THE DAVIES

Life as A Mom

2011-09-30T14:34:00.000-07:00

Has anyone ever heard of Fly Lady? I recently found it thanks to a great mom in our ward and even though I don't follow it to a T, it has brought some order to the Davies chaos. Emma is doing great in her JoySchool preschool we participate in that started last month and Kaitlyn is getting bigger and more opinionated. When I look back to where we were over a year ago having that sweet girl, I cannot believe how quickly ut lives have changed and how big both my girls are now. They grow up too darn fast that is for sure.

Dental School keeps Rod very busy and we are busy too trying not to miss Daddy too much and having fun!

Water

2011-07-31T19:53:00.000-07:00

I was looking through the photos on the camera and started laughing. My kiddos love water, the bath, the sink, the water table, the sprinklers, you name it. They are happy when they are soaking wet. The funniest part about these two pictures is you wouldn't even think that they had a pool in the backyard, but no matter they will find anything where they can get into water. We are now in OKC, and I will post new pictures of being here soon. I guess since Rod will be so busy studying late at night I can maybe do this again....don't get your hopes up though. I always have good intentions, but the computer and I just don't spend too much time together. I guess I can learn to blog from my phone.....Here is Rod's white coat ceremony too!

What, April is blogging?

2011-03-02T10:28:00.000-08:00

So I know that I am the worst about keeping up with this stuff, blogging, facebook, etc. You know it is bad when you post a comment on facebook and someone writes, "what you are on here" or you are talking about being on facebook with your sister and she says, "You went on facebook?" However, since I am getting to talk to my friends again after a really long time I am going to try to be better about this and sharing pictures with the family and friends that follow this.

Kaitlyn is pulling herself up and walking on everything. She learned to go up the stairs by herself last week and every once in awhile if the gate is down, we will hear this yelling and she is stuck and can't get down. She and Emma love each other, although they have a battle of the wills over stuff some time. Kaitlyn is hilarious because whenever she gets really excited about something she starts snorting with results in giggles from her older sister.

Here are some updated pics of us in Utah in January.

2010-09-22T17:03:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Emma and Kaitlyn we took yesterday. We couldn't get Kaitlyn to smile for any of them, but Emma sure didn't hold back any smiles.

Emma's 2nd B-Day

2010-09-22T15:13:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Emma on her 2nd Birthday last week. She is growing up so fast I can't believe it! We made two cakes and it is a good thing we did, because she would not let anyone have a piece of her Dora cake.

2010-07-17T13:07:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Kaitlyn and Emma. Kaitlyn has changed so much in the past nine weeks since she was born. Emma just loves Kaitlyn and trys to take such good care of her.

Kaitlyn Anne Davies

2010-05-20T10:43:00.001-07:00

Yesterday afternoon we were blessed with a beautiful little baby girl. She wasn't sure if she wanted to come into this world head first or feet first, so she chose both. She definitely gets that indecisiveness from her dad. Because of how she was positioned, the Dr decided to perform a c-section. Everything went very well and April will be recovering in the hospital for the next few days. Kaitlyn was 6 lbs, 12 oz and 21 inches long. She is a long and skinny little girl with blue eyes, light brown hair, and two big dimples. She is a MUCH better sleeper than Emma her first night and only woke up three times her first night in this world. She has been eating very well and just loves to cuddle in your arms.

She was born three weeks early due to a condition April had this pregnancy called polyhydraminos (excess amniotic fluid). April looks great and didn't even look pregnant until she turned sideways and had this huge belly sticking out. Here are a few pictures I took and will try and post more later.

We are back in the land of blogging

2010-02-06T19:50:00.000-08:00

Okay, here we are again.Life has been crazy.The pictures of Emma are of her toothy grin she gives us and of her independence. When we took her to the park,she wanted to swing by herself and would only let us push. Emma will be 17months old this week and she is a firecracker. She says lots of words as well as saying uh-huh whenever she wants to say yes to something and shaking her head to say no. We are just glad that is a word she is not saying. She runs just about everywhere and is transitioning well to being in Bullhead. We took her to the ultrasound this week and she kept signing all done during the ultrasound. I don't know if she is as excited as we are about her new little sister. She signs now a lot of things, which has cut down tremendously on meltdowns since she can communicate with her words and signs. It has helped her vocabulary too. She does however like to pull my mom's yorkies's hair and no matter how many times she is told not to do it,she just gives a toothy grin and keeps doing it. I will post some more photos of that cute toothy grin tomorrow. She is sure the joy of our lives. Rod is busy taking classes for application to dental school this summer and we are both busy chasing our toddler. Maybe we will post more regularly now,but time will tell.

2009-06-07T13:22:00.000-07:00

And I heard Emma and Dama didn't get along!

2009-06-07T13:11:00.000-07:00

Here is Emma with her new summer look. She is such a water baby. She would spend all day in the pool or tub if she could. She is starting to become a good little swimmer. Watch out Michael Phelps.

2009-06-07T12:58:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since we have written anything on here. These are some pictures we took of Emma for Easter. She now has two little bottom teeth that she didn't have during these pictures. She is such a joy in our life! She is a very happy baby (a big change from the first three months) and she loves to eat whatever we are eating. She isn't a big fan of baby food. She started crawling about two weeks ago and is really starting to scoot around the house. I think we may have gone overboard on all the pictures and video we take of this one, but she is just too cute we can't put the camera down. We ate at California Pizza Kitchen the other night and she had all the waiters and two old couples enamored with her by the end of the night (not so much at the movies though). We will try and be better about posting new pictures and updates here for you all to see.

Back in the land of blogging

2009-04-07T11:16:00.000-07:00

What? April is blogging? I know some of you must be shocked since it has been about 6 weeks since I have done this. We went to Bullhead for two weeks and what can I say we have just been busy. I have never been the best blogger, but I think we need to update everyone on the life if Emma.

In the last 6 weeks she has finally started eating her solid food again ( she was pretty stubborn for awhile and would clamp her mouth shut and not eat anything) and now is a great eater. She loves cereal with fruit in it, pizza crust, applesauce, and cookies if her dad sneaks them to her. She is sitting up on her own and rolld all over the place on the floor. Crawling frustrates our little girl. She can get up on her knees and move sideways or push backwards but if she tries too hard she just starts fussing when she can't move forward. Here are some photos from Bullhead in her newborn size shoes and poo bear chair. She has the smallest feet and is still wearing a size 1 at 6 1/2 months.

At her six month check up she was 15lb 10 oz (35%), 26.5in(80%) and happy as can be until they started poking her. I always hate that part. She is so fun and loves to lay on the floor and laugh as she plays with her toys. Here is a picture of her from yesterday. She was sitting up playing with her toys and daddy was watching her while I started making dinner, then I heard some rattling of plastic and I realized daddy was dozing and she had found my ironing pile with the hangers...did I mention if she can find a hanger she goes after it? She loves those things and even when I put them out of reach she still finds a way to roll over and find them.

Well, my baby is awake..I better go, but I will post more pictures later!!

Here she is!

2009-02-12T17:15:00.000-08:00

Allright, I know that you have all been asking for Emma pictures, so here they are. We found s swimsuit( only in AZ in February) and took her swimming because it has been 82 out and our pool is heated, then we had a bunch of rain so we haven't gone again. Her dad decided to try the blow in her face dunk her and she did hold her breath, but the crying picture is her reaction afterwards. She was so cute in the water.

She has started vegetables and so we finally got her a high chair. She is still waking up a couple times a night to eat and even though I am really tired, it is special to spend those precious moments with my beautiful baby. She is in her crib now and out of the swing which was a huge milestone for us. She is so cute when we put her on her back because she immediately rolls to her tummy and then after realizing the is stuck there gets very frustrated and starts kicking like crazy.

When her daddy comes home from work her face lights up and she has many big smiles for him. She loves her daddy so much!!

We finally got word that they are sending our insurance check and so maybe we can start to get our lives back to normal. This has been an interesting trial for us. We hope everyone enjoys the pictures.

The Flood

2009-01-29T15:08:00.000-08:00

For those of you who have noticed,I have not blogged in quite awhile. This will probably be a quick one too while Emma naps. We had a flood over Christmas. We got a call while we were in Utah on the 23rd of December saying that our condo had flooded and they had to move all of our stuff out. Then we found out that it was going to take a couple of months for them to repair the condo we were renting, so we had to find a place to live ASAP. Rod was able to find a great condo in our same ward over new years and we moved in with what we had brought with us over Christmas. We just got our boxes back last week with stuff that wasn't damaged and the few pieces of furniture that were not damaged, but most of our stuff is gone or needs repairs. So while we wait for the insurance check, we are trying to figure out where to put all of our stuff that is in boxes and get our lives back on track.

Emma is finally getting on a good schedule. We moved her to the crib and since she started fighting being rocked to bed, gets put into bed and after about 10minutes of playing/fussing or crying she usually falls asleep and last night only woke up twice to eat. For you moms who had 4 1/2 months old who slept through the night that might not seem like a great thing, but for me who has had her waking up every 2-3 hours for the last few weeks it is a blessing. Well that is the update on our lives. Emma started some rice cereal and loves it. She grabbed my hand with the spoon in it last night and kept putting it in her mouth. She couldn't get that cereal fast enough. I am going to wait till she is a bit older before we try vegetables and fruits. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She rolls from her back to her tummy now and then tries to crawl without any arm help which of course gets her nowhere and then she just gets mad....but she will learn eventually. We are having so much fun with our sweet baby girl!

Christmas Party

2008-12-15T13:41:00.000-08:00

We went to our ward Christmas party on Saturday because I wanted Emma tosit on Santa's lap. And guess what? She got to sit on two Santas. First, her "future" boyfriend in our ward Luke(poor girl, we promise we will let her make her own choices, but we sure think he's cute), our friends Kyle and Kylee's son who is about 6 weeks older than she is and then Santa came to our ward pary. Emma did okay and then she decided she didn't want to be on Luke's lap anymore as you can see by the pics. We are getting excited for her first Christmas. She had a Dr's appointment today to check on a diaper rash, I am such a first time mom, and weighed 12 lbs 10 ounces. She is sure growing up fast. We can't wait to go to Utah and meetall her cousins that she hasn't seen yet!!

Almost Christmas

2008-12-12T22:00:00.000-08:00

We have had fun the last few weeks as Emma has become more aware of her surroundings. We got her a Bumbo chair for Christmas, but her dad decided she needed it early. I think I will still stick a bow on it for Christmas. She loves sitting up and watching TV. I am not so sure how I feel about the TV part, but she loves the colors. We got her a new play center too, thanks to her Gigi Nelson's gift of shopping. She smiles at the sun in the middle and has started to talk to all the toys. She likes to hit them with her fists and tries to grab them. She loves playing with her cousin Parker...here are some pictures of them and her new toys.

She has an aversion to the carseat lately, or more the car when she can't see anyone's face. Thank goodness for all the smiley face toys, they really help keep her happy! We can't wait for her first Christmas! She has found her fist and likes to suck on it lately. We are also trying to wean her from sleeping in her swing, but since she sleeps with her arms straight up if not swaddled and swinging, she hits herself when she moves and wakes up so that may still take awhile....

Thanksgiving and Cousins

2008-12-02T09:12:00.000-08:00

Emma had her first Thanksgiving last week. Mostly we got pictures of her with all of her relatives and she only got to eat the yummy food through her mommy. She did pretty good, but got a little overwhelmed by all the new people. She loved to be carried around in her carrier on my chest. She is such a curious baby and wants to be able to look around and kick. Here are some pics of her over the holiday. There is one of her with her Gigi Nelson ( she has two Gigi's Rod's grandmother and my grandmother)Another is one of her with Papa, her mom's grandfather.

She spent the morning watching football with her dad and then the afternoon finishing helping her mom make the dinner. We got some other cute ones of her with her grandad, her Uncle Jordan and Her Grandma and Parker. Parker really loves Emma, as well as her other cousins.

Time to be done, my little one just woke up.

Smiling

2008-11-18T15:08:00.001-08:00

Okay, surprise surprise for those of you who know I am not the most frequent blogger, but I finally caught my little daughter smiling on camera so here it is. She is so much fun to listen to. She talks away, especially if you mimic her noises. I can't believe what a little personality she is getting. Oh and here are some of her holding her rattle, even though her mommy put it in her hands for her.

Life is Crazy!

2008-11-17T12:30:00.000-08:00

I seriously feel like life could not get any crazier, but I am sure those more experienced moms will tell me that this is just the beginning. We went to the home auction this weekend. It was very educational, but also very long for our family. We were so close to getting the house we wanted, the guy was saying going once, twice and then an investor outbid us. I mean seriously do they really need more houses? We just wanted one little one for our family. Then it came up for reauction because apparently the investors did not want the house....and we got outbid by a different investor, but I think the auction people made a mistake because they came over to us and tried to talk us into putting in a back up offer for the amount it sold for after they told us that they had us at the highest amount. We were able to end up putting in an offer we felt more comfortable with after the auction just in case the investors don't want it and we will be contacted in 7-10 days. Keep your fingers crossed for us. Here is a picture of Emma and Daddy afterwards...they were so tired.

Last week we went to Bullhead where I worked for the first time in a long time. Just a few hours for my mom. Emma hung out with her Aunt Amber, Uncle Steve and Aunt Katie and cousins for those hours. It was the worst thing ever leaving her, but it was nice she was in such capable hands. Here is a picture of all the cousins that we took for their grandad.
Also, today we had Emma's 2 month well check. She was so mad when I undressed her because she was so cold, but calmed down after I fed her. She had her shots, which I was scared about. I had given her tylenol before we went to the doctor and although her screams were really sad, she calmed down and fell asleep before we left the office. She is still sleeping. Wow, those must have worn her out. She is 11lb 3 ounces - 57%, 23.5 inches 87%, and her head is 56%. Her feet are still tiny. Here is a picture of her wearing shoes, but we had to take them off because they kept falling off her feet.
All in all though I think I am getting the hang of this parenting thing. Emma slept for 7 hours last night, then went back to sleep for about 2. Yay. We had to get her a new humidifier after I accidentally dropped hers while I was filling it and the hard plastic shattered and spilled water all over the carpet. Thank goodness for my tiny carpet cleaning machine that sucked up the water. Now I just can't wait to go see twilight this week! Emma's Daddy is going to watch her so I can go.

2 Months Old

2008-11-10T17:48:00.000-08:00

I decided to take Emma to Sears today because her Dad wanted some better shots of her in her blessing dress, plus she is 2 months old today. She did very well, it is getting easier and easier to take her out it seems and then......we got into the last outfit, her blessing dress, and she decided she was cold and had a meltdown in the photo studio. Thankfully it wasn't busy and the lady was really patient with us. Emma ended up falling asleep and so we got a cute one of her feet since she was asleep. Some of these photos are so funny. One of the ones on her tummy looks like she is going to come and get you. That is our future corporate lawyer shot. Do they accept headshots this early:) We decided that we should have used Sears from the beginning because we were much happier than with the professional photgrapher we used as far as service. Here is our precious baby!

Halloween

2008-11-10T17:25:00.000-08:00

So we were trying to decide about what to do for Halloween this year. We missed our ward's trunk or treat because it was the weekend of the blessing and even though we know Emma can't really trick or treat wedidn't want her to miss her first Halloween. We decided she could dress up and go trick or treating with Parker on the night of Halloween. Thankfully her cousin Parker was more than willing to carry her trick or treat pail. It was more for show, because is Emma really going to eat candy?

It was really funny because Parker's two pails got heavier and heavier and he would not let anyone help him carry them so by the end of the 8 or so houses we went to, he was dragging them home and falling over from the awkwardness of it all.

Emma wore an ASU cheerleading costume that her grandad bought her. We mostly just wanted to dress her up. Happy 1st Halloween Emma!

Two of these pictures are of her being confused about her cheer and then her go ASU pose. The other one is her gangster pose..

Emma's Blessing

2008-10-29T19:15:00.000-07:00

We had Emma's blessing last weekend. So many family members were able to come down from Utah and also from Bullhead City. We were so happy to have so many people here to share in such a joyous occasion. Emma made it about half way through her blessing before she started crying, but I would probably be crying too if I was so little and all those big people were suddenly standing around me. It was both of our first time's back and church and surprisingly we made it all the way through sacrament meeting without having to rush out with a screaming baby. We did a lunch at the park afterwards. Here are some pictures of that day.

A little about the photo shoot shown below...that was about two and a half weeks ago. We were going to go sans diaper, but as soon as Daddy placed Emma on Mommy's lap wrapped in the blanket Emma promptly went to the bathroom all over Mommy's lap. I think the photographer didn't want to take another chance.

Emma and I have been trying to get more on a normal schedule. She is not all for that, still not really sleeping well. She goes between sleeping 2 or 3 hours at a time through the night and pretty much sleeps in her swing now. If we lay her in her cradle her eyes pop open, but if the swing works that is what we have to use. We did go for walks this week and she likes that once we get going although she doesn't like it to begin with.

We tried a Wal-mart trip yesterday and I learned an important lesson. Only buy what you went in for and get out. If you spend more time in there than necessary disaster happens. First she had a blow out and screamed until I found the bathroom( did I mention I had frozen stuff in the cart at this point?) during which many older women were glaring at me as if I was a bad mom because I couldn't calm Emma down. For those of you who have met my sweet little girl, you know that calming Emma while she is in the car seat is almost impossible. After the change ( whew, no more tears) I had one last thing to get, the thing I came for, ant killer. Yeah, apparently ants have decided that I don't have enough on my plate and they need to attack my bathroom. That was when Emma started shrieking again. I tried the sling, didn't work. I finally ended up carring her over my shoulder with the sling wrapped around me while I pushed my cart with the car seat in it. Again, many more silly stares. Then after I got home and promptly fed her, I emptied my bags to discover that the clerk had put my stuff into bags that must have had the person before's me makeup merchandise, so now I have to go back and return that since it was not mine. We will do that after Rod gets home from work....

However, all in all my little girl is amazing. She smiled at me yesterday which makes it all worth it. I am learning to love this mom stuff!

Emma's photo shoot at 4 weeks

2008-10-29T19:14:00.001-07:00

Life as a parent

2008-10-19T17:15:00.000-07:00

I went to Bullhead this week to see my old Dr. She was concerned that my tailbone was dislocated and not broken and sure enough that is what was going on. So basically my other Dr's advice of wait 3-6 months for it to heal would have done nothing. My old Dr adjusted it and although still tender, I think that there isan end in sight for my tailbone pain...yay!

Other sad news that happened while we were in Bullhead was my mom was back in Illinois for a business meeting and had amild heart attack. They found that the major right artery to her heart had a huge blockage in it. They were able to place a stint in it and she came home on Saturday after my dad flew out to get her. It has been an emotional roller coster in our household lately with this happening and our new little one. It really makes you realize how precious life can be. I never thought this kind of thing could happen to my mom, but am so grateful that she is doing well now. Thank you everyone for your prayers during this time.

As for our precious little girl, we had another Doctors appt on Friday. She is now 9lbs 6 ounces, 2 lbs bigger than her birth weight. We had a photo shoot last Saturday and will send out announcements and put the pics on the blog once we get the cd. I asked the Dr about some of her eating issues and unhappiness every night from about 10 until 130. Basically our daughter doesn't have a lot of content time during the day. He gave us some remedies for colic and recommended the book," The Happiest Baby on The Block". This book has been a lifesaver and has some really neat theories. For anyone who has had an abnormally fussy baby, I highly recommend it. It has been really hard for us to watch our sweet daughter struggle everyday with problems we don't feel we can solve, but now we think we might be getting a handle on things. Hopefully she can get some more rest now at night....I am starting to think that I won't be able to run on 4 or 5 hours of sleep anymore. I know it will get better.

Here are some more pics of Emma with her cousins and her Uncle Jordan who came and gaveus some great help for a few days.

More pics

2008-10-06T13:48:00.000-07:00

Our beautiful baby!

2008-10-06T13:41:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted, but I feel like I have been in survival mode. I have been using my free moments ( are they relly free?) while Emma naps to sleep myself or find time to eat. I feel like my life has been stolen by this precious little one. This is what it means to be a mom. And even though I am frustrated during the moments where she is screaming for 3hours if we stop bouncing her because she is colicky or when she decides her bedtime isn't until 1 in the morning, everytime I look at my precious daughter I am grateful to have her in our lives.

We are both adjusting to our new surroundings. Everytime I think we may be developing some sort of schedule, Emma changes it. I think she is going to have the stubborness her mom and dad have. Although I am starting to get used to the lack of sleep. If onlymy tailbone would get better. We have been having so much fun though getting her dressed. It is like having a little doll. She has started to love her bath times and if fussy before going in the water, she stops immediately and calms down. She loves the warm water. She also loves her daddy who has been wonderful when her mommy needs naps. He is very willing to share the load and help out wherever needed. Emma is 3 weeks old today. Here are some pics of her over the last two weeks.

We Are Home!

2008-09-18T13:44:00.000-07:00

Here I am blogging again. I cannot believe how wonderfully happy you can be when you bring home such a precious person from the hospital. Roderick and I were so grateful to be home after feeling like we were at a hospital hotel - meaning we were at a hospital but people came and checked on us so rarely that we might as well have been at home. However, all we can really think about is the beautiful little girl we have brought into this world. And yes, we think she is the most beautiful little girl in the entire world.

Childbirth was interesting for me. Labor for about 6 hours and boy was that erpidural great. I only pushed for about 30 minutes or because from 430 until they checked me again at 730 I had gone from 4 dilated to 10 and ready to go. I am so grateful my Dr was only 15 minutes away from the hospital. She was a great Dr. I did end up breaking my tailbone during delivery which stinks now, but heck thanks to the epidural I didn't even feel it happening.

Here are some more pictures of our little girl at home. She is sleeping and eating so much better since we have her here. She loves her Tigger robe and we are having fun dressing up this little doll. We were a little worried when her weight dropped into the 6 lb range, but her Dr assured us that she would be fine and gain it back soon. We love being parents!!! Welcome to the world Emma Belle!

She had her first "bath" at home which mostly consisted of a sponge bath, but she has been sleeping so good ever since. She fell asleep and has been trying out her new bed here at home.

The New Little Baby

2008-09-16T00:37:00.000-07:00

It has been a long day for mom, dad and baby. Emma Belle Davies was born September 15, 2008 at 8:15PM. She weighed 7 lbs 6.5 oz and was 20.5 inches. She has a full head of dark hair, dark eyes and one dimple on her right cheek. April had a very easy and fast delivery. Once the epidural was in place everything was great. She went from 4cm dilated to the full 10 in a short time and the nurse had to rush the Dr over before she was born. Once all of the family came and visited and the commotion settled down it was a great time for the new small family to bond. Emma just ate for almost an hour straight and had her footprints and her first bath. April was able to eat some real food while Emma was getting a bath and both are all swaddled up and down for the night (or for the next few hours). I know everyone says this, but my little girl is the most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on. All of the nurses have claimed her as the cutest of the day. I have so much more to write, but it is very late (1 AM) and dad is getting a little tired here too. I have posted just a few of the thousands of pictures for those of you who wanted to see some asap. I am sure April will be posting here once she gets a chance.
-Roderick

Playing the waiting game

2008-09-15T09:24:00.001-07:00

Hey all you davies fans! This is Amber, April's sister. April is still pregnant, and we are all hanging out just WAITING! April's doctor told her that she would induce April sometime after midnight on Sunday. Well that came and went, and she hasn't been called. So this morning she woke up with contractions. Now they are 5 minutes apart, but she wants to wait until they are stronger. So now we are going to go walking (personally I would already be at the hospital insisting on a bed, but to each his own or her own, right?) So here are some pics of April waiting and walking. I will try to keep everyone posted on "Emma Watch 2008" later!

no, not going to the hospital

Emma come out!

Walking, walking, walking

fine- if you won't come we will just go eat!

Pregnancy

2008-09-09T14:31:00.001-07:00

So, tada,we finally put the belly shots up on the blog. I was teasing Roderick that I didn't know how I felt about having my belly up on the internet, but he reminded me that it was moreabout Emma in my belly so he got his way and here are the pictures. The photo session was fun though, we really liked our photographer. So 8 days and counting until my due date. Last Friday when I went to the Dr I was 75& effaced and 2 1/2 cm dilated, which again pretty much means nothing, although she did say that she didn't think I would make it full term. We will see how stubborn my little girl is about staying inside her nice warm place. Any suggestions on making this thing go a little quicker? I am done working now, which has made my feet swell a lot less and I feel like I am finally getting things ready. We are sure ready for our little one to come!

2008-09-09T12:12:00.000-07:00

Baby Stuff

2008-09-03T20:05:00.000-07:00

I am still waiting for this baby to come into this world, but thankfully it is not as if I am past due or anything. I still have 14 more days. One of the girls I work with has a sister that went 11 days past her due date before she was induced. I think I would have laid down on the floor ( as impossible as that may be right now) and thrown a fit until they agreed to induce me.

I have one more day left of work, which I am excited about. Besides my feet and ankles swelling at the end of a day of being on my feet, I am looking forward to finishing getting everything ready. It is amazing to me how much stuff one little baby needs to get along in this world. Okay, so maybe not needs, but there are many modern conveniences out there now.

My last Dr's appt I was 50% effaced and 2cm dilated, which means nothing really, except that I am effaced and dilated. I have another Dr's appt on Friday and we will see how this is all progressing. We went and did a pregnancy session with a photographer that is also doing our newborn session when Emma comes, so I will post those when I get the cd from the photographer. Lots of exciting stuff going on, maybe when I am home a little more I will blog more frequently, but knowing me probably not:)

Surgery!!

2008-08-19T19:16:00.000-07:00

So we have been pretty busy lately with Rod having surgery. He had a fix of his hiatal hernia and a laprascopic fundiplication. Say that five times fast. Basically they tightened the area where the esophagus meets the stomach, by wrapping part of the stomach around the esophagus. Needless to say he is still recovering. Right now he is still getting used to more solid foods and feeling very deprived because there is a lot he can't eat. It hurts to laugh and hiccup, but he is being a trooper. He had me lauhging so hard today as he begged for a snickers bar and tried to persuade me why it was allowed that he had to leave because I was making him laugh. No bread and meat for a month. Poor guy. Thank goodness for perscoset he says.

Emma is growing. Only 4 more weeks. I had my first internal exam and am dilated to 1cm, which means basically nothing, but we are still getting really excited for the arrival. Her heartbeat is strong and the Dr says everything is going good. We can't wait for our new arrival, although I am getting more and more nervous for the actual process of delivering a baby. It is hard to be prepared for what you don't know and anyone who knows me knows I hate not to be prepared. We are packing our bag this week so everything will be ready there and we are hoping Rod is a little more recovered before this little one comes.

Here are some pics of Rod on the day of surgery and after.

Birth Classes

2008-07-27T20:01:00.001-07:00

So this week we had our first birth/parenting class. My Dr's office has them at the office so we don't have to travel to the hospital, which keeps the classes much smaller and shorter. It was actually extremely informational, although nobody warned us about having to view the birthing video. Roderick promptly informed me after the class that the part about the placenta being born made him sick to his stomach, which I can relate to since I even felt queasy watching that part. Good thing the baby is usually being oohed and ahhed over during that time.

We also got to go together to or ultrasound on Tuesday. It was so neat to see Emma's features and to be reassured at 100% that my baby is in fact a girl. I have been having these dreams that they made a mistake and really I am having a boy so it was nice to have that confirmed. They measured her size and size wise she is due the 6th of September rather than the 17th, but the Dr is not changing the date. Rod is convinced she will be born around the 10th or so. I guess we will see. That is not something that you can really predict. She has very long legs according to the size of her femur, which she obviously didn't get from her mom. I have been having nightmares too that my baby would be born without this part of her leg ever since I read a people magazine article about that happening. Rod has been teasing me about it. But I can rest assured, all of her body parts are where they are supposed to be. Roderick is convinced that when we caught the shot of her face during the ultrasound that she looks like my baby pictures. We are very excited and cannot wait to see her.

It is getting hotter and hotter here, although part of that is the extra person I am carrying around. My swelling really hasn't been bad thankfully even with it being such a stinky summer. This week we have breathing exercises in our birthing class. That should be interesting. Here is a pic of our little girl, although I don't know how clear it is.

Ta Da

2008-07-20T17:56:00.000-07:00

What!! April actually blogged? I know all of you family members are falling out of your seats because it has been about two months since I last decided to inform everyone of the going ons, but I figured I really need to be better about this.

So first things first, I am going to post a belly picture this time. I cannot believe how quickly my little girl has grown, so even though I am much against posting this picture I guess people need to see what it looks like for me to be 8 months pregnant. On Tuesday we go for my third ultrasound and I keep having these nightmares that the nurse is going to tell me oops, it is actually a boy. Well if so I hope he looks good in pink:) Rod and I are growing more and more excited each day for the arrival of our little girl. Someone needs to remind me next time though that getting pregnant in AZ in September may not be the nest idea since I am convinced that I am melting most of the time, although I really haven't had too much swelling thank goodness.

Speaking of melting, our lives have seemed crazy in many ways lately. Last weekend I came home from my Dr's appt and realized that even though our thermostat was set at 75, it was growing steadily hotter in my house. As it creeped up to 79 and even 80 I knew something was not right and called my landlord. Sure enough the motor had gone out in our a/c and although the a/c company assured me they would try to get someone out that evening( after I patiently explained that I was 8months pregnant and not looking forward to dying that day) but could not guarantee it until the next day. We were about to be headed for a hotel, however the lady I spoke to must have taken mercy on me because after spending the afternoon in my swimsuit on my bed with fans aimed at me, the owner of the company showed up about 6 and replaced the motor. It was heaven to have cold air again.

Then......this Friday at 3:00 I got home from running errands and immediately I get a call from the landlord asking if I had noticed that we had no water. Oh yes, a pipe broke in the main water area that supplies four apartments and oh by the way the plumber told me he couldn't come until the next day at 12:00. I asked him how he expected a pregnant lady to avoid going to the bathroom for almost 24 hours and he said well I guess if you have to turn the water on to flush you can, but if it starts squirting turn it off, which of course it did if you even tried to turn it on. The silly part of the whole situation was Rod and our landlord ended up in a go around with the HOA because it was their job to send some emergency person out and they were refusing to so we, along with three other condos sat without water until our plumber came out the next day. Seriously....so last weekend sweat to death, this weekend sweat to death and don't get clean till the plumber comes. However all in all, I can be grateful I have had a good pregnancy.

The next hurdle in our lives is surgery for Rod next month. We are both hoping I don't go into labor 4 weeks early. We don't really want to be in the hospital together. So emma, stay put until after dad's surgery! Alright friends here is the pic. I promise to try to be better about the lives of us!!

I can't hide

2008-05-13T19:46:00.000-07:00

Now that I have read Mara's blog, I can't pretend I didn't get tagged, alright I could, but I won't and I will try to come up with random facts about myself. Six shouldn't be too hard.

1. I like to exercise, but I don't really love to exercise like people may think. This took me awhile to figure out about myself. I think this probably has something to do with my desire to be thin, which I think I share with many people, and my competitive nature. I mean I have done a lot, taught aerobics, done triathlons, and played many sports. However, if I don't have a purpose behind my exercise I would be perfectly happy sitting on the couch if it didn't make me feel like a lump.

2. I tend to be neurotic. I want my house to be clean all the time, I got straight A's because I felt I had to, I like things to be organized, I clean teeth ( I mean who can sit and pick things all day long and not be considered neurotic) and I think everything I do has to be the best or pefect. Now my husband has been trying to get me to realize this about myself for the last couple years and all he has accomplished is that I may not run around cleaning all the time and I may relax more, but deep down things still bug me:)

3. I love to read. In fact if I could sit and get wrapped up in books all day long I would. It is one of my favorite things to do. I love all varieties, except those Harlequin novels those I can pass on, but I love good books. My latest series is the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. This has a funny story. Last fall my little brother Jordan asked if I would help him with his book report and the book he was reading was Twilight. I had never heard of it. So I started skimming through it and much to his dismay wanted to read it. He said, "Oh no, not you. All the girls in high school love this book." When he left for the weekend, I went out and bought it to read and just finished the three book series for the third time. The new one comes out in August and the movie comes out in December. Who knew a love story involving could be so intriguing.

4. I love trying new things. If I had all the time in the world I would be accomplished at all crafts, sports, and pretty much anything you can think of. This is what fuels my love for learning. The problem is that I learn things until I am pretty okay at them, and then I am distacted and ready to learn a new thing. This is my ADD coming out.

5. I love the sun! Any type of sun really. Being from AZ, I even like the heat. Something about laying out by a pool, or feeling the heat after being in A/C all day long is so comforting.I love the sun in Hawaii, Florida, Utah, pretty much anywhere andany season.

6. I could eat some type of Mexican food everyday. Whether it is Cafe Rio type fresh food, or good old AZ mexican food I would be satisfied. In fact one ofmy favorite snacks is chips and salsa. However, much to my mom's dismay I don't like really hot mexican food. Now my mom and even some of my siblings can put fire in their mouth andbe happy, but I was the one who was always teased about the mild salsa I consumed. I like the flavors, but not too much spice.

Okay,these seemed pretty random. I hope everyone else takes everyone's tag as seriously. So I then tag Amber, Katie, Mikelle, Jeni, Ciara and Jenny. I want to hear 6 random things about you.

PS. When I read everyone else's blog, I feel like the blog newbie. I still can't figure out cool backgrounds or even how to add music to this thing.

Mother's Day

2008-05-13T14:04:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I have blogged. It just seems so hard to find the time lately. Mother's Day was nice and eventful for me. Rod gave me my gift a day early which was a massage membership which gives me like 5 prgnancy massages. I had my first one Saturday and wow was I glad he thought of that. It was so nice to relax. Sunday I had to be at church at 8:00, an hour early to practice with the choir since I am the pianist. Then I played for the primary during sacrament. Then I subbed in Primary for the primary pianist who was out of town, but had to step out during Reliefe Society to sing for a lesson that someone had asked me to sing for. It was definately one musical day. Rod made me dinner and lunch though and let me take a nap and relax, so it was nice to have my first official Mother's Day. I am grateful for such a wonderful husband too!

I feel like I amr eally growing now, at least stomach wise. One of my patient's told me today that the old wive's tale is that you gain everywhere if you carry a girl. I don't know if that was her nice way of telling me I am getting fat, or if I am just sensitive as I see my belly swelling more and more each day. Rod is still prestering me to take new photos and post them, maybe I will get brave enough to do that. I am going to have to buy Maternity scrubs pretty soon. My little one is very active and responds to noise. She loves to "dance" when I play the piano or sing and she really responds to her daddy's voice...or any guy's voice that resembles it. Allright, that is all going on in our lives for now.

Put-Put

2008-04-27T18:56:00.000-07:00

First off, to start this one let me say thank you to all the moms out there who gave me advice. It is so great to be able to get in touch with my friends and family so easily, although really I should be better about calling right? I also had a chance to speak to my mom for about 2 hours and she went down the list with me, which helped too. It is crazy how many gadgets there are out there. Oh yeah and by the way I think my little girl will be into dancing or music because my calling is pianist for the ward choir and everytime I practice or play in church she starts her aerobics. It is really interesting that they respond to sound at such an early point.

On to the original topic, Rod and I decided to play miniature golf on Friday for date night. We have always argued about what to call it. I have never heard it called put-put until Rod did, but according to my dad that is what he called in growing up ( he is from Texas). Maybe it is a regional thing or maybe I just never found out the right name. Anyway we always have bets on stuff because we tend to be competitive people. So we went to Golfland and the bet was that whoever lost had to pay for the game, this may sound silly but we give ourselves allowances every month. I ended up starting out well, doing not so good in the middle which made my husband happy, then winning on the last two holes.

We went last night and played again with Katie and Steve and Rod thought we would be good as a team since I had beat him the night before. However, we decided to play on a course that had many obstacles, water traps etc. The wager was for shaved ice afterwards. Rod did awesome and scored like 6 hole in ones....but not me, I doubled my score from the night before. It is pretty pathetic when you have to take the maximum (10) on a hole because you know there is no way in heck you will get that ball in the hole after trying a million times. I guess my accuracy at put-put is way off. So we lost and bought shaved ice, but it was worth it when we saw Parker's face later. Steve and Katie let us feed him plain shaved ice with no sugar on it. This was way better than the lemon experience with him. His face was so funny when he realized the temperature shock. For those of you who don't know, Parker is my nephew who is 8 months old. Then he got a glug, which basically is throat freeze and he thought he was dying, he kept trying to spit stuff out, but there was no ice in there his throat was just cold. My poor little girl, we are going to make her do silly things like this too. No wonder people have kids, they are so entertaining.

And It Is......

2008-04-23T09:26:00.000-07:00

A girl!! Yay! We are very excited. We actually would have been excited with a boy or a girl. When we went for the ultrasound on Monday my little one was extremely active. It was neat to see her moving like crazy. Rod thought it was pretty neat too. Then, of course she was being stubborn and would not cooperate so they could find out what sex she was. The nurse was really great though, she didn't want to make me come back since Rod was with me. She got me up and gave me cold water and licorice saying the sugar would motivate my baby to move positions and then had me walk up and down the hall for 10 minutes. By the time I went back in the room, sure enough my little girl had moved and we were able to clearly see that we had a little girl. She has remained active for the last couple of days. What an interesting feeling it is to feel a baby moving inside you. We are going to name her Emma Belle ( thanks Amy for the permission, we appreciate it) and can't wait for our new addition.

On to other interesting things about the pregnancy. I have my first cold,which stinks and I am trying my best to stay away from medicine, which is maybe not a smart idea, but maybe you are more paranoid with your first child. I have had one or two tylenol which have helped. Roderick and i went to register last night and someone should have told me how overwhelming that task can be. I can now see that I should have sat down and consulted with other mothers for advice before I took on this task. I just sat there in Target and Babys R US and although we had already made some decisions on the stroller and bassinet, I could not figure out what monitor, pump, or any other basics I needed. I registered for stuff, but now don't really like the stuff I registered for. So you mothers out there, I would love some advice since I am now going to go online and back in the stores and fix my blunder. I mean who knew you could get so stressed about bedding? Needless to say I am sure I will be making many updates to my registries.

I promise to post some pictures of my baby's face, foot, hand etc once Rod scans them in for me. We can't wait for our little girl!!

Kids Say The Darndest Things

2008-04-17T12:19:00.001-07:00

My sister came down this week with her kids since they were on break and spent a few days with me. We were swimming with the kids and having a lot of fun especially since it was Parker's ( Katie and Steve's son) first experience in the pool. Everytime I think of this story it makes me smile. My nephew Jared who is 3 in a couple of months and who I share a birthday with was sitting on me in his tube as I swam around backwards and I said, "Look Jared I'm a fish" to which he promptly replied, "No, you a whale" with a huge grin on his face. He then pointed to himself and said " I a whale, you a whale". I started laughing and told my sister that he hit the nail on the head. That is exactly what I feel like right now...it was just funny coming from my innocent nephew who probably had no idea what he was saying. I love this age with kids because they come up with the funniest things to say.

We are going to Bullhead this weekend to see my youngest brother Jordan in his high school musical. He scored the lead role as a sophomore! Way to go! Can you all tell I am a proud older sister? We actually are excited to see it since he is acting opposite my Brother-in-laws niece. So it will be quite the family affair. Then back on Sunday so I can play for the ward choir practice and Rod can teach Sunday School. I am also coming up with an enrichment activity for June. We are doing cake decorating, but anyone have any ideas on a simple skill or project the sisters can learn? Let me know. P.S. Stay tuned for the sex of the new Davies addition. Rod and I find out on Monday!!

Alone Again

2008-03-31T20:13:00.000-07:00

Rod is gone again this evening. He has LSAT class until 10:00. Thank goodness he only has three more weeks left and then he studies until he takes the LSAT in June. Good luck to him. He hopes to finish the GMAT too by August so that both of those tests are done before the baby comes. Then applications for Law school and MBA school will keep him busy. We are excited for this next stage in our lives. I do miss having him home in the evenings. It has to be hard for him too since he is gone from the house from 8am until about 1030pm.

I was talking to one of my patients about baby names today. The names Roderick and I have picked are both family names, including the middle names, and they used to be more old fashioned, but have become surprisingly popular. I am sticking to my guns though and even though there may be another little one in my daughter or son's class running around with the same name ( well probably not the boys name) because they are family names we are still going to use them. Stay tuned for the names after we find out what we are having. Here is the first ultrasound we had done at about 7 weeks. My baby was less than an inch long here. Now my baby is bigger than an apple and fully developed as far as having toes, fingers etc. I felt a little flutter in my stomach today and really hoped it was my baby. We shall see. Oh yeah, Rod says this looks like the baby is holding a football. Really the amniotic sac, but can you tell he wants a little boy?

Easter and Life Today

2008-03-30T20:59:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went to Bullhead for Easter which was really fun. I always love seeing the nieces and nephews coloring easter eggs. Parker was the funniest this year because he managed to come out with a green hand. Jared won the prize a couple years ago for throwing the Easter eggs into the dye which caused quite a splash if you can imagine. Thank goodness for stripping kids down to their diapers. And next year my little one will be in on it, and if Easter falls in April this time my little one will be about 7 months old. We will see if he/she ( since we still won't find out for a couple weeks) can keep up with the cousins. I could have found out what I am having this week, but my Dr urged me to wait until a little later so the ultrasound would be more accurate although I am seriously questioning my judgement in scheduling my ultrasound around 20 weeks. I really want to know!! But alas I must be patient. My friend did the old wives tale of taking a pendulum and if it swings or goes in a circle thing and thinks I am having a girl. Also accorsing to the speed of your leg hair growth wives tale I am having a girl, but we shall see if all those wives tales hold true or if I am instead having a little boy. Any guesses from anyone?

I am settling into being pregnant. Except for that one moody day I have not had any mood swings. I know no one believes me, but according to my husband this is true. Actually my only problem is these laugh attacks. Instead of uncontrollable crying, I have fits of the giggles and can't stop laughing. Case in point, I was watching Friends on Friday around lunch time and it was the episode where Joey is trying to help Chandler and Monica cover up their relationship and they find Chandler's underwear in Monica's couch and something about the way Joey claimed the underwear to help them out sent me into a fit of giggles right when Rod and his friends walked into the house on their lunch break to play Rock Band. I started giggling so hard I was crying and just couldn't explain to these guys why this was so funny. Then today in church during Sunday school Rod starts writing me these silly notes and he kept getting funnier and funnier. I finally had to leave Sunday School because I was about to lose it. Then he blames me for being irreverent. Maybe he shouldn't egg me on when he knows I have the serious giggle problem right now.

I am really bored right now and not looking forwards to tonight since Rod is gone for his sleep study. I still have a serious issue with sleeping alone in the house. It must be from sharing a room my whole life. I sleep much better with my husband in my bed, but since I kick him and toss so much he always sleeps much better when I am gone. We will probably be the really old people who sleep in twin beds like Lucy and Ricky Ricardo although they weren't really old. Rod keeps threatening to initiate that much sooner than old age, but since we got a King size bed I don't kick him. That may be our saving grace. I can't help it, I am an active sleeper. Anyway, see below for some cute pics of my niece and nephews dying eggs.

Pet Peeves

2008-03-11T15:43:00.000-07:00

So maybe it is just because I am pregnant, but I think all of my pet peeves are coming out at once. Like the girl who tries to tell me at work what to eat and not to eat and then asks me how much weight I have gained. Seriously. Or the one who follows you around all day instead of doing her job....okay so I guess mostly my biggest pet peeve is rude people. I mean seriously what made your day so bad that you need to come visit me and be as rude as possible. Case in point, my last patient today has cancelled a million times, then he asks me a question about something dental related in the chair and I start to explain and he promptly tells me, " I don't care", well then why did you ask. Then when I tell him it is important to keep his appointments, he tells me, "I don't care" . I felt like poking him with one of my instruments. Maybe I have been in Scottsdale too long, but I swear people here think that their time is more precious than anybody else's. Then he tells me he needs to be out of there in 30 minutes. Fine, let me run your mouth through the pressure washer. Okay obviously I am cranky today, can you all tell?

On to happier moments...I am going to visit my family next weekend for Easter and can't wait to see allmy cute nieces and nephews dying eggs. This is one of my favorite events every year, especially last year when Jared Amber's youngest was throwing the eggs into the dye. Good thing we had lots of newspapers out. What a fun time of year. I love all holidays, but especially this one because the spring weather is getting so nice. I just can't believe Easter is in March this year. Super early. What is everyone else doing for Easter?

My Cool Nephew and Other Life

2008-03-10T19:19:00.000-07:00

So, my nephew is the coolest, he is learning to Army crawl. I will see if I can attach the video Katie and Steve emailed me. He is the cutest little guy. I also got to go to the Dr. and hear my baby's heartbeat on Friday. Before the doctor put the machine on my belly, she said not to worry if we couldn't hear the heartbeat because sometimes it is hard to hear the first time, but nope my baby's heart was beating strongly. Roderick is very convinced now that we are having a boy. We get to find that out next month. We are very excited. I have decided officially I hate college classes, but just a few more till I am done and can teach if I want, but probably I will focus on being a mommy. I am tired now, hopefully this time gets better since I am tired of being tired.

Accidents

2008-03-01T20:20:00.000-08:00

So nobody ever really clues you in to how dangerous pregnancy can really be. I have to get up in the middle of the night at least 2 if not more times to find ( or rather stumble ) my way to the bathroom. It doesn't matter what I drink or how much sure enough at about 130, 400, 545 and then when I really get out of bed I find myself running without the lights on. I realized how dangerous this can be when a few nights ago on my way back to bed with my eyes almost closed I nailed my thigh on the corner of a bedside table that by the way was not even sticking out, so hard that in the morning when I looked it had moved almost a foot. It was so loud I woke up my husband. Then I went to sleep. So then, and my siblings who know I am accident prone can appreciate this, I did it again a couple hours later. So bad that I cut my leg on the corner this time. When I woke up the next morning I found a bruise the size of a silver dollar under the cut on my leg, which is still there. Needless to say I try to find a light switch now in the middle of these escapades. Ouch!!

Life Goes On

2008-03-01T19:59:00.000-08:00

No picture for me this post, but we should all be happy that I am posting twice in a 3-4 week period. This usually never happens, but I figure I will try to be better about keeping up with life in general. We are both busy, Rod at work with Vanguard and me at work in the dental field. I just got called to Enrichment committee and to be the ward choir pianist and am still feeling tired. However in a few days I will be starting my second trimester and I hear that energy is much higher in those months. I am really hoping for that. Milo our puppy is still as crazy as usual, but we love him. We went looking at tropical fish today, as if we need more pets right? I am just trying to stay sane between life, school, and all the other things that come up on a daily basis, but we are happy just the same. Yesterday we saw the movie Penelope. A must see for anyone who likes a good story. Even Roderick found himself enjoying it. We are not spending our time campaigning as much with Mitt being out of the race so that part of our life has definately calmed down. Ah....off to see what Tivo has on for us!! BTW, check out my youtube human tetris link, it made me laugh till I cried.

Still in Vegas

2008-02-04T18:30:00.000-08:00

The next day, we caught up to Mitt at one of the caucus locations and spent a few minutes with him before he was off again. What a fun experience.

Campaigning

2008-02-04T18:28:00.000-08:00

Last month we went to Vegas for the Vegas primary and we were campaigning for Uncle Mitt, Rod's Uncle. We took my little brother Jordan with us and he said it was one of the best experiences of his life. First we saw Ann and Josh, one of Rod's cousins.

Updating

2008-02-04T18:22:00.000-08:00

I realized that since it has been a long time I will start updating and I will start first with Christmas.....Here we are the girls in our pajamas, a family tradition to match.

Life in 2008

2008-02-04T18:11:00.000-08:00

Someday I will become better about updating this regularly. Heck, maybe that will be one of my New Years resolutions...can you make those in February? What? It's already February. A lot has been going on as usual. I stopped piano, but I am still taking classes and working hard as a dental hygienist in Scottsdale. More good news...Rod and I recently found out I am pregnant. I am in my 9th week, so we still have a long way to go but we are very excited!!

Rod graduated in December in Economics and is working at Vanguard, an investment company. He is enjoying it so far and preparing himself for the GMAT in March and the LSAT in June. He wants to do his MBA and Law degree at the same time. More school for him, but we are looking forward to the new things life is bringing us. More on the Davies saga later, I will add pictures later.

2007-09-12T23:25:00.000-07:00

So, Rod and I have decided that I am on a quest to tire myself out completely by the end of this semester. Okay, we are just kidding, but I have of recent made myself extremely busy. I started taking classes again through NAU to continue on in my degree. I am taking 6 credits now, and thought about adding 3 more, but due to my already crazy schedule Rod and I vetoed the idea.

I also on Monday started piano and guitar lessons!! I already play the piano, but wanted to touch up on my skills and the guitar is pretty new. Between being a dental hygienist and that my hands and fingers have been pretty sore lately. But I am having tons of fun. I am also taking another cake decorating class. Mikelle and I have decided that this class is much harder than the last one, but we are learning a lot. So I am staying pretty busy with studying, practicing, and being creative! Hence the reason I am up at 11:30 bloggin even though I have to be up tomorrow at 6 for work. That's all for now, maybe I will post more as I get the hang of this.

Hair

2007-08-28T19:49:00.001-07:00

My quest for blond hair, this is how it started. It ended platinum blond.

I never change this thing

2007-08-28T19:33:00.000-07:00

Okay, so lately( actually always) I have not been on here to change my blog. I guess I spend so much time on the computer at work that I don't feel like being on it at home. However, my wonderful friend Jeni reminded me that I should get on here every once in awhile.

I took this cake decorating class last month with my friends and it was so fun. I want to take more classes, it was very fun. Oh and I started highlighting my hair and then ended up completely blond. I may stay that way for awhile.

Life has been a little insane lately. I had ear surgery a week and a half ago. Afterwards, it was kind of like I was permanently on a ship with vertigo and motion sickness. A very interesting feeling. The hearing is now much better in my ear after surgery, so that is nice, it was plugged for awhile.

I am taking classes from NAU to finish my Bachelors and Rod graduates in December from ASU. Who knows where we will go from there. We are currently enjoying life in AZ. My oldest brother just had his first baby, adorable Parker. I will post some pictures when I figure out what they are saved on. Well back to studying.

Timing

2007-06-10T15:44:00.000-07:00

Well maybe I will use this thing more than once every few months. We just got back from a family reunion in Pinetop. It was fun. Rod is back in summer classes, he graduates with his Economics degree in December. We hope to go somewhere fun afterwards, maybe abroad for a few years? China or Europe sound fun. I am busy working in Scottsdale. Rod is staying busy with classes, work and his Uncle Mitt's campaign. Rod is headed out to Boston for a call day this month and we both are going to Iowa for some campaigning. Go Mitt!! Here are some pics from fishing at the reunion and Amber and I with Uncle Wayne