randomness at it's best.

All my random thoughts at the moment.

Yes. This is a family picture you are looking at. I am about the biggest procrastinator you will ever meet. My mother was desperate for a picture of the family and made us sit down when we went to visit. I am happy to have a picture!

For those of you who do not know. Daniel will be getting his tubes in his ears and his tongue re clipped in the morning. Please keep him and his mama in your prayers. :) Also he has asthma and we feel like we are finially getting some answers to why our poor baby has been misrable for the majority of his young life.

I didn't realize I planned a babyshower and surgery for the same week. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. What the heck should I make food wise?

I am however very excited about the game I will play at the shower. I cannot tell you just in case someone wanted to cheat.hahaha...but I will in another post.

There are certain people who come into your life and are only there for a brief moment. But they taught you how to be a better person. For me that was my friend Hannah. She helped me out while I adjusted to motherhood. She probably has no idea how much her friendship meant to me back then. I hope she knows now :)

I am going to re read the Book Of Mormon again this year.

if you want to join me...it will change your life forever

last chance. Ends tomorrow!

If you have a baby, and if you have a Bumbo.

Enter to win a cover at http://pinknothings.blogspot.com/2009/06/today-is-daygiveaway_29.html

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle. -Amy Bloom

It is crazy that today 4 years ago I was marrying my wonderful husband Jason. Words cannot even begin to describe this man. He is great. one memory I have of our wedding day is leaving the Temple, being sooo excited that we were finally married. We got on 400 and remembered it was a toll. We started looking for the 50 cents. None in the car. Jason had lost his wallet that morning so he had no cash. We finally pulled over right before the toll and looked in our suitcases....nope. We got back on and when we got closer we rolled our window down and told the people next to us what was going on. Lucky us we had our wedding attire on so they believed us and paid for our toll. Thanks for helping us out!!

I totally forgot he got cake on my face! It made me laugh. Don't worry, I got him back.

Happy 4 years babe!

When Rae and Lacy came over,

I was making some blond brownies for my friends birthday. (which btw were amazing!) I decided to let my niece Lacy help me make them. She didn't seem to be enjoying herself that much so I let her leave after a few short minutes. I had to leave the room to help Rae with something and when we returned to the kitchen this is what we saw!

She obviously was having fun and had to mix some more when I left the room, so she crawled on up and went to town.

Later we walked to Target, my favorite store ever. As we were walking I found the crayola section. I told Rachel I cannot wait until my children are older so I can play with all the fun crayola things out there. Then I saw window markers and decided I couldn't wait any longer.

They are so much fun! I leave messages to Jason on the bathroom mirrors, and make my own garden for my window. If you are bored and want to have a little childish fun go buy them!

leaving.

We are extremely blessed! Not only will Jason's job be sending us back home, they are sending us this weekend for a house hunting trip. I cannot wait to see some places of where we might live soon. It's a perfect weekend to go since this Saturday will be Jason's birthday and he can spend it not only with family but his twin sister Jamie. Cannot wait to see you all. And for those I will not see, I am moving home in 3 weeks so we will catch up then.

I am nervous for the plane ride. Wish us luck. We leave tomorrow morning.

Peaches....

So Joseph really likes to eat peaches. I myself have never really cared much for them. I think it's the texture of them. Since peaches have been on my mind lately I decided to learn some fact about peaches. Now you will learn too.

Peaches were once known as Persian apples.
Peaches were mentioned as early as 79 A.D. in literature.
In China the peach is a symbol of longevity and good luck.
Nectarines are just peaches without the fuzz!
You’re a real peach” originated from the tradition of giving a peaches to your loved friends.

Now before I continue with this FABULOUS post I must remind you to watch the movies I posted this morning of Joseph. They are soo cute.

To continue with the peaches.

I know I must sound crazy to keep talking about the peaches, if you are still reading this you are in for a treat!
I found this picture today and thought it was so funny and describes me and my life, or the life I will have in 4 weeks. It is however missing the loving wife and adorable little boy in the picture.
We are MOVING back to GEORGIA!!!!!!!
We will be staying with my parents until we get our own place. (thanks mom and dad! I promise we will not be there forever!)

Jason's job will be relocating us and we couldn't be happier to be moving back home. We have missed our families so much. VA you have been nice to us. We have enjoyed meeting all of our new friends however these Georgia Peaches are ready to go home!

"Here, sucker, sucker, sucker....."

You have to see this.

my life saver.

Ever since Joseph was born I have followed the Back to Sleep campaign.

The Back to Sleep campaign is suitably named for its recommendation to place healthy babies on their backs to sleep. Placing babies on their backs to sleep reduces the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as "crib death."
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids/

The one and only problem I am having with this is Joseph's head has become flat in the back. Jason and I have been noticing it more and more lately but we didn't want to put him on his stomach. I was searching the Internet and found my solution. Boppy makes this pillow that you can use. It has a hole for his head to fit in and it helps promote the roundness I was looking for. After a week we can tell a dramatic difference. So I had to post this for anyone who's following the Back to Sleep campaign and their baby is suffering from it as ours was. There is hope for you!!

walk with me.

We were out walking the other night and it was colder so I put Joseph in his new hat that aunt Alison made. It was soooo cute I had to take some pictures of him.

My new love!!! Also another thanks to Alison for the ring.

Better LATE than Never......Right????

Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister?

-Alice Walker

I never got on the computer yesterday, so I couldn't shout out to my sister Rae.
I hope she had a FAB birthday because she is a Fabulous sister!!!!
Thanks for all you do for me and all the great advice you give to me. I sure and glad you and I are sisters forever. It just couldn't really be Heaven without you there!

Smile...or just look at me!

Back in July after I had Joseph, Jason and I went to GA. As you know my sister-in-law Stacy took pictures for me. I just got the disc back and had to post some of these for my sisters and cousins to see. All 5 of these cute little cousins will enter kindergarten the same year.
Left to right also youngest to oldest!
Joseph-July 16, Caleb-July 16, Levi-May 28, Braden-Sep 28, Lacey- Sep 11

We are bound to get a good picture of all these kiddos!!

Almost there.............

Okay so the Mommy's had to join.

I feel smitten......or should I say Bitten?

My sister Jessica has been trying to get me to read Twilight. I only gave in when my sister-in-law Jamie called and was going crazy over the book. Lucky for me, my good friend Hannah had the books and has let me borrow them. I started Twilight on Saturday......
and I started the second book yesterday. I must confess I am halfway into the book already. I promise I am still tending to my baby!!!

This is a MUST read book.

P.S
I am in love with Edward.
haha and Jason hates him!!

Just so we are all clear on the poll......Alison broke into my blog.....not that I don't love my little sister. :)

quick update before the baby wakes up!!

I finally had to cut Joseph's hair. It was sticking straight up like 2 inches off his head. He looks so much better.
Jason got a promotion!! I am so proud of him. He works so hard for our family and I love him for that.
If you missed Sarah Palin give her speech last night you sure did miss out!! She was amazing. I believe she was a great pick.
Barack attack

From her speech.---This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign. But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed ... when the roar of the crowd fades away ... when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot — what exactly is our opponent's plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he's done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger ... take more of your money ... give you more orders from Washington ... and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world. America needs more energy ... our opponent is against producing it.
Victory in Iraq is finally in sight ... he wants to forfeit.
Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay ... he wants to meet them without preconditions.
Al-Qaida terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America ... he's worried that someone won't read them their rights? Government is too big ... he wants to grow it.
Congress spends too much ... he promises more.
Taxes are too high ... he wants to raise them. His tax increases are the fine print in his economic plan, and let me be specific.
The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes ... raise payroll taxes ... raise investment income taxes ... raise the death tax ... raise business taxes ... and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars.

How could something so SAD be so CUTE?!?!?!

Joseph had a bad day yesterday and on Sunday. He was not feeling good and had a stuffy nose. He didn't get much sleep and neither did I. I was up all night Sunday. Jason had to go on a business trip Monday and I knew I would go crazy all by myself with a baby who only wanted to be held so I went to Babies R Us and bought him a swing.

As you see he enjoys it. I had the hardest time putting this thing together so thanks Aaron and Jill for letting me call you and walking me through it. It really wasn't that hard once you told me what to do. It must be the lack of sleep getting to me!!! We did miss daddy last night but we both slept much better.

P.S.

Joseph now weighs 10lbs 6oz. This kid is growing!

Thanks for all you do.

As I said before my dad, mom and sister Rachel came out to help me while I am recovering. Rachel is still here, but they all have been such a blessing. They have helped me with cooking and cleaning. My dad cleaned my bathroom for me and I swear it's never looked so good!!! He has put me to shame when it comes to how clean a bathroom can be. They have also been my taxi service since I cannot drive for two weeks. Thanks to all three of them, you guys are amazing!! I love you.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can......

Out here they have these bike trails that used to be where the train came through and they have converted the tracks to bike trails. So the trails take you all over the place. After learning that, our friend Sam told us that he rides his bike to work every day to save money on gas and to exercise.

Since Jason heard that he has wanted to do the same. Now we knew if he was really going to do this he would have to get a really nice road bike but we didn't want to spend the money on one if he wasn't really going to like doing it. So Jason decided to do a trial run with our walmart clunker. Our friend bikes 20 miles each way and Jason knew that would be too much for him so he set it up where he would bike 8 miles and then hop on the metro line to finish taking him into work. It took him 45 minutes to do the 8 miles yesterday which I thought was good since he had not been doing it and since it was such a bad bike. He called me and told me that before he does it again he has to have a

1.really nice bike. Because everyone was passing him. The bike weighed him down big time.
2. biker shorts with gel in it or a nice gel seat. (it felt like he was sitting on a pole the whole time)

I offered to pick him up from work yesterday so he wouldn't have to bike home but he really wanted to do it both ways. On the way home he got a flat tire and had to fix it which took almost 30 minutes, thank goodness he had his spare pump! He said once he got started he noticed everyone kept looking at him and laughing, he thought they were laughing at his ridiculous walmart bike but soon discovered he had put his helmet on backwards and was great entertainment for everyone going home. When he got home he was so sad to look at. You could tell the heat made it harder coming home than it had been that morning.

Jason loved riding his bike even though he was sore and tired last night. So we will be buying a nice bike and he will be able to get back out there and start passing others who are crazy enough to ride a huge walmart bike on the nice bike trails.

P.S
I think this little boy doesn't want to come out at all!!!! My mom comes in town tomorrow and I am hoping that I will go into labor this weekend it would be perfect timing for me. I know this is wishful thinking but a girl has to do what a girl has to do.
Also I don't think I really was losing my plug. Sad news I know. :(

Hey mom it's your day!!!

Well I wish I could be there to spend your birthday with you. I hope you have a ton of fun tonight with dad and the girls. I love you!!
I hope you like the birthday qoutes. They made me smile and I hope they do the same for you!!

Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

~ Jack Benny

There is still no cure for the common birthday.

~John Glenn

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

~Jerry M. Wright

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

~Lucille Ball

Happy Fathers Day!!!

Jason and I have the best dads in the world!!! We will miss you on your special day! We hope you know how greatful we are to have you both in our lives.

Life Lessons
You may have thought I didn't see,Or that I hadn't heard,

Life lessons that you taught to me,But I got every word.
Perhaps you thought I missed it all,

And that we'd grow apart,

But Dad, I picked up everything,It's written on my heart.
Without you, Dad, I wouldn't be The person I am today;

You built a strong foundationNo one can take away.
I've grown up with your values,And I'm very glad I did;

So here's to you, dear father,From your forever grateful kid.
By Joanna Fuchs

Rocking my world

Jason and I have had sooo much trouble trying to get this chair. We had a 15% off coupon that we wanted to use on the chair and the first time we went to buy it they were sold out. Our coupon was going to expire and we worked out a deal to be able to use it whenever the chairs were back in stock. They promised to call us and they never did!! A month later Jason and I went to Babies R' Us to see what the hold up was. They told us that they had called 2 weeks after we first came in. I told them they never did and if they did they didn't leave a message so how was I to know? Well they were out of stock again and we would have to wait until the warehouse got some more. So they promised to call us once more.
Finally they called us and when we got to the store that night there was a sign that stated all gliders were 20% off that night. So we told them about our coupon and couldn't believe it when they told us they would combine the two coupons!! We got our chair 35% off!! It was totally worth all that waiting and getting upset. Yesterday they called to tell us the chair had arrived at the store and now the beauty is in my den.
It's a great chair. It reclines and rocks and can even lock in place. I LOVE it!!

Orange you as glad as I am ?

This is my new phone!! Now Jason and I have our very own phones! We have had one and a pay as you go phone, we decided it was time to get another phone so my number is changed. I will not post it here, but if you call my old number Jason will tell you my new number or I will just call you back.