I've been Tagged - 7 Random Things About Me

(This picture was taken by Noah, on his first day of School)

1. I am really good at remembering phone numbers and other important numbers.

2. I love to put Fritos on my sandwiches. Especially, ham, turkey and bolgona. I like the crunch.

3. One of my favorite television programs on TV right now is Kim Possible

4. The chores I dread the most in my house are cleaning out the fridge and mopping the floor. Brings up horrible childhood memories

5. My favorite game right now is playing Candy Land with Noah, This is no ordinary candy land, Folks, It is the Disneyland version. It is an adventure where you fly, sneeze, run from the evil witch, have an unbirthday party, go swimming and much much more. All from Noah's imagination from the pictures on the game. If you ever stop by we would love to play with you because we ALL get to party in the end

6 I can only drink apple juice if it is ice cold. Can't do it any other way

7. I can hardly ever remember the authors of books or the singer of songs

Now I tag these 7 people. I will be checking back to see you if follow this tag

1. Amy
2. Lena
3. Sharon
4. Kristi
5. Erin
6. Polli
7. Shaunelle

Happy Birthday Carrie

I don't even know where to start talking about my best friend. Carrie and I officially met when we were sophmores in high school in orchestra. Before that I knew her from afar, for we took violin from the same teacher. For the record, she is much better at violin than I am. Once we bonded, we were connected at the hip the rest of high school. Kersten told me once that he knew that if he wanted to date me that Carrie was part of the deal. I could not have made it through high school without her. It is so nice to have someone that knows your history and how you have changed and become better. That knows a lot of the mistakes you have made and loves you anyway. I am so grateful our friendship endured through the challenges of growing up and figuring out who we are. She is the most phenomenal mother of three gorgeous boys. Carrie amazes me with her many talents. She always knows just what to say to shed new light on things. She really is a kindred spirit. There really are not many people who get me and know me as well as she does. I love that we can spaz together, be serious, be reverent, be silly, be silent or just be together and it seems like our friendship was meant to be.I looked in my photos from the last year and sadly I have quite a few pics of our kids together but none of us. That will have to be remedied at Christmas. Carrie, I hope your birthday is fabulous and I hope you know I love ya.

Random Pregnancy Facts

I have not written down a lot about this pregnancy so I am going to in honor of my 22nd week that starts today I will write some random stats and facts about this pregnancy:

THE REVELATION: My first two pregnancies I started feeling extremely sick about 2 weeks into it, so I assumed that it would be the same again. But not so. On Mother's Day of this year, I was sitting on my in-laws couch so exausted I thought I would pass out and my father in law made the comment "Yeah, you do get very tired when you are first pregnant." Of course, I had to deny it for a full day to myself and everyone else. The next day I was at my sister Amy's house and prior she had asked if I wanted the 2nd pregnancy test from her box, since it would expire before she would use it. So I picked it up and some other things and thought about taking it for a full 20 min till I could not stand it any longer. It did not take even a full 10 seconds to say positive. I stewed for about a half hour about how and when I should surprise my husband. And then he called. True to form, I could not hold it in and plus the whole reason he was calling is to see if I had gotten a test and taken it yet.

DOCTOR APPTS TO DATE: these are just the ones related to this pregnancy- 23 times and I email my baby doc, once a week

ULTRASOUNDS SO FAR: 4 times and one scheduled on friday

ILLNESS: With Noah I was nausaus and sick the entire 9 months. I think I felt good maybe a total of 3 weeks. I did not start feeling really sick with this pregnancy until about late June when the heat came. The month of July was torture and I blame everything on the heat. I felt just fine as long as I ate until it got so hot no one could breathe. I was nauseus, vomiting and wanting just to get some rest. This is also when my migraines returned with a vengance.

CRAVINGS: First one was Beef and Cheddar at Arby's for about a month, I could not get enough of these sandwiches. And the Arby's melt would not do. It had to have the onion roll. Then I moved on to delicious turkey sandwich specifically from Tasty's and that posed a problem because Tasty's no longer exists. I wanted the soft fresh bread and the exact proportions of veggies and meat that they perfected. Kersten took me to Subway and it cured me of that craving because nothing is quite the same as Tasty's. The rest of my cravings have not been as strong or frequent as those first two but include things such as watermelon, potato chips, berries of all kinds, my mom's rolls,little chickens (including but not only, buffalo wings, chicken nuggets, chinese etc)

I will keep you updated on all the craziness and joys of my pregnancy

Grateful Sunday 9-9-07

Today I am Grateful For:

MY TWO DATES -
Date #1 - On friday after Noah and I had a very long morning running around town, I decided to treat us to a fun lunch. So I explained to Noah that this was a special lunch and we were going on a date. We went to Hires, a old fashioned hamburger joint in our area. I showed him how to get my chair and we chatted. He had to bring his Heffalump, Lumpy with us that day. And the cute waiter after we ordered, I whispered that Lumpy needed food too. The waiter patiently took his order and went to get our drinks. And bless them, they brought an empty cup with a straw for Lumpy and when lunch came a plate with a sucker on it. Noah was so thrilled and excited the Lumpy had his own plates and everything. (He already feeds his animals invisible food all the time) When we left Noah had to take both his and Lumpy's drinks to the car. The manager asked if we wanted a refill in Lumpy's cup. I explained that he was just fine and it was his elephants cup. The manager got such a kick out of what his employees did. I heard them talking about it as we left. It just warmed my heart that they took that little extra time to make my little boys day. Noah even got the car door for me. He was such a gentleman

Date #2: My sister Emilee invited Noah over to have a sleepover with her kids on Friday night. Oh, you could feel the excitement of Noah as we drove him out to her house to play with Spencer and Kristin. He even picked up his room and his mess in the front room with no protest so that he could go. So Kersten and I were free to go as we please. I honestly can't remember the last time we had a real date. We went and shared some Chinese food and then went and saw Pirates of the Caribean 3 at the dollar theatre. The movie was okay but the company and the nite were perfect. When we picked up Noah late Saturday morning he saw us and burst into tears and asked us to leave. It was quite hilarious. I think he had a lot of fun. Emilee graciously offered to let him play while we ran on our errands. It was so weird for Kerst and I to go to Costco and other places without our Pookie Rascal. What bliss! I am one lucky woman

CUDDLES and INNOCENCE- Oh, how rare it is to have uninterrupted cuddles. I think Noah did miss us a bit yesterday for this morning he crawled on my lap and we cuddled on the couch for a good 15 min. This is what I live for and makes all the hassles of everyday life worth it. He then explained to me that his baby sister Shak-T when she is ready will come out of my belly button. This made me laugh. What a smart boy to figure out something that made sense to him.

COOLER WEATHER- Over the past few days there has actually been a breeze. I can feel my favorite season of Fall trying to come. It has been so heavenly and much more bearable. They do say it will get hot again but it was so nice to have a couple of days.

Utah State Fair 2007

Last night was the first night of the Utah State Fair and as such admission was only $2 a person. So we gathered in the car with Uncle Nik and Aunt Lena and we were off to the Fair. I love the Fair. It is so much fun. There are so many interesting people to see and fun booths and food. We went last year and I hope to make it a tradition.

Noah was so excited to see the animals. As of last year his favorites were still the goats. They are really friendly animals and very soft to pet. He and Kersten were connected the whole night exploring all the fun things to see. That is why their are no pics of me. I loved seeing the wonder on Noah's face. He also got to see a sheep being sheared and baby pigs.

They had some adorable miniature cows. Noah kept saying "Ahh, cute" He could not get enough

As a reward for not whining and being a major pain, when we arrived at the Fair. Noah was really grouchy and whiny. So we told him if he made good choices that he could ride the ponies. From then on he was happy and did not throw fits the entire night. He loved riding his horse. He actually had really good posture

I love the kid farm area they have. You go and do activities to earn money to buy a treat at the end. He got to plant a seed and harvest a carrot. Deliver the hay to the animals (he is doing that in the pic), brush a sheep for wool, feed the cows grain and he earned a dollar and bought a carton of vanilla milk. He was very proud of himself for earning the money himself.

Nik and Noah went down this huge, giant, wavy slide. It looked like fantastic fun, The pic I took of them going down, did not turn out. Lena got a better one, I am hoping she posts it on her blog. At the bottom, you could tell Noah was not sure how to feel but when Nik started saying how cool it was and getting excited that it was so fun. Noah started jumping up and down and saying "Yeah" with his fists in the air.

Overall, it was a fun filled night. We arrived home tired but happy. Noah said he liked the fair. He could not decide what his favorite part was.

First day of Preschool

Is is really possible that my baby boy is old enough to go to preschool. How am I going to feel when he actually goes to Kindergarten or High School. I guess I will go down that road when it comes. He has been so excited. But I don't think he quite understood what it meant to go to school. Today was more of a meet the teacher, play in the classroom, meet your classmates and we will show you where school will be. On the drive there this morning he kept saying "No school, Home please". And when he saw the big elementary school building he got a bit nervous and asked me to hold him. But when we got close enough he could see the front doors, he had to get down and walk in all by himself. I showed him the bear outside on the wall with his name on it and walked into room #3. Wow, how cool is it that he is in room 3 and that is how old he is. He had a metal grip on my hand when we walked in. And then he saw the table with dinosaurs all over it and ran right past the teachers and started playing with them. I am so excited about his school. He has a fantastic teacher named Miss Sharon and her aide Miss Mary and also his speech therapist Libby. All of them took the time with him to play and talk with him and find out what he likes. It was a bit emotional to see him in that enviroment and watch him make new friends. He made his placemat for snack and found his name on all of the charts. Tommrow is his first full day where I don't stay and watch. I am really glad that I get to help in the classroom, it will be really fun. He had to show his backpack in the picture.

Animal Friends

These are Noah's animal friends. One afternoon in August he gathered all his animals to come watch his favorite show "Star Wars; Clone Wars" He lined them along the TV stand and made sure each of them could see perfectly. He then explained to me in his own little language that they could sit that close to the TV because they were animals. It was so cute for he explained to them what was happening and took each of them down one by one and snuggled with them during the show. He is very good to his friends
I will now explain why these are his favorite From Left to Right in the Pic :
Nemo Fish -he is a fish, after all and can swim anywhere
Lumpy - makes the best trumpet sound from his nose and has a movie, and he is a Heffalump
Al the White Alligator: he has sharp teeth and has a mean chomp and he has seen his brother at the Zoo
Pal his dog: this is Noah's favorite friend, he sleeps with him, plays and tells him all of his secrets. Pal has a very high pitched bark and likes to do very silly things all the time. He loves to give Mom big lick kisses all over her face. He also gets put in time out by Noah when appropriate
Phant - this elephant is so cool, he already knows how to use the potty all the time and squirts water from his nose a lot
Not pictured (fell off) Baby Donald Duck: this was Noah's very first animal friend, He was scared one night and Kersten told him that this duck knew Karate and would protect him in his bed. Donald is also Pal's best friend and likes to ride him like a horse. He has to also sleep with Noah.