall asleep there, but then it took me 20 minutes to find parking, so of course she fell asleep in the car. By the time i found Seth in the sea of chairs I was pretty certain this wasn't going to go well.
But then the show started and Lily LOVED it! She watched very intently and identified every animal on stage. I really enjoyed myself. She even said the crowd has gotten so big that they now set up almost the whole field with chairs. I heard someone say that they expect about 30 thousand people to come each night. Another cool side note is that the lady who wrote most of the songs was sitting right behind us. It was a really good spiritual experience to get us in the Easter spirit and I was really glad I was able to go.

In the style of Lindsey

2009-03-25T22:23:00.001-07:00

Here is a quick update and a few cute stories. (with more editing for my mom)

cute story #1
Lily and I were playing in my bedroom when all the sudden she runs into the bathroom and yells "bath Bath bath!". She LOVES to take baths. So explained to her that she didn't need a bath. She then ran into our second bathroom and looked at me and said. "this bath!" She is too cute.

cute story #2
While waiting in a long line at a restaurant Lily decided to try to scare people by roaring at them. When we realized she was trying to scare us we acted like we were afraid. She had to see every person in our group react to her fightening roar. About fifteen minutes later her voice was horse and she was in tears with laughter. Since then she's been doing it several times a day. She even says "dad dad dad" and then when he looks she "scares" him. Now she says "i scare you" after every time.

cute story # 3
My aunt Di came into town and invited Lily and I to go to the zoo with her, my cousin jane' and 3 of her daughters. Lily loved to see the animals but one display was the best for her. This zoo has a sting ray petting zoo! Lily would stick her hand in the water and whenever one would come up to touch her (they LOVE to be pet) she would jump and say " i scared" but then put her hand right back in. She also insisted that the lemurs were cats. The zoo was alot of fun and the weather was perfect.

Now my quick update. Last week i spent my time deep cleaning my house. I really mean deep clean. I organized closets and scrubed bathrooms. My house is CLEAN! I finished it before my inlaws came last friday. Now my goal is to really keep it clean, and even though I haven't been feeling well today and Seth has had a very stressful few weeks at work I am doing a pretty good job. It's alot easier once it's really clean once.
We got to go to bryce's farewell on sunday. He did a great job on his talk. It was great to see mom and dad. It was also fun to see mom, di and pat together, having lots of fun. mom taught pat and di how to use wii fit. She's good at it.
Anyway life is good. Lily is a cutie, stubborn as can be but so much fun.

one more random post

2009-03-03T22:16:00.001-08:00

so here is a quick update. Seth and lily had bad colds for about 2 weeks... at the end of their colds i got it... so now i am a few days into it... one thing that i hate so much about colds is that i can't smell anything... but i can still smell one of the best smells in the world! our citrus trees are in bloom and they smell heavenly. another random thing... our female sugar glider is pregnant again.. we think the baby will come out of pouch in about 6 weeks... that will put her babies about 4 months apart in age... can you imagine?? she was pregnant again before her first baby was 6 weeks out of pouch... anyway i am also still looking for a day care job that will allow me to be in the same class as lily. i have applied at about a hundred places... no luck yet. seth is getting settled into his new job. lily is just being lily. she loves to sing and dance. when she dances she mainly moves her hands and arms, its cute. seth calls it psychedelic. she also puts her hand over her mouth when she sings slow songs. we have no idea why but its really cute. she also loves to play seths drum set. I think she has some of her daddys musical talent. wells thats all for now, its late.

pictures of lily

2009-03-03T21:38:00.001-08:00

we figured that lily needed to start taking naps again when she fell asleep on the couch like this. i know the first few pictures will get me a lecture from my mother but they are just too funny to pass up. she sat and played with those cans for 20 minutes.

random

2009-03-03T21:29:00.001-08:00

here is a video i tried to post a right before we moved and it didn't work... we will see if it works this time. and yes my daughter is almost always just in a diaper if we are in our house.. but always in clothes outside of it.

finding middle ground

2009-02-10T22:17:00.000-08:00

today was a bad day. It rained all day yesterday, so it was really wet and cold outside today so we didn't get to go to play group. Lily isn't feeling well. I think its a combo of teething and a cold. the poor girl spent the day whining that i couldn't just do everything she wanted me to, which at times i would just do because she was so miserable, but something happened to top it all off. the part time job that i was promised in an email from a gym i applied at turned out to be a "mistake". they sent the email to the wrong person. Of course while waiting for the background check (that they weren't actually doing) to go through i turned down another job. So today I spent hours on the phone, fruitlessly trying to figure out what was happening and trying to make them be liable for their actions, while still trying to look for another job. anyway lots of tears, lots of frustration and a very sad lily. I decided it would be great for me to take a break and go to enrichment... I thought it would be uplifting...
Enrichment night all about making a low budget breakfast using food storage. I came away feeling like such a bad mother and wife. I mean come on why don't I make 8 grain pancakes using only food storage and have them come out perfect, served with a homemade syrup and homemade yogurt at six in the morning? I should be doing that right? without it my daughter won't be able to focus half way through class and she will fail her tests... oh wait lily isn't in school yet... oh wait, we don't have food storage yet. It is a goal for this year, but as of yet it hasn't happened ... which of course made me feel guilty also. I just felt like all these women had it figured out and knew exactly how to nutritiously feed their children while saving money and keeping their homes clean and i am happy to do the dishes and have lily bathed, fed and dressed before seth gets home from work. Luckily i have a level headed husband who wiped away my tears of frustration and brought some reality into my life. these women might enjoy spending an extra hour to save their family a dollar, by making some homemade yogurt, but it would simply stress me out. and right now we just can't afford 8 different kinds of grains to grind for my daughters breakfast. as much as i hate it we are living pay check to pay check and until a few more commission checks come in that's how its going to be, and beyond trying to find a part time job that will let me take lily with me, there isn't much else i can do to help that situation. I know that a lot of these things would in the end save us money, but i don't have the money to invest in starting those things. i don't have the money to buy an ingredient that i will only use for yogurt that my family won't even finish because seth doesn't have time to eat before he leave for work at 6:30 and that lily can't eat because she needs organic dairy and the church hasn't come out with organic food storage yet. i also had to be reminded that while my oldest (and only) child is 18 months, alot of these women had teenage children. They have been around the block and it probably took them years to get to this point. anyway this has turned into a very random post, but its helping me cope with a very emotional day. now, even though its midnight, i need to go make up for my non productive day by cleaning my way too messy kitchen, and hope that lily sleeps in til 9 tomorrow and doesn't wake up 4 times tonight like the last 6 nights.

lily pigtails

2009-01-29T11:31:00.000-08:00

so here are some pics of lily in her pigtails. she loves posing for pictures. she loves to be pretty and dress up now. what a liyyle girl she's becoming.

Introducing Chubs Zulu and their baby

2009-01-26T21:57:00.000-08:00

Yep, we went against Levi's advice (no offense levi) and got sugar gliders and we love them! We have a breeding pair and their baby girl (still unnamed) who is only a month out-of-pouch. They are pretty tame and usually come to the door of the cage whenever we call for them. The baby likes to cuddle up to us and sleep, but she is becoming more active every day. The adults like to crawl out on us to say hello and of course search for food. Chubs loves to wander out of his cage, and since we have a whole room detached from the house dedicated to them and seths plants, its easy for him to explore without us worrying. We have several people trying to claim our baby girl but we are pretty sure that we are going to keep her because she is more tame than the adults. Zulu is still a little nervous and we think that is because the baby is still very young. we think that as the baby grows she will warm up to us more and more. Well there they are, they are fun and a good hobby for me. We are doing really well. we have new friends in the ward who we have alot in common with, so we are settling in well. Maybe i will get back into the blogging soon. oh and i would have posted more pictures but our camera died today before i could get any good pictures, so i will try again soon.

good deal

2009-01-23T12:50:00.000-08:00

i found a really good deal on buy.com its for a 2 screen phillips dvd player for 90plus free shipping... This really tempted me but we can't afford it yet so i was hoping someone else could. here it is http://www.buy.com/prod/philips-portable-7-dvd-player-w-dual-lcd-screens-pet708-37/q/loc/111/204141425.html i hope someone can use this deal.

Here it is...

2009-01-21T14:55:00.000-08:00

The reason I haven't blogged is because not much is happening... I've just been unpacking and actually keeping my house decently clean... Lily started nursery and is doing really well. She loves playing with other kids so i take her to the ward play group at the nearby park on tuesdays. She is talking alot more now... the other day we were at Jane's (sorry i don't know how to do the accent) and her kids and grandkids were there... she was having so much fun and when i walked into the play room she said "no mom go away" this was her first time saying no and now its her favorite word... great for me right? but i'm glad she's talking more. She also takes me outside every day to pick an orange for her... Sorry this blog is very random... I am babysitting nicole and melissa so i am very distracted. anyway i will post more later.

arizona

2009-01-10T09:33:00.001-08:00

we are here and safe... not very unpacked still. this is mainly because Lily is going through a very needy stage... one of those "I won't only be in your face, but I have to touch you at all times and that means no naps AND late bedtimes" someday I will get it done. We had a lot of drama with seths job that i really don't want to post about... but if you haven't heard ask mom or dad, it still makes me too mad to talk about it... but in the end he worked thursday and friday and i think he will enjoy his job... anyway we are loving the weather here and our backyard is perfect to enjoy it in.. I don't really feel like blogging much with a one year old in my lap, so i will try to write later.

a video of Lily

2008-12-28T14:32:00.000-08:00

back in rexburg

2008-12-27T16:28:00.000-08:00

We had a good time in Grand Junction, way too much snow but it was nice. we got back about 1 this morning to find that about 3 feet of snow had fallen while we were gone. It's suppose to snow non stop for the next few days. this is gunna be a fun move on monday... anyway I don't have a ton of time. I didn't have my camera christmas morning so I will have to get pics from my father in law who took plenty. here are some pics of rexburg today. including a picture of my friend jacko's car... you have to look closely to see its a car.

I gave in to peer pressure

2008-12-23T23:22:00.000-08:00

I started twilight this morning... I read about 25 pages this morning before I had to be a responsible parent and then i picked it up again "tonight" (technically last night) and I'm on page 347... now i have to go to bed so i can wake up and be a responsible parent again tomorrow... then finish the book so i can go watch the movie with my sister in law tomorrow :)

Graduation

2008-12-13T09:51:00.000-08:00

Seth didn't actually walk but he graduated! We are finally done at BYU-I... well... as long as they don't lose his paperwork again. I'm proud of him and excited for our future away from Idaho and with an actual income. Wish us luck... we need to be packed by tuesday and we've barely started.

some cute pictures

2008-12-10T21:29:00.001-08:00

I still haven't gotten everything working on this computer and since we have windows vista it is rediculous to figure out because you have to give the computer permission to do everything you tell it to do... so here are some explainations on the pics. we went on a horse drawn carriage ride for jackos birthday. Lily thinks everything should be eaten off a fork. She loves to climb into everything. she got into powdered-sugar donuts while i was in the other room and of course she loves to feed her snuggle bear. oh and she is obsessed with sitting like that on seth any time he kneels... she is a goof.

catch up

2008-12-04T21:53:00.000-08:00

This is just going to be a quick review of the last few weeks. Sorry I haven't posted but we have been busy getting ready for the big move.

THE MORRIS FAMILY IS GOING ORGANIC (when it comes to dairy at least). We discovered that Lily isn't allergic to milk itself but something in non-organic milk. This is something we assumed before, but recently we truely tested it and found that she has no reaction with organic dairy products. This contradicts everything we have read about milk allergies. (which makes me wonder how many kids are actually allergic to milk) Luckily in phoenix it is quite easy to find organic dairy products for a reasonable price.

We found a house to rent in Gilbert. It is a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom house, in a good area and the backyard is seths dream! It has a grapefruit, 2 orange, lemon and tangerine and apple trees. It also has 4 raised garden beds, set up with irrigation and all. It has a underground fire pit in the back too. (which is awesome for seth who really wants to cook underground. It has a tool shop and tons of storage including a pantry almost the size of moms storage room. Anyway the house wasn't my favorite of the houses we looked at but the property makes up for it. We are really excited and we will be moving in around the 28th of the month, just in time for seth to start work the next week. If we like the house we will probably save up for a down payment and buy it from the owners

We went to Blythe for thanksgiving. It was nice, but weird without more people there. I missed all of my siblings. Lily loved having the attention of her granny and grandpa, who spoiled her by pushing her in the swing for hours a day. She would simply grab one of their hands and take them to the back door.

Lilys current favorite hobbies include talking and talking and talking on the phone. She steals my phone and walks around the house just jabbering on and on. She also likes to turn anything into a baby doll. In the bath she takes two shampoo bottles (one for each arm). She rocks them, kisses them and pats them on the back. She is obsessed with babies. Shes a ton of fun. Anyway its late and mmy bread is done baking so i am going to bed.

bizzare foods

2008-11-11T22:02:00.000-08:00

have you ever seen this show? Andrew Zimmern goes around the world and tries wierd foods. We are watching an episode about Ethiopia. Anyway try to catch it if you haven't see it. Seth loves this show... I think andrew is his long lost (non-identical) twin.

Our Mcdonalds experience

2008-11-10T08:12:00.000-08:00

It has been very cold and rainy here, so Lily hasn't spent much time outside. This was driving her nuts so the other day we took her to McDonalds to play in the playplace (one of her favorite activites even though this was only the 3rd time we have gone) So, we got there and there was only one family there and they weren't sitting in the play area so we figured we had the playplace to ourselves. Boy were we wrong. There were 4 very loud and rude young kids in there, without any parents in the area (they were the ones sitting in the corner of the actual restaurant, completely our of view of the playplace in order to ignore their children) This of course annoyed me, but Lily and I continued to play anyway.
Thats when something unimaginable in my mind happened. One little girl had an accident in the slide. She was crying and just standing there looking for help.One of the older kids ran and told the parents (the grandparents were there too) and not a single adult moved! By this time another family had come and some of the kid accidentally ran into the pee, and yet still no adult budged. eventually the oldest girl (probably about 8) was instructed to get the little girl, put on her shoes and bring her to the parents. Once she got there her parents completely ignored her for another 10 minutes while they sipped at their mostly empty drinks and chatted. We of course thought this was very rude. They did not even tell anyone and continued to let other children play in the pee (I warned other families as they entered, so that no other children get wet)
As we let seth confronted them. He basically just said shame on you for not helping your child and left.
Am I overreacting or is this just terrible. It completely ruined Lily's fun of course because she couldn't go back into the play place and that was the only reason we ever eat there. Anyway I hope that I never ignore my children like that.

Lily and Animals

2008-11-10T07:59:00.000-08:00

So Lily has always had a loving relationship with animals. Anything that is furry and moves is her best friend (even if it is running from her. Her Favorite store is Petsmart and her favorite place to go on walks is our duck ponds. She even says cat, dog and duck. (she meows barks and quacks too)
There is a kitten that sticks arounds our complex that she loves soo much. Every time we go outside she looks for it (and tries to meow to call it) It really is the sweetest little kitten. It comes up to every person and rubs on you and purrs. It even loves Lily (of course i still have to keep caution, but it is very sweet with all of the kids in the complex)
All of the above of course told me how much of an animal lover she is, but i still didn't know the extent until yesterday when she sat in front of the tv for an hour watching a special on WHALES! she sat a cooed and pointed and talked to them. She was so excited to see all the animals of the sea. I didn't even know she would recgonize them as animals, but she did and she loves them.
Unrelated but still funny;she has never really spent time on a beach since she was about 3 months old, but every time she sees a beach on tv or in a picture she just loves it. You can really see personality traits of both seth and I in her. She is very passionate even at 15 months!

I'm back

2008-11-08T21:50:00.000-08:00

so i was out for awhile... our computer died but now we got a new one. It was very hard for me to be away so please forgive me for not posting on your blogs this week.

most pictures

2008-11-01T10:33:00.001-07:00

Lily and her loot.

halloween

2008-11-01T10:26:00.001-07:00

OUr halloween went well. We crashed our friends trunk-r-treat and then we went down a street that is part of our ward. Lily was afraid of the people in costume so we had to carry her most of the time, but she seemed to have alot of fun. today she keeps searching for her loot, but considering most of it is chocolate she cant have most of it. The costume was made by my sweet mother. It turned out PERFECT! Thank you so much mom. The weather was great, it stopped raining for a few hours and it was a little chilly but just right for lily's costume.

halloween preview

2008-10-30T22:05:00.000-07:00

We actually carved pumpkins this year! Seth's in the biggest because he is daddy, then mine then lilys (with seth helped lily carve) Lily is obsessed with jack-o-lanterns. She cooes at them and thinks they are very cute. (she is such a girl!) anyway the last picture is of my face this morning... and no that isn't food on my face that is how bad they hurt me. we went up to mesa falls (which is huge) and to cave falls which is smaller but has a cave beside/under it... it was fun but after time at walmart and that excursion it was a bit too much for me. i got really sore and sick to my stomach. I'll have to make sure to take it easy tomorrow. anyway here are pictures.

wisdom teeth part 2

2008-10-29T15:33:00.000-07:00

so, not a good experience. i thought they were putting me all the way under, but they didn't and yet they didn't give me anything but local shots for pain. i felt soo much pain during my surgery. the dentist said that one of my teeth was the hardest tooth he has ever had to remove (and yet no pain meds??) they also ripped my lip and cheek because i have a small mouth. it was supposed to take an hr and a half and took 3 hrs. then they still wouldn't send me home with anything but motrin! but luckily i went to my regular doctor yesterday, who is a great doctor, and he gave me enough vicodin to last a few days to help me heal. somehow i don't think this dentist understands that in order to heal you need to have some relief from pain. Without my vicodin i wouldn't have been able to sleep after my surgery. anyway overall not a good experience. the assistants were also very rude to me and very snippy. i reccommend not going to an oral surgen for this but rather a regular surgen, they deal with pain much better and just seem to have a better understanding of medicine. seths experience with a reg doc was so much better he went to work the next day. anyway sorry this isn't typed well. i am still on some wacky meds so i'm not really with it.

wisdom teeth

2008-10-28T10:05:00.000-07:00

I'm getting them out tomorrow... wish me luck.

more pics

2008-10-14T22:05:00.001-07:00

these are just more pics of us camping. I will have to take a pic of lily in pigtails.

i tried to upload pics and this is what i got

2008-10-14T21:39:00.000-07:00

so my computer is being stupid and won't let me see the pictures as i do my post, so my descriptions may be out of order. these are the dogs we lived with in mesa. Lily misses them.

The last month

2008-10-12T18:58:00.001-07:00

We have been quite busy since we moved back to Idaho. We got home at about 8 pm the day before seths classes started and it was 50 degrees outside. Since then it has gotten much colder, including snow for the last 3 days and a high today of 37. I keep telling myself that we will be gone before the worst part of winter and that keeps my spirits lifted.

There is something we will miss when we move. My old roommate jacko got married in july and then moved in right by us. We hang out with them everyday and they babysit Lily really often. We went camping together a couple of weeks ago (pictures to come) and next week we are going to provo together.

We took one trip down to Salt Lake to attend Seth's cousin wedding. It was nice to see family but hard because the reception was very formal... not Lily's style. We got to visit with our friends Zo Quanda and their baby that is lily's age in the area. They moved there from Rexburg this summer. That was the best part of the trip because they are alot of fun.

Lily is growing so much. She is so much fun to play with, especially to tease. She is such a girlie girl. She loves anything that is cuddly, teddy bears, dolls or even just a tshirt if she can't find anything else soft. She loves shoes and clothes and necklaces. One of her favorite things to do right now is to gather things from around the house and throw them in the bath tub. I wonder if she is thinking " ooo that would be so fun to play with next time I take a bath!" Her hair is finally long enough for me to do something with it and I must say she looks so adorable in her pigtails (even though putting them in usually results in tears because she hates sitting still) She loves to hide in clothing racks... which has resulted in a couple of scares at walmart... oh no where is Lily... Then she giggles and stops in pure pleasure with herself. She learned something at the reunion. We call it the gabe scream (no offense). It sounds just like Gabes scream. We can't help but laugh because she rarely does it and it is so pathetic, but I know it will slowly start to drive to insane.

I went to the dentist for the first time since we got married. I only had one cavity but he told me I need to get my wisdom teeth removed. We are waiting on an approval from medicaid, but it looks like I will get them out before we move. My doctor also wants to me to get my tonsils removed but that isn't going to happen because of how long it takes to recover as an adult.

Seth is only taking 9 credits and taking side jobs doing tree trimming and such with a friend of his. Its nice because we get him home alot. Lily and Seth are very close now and love to taunt and tease eachother. Earlier tonight Lily was laying between seth and I and she stuck her foot in seths hand, So he kinda massaged it. As soon as he would stop she would be frantic trying to get him to massage again. It was so funny because she loves to get massages and back stratches. Shes a goofy kid.

We are simply loving life. We are keeping busy trying to keep our home clean and getting rid of junk before the move. Life is busy but wonderful. I would post pictures but our camera is out in the car and it is cold and snowy out there, so another time.

since i've been terrible about blogging

2008-10-12T18:46:00.000-07:00

1. Where is your cell? bad
2. Significant other? tickler
3. Your hair? tangled
4. Your mother? dedicated
5. Your father? loving
6. Your favorite thing? family
7. Your dream last night? awake
8. Your favorite drink? hot
9. Your dream/goal? resort
10. The room you're in? kitchen
11. Your fear? failure
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? tropical
13. Where were you last night? snow
14. What you're not? rational
15. Muffins? diet
16. One of your wish list items? move
17. Where you grew up? small
18. The last thing you did? egg-roll
19. What are you wearing? ha
20. Your TV? on
21. Your pet? fish
22. Your computer? broken
23. Your life? fun
24. Your mood? relaxed
25. Missing someone? mom
26. Your car? great
27. Something you're not wearing? pants :)
28. Favorite Store? winco
29. Your summer? hectic
30. Your favorite color? blue
31. When is the last time you laughed? today
32. Last time you cried? tuesday
33. Who will/would re-post this? lyric
34. The place I go over and over? provo
35. The person who visits me (Regularly)? jacko
36. A favorite fruit? mango
37. A place I would rather be right now? warm

Our news

2008-09-04T22:25:00.000-07:00

Let me start by saying that no I am not pregnant.
We are officially moving back to Arizona in December. Seth got a really good job offer at his current company and tomorrow he will sign the contract. His new title will be outside sales representative. This basically means that he will be incharge of all the sales in the company. It isn't a very large company but he will get good commisions and wonderful job experience.
We really like this area. It feels like a small town but you can find whatever you want to buy within half an hour. Our favorite thing is the availability of organic fresh food. We have found Lily responds well to organic milk despite her milk allergy. In Idaho it is nearly imposible work with organic dairy because it is so much more expensive, but here it is barely more expensive and comes on sale frequently. (now to get her to like it).
The desert here is so much more beautiful than the desert around Blythe. There are huge saguaro cacti everywhere as well as several different kinds of barrel cacti and other pretty plants that only Seth can actually identify.
We have actually taken up a hobby in the desert. We go scorpion hunting at least one night a week. We go into the desert at night with black light flashlights and search for scorpions. When we see one there is no mistaking it, they glow bright green from about 40 feet away. We then grab it with tongs and stick it in a tube. When we are done we let them all go at once and watch them scatter under the black light. We not only enjoy the hunt, but the nights here are beautiful and it just feels peaceful. If you don't believe me ask my mom, she went with us on monday.
I need to go to bed now. Pat i hope you enjoyed my more refined post. :) (and anyone else bugged by my rushed, Instant message style posts) I just wanted to share our good news. It will be awhile before i post again since we are moving back to Rexburg this weekend, I assume I will be very busy for awhile.

lilys scrapbook

2008-08-29T22:40:00.001-07:00

http://www.heritagemakers.com/?event=projectBrowse&projectId=dd9b06f9-3048-61d5-bc34-0a223fa5d6a2&productId=11&projectSponsor=200650 so i'm trying to link lily's scrapbook to this page... ashley pittman gubler and i made this on heritage makers.. i figure this will make up for me not blogging often :)i'm not sure if the link will work or not but you can copy and paste it.. i know it works that way.

I NEED HELP!!!

2008-08-13T23:21:00.000-07:00

so i'm almost finished with lily's scrap book ( more on that later) and i really really need the whole family picture from the reunion in full size. i got the small one off ash's blog and its too small. i need it ASAP because the book has to be Finished tomorrow morning. please send it to my hotmail email account if you have it as a big file

to colin!

2008-08-11T13:38:00.000-07:00

the other day i was reading your mom's blog and there was a big picture of Colin holding up his free kids meal coupon. lily was sitting in my lap and she saw colin and got VERY excited. She crawled up on the desk and started cooing at the screen and giving it hugs and kisses. She loves you cousin colin!

quick update

2008-08-05T11:08:00.001-07:00

so we are in mesa... we are enjoying ourselves, especially seth with his job. he likes the people he works with and the size of the company and they have already hinted at hiring him at a higher position than he expected when (as they put it) he comes back in dec. we really like the area, lots to do and housing is really really cheap (we found a new 4 bed 3 bath house for 150... not even a foreclosure) that would make it so we could move directly into a house instead of an apt which we would love. it would also put us closer to my parents and some friends. lily is loving brandon and crystals dogs (all 3 of them) and besides a scare this morning with ant poision ( everyone is ok) she gets along with them really well. she loves their puppy titan the best. (she even says his name) now i say puppy.. hes only 13 weeks old... but hes an amerian bulldog so hes already bigger than their 2 full grown pugs. oh btw i ran into jenae ( my uncle rich's daughter) at walmart yesterday so that was fun. i'll post a pic or two of lily once i can find the card reader on this computer.

forgot the hamper pic!

2008-07-13T19:37:00.001-07:00

its one of my favorites. well a couple of them :)

pictures

2008-07-12T21:33:00.000-07:00

so here are some cute pics... lily loves to play in our little fold up hamper.. she also loves the snuggle bear she got from her aunt mariam. she carrys him around and tries to feed him her bottles. there is also a pic of her at the zoo looking at her twin (a monkey) there is one of her in the swing too... which she is completely in love with... soon we will have to take a picture of her pushing a cart at a store... the other day we were at walmart and i put her down on the floor.. looked away for a min and looked back to find that she had stolen someone elses cart and was navigating it through the isles. we went to sams club today and she pushed the cart (with my help of course) for at least 15 mins. anway here are the pics. enjoy

ok ok i've been slacking

2008-07-07T09:39:00.000-07:00

so here is a quick post. lily's health update... she wasn't getting better so we got her on a steroid to go in her nebulizer... and it worked! so shes feeling alot better now... she is also walking like a champ! she tries to walk about as much as she crawls now and shes taken up to 20 steps at a time! we went to colorado to visit seths parents for the long weekend (got back at 1 this morning because our flights got delayed) and lily's walking got really good while we were there mainly because she was trying to chase down their two dogs. she also learned a few new words while we were there... good girl, good boy and good dog (we said them all alot to the dogs so she thought that is how to call them) she also barked at them alot... her daddy taught her to bark a couple of weeks ago. she also said gobi which is one of the dogs names... so shes talkin alot and loved playing with the dogs and collecting crab apples in gma and gpas backyard. (she would fit and many as she could in each hand) she of course also learned to feed the dogs from the high chair.... they have a lab that can reach the tray so she really loved that. anyway it was a good trip...

Last week seth had a phone interview that was promising. it was with the largest horticulture company in the world and they will probably hire him if he wants the job. the down sides are that it is is chicago and we really want to go somewhere warm.. and that it doesn't start until march and he graduates in dec. the up sides are that its a training program that will prepare him for a great job in the future, it only lasts up to one year... and it will look really good on a resume. either way its nice to have an option on the table. well i have to unpack and shower. i'll post pics soon.

lily's health (again)

2008-06-10T08:50:00.000-07:00

so lily just got off an antibiotic yesterday for a sinus infection... and it worked for her nose but just moved it all down to her chest. this weekend (its always on the weekends isn't it) she kept choking in her sleep. so we took her back to the doc who perscribed a nebulizer, chest xray and allergy medicine. the doc thinks it might be allergy or asthma related... (both run in seth's family) luckily medicaid purchased the nebulizer for us (the place i got it from said they sold 6 to parents of children yesterday) so her chest xray is today, wish us luck and we hope its not pneumonia. yesterday it was the first time in a month it was warm and dry enough (without too much wind) to play outside.. lily loved it sooo much. she had just finished a nebulizer treatment and she was really hyper and she just crawled around as fast as she could because she had so much space. she also practiced standing as much as possible and flirted with every person who walked by... it was wonderful... too good to last... the high today is 50 and its rainy and windy... so no outside time today. (did i mention she has thrush again and her eczema is really bad again) but the good news is that this weekend is supposed to be in the 70's without a cloud in sight.. woohoo!

i need help

2008-06-03T09:20:00.000-07:00

so i'm still trying to find a decent flight and so far the cheapest i've found that will work for us is almost 500 dollars and we just can't afford that. we need to fly out of either salt lake or boise (salt lake would be much better because we have somewhere free to park) the night of july 18th. (probably after 7) and we need to fly back july 25th (or the day before). if anyone has time to help me look for a flight please do so. thanks in advance for your help

lily's new word

2008-05-29T16:46:00.000-07:00

seth. she says "dad dad dad dad" and then if he doesn't look she says "seth" its pretty cute. now she says dad, doggie, seth, hi, yeah, hey and sometimes bottle. shes quite the little talker.

family reunion

2008-05-28T13:09:00.000-07:00

so i'm trying to figure out when we are traveling to nc and i was hoping everyone could tell us when they are traveling and what airlines have the best fares. we also want to minimize the amount of trips to the airport. thanks!

i got tagged

2008-05-16T11:09:00.000-07:00

so i picked up the nearest book over 123 pages and turned to page 123 and the 5th sentence is kinda boring... the book is "Residential Landscape Architecture" and the sentence is ... " the designer must also be able to accurately record the information and insights provided by the clients during the meeting.

french onion soup

2008-05-15T13:05:00.000-07:00

While I was in tuscon my inlaws made french onion soup. I didn't think i would like it but i loved it! Wednesday night we made it again and i loved it all over again.. so here is the recipe.
French Onion Soup
3 medium onions, sliced
2 tablespoons butter
5-8 cups water
1 small carrot, shredded
1 small stalk celery, chopped fine
2 sprigs parsley, or dried parsley flakes
1 small bay leaf
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
Salt & pepper
1-3 cubes beef bullion
1-3 cubes chicken bullion
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3-6 slices toasted French bread
3-6 slices Swiss cheese
Grated Parmesan cheese

Cover and cook onions in butter in a 3-quart saucepan over LOW heat,stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Drain or blot of excess butter from the onions. Add everything except the bread and cheese, adjusting bullion,water, and seasonings to taste. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat, cover and simmer about 30 minutes, until vegetables are tender. Serve soup into oven proof bowls. Top each bowl of soup with Swiss and then Parmesancheese and broil briefly to melt cheese. Place the bread into the soup and enjoy.
So this probably isn't the healthiest with the bread and cheese but if you limit those quantities it's pretty healthy, not to mention delicious... and i don't usually like onions or swiss cheese :)

just can't get ahead

2008-05-12T13:23:00.001-07:00

i dropped a piece of lily's bottle in the bottom of the dishwaher and hit a hot coil and i tried to pick it up... 2nd degree burn on my thumb and palm. the one on my thumb i scraped as i pulled it away so it was bleeding and both hurt really bad.. so seth rushed me to the doc and they put silver burn cream on it and wrapped it, then gave me a prescription for the cream.

a few new things

2008-05-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

so as i stated earlier lily and i are sick... we both have colds and then lily has stomatis (basically a bunch of canker sores) so she is on tylenol with codeine when she can't stand the pain... luckily for me i got a junky but comfy recliner for 5 bucks the morning before she was up all night, so at least i was comfy staying up/ sleeping with her. second i got my hair cut... i don't like it much but it got alot of weight off my head (about 8 inches of hair).

Lily is now clapping and i love it... she is such a cutie even sick. she has taken a couple of steps but it scares her so it will probably be awhile before she really walks, but she loves to walk around furniture. she also climbs on EVERYTHING.

Ashley Gubler (used to be pittman) started working at this place called heritage books... where you make your own scrab book online and then they print it for you with a hard cover... they have everything you would put in a regular scrab book and its very high quality... well she found out that she gets one free scrab book a month and she is going to make one for lily's first year... i am so excited because ashley is very talented with these types of things and I know she will do a really good job and she loves to do it... so if you have any pics of lily please send them my way.

I started babysitting an 11 month old boy this week. i babysit him just for 3 hours a day for 2 days a week. this is great for me because it motivates me to clean... my apt was CLEAN this week until after Roel (pronuonced rule) left on thurday (and lily got sick)... he is a really easy kid too so its nice to get a little extra cash and have a reason to clean.

Lily's new thing is this game she plays with seth.. its too cute and i can't explain it so watch.

here is a pic of my hair cut... and another thing lily does. she loves to pull of the wipes if i forget to close them

mothers day

2008-05-11T20:30:00.000-07:00

so yesterday we went to idaho falls... seth said he needed to look for a mothers day gift for me... and since lily is sick again (more on that later) his friend backed out on him last min. so we went and he made me leave him in the mall with lily while i wandered elsewhere.. anyway while we were there i casually looked at sapphire rings. I wanted one as my wedding ring but at the time I couldn't find one i liked... little did I know that seth had bought my mother's day present weeks earlier and just wanted to make sure I was going to like it... well i was very pleasantly surprised today when i got my ring... he even took my wedding ring and put it on his finger and drew lines where it fit to figure out my size then snuck away and went shopping. anyway it made my day, even with lily and i sick it was a great day.

its may, right?

2008-05-01T09:21:00.000-07:00

when i took seth to school this morning there was snow on the ground again... you know there is this legend of snow on the 4th of july in rexburg... i never believed it, but i have a feeling this year will prove that legend. anyway besides that things are now well... lily got sick from her antibiotics... threw up on me a few times but of course seth managed to dodge it every time. i'm pretty sure she lost some weight because she was either throwing up every hour or not eating at all for about 3 days, but she seems to be feeling well today. she has now discovered drawers... so many smashed fingers; the dishwasher... fun stuff... and of course our shelfs in the kitchen with stacked cans. yesterday i was in the kitchen and i realized it was too quiet in the living room where lily was... i turned around to find lily with an open ziplock of jelly bellies (well belly flops from when seth went to the jelly belly factory) she had two in each hand and one in her month and she was just laughing. lily also now knows what the word 'no' means... she scrambles to continue her naughty act whenever i say it... or to crawl away from me if I come to get her, this is the only time she crawls quickly. i would say she is going to be a handful but she already is... but shes a blast.. she also loves to wrestle with seth now... and walk around anything she can hold on to, even if it isn't very stable (like an empty diaper champ). i better get her out of the dishwasher now (and fill it with dishes)

the last week

2008-04-25T10:54:00.000-07:00

so last saturday lily didn't sleep for more than half an hour straight in the night... she had a fever of 101.2 and had stomach pains... we thought this was just a reaction to her shots and since it was the weekend we didn't want to take her to the emergency room (for the second time in a week) so we waited it out... after the second night of no sleep i took her to her doctor and found out she had an ear infection, so they gave her an antibiotic. she's doing alot better... didn't sleep well last night but besides that shes been sleeping well.

as i've mentioned several times I've never had any extra breast milk.... well during this sick ordeal its taken a drastic turn to basically no milk. i started supplementing lily on soy fomula a couple of days ago. i didn't realize how little milk i had until yesterday. i breastfed lily at about 7 am .. then bottle fed her the rest of the day... at about 3:30 i pumped until i was drained and only got 4 ounces. so i feel like at least i gave it my best shot... i still nurse her a couple of times a day but that's all i have to give. i plan to have her completelt off breast feeding before we go to NC this summer. she is taking the change quite well. (seth is actually putting her down for a nap right now with a bottle). i think its harder on me than her, last night on lost when claire's house got blown up and i thought her was dead and aaron was crying... i almost cried.. anyway thats all. seth is back without lily so success.. i'm going now

the view through my bedroom window

2008-04-24T13:44:00.001-07:00

just 10 minutes ago

seths trip

2008-04-17T21:12:00.001-07:00

so here a summary of what seth was doing in california. the basic purpose of this trip was to show the students of byu idaho the horticulture industry and to kiss big company butt (sorry mom). so they started in northern california and ended in joshua tree national park. they went basically everywhere in between... up at 6, at a new hotel every night after 10. seth was one of two people who actually brought a resume (which i don't understand) and he handed it out at over a dozen nurseries and large companies. he really liked 3 companies and could see himself starting at any of the three after school. he had one especially cool experience in san diego at a very large company. he was sitting at a table eating his lunch with his professor and a man came up and starting asking him a ton of questions about his experience and internships... he was really hitting him hard.. come to find out this man is the C O O ( cheif operating officer... basically a ceo) seth being the person he is felt free to ask hard questions back. the C O O responded by asking seth how long he had been in the industry because he seemed to have such a good understanding of the industry... always a good thing to have a guy so high up impressed... he actually told seth to make sure he gave the HR manager his resume. this C O O doesn't usually give tours of the company but sought out BYU-I and asked them to come. This gives us great hope and i wouldn't mind living in SD. besides going to businesses they went to museums, the jelly belly factory, hollywood, vegas and the beach at least a dozen times... they also ate out at a million different restaurants (this professor is so much like seth and loves to explore). he came back exhausted but knowing what he wants to do and with a good outlook of our future. oh btw after the reunion this summer we are moving to phoenix for 5-6 weeks so seth can have a second internship during a 7 week school break. we will be living with a friend of seth's and his wife.. another adventure.

finally catching up

2008-04-17T12:31:00.000-07:00

so i'll give you the short version since its been almost a month. we went to blythe, (lily and i) had a great time. lily loved her cousins and chica of course. we got sick and then thought we were all better before we went to tuscon... WRONG. we got my mother in law, sisters in law and brother in law sick... so we basically sat around the apt minus going to the zoo for an hour (which lily loved) (during all this seth was on a hort trip with the school... but more about that in a different blog)we got home last wed to a chirping smoke detector which i could not reach... (seth wasn't home yet) so i searched the complex for a guy tall enough to reach it and when i finally found one we found out that it keeps chirping even when you take out the bad battery. so i ran to kmart (stopping to order thai food on the way thanks to katie:)) got a battery (left my wallet but i didn't figure that out til the next day) got home put lily to bed and seth came home within an hour. since then we've just been hanging out. seth had two finals and has been working on campus. a couple of days after we got home lily fell and hit her cheek on the entertainment center (since she is now walking around the furniture) she got a black eye... poor thing... so things were settling down until two nights ago when we were getting ready to go to a hort social we made some whipping cream... we had slowly been pushing lily's milk allergy and decided to give her some cream... this didn't go well.. within minutes she was red and covered in hives... her eyes were swollen and the poor thing was so sad.. so we put some benedryl gel on her and rushed her to the hospital... by the time we were seen by a doctor most of the rash was gone but her eyes were pretty poofy. she was being so cute in the hospital. she likes to mimic and make fun of people... and when a little boy in the same room cried (recieving a shot) she laughed at him... then when the nurse lectured the boy she waved her hands going "a ba ba ba DA DA" it was sad but cute... anyway they gave her benedryl (she slept so well that night) and we continued to the party... tomorrow we are hosting a bbq... seth is doing some texas style brisket (its already started) and the we are grilling some steaks with everyone coming chipping in a few bucks. there should be about 12 people so it should be fun... so thats whats up here... i didn't have the camera in blythe so the few pics i have are of lily in the bath and high chair... note that she is always standing and her black eye. ( the pics are a little blurry because she is always moving.. but still cute)

you want a blog here it is.

2008-04-11T11:04:00.001-07:00

i am not allowing myself to do a true blog until i am unpacked, laundry is done, i have groceries in my fridge (we cleaned it out before we left) and my apt is at least decent. so we are all home safe and healthy. seth is done with the semester and doesn't go back until the 21st i think. anyway thats all.

gilmore girls

2008-03-18T19:40:00.000-07:00

so i frequently watch gilmore girls... i have loved it since it started and now they play reruns on abc family so i watch every day as i eat lunch... i have recently come to realize that lily likes it too... every time she hears the theme song come on she stops WHATEVER she is doing and looks at the tv... we even found it on the internet and played it for her and she got really excited.. i esp love this because seth HATES this show (as do most men) so i feel like lily and i are teaming up against him... now note that i watch full house much more often than gm girls and she does not react to that theme song... just my show... i meant to include this in my previous blog and forgot... oh and here are some pics seth took of lily today (he wanted some pics with her in clothes for once) enjoy

personality

2008-03-17T11:49:00.001-07:00

this pic is just a random one i found... she looks drunk but i swear thats just juice is her bottle

i figured since most of you haven't met lily (or those of you who have, haven't seen her in months) i would tell you some of her little quirks.. lets start with fears..

#1 the blow dryer... she just stares at me and whimpers in concern until i turn it off.

#2 the shower... now that shes crawling she crawls the to the edge of the tub and puts her hands against the tub and watches me.

#3 the toilet flushing... now i must admit this toilet is loud enough to wake ME up... and i am a heavy sleeper.

#4 sneezing.. poor thing is just afraid of noises in general... she gets startled really easily... as you can see especially in the bathroom..

the child wants to walk so badly... she crawls with one knee and one foot and tries to stand up all the time. she even crawls with her but in the air on both feet..she pulls up on me quite often and then holds on to me and bounces up and down.. shes a little thrill seeker... always wanting to jump or be thrown and caught over and over again..

She remembers EVERYTHING esp if its edible and we let her try it even just once.. she is obsessed with food and is really good at eating with her 2 teeth... i give her everything in taco soup and she eats everything that she can manage to scoop into her mouth (she still drops a lot of it since she still isn't the best with her hands. she is like a dog... i feed her my veggies when i don't want them... and she loves spicy food.

she loves to climb... she climbs over the bottom rails of her jumperoo.. and the other day i found her on the second shelf of our entertainment center. (as pictured) she also climbs all over me of course.

she is always posing with her hands... she does this cute little shy pose... i can't explain it but i love it so much. she also poses for the camera (as audra pointed out she always looks suprised)

the thing i love most is that she loves people. she smiles at anyone that walks into the room and loves to flirt... giggling and then acting shy when they respond. she is so cute. anyway that's my girl... a total goof and a ton of fun.

growing up so quickly

2008-03-04T13:29:00.000-08:00

lily is now crawling... the first time she was really able to get anywhere was when i was getting ready in the bathroom. i left her on the floor by the bath tub and when i looked down she was behind the door about 4 feet away from where she started.. she hasn't gotten it down but she's good enough that i have to watch her. we also got a crib last week. we found a new one for 50 bucks off so we jumped. then i went out and bought a cheap bumper and sheet (didn't feel like spending 50 bucks on a set) and last night she slept in in for about 6 hrs... it was great... tonight i'm going to try feeding her in her room and putting her back down in the crib because i think she sleeps much harder on her own. anyway here are some pics of the crib, lily crawling in the crib and then a random cute one and one after she ate dried dragon fruit

2 milestones

2008-02-18T18:32:00.000-08:00

so on my birthday lily said her first word... at first i thought it was just babbling... "dad" but then she looked directly at seth and nodded as she said "dad" and i brushed it off and later i asked "where's dad?" and she looks at seth and states dad again... so she meant it... then today she got her first tooth on her bottom right. hopefully this means she will start sleeping better again. anyway she is growing up so quickly. she tries harder and harder everyday to crawl. the weather here has been "nice" we had a few days about freezing so about half the snow is melted and our parking lot is a lake. our apt is almost unpacked and the living room and kitchen are clean... so life is good.

lily's present to me...

2008-02-14T03:43:00.000-08:00

you are probably thinking isn't it really early there??? yes yes it is... lily's birthday present to me today was waking up many times through the night and finally staying up at 3... so today i will have a grumpy bug and a husband at school all day. happy birthday to me.

love of strawberries hate of carseats

2008-02-13T12:05:00.000-08:00

it was a frozen strawberry and she did great with it.. the carseat pic doesn't do justice without her desperate cries

reader beware

2008-02-12T12:53:00.000-08:00

DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN I AM LEGEND.
so this weekend we went to the theatre for the first time since i was about 7 mos prego and saw i am legend. first i really liked it.. it was way too scary for me ( i had to walk out 3 times to calm down) but there were a few things that bothered me. first robert talks about how the dark seekers have lost all human characteristics... so i therefore expected him to later point out that they were still human and that love or something of the sort would cure them. i felt that when the female dark seeker was captured and the male dark seeker came into the light to see her it was because he loved her... and this is why he continuously leads the attacks on robert ... since she was almost healed when they attacked i thought that they would have been calmed by the fact that he had a cure and stop attacking. also they set a trap which is a a trait of humans. they also huddle together in the dark. the ending in general bugs me... first they shouldn't have gone to the basement... that was the only place that when it turned light the dark seekers would have still stayed there.. this does show that he had no choice but to use the bomb (except the above solution with love invloved) oh and it bugs me that we don't know if his family die or not. anyway i really did enjoy the movie and felt it was well done. tell me if you think i'm wrong or point out more ways they are still human.

so small

2008-02-06T10:43:00.000-08:00

lily had a wic appt yesterday and she is 12 lbs 12 ounces and 24 1/2 inches long which puts her under the 5th percentile in weight and the 10th for height... anyway i got distracted and she woke up.. so here are pics of her feeding herself.. she would only eat the food off the spoon so it was really cute. we leave for provo fri to see my sister in law who is recovering from brain surgery.

inspired by ash's post

2008-01-29T13:06:00.000-08:00

i am already so frustrated with nursing lily.. in the last 5 days she has spent 3 nights awake from about 2-5... last night from 12-5 just wanting to nurse but not to sleep... the prob is she is going through a phase where she refuses to nurse unless i was in bed with her and that would keep seth up. (hes a light sleeper and she can't hold still or stop "talking" for anything and if he moves she wants to play with him) she also takes about an hr to get her down breastfeeding now and then half the time she wakes up within an hour. we started her on daily solids and it seems her appetite has picked up instead of slowing down. anyway grr... its frustrating. i've considered weaning her but i'd be lost without breastfeeding because that is the only way she will fall asleep. anyway this started out as a comment on ashley's wall and turned really long so here it is now as a blog. question.. ash how do you get blaise to sleep without nursing? you said before that roy puts him down to start the night... how? and to everyone else... lily refuses to leave my arms... and i'm afraid that if it doesnt end soon her development will slow down because she won't try to crawl anymore... she used to but not anymore. any suggestions (this of course all started because of the move and being on the road and then having our apt covered in boxes) anyway random blog..

21 below

2008-01-23T21:58:00.000-08:00

yes i mean zero... that was our low last night... now here are a few interesting facts that many of you may not know about temps below zero (ashley read carefully before roys interviews in cold regions)

#1 your nose hairs freeze at zero. (its an odd sensation) but its kinda fun cuz you walk outside and know if its below zero with a few seconds.

#2 it is painful to breathe often resulting in coughing

#3 your doors freeze shut and are hard to open

#4 dead bolts are hard to lock and require both hands and alot of strength

#5 the roads actually get safer... the ice freezes so solid on the roads that it has traction

#6 stores don't blow their parking lots completely so EVERYTHING looks white... well brownish dirty gross white.

#7 bikes don't do well on ice... yes people in rexburg still try to ride bikes to school in january... if you think its funny to see people fall walking you should see it on a bike. (there are places on campus where the sidewalks aren't well heated and have ice and people flock to those spots for some laughs)

#8 no amount of layers keep you warm

#9 did you know that when its really really cold it actually won't snow.. the flakes get smaller and smaller as the temp drops and when its about neg 15 the clouds just give up in frustration.

#10 snow can cut you... when it warms a little and the top layer melts just slightly then it drops again what looks like nice soft snow becomes evil sharp snow... seth found this out the hard way and he has cuts on his face to prove it...

#11 kids will always still want to go outside for a few mins no matter the tempature... even lily

anyway its late and that all i can think of for now... just a few things for ash ;) and to remind katie why she doesn't miss snow. anyone want to make wagers on when we will next have temps above freezing? my guess is the 10th of march... make a guess and i will let you know who is closest.

in the middle of the night; it came

2008-01-23T21:45:00.001-08:00

i mean that quite literally... our belongings came at 130 in the morning monday morning when it was negative 11 outside. our apt was freezing cold and the movers we're literally throwing our stuff. lily and i stayed in the bathroom trying to get warm and ended up asleep in the tub. one of the first things seth noticed was that our very nice (and decently expensive) mattress had been wrapped with tape many times and it was too tight and bent... some of the springs appeared to be messed up.. so we looked at our other mattress and the same thing happened. (this being the mattress we borrowed from seths parent) we don't have many valuable items and yet they messed up the only two valuable things we have.. no not our couches that we got free from a guys apt giving them away... or our dresser that already had a broken drawer... but our beds. anyway luckily it is still comfortable, but you better believe that will be in our claims report when we try to get all the money back that we can. this company lied to us so many times. twice they "guaranteed" that our stuff would be to our apt by a certain date.. knowing that it would be impossible. the driver of the truck changed his story so many times he couldn't keep it stright. friday night he told us that he was on his way from seattle, driving through the night and would be there in the morning... then wouldn't answer his phone all day sat only to tell us sunday that he still had a delievery to make in boise (4 hrs away) before he could come to us) then it supposedly took him 10 hrs to idaho falls (30 mins from us) and then over 2 more hrs to make it to us. anyway the whole experience was bad enough that seth says it was worse than his surgery to have a tumor removed a year ago.. buyer beware... don't use an online moving company... and talk to seth and i before you let anyone touch your belongings.