tutu girl...

We got Lily's one year old pictures taken today. She was so funny about them. She literally sat there for 10 min. just staring at the photographer. No expression. Completely stoic. It was funny. Finally she warmed up a little and smiled *sorta*. Anyways, the pictures turned out cute.

really movin' now...

Lily is just a crazy walker. She is still pretty unbalanced, so it's so cute when she walks. She just loves to do it, and gets so excited about it. Couldn't help but upload another video.

Check out my other blog with some super cute new things I've been working on.

Scrap.Bead.Sew

i have the funniest kid...

This morning Zane told me he wanted to watch Madagascar. Then he decided he wanted to watch it in Spanish. He watched the entire movie in Spanish with English subtitles. Seriously? He is definitely quite the kid.

first steps...

Lily is trying to take some steps of her own lately. She thinks it's a fun game to try and get me. It goes like this: she is hanging onto an object (couch, table) and then turns around and dives for me. Forget the steps. I caught her taking about 4 steps on her own the other day, but once she realized what she was doing, down she went. She gets sooo excited about it, and flaps her arms like she's going to fly. Too funny. Here's a short vid of her coming to get me (please please keep the volume down or you will hear an annoying "woohoo" in a baby voice by yours truly).

congraduations parts 2 and 3...

Lily and I were able to hitch a ride with my grandparents down to Phoenix for my sisters' graduations from ASU. We got to spend 4 days there. It was a lot of fun despite the "concussion" from riding in the back seat of the car whilst going over a speed bump at 20 mph (thanks Dad!). Lots of shopping was done. Boring ceremonies and "power trips" of security personnel were endured. Puppies were cute. Interesting (or not so) books on tapes were heard. Yummy food was eaten and company enjoyed. Great times!
Congraduations Manda and Meme!

miss you...

John and Zane did the Father/Sons campout thing this weekend, but I forgot to tell John to take the camera, so no pictures. But if you had "smell-o-vision(computer)" you would know that they went camping. Love that smoky campfire smell, but not so much that I enjoy the 8 loads of laundry. Seriously, that stuff sticks to EVERYTHING.

John gave Zane a whistle to use, in case he got lost. This morning after breakfast, John was looking around and couldn't find Zane anywhere. He asked one of the older kids if he knew where he was and the kid told him "He said he heard an animal and was going to go look for it". The kid said "he walked off straight into those woods". (Now honestly, this kid may have been pulling John's leg at that point...). Anyways, John started searching and yelling for Zane, couldn't find him anywhere. He headed back to camp, just about ready to start freaking out...and looked over across the road and Zane was right there playing with some other kids over by the Bishop's tent. Zane said he didn't hear him yelling for him. It's that selective hearing thing I think. Maybe John needed the whistle.

Tonight during Zane's prayer before bed he said "and I wish that I had grandmas and grandpas and cousins to play with that live really close by". Awwww.....how cute and sad is that! He is such a sweet kid and those of you that do live close, come visit anytime!

We love and miss all of you - far away family and friends!

dental update...

Went for the 2nd opinion this morning. Here's the breakdown: He still needs at least 4 root canals and 4 crowns. Possibly 1-2 additional crowns, and possibly 1 more root canal. And possibly one of the teeth (of the 4) will not be able to be saved. The dentist won't know until he gets in there. But, 2 of the 8 teeth are totally fine. No cavity, nothing. Totally fine. I'm SOOOOO glad I got a 2nd opinion. So, he will have all of it done in June - probably at the hospital where they will put him under with a general anesthesia. This dentist doesn't do that in his office, but he thinks it's best to get it all done at once. Good news is that medical insurance usually pays for the hospital/anesthesia. YAY!

con-graduations!...

Zane graduation from preschool yesterday was fun. They got to do a fun singing/reciting program. Then they put on caps and gowns and walked under the "D" and received their "diploma". Super cute!

2nd opinion...

I talked to someone whose opinion on dentistry I highly trust, and it was suggested (along with all of you of course!) that we go for a 2nd opinion on Zane's teeth. The outcome may be the same, because although it's not common, no enamel on baby teeth does happen. So, putting crowns on all of them is the only way to save them (the molars at least have to be saved since he will need them for the next 7 years at least!). Hopefully he won't need quite as many root canals. His teeth do not hurt him (which is quite amazing) but this is the kid who had strep throat for over a year, never complaining when his tonsils were the size of plums! I'm going to a highly recomended pediatric dentist on Monday, so I will let you know the verdict...

*p.s. In case you were wondering - YES, I do know that I exaggerate all the time...plum comment, slight exaggeration, amount of root canals and crowns - no exaggeration.

the evils of sugar...

Zane went to the dentist today for the first time. Piece of advice - do not take your young child to the dentist unless you are prepared to feel like a terrible mom. So Zane has to have ....(are you sitting down?) ....8 root canals....and 8 crowns. So sad! Every single one of his molars. There goes the tax refund this year...

king for a day...

On Thursday in Preschool, it was Zane's turn to be the birthday captain. Although he will not be 5 until June, he got to have a "pretend" birthday day. It took a lot of explaining that he was not really turning 5 years old yet, that it was just pretend for school since he won't be in school when he has his real birthday. We made poster with pictures of things he loves. We made cupcakes with gumballs on top. He got to wear a crown with his name all day, and the kids all sang Happy Birthday to him. He had a great time. Next week is his preschool graduation (complete with caps and gowns) so I will definitely be posting pictures/videos of that.

93 degrees...

Yes, that's how hot it was today. What Zane did to enjoy the day(complete with goggles):

hmmm...

85 words

Speedtest

that was fun, thanks steph!

if you're interested...

I've started a crafting blog at: scrapbeadsew.blogspot.com
I will be featuring various artists and crafters as well as posting projects I am working on, and tips, etc. It's nothing much now, but maybe will be something of note in the future!

lily's health...

I just realized that I never really posted to say what has been going on with Lily and the latest. Last time I took her in about 3 weeks ago, she had gained another pound. She was up to 19 1/2 pounds. The Dr. is absolutely thrilled, and I just need to keep doing what I'm doing. The Dr. said that newborn babies gain an avg. of 20-30 oz. a day... older babies (her age) around 10-15 oz. per day ----as of the last check she was averaging around 25 oz. - incredible! I'm sure she has slowed down a bit, but she is definitely caught back up completely. She must have been just content to be starving herself! She's eating great, very active, and happy as can be. We don't have to take her back in for awhile. Probably a couple more weeks.

A side note - I must admit that this whole thing has really worried me about breastfeeding my next baby. I really know it's the best thing, and it's so easy (at least it was this time) but I don't want this kind of thing to happen again. The same thing sorta happened with Zane around the same age, only he lost his weight a little earlier, and not as drastic. He didn't really enjoy nursing - so it was easy to just stick him on the bottle. He guzzled them down like he was starving. She was so content and showed no signs that she was hungry. Yet she starved herself...so I don't know, the next kid may just get the bottle. We'll see.
(oh, this is NOT an announcement btw)

post 101...

Lily is all about cruisin' right now. Here's a cute video of her walking around (ignore the cutesy baby-talk voice a la moi)

and another video of her laughing from a month ago or so... I forgot to upload it.

ENJOY!

weekend fun...

***I just noticed, this is my 100th post!!! YIPPEE ME!***
Growing up, I remember always working in the yard while conference was on the radio on Saturdays. So, that's what we did! Since we had our yard landscaped in front this past winter, our plants died. I don't think they got enough water when they were first planted, and it was too cold for them to make it. So, we planted 10 new plants in the front yard. It looks great! (mostly because they are alive - who knows what it will look like in a couple weeks)

In preschool Zane got to bring home a plastic cup with some grass seeds he had planted. Around the same time, we had also planted some new grass seed in our backyard to try to fill some really bad patchy areas.

Here is what Zane's grass looked like after about a week and a half: (yes that's Nemo in the background - still kickin' it!!)



Here is what our grass looks like after about 3 weeks: (yes you can barely see it)


Very very sad.

tagged...

Tagged!Here are the rules. Four people will be tagged. You have to answer the questions, then post the people tagged, let them know they are tagged, and then they post the answers on their blog. It is always fun to learn more about people!!!

10 Years ago... I just moved to Lubbock, TX to start college (again!).

5 Things On My To Do List Today (tomorrow for me)
1. laundry
2. babysit
3. Zane to preschool
4. send out a jewelry order (yay!)
5. hang out with my sister (maybe)

If I were a Billionaire...
Pay off school and all debt. Sell house and build "dream one". Give our parents lots and lots of money and send them on beaucoup trips! Save a lot for missions/college/retirement. Start a charity. Go on humanitarian trips. Donate lots of money anonymously to church and colleges.
And probably get a vacation place or two for the fam.

3 Bad Habits...
1. I spend way too much time on the computer.
2. Mountain Dew
3. Interrupting - SAME HERE! I'm soooo bad!

5 Places I've Lived...
1. Sandy, UT
2. Boulder, CO
3. Lubbock, TX
4. Provo, UT
5. St. George, UT

5 Jobs I've had...
1. Telephone Relay Operator for deaf/hard of hearing
2. Telephone Surveyer
3.Photo retoucher
4. Library Reference Assistant
5.Computer Support

3 Things Most People Don't Know About Me...
1. Oh, see my 100 things people don't know about me!
2. I've gotten over being a packrat, except when it comes to cards that I've received, I can't seem to throw them away!
3. I really have a hard time cooking if my kitchen is messy.

I tag Steph, Chardell, Jana, and my sisters (I know that's more than 4)

flashback friday...

It's still barely friday...
So here we go. It's been so nice out lately, that I have spent a lot of time just sitting out on the front lawn with the baby and playing games with Zane. So I thought I would share pictures of my love of the outdoors from over the years. (I had to leave a lot of pictures out, or it would go on forever!)

circa 1978 - I was too cute!

1988 - Grand Canyon

1993 - near Steamboat Springs

1994 - High Uintas (do you still have your U2 shirt?)

1997 - Mount Rainier in the background
(and I have black hair, but you can't really tell in this picture)

2001 - Yellowstone (yes, very stinky Yellowstone!)

getting older...

Zane has really said some good ones lately! In preschool yesterday they dressed up in caps and gowns for graduation pictures. Graduation is coming up in a few weeks. Zane was talking to me about it this morning.
Zane: "What do they say at graduation?"
Me: "I'm not sure."
Zane: "I think they say Congraduation!"

Super smarty pants!