tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82802815798212404142024-02-07T21:14:41.931-08:00This time, for realCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.comBlogger294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-31593769929256851282012-03-16T00:56:00.000-07:002012-03-16T01:09:39.091-07:00We're DoomedI've been thinking about my what happened yesterday, and about what I wrote yesterday. I'm still legitimately bummed out about giving up political discussion on Facebook.<br /><br />I really want to find a place where I can have a level-headed discusion about politics. Part of that desire comes from an interest in my state and my country. I want the society I live in, and that my kids will live in, to be successful. I want it to be the best place to live in the world, and a place where the "American dream" is more than just a phrase that politicians use to get elected.<br /><br />But another big part of what attracts me to politics (as a topic) is just the absurdity of the whole system; especially the partisan antics, the lies, the pandering, the misdirection, etc. Election year is like the Super Bowl of social engineering and, like a train wreck, I can’t take my eyes off of it.<br /><br />It BOGGLES my mind how people just accept their brand of partisan politics at face value. No, 'accept' isn't the right word... they embrace it and regurgitate it as often as they can and with as much fervor as they can muster. It's just... frustrating, disappointing, and overall perplexing.<br /><br />It seems that for some people the partisan devotion runs so deep that it overpowers their ability to think freely and react appropriately to innocuous political conversation. The partisan mind is a minefield of knee-jerk reactions. If you say anything unflattering about their a person's favorite candidate or anything that could be perceived as diverging from their party's ideology then you risk being labeled their enemy, and as their enemy it's automatically assumed that you'll passionately defend the opposing viewpoint. It goes a little like this:<br /><br />Bob: "I don't know about Joe Democrat, some of his views seem a little backwards to me"<br />Jim: "Oh, yeah! Like Bill Republican is sooo perfect! Why don't you go run over some homeless people in your hummer? Scumbag!"<br />Bob: … um… *head explodes*<br /><br />Or, turning the tables:<br /><br />Bob: "I don't know about Bill Republican, some of his views seem a little backwards to me"<br />Jim: "Oh, yeah! Like Joe Democrat is sooo perfect! Why don't you go run over some unborn babies in your Prius? Scumbag!"<br />Bob: … um… *head explodes*<br /><br />The political climate in this country is such that level-headed discussion of political topics is impossible. It *can't* be done. I want so badly to be able to just talk about some stuff, share my observations, get some opinions, etc. without people bringing emotions and preconceptions into the conversation.<br /><br />I'd love to get to a point where I could say "Yeah, I know a lot about a select few issues; enough to be confident in passionately defending my opinions about them" Unfortunately I don't see any way to get to that point. All the avialable information is biased, and all of it disputed. In effect, all the inputs are bad. How do you get good outputs from bad inputs? You can't.<br /><br />There has to be something more to be said about these issues, and if people were encouraged to talk about them, debate them, then maybe we could make some progress towards a consensus. Probably not, but at least we'd be trying, and at least we would all understand the issues a little better. But that’s an unrealistic vision. Talking about politics only has one guaranteed result: it will piss people off. That's all you can reasonably expect to get out of it. It’s a shame.<br /><br />This is the realization I came to yesterday. It's the reason I sterilized my Facebook wall. I'm not venturing out into the minefield again. I'm accepting that no amount of neutrality or disclaimers or civility can offset the insanity that is partisan politics. I will keep my thoughts to myself, like nice people do. Thinking is hard anyway, and I wouldn’t want to impose on anyone. :\Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-32633019650586931762012-03-14T01:04:00.002-07:002012-03-14T01:08:31.021-07:00Sigh<br />
I'm frustrated with Facebook so I'm going to give blogging another shot. Why not, right?<br />
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I'm frustrated with Facebook because I want it to be something it's not. That is, I want it to be a place where I can talk about mentally stimulating stuff with friends and get opinions and feedback from people I know, and whose opinions I may value. Instead, I can only imagine the number of people who have me blocked entirely. It's weird, I just don't know how to approach it.<br />
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I think it would bother me less if people would come out and say "hey, you know what? I just don't want to see your stuff. It bothers me. I'm going to block/defriend you." That I can live with, or adapt to. What bothers me is the idea that I am just annoying people over and over and over again until they quietly block me or defriend me (both in the facebook sense and in the real life sense, but more importantly in the real life sense) and I'm carrying on like an idiot, largely (and naively) oblivious to the fact that I'm alienating people. Or maybe I'm not entirely oblivious, but I don't want to accept it.<br />
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Anyway... It's eating me up right now. A crappy end to an otherwise happy day. When everything is said and done I'd kill to have a mentally stimulating debate with anyone who's willing (and about any topic for that matter). All I can manage is pissing people off instead. I'd say I'm misunderstood but more likely it's my own failure to understand or anticipate the way others interpret my words. Either way, the net result is that I come off as an abrasive jerk (or so I've been told).<br />
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In the end I'm just way too isolated. I isolate myself. My social circle is about the size of a hoola-hoop. Sometimes I wish I weren't such an introvert; that I could just make small talk and had more in common with other people. I feel really good about a lot of things in my life. There are a lot of things that make me happy to be who I am and where I am, but there's a definite gap in my life and I'm not sure I can of fill it.<br />
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Also, I hate that this post comes off as whining. It's not supposed to be whining, it's just me thinking out loud. Trying to put my thoughts into words so I can get them out of my head.<br />
...and now I sound crazy. Great.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-20599220125932417332012-03-01T22:04:00.000-08:002012-03-01T22:04:11.680-08:00Shoot...I missed February! In my defense, it is a shorter month, right? Yeah, I know you're all forgiving me.<br />
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So... what noteworthy events transpired last month? Well, to start with, Jack has started talking more and more, but he still is very stubborn. He now has said (though don't try to get him to repeat any of these words or he'll either run away laughing or look you straight in the eye and instead say, "ball"): mommy, daddy, duke, choo choo, jack, grandma, hand, no, ball (of course), and that (which he says often, as he's pointing at whatever it is that he wants). I'm sure there have been more, but since he won't repeat himself once he gets a positive reaction from me, I can't remember any others.<br />
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Alice started taking swim lessons this week. She LOVES it and looks adorable in the pool with her little friends and teachers. Jack is jealous, though, and makes things difficult on my by squirming and twisting and trying his very hardest to get out of my arms so he can run for that gigantic bathtub.<br />
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Erik has been home more this semester since he is only taking one class. It's been nice to have him around. After this semester is over, we're looking at a year until he graduates. Graduation has been such a distant event for so long now that it's hard to think of it as something that will actually take place. We still will probably live in Provo, but I'm coming to terms with that and am actually starting to like this place. I've liked the people here for a long time, but now the place is growing on me, too. I would still love to have a basement. And a garage. And a yard. And another bedroom, my own bathroom, and playgrounds within walking distance... but I'd rather be in an imperfect house than a perfect one that I can't afford.<br />
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Not much else new is happening in my life. I teach primary now in church and it's going well. The kids (4-5 yo) can be crazy, but they are fun. I'm still excited about my upcoming employment. I have about a month left before I leave the world of stay-at-home-mom-hood for the world of work-at-home-mom-hood (since I'll be working out of the home). It will be sort of strange, though since it's part time and I'll still never leave the house, hopefully I'll adjust well.<br />
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There it is. 1 day late. I'll try to not procrastinate next (this) month.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-8529743870215993982012-01-30T21:41:00.000-08:002012-01-30T21:41:04.787-08:00Almost didn't make itSo it's the very end of the month, and I almost went without posting. This month has been a little too eventful for my taste. It started out with our annual empanada new years party. The empanadas this year were definitely the best that we've had, and the company was great. We had mostly neighborhood friends over for a change, which meant that Alice had a party of her own with all her friends upstairs. It was loud and crazy, but fun. While the party ended early so most people could get their kids in bed, Alice stayed up until midnight with us and watched the fireworks.<br />
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A few days later, the kids and I flew to CO to stay the night before catching an early plane the next morning to Orlando. Aidan decided to make the trip to Disney as well as a last minute add on, which sounded like fun, but ended up being very difficult. I'm not sure how Alice would do if she were in the same situation, but Aidan was very sad and ended up going home as soon as Michael could make it out to Florida to bring him back.<br />
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We had a great time in Florida, going to the beach, Disney World, and hanging out at Mom and Dad's new condo. Erik came down a few days after we got there, then left a few days before we did. Someone had to be home to earn the money for us to spend, after all! :)<br />
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Since we were flying stand by, we planned to stay a few days in CO visiting family and friends before going back home. Unfortunately, the flights were oversold after the first couple of days, so we waited it out. By the time the flights opened up enough for us to fly, though, Jack and I were both getting sick. Him with a fever of 102.5, and me with the normal congestion, runny nose, and a sore throat that radiated through my ears. I ended up at the doctor's office with a sinus infection, and after a couple days of Jack's fever not breaking, we took him in to the ER and found that he had 2 ear infections, which would limit how comfortably he would be able to travel. We decided to wait it out again. By the time he seemed to be doing better, Alice started with her fever and coughing. After a few days of trying to wait it out again, we instead decided that our best bet would be to drive, meeting Erik in Grand Junction so that no one was driving 16 hours in one day. Driving meant renting a car for the day since we can't all fit in a smart car. And my Dad very graciously did that and took the day off of work to get us home.<br />
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Of course, getting stuck at Mom and Dad's house is far from the worst place to get stuck. After a week, though, I was starting to feel as homesick as Aidan did on that first night in Florida (though I wasn't *quite* as emotional... barely...)<br />
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As we drove into our neighborhood, 2 and a half weeks after we left, I kept looking at the townhouses and it almost felt surreal that we were actually home, like the entire world had a slightly different color than I remembered it. It felt good to be in my own little house and see my neighbors and friends. I regret not being able to spend more time with my family and friends while I was in CO, but I really didn't want to pass that plague on any further.<br />
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The fun unfortunately didn't stop just because we were home, though. On our first day back, we took Jack and Alice in to the Dr. to recheck his ears and have him listen to Alice's cough. Jack's ear was not doing any better, so it is probably a good thing we didn't try to fly. Alice also had to get an x-ray to rule out pneumonia (again), which she thankfully doesn't have (again). She does have asthma, though, which seems to get irritated whenever she gets sick, thus making her cough non-stop. She is on a steroid and now has an inhaler to use as needed, which she hasn't actually needed more than a couple of times. I'm hoping that she will outgrow the asthma, or that it will at least not be bad enough to limit her.<br />
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Other than that, our month has been pretty chill. Relaxing, even. I was cleaning up the house a couple days ago, and Alice said, "Mom, who's coming over?" I told her no one, so she asked, "Then why are you cleaning up?" If only it weren't true.<br />
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The last piece of news from January is that I got a call from the HR department at jetBlue. They officially gave me a job offer! I am seriously excited. I'll be working full time for the training, then part time from home after that. It's not a very glamorous job (call center/reservation/customer service type stuff), doesn't pay very well, and the flight benefits aren't the greatest out of SLC, but if I view it as a long term investment, I'm really just building seniority so that when the kids are older (and we possibly live elsewhere), we will be able to fly. And in the meantime, it's a paycheck and it gives me some purpose besides being "Mommy"Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-15666561441399269352011-12-31T07:49:00.000-08:002011-12-31T07:49:24.792-08:00Recap time?<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It seems strange to be writing a recap when I haven't written anything else on the blog for an entire year, though maybe that fact makes it all the more important to write my recap. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I very clearly remember the beginning of 2011 because the year was ushered in with a tragedy. A former coworker lost her baby to SIDS, which put my struggles with my own 3 month old baby into perspective. Every time I was about to complain that he was still waking up every 3 hours throughout the night to eat, I was reminded that he was <u>waking up</u>... and that I was blessed to not have to endure the alternative to that. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Alice turned 3 this year and she very definitely became a child instead of a toddler. I have loved watching her show what a great big sister she is and how genuinely she loves her baby brother, almost as if she were a second mom to him. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Erik's company was officially bought out by Echostar which afforded a great sense of stability that we had been previously lacking. It is a good feeling to not be constantly worried that your livelihood could at any moment be taken away. He loves the work he does and the people he does it for. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Jack hit all of the usual milestones... rolling over, crawling, walking, babbling, laughing. His personality is really starting to show now. He is much more stubborn than Alice and has a short temper. He is a VERY loving boy, though, and is constantly tackling his friends with unstable baby hugs and covering them in slimy baby kisses. He even made sure to give the picture of the baby on the box of diapers lots of love and attention.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I got to be present at the birth of my newest little nephew. It was a very interesting experience and baby Isaac is adorable. :) He's a cranky boy, but cute all the same and hopefully he will out grow his fussiness soon. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We also got to make a torturous drive up to Seattle for Shawna's wedding. On top of the usual bored children and restless adults, we also passed around a lovely 24 hour bug that made hotel stays and visiting family members less than pleasant. There are times when you just wish you could be in your own bedroom and bathroom. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Alice started dance lessons this year and loved it. She got to be one of 40 sheep at her recital in the nativity. It was chaos, but still adorable. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I'm not usually one for new years resolutions, but for the coming year, there are a couple of goals that I have in mind:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul><li>Be more punctual. I get anxious when I am late and it'd be nice to cut out one more source of anxiety, right?</li>
<li>Read to the kids more and help Alice learn to read.</li>
<li>Read to myself more. I saw this list of 100 books that everyone should read, and I'd like to start making a dent in it. </li>
</ul><div>Other than that, there is of course the aforementioned goal to blog once a month. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Happy New Year! </div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-5475687983019120612011-12-30T00:37:00.000-08:002011-12-30T00:37:29.313-08:00What?Yes, an update. On our blog. Believe it.<br />
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It's no secret that I tend to leave all my updating on Facebook, but I don't want to let our blog die... even though it's been in a comatose state now for about a year. I'd like to be more on top of it here... I won't promise to update every day or every week, but I'll try to at least do a monthly recap. How's that for improvement?<br />
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So, while this may be seriously lame, but in an attempt to catch up on my blogging, here is a record of my status updates for the past couple years (yes, lame, but also kind of fun to read? Maybe??)<br />
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Those of you who are tuning out now, I promise my next update will be less 'copy and paste's.<br />
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<div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed December 28, 2011, 11:39 am: </span><b>Jack was captivated by me throwing a ball in the air and catching it (mostly) this morning. He even tried to duplicate it by holding the ball up really high and then dropping it. The result must have been satisfactory because he would clap every time and look at me with a face that said, "I did it!" I love my buddy.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon December 26, 2011, 2:07 am: </span><b>Anyone have any good book suggestions?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun December 25, 2011, 2:43 pm: </span><b>Alice slept in until 9:00 today. I didn't expect that Christmas gift :) Now time for naps and then we'll watch our new movie (how to train your dragon) while we eat the remaining stocking snacks. Merry Christmas, friends!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed December 21, 2011, 11:14 pm: </span><b>"mom, you're prettier than anything. You're prettier than half a toast." Thanks, Alice.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed December 21, 2011, 9:57 pm: </span><b>I'm loving my new laptop, especially the touchpad. It's so smooth!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat December 17, 2011, 11:24 pm: </span><b>The recitals today were both successful. My second song was a little sloppy, but not too bad. Alice also started crying bc she couldn't find HER baby Jesus to dance with, but she recovered once we found him. Also, I know he's kind of slow in this, but jack clapped for the first time today at Alice's recital. I guess he finally saw something worth clapping for. :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri December 16, 2011, 9:48 pm: </span><b>Alice just told me she's gonna grow up to be a teacher. She says she wants to teach people all kinds of stuff and make them rainbow jello. Michelle, you've made quite an impression.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed November 9, 2011, 2:27 am: </span><b>Fair warning to anyone Alice spent time with today: She woke me up about a half hour ago with the announcement, "I barfed". One of the hard parts about being a mom is that I couldn't shy away and say, "ew gross. Go clean it up," but had to put on a brave face and clean her up myself. Why does seeing someone else vomit make you feel like you're going to vomit? There must be some evolutionary purpose to that...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri November 4, 2011, 12:11 pm: </span><b>"Good think these socks aren't silver, or our feet would get really cold!" So true. Wisdom of a 3 year old.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed November 2, 2011, 4:31 pm: </span><b>Where was the proof reader on this paragraph: "Of course, you also need to do some exercises. No gyms, if you hate them. Just 30 hours of brisk walking everyday or every other day is enough. Riding a bicycle, even a statutory one, can help your body burn calories."</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed November 2, 2011, 3:55 pm: </span><b>My piano teacher is looking for some new students. If anyone around Spanish Fork is interested, I'll get you her contact information. She is very affordable and I've learned a lot from her :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon October 31, 2011, 10:53 pm: </span><b>Our porch light is off and some kids just came by trick or treating. It's 10:00 at night. Does no one know the rule anymore?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri October 28, 2011, 11:22 pm: </span><b>I hate how catchy the song, "Pumped up kicks" is. The lyrics make me sick, but I can't get it out of my head!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat October 22, 2011, 7:17 pm: </span><b>Alice: knock knock. Me: who's there? Alice: banana Me: banana who? Alice: aren't you glad I didn't say orange? So close.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed October 19, 2011, 11:56 pm: </span><b>In Alice's prayer tonight: "Please bless that our legos won't get lost".</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun October 16, 2011, 12:11 am: </span><b>It should never take an hour to clean a kitchen as small as mine.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri October 7, 2011, 11:48 pm: </span><b>Do any of you lovely people happen to work for jetBlue and want to write me a recommendation?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu October 6, 2011, 9:37 am: </span><b>Alice looked at me very seriously, wiggled her eyebrows, then told me, "I said, 'I love you' without using my words"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri September 30, 2011, 11:25 pm: </span><b>Salt and pepper pistachios are surprisingly awesome!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri September 30, 2011, 10:18 am: </span><b>Alice just called Erik, "my big daddy bear"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon September 26, 2011, 10:50 am: </span><b>A very distraught Alice just told me, "Jack tried to push my bones with his butt where my neck is". I don't thing that laughing was the appropriate response.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed September 14, 2011, 11:02 pm: </span><b>In the fashion of "goodnight moon," Alice was saying goodnight to everything she could see today. Including the pile of laundry in the hall. we ought to write a second edition of that book that is more true to life...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed September 14, 2011, 4:37 pm: </span><b>I had the most thorough teeth cleaning this morning at the dental hygiene school, thanks to Jacquie Easdon McArthur. If any of you are due for a cleaning, it's $10 and amazing :) I can get you her number if you want to schedule an appointment.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed September 14, 2011, 7:21 am: </span><b>Looking for a last minute babysitter to watch my kids from 7:45 till 11:30 ish. Any takers?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon September 12, 2011, 9:52 pm: </span><b>I love when Alice talks for jack. Thus evening. After we cleaned up all the toys, jack started pulling them all out again. This worried Alice, so I told her that he just doesn't know any better. She said (in his voice), "I know better. This is much better! Mwahahahaha!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon September 12, 2011, 1:02 pm: </span><b>Alice just gave Jack a toy. Jack threw it, so Alice said, "He's like, 'that's rubbish! no no!'"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu September 8, 2011, 10:18 pm: </span><b>5 things I like that start with the letter P- pooper scoopers pants pediatricians pens (I'm a little obsessed) pentagons like it and I'll give you a letter.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue September 6, 2011, 11:15 am: </span><b>and ps: who lets their dog crap on the walkway leading up to someone's front door? seriously... If anyone ever catches me letting my dog do that, make sure I don't walk away without stepping in it first.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue September 6, 2011, 11:14 am: </span><b>Oh the irony... I've been looking for cheap airfare to Seattle for months, and finally got an email alert for a round trip ticket for $168... 2 days after making the drive home.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed August 31, 2011, 10:44 am: </span><b>"Mom, do we have Okie Dokie now?" "What's Okie Dokie?" "It's a movie that I saw a long time ago." "Oh... What's it about?" "It's about Okie Dokie." "What's Okie Dokie?" "He's a puppet made out of pine"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat August 13, 2011, 12:49 am: </span><b>proud of myself and Eryn Stalker for our run today. We're on our way to a 5k :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri August 12, 2011, 1:41 pm: </span><b>Alice is playing with a toy rotary phone. She's sticking her fingers in the holes saying "beep boop beep" to dial the phone number. I think that the age of rotary phones is officially dead.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri August 12, 2011, 1:16 am: </span><b>Anyone in the vicinity have a jogging stroller I can borrow for a couple days to see if it'd be worth it to find one for myself? :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat August 6, 2011, 8:39 pm: </span><b>Alice: "I saw an airplane made out of birds!" I look up in the sky an sure enough, there's a flock of birds flying in a v formation.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu August 4, 2011, 1:03 am: </span><b>We need to do family pictures. Anyone have suggestions for a good and inexpensive photographer in UT? (We don't need tons of prints but would like to have the digital files)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed August 3, 2011, 11:35 pm: </span><b>I turned off the ceiling fan in Alice's room because she wanted to sleep on the top bunk. As it was coming to a stop, she said, "It's going slower and slower mom...adagio."</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed August 3, 2011, 3:24 am: </span><b>I put both kids in the same room tonight awake and by some miracle, they both fell asleep!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun July 31, 2011, 3:28 pm: </span><b>"But the mouse was still dirty, so he let the water run into the house next door" It's National Book Week. The rules: Grab the closest book to you. go to page 56. Copy the 5th sentence as your status. Don't mention the book. Post these rules as part of your status.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu July 28, 2011, 12:58 pm: </span><b>I told Alice, "thank you for moving so quickly into the right spot." She thought for a minute and said, "is that the left spot over there?"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon July 25, 2011, 3:25 pm: </span><b>The "whys" are getting a lot more in depth: "why is it cold in the morning when it's not winter?" and "why did you make a rule that if I can't buckle myself, I have to sit in the grey carseat?"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu July 21, 2011, 9:49 am: </span><b>Yesterday, Jack took a 5 minute morning nap, then a half hour nap in the afternoon. This morning, he woke up at 4:00, thinking he was done sleeping for the night. Did someone add caffeine to the water here?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon July 18, 2011, 2:18 pm: </span><b>Alice: Why does babies talk like that? Me: Because they don't know real words yet. Alice: Oh. I guess that makes sense.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed July 13, 2011, 2:24 pm: </span><b>Maybe it's wrong, but I love holding my baby through his nap. He's so cuddly.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue July 12, 2011, 4:59 pm: </span><b>Alice (speaking of Jack): "he's like, 'I have so much teeth now how bout I eat you?'"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun July 10, 2011, 3:32 am: </span><b>Tried to adjust my nonexistent glasses for the first time today. I also keep feeling like I'm forgetting to take my contacts out at night. Even though my vision hasn't yet stabilized, this is awesome.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Fri July 8, 2011, 12:16 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>I can see!</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Thu July 7, 2011, 10:40 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>12 hour till LASIK time!</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu July 7, 2011, 12:41 am: </span><b>I got Jack out of the bath today and wrapped him up in a towel. As I turned around and saw myself holding him in the mirror, deja vu hit and I was suddenly holding my 10 month old Alice instead.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed July 6, 2011, 11:34 pm: </span><b>Is it possible for a 3 year old to have insomnia? She is refusing to nap and keeps getting out of bed at night, yet she is cranky b/c she's not getting enough sleep.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon July 4, 2011, 2:11 pm: </span><b>Erik and I were in the kitchen making a peach pie, when we heard some thumping around upstairs. We looked into the front room and saw only Alice--no Jack. I went upstairs to check and there he was, in the bathroom, banging a toy around on the ground. I guess it's time to be diligent in closing the baby gate again!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri June 24, 2011, 12:21 pm: </span><b>Early this morning, I got to be there when baby Isaac joined the world. That is a crazy and amazing thing to see. Good work, Sarah! He's adorable :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu June 23, 2011, 9:57 pm: </span><b>Alice's conversation with a little girl in a play place: Kid: how old are you? Alice: free Kid: it's three, not f- f- free! Alice: I didn't say f- f- free. I said free.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon June 20, 2011, 5:31 pm: </span><b>9 new pairs of pants and 12 new shirts for Alice for $46. I love thrift stores!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun June 19, 2011, 9:26 am: </span><b>Alice blew her nose this morning, then laughed and said, "my nose sounds like a tuba!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu June 16, 2011, 12:36 am: </span><b>I picked up a cranberries cd at a yard sale for a dollar. Alice loves it :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed June 15, 2011, 12:00 am: </span><b>I think our a/c is broken. Sad day.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue June 14, 2011, 10:35 pm: </span><b>Alice wanted to read a chapter book that I was pretty sure was above her level for bed last night. I started out reading it, and wanted to test her to see if she was even following at all. I asked her, "What did Mrs. Brown say to Paddington?" She replied, "umm... she said, 'I am a child of God' or something". Yeah... we'll wait on that book for another year or so...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon June 13, 2011, 8:21 pm: </span><b>Alice and I are watching "Tangled" for the first time in at least a month.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat June 11, 2011, 7:54 am: </span><b>Why do my kids wake up at 7 now instead of 8?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu June 9, 2011, 10:33 pm: </span><b>Surprisingly, Alice only asked me "why?" 27 times today... though it did increase exponentially as it got later and later in the day. oh, and she was at preschool for 1 1/2 hours and the daycare at Gold's Gym for the same amount of time. Still. Nowhere near what I expected :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed June 8, 2011, 9:58 pm: </span><b>Stay tuned, friends. I decided to count how many times my 3 year old asks, "why?" in one day.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon June 6, 2011, 10:35 pm: </span><b>"Mom, why are we still on this Earth?" Good question, Alice....</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun June 5, 2011, 3:51 pm: </span><b>Came downstairs today on the way out to church and Duke had pooped all over the front room. Sometimes I wonder why I have a dog.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed June 1, 2011, 5:47 pm: </span><b>Alice: "Can I go outside and just relax? Actually, I'm gonna play."</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed June 1, 2011, 11:17 am: </span><b>I can tell from our conversation this morning that Alice has been spending time with Erik Heppler: Alice: (pointing at the picture on my glass of milk) That's a yellow mushroom. Me: Yes, it is. Alice: Some mushrooms are red. Me: In Mario, they're red. Alice: And some are brown. Those are the goomba mushrooms and they're really bad. You have to run away from them.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue May 31, 2011, 10:59 pm: </span><b>We are never skipping naps in our house again...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue May 31, 2011, 10:50 am: </span><b>watched, "I am number Four" yesterday and it was totally dumb. I could see how it had potential, though. Has anyone read the book?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun May 29, 2011, 2:49 am: </span><b>Quote from a knife informercial: "My wife bought a bread machine, and we quit using it cuz neither of us could slice hot bread"...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat May 28, 2011, 7:02 pm: </span><b>Erik told Alice, "I love you so darn much". A couple minutes later, Alice asked, "what does that mean? Darn?" Try explaining that to a 3 year old. She has since tried using it in a couple sentences.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Thu May 26, 2011, 5:54 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>I wish for a clean house.</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri May 20, 2011, 10:40 pm: </span><b>I'm watching videos of Alice at 8 months (and older) and it's crazy how much her and Jack are alike, both in how they look and their voices. Their facial expressions are so similar, too. You can definitely tell that they are related.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu May 19, 2011, 11:53 pm: </span><b>I hope I'm not the only one who thought that tonight's "Bones" was totally stupid.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu May 19, 2011, 9:03 pm: </span><b>Just played "Old Maid" with Alice and she totally got it. I know it's not a difficult concept or anything, but it still made me proud. :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon May 16, 2011, 10:18 am: </span><b>Today, jack is finally consistently able to crawl forward. He had a month or more of really trying to get that motion down and he finally got it. :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun May 15, 2011, 12:19 am: </span><b>My inner english teacher dies a little every time I see someone type "would of" instead of "would've".</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed May 11, 2011, 10:00 pm: </span><b>Both my children went down to bed SO easily tonight! Maybe they were making up for the crazy day that we had with friends. :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun May 8, 2011, 8:48 pm: </span><b>Why do people say defiantly instead of definitely? I can understand definately, but not defiantly.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu May 5, 2011, 11:48 pm: </span><b>Jack was incredibly easy to put to bed tonight. Thanks, Jack. Alice, on the other hand... I guess I can't have it all! Though she did correct me when I said, "I love you, too" and made me say, "I love you too, baby girl" instead :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Thu April 28, 2011, 11:16 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>I love poison control....</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed April 27, 2011, 1:01 am: </span><b>Had a LASIK consult today. I am very seriously considering it. How many of my facebook friends have had LASIK?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon April 25, 2011, 2:33 pm: </span><b>Who wants to play heads up seven up?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat April 23, 2011, 12:14 am: </span><b>Why does my baby have to be a tummy sleeper?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon April 18, 2011, 1:26 pm: </span><b>Alice: "Ok, daddy. Here's the thing. If you're so hungry, you can eat noodles, or oatmeal, or hmm... cheese"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat April 16, 2011, 9:47 am: </span><b>turned on the TV and saw the dish "your receiver is turned off" message. Alice looked at it and said, "It says: you can watch Tangled... on DVD BluRay"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri April 15, 2011, 10:00 am: </span><b>Jack is a super scooter! He's rolling/scooting/backward crawling all over!I love that baby boy <3</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu April 14, 2011, 11:46 pm: </span><b>Round 2 with the pneumonia started today. This time, we'll knock it out with a stronger antibiotic.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu April 14, 2011, 10:41 am: </span><b>I love watching Jack reaching for his toys, and trying everything he can to get them. Of course, all he needs to do is be anywhere near Alice and she will hand them to him.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun April 10, 2011, 9:02 pm: </span><b>Do any of you have an extra set of Tangled lithographs that came with the pre-order of the movie at the disney store?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri April 8, 2011, 3:06 pm: </span><b>Poor little jack got 4 shots today. He's staying constant in percentiles: 50th for height, 55th for weight and 95th for his massive Oviatt noggin. Alice came up to me a minute ago and said, "2 bandaids plus 2 bandaids is 4 bandaids." Maybe it was luck. I had do idea she could add.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu April 7, 2011, 2:43 pm: </span><b>Heard Alice say, "I'm stinky," so I turned to her and said, "why?" just in time to see her open Daddy's deodorant and attempt to lift her shirt and swipe it under her arms. Better too early than too late, right?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue April 5, 2011, 5:34 pm: </span><b>I feel so weird driving a minivan.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Sat April 2, 2011, 10:03 am: <span style="color: black;"><b>I love our pediatrician. :)</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri April 1, 2011, 10:12 am: </span><b>Spent 4 and a half hours at the er last night. Alice has pneumonia, and will be feeling better after a round of antibiotics.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Tue March 29, 2011, 3:32 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>Audrey is the coolest ever!!!</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu March 24, 2011, 1:06 am: </span><b>Alice left her shoes under Erik's boss' desk yesterday when we went to meet him for dinner. When Erik got to work today, they were filled with candy. :D</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon March 21, 2011, 4:57 am: </span><b>fell asleep at 8:30 with the kids... now I'm awake, and I'm really awake. What do I do?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu March 17, 2011, 11:17 pm: </span><b>We just ordered Alice's first book order books. I'm so excited!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue March 15, 2011, 6:35 pm: </span><b>Accidentally ordered the 1/2 lb at smash burger. Holy huge. The patty was the size of a dinner plate.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon March 14, 2011, 8:39 pm: </span><b>We're driving through pleasant grove and Alice said, "I see a 'g' on the mountain, daddy!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun March 6, 2011, 11:32 am: </span><b>We watched "Remember Me" last night, but the disc was scratched, so it skipped a couple of big chunks. I thought it was really good though. Very interesting.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri March 4, 2011, 7:48 pm: </span><b>Alice: "if I die, then I won't be able to watch my shows and you will just watch my shows when I die, right mom?" .......</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed March 2, 2011, 12:33 am: </span><b>I love playing family feud with my dad... to the question: "name a handsome cartoon character," he replied "George Jetson".</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon February 28, 2011, 2:03 pm: </span><b>Just finished the last Harry Potter, and yeah.... I cried.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Sat February 19, 2011, 12:56 am: <span style="color: black;"><b>I love babies.</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed February 16, 2011, 10:52 pm: </span><b>I'm hearing an awful lot of sirens....</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed February 16, 2011, 5:06 pm: </span><b>Breaking out the Beatles, America, and Neil Diamond. Wish you were here to enjoy torturing your teenage son with us, Dave.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue February 15, 2011, 9:59 am: </span><b>Alice made up her first knock knock joke that actually made sense! Knock Knock? Who's There? Raz. Raz Who? Raspberry! I'm so proud.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu February 10, 2011, 10:34 pm: </span><b>I left Alice in her bed tonight to go get jack, who was crying. Alice told me, "don't forget to say the magic word to jack so he will be happy. Say 'pocus pocus'". It didn't work. Some magic.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri February 4, 2011, 3:40 pm: </span><b>I have a baby that doesn't want to nap anywhere besides in my arms. Good thing all I want to do is hold him :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri February 4, 2011, 2:03 am: </span><b>Just finished the 4th Harry Potter book. That's right, I'm only 10 years late, but I'm finally reading them.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu February 3, 2011, 9:41 pm: </span><b>"You know we're gonna fall off this Earth, Mom. We're gonna fall off this Earth." I sure hope not. I don't know where she got that idea.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu January 27, 2011, 11:22 pm: </span><b>I love how Alice stares lovingly at Jack... and vice versa. The other day, when they were in the car, she said, "I love that boy". She's such a little Mommy.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu January 27, 2011, 10:27 pm: </span><b>My baby loves baths! He saw Alice taking a bath and started laughing and kicking, so I put him in with her and he just kicked and splashed her, laughing the whole time--even when she was splashing him :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun January 23, 2011, 10:05 pm: </span><b>Alice tried some salad today and actually enjoyed it. Though we may have put too much dressing on. She said, "I like ranch with lettuce on top".</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu January 13, 2011, 11:29 pm: </span><b>To those of you who are interested: We're going to do dinner on Saturday to celebrate my birthday. We're going to Sakura in Orem at 6:00. They have more than just sushi for those of you who are non raw fish eaters :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed January 12, 2011, 11:27 pm: </span><b>One of fox news' top stories this evening: A giant baby anteater was born at a zoo in Sweden. He will spend up to a year hiding in his mother's coat... Slow day?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed January 12, 2011, 10:55 pm: </span><b>Alice had some water before bed tonight and I told her "not too much, or you'll have to go potty in the middle of the night." She replied, "I just drank a little bit so I can have more energy."</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue January 11, 2011, 11:30 pm: </span><b>Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. We spent the day celebrating alice's birthday. How is that fair? :) Those of you in Utah, though, we will be going out on Saturday and would love to have you join us. I'll post more details when we have them</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri January 7, 2011, 8:59 pm: </span><b>My little boy loves baths. I put him in the tub today and he was so happy he was laughing. Then when he splashed himself by kicking so much, he'd suck on his lips to taste the water. It was so cute :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed January 5, 2011, 12:45 pm: </span><b>Went to a baby funeral today. So sad.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue January 4, 2011, 5:43 pm: </span><b>We just got a garden gnome at costco. Alice named him Spriton.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Fri December 31, 2010, 6:51 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>loving my Kindle</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed December 22, 2010, 7:13 pm: </span><b>Alice just recited the pledge of allegiance. Where did that come from?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon December 20, 2010, 9:13 pm: </span><b>My daughter shares in my love for pomegranates.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon December 20, 2010, 12:53 am: </span><b>Does anyone in the area have a serger and about 10 minutes to serge something for me? It's for the cub scouts, so you can feel all good about serving afterwards ;)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Sun December 19, 2010, 6:44 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>The tv is sold. Thanks everyone!</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun December 19, 2010, 11:40 am: </span><b>We are selling a 52" LCD 1080p TV if anyone is interested. It's in great condition... Erik won it at a work party but we like the one we already have with the built in surround sound better. :) I think he was thinking $600</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Fri December 17, 2010, 9:41 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>I love Baby Jack.</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri December 17, 2010, 9:28 pm: </span><b>I said to Alice, "I love you sooo much!" She replied: "I love you so much and a half!" ;)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu December 16, 2010, 10:11 am: </span><b>Alice just told me "you have a neck and a chin". Always good to know.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue December 14, 2010, 4:09 pm: </span><b>No tv so far today. It's been so nice!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu December 9, 2010, 12:24 pm: </span><b>I have some formula to give away. All in unopened sample cans that I have been given for Jack but will not use. I have: 2 Enfamil Premium, 1 similac advance, 1 similac sensitive, and 1 good start gentle plus. Anyone who wants any of them, let me know :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri December 3, 2010, 3:40 pm: </span><b>K I know that this doesn't do much for child abuse, but here it is: Change your FB profile picture to a cartoon character from your childhood.the goal? not to see a human face on FB till monday, December 6th. join the fight against child abuse, copy and paste this to your status to invite your friends to do the same</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu December 2, 2010, 8:42 pm: </span><b>Alice just came up to me with a straw. She blew in it and said, "It's like a flute, Mama. It's like a straw flute. It's kinda like an instrument"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed December 1, 2010, 10:50 pm: </span><b>Wisdom of a 2 year old: suckers stick to tongues and really stick to hair.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed December 1, 2010, 6:33 pm: </span><b>I'm working with a personal trainer. My legs haven't been this sore in a long time.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon November 29, 2010, 2:01 pm: </span><b>Alice said about jack today: "mama, I was just using him for a stool!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun November 28, 2010, 11:22 pm: </span><b>I was changing jacks diaper in the bathroom at church. A lady walked past and said, "what a cute baby girl". When people get the gender wrong in babies, I never get offended, but I was baffled that she could get it wrong when his entire bottom half was exposed.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon November 22, 2010, 2:37 pm: </span><b>So, say that you rent a car and you find a wallet inside. You decide to use the credit card inside to go shopping. After you are done with you shopping trip and you return the rental car, what do you do with the wallet?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri November 19, 2010, 10:19 am: </span><b>Like my status and I'll tell you: 1. Something I've learned about you from looking at your wall for 13 seconds 2. The color of which you remind me 3. My first memory of you 4. The animal of which you remind me. 5. My favorite thing about you. (Yes, I finally gave in...)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu November 18, 2010, 7:13 pm: </span><b>Don't ever leave your wallet in an Alamo rental car.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed November 17, 2010, 2:07 pm: </span><b>where do you get an infant's hair cut?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Tue November 16, 2010, 10:34 am: <span style="color: black;"><b>peeling sunburns suck</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri November 5, 2010, 8:40 pm: </span><b>As sweet as it is seeing jack smile, it was even sweeter seeing the look on alice's face when he smiled at her for the first time.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Wed November 3, 2010, 10:52 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>Everybody needs an uncle Jared.</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue November 2, 2010, 12:53 am: </span><b>watched The Lovely Bones yesterday. It was sad and creepy but also uplifting. I'm still not quite sure if I liked it, though.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun October 31, 2010, 2:18 am: </span><b>When I opened the door to leave today, I saw some trick or treaters that were about to knock but I had startled them, so I said, "Trick or Treat!" to them. They looked at me like i was totally lame. That's when I realized that I'm turning into Gary Oviatt</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat October 30, 2010, 2:56 am: </span><b>I was singing pearl jam: "don't call me, daughter..." and Alice sang back to me, "ok, I won't call you daughter"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed October 27, 2010, 2:31 pm: </span><b>I was kissing Jack on his chin today and he gave me a big smile with a coo. I love my baby.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed October 27, 2010, 2:21 pm: </span><b>Alice walked up to me today and said, "Surprise!" and showed me our computer mouse which she had colored pink with lipstick....</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue October 26, 2010, 12:22 am: </span><b>After her bath today, Alice walked back in the bathroom, reached into the drawer, grabbed a q-tip, and wiggled it around near her ears. She then threw the qtip away and walked back to her room. I haven't ever cleaned her ears with a q-tip, but I guess she's an observant girl. :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri October 22, 2010, 2:03 pm: </span><b>You know those status updates that say something like "90% will not copy and paste this"? Where do they come up with that statistic?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue October 19, 2010, 8:33 pm: </span><b>Alice just asked me what I'm going to be for Halloween. She didn't seem to accept my answer when I told her I'm going to be Mommy.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon October 18, 2010, 6:04 pm: </span><b>What do you do when both kids are asleep in the car when you get home? Surf facebook on your phone, of course.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu October 14, 2010, 2:48 pm: </span><b>I love that when jack is hungry, he just looks at me and opens his mouth like a baby bird.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon October 11, 2010, 11:17 pm: </span><b>Alice has had a problem with arguing lately. I told her for the bajillionth time today that she needs to stop arguing with me and she said, "I love you, but... i can't stop arguing." Good thing I love my 2 year old.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri October 8, 2010, 5:54 pm: </span><b>Alice watched me change Jack's diaper today and said, "His crotch looks like a nose! Thats so silly."</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed October 6, 2010, 6:31 pm: </span><b>I love watching Alice run so excitedly off to preschool. Thanks, Michelle Holmes Roper</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu September 16, 2010, 5:41 pm: </span><b>Within a week, I will have this baby. My induction is set for next Thursday if he doesn't decide to come on his own.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed September 15, 2010, 12:09 pm: </span><b>According to Alice at preschool today, mommy likes to have baby jack, daddy likes to get his phone, alice likes to play with toys, and as a family, we like to cook food in the kitchen and cuddle.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed September 15, 2010, 2:17 am: </span><b>What do you do when the baby iso moving so much that you can't sleep?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon September 13, 2010, 1:09 pm: </span><b>Alice is playing with some of her little princess figurines, one of which is Ariel from the Little Mermaid. I heard her saying "And you don't have a tail, huh? No, just a butt" I guess mermaids don't have butts.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat September 11, 2010, 1:46 am: </span><b>gah! I cut a jalapeno a couple hours ago and somehow some of the oils must have made it onto the backs of my knuckles b/c they are just burning and won't stop!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri September 10, 2010, 4:57 pm: </span><b>Paid my ticket today. now I can just pretend it never happened, right?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon September 6, 2010, 10:20 pm: </span><b>Thanks to my little toddler parrot, two of the phrases I've learned that I say all the time are, "you know?" tacked onto the end of a sentence and, "or something like that".</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri September 3, 2010, 10:07 pm: </span><b>Did anyone in the neighborhood hear any more about a park being built nearby?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri September 3, 2010, 1:00 pm: </span><b>After being awake for less than an hour, I had to take a nap. I had a dream that I was dusting the house. At least in my dreams, I am not a lazy person.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue August 31, 2010, 5:36 pm: </span><b>Alice is making little guns out of her fingers and saying "pew pew.... is this how pew goes?"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue August 31, 2010, 11:05 am: </span><b>Why is pregnancy so exhausting? I can't get anything done without having to stop and lay down.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon August 30, 2010, 8:13 pm: </span><b>Alice woke up from her nap today and in her half asleep state was talking about crayons and a chart. It must have been a good dream. :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat August 28, 2010, 4:56 am: </span><b>I got my first ever speeding ticket today... I tried really hard not to, but I cried and felt stupid. At least the officer was super nice. He probably saw my 8 mo pregnant self and wished he had never pulled me over.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat August 28, 2010, 4:16 am: </span><b>To the mice: Don't come in my house. But if you do, when you get caught in my trap, please die. I don't like coming home to find that my trap is not where I placed it and then see you in it a foot away, desperately wiggling around, looking at me like I'm gonna help you. Ok, so yeah I felt bad... but like I said: Don't come in my house.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Fri August 27, 2010, 2:38 am: <span style="color: black;"><b>I HATE mice!</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu August 26, 2010, 1:42 pm: </span><b>So my feet hurt, which concerned Alice. I told her that sometimes, when you have a baby in your belly, it makes your feet hurt. She informed me that she has a little crystal baby in her belly. I asked her what the baby's name is, and she replied "Gurney".</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed August 25, 2010, 1:37 pm: </span><b>Alice and I are watching "super why," and they took the word "chairs" and were going to change it, so they took off the "ch" and put on an "st". The character asked "what's this letter?" and highlighted the "s". Alice said, "um..... stairs!" Has she seen this episode before?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon August 23, 2010, 3:42 pm: </span><b>Thanks to Brad Newbold, Alice was playing with her princesses today and they were talking about going "to the moon!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri August 20, 2010, 10:50 pm: </span><b>Does anyone know a cheap place to get safety and emissions inspection around provo? :D</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue August 17, 2010, 11:43 pm: </span><b>I saw a spider's web today right by the front door with lots of tiny bugs in it, and for a second, I was glad for the spider keeping the bugs out of my house. Then I realized that the spider IS a bug, and i vacuumed up his web.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue August 17, 2010, 1:34 am: </span><b>actually put away the laundry today... the SAME day I washed it! (It's the little things...)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri August 13, 2010, 5:16 pm: </span><b>Friday the 13th and my 5 year anniversary. spoooky....</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri August 13, 2010, 1:32 am: </span><b>Alice just woke up crying. I asked her what's wrong and she said "I want to go potty!" Poor thing...but on the other hand, I'm really proud :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed August 11, 2010, 7:21 pm: </span><b>I went to the AT&T store today to upgrade my phone. Alice asked me "are you getting a new phone?" so I said, "yep". She said, "Does your new phone have games?" I told her that yes it does, to which she replied "good". Yes, now I have a fun phone just like daddy :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat July 31, 2010, 12:21 am: </span><b>anyone know of a good place to get a pedicure in Provo area?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu July 29, 2010, 1:36 pm: </span><b>Heard back from medicaid and I was approved! Now to find insurance for the rest of the family and we are good. :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed July 28, 2010, 5:57 pm: </span><b>*sigh* One more day to wait? hopefully? The unemployed/uninsured thing is stressful.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue July 27, 2010, 1:53 pm: </span><b>waiting, waiting... checking and waiting some more.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon July 26, 2010, 5:56 pm: </span><b>Erik's gone to a "final interview" with the company that we would really like him to work for. The recruiter says he was the only one called back, so it should be good news. I just hope it really is and i"m being cautiously excited.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon July 26, 2010, 9:36 am: </span><b>should get the medicaid verdict today. It's also the beginning of the week, which means that this week we should be hearing on 2 jobs that Erik interviewed for...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun July 25, 2010, 12:30 pm: </span><b>Watching 'the little mermaid' now as an adult, I find myself realt sympathizing with triton.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun July 25, 2010, 2:45 am: </span><b>potty training is exhausting. Mostly mentally, but a little physically too. Alice was a trooper all day and I think we are making progress.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu July 22, 2010, 9:44 pm: </span><b>Does anyone have a copy of the little mermaid on DVD that we can borrow? Alice has decided that it is her favorite (based on a book and the soundtrack) but she has only seen the movie once at grandma's house. I'll repay you in some way, I promise :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon July 19, 2010, 10:06 am: </span><b>For some reason, Alice has decided that our digital camera is her baby... She's named it Roxy (everything is named Roxy lately...) and the case is Roxy's jammies.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed July 14, 2010, 6:38 pm: </span><b>I love hearing alice's little chatters while she's playing with all her little disney figurines... some thing's I've heard: "aaah!!... Don't worry, I've got you" and "I'm sorry, I have to go to work" Right now, she has 2 of them hooked together by the feet, and one of them said "we're stuck at the foots"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue July 13, 2010, 1:26 am: </span><b>Alice said 'ow' today and pointed at her chest. I asked why it hurt. She said 'because I want to shake it' then started singing shake your booty. Crazy child.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat July 3, 2010, 2:14 pm: </span><b>Looks like the powers that be have received all of our medicaid/CHIP application paperwork. Anyone know how long it takes them to respond to that? Losing our insurance is by far the biggest stress I've had this week, what with the $25,000 medical bill that is coming up in September...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed June 30, 2010, 11:49 am: </span><b>Erik's at work picking up his stuff and a packet of info on why the company was dissolved... 2 weeks severance, woo hoo! Anyone know of someone hiring a unix/linux admin guy? (He knows better what he can do than I do)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue June 29, 2010, 11:52 am: </span><b>about to go back to take my hour 1 glucose test. ugh....</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon June 28, 2010, 11:47 pm: </span><b>Alice: You need to give me a bath! Me: Oh really? Why? Alice: Because I want to be nice and clean.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu June 24, 2010, 6:27 pm: </span><b>Does anyone want to take over our tmobile contract? $60/mo plus taxes for 500 min and unlimited texting on both lines. We'll give you both of our blackberry curves for free. Let me know :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu June 24, 2010, 10:02 am: </span><b>Waiting to have my blood sugar tested at the dr's office...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu June 24, 2010, 1:01 am: </span><b>When I put alice down for a nap today, she said, "I get to cuddle with my nice, warm mommy" and then called me her "comfy, cozy mommy".</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed June 23, 2010, 8:08 pm: </span><b>I just patted Alice's bum as she walked away from me, and she turned around and said, "Aw, Shucks!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue June 22, 2010, 6:31 pm: </span><b>Alice has been talking in gibberish lately, so I was talking to erik about it in the car. Alice said, "I'm not talking gibberish. I'm speaking spanish" Too bad she doesn't really know spanish or maybe we'd be able to understand some of what she's saying!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun June 20, 2010, 1:41 pm: </span><b>Alice just told me " Elliot Jane Nielsen and Suzette Cook gonna be here in 40 minutes" Does she know something I don't?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed June 16, 2010, 9:33 pm: </span><b>Loves how well Alice and Elliot Jane Nielsen play together. I think Alice will be a good big sister :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue June 15, 2010, 2:29 pm: </span><b>Alice's first word when she experienced glow-in-the-dark for the first time: magic!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Sun June 13, 2010, 12:43 am: <span style="color: black;"><b>k I'd want one. :)</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat June 12, 2010, 8:48 pm: </span><b>Just ran into a couple with 2 newfoundlands. They are humongous, drooly, fluffy, and so adorable! I can't see myself vacuuming up all that hair or I thin</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed June 9, 2010, 12:34 am: </span><b>Alice wanted me to sing her the "mario song" for bedtime tonight. Ever since she's been staying home with daddy during the day, her tastes have changed...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat June 5, 2010, 9:28 pm: </span><b>I have so much motivation to clean... but as soon as I do 1 thing, my back just hurts too much to do anything but lay on the couch.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon May 31, 2010, 12:13 pm: </span><b>I gave Alice a piece of bread and she wanted peanut butter on it, so I put some on and then folded it in half and said, "There, it's like a sandwich!" She said, "It's not a sandwich. It's bread". How could I have thought otherwise?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun May 30, 2010, 7:51 pm: </span><b>Gestational Diabetes is here... I was feeling all shaky before I ate a late lunch today, so I tested my blood and was at 66. Ooops...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri May 28, 2010, 9:29 pm: </span><b>Out of the blue, Alice said: "Paws... Doggy has paws... I have feets!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu May 27, 2010, 4:38 pm: </span><b>anyone know where to buy compost worms in utah?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue May 25, 2010, 11:27 pm: </span><b>Baby Jack has been soooo active today. Who knew that my uterus was such a happenin place?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri May 21, 2010, 6:27 pm: </span><b>Alice just made up a song: "Dukie, I love you. I'll give you a treat. And I'll give you another treat. Duke, I love you"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed May 19, 2010, 8:27 pm: </span><b>Why did I order 2 pizzas when the only people here are Alice and I? now we have 1 1/2 pizzas left...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue May 18, 2010, 10:10 pm: </span><b>I was watching lost today and when one of the characters said, "vaya con dios," (or however its spelled) Alice turned to me and said, "it's Spanish, mommy!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun May 16, 2010, 3:52 pm: </span><b>I said to Erik today, "Let's go to the P-A-R-K" and Alice looked right at me and said, "I wanna go to the park!" Little smartie pants...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri May 14, 2010, 10:19 pm: </span><b>took the cubscouts to a friend's house yesterday to see some snakes. He showed them the difference between girl and boy snakes, and one of the scouts turned to another and said, "how DO you tell the difference between a boy and a girl?" The second scout replied "duh... the hair is long!" The first said back, "what if the guy has long hair?" The second replied "by the shirts they wear!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon May 10, 2010, 1:43 pm: </span><b>I think we've decided on a name.... or at least one of 2 names: Jack David or Adam David. the biggest problem with Adam David is that his initials would be ADH which is really close to ADHD... not really a huge problem, but it kind of bugs me.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon May 10, 2010, 12:54 am: </span><b>Alice was asking to go to work with me tomorrow, so I told her that her and daddy would take me to work and then go to Comcast. She said, "Comcast? I don't know what that means..." so Erik said "Comcast is a company that provides television and internet". Alice thought for a second and said, "Comcast is awesome." Silly girl.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun May 9, 2010, 5:23 pm: </span><b>Alice put a button up her nose this morning right as we were about to leave for church. Why do kids do that?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat May 8, 2010, 6:56 pm: </span><b>still has no idea what to name her child... Boys are so difficult to name!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Wed May 5, 2010, 6:32 pm: <span style="color: black;"><b>It's a boy :D</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue May 4, 2010, 7:53 pm: </span><b>I just told Alice to go eat her craisins since she was hungry, and she said, "It's not crazy. It's raisins." How can I argue?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri April 30, 2010, 10:08 pm: </span><b>Alice just told me "I'm pretty, you're pretty, daddy's handsome" Even when she's sick, she still says the sweetest things :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri April 30, 2010, 10:01 pm: </span><b>i was too exhausted to work tonight. Oh well... that's what happens when I stay at the office until midnight the night before.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri April 30, 2010, 9:00 am: </span><b>I have a baby dr appointment in a half hour, then off to work for another million hours today. I'm really liking the unlimited overtime this week... Do I want $20/hour for unskilled labor? sure....</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed April 28, 2010, 7:37 pm: </span><b>Alice informed me today that the doorjamb of the car is "wobbley" when she was standing on it, rocking back and forth. I didn't know that she knew such words...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat April 24, 2010, 9:01 pm: </span><b>Why are there so many sushi ads? And why is sushi off limits? :(</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu April 22, 2010, 8:33 pm: </span><b>I'm feeling the baby move pretty much every day now. It makes me remember that I really am pregnant!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat April 17, 2010, 10:18 pm: </span><b>I have the sweetest little girl... i was kissing her head and she said, "don't kiss my head." I guess I looked a little sad b/c she grabbed my face and said, "Mommy, you make me happy"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri April 16, 2010, 4:34 pm: </span><b>I had no real cravings with alice. This time: green olives</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun April 11, 2010, 3:28 pm: </span><b>I got a temp job with the census. Wish me luck!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri April 9, 2010, 1:16 pm: </span><b>Only 3 diapers left... then we're switching back to cloth until Alice potty trains...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat April 3, 2010, 1:41 pm: </span><b>Alice was playing with stickers this morning. She put a shark sticker down on the page with a bunch of fish stickers, and said, "'Aaaah!' said the fishes"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat March 27, 2010, 1:13 am: </span><b>Just tried Kookaburra Liquorice for the first time. I don't even like licorice and I love this licorice. (this is the red. I'm still afraid of the black...)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu March 25, 2010, 9:56 pm: </span><b>I'm thinking of going back to school... who would want to watch my child(ren)?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed March 24, 2010, 11:41 am: </span><b>It's official. I am wearing maternity pants.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat March 13, 2010, 7:57 pm: </span><b>Went to a sad funeral today... not that any funeral is not sad, but when it's for a baby, it seems sadder.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat March 13, 2010, 9:32 am: </span><b>Apparently Erik drives like a drunk... But he was the nicest cop I've ever met!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri March 12, 2010, 10:40 pm: </span><b>In the car today, Alice burped so i turned around and she just grinned, so I said, "What was that?" She answered, "A duck. Making sound."</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu March 11, 2010, 8:09 pm: </span><b>I'm looking for a good Pediatric Dentist in Ut. Valley. Any suggestions?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed March 10, 2010, 11:46 pm: </span><b>I think Alice has a cavity... i don't get it! We brush and floss her teeth... I don't even know what to do. It doesn't seem to be bothering her but I want to get it filled so she can still use that tooth and it doesn't just rot away... but how will a toddler let a dentist fill her cavity?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue March 9, 2010, 10:33 pm: </span><b>Just put alice to sleep for the first time in her "big girl bed". She first read me a book about mickey mouse and then layed down and listened to her little giraffe play music. Now I hear her on the baby monitor yawning, but as far as I can tell, still in bed and falling asleep.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue March 9, 2010, 6:06 am: </span><b>I was bonking Alice's knee with my fist and I said, "It's a hammer!". She looked at me and said, "That's not a hammer. That's your hand!" Silly me...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue March 2, 2010, 9:06 pm: </span><b>Watching lost and 2 characters are fighting, so Alice said 'that big guy is hitting that guy. That's not very nice!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue March 2, 2010, 4:16 pm: </span><b>Appointment was ok. I have an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow because the dr. couldn't find the heartbeat. She told me it is still early and common not to find one at this age, so I'm trying not to worry too much. :\</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue March 2, 2010, 9:34 am: </span><b>I have my first baby doctor appointment today in 3 hours! I'm a little nervous and very excited.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon March 1, 2010, 4:00 pm: </span><b>I'm talking to Erik about baby boy names b/c I still can't decide on anything I like. He suggested that we "open source" with all our friends, but that we'd have to make sure there's no "collusion" He's so weird.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat February 27, 2010, 6:36 pm: </span><b>Who taught my daughter to say "hubba hubba" when she looks in the mirror?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat February 27, 2010, 9:31 am: </span><b>finally cleaned up the house last night. It felt so good to come down the stairs this morning and not be in a trash hole.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat February 27, 2010, 12:52 am: </span><b>Goodbye, cafeworld. You got boring.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed February 24, 2010, 4:21 pm: </span><b>Finally got my celery and peanut butter!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue February 23, 2010, 1:00 am: </span><b>Just watched Forrest Gump. I love that movie!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon February 22, 2010, 8:09 pm: </span><b>A conversation while riding in the car today with Alice and Katie: Katie: I'm scared. Alice: It's not scary. It'll be ok, Katie. Katie: Thank you, Alice.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri February 19, 2010, 5:16 pm: </span><b>Alice was visiting with Grandpa and told him "Thank you, grandpa. Very sweet of you talking to me"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed February 17, 2010, 7:40 pm: </span><b>Alice keeps telling me "happy birthday, mommy" and giving me a kiss on the knee. Silly girl</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat February 13, 2010, 9:50 pm: </span><b>Alice woke up from her nap today and proudly informed me that she had "giant poopers". The joys of motherhood!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat February 13, 2010, 5:56 pm: </span><b>I love Glee. I know it's corny, but I started watching it a couple days ago and finished today. It's adorable.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu February 11, 2010, 7:52 pm: </span><b>Alice is trying to turn the lights on and off by standing on a little chair she has, but it's just too short, so she went to the table and said, "Maybe big chair will help. This is too little" and pushed a dining room chair over instead.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu February 11, 2010, 12:08 am: </span><b>With the new facebook layout, if you have more than 250 friends, you wont see all their status updates unless you adjust the number of friends showing in your news feed. Do this by clicking on "most recent" from your news feed, then scrolling all the way to the bottom of the page and clicking "edit options". You can change the number there.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed February 10, 2010, 10:49 am: </span><b>So... I keep going back to the name Malcolm for a boy... but don't want to name my son that if it is terrible. I can't decide if it's terrible or awesome. So facebook, tell me what you think.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue February 9, 2010, 10:49 pm: </span><b>it's not that i don't like the new facebook layout, i just don't understand why they changed it... again...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun February 7, 2010, 2:39 pm: </span><b>i want celery with peanut butter. And blueberry pancakes or french toast.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Wed February 3, 2010, 3:30 am: <span style="color: black;"><b>yeah.... I love LOST...</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue February 2, 2010, 2:48 am: </span><b>ok, Facebook. Time to make it official. Announcing: I'm gonna have another baby :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon February 1, 2010, 2:56 pm: </span><b>is it just me, or is the internet really boring today?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu January 28, 2010, 8:44 pm: </span><b>I gave Alice a piece of bread and she said, "Thank you, Mommy Bear. You're Sweet"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed January 27, 2010, 1:22 am: </span><b>I love pointing at different parts of Alice's body and having her tell me what they are. Today she told me that her nipples are "armpit buttons" I guess it makes sense... 1 belly button, 2 armpit buttons...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri January 22, 2010, 9:42 pm: </span><b>Alice just handed me an empty teacup, so I took it and sipped from it, which made her upset and she said, "cheers?" She then took the teacup back and took it over to her pretend sink and "refilled" it before she let me try again.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri January 22, 2010, 7:57 pm: </span><b>It's nice to know that if we were ever abducted by aliens, it wouldn't be long before the whole family found out. ;)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri January 22, 2010, 12:13 am: </span><b>Alice just came up to me and said, "Mommy, I poke your eye?" to which I replied, "No thank you" and then she walked away. What in the world?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri January 22, 2010, 12:10 am: </span><b>Any time Alice sees words, she starts singing the ABC's.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat January 16, 2010, 9:42 pm: </span><b>Alice is watching Word World and just said "oh no!" when she realized her sock was missing (she took it off hours ago). I told her it was on the floor, and she said, "Can't see it!" so I asked if she wanted me to get it for her, and she said, "Yeah. I too busy". Maybe I say that too often? ;)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat January 16, 2010, 7:01 pm: </span><b>Please put this on your status if you know someone (or are related to someone) who is an idiot. Idiots affect the lives of many. There is still no known cure for stupidity, but we can raise awareness. 93% won't copy and paste this, many because they're too stupid to know how to copy and paste. Will YOU make a difference and make this your status!?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sun January 10, 2010, 10:53 am: </span><b>Thanks for all the birthday wishes. It was a good birthday :)</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat December 26, 2009, 9:14 pm: </span><b>just told Alice, "I love you very very much" and she replied, "I love you very very mucher!"</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Sat December 26, 2009, 1:30 am: </span><b>Cleaning up dog pee from the carpet... i can't be too mad though cuz we did leave him here alone for 14 hours...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri December 25, 2009, 2:35 am: </span><b>Alice's second christmas and the first one that she is excited about :) Just finished the stockings and wrapping gifts!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Mon December 21, 2009, 1:29 pm: </span><b>gonna rent a rug doctor and clean the carpen once Baby Alice goes to sleep</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu December 17, 2009, 12:33 am: </span><b>Don't know why Alice was having such a hard time falling asleep tonight.. She just kept asking to cuddle and after laying on the bed with her for about an hour while just just jabbered and played, i finally gave up and let her cry in her crib. she's out now.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu December 3, 2009, 12:29 am: </span><b>watching extreme dr. 90210. It's Crazy!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Fri August 14, 2009, 12:04 pm: </span><b>thanks everyone for all the good thoughts and advice</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu August 13, 2009, 10:38 pm: </span><b>has a completely normal brain. Now to figure out what's triggering a migraine every 10 min to half hour...</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu August 13, 2009, 4:17 pm: </span><b>It's your anniversary? Here, have an MRI!</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed August 12, 2009, 9:38 pm: </span><b>Loves that Erik is doing so much facebooking, but hates hearing about his status updates from other people</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Thu August 6, 2009, 3:47 pm: </span><b>Why does my baby love Peggle so much?</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue August 4, 2009, 10:42 am: </span><b>Gave up on twitter. It's boring.</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3b5998; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Fri July 31, 2009, 10:19 am: <span style="color: black;"><b>I love pancakes!</b></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Wed July 22, 2009, 7:24 pm: </span><b>finally did the dishes today... it's been way too long</b></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 10.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Tue July 21, 2009, 4:27 pm: </span><b>Snuggling with a cute little baby girl</b></div><div><b><br />
</b></div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-10390447242432716262011-01-28T03:58:00.000-08:002011-01-28T03:58:18.519-08:00Life, Work, Family, FriendsI can't sleep. That has become a reoccurring theme lately. Honestly I think I need to take my cafeine consumption down a notch or two or three. But it's been ages since I blogged so what better to do while I lay here awake?<br />
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2010 was a crazy year, and 2011 is shaping up to be a much calmer one (knock on wood). <br />
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A couple months ago I accepted a job offer for a full time salaried position with the company that nearly went out of business at the end of June. The whole ordeal with the layoff and everything that followed was possibly the most uncertain and trying time of my life. It is not something that I would ever want to re-live, but at the same time it's an experience I would no sooner give up. I learned some important lessons about financial security and learned a lot about myself, my skills, my weaknesses, how important family and friends are, etc (big shout-of to those who bailed us out and/or gave us moral support (you know who you are)). I ended up working two full-time jobs for 3 grueling months; but working those two jobs gave us the opportunity to fix some financial missteps we made as a young married couple. Getting back to the job offer; it was a hard decision to make and I was terrified that I might be making a mistake. A few months later I can honestly say that I have no regrets. I am happier at work than I have ever been. In a lot of ways I am working my "dream-job" if there is such a thing.<br />
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A couple days ago I posted on Facebook saying that I was happier than I'd ever been. I thought I should add to that. I don't have everything I want in life. There are a lot of things I would change if given the chance, but I don't think about those things. I have a lot of meaningful things in my life to be happy about, and that is what matters to me.<br />
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The next big question mark on the horizon is taxes. Working as a contractor really complicates the tax situation. We set aside a lot of money to cover taxes on that income; I just hope it's enough. We're waiting on carolyn's W2 from Uncle Sam before we can see what the damage is going to be. I keep hoping that we will owe significantly less than we have saved so that we can take some of that money and put it to good use, but I'm not getting my hopes up too far. What I'd really love to do is take that money and use it as a down payment on a second car, but that would be undermining everything I thought I learned about financial stability.<br />
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Since my employment situation has settled down again I'm back in school. I'm taking some more philosophy courses and really enjoying it a lot. I think I finally found the right major, (too bad it's more or less worthless in terms of career advancement). I am really enjoying it but it's also a big time commitment so I'll be glad when it's over. So far this semester I haven't really had any work due, and that's starting to worry me like it's all going to come crashing down on me in a couple of weeks. I keep telling myself that I need to sit down and map out the semester, but I have yet to ever accomplish that in past semesters so why should this one be any different? Maybe I'll just let all those 12 page papers sneak up on me overnight :/<br />
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My last thought for the night (which has now turned into morning) is that I feel like I'm drifting away from my friends. It's hard to find time with my schedule, but I feel like it's something more than time pulling me away. I actually just don't feel a closeness that I used to feel, but I don't know what's changed. I've been thinking a lot about this recently and I've come to feel like I don't have any really close friend-friends anymore. I've never been the kind of person to seek out a lot of friends but I've usually kept at least a few close friends around. That's not to say that I don't have some great friends and family, but I find myself feeling (maybe for the first time in my life) like I need to foster some stronger friendships; the kinds of friend that would take a bullet for me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-22336692379334095472010-12-23T20:22:00.000-08:002010-12-23T20:22:51.654-08:00What's in my makeup bag?First of all, I don't wear makeup very often. I should. I always feel better when I take the time to actually get ready, dry my hair, put on makeup, and all that. But, since you asked (even though you didn't), this is what's in my makeup bag:<br />
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Bare Essentials foundation and blush, Smashbox foundation, a couple of bare essentials eyeshadows and liners, and mascara.<br />
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Interesting, huh?<br />
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In other news, today was Christmas for us. Since we're leaving town tomorrow, we decided to celebrate today. Alice got a new play kitchen. I set it up last night and decided to nap on the couch until erik got home from work at 2 so that we could finish putting stuff up together. I woke up to the sound of Alice playing with the kitchen. It was before Erik got home since he got stuck on the freeway. Alice immediately walked over to me and said, "I want to cuddle with you" she seemed to know that she wasn't supposed to be down there playing, but didn't know what else to do. I took her upstairs and started asking her what she saw since I was only half awake and not quite sure what had happened. She told me:<br />
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"I was calling you, but you were asleep. I came downstairs and you were asleep. I was playing with my kitchen in the front room. I was making Spadetti"<br />
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It was hard to be upset with her, even though I really wanted to see her face when she first saw the kitchen.<br />
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Also, Erik got me a Kindle. It is awesome. I love it already! It's the year of the Kindle. So many people we know are getting them :) Its a good thing for amazon, I suppose.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-57974230193211709592010-12-22T10:22:00.000-08:002010-12-22T10:22:50.542-08:00Our favorite place to eatWe have lots of favorites. Pretty much any time we can go out and not have to cook at home, it's a good thing. Our favorite lately has been:<br />
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It's mostly b/c of the free kids quesadilla with strawberry. That thing is really good and free kids food is ALWAYS appreciated. :)Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-62514826760389027852010-12-18T20:13:00.000-08:002010-12-18T20:13:47.341-08:00The last item I purchased:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_Cw3ZEUdeKPyUyKpc-yQrrPTyEMwRuTyNDHfifev4Knz-FspWJfRHhLTueL9M2_B9_Qf2i-xraNhCfbcK9fXOTS5tvbBE4fQUFRKTyF21qnDPCAYzGA2RmmNd7fa7EQBO63CBQdHa5g/s1600/potatoes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_Cw3ZEUdeKPyUyKpc-yQrrPTyEMwRuTyNDHfifev4Knz-FspWJfRHhLTueL9M2_B9_Qf2i-xraNhCfbcK9fXOTS5tvbBE4fQUFRKTyF21qnDPCAYzGA2RmmNd7fa7EQBO63CBQdHa5g/s320/potatoes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The last thing I bought was groceries. Among other things, this included potatoes. We are doing Raclette tomorrow with the Breakfast Clubbers, and we are in charge of the veggies. We'll also be doing a gift exchange white elephant style.<br />
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This Christmas has been the most spread out Christmas I've ever had. We had parties as early as the 12th, plus Alice even had her own party this year. It's been awesome. I'm excited to continue into the week of Christmas :)Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-59139121834409851672010-12-17T17:45:00.001-08:002010-12-17T17:45:58.305-08:00The songThis is the song that has been stuck in my head for the past little while, and the only one I can think of to match my mood. I am so excited for Christmas!<br />
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There, Bridget. Are you happy? ;)Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-5942012562044126432010-12-14T23:11:00.000-08:002010-12-14T23:11:52.774-08:00Dream Wedding?I tried to write a post off of the prompt about my dream wedding... but it's too dumb of a prompt. I think that marriage is important, but not weddings. Don't get me wrong, I loved mine and seeing so many people i love there. The ceremony was great, but it was only the two of us plus... maybe 30 people? So... the wedding itself was pretty small scale which I guess was always how I pictured it.<br />
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In other news, in the past 3 days, 3 of my friends have had babies. How weird. My baby is no longer the babiest baby anymore. He's growing up and getting more interactive. I love his smiles and coos. I'm so ready to get his hair cut, too. It's getting out of control! We'll get it cut by a friend's mom when we're in CO, just shortly after his 3 month birthday. I can't wait. he'll look so cute :)Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-39875682438065437112010-12-10T21:18:00.000-08:002010-12-10T21:18:24.989-08:00An animal I'd love to keep as a pet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4GrFg21tg72EyEybyL4y0XJdWnU0Ff8vcgAbGcZ1xWSw7YlNu4jOaY9eBnHbbBL9b5H0d4ComU4mIAggbURAoTE2T02C_MOafOgUQ-mnB7ngShyphenhyphennOnsK9m3UV34s2BB0gn_fa2__A4c/s1600/elephant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4GrFg21tg72EyEybyL4y0XJdWnU0Ff8vcgAbGcZ1xWSw7YlNu4jOaY9eBnHbbBL9b5H0d4ComU4mIAggbURAoTE2T02C_MOafOgUQ-mnB7ngShyphenhyphennOnsK9m3UV34s2BB0gn_fa2__A4c/s320/elephant.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Don't you think that a miniature elephant would be the cutest thing? Can't you picture it tromping around the house? Instead of a dog barking, you'd hear the little trumpet when someone rings the doorbell. You'd never lose anything because your elephant would always remember where you put it. How awesome would that be!?<br />
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I hope that miniature elephants would be cuddly. And not bite.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-51566833404945583282010-12-09T21:30:00.000-08:002010-12-09T21:30:16.267-08:00Me 2 years ago<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyVUsSueaCNhIoky1CKxdJnEBE31gsimxfqh_chrGYm3a_iYdMPWdE5UkxRjFOs672QN6LW35-w_oKSSbk55JogfyCoR3L0QuKii5IUoJn0JnGirSP-exCkYV0Olpks-WkB8vvd10-H4/s1600/IMG_0321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyVUsSueaCNhIoky1CKxdJnEBE31gsimxfqh_chrGYm3a_iYdMPWdE5UkxRjFOs672QN6LW35-w_oKSSbk55JogfyCoR3L0QuKii5IUoJn0JnGirSP-exCkYV0Olpks-WkB8vvd10-H4/s320/IMG_0321.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
This is me and Alice at Sushi for Santa 2 years ago. I don't feel like I look much different, but Alice has changed a lot. :)Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-13524938896810982952010-12-09T07:42:00.000-08:002010-12-09T07:42:46.194-08:00Favorite picture of my best friendI haven't actually called someone my "best friend" for a long time. I have a lot of good friends, and we all have a different relationship dynamic. Some of my closest friends have stayed the same for years and some have changed. Since this post is looking for my best friend, though, I'll post a picture of the 2 people who I last remember really calling my "best friend"<br />
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</div>I actually don't have very many pictures of them on my computer so I guess that this is my favorite b/c it's pretty much the only one I have :)Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-80891589592604756872010-12-06T23:16:00.000-08:002010-12-06T23:16:20.037-08:00A perfect first date<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r3w0eACxtoc?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r3w0eACxtoc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />
Seriously, I don't think I'm very picky when it comes to dates. The only thing that I would have wanted out of a first date is for the conversation to flow naturally. I don't like awkward silence, especially when you are trying to get to know someone to see if you would like to continue dating them.<br />
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Erik passed the first date conversation flow test.<br />
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Right now, the perfect date would be to go somewhere fancy dressed up nice (not completely formal, but nice). No kids, which would mean that Jack would have to be happy taking a bottle. We're still working on that. Though I do have to say that I love taking Jack to the movies b/c I can just cuddle him the whole time.<br />
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We saw Tangled today and it was surprisingly really cute. I thought it looked dumb, but Mom convinced me to go. Alice loved it and I loved watching her watch it.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-25370128524589531442010-12-05T21:37:00.000-08:002010-12-05T21:37:29.492-08:00A photo of something I ate todaySo I'm totally cheating on this one since I was really busy yesterday with building our shelving unit in the laundry closet. Yesterday, something I ate was:<br />
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It was the 2 piece meal with salad. It's ridiculously good. If you've never been and you get the opportunity, go.<br />
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We still have a long ways to go on the shelves, but we got the hardest part done.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-64010454785563996052010-12-03T13:47:00.000-08:002010-12-03T13:47:51.937-08:00A picture of me and my day today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHtq-lrUr_vx3_3UjLNaVzed_Td91GQLhLBhL02fOdKi69qslIEhdNl9Anurev2kkTI1E62f0wtWb9lwUgjXt1z4JdqjlSiD82eC_In727_QWHjnhyMlunlacMVaSxTVxEBuKaEYSBpQ/s1600/IMG_3496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHtq-lrUr_vx3_3UjLNaVzed_Td91GQLhLBhL02fOdKi69qslIEhdNl9Anurev2kkTI1E62f0wtWb9lwUgjXt1z4JdqjlSiD82eC_In727_QWHjnhyMlunlacMVaSxTVxEBuKaEYSBpQ/s320/IMG_3496.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here's a recent picture of me from our trip to Disney World. Alice loves riding the carousel and we were lucky enough to have grandpa get a shot of the 3 of us (Jack was riding in one of the stationary cars with grandma)<br />
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So that's me. I don't really look that blond lately, so I guess it was just the lighting.<br />
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My day today has been relatively uneventful, though I guess when compared to other days in the life of a stay at home mom, it's been pretty normal. I held Jack for a nap since his swing wasn't plugged in and I didn't want to find another outlet. Then a friend came over to drop off some supplies from cub scouts yesterday. She had subbed for me since Alice was sick :( I hate it when my kids are sick.<br />
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After that... I ate some cold pizza for lunch and put Alice down for a nap. For the whole morning, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was playing in the background.<br />
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Right now, there's a load of whites in and I'm listening to our washing machine do this weird gear grinding thing that it's done for the past couple months. It's not a good sound. I'm looking forward to our new set that we are having delivered on thursday. They stack, so we'll be able to use the other half of the laundry closet for a pantry :)<br />
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Speaking of our new set... does anyone need a washer or drier? They still work (besides the gear grinding thing... and the drier doesn't have the auto dry feature anymore. That broke some time last year) and we're looking to get rid of them for maybe $50.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-6255980857300359602010-12-03T12:45:00.000-08:002010-12-03T12:45:44.325-08:00Blog RevivalI've seen this a couple times and feel like it's time for my blog to be revived...<br />
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So here's a 30 day challenge that I'll be following for the next month:<br />
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<div style="font-family: arial, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"><strong>Day 1</strong> – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.<br />
<strong>Day 2</strong> – A photo of something you ate today.<br />
<strong>Day 3</strong> – Your idea of the perfect first date.<br />
<strong>Day 4</strong> – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.<br />
<strong>Day 5</strong> – A photo of yourself two years ago.<br />
<strong>Day 6</strong> – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.<br />
<strong>Day 7</strong> – Your dream wedding.<br />
<strong>Day 8</strong> – A song to match your mood.<br />
<strong>Day 9</strong> – A photo of the item you last purchased.<br />
<strong>Day 10</strong> – A photo of our favorite place to eat.<br />
<strong>Day 11</strong> – What’s in your makeup bag?<br />
<strong>Day 12</strong> – A photograph of the town you live in.<br />
<strong>Day 13</strong> – Your favorite musician and why?<br />
<strong>Day 14</strong> – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.<br />
<strong>Day 15</strong> – Something you don’t leave the house without.<br />
<strong>Day 16</strong> – Your celebrity crush.<br />
<strong>Day 17</strong> – A photo of you and your family.<br />
<strong>Day 18</strong> – Something you crave a lot.<br />
<strong>Day 19</strong> – Another picture of yourself.<br />
<strong>Day 20</strong> – The meaning behind your blog name.<br />
<strong>Day 21</strong> – A photo of something that makes you happy.<br />
<strong>Day 22</strong> – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.<br />
<strong>Day 23</strong> – 15 facts about you.<br />
<strong>Day 24</strong> – A photo of something that means a lot to you.<br />
<strong>Day 25</strong> – What’s in your purse?<br />
<strong>Day 26</strong> – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.<br />
<strong>Day 27</strong> – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?<br />
<strong>Day 28</strong> – Your favorite movie.<br />
<strong>Day 29</strong> – Something you could never get tired of doing.<br />
<strong>Day 30</strong> – A photograph of youself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days</div><div style="font-family: arial, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"><br />
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<ul><li>A piece of bread inside a fossil watch tin in the toybox</li>
<li>An old wallet I let her keep in her purse that was packed full of puzzle pieces</li>
<li>Coins rattling around in the steering wheel (she had jammed them in through the cracks between the horn and the rest of the wheel)</li>
<li>playing in the basket aisle at DI, putting a little stuffed animal into a lunch box, and that into a basket, then that basket into a bucket... and so on</li>
</ul><div>She will constantly just rearrange things and try to fit more and more into different boxes. She was trying to put a Mario toy into a tin that also had a large fridge magnet that makes music and some stencils in it, and was very frustrated that not all 3 would fit. I would show her that 2 of the three would fit, but then she'd want to add the last item. Finally, we did find a way to tetris it all in and she was happy.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Today she came up to me in the kitchen and saw that I have a zippered pocket on my pants, and said, "A zipper. Can I put toys in it?" She came back with a beanie baby sized mickey mouse, realized it wouldn't fit, then ran out of the kitchen saying "gotta get a smaller toy" to herself. Right now, I actually have no idea what is in my pocket...</div><div><br />
</div><div>The only thing that is frustrating is that along the bottom of our entertainment center, there is a gap that is about an inch tall, and she loves to stick stuff under there. Since it is such a small opening, and the TV and entertainment center are so heavy, I can't really get much out from under there once she has put something there. Once in a while, I will run a ruler or something under to retrieve what I can, which is usually book and puzzle pieces mixed in with other random small toys. One time she stuck her beloved "mickey mouse ice cream" toy (a piece for mr. potato head that we got in disney world) under there, then realized it was stuck and ran off into the kitchen saying "I need a knife!" When I asked her why, she told me that her mickey mouse ice cream was stuck "on the tv." Yeah... we're still working on our prepositions. ;)</div><div><br />
</div><div>In other news, I had my 3 hour glucose tolerance test today and it was horrible... I felt sick the whole time. My fasting was good (91) but my 1 hour was around 220 somewhere, my 2 hour was 200, and my 3 hour was 140. Basically... confirmation that I have gestational diabetes again. It's kind of a bummer, but I expected it. I looked up how much glucose is in the drink they give you, and it's somewhere between 75 and 100 grams. Considering that the little bottle is only 8 oz, that is a LOT. imagine dissolving 1/2 cup of sugar in 1 cup of water (a little less i guess...) and then drinking it. Yuck. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Anyway, they faxed an order over to the diabetes specialty people for me to be educated. I'll see what they have to say, but pretty much have been eating as if I'm diabetic already, checking my blood sugar and have had no problems yet, so I think I'll be fine. </div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-40249933356277377442010-06-20T21:53:00.000-07:002010-06-20T21:55:36.863-07:00I just got an email from babycenter...I love the emails <a href="http://www.babycenter.com/">baby center</a> will send b/c they have information about what kinds of things Alice should be doing and other developmental landmarks both for her and for Jack. I just got this one though, and it cracked me up:<br />
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<i>"</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><i>By 30 months, your child can name a few body parts, some colors, and even a friend or two. Her memory and </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://email.babycenter.com/servlet/cc6?IHIPJQUYSQBCSVJHjhtPgILHjxnuHptQJhuVaVUVmkLjXpKVT3Oco6H" style="color: #942e06; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>speaking ability</i></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><i> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><i>work in tandem. Help out by expanding on what she says. If she says, "Dog sleep," you might say, "Yes, Spot is curled up and fast asleep in his doggie bed." She can't imitate your complex language patterns yet, but her brain is absorbing them. Every time you repeat her words or expand on them, you're giving her memory practice.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><i> "</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know that Alice's language skills are advanced, but most of the kids she hangs out with speak at a similar level to her, so I forget sometimes. She has been putting together some complex sentences lately, like "Katie took the ball and I really want it" or "Watch out for the scary ghosts, Daddy!" (while he's playing mario game). The other day, Sarah was rocking Pepper and Alice came into the room with her. Alice saw the breast pump and asked "what's that?" Sarah told her, "It's a pump". Alice then put the pieces up to her little boobies and asked "Can I try?" When Sarah asked her how she knew that's what the pump was for, Alice replied "People just learn these things". </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love listening to her talk and seeing her grow. She's so much fun and such a sweet little girl. She is starting to get an argumentative streak though. For example, I will tell her "I'm making soup for dinner" and she'll say, "It's not soup for dinner. It's soup for lunch". I have no idea why she would argue something like that, but she will... </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know it's a ways away, but we're looking at a preschool for her to start up in the fall of 2011. It's a Spanish immersion preschool that I think looks really cool: http://www.mckeeschool.com/ It is a lot of time each day, but it's mostly narrated playing, so I'm not worried about it overloading her. I think that with her language skills, it'd be really nice for her to learn another language at a young age. We'll see when the time gets closer if we do decide to put her in, but for now I'm pretty sure that I want to :)</span></span>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-35539248121856797212010-03-25T19:50:00.000-07:002010-03-25T19:50:41.024-07:00Oh Chick Fil A....We stopped at Chick-Fil-A on our way out of town on tuesday to grab breakfast. I have never had their breakfast before but have heard that it is good (no surprise there) and it was. It was so good that I haven't been able to stop thinking about it and I can't get over my craving for chick fil a. Amy drove down that evening and took me to chick fil a, and i had the leftover nuggets for breakfast the next morning. I still want more.<br />
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Since there's only one in utah valley and it's at the mall... and i don't have a car... and indulging myself in chick fil a every day would get expensive, I looked up a copycat recipe. I have put together the ingredients and am waiting to give it a try. (You are supposed to soak the chicken in an egg/milk mixture for an hour before breading it in the flour/salt/pepper/powdered sugar mixture)<br />
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If it's any good, I will be so happy. If it's not... well i guess that chick fil a has me as a customer for life. I just can't resist! I'm tempted to get one of their party trays and freeze the nuggets so I can have them ready whenever i want. It's not too expensive... well more expensive than buying nuggets at costco, but better quality too. 64 nuggets are $23, 120 are $41.50, and 200 are $66.50. It seems cheaper than buying them 8 nuggets at a time... but then I'm not sure. I haven't done the math.<br />
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Erik thinks I'm crazy. Maybe I am....Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-11014859126335667782010-03-14T20:15:00.000-07:002010-03-14T20:15:19.622-07:00baby Ty's Funeral and Raisins is Sticky2 very different stories for today:<br />
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Yesterday was a funeral for baby Ty (a 4 1/2 mo old baby in our ward who died of SIDS on Wednesday). It was very sad to see his dad carrying his casket in all by himself, instead of the usual where they wheel it in. As his mom walked in behind him, she broke down crying and her knees buckled. She had to be supported by her mother in law who looked like she was practically carrying her in. I can't imagine the kind of strength it would take to bury your baby. It is an impossible task that I hope I am never challenged with.<br />
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The funeral was good. It was long, but everyone was hurting so I can't blame them for wanting to say as much as they could. There was a lot of family there. I think both parents had large families. The whole center section of the chapel was full of family members. The rest of the church up to 1 overflow was packed as well, with people in the foyers who couldn't get a seat inside.<br />
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He was a sweet little boy and he will be missed.<br />
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This morning, Alice woke up at 7:30 which was really 8:30 because of the Daylight Savings time. I'm not a fan of daylight savings. It just messes everything up. Oh well. I'm not so adamantly opposed to it that I would ever try to do anything to change it. Anyway, I told Alice that it was Sunday so we were going to church, and she started talking about bubbles and coloring and all the fun stuff they do in nursery. She was getting so excited. It was cute.<br />
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After a couple minutes, I realized I was too exhausted to go to church, so Erik took Alice and i slept the whole time they were gone. When they came home, Alice came upstairs to wake me up. I asked her what she did in Nursery, specifically if she had any snacks. She said "yeah. Pretzels and raisins". I said, "oh that's good. What else?" Her reply was "Raisins is sticky." It's true. Raisins are sticky.<br />
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Seeing the loss of a child makes me appreciate and want to spend more time hugging my own child. You forget how fragile their lives are and how you really need to enjoy every moment. I feel silly sometimes just wanting to tell everyone about all the cute things she says, like my life is just Alice. But it's true. Alice is my life and I'd rather only talk about her and report on her than on nothing.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-26268258925434927102010-02-12T13:35:00.000-08:002010-02-12T13:35:50.945-08:00This is why blogs are dyingI don't like posting and not getting any feedback. If I do a status update on facebook, I get tons of commentary and feedback. I like having blogs to keep in touch with people, but not if people never reply to what i say. I don't want to write a book about myself, I want to talk to people about what's going on.<br />
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So, this post is mostly to say that I won't really be posting on the blog anymore. Maybe I'll get the sudden urge to again, but If you want to know what's going on with me, you will be more likely to find updates and pictures on facebook.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280281579821240414.post-1622582243513824872010-02-06T23:47:00.000-08:002010-02-07T00:19:30.925-08:00This cracked me up<br><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10px;" ><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ohE_edBCM0Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ohE_edBCM0Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;font-size:10px;" ><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;font-size:10px;" ></span></span><br />Especially when you get to the part about the letters in the confirmation code. When i was working for Convergys, I once told a lady that her code had the letter K as in Cat... yeah she caught it, too. Oops.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115149498249621873noreply@blogger.com0