is what my fabulous husband got me for my birthday.I LOVE it and can't wait to use it this weekend - thanks babe, you'll get plenty of goodies out of it I promise!
I feel the need to name it (her?).
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Hello My Love
This...
is what my fabulous husband got me for my birthday.
I LOVE it and can't wait to use it this weekend - thanks babe, you'll get plenty of goodies out of it I promise!
I feel the need to name it (her?).
is what my fabulous husband got me for my birthday.I LOVE it and can't wait to use it this weekend - thanks babe, you'll get plenty of goodies out of it I promise!
I feel the need to name it (her?).
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
20 Months - Happy Balentine's Day
I'm two days late but you'll have to forgive me - your 20 month mark fell on a Saturday and I don't get much computer time with you around.
You had a pretty eventful month as far as staying somewhere without your parents present. I had a trip planned for your dad for his birthday where I had asked Grandma and Grandpa Hillier to watch you so in the interest of all that is fair and good I made sure your Grandma and Grandpa Veater had a chance to have you overnight last month too. Both trips went off without a hitch and you did fine - I knew you would - I never doubted you. Your dad and I on the other hand had a bit of a tougher time. Sure we enjoyed the time alone but we missed you and all the cute things you run around doing and saying. So while everything went fine I don't think we'll be planning many overnighters, particularly 2 in one month, any time soon.
You've continued your never ending learning and you don't stop talking. One of the cute things you've started doing is when you look for things you put your arms up and say "Where go?" Or when you don't want me to watch what you are doing (this happens a lot - you like to get into things you know I don't want you to be in to), you look at me and say "buh-bye" - because if you say buh bye I'm supposed to quit looking at you and let you do whatever you want. We bought you a little cardboard basketball hoop thing and a nerf ball and you walk around saying "baset-ball". You lost your basketball and now every time someone asks you about it you say, "Where go, baset-ball?" The advanced language skills are nice but they are also frustrating because you tell us one thing but don't mean it. Your dad had a tough day with you the other day. You were sick and you said "Juice" so your dad said, "Do you want juice?" to which you replied, "no." This routine went on alternating between milk and juice. It makes me laugh but when it is me it drives me crazy. I know you know what you want and how to ask for it but you still enjoy keeping us guessing.
This last weekend we were in Hurricane to have dinner with Grandma, Grandpa, Lisa and Joe for my birthday and Grandma gave you a small heart-shaped box with 3 chocolates in it during dinner. While we sat there eating you looked at it and said "Balentine?" I think everyone at the table about died. I know you repeat just about every new word you hear but I don't think anyone had said the word Valentine for at least a few minutes prior to you getting your candy. It was just about the cutest dang thing too. I'm going to have to get some audio or video of you talking because you have the sweetest voice - we can't even get that upset with you when you say no because you say it so cute!
This letter to you isn't cute, clever, funny, or sentimental but you gave me your cold and I must have left my cute/clever/funny/sentimental pants at home. I hope you enjoy the time you have left with your dad before you go back to daycare. I hope you know that you make him smile so big when you do something that is obviously something you learned from him. And thanks for such a fun day with your mom yesterday. You've been a little grumpy/ornery lately but yesterday we had a blast going to Donald's house and the Taco House and playing together - it was exactly what I needed.
And remember in about 14-15 years when you think you need to buy some little chica a Valentine that your first Balentine was to your mom - and she'll enjoy it way more than the little floozy you happen to have a crush on at the time (she's not good enough for you).
Love,
Your First Balentine
You had a pretty eventful month as far as staying somewhere without your parents present. I had a trip planned for your dad for his birthday where I had asked Grandma and Grandpa Hillier to watch you so in the interest of all that is fair and good I made sure your Grandma and Grandpa Veater had a chance to have you overnight last month too. Both trips went off without a hitch and you did fine - I knew you would - I never doubted you. Your dad and I on the other hand had a bit of a tougher time. Sure we enjoyed the time alone but we missed you and all the cute things you run around doing and saying. So while everything went fine I don't think we'll be planning many overnighters, particularly 2 in one month, any time soon.
You've continued your never ending learning and you don't stop talking. One of the cute things you've started doing is when you look for things you put your arms up and say "Where go?" Or when you don't want me to watch what you are doing (this happens a lot - you like to get into things you know I don't want you to be in to), you look at me and say "buh-bye" - because if you say buh bye I'm supposed to quit looking at you and let you do whatever you want. We bought you a little cardboard basketball hoop thing and a nerf ball and you walk around saying "baset-ball". You lost your basketball and now every time someone asks you about it you say, "Where go, baset-ball?" The advanced language skills are nice but they are also frustrating because you tell us one thing but don't mean it. Your dad had a tough day with you the other day. You were sick and you said "Juice" so your dad said, "Do you want juice?" to which you replied, "no." This routine went on alternating between milk and juice. It makes me laugh but when it is me it drives me crazy. I know you know what you want and how to ask for it but you still enjoy keeping us guessing.
This last weekend we were in Hurricane to have dinner with Grandma, Grandpa, Lisa and Joe for my birthday and Grandma gave you a small heart-shaped box with 3 chocolates in it during dinner. While we sat there eating you looked at it and said "Balentine?" I think everyone at the table about died. I know you repeat just about every new word you hear but I don't think anyone had said the word Valentine for at least a few minutes prior to you getting your candy. It was just about the cutest dang thing too. I'm going to have to get some audio or video of you talking because you have the sweetest voice - we can't even get that upset with you when you say no because you say it so cute!
This letter to you isn't cute, clever, funny, or sentimental but you gave me your cold and I must have left my cute/clever/funny/sentimental pants at home. I hope you enjoy the time you have left with your dad before you go back to daycare. I hope you know that you make him smile so big when you do something that is obviously something you learned from him. And thanks for such a fun day with your mom yesterday. You've been a little grumpy/ornery lately but yesterday we had a blast going to Donald's house and the Taco House and playing together - it was exactly what I needed.
And remember in about 14-15 years when you think you need to buy some little chica a Valentine that your first Balentine was to your mom - and she'll enjoy it way more than the little floozy you happen to have a crush on at the time (she's not good enough for you).
Love,
Your First Balentine
This is the first picture you took of your dad - notice your pajama'd feet in the bottom of the picture?
Monday, February 9, 2009
Baby Tag
1.Where were you when you first found out that you were pregnant? At our duplex in Cedar.
2.Who was with you? Nobody - Dave was still living in Panguitch at the time ;)
3.How did you find out that you were pregnant? Pregnancy test.
4.What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Oh Shit.
5.Who was the first person you told? Dave. I called him and asked if his parents were there and when he said they weren't I told him to sit down and I told him. Then he told me he'd call me back. He was freaked.
6.Did you plan to get pregnant? Uh, kind of but maybe not as fast as it happened.
7.Did you tell everyone else right away? Nope, we didn't tell family/friends until I was almost 3 months along.
8.Was everybody happy for you? Two words: First grandchild.
9.Did you go out and celebrate? Dave came over to Cedar the next day to hang out with me but I don't remember if we went out.
10.Did you want to find out the sex? Yes, I didn't want to but Dave talked me into it.
11.What was the sex? Boy.
12.Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yep, I think I ended up with 3 and I HATE showers.
13.Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you wouldn't put on your baby? I don't think so...
14.How much weight did you gain? 30.
15.Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Yeah I was lucky but I doubt I'll be so lucky this time.
16.Did you get any stretch marks? Again, way lucky here.
17.What did you crave the most? Hamburgers and ice cream.
18.Did you crave anything crazy? I always wanted a Symphony chocolate bar too, but that isn't crazy either.
19.Who or what got on your nerves? I got so tired of having feet and other body parts up in my ribs. Other than that I thought I was really good although Dave and Derick would disagree.
20.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? No, I had to have the Rhogam shot cause of my blood type though.
21.Where and when did you go into labor? At home. I had been taking walks around the neighborhood for weeks and it finally paid off.
22.Did your water break? No, they broke it in the hospital.
23.Who drove you to the hospital? I did. Luckily we lived close and I only had one contraction during the trip and it happened conveniently at a stop sign.
24.Who was in the room when you gave birth? Dave, the doctor and a nurse or two.
25.Did you go early or late? I was 8 days early.
26.How long were you in labor for? About 24 hours I'd say.
27.Did you have any drugs for the pain? Ha! I'd pay that anesthesiologist over again if I had to just for the honor of not feeling a thing. Blessed man.
28.Did you go natural or have a C-section? Natural.
29.What was your first reaction after giving birth? I looked at the Dr. and said "that was surreal". He laughed.
30.How big was the baby? 7 lbs 3 oz, 21 inches
31.Did your husband cry? I don't think so - but I remember he was pretty stunned the next day.
32.What did you name the baby? Logan David.
33.Does his/her name have any significant meaning? Dave liked the name Logan ever since he lived up there and David is after Dave of course and my dad.
34.Did you have any visitors? Yes, lots of family.
35.Did the baby have any complications? Nope, he had vacuum head and a little jaundice but he did really well. He was tongue tied but we didn't know that for almost 9 months.
36.How old is your baby today? Almost 20 months.
37.When is the next one coming? June 5. Or the end of May if I get my way.
38.If you could, would you do it all over again? Yep.
39.Tag five: Kiki, Jenn, Sylvia, Meggie and anyone else that has had a baby that reads my blog - I don't even really know if those 4 do!
2.Who was with you? Nobody - Dave was still living in Panguitch at the time ;)
3.How did you find out that you were pregnant? Pregnancy test.
4.What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Oh Shit.
5.Who was the first person you told? Dave. I called him and asked if his parents were there and when he said they weren't I told him to sit down and I told him. Then he told me he'd call me back. He was freaked.
6.Did you plan to get pregnant? Uh, kind of but maybe not as fast as it happened.
7.Did you tell everyone else right away? Nope, we didn't tell family/friends until I was almost 3 months along.
8.Was everybody happy for you? Two words: First grandchild.
9.Did you go out and celebrate? Dave came over to Cedar the next day to hang out with me but I don't remember if we went out.
10.Did you want to find out the sex? Yes, I didn't want to but Dave talked me into it.
11.What was the sex? Boy.
12.Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yep, I think I ended up with 3 and I HATE showers.
13.Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you wouldn't put on your baby? I don't think so...
14.How much weight did you gain? 30.
15.Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Yeah I was lucky but I doubt I'll be so lucky this time.
16.Did you get any stretch marks? Again, way lucky here.
17.What did you crave the most? Hamburgers and ice cream.
18.Did you crave anything crazy? I always wanted a Symphony chocolate bar too, but that isn't crazy either.
19.Who or what got on your nerves? I got so tired of having feet and other body parts up in my ribs. Other than that I thought I was really good although Dave and Derick would disagree.
20.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? No, I had to have the Rhogam shot cause of my blood type though.
21.Where and when did you go into labor? At home. I had been taking walks around the neighborhood for weeks and it finally paid off.
22.Did your water break? No, they broke it in the hospital.
23.Who drove you to the hospital? I did. Luckily we lived close and I only had one contraction during the trip and it happened conveniently at a stop sign.
24.Who was in the room when you gave birth? Dave, the doctor and a nurse or two.
25.Did you go early or late? I was 8 days early.
26.How long were you in labor for? About 24 hours I'd say.
27.Did you have any drugs for the pain? Ha! I'd pay that anesthesiologist over again if I had to just for the honor of not feeling a thing. Blessed man.
28.Did you go natural or have a C-section? Natural.
29.What was your first reaction after giving birth? I looked at the Dr. and said "that was surreal". He laughed.
30.How big was the baby? 7 lbs 3 oz, 21 inches
31.Did your husband cry? I don't think so - but I remember he was pretty stunned the next day.
32.What did you name the baby? Logan David.
33.Does his/her name have any significant meaning? Dave liked the name Logan ever since he lived up there and David is after Dave of course and my dad.
34.Did you have any visitors? Yes, lots of family.
35.Did the baby have any complications? Nope, he had vacuum head and a little jaundice but he did really well. He was tongue tied but we didn't know that for almost 9 months.
36.How old is your baby today? Almost 20 months.
37.When is the next one coming? June 5. Or the end of May if I get my way.
38.If you could, would you do it all over again? Yep.
39.Tag five: Kiki, Jenn, Sylvia, Meggie and anyone else that has had a baby that reads my blog - I don't even really know if those 4 do!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
My Favorite Guy
So I've been waiting to blog about our good news until it was officially official and since the letter we have been waiting for is sitting on the computer desk next to me I figured now would be the time. . .
We are really excited - this is something we have been waiting for for so long and it was so surreal the day he stopped by my office to tell me. It is on the North Kaibab National Forest which is here, in the northern part of Arizona. His station will be at Big Spring, but Jacob Lake is not far away and there is another station there too. Most of the permanents down there live in Kanab and drive every day so we will probably still live in Utah but there are lots of decisions to make. I don't know when I'll be quitting my job but I love my OB so much I'm not too willing to leave Cedar until I have the baby.
We also have lots of decisions to make about the house here in Enoch, we are getting some money from our taxes to fix it up a little bit and we are hoping to rent it or sell it so if anyone knows anyone who is looking for a great little house on 1/2 an acre let us know! Or if anyone wants to share their love/knowledge of roofing/siding a house that'd be great too!
I wanted to post a couple pictures of Dave in all his firefighting glory. I am so excited for him - it will be a totally different world for him since he has not been based on a forest other than the Dixie since he started almost 10 years ago! Logan and I are proud of him and are excited to start a new adventure no matter how crazy it gets the next little bit...
Well hello handsome... ;)
DAVE GOT A PERMANENT ENGINE ASSISTANT JOB!
We are really excited - this is something we have been waiting for for so long and it was so surreal the day he stopped by my office to tell me. It is on the North Kaibab National Forest which is here, in the northern part of Arizona. His station will be at Big Spring, but Jacob Lake is not far away and there is another station there too. Most of the permanents down there live in Kanab and drive every day so we will probably still live in Utah but there are lots of decisions to make. I don't know when I'll be quitting my job but I love my OB so much I'm not too willing to leave Cedar until I have the baby.
We also have lots of decisions to make about the house here in Enoch, we are getting some money from our taxes to fix it up a little bit and we are hoping to rent it or sell it so if anyone knows anyone who is looking for a great little house on 1/2 an acre let us know! Or if anyone wants to share their love/knowledge of roofing/siding a house that'd be great too!
I wanted to post a couple pictures of Dave in all his firefighting glory. I am so excited for him - it will be a totally different world for him since he has not been based on a forest other than the Dixie since he started almost 10 years ago! Logan and I are proud of him and are excited to start a new adventure no matter how crazy it gets the next little bit...
Well hello handsome... ;)
Monday, February 2, 2009
Jazz Game
I was sick and tired of Dave always knowing what he is going to get for Christmas/Birthday, etc., so this year I tried to think of something that he would never guess. He had already started telling me that he didn't want me to get him any"thing" so I decided I wouldn't get him a "thing". After talking with Dusty I decided that he'd probably enjoy going to a Jazz game and I would really enjoy a little vacation before things start getting crazy at our house. So, about a week before Christmas I got online and bid on a hotel room at priceline.com and bought some tickets to a Jazz game. Unfortunately, I am horrible at keeping secrets and as cool as it would have been to have waited over a month to let on that I had gotten him anything, he ended up not being totally surprised when he opened an envelope on his birthday with two Jazz tickets inside.
I had made arrangements with my mom to watch Logan so they came up and got him on Friday morning and Dave and I headed to Salt Lake. We weren't sure how we'd do being completely alone for over 24 hours but we really had a great time. We got a room at the Little America for $65 and it was pretty nice! The bathroom was very pink but the bed was huge and the room itself, minus the pink overload, wasn't too shabby. We walked to P.F. Changs and had a really good dinner before walking to the E.S.A. We got there about an hour early so we headed to one of the shops to buy Logan a present and then went in and found our seats. 
The game was fun. I ended up spending a lot of time watching people and the Jazz bear because when they would take time outs I wouldn't realize when they started playing again - I'm used to the play by play on tv! Dave kept laughing because there was a little girl behind us, probably about 7 or 8 or so, and she kept asking these funny questions. Dave thought they were hilarious and I was laughing because I had thought the same exact thing in my head just seconds before it would come out of her mouth!
I had made arrangements with my mom to watch Logan so they came up and got him on Friday morning and Dave and I headed to Salt Lake. We weren't sure how we'd do being completely alone for over 24 hours but we really had a great time. We got a room at the Little America for $65 and it was pretty nice! The bathroom was very pink but the bed was huge and the room itself, minus the pink overload, wasn't too shabby. We walked to P.F. Changs and had a really good dinner before walking to the E.S.A. We got there about an hour early so we headed to one of the shops to buy Logan a present and then went in and found our seats. 
When they couldn't make a shot: "Why are they making such long shots? I knew he wouldn't make it!"
After halftime: "So now they are trying to make baskets on that side?"
About 8 minutes left in the final quarter: "I can't sit here for 8 more minutes!"
She was pretty entertaing! I was glad they won the game, although they were playing the worst team in the league! Dave even went down and bought us some pretzels at halftime because I have been craving them forever.
After the game we walked back to the hotel and hit the hay in that huge king bed - we need to get us one of those! It was fun to get away and hang out just the two of us, but we were both ready to see Logan when we picked him up on Saturday. He really does make things more interesting!
On Sunday we went to Dusty and Sylvia's to have a Superbowl party. The Steelers are my team so I was pretty excited about the outcome, although I really wouldn't have minded if the Cardinals had won.
Here's a really short video of Logan spinning at the party in his new Kyle Korver jersey. He and Quade wouldn't stop spinning until they both couldn't stand up.
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