The Meier Family

Temple Square

2010-12-15T08:05:00.000-08:00

Can you believe there is 10 days till Christmas?

Monday night we went to dinner at the Blue Lemon, and then to Temple Square (to see the lights) with some friends. -Thanks for the fun night guys! The weather was perfect. In Little C's opinion is was nice enough that we should have gone swimming in the reflection pond. he REALLY wanted too. He said to Chris, I need my hat and gloves off. Then he said he needed his jacket off so he could go swim in the water. :) Silly little boy. The lights were beautiful, as always.

I am so THANKFUL for...

2010-12-11T05:27:00.001-08:00

this little boy.

He makes my life so much

FUN!

days go by...

2010-12-10T22:27:00.000-08:00

Ha!

Thats about all I can say.

Another year is nearly flown completely past!

I think I have managed to post just barely more than once each season this year.

Oh well, what are ya gonna do about it?!

I have taken lots of pictures though- thats worth something right?

Lets be honest, we all know I wont really be playing catch up for the entire year I have missed in the blog department.

So, here are some of my fav pictures to show that we have been busy living, and loving life.

Because I loaded these in the wrong order (and dont want to take the time to move them around) they are in order from most recent then going back....

Our little man turned TWO

We had a Mickey Mouse Party- or as he says Micka Mowse

(like he had a mouth full of marbles)

Did you see the pumpkins? Enough said there...if you talked to Chris at all this summer you know what Im talkin about.

We went to the fair. It was a beautiful night, and was very fun to walk around looking at all the ~~crazy people that are at the fair~~. animals, and rides. Christopher LOVED the animals. I had my first funnel cake. yum....

Daddy Chris had a birthday!

We planted a garden. As you know - the pumpkins grew!

I have SOOO many pictures, and lots of scrapbooking and journaling that I need to get busy doing. Lets see if I do more blogging in this coming year. lol.

So...till then folks- Happy Holidays!

Yep. He's a boy.

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He likes to get dirty.

Mud puddles are one of his favorite things.

I took some groceries into the house- giving him a 15 second window of opportunity.

He took it, and had lots of fun.

and then got a second bath that day!

5 Years!

2010-07-19T22:59:00.000-07:00

We celebrated our FIFTH ANNIVERSARY this year. I can believe how fast time flies by. Thanksfor the past 5 years Chris, I cant wait to see what the next 5 bring!

Happy Anniversary Chris! I love you!

p.s. what file are the wedding pictures in on this computer?

I have missed my blog.....

2010-07-10T13:11:00.000-07:00

We have been busy with working, playing and wondering how time flies to fast!

Christopher has decided to start saying cheese when he sees the camera. Cute? Yes! but kinda makes him smile funny. lol He has been talking like crazy lately and its had a laughing continually when he parrots things we say.

Merry-Go-Round

2010-04-26T13:43:00.000-07:00

They rode the carousel. Little Christopher loved it!

$1.50 well spent.

2 play dates in ONE week!

2010-04-26T13:18:00.000-07:00

We got to have 2 playdates in 1 week! Wednesday we got to meet Christopher's newest friends Ella and Lynie at the Sandy Aquarium. We had never been there before, but since it was raining we decided it was a great day to check it out. The kids LOVED it. Christopher ran around and around. Quickly realized I should have left the stroller in the car! He went back and forth between fish tanks saying Mama-- "ook feeish" - or in other words MaMa look fish! He LOVED the penguins, but couldnt figure out if they were "feeish" or birds. So he just kept asking Fish? Birds? Fish? Birds? Mama--ook fish? and was kind of concerned that the birds were swimming. It was cute.

After the aquarium we went to good old McDonalds for some nuggets and fries. While I carried our food to a table Christopher followed the other kids from the playdate into the playland (he has never been in one before, because they gross me out! lol) and had so much fun.

Here is a picture of him when he first climbed inside-He was SO proud of himself! The picture is a bit blurry since it was taken from outside the plastic window thing.

Then he got brave and decided to climb higher. That fun ended with me getting to climb up to get him because he didnt dare climb down. I was not sure who I felt more sorry for. Him- he was stuck and scared, or me- I had to climb inside the ~~plastic germ farm~~

to get him! Just kidding! Seriously though.....

No Apology

2010-04-23T06:00:00.001-07:00

Hi! I wont be apologizing for not posting...I think that due to the continual lack of posting I am about the only one that reads this blog anyway. lol. So, I will not be apologizing, just moving on with posts- obviously just from time to time (with lots of time in between) haha.

Here we are mid April. I figure its time for a post. We have been staying as busy as can be. Having lots of fun along the way. Guess what? I even have pictures for this post. I know- its amazing. I am actually doing a real post for a change.

Me and my little guy! Of course he wasn't looking at the camera.

I swear its impossible to get a picture of him looking.

He was very busy playing with the blocks. I sure do love my little buddy.

so what have we been up to?...

This week Christopher and I got to go on a play date to the Gateway Childrens Museum with some friends. We had so much fun! Then we had lunch at the food court before we headed home for a MUCH needed nap time after playing really hard.

Christopher had lots of fun driving the cars. He was in his own little world making car sounds while he turned the wheel.

It was also TONS of fun playing in the neat sandbox that was filled with ground up cork.

You would have thought I was killing him when I pulled him out of it to go get lunch. He would have sat in there all day long!

Thanks girls (and thanks to your little boys) for the fun day! We need to play more often. It was fun to get out together! Love you both!

Life is a BLUR....pictures coming soon

2010-02-24T13:17:00.000-08:00

Good Grief TIME FLIES!!!! Life is sweet, and everything is going well at our house. ... I guess I will give a bit of an update since the last time I posted -- LAST YEAR- was in the fall. Oh boy... it its so sad that I am going to do it like this but seeing as how its been months I will just be giving highlights as to what our family has been up to.

Thanksgiving-- we had a great time with the Meier family. Dinner was fabulous. I have some pictures but cant figure out what file I put them in. So, just picture lil' c looking cute in a little sweater vest. We are so thankful for all of our wonderful family, and that we get to live close enough to see each other often. We are very very thankful to be a happy little family of 3. Christopher is so much fun to have in our lives.

The day after thanksgiving I slept in... no early morning shopping for me. I did however set up my Christmas decorations. Christopher woke up from his nap to see the house decorated. His face was so cute. He LOVED the tree. We had ornaments all over the house. He felt like they were more fun to play with than look at. The tree remained undecorated from about 3 feet from the bottom after he took the ornaments off the first time. I figured there was no point in fighting it. The picture below is him seeing the tree the first time-- his face was so funny.

The middle of December came and Christopher took his first plane ride with me. We went and visited one of my best friends (since preschool) for her birthday. Her sweet husband came up with plan for my visit to be a surprise. So, he picked me and little C up from the airport without her knowing. We got stuck in traffic for well over an hour, during which time she made LOTS of calls to him wondering why in the world he was not home yet. When we got to the house she was very surprised and a very long hug followed our greating! It was so fun! We spent a VERY fun weekend, shopping, saw a movie, talking till way to late at night, and going out to eat. I love you Ashy and miss you like crazy! Thank you to you and Jon for all the fun we had. I loved getting to see you and hope we can visit you in Colorado!

The plane ride home felt like it took forever. Christopher was a champ, but I will say traveling is much harder with out the Daddy of our family and we really wished he had been there. I got home and realized Christopher had cut two teeth while we were away. This explained why I wanted to ship him to the moon while I was visiting. He was so naughty when we would go to restaurants for a meal- life is all new with him. Just when I think I have the hang of things something else happens. This was one of those weekends where I wondered if I would survive being a mom. jk Thank goodness Jon and Ashlyn were so kind- I probably would have killed the kid if I were them. haha Thanks again guys. I love you both!

Christmas came so FAST! We had dinner Christmas eve at my parents house. Dinner was great, and then we opened some presents. Christopher was more thrilled with packaging than the actual presents.

Christmas morning we found that Santa had been to our house and brought more fun toys for Christopher! Then off to the cabin we went for snowmobiling and fun. It was SOOOO COLD! I kid you not- like 1 degree for the high! We had lots of fun playing in the snow, being with family, and relaxing.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!

I cant even believe its 2010. It just sounds weird! We rang in the new year with some good friends Tim and Kara. We played Wii, and of course Kara and I totally kicked the guys butts. Or not. Whatever. Played cards, and ate lots of yummy food. It was a very fun night! We need to play more Tim and Kara! Thanks for ringing in the new year with us!

January. This month was a total whirlwind of a month. I started nannying for an awesome family. They have a 4 year old and a 1-1/2 year old boys. Christopher goes with me, and really enjoys having playmates!- the bonus being I get paid while he gets to play! :)

I have loved it so far.... I mean changing diapers is not nearly as bad when you get paid for it. And the part that I truly love is I get to have Christopher with me.

I am still teaching class for Grocery Smarts, and saving lots of money on my groceries using coupons. Between the two jobs I definitely stay busy!

Chris started his LAST semester of school. Thats right folks! LAST SEMESTER! I am so proud of how hard he has worked and we are excited for him to be so close to finishing. He has been working after work- doing other electrical jobs, and we have definitely missed him! I do however how hard he works to take care of us! He is so wonderful!

Other January Highlight: Snowmobiling, a visit to the gateway childrens museum, movie nights at home, christopher cutting MORE teeth and being as cranky as possible about it, work, work, work. Christopher had his 18 month check up, and is tall and skinny. His height was in the 80s but weight was like 18 ( I have it written down somewhere) He is talking more and more. His favorite word for the month was NOOOOO! he has now added shaking his hand to signal NO as well. He barks at everything, loves to roll, kick, and throw a ball around. He is still carrying his litle golf clubs all over, and had learned they can help him reach things that are to high otherwise. He just swats things down using it. He is such a funny little boy! I cant believe how fast he learns new things, and is changing to a little boy already!

February.

We celebrated Valentines a week late. I HATE waiting for HOURS to get to have dinner, so by postponing a week we were able to avoid the crowds. We stayed home Valentines weekend and made a yummy dinner and just relaxed. Chris and Christopher gave me a sweet card that was complete with some of Christophers scribbles in it, and some beautiful roses (that are still alive-and beautiful- cool huh?)

Well, now that we are into February I will try and do a little more regular posting. For some reason blogger is not allowing me to add pictures right now so reading this super long post is all you get, but its better than nothing right?! jk. Stay tuned- pictures will follow.

Pumpkin Patch 10/06/09

2009-11-17T20:08:00.000-08:00

We had a very fun October! I even took pictures......now that the month is over I will blog about it haha.

This year we went and picked pumpkins from a patch. It was so much fun! Christopher loved riding in the wheel barrow. We walked all over looking for the perfect pumpkins and finally found some. It was a really pretty day that started to cool off about the same time we got there. Lil Christophers nose got really red it was cute. I think we may have to make picking our own pumpkins at a patch a new family tradition. I took my nice camera but forgot the battery! Luckily I had the "back-up camera" in the car.
The Three of Us

He liked climing all over the pumpkins, and playing in the dirt. He is all boy!

Cheese. haha look at that cute little nose-dont wory we wrapped him up in a big blanket after this picture.

Chris and Christopher in the Pumpkin Patch

Cornbellys at Thanksgiving Point -9/25

2009-11-17T18:17:00.000-08:00

We had such a fun night at Cornbellys! We went thinking that there was a deal for the corn maze (or so we had heard) for opening night. Well there was but, we didnt have the coupon so I suggested we just walk around and see what there was to do besides the maze. I was a bit worried about taking Christopher into the maze. I could just picture it going like this. We would be having fun having fun, having fun, nope now we are not, now are lost, now hes crying and we are still lost, HELP! .. ... I just didnt want that to happen. Instead we started walking around and playing on the other things that were there like a big slide, swings, and tractor bike things. We spent the whole evening there and didnt spend a dime. I love nights like that. Christopher played so hard that he was asleep in his carseat before we even left the parking lot! Thanks for going with us Mitchell family! We had lots of fun hanging out with you!

We had races on these. Tori totally kicked my butt! We laughed and laughed when I got stuck on the turn!

Do I have to sit here mom?

We all loved the slides. They were so much fun.

Crazy Animals!

I love my little man!

Lesson Learned

2009-10-22T18:30:00.000-07:00

Use a hot pad.... Enough said.

I am fine--feel pretty dumb but my burn seems to be healing fine. glass half full perspective would be -that it looks just like a nike swoosh. that will be a cool scar huh? hahaha. oh, and I got to re-bandage it today I made it so its not so bulky so I can function a little bit more that I could with this sweet dressing on it. Thinking I might just hire a cook. I am pretty sure I dont love cooking as much as I used to, at least for a few days.

Happy Birthday Christopher!

2009-10-07T14:18:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CHRISTOPHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

The little cake with the one was for Christopher to make a mess with. The big one was for us to have a piece of . Due to that his plastic golf clubs are always in his hands we went with a golf theme.

I can not believe how time flies by. Our little baby is already 1! He loved eating his birthday cake! There was not even time to light the candle and sing. As soon as it was close to him he grabbed the candle and smashed his hand into the cake! It was really funny! He does not mind getting messy!

Busy Boy

2009-09-18T16:44:00.000-07:00

He is so busy......

getting into the fridge.

Finding the snacks that are left in the diaper bag. I left him alone long enough to take the garbage outside. This is what I find when I come in.

NOT wanting to sit in his high chair anymore. He thinks standing is more fun. PLUS when you are done you can really get the poing across to Mom and Dad by smashing the rest of the food

with your foot. He thinks hes pretty cool.

Picture wont upload...

Emptying the tissue box. What is the problem? Now we don't even have to reach for the box to get one.

oh what a good little helper I have!

I wanna drive!

2009-08-25T14:09:00.000-07:00

Chris asked if we wanted to go with to hit a bucket of balls. When we got to the course the guy asked if we wanted to just go play a couple of holes because the range was already closed. It was so much fun to be out playing together. The last time I was on this course with Chris was the day before my due date. Lets just say I had much more fun this time- not feeling like I was going to pop. We set the camera up with the timer so we could have a family picture. Christopher wanted to drive the cart most of the time but towards the end was happy to just sit in my lap and drink his bottle. It was such a pretty night, and we had so much fun. We did get some funny looks- I guess its not really the norm to sneak a baby on the course. haha

Fun Weekend

2009-08-24T20:50:00.000-07:00

I have had a secret hobby the past couple of years. It is something I love to go do all alone. what is it? Bike. This weekend I was NOT alone but it was so much fun. I rode in the tour of utah race. Here is a picture of me--well, the pack that I was riding in. There was a break away that I so wanted to be a part of but I was content to just be a part of the main group. Chris was along the race to take pictures. hahahaha yeah right! Me, in the tour of utah?!!! good one. We went up the canyon for a picnic and ended up seeing the bikers. That is the true story. There really was a break away group that was ahead of the main pack- but I was not even wishing I was in it. I am amazed at the race course-- It was all up hill. I think I would be so tired after the climbs that I wouldnt even be able to enjoy the ride DOWN the hill/mountain.

Our weekend really was fun. I woke up early to go do my coupon shopping. Tori and I met at walmart to try the price matching game. Lets just say I dont think I will do it again. I have just had so many people ask me about it in classes I figured I had better do it so I could give an honest opinion. It took FOREVER. We did save a ton of money and got all the sale items at one store though. so... anyway.

I got home and we packed up a lunch and went to Cascade Springs. Christopher wanted to climb into the waterfall so bad! Instead of a cute family picture in front of it he had a tantrum. I am not joking. I have no idea where he gets his attitude ;) He was trying so hard to get out of our arms that he scraped his forehead (i guess with his own finger nails?) and made it bleed. poor guy, just wanted to splash. He was happy if he could at least watch the water fall.

There was no picnic grounds there so we went down the canyon to the park and ate lunch there. The kids had so much fun playing in the dirt, and running around. I got an apple out and he figured it was for him. There was no getting it back.

playing in the dirt with his buddy. He wanted to be doing whatever the other kids were doing.

He is definitely all boy....loves the dirt!

9 month pictures

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he sticks his tongue out all the time-- he kept trying to eat the grass and leaves.

we probably could have taken a hundred like this-- he was always trying to crawl away.

My friend Danielle came over and we took some pictures of Christopher. Someone should have taken a picture of us trying to take his. He is a BUSY boy. We did get some that are worth keeping though.

Open Class

2009-08-20T13:54:00.000-07:00

I know this is my family blog-and have another blog that I am advertising this on but in case you dont read She Shops Smart (and you should) we are having an open FREE class. It will be on August 31st at 7pm in Provo. Here is your chance, if you havent been to a class, or missed one that someone you know had you can attend this one. If you have been to a class you are welcome to come but bring a friend who is new to Grocery Smarts it with you. Email sheshopssmart@gmail.com and I will email you a ticket. It will be a lot of fun!

Goodbye Friend...hello new friend

2009-08-20T13:45:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness....I cant even believe this is true. It is with very mixed emotions I tell you that we sold the truck. It was a very sad/happy day. I have had a love hate relationship with that truck. It was the first BIG purchase Chris and I made together. It protected me when I was in a wreck. It got us to the cabin on a road that looked impossible to drive. We have had so much fun with that truck. Drive-in movies, hauling all sorts of things, and driving around town feeling kinda tough. The down side-- it became my vehicle since Chris drives a long way for work. With the addition of a baby the half doors became very frustrating. Parking lots were sometimes a joke. I would have to climb and work really hard to get a car seat in. The cab was too small! We had out grown it. So that made it so we said good bye to our friend the grey truck. I will be honest. I shed some tears, BUT then I looked at what I am now driving and know that it fits our family so much better. Gets better gas mileage and is so much easier with the baby. And when/if we decide to add more children to our family there is room for them. So Good Bye you sweet grey truck, take good care of your next owners! We will miss you.

Viva Las Vegas

2009-08-20T13:41:00.001-07:00

Chris and I left the baby with his parents and headed to Vegas for the weekend (the first weekend of August to attend a market for The Corner. It was so fun to have some time alone together. In the time that didnt have to be spent working we went swimming, shopping and out to eat. I am not sure which one of us missed the baby more though. When we got home Chris was out of the car and inside his parents before I even had my seat belt off. It was a very fun trip, and having a baby here waiting for us made coming home fun too! I didnt take my camera- I know genius move huh? so, we have no pictures.

4 YEARS!

2009-08-20T13:37:00.000-07:00

Time flies, and love grows. I love Chris so much. Thank you so much for 4 awesome years together! We have had so much fun. We have grown and learned together and made so many fun memories. I cant believe how amazing our life is! I love you Chris! Happy Anniversary!

Happy 4th of July

2009-08-20T13:27:00.000-07:00

playing with cousins
Christopher had so much fun climbing all over the other kids.

Grilling us some yummy dinner

Bekah and Kelly

Marsh and Judson (he LOVES Grandpa)

Loves riding in the Ranger with Mom.

We had so much fun at the cabin for the 4th of July. We went 4 wheeling, played volleyball, tennis, basketball, and just had tons of fun. We loved spending time with the family!

Blogging.... SHE SHOPS SMART

2009-08-20T13:18:00.000-07:00

So, one of the last post I did before the extended "break" I took from blogging about our little family was about the blog I created- Five Star Shopper. As you all know I teach classes about Grocery Smarts. The blog was a great resource to be able to refer people to for question after the class. The problem was that I was having trouble with wanting to divide up my time between work, blog, and most importantly my roles as a wife and mother. Then a wonderful thing happened.
Tori and I teamed up to run She Shops Smart together. This makes it so that we can both have a blog that is updated frequently while still allowing us time for everything else in our lives. If you have not yet checked it out you should. It has become a total love of mine. click here to go to the blog. If you havent been to a class-call me and lets set one up. It has totally changed the way I shop and spend. I love it!

His own Pool

2009-08-20T13:12:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun at Seven Peaks that I bought a baby pool for Christopher to splash in here at home. It was so funny to watch him spin around. He tried and tried to bite the bottom of the pool which meant he kept getting water in his mouth. He would look at us with a look that said what just happened, then would do it again. We have had so much fun playing in the water!

Water Fun!

2009-08-20T13:06:00.000-07:00

Christopher LOVES the water. We went to Seven Peaks and had soo much fun. We were worried that we would have one of those babies that just screams everytime they get splashed or even in the pool. We found out we have the opposite. He would cry when we got out of the pool, and wanted to be in the middle of the crowd splashing and being splashed. It was so fun. We were all tired by the time we left. Christopher didnt even make it out of the parking lot before he feel asleep. So fun!

2 Front Teeth

2009-08-20T13:02:00.000-07:00

Teeth have been making themselves known... we had a couple of weeks of a very cranky boy. He know has 4 top teeth with 2 more working their way in, and two cute little bottoms ones. Christopher has been growing SOOO stinking fast. He LOVE LOVE LOVES to eat food. He eats anything and everything that we give them and then tries to grab our plates as well.

Catch up Time

2009-08-20T13:01:00.000-07:00

Ok so here goes....a summer of catch up. I would apologize for not posting but Im not sorry-- I have taken pictures and had fun haha. Read what you want or just look at the pictures. I dont care. Here we go.

oh my.........

2009-07-19T14:22:00.000-07:00

I have so much catching up to do. Its ridiculous! I have TONS of pictures to post and journaling to do about the fun summer we are having. BUT (haha you knew that was coming) thats just not going to happen today. Maybe this week though-- hopefully.

Grocery Smarts and Five Star Shopper

2009-06-16T21:11:00.000-07:00

Its "semi-official". I will say that much. I have a blog to help assist me in teaching about the awesome system. It will be official after I am able to fix some little things that are just wrong. When doing little "art" projects as we can call it the odd form of "perfectionism" I had when I was little resurfaces. (Mom, Dad, Steven- you know what Im talking about. ..."get off the blanket" hahaha) So, I will say its official when I have a button, and have fixed the little kinks. But even with that said -- go ahead and take a look! Check out
http://fivestarshopper.blogspot.com

Playing with Friends

2009-06-05T12:26:00.000-07:00

Let's Play Football!

We got to babysit our friends little kids while they went to dinner. It was so much fun to play with the boys. I couldn't help but get my camera out. Of course, as soon as I did then they all kept trying to crawl, roll, or run away. I should have had it out sooner- they were all very happy, and loved being outside! The two little guys had fun playing on a blanket with toys, and crawling around on the grass.

DON'T WORRY, OR GET MAD ABOUT THIS PICTURE TORI!- Chris was on the tramp too-- he just sat to the side for the picture. -- we really are pretty responsible- or at least tried to be. :)

It was a ton of fun! Hopefully the little boys can come play again soon!

TWO FRONT TEETH!

2009-05-21T14:59:00.001-07:00

Two little teeth are working their way in! One has poped up quite fast, the other is slowly working its way in. This explains the extreme fussiness we have dealt with the past month or maybe even more. Christopher is a very big fan of eating! It is really funny to watch him try new foods. Some days he just smiles after the first taste and opens for more, other days he is not real happy with menu and seals his little mouth shut till I give up. He is such a funny little boy! I wanted to get a picture of his cute little smile with one tooth but its like he knows what I am trying to do when I get the camera out and he wont smile.

update on going private

2009-05-11T08:22:00.000-07:00

I know I said May 1st was lock down day but on account of not having had time to make sure I have all the email addresses from friends and family I am pushing that date out a little bit. We will still be going private it will be in a week. Do not let that make you think that you have got lots of time left if you havent let me know youre reading and want to continue. Thank you to those of you who have let me know your email addresses so you can be on the list!To those of you who still haven't-- DO IT NOW! ha ha thanks!

A shiny new toy....sorta

2009-04-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

We bought a lawn mower. Pretty exciting don't ya think?! Last year we stole my in laws. This year they had the nerve to ask us to bring it back! haha jk. We decided that rather than run around borrowing one to keep our yard looking decent this summer we would just buy our own mower. So, Saturday morning off to mower shop we went. This is what we came home with. Fun huh?

Chris and I both like being outside, and working in the yard so it kind of was fun. I guess we should wait till its over 100 degrees and our yard looks like a jungle to decided if it really is a fun new toy though. hahaha

Happy Easter!

2009-04-20T11:26:00.001-07:00

What? The fake grass cant go in my mouth.... how about the plastic easter eggs, or the book? I will try eating the book first!

We hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

6 MONTHS OLD

2009-04-07T20:48:00.000-07:00

It is so crazy how fast time flies! Christopher is 6 months old today! I cant even believe it! My Mom went with me to have pictures taken of him last week. It was so much fun! I had such a hard time picking which ones we wanted! These were two of my favorites. His little chubby legs are so cute in the shorts, the picture doesnt do them justice!

Lock Down.

2009-04-07T20:21:00.000-07:00

We are going private. I have considered doing this for a while but never have because I think we have like 3 readers out there. hahaha really though... maybe like 10. There are some people I know who have HUGE lists of friends and family on links to their blogs so I totally understand them being private. I dont have that. BUT I am guilty of blog hopping, and so who knows who may be reading about our pretty ordinary life. There is so much crazy stuff going on in the world that I have decided that regardless of the small number of readers our blog may have it will be best to make sure we know who is reading. On MAY 1ST we will be going private. If you want to continue reading please email me and I will put you on the list. pixiegirl620@yahoo.com

Letter R

2009-03-25T11:49:00.000-07:00

My friend Ashlyn tagged me. If you follow my blog and want to play, here's what you do. Leave me a "comment" that you want to play and I'll assign you a letter. You are to share with us 10 things you love... that begin with that letter. Then you play it forward and others will in turn leave you a comment and you can assign them a letter and on and on...... so here goes my list. I thought and thought and there was actually more things that I expected that start with R that i love, but here are 10.

1. RELAXING at home with Chris and Christopher

2. READING

3. eating at RESTAURANTS.... RUBIOS fish burritos...mmm

4. RAIN. and the smell outside after a good RAIN storm

5. RASPBERRIES ...in, or on anything. cereal, ice cream whatever..I LOVE them, especially picking them on vacations up at Bear Lake.

6. watching Christopher jump in his RAINFOREST jumperoo. He is so funny!

7. ROLLER skating just kidding...REDBOX

8. RED potatoes ...they make any dinner fabulous

9. ROSES

10. ROCKY ROAD ice cream

I Love Grocery Shopping!

2009-03-17T09:11:00.000-07:00

I got my newspapers!!! What does that mean? Well ,there is an awesome system called "GrocerySmarts" that I recently learned about from my friend Tori. I went to a class about the system a while ago and left feeling totally fired up about how I was going to save TONS of money! Well, i got home and my printer wouldn't work (to print online coupons), and I had to wait a few weeks for newspapers to come. You need newspapers so that you have the coupons to help you maximize savings! I have now officially used the system myself and am so excited for the next weeks ads to come! If you want to know more about the system check out the little link picture I have added to my blog.

....back to my story.... SO, a couple of weeks went by that felt so hectic, that not only did I not plan meals, (as I like to do so we don't end up going out and spending lots at a restaurant) but I really did not even try and sale shop. Dumb, I know. I don't know what got into me! But, I do know that more money left my wallet than I am even willing to admit! Seriously! We ate out WAY to many times and I spent a stinking fortune on groceries! It would not seem like a fortune to me if I hadn't learned about the system. But I had, so ... You are wondering why I am telling you this? Well, mostly I am chewing myself out publicly! ha ha, take that self! I messed up and I wont be doing that again. Ever! In fact, with the arrival of my newspapers I wont be spending a fortune for a little bit of groceries ever again. haha I may go over my budget on super sale weeks, but on those weeks I will probably have to blog to share my excitement. As well as to show how much stuff I bought, and how little I spend. Seriously, it is an awesome program! I have tried using coupons before with no luck--but this system makes it easy! It does all the work (well almost) for you. So, unless you have like a serious problem and hate saving money then you should check it out!

Till we meet again....

2009-03-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

My dear, sweet, little Grandma "Mor" (which means Mom in Danish) returned home to our Father in Heaven last Monday March 2. I will miss her like crazy! She was more than just a grandma to me.... she was truly one of my very best friends. She taught me so much! We had so much fun together and I will cherish the memories. She was a wonderful woman! I am so thankful to have had the chance to be so close to her all through my life. I am so thankful for the gospel at this time, and my testimony that I will see her again! I know that there was a very happy reunion going on in heaven last week when she got to see my sweet Grandpa (far) again! I love you so much dear Mor!

Top picture-- a very pregnant looking me (almost 7 months) on my birthday with Mor

Bottom picture-- Baby Christopher meeting his Great Grandmother the first time

a year ago today....

2009-03-03T20:01:00.001-08:00

We heard our baby Christopher's heart beat for the first time year ago today. A year ago today I was thinking- holy schmoly I am going to be a MOM! and I was trying not to cry about how excited I was to hear his little heart working away. I cant believe how fast time flies! He is 5 months old this week! It is so crazy!!!!!!! I am so blessed! Life is so fun!

Was I dreaming?

2009-03-02T20:34:00.000-08:00

Was I dreaming? Nope. He did it! Christopher slept all the way thru the night Friday and Saturday night. Yep, two nights in a row. It was like..... heaven! hahaha We woke up Saturday morning, and Chris asked if "lil man" woke up in the night. I had to just think for a minute...I was so confused. What time was it? What day was it? ...did I get up in the night? ? NO I DIDN'T! It was awesome! Sunday we were a little bit of schedule so he didnt quite make it. Almost though-- close enough I want to count it as 3 nights.....Not holding my breath or anything-- but I am hoping that this continues!

I love Daddy!

2009-02-23T19:16:00.000-08:00

Sunday after church I was making some lunch, and looked over in the living room to see this. Chris was helping "little C" figure out how to work the toys that hang off of the play mat. It was so cute! Chris is such a cute Dad! I love watching the two of them together!

Chris likes to say that Christopher is a "Mommy's boy" but I beg to differ. He may be, (for now) but that would only be due to that I am his food source. If it weren't for that, I think he would be "Daddy's boy". He gets so happy when Chris comes home from work. Sometimes when I am holding him he fusses, and fusses until Chris takes him from me. Then once Chris has him he just smiles and coos. Christopher is becoming more and more active and interactive every day. It is so much fun to watch him grow! He is reaching for toys and holding on to everything. His new trick of the weekend is grabbing his toes, and pulling his socks off. That little trick, although funny, is kind of not so funny. Its hard enough to keep track of his little tiny socks--without him pulling them off!

I love those chubby little legs of his.

Happy Valentines Day!

2009-02-15T21:17:00.000-08:00

Chris and Christopher spent the day together and I went to work. yipee... hahaha jk it was actually fun. There were sooooooooo many guys that came in needing gifts. Easy sales-- gotta love that. :) After work I came home and Chris had a cute card for me (that he had helped Christopher sign) along with some beautiful roses. It was early enough we thought we would try and go to dinner. Well apparently even 5 is not early enough on Valentines. There was a HUGE line, so we just headed back home and made dinner and watched some of our favorite shows that we had recorded. It turned out to be a really fun day! I love you Chris and Christopher!

The Draper Temple

2009-02-13T20:53:00.000-08:00

Friday night we went with Marshall and Dixie and Aunt Nanette to the Draper Temple Open House. It was very fun to get to walk thru the beautiful building. At the risk of sounding super cheesy I am going to say I feel so incredibly blessed to live so close to so many temples. My grandparents (on my dads side) immigrated to Utah from Denmark to be close to other members of the church and to be able to live where they could go to a temple. So, I have tried to remember that not everyone is as lucky as I am. I can stand in my drive way and look at the new temple. .... My grandparents packed what they could fit into 3 trunks (no roll along suitcases in those days) took their then 3 yr old and 6-or-so month old baby girls, said goodbye to ALL their family (they were the only ones that came to America) and with their faith and love of the gospel boarded a ship to come here. My sweet grandma spent the trip washing diapers (disposable diapers were just being invented) and being very very sea sick in a little tiny boat cabin. They didn't speak much English but felt in their hearts that they wanted to live near a temple, and have their family sealed to them. I am so thankful for them. I am so thankful for the gospel and the happiness and peace that it brings to my life! I don't mean for that to be preachy or cheesy...its just has been on my mind.

ok so anyway with that said back to the story..... I went to work Friday and called Dixie to check what time we needed to be at the church for the tour/open house. I swear she said 6. It may have been that the store was noisy, bad cell reception....whatever. ....ill take the blame.... long story short- tickets were for 7 and its just good we live close to the churches that are being used as shuttle stops. hahaha everything ended up just fine so thats all that matters. Christopher slept the entire time. It was really cool to get to go see the new temple, and that I now live less than 10 minutes from a temple!

Cuddle me!

2009-02-08T15:07:00.000-08:00

Christopher has not been to much of a snuggler unless he was really tired- up until this past week. Suddenly when ever I pick him up he just snuggles right into me. It is so much fun! Last night I was laying on the bed with him laying on my stomach. Usually he arches up so he can see but he just cuddled right into me. It was so fun!

look at me go. . . . blog baby blog

2009-02-07T15:52:00.000-08:00

Just in case you hadn't noticed, I just thought I would bring your attention to the fact that I am doing a much better job of blogging this year than last. I mean last year all together i had like 24 entries-- this year-- a month and some days in---already at half of that. I'd say i am doing pretty good! So, this is for those of you that have given me crap about needing to post more often. How do ya like that? hahahaha!

I LOVE LOVE!

2009-02-01T15:32:00.000-08:00

IT FEBRUARY ALREADY!

Holy-Moly where did January go? This year is already flying by! I love February! I love that there is a day to celebrate LOVE! and i love the cute decorations. Most of all I love my little family! I am so thankful for Chris and Christopher! I love them both soooooooo much!

Marley & Me.....with a baby

2009-01-25T14:54:00.000-08:00

This weekend was so much fun. We went and saw Marley and Me which I loved. We even took lil Christopher with us. I was super nervous about the idea. I mean super super nervous! Our friends Lewis and Tori took Kolby who is just a few months older than Christopher. Both the babies did great! They slept and then just sat quiet. So, Christopher has been to his very first movie. :) After the show we went to Chilis for dinner. Then we went to Lewis and Tori's house and little boys got changed to their pjs and they played with toys while we played some games of wii bowling. It was such a fun night.

half full or half empty?

2009-01-21T14:47:00.000-08:00

TOTALLY EMPTY! OH YEAH! Christopher has recently decided that bottles are not really his favorite to say the least. This is fairly frustrating for me because I enjoyed the idea of leaving him and going to dinner alone with Chris, or just running an errand leaving him home with Daddy. So after like 3 weeks of him REFUSING (screaming and crying if I even held a bottle up to him) he one morning decided hmmm....this is not so bad. There was no fuss or anything. He even helped me hold the bottle which was pretty funny. So, I don't know how long this little phase of accepting a bottle will last but we will see.

pictures.

2009-01-21T08:56:00.001-08:00

pictures are coming-- and i have pictures to add to many of the past posts. I just don't have time right now. I really need to be getting ready for work. I told myself I would be better about posting this year and figured I should at least get the words down--or else I never will so at least I have started right? that's gotta count for something.

TOYS!

2009-01-21T08:52:00.000-08:00

So after playing with friends last week Chris and I decided that we should probably buy our little guy some toys! He has been so fun to watch as he plays. We bought him a play mat of his own and he loves it! It is so funny! He lays there kicking and wiggling his arms while he coos and giggles. It so much fun- he is changing so fast- and getting a cute little personality. There is a little mirror on one corner, and when he catches a glimpse of himself he freezes and just stares. I never imagined how much it would be to have a baby. No one can explain it to ya-- but its absolutely amazing! My two Christopher's mean everything to me! I love my little family!

mental block. .... try and get over it. hahaha

2009-01-15T09:57:00.000-08:00

When it comes to posting I go blank. Not joking. I think of so many things that I want to blog about, we do lots of fun things, and have many funny stories each week. I think about them-- and want to blog about it. Then I get time to and its like my mind just goes blank. I don't know whats up with that but its my goal to do more blogging this year and make this somewhat of a family journal. So, that may mean that some posts will be boring to friends or family that may read this because it may just be boring day to day stuff, but to bad. hahaha.
So. I will do a little bit of catch up from the holidays and then try and keep up from here.

Play date.....for who?

2009-01-15T08:49:00.000-08:00

Christopher and I went for a play date today. Who was it really for though? hahah I will have to say it was for me. It was so fun to visit with girl friends and watch the other darling little kids laugh and play. Don't get me wrong- Christopher had fun too! He doesn't have many toys of his own yet to laying on the play mat and bouncing in the jumper that our friends have was so much fun for him! Thanks for having us Tori! We cant wait for the next play date!

January 2009

2009-01-12T08:40:00.000-08:00

January. Can you believe its already 2009. I swear it was just 1999. Its crazy how fast time goes by.
Chris is back in school. Which means Christopher and I miss him all day long Mondays and Wednesdays! He leaves for work by 6 (ish) and comes home at 10 (ish). Long days for him! I am so thankful for him and how he is willing to work so hard to provide for us.
I am back at work a couple of days a week. It is very different now that I have a little tag along. :) I get a few hours of work done, and then take a baby break to feed and play with Christopher. I really am so lucky to get to work with my parents. Christopher has a little bed with his toys, and a swing there that he can just hang out in while I try and get a few hours on a time card. It has been going well! I am also lucky that for the most part he is a very happy baby. (during the day anyway- evening sometimes is another story!)

Christmas

2009-01-05T10:00:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone. hahaha I know I know I am a little late. I hope everyone had wonderful holidays! We sure did. This Christmas season absolutely flew by. Chris was working a million hours a week, and even had a few nights were he came home for dinner and then went back to work all night long. So, due to his ridiculous work schedule we didn't go to any Christmas programs or concerts. It was a little sad, but we do have a baby to play with so it was ok- we have stayed plenty busy with him.
Christmas eve is my favorite! I like it more than Christmas morning I think. Christmas morning always seems to go so fast. Christmas eve does too, but I just like that the anticipation and excitement is at its highest. Christmas eve is also when my family gets together for a big dinner. This year it was a little bit different. A family friend, Adam (who is from Arabic Nation- another story of its own) came for dinner. Stevens friend Chaz (who doesn't have much family around) joined us also. It was very fun to visit with the friends and family. We had a wonderful dinner and desert. Then we opened our jammies-- my mom wont give that up even tho her kids are all growing up. Christopher's are cute little fleecy ones that he is quickly growing into. It was very fun. We said good night and headed home.
Chris and I got home and finished up some packing and got to bed. Packing you ask? yes remember-- we go snowmobiling every year-- leaving Christmas day. Christmas morning came and we got up early to pack the truck up with all our bags. Chris came inside from loading the truck and said " I didn't realize how much stuff it takes for a baby." ---but for a week worth of cabin stay we needed lots and lots of diapers-- they filled a bag on their own. add a baby chair, and extra clothes in case of poop blow outs....oh wow even tiny clothes like his end up taking some space.
CHRISTMAS MORNING! It was so windy, cold and stormy! .... we went to my parents house to open gifts with them and have lunch with the Dame side (my moms family). After lunch we headed out. Off to the cabin we went. The roads were fine till we were in the canyon. Then it was slick and slow the rest of the way there. We made it safe and sound and had a very fun time playing with the family. Ill post more about the trip in the next entry. I have to run- and try and get some errands done before Christopher wants to nap. :) Have a great afternoon.

2009-01-05T08:35:00.000-08:00

The Cabin....

So some of the highlights of the trip since i pretty much suck at blogging and wont write a big long post about it...

Learning how much I love that at home Christopher (aka worlds most noisy sleeper) sleeps in his own room.

Playing games with the family. In particular "ticket to ride" and everyone wondering where Dixie was going with all the trains she was placing!

The boys towing each other around on the tubes behind the snowmobiles. - that one had bad idea written all over it but luckily no one got hurt!

Just hanging out and enjoying the company of family!

It was such a fun trip, and we cant wait to go up there again. Hopefully there will be more snow the next time!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-30T09:07:00.000-08:00

We hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving! We went to my parents house for dinner and had lots and lots to eat! It was a very fun day of relaxing and visiting! My Christophers both looked so handsome!!!!

2008-11-10T16:04:00.000-08:00

SAY CHEESE!

So, as I said in first post about Christopher- TIME FLIES! I started to post pictures the other night but I swear the baby has like a radar on me-- if i sit down to eat something or do something fun he starts to cry. Ok, so not seriously but when I do finally have time to sit at computer I have just caught up on reading other peoples blogs and then it is time to change a diaper or something fun like that. So,......I just set him down to sleep with a full tummy and clean diaper that means I should have time to post some more pictures. hahaha.

The past month has been an absolute blast! sleepless...but a blast. I am so thankful for our sweet little baby. He is growing SOOOO fast. It is crazy! He has already grown to inches and gained two pounds. Christopher is such a sweet baby. He does lots of smiling when he is awake and when he is asleep. It is so cute! He really only cries if he needs a clean diaper or he is hungry. Other than that he is a very easy baby.

Here are some more pictures of our Lil man.
Happy Halloween!

Christopher's outfit said little monster. The hat was to big and he kept wiggling like he was trying to get it off.

shirts with collars are hard to wear when you don't have much of a neck hahaha

Daddy thought it would be funny to make it look like I was watching football with him.

Well, while the baby is still sleeping I am going to hurry and eat some dinner. I hope all is well for everyone. I will try and stay more up on this blogging thing.... no promises. Dirty diapers seem to take precedence these days- and we are loving every minute of it!

WELCOME CHRISTOPHER!

2008-11-07T20:24:00.000-08:00

WELCOME

Baby Christopher Bendtsen Meier

He was born October 7, 2008 at 2:52. He weighed 7.2 and was 20 inches. He has been such a joy to have in our home! I have so much fun just looking at him, and cant stop kissing him! Everything went well with delivery and we are so thankful for that. It was so amazing to be sitting there right after this birth watching Chris hold him and think that we are now parents!

THE BABY IS COMING TOMORROW!!!!

2008-10-06T16:20:00.001-07:00

So Ocotber 5th....... HAPPY DUE DATE! COME AND GONE WITH NO BABY!!!! but i do have a BABY UPDATE! I went to the Dr. today and after they tried to monitor the lil guy for 2 hours they gave up on that plan and sent me for an ultra sound. They then found that he doesn't have much fluid which made my Dr say--- ok times up--- HE IS COMING TOMORROW!!!! Everything is fine for both of us but she doesn't see a good reason to keep waiting for him to come on own since that may create problems due to the fluid level. So, I have packed, repacked and repacked my hospital bag this afternoon. The house is vacuumed, laundry done....now sitting here waiting till I call the hospital to see what time I am supposed to check in tonight. I have to spend the night there with monitors on baby-- and some medicine to help labor along and we will have a baby tomorrow morning. At least that is the plan. So, we will keep everyone updated! We cant wait to meet lour little baby boy! WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!!

Hope for next week!!!!

2008-09-23T11:13:00.000-07:00

So, yes I realize about all I have posted about it baby-pregnancy updates. Sorry to bore you. It kind of is a big topic for me. hahaha.

We finally got all the baby stuff- crib, swing, and stroller and stuff all put together. Actually, Chris did. I watched. We had to order some replacement parts for our crib and they finally showed up last friday. His (the babys) room looks so cute. Actually there is not really any decor-just cute crib bedding and his swing and dresser. I am still looking for some wall decor. All the cute stuff I find is for girls rooms and that just is not going to work! So, still shopping.

I had another doc visit today and found out that she will be out of town for a week starting the day after my due date (Oct 5th). SOOOOO??? What does that mean? It means that if things are looking ready at my appoint next tuesday then I may get to be induced the end of next week so that she will be the one delivering our lil guy. OH LETS HOPE SO!!!!! Plan B (which I am refusing to think of as even being a plan or option) is that he comes late and either another doc delivers, or Plan C- if I havent gone into labor by the time she is back then my doc will induce labor seeing as how I will be over a week past the due date. We dont really know exactly how much this lil guy weighs (it could be off) but her estimate is he is 7lbs now and will be right about 8 by end of next week. OH BOY!!!! PRAY HE COMES SOON!..... and that plan "b" and "c" dont even get to be considered!

Other than baby news everything is going great. Work has been lots of fun. I am being serious. ha ha--- I am a dork but I love working. Tons of cute new fall clothes---and now I actually care to be looking at them because I am hoping I will be able to wear some of it again soon. Chris has been a good sport about me not wanting to do a whole lot but sit around when I get home from work. This has meant some odd dinners- of whatever we have in the house or a place that we can find something that sounds good for takeout.

Chris is playing soccer again this season. I have not been able to go watch because his games though because they have either been really late (and I want to stay home and go to sleep) or before I am off work. He loves playing- and its great exercise. His team is pretty good- and they win most weeks.

Other than that not a whole lot. Oh wait... How could I forget. Its football season. I have mixed emotions about this time of year. Chris lives for BYU football, so the past few saturdays I have hung out at home relaxing while he went to the games. He has had so much fun going to watch. This year we even have a BONUS round going on. (I say that with sarcasm) Chris is playing fantasy football with some friends. I really just dont get being that into watching sports. (And I have come a heck-of-a long way since we got married! I went to my first game ever with Chris. Now I know names- of college and professional players. So, I'd say I am pretty supportive of his intense love for the game). Whatever. Thats about all I can say. It is fun to see him get excited and go have fun so ...whatever. hahaha. Well, this has turned into a fairly lengthy post. Sorry if its boring. Its whats going on for us. Hopefully we will have some fun news--and pictures of a little boy to post soon. VERY VERY SOON!

LESS THAN A MONTH!!!!

2008-09-08T12:36:00.000-07:00

Not that I am counting or anything....ha ha ha ha Yeah right! Of course I'm counting down!!!THERE IS ONLY 27 (saying he waits till due date to arrive) days till the baby comes! I went to the doc again this morning and everything is still going great! My hand hurting is even normal. The doctor informed me that the good-bad news is that it just kinda aches, it could go totally numb, and that would still be normal for pregnancy. SO, I guess I'm lucky.

It feels like life has been put on super fast forward lately. I guess that means Chris and I have been having fun and working hard. Chris is back in school full time. Monday and Wednesdays are school days. We don't see each other until he gets home from school and falls asleep from the long day. But its all good, he is in his third year of electrical school already! Only one more year after this! I am very proud of him! I am working full time still. I have been so blessed to feel well thru this pregnancy. It makes it so that I can keep having a paycheck that I am so tempted to spend on cute little baby clothes! I don't know what I would do if I was having a baby girl!.....oh wait yes I do....I'd be looking for a second job. Why? Because baby girl departments of stores are way bigger than the boys and I have a hard time with all the boy stuff there is that I would love to buy.

So, along with working hard, Chris and I have also been playing. Saturday I had the day off. Chris went running errands with me in the morning. It was fun to be out and about together. We found bumpers for the cradle so now the baby has a place to sleep. Then we went home so Chris could watch the BYU game. Saturday night we went to a friends house to watch a UFC fight. It was fun to see friends and hang out for the night! Thanks Brooke and Jesse for having us over!

Other than that bit of rambling about whats up nothing super interesting has been going on for us. Just getting more and more excited for the baby! Life is great! I hope everyone is doing well!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

2008-08-22T09:50:00.000-07:00

Apparently I am having a baby...hahahaha! It still doesn't seem to click for me some days. I think that is because I have felt so well that I haven't had to much to worry about. Life is great! I was opening baby gifts last night and it still seemed weird to be doing that! It felt like--this is really cute stuff but, why do I need it? oh yeah--i am having a boy! Time flies when you're having fun!.........and wow is that the truth. I can not even believe Chris and I have been married 3 years already. OR that the baby will be here in less than 2 months. I have had wonderful baby showers, and want to thank all of my wonderful friends and family!!!! The love and support Chris and I have received as we are preparing for our lil' guy to arrive has been so wonderful. We really appreciate all that has been done for us! I don't know what else to say but THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I have loved all the advice that friends and family have offered. Even though I feel like I have taken care of and been around babies a fair amount, but now that I am soon going to be taking care of my own-- I feel like I know nothing! So, I have really appreciated all the tips and advice that has been offered. I joke with Chris that I hope I am not one of those moms that people just watch and say "poor girl- she has no clue what shes doing". IF I am...please help me hahahahhaha. Seriously tho-The real point of this post is to say THANK YOU! To everyone! I LOVE YOU ALL! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I am so excited for my little baby to get to meet all the wonderful people that Chris and I have the opportunity to call family and friends! You are all amazing! Thanks again for all your love!

Our "Squirmy Little Wiggle Worm"!

2008-08-05T15:48:00.000-07:00

"Squirmy little wiggle worm" hahaha. That's what the doctor called our sweet little baby today. The lil tyke just wouldn't hold still as the doc tried to see how he was positioned and check the heartbeat. Its really weird to watch my stomach move around and know there is a little guy in there making it move! Pregnancy is weird, an awesome kind of weird. That's about all I have to say today....everything is good! This is probably the first summer that I have not totally loved the heat in Utah but, other than that- no complaints. Hope all is well for everyone else!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHRIS!

2008-07-30T10:01:00.000-07:00

So, I'm a little slow in posting this but oh well. Chris had a birthday last weekend, and we had so much fun celebrating! Friday night we went to dinner with my family at Asian Star. It was really good. The highlight being our cute server singing her own version of Happy Birthday. It was the normal song, and she was totally on with pitch but she set up her own timing. It made it so funny. She was being completely serious I should add. She wasn't trying to be funny, she just paused or carried different notes than is normal. It was cute! Saturday- the real B-day I took the day off to be with Chris. We went out to lunch and then to exchange sizes on the clothes I gave him. What would a birthday have been without a trip to the golf store? Of course we stopped there also. I have a problem with spoiling Chris-- I LOVE shopping for him. So, I have a spoiled husband! Saturday night we went over to his parents house for dinner, and cake. Dixie had balloons and everything! It was so fun!

Dinner with the Girls

2008-07-18T10:00:00.000-07:00

Last night I got to go to dinner with high school/college friends. I just want to say thanks girls for such a fun night! Actually, I had two dinner nights in a row-and both were so much fun! Melanie, Lil Amelia, Ashlyn, and I went out on Wednesday and caught up a bit on whats been happening. Hey Mel- its sad it takes Ash coming to town for us to finally get together! Millie is SOO cute! Lets do something again soon!

Thursday was a blast too! Thanks to all of you for the fun night! Time sure does fly when we are all together.....I just wish we could have had refills on our drinks! I didnt have my camera on Wednesday=no picture, but remembered it Thursday. So, look at me go--- blogging about what I have been doing with pictures and everything! This is a first hahaha. Anyways. Thanks again girls! I love you all!

some pictures of us

2008-07-18T09:55:00.001-07:00

2008-07-14T11:13:00.000-07:00

I dont even understand myself!

2008-07-14T10:51:00.000-07:00

So, I am totally going to blame it on being pregnant! Blame what on being pregnant you ask? Oh just everything I say, or ask, or do these days!!! I feel like crawling in a hole sometimes because I am able to embarrass myself so well! Chris is sweet enough to just laugh when i ask the same question like 5 times in a row.I'm not even joking about doing that! I am so scatter-brained! Then, to make things even more interesting I feel like I can cry over anything, and everything. Chris would probably say that's nothing new, and that I have always done that. I will say yes, I have always been a sensitive person but its ridiculous these days!!! I found this comic and had to post it because it is nearly how I feel! I was looking around online at pregnancy sites and found this one that had the comic. There was also a bunch of posts about crazy things pregnant have said or done and blamed it on pregnancy mood swings. It was somewhat comforting- because I feel I am no where near as crazy as some women. Which brings me to my point in rambling today---I would like to make a PUBLIC APOLOGY to my sweet husband, family, and friends. I am so sorry if I am crazy, rude, uncontrollably emotional, hard to understand or anything else. I blame it on the pregnancy hormones!!!!!

Nothing new.....another month already over

2008-07-02T09:43:00.001-07:00

Time is ridiculous. I swear everyday the clock speeds up a little bit!
So, June is over. hmm... we went to some more doctor appointments, and everything is still going great. My belly is getting bigger and bigger. It still is weird to me.
Chris surprised me with a cute watch for my birthday and some new shoes. He is so sweet! Since Dixie and I share a birthday we went to dinner together with some of the fam. It was really fun. We went to Maddox in Brigham City so Sarah and Nate could meet us there. Matt and Krissy were there too. It was a lot of fun to visit with everyone! Saturday I took the day off and Chris and I played. We went to lunch and shopping at gateway!
Then on that Sunday we had dinner at my parents house with pumpkin pie (one of my favorites) for bday cake. I have such wonderful family--both my own and my inlaws! It was a great weekend!
Chris got his motorcycle license or endorsement, or whatever its called. He kept talking about it being something that he wanted to do. So, after spending a TON of time on the phone I finally was able to get spot in a class that had a cancellation. (there has been a law change so everyone was trying to take class prior to change) I am fine with him riding-I just wanted him to take the course first. He passed the class with flying colors- I knew he would! Then off to the DMV for the license. Chris was texting me while he was there about how much he loves waiting in lines. hahahaha
I have been looking at cute baby stuff, and would like to buy everything I see! There are so many things that look like fun! I haven't been able to find a car seat or stroller that I love yet. If anyone has any suggestions let me know. I haven't checked to many stores yet- and luckily there is still time.
I will post some pictures when there is some I like. hahaha. I feel like I am looking super pregnant right not- Not really the pictures that I want to look at. So, anyways. That's about all for now.

Half way there...

2008-06-04T12:33:00.000-07:00

So, we are finally half way thru the wait to meet our lil' baby. Actually a little more than half (22 weeks now) We went to the doctor Monday, and everything is going great. I don't know why, but going to the doctor makes me nervous. Chris was able to go with me this time- which helps my anxiety level drop a ton. Its not like he can do anything besides sit next to me. Its just having his support there with me that is so nice. The part I do love about going, is hearing the heart beat! Which was strong and "exactly as it needs to be" as the doc put it.
Things are all good for us this week! Busy busy busy- as always! :) Hopefully things are all good for you as well!

Rain Rain go away!

2008-05-27T13:36:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day weekend... did it really have to rain all weekend long? We went to the cabin Saturday evening-Monday afternoon. It rained and rained, and then SNOWED! but we still had lots of fun riding in the ranger, and playing with Abigail and baby Norman! It is so nice to go somewhere that makes it so you have no choice but to relax. There is always so much to do at home, it was fun to go play. I don't have any pictures-due to the rainy, muddy, snow mess, I left my camera at the cabin because I was more focused on finding my gloves to go outside and play. It sure was fun though!

ITS A BOY!

2008-05-17T10:48:00.000-07:00

**IT'S A BOY!**

Chris and I went to the doctor yesterday for the first ultrasound, and found out ITS A BOY! We are going to have a little Christopher! It was so much fun to see him. He was wiggling around like crazy. That made it hard for the doctor to measure him, but he was finally able to and the doc said everything looked perfect-that was so fun to hear! We are so excited to meet our little guy!
The whole day was so much fun for Chris and I. Chris actually took a day off work (that was the first time this year!) and we just played all day. After the ultrasound we both spent a little bit of time calling our parents and siblings to tell them the news. Then we went to breakfast and the mall, running errands, home for a few minutes for some lunch, then off to play again! It was so much fun! We decided it should be enforced that people take days off once in while- a break is so NICE!

APRIL. ...come and gone.

2008-05-15T10:54:00.001-07:00

So, another month..hmm...
Lots has happened for Chris and I. Chris finished school for the semester. Which means he is done with two of his four years of Electrical school. YAY!
We have been to a couple more doc appointments and everything is going well! The heartbeat is strong and perfect! Chris and I just wish that there was a way to get thru the summer a little bit faster because we are SO excited to meet this little baby! Then all at the same time I can not believe it only takes the time it does for a new little human being to be completely formed and able to come into the world. It hardly is seeming like enough time for me to truly get it into my head that this is really real-- I am going to be a MOM! I feel like there is so much to do before this baby comes!
What is there to do? Well first of all finish unpacking my house. Chris and I moved for any of you that didn't already know that. We moved the first weekend of May. We are living in my parents old home-(they moved). We are loving being in Draper-it means I am SOOOOO CLOSE to work. That makes it nice when its time to head home- no more 45 minutes in traffic and construction. Life is like a blur to me- its crazy and wonderful!

I stink at blogging!

2008-05-15T10:41:00.000-07:00

Yes i know! I suck at updating this silly thing. The problem is- hahaha (here comes the blame game) that I love reading about everyone elses life. So many of our friends and family members have such cute, interesting and even down right hilarious posts on their blogs that I spend all my time reading others posts. Then suddenly I realize how much time has passed and I have to get busy doing one of the other million things that are on my to do list for the day. So, I blame all of you that I know that have cute blogs for making it so I dont update mine more often. If you didnt write such fun things I wouldnt have to visit your blogs, and I would just attend to mine. So HA! its not my fault! hahahaha

APRIL! can you believe it is spring already?

2008-04-05T11:13:00.000-07:00

It is Spring? Then why is it still snowing? We wake up to over 6 inches on the cars? THIS IS APRIL! QUIT SNOWING. I wish I was going to Hawaii this week. I want to lay on a beach!

So, I have basically done a overview of the year till now so now I just need to remember to update this. I will try my best. Chris is going to read what I have written and probably call me a geek for writing what I did. Then he will remind me of a million other things that I could have posted about. Oh well. What has happened so far this month?
Whats new? Well my parents are moving to a new house on south mtn. It is beautiful. They have all new furniture. ...Yes, I am a tad jealous. It has an AMAZING view of the valley. They will be moving in (hopefully) the second weekend of April. Chris and my family are working on the finishing touches this weekend, while I am at work.
Chris is done with school for the semester at the end of this month. That should mean that he is studying, but he hasnt done a whole lot of that yet. I guess he figures he will later or something. We (chris and I) are really good at putting work second and fun first. Hopefully he gets enough tiem to study before the test. That is one part I dont miss about school-the finals.

Last night Chris and I went and saw the movie "21". We both really liked it. We were reminded why we love watching movies at home though. I wanted a drink. That will be 4.50. Popcorn 5.00 candy 4.00. It was just insane to me that it has gotten that expensive. Then we get into the theatre and end up with this group of high school or younger kids next to us. That shouldnt have been a problem its not like they are not old enough to sit still for two hours. Well, WRONG! they climed over us like 6 times. (we were sitting on the end) Is it impossible for them to tie the bathroom trip into the snack trip as well? For this group the answer is yes. The girl right next to me sat texting on her blackberry the whole time. My problem with this is A: She has a blackberry and was maybe 15. Why in the heck does she need that much phone. Is she running her own business or something? That would be the only reason I see necessary for her to have internet access at all times. Problem B. The screen is fairly big on her phone and bright, and she is not even trying to sheild the light from it. I wouldnt care if she got it out to glance at time, or send a message once. But, she was actively texting thru the ENTIRE MOVIE. It became funny to me. She wasted 8 bucks to sit at a show she didnt watch. She could have just stayed home and talked to whoever it was. Well, I think thats about enough ranting about that.

2008-04-05T10:58:00.000-07:00

MARCH! finally... March 3rd at 3:30.

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!

Chris and I are Going to be DADDY AND MOMMY

and we are so excited we can hardly even stand it!

and this day was the first Dr. appointment. So, we get there. Sign in, and begin the wait. Waiting waiting ....thats that part that sucks about being one of the last appointments. You have to wait for them to catch up from all the other appointments that have either taken longer than anticipated or for the people that showed up late and threw the whole day of scheduling off. Finally the nurse calls me back to a litte room and says the Dr. will be in shortly. WAITING AGAIN. Another long while has passed and the dr. shows up. We talk, she answers tons of questions for me. Then we got the hear the heart beat! That was something that was so crazy. First we could hear mine...she explains that is the slower one as we hear another one that is much faster. THAT IS A BABY! OH WOW----suddenly the few mornings afternoons and nights that I have seen my meals come back up are not so bad. That sound is a little miracle growing in side of me. No, I didnt cry, but its a sound that definitely could trigger that. Chris and I are so incredibly excited to be parents!
The rest of the month--- work work work. Not much to tell. I have not been sick very often. till the last week of the month. But not like really sick, more tired than anything.
Chris has been an amazing sport. There has been lots of sitting home watching tv nights rather than out and about. He makes me dinner and lets me just lay on the couch while he takes care of me. He is so wonderful!

February!

2008-04-05T10:53:00.000-07:00

Happy Valentines Day! Chris brought home flowers and had a sweet card for me. Due to the way work schedules went that day we made dinner at home and watched a movie. It was a great Valentines Day! I LOVE CHRIS!
The rest of this month went by fairly slow...we were waiting for an appointment that was set for MARCH 3rd.

Catch up for the year of 2008

2008-04-05T10:28:00.000-07:00

January...

Happy New Year! We cant believe how fast years go by. This was our 4th new years eve together. Wow do I love having someone to kiss at midnight! I also love knowing I have someone to have new adventures with thru another new year. We went snowmobiling a couple of times. We went to the cabin (by scoffeild res.) and spent the weekend playing. It is always so much fun to get away!
One weekend Chris and I decided we would drive up to the cabin on a Friday night. Well, we took our time getting there. Stopped for new gloves. Stopped and had dinner. This and that. Suddenly it was 8 pm and we had not even past Provo yet. It only takes about 1 1/2 hours to get there but the canyon is FULL of deer, and at that time snow. We decide that even though it was dark we would just drive slow and get there. Well, the canyon drive went fine. We didnt hit any animals. We did count over 20 dead dear on that particular drive.
We got to the lake and the road that takes us up to the cabin had been plowed but had ruts that were super deep. Chris puts the truck into 4wheel drive and starts driving. It was a silent truck cab. I was just holding on as the truck slid back and forth. We made it clear to the top of the hill. This takes about 10 minutes most the time. We had spent 45 making that part of the drive. Now we are at the top of the hill and should only had to spend like 5 minutes getting to the canyon. Oh, no. Not this time. The road that would take us there the fastest is not plowed wide enough for the truck. So we take the long way around. Another half hour has passed at this poing. We are finally at the driveway of the cabin. The only problem is that the plow has not been to it yet. There is like 10-12 feet of snow blocking our way. Hiking in would be an option if there was somewhere to pull the truck off the road, but there isn't. There is only room for one vehicle on the narrow plowed area, and no turn-around spots have been plowed. So, Chris got to back the truck up till there was enough room to turn around. We are both laughing at this point. We had been so determined, and now there was nothing we could do but go home. The sad part was the camera had been left home so there is no pictures to show the road we tried to drive. It was a serious 4 wheeling adventure! So, slowly back down the mountain we went....home again. At least we have fun driving together seeing as how we had plenty of drive time that weekend!

A blog..... i know, i know, its about time!

2008-04-05T10:21:00.000-07:00

So, here is our blog ...finally. I had started this back in January. I created a username and password. I spent a while playing with colors. Mostly not realizing that you can change things when you want. While playing around I also realized that I can just delete if I decide a post was dumb. After playing with colors for a while I had to get to work. Time flies, and I forgot to log back on here. I have never published (or whatever they call making this visible to others) it because I had not written much. I decided I would just make it visible to other people then I will update it from time to time. I am not making any promises on how often. I know some weeks will just be better than others for time to write on here. With that said, we hope everything is going well for all our friends! I will write a bit to catch up with what has happened this year so far. Yes, I realize its April now so I will just include important stuff.