Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Our weekend in Auburn.

So this weekend we went to Auburn to see Nora be blessed. She is three months old and this is the first time I have seen her. She is so Sweet! We also celebrated her brothers Nathanal and dads B-day with a BBQ.

Joey, JJ and Lance Spitting watermelon seeds in a can.

Niki and JD Chillin at the BBQ

Isn't my baby cool!!


Nora and JD ready for bed. JD is already asleep.


JJ, JD and Papa.


JD hanging out with Grandma.




Tie Anyone!!

So I went Yard saleing last weekend. There was one that started at 5:30 that said it had lots of sewing stuff and material, so I decided to go. I was set my alarm to go off at 5, well JD did not want me to go because he kept waking up.. anyway I got there at about 7. Well they had about 5 boxes of material and batting and a box of ties... for those who don't know, JJ's Grandma makes Quilts with ties. So I offered 5 dollars for the whole box of ties. (they were asking 50 cents per tie) she said yes. Guess how many ties were in the box?????



There were over 40 ties!!!!! CRAZY huh?











Monday, July 21, 2008

5 Months and getting big.

So my baby is 5 months old! It has gone by so fast I can't believe it! He has learned a few new tricks. Below are pictures of him sitting up and in his new tub. He love the tub and wanted to get the frog that was in there with him.



This is his buddy Kempton. They are a week apart. Kempton is about an inch and 1/2 Taller but JD is about a pound heavier.






So my baby is 5 months old! It has gone by so fast I can't believe it! He has learned a few new tricks. Below are pictures of him sitting up and in his new tub. He love the tub and wanted to get the frog that was in there with him.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Girls Night

Well ladies of Tuscaloosa (and the nieghboring whereabouts), it is finally time for another girls night... what does this mean???? welll, get the hubbies situated with the kiddos' and enjoy a night of just us gals doing just gal things.
A recap of our last night out : eyebrow waxing, a yummy dinner at chipotle's, and then some window shopping at midtown, along with some special purchasing advice ;)
This time, we will be doing a dip night/recipe exchange. That means make and bring your favorite dip and whatever the heck goes with it, ei chips and dip/veggies or fruit and dip/WHATEVER! Just make sure you bring the recipe written on an index card on one side, THEN on the OTHER side, write a little bit about yourself, like a little auto biography. THEN, make sure you bring some of your favorite cookbooks and some post-it-notes to stick to the recipe's of other's cook books. then what you will do is take home your books and make copies for whoever wanted one out of your books, and then bring them to church or the library or playgroup and everyone else will do the same. any questions???
while we're searching for new meals, we can gab and watch a movie, so bring a favorite and we can choose from there, OR make suggestions and i can get it from netflix! any questions now???
oh yes, the info! Saturday, July 19 at 5:30 at Joane Loden's house.
let anyone you think might need a break or be interested know!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

4 and 1/2 months








Saturday, July 05, 2008

RED, WHITE, AND BLUE 4th of July

So Joane and I had been planning for the 4th of July.... well over 6 months, however; you really can't plan on the weather to be what you want. Plus I thought we were running low on some of the main "Food Group" (the Meat) and asked Joane to go to the store. We had too much! One day very soon I will understand that when she says we have enough... we have enough. Plus I need to shot out to my Mom and Dad. "Thanks for watching John-David and thanks for grill'n those Delicious hot dogs and hamburgers!!!!."
So early morning 4th Joane and I go to the UA pool on campus with the Kira and Pete, Kellie and Andrew. So much fun. John-David had his own little inter tube with its own little splash pool. He totally had a long day with lots of excitement. I was toasted and felt like I was on fire the whole night.
But as the say... Save the best for last. Here are some unedited pictures and video of JD's first 4th of July.








Friday, June 27, 2008

How well do you know your spouse??

Funny story!
So JJ kissed me and turned to get ready for work. John David was sitting in his swing and JJ turned and said "that is the only woman that you will be kissing until you are 16"
Joane said"Whatever he is going to be just like you and start kissing at 12 or was it 8 or.... when did you have your first kiss?"
JJ said" I was 12 but my first girlfriend was when I was in 8th Grade and she played the flute, but I like them saxophone players"
Joane is laughing like ok whatever.... JJ ask" that is what you played right?"
Joane said" No not even close"
JJ said" Clarinet? tuba? Trombone, trumpet?"
Joane "Not even in the same family"
JJ " Percussion? Brass? Winds? ...
Joane is laughing now.... and say Stings.....
JJ says " Viola... THE BASS....."
JJ says "I like those bass players...."

HAHA

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Empathy, Selfishness, and Love


So those of you that visit my blog often, know that I am not a writer. but tonight, for some reason I feel like I need to write. My heart is very full. I am so thankful for everything that I have and have been blessed with. My son is such a huge blessing in my life and I Love him so much each day. I started a book tonight that is called "Dancing in the light" If any of you have read it will know why my heart is so full. I am only on chapter 6 and I have cried at least once in every chapter. It starts out with a man coming home from the hospital where his wife just had a baby girl. Everything is perfect but he has this feeling that it is not going to last. well two weeks later his wife dies. I personally have not had to deal with death on a very close level (besides my great grandma and she was almost 100 and time to go) I am so grateful for that. I am not sure how well I will deal with it when the time comes. I am grateful for the knowledge that we have of the after life and what will happen to each of us. I am so grateful for the knowledge that we will and can be together forever no matter what happens in this life. I am so thankful for my marriage in the temple, and for the temple so close to us.

My selfishness is regarding my son. My son is 4 months old this month, and it seems to me that quite a few people are asking if I have started him on rice cereal yet. (I am sure it has only been a few though but with all the mailings I have got on it lately it feels like alot) Just tonight I have really started to feel selfish in not doing so but I am going to stay selfish for awhile. I have really enjoyed breast feeding and do not want that connection to end. I told JJ about it and he asked jokingly if I was going to breast feed until he was three. Obviously I am not going to but I just feel like he is growing up so fast and I want to stop it. It is funny I did not think that I would ever Not want to stop breast feeding, I thought it would be a pleasure to stop. I believe that as long as I am breastfeeding I am the only one that can take care of my son. (this is where I sound really selfish.)I think JJ wants to feed him but I am not ready to let go of that responsibility yet. I am sorry honey but you will have to wait for another month or two.

My heart goes out to all of those who are trying to have kids. I understand that we all have different trials in our lives and I want you all to know that I love and support you and want you to be able to cry on my shoulder if needed. I know that God has a plan for each of his children and some of you might have children just not in the way you expect them. (I am not really sure why I wrote this I have erased it like three times but it keeps coming up so I guess it is supposed to be here.) If I ever offend or step over my bound please let me know. if I don't know about it I can not fix it.

Well I feel alot better now that I have written this all down I can probably go to sleep.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Our Utah trip through Pictures...

Ok so I have a tone of Pictures from Utah but I think these are the most important.
Grandpa







The Mountains What I miss the most while in AL(Besides my family!)




Grandma



Best Friends





Grandparents!!





I thought this was funny!