i thought this year for halloween i would totally dress up and go all out. my favorite idea i had was to go as a high fashion witch or something. then today at D.I. while looking for mick's costume i found this...thing...
i will FOR SURE post photos of it tomorrow! it's...awesome?!
10/28/10
10/24/10
okay. so my last post was less than great. sorry! i was feeling way sorry for myself. blah blah blah.
i have this weird insane talent of crafting. i see something and i think "i could totally make that". then i do. i taught myself to sew. i taught myself to knit. i can crochet. i can scrapbook and make cards. i make clothes and quilts and bags and hair accessories and other things. i have loved photography and have had an eye for it since i was way young. and i just have to say i am soooo grateful for these crafty talents that the Lord has blessed me with!
mick has a talent for business. he is so good with people and makes friends very easily. he was asked to be a manager for a sales company this next summer. every one of the other managers has experience in managing a sales office or has been working for the company for more than 2-3 years. mick has a summer's worth of experience. yah. and it wasn't even the most successful summer. but he just has skills that the company needs and wants. i'm very proud of him. it was a hard decision to go out again next summer. we'll have an infant. we'll be moving to california. he'll have a lot more duties and more responsibilities. but we've both prayed about it and we both feel it is the best choice. even if we don't see immediate results next summer. someday. in his...in our future it will be a blessing that we decided to do this. i have a lot of responsibility as a wife of a manager. not going to lie. i'm nervous. anxious. terrified! haha. but what made me decide that "yes, this is what we need to do!" was faith. faith and fear cannot exist in the same heart or mind. anyways. i hope we can get everyone's support and prayers. we will need it!
i have this weird insane talent of crafting. i see something and i think "i could totally make that". then i do. i taught myself to sew. i taught myself to knit. i can crochet. i can scrapbook and make cards. i make clothes and quilts and bags and hair accessories and other things. i have loved photography and have had an eye for it since i was way young. and i just have to say i am soooo grateful for these crafty talents that the Lord has blessed me with!
mick has a talent for business. he is so good with people and makes friends very easily. he was asked to be a manager for a sales company this next summer. every one of the other managers has experience in managing a sales office or has been working for the company for more than 2-3 years. mick has a summer's worth of experience. yah. and it wasn't even the most successful summer. but he just has skills that the company needs and wants. i'm very proud of him. it was a hard decision to go out again next summer. we'll have an infant. we'll be moving to california. he'll have a lot more duties and more responsibilities. but we've both prayed about it and we both feel it is the best choice. even if we don't see immediate results next summer. someday. in his...in our future it will be a blessing that we decided to do this. i have a lot of responsibility as a wife of a manager. not going to lie. i'm nervous. anxious. terrified! haha. but what made me decide that "yes, this is what we need to do!" was faith. faith and fear cannot exist in the same heart or mind. anyways. i hope we can get everyone's support and prayers. we will need it!
10/20/10
so i'm sitting in the parking lot of the masonic temple waiting for mick. he said he would only be an hour. well an hour passed. guess what. he's going to be another hour. yes tears followed the news. i'm a baby these days. this morning i cried on his shoulder because i haven't been sleeping. at all. and i keep having terrible dreams. the most common being mick breaks up with me two weeks before our wedding and the other we lose chaz. crazy huh. its basically the worst. chaz is with me. we thought it was going to be a way awesome day. poor guy was chased repeatedly by a 4 year old. forced to sit in the car forever because traffic was completely backed up. not given any of that great smelling sandwich mick and i ate for dinner. and now again forced to sit in the car. he wont eat or drink. i'm worried. he's just sleeping. he's such a great dog/companion. mick and i often mention how lucky we got with him. we're so blessed he's in our lives. :)
i can't believe i forgot my phone in salem today. i really could have used it today. there have been days where i just didn't even look at my phone. today was NOT one of them. lame.
i have to pee. (info i'm sure you all needed to know). blah. that's how i'm feeling. can you tell? i need a wardrobe makeover. i need money. i need baby to grow up and be born so that i can buy cloths that dont say "maternity" on the tag. am i picky. yes. i don't want to buy them. i think it is almost a waste of money. i will only wear them a few months. i much rather spend money on awesome non baby bump me. hehe. i do love my baby bump.
someday i'll get photos posted. (sorry mom. i've been bad at that.)
well, good night.
xoxo
i can't believe i forgot my phone in salem today. i really could have used it today. there have been days where i just didn't even look at my phone. today was NOT one of them. lame.
i have to pee. (info i'm sure you all needed to know). blah. that's how i'm feeling. can you tell? i need a wardrobe makeover. i need money. i need baby to grow up and be born so that i can buy cloths that dont say "maternity" on the tag. am i picky. yes. i don't want to buy them. i think it is almost a waste of money. i will only wear them a few months. i much rather spend money on awesome non baby bump me. hehe. i do love my baby bump.
someday i'll get photos posted. (sorry mom. i've been bad at that.)
well, good night.
xoxo
10/18/10
HALLOWEEN!
I like halloween. I think its a pretty fun time of year. AND the real reason is because once Halloween comes around, Thanksgiving is literally around the corner and Thanksgiving means that CHRISTMAS IS SO TOTALLY NEAR!!! I just love the holidays. And this year I'm feeling the great urges to bake a lot of really unhealthy deserts and such. I'm not sure why. I've never been great at cooking or baking. But since being in this 2nd trimester of pregnancy I really want to bake. Not box cakes or frozen cookies. But serious desserts. yeah. here's the one I'm hoping to attempt next. Wish me luck.
CARAMEL APPLE DESSERT
Prep Time: 15 min * Total Time: 5 hours 15 min. (incl. refrigeration) * Makes: 16 servings.
60 NILLA Wafers, finely crushed (about 2 cups)
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
3 1/4 cups milk, divided
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping, divided
1 each red and green apple, chopped
1/4 cup Planters Cocktail Peanuts, chopped
MIX wafer crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 16x9 inch pan.
BEAT cream cheese, sugar, and 1/4 cup milk with mixer until well blended. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP; spread over crust.
BEAT pudding mixes and remaining milk with whisk 2 min. Stir in 1/4 cup caramel topping. Spoon over cream cheese layer; top with remaining COOL WHIP.
REFRIGERATE 5 hours or until firm. Top with apples, nuts and remaining caramel topping just before serving.
Anyways. I wish I had a photo to post with this recipe. I do suggest every one head to the nearest magazine stand and buy Novembers issue of Real Simple. That's where I'll be getting most of my baking recipes from. They look so wonderful I almost want to eat the pages right out of the magazine!
So who's dressing up this year? I don't think I'm going to. It'll be interesting to see what happens this year considering Halloween is on Sunday. Will there be an unspoken move to Saturday night? haha. I would laugh real hard if that happened.
Have you seen my baby bump recently? Its huge. Well, it's definitely growing. I feel like it just decided to really poke out about a week ago. haha. People I don't know actually ask when I'm due now. Lol. I like it. I'm starting to feel uncomfortable thought. I don't know how to work this baby bump of mine. I've been wearing leggings and I did find a pair of jeans that fit. Shirts are annoying as heck! None of my sweaters fit. I need some fall/winter tops.
Oh! I went for a drive up Alpine loop the other day. It was MAGNIFICENT! WOW! The leaves were covered in gold! SOOOO pretty! I'll post photos soon.
Well, I'm off. I think its time to clean. And maybe sneak in a bite or two of this wonderful pumpkin ice cream Debbie bought the other day. I heart the Schwans man! The End.
xoxo
CARAMEL APPLE DESSERT
Prep Time: 15 min * Total Time: 5 hours 15 min. (incl. refrigeration) * Makes: 16 servings.
60 NILLA Wafers, finely crushed (about 2 cups)
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
3 1/4 cups milk, divided
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping, divided
1 each red and green apple, chopped
1/4 cup Planters Cocktail Peanuts, chopped
MIX wafer crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 16x9 inch pan.
BEAT cream cheese, sugar, and 1/4 cup milk with mixer until well blended. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP; spread over crust.
BEAT pudding mixes and remaining milk with whisk 2 min. Stir in 1/4 cup caramel topping. Spoon over cream cheese layer; top with remaining COOL WHIP.
REFRIGERATE 5 hours or until firm. Top with apples, nuts and remaining caramel topping just before serving.
Anyways. I wish I had a photo to post with this recipe. I do suggest every one head to the nearest magazine stand and buy Novembers issue of Real Simple. That's where I'll be getting most of my baking recipes from. They look so wonderful I almost want to eat the pages right out of the magazine!
So who's dressing up this year? I don't think I'm going to. It'll be interesting to see what happens this year considering Halloween is on Sunday. Will there be an unspoken move to Saturday night? haha. I would laugh real hard if that happened.
Have you seen my baby bump recently? Its huge. Well, it's definitely growing. I feel like it just decided to really poke out about a week ago. haha. People I don't know actually ask when I'm due now. Lol. I like it. I'm starting to feel uncomfortable thought. I don't know how to work this baby bump of mine. I've been wearing leggings and I did find a pair of jeans that fit. Shirts are annoying as heck! None of my sweaters fit. I need some fall/winter tops.
Oh! I went for a drive up Alpine loop the other day. It was MAGNIFICENT! WOW! The leaves were covered in gold! SOOOO pretty! I'll post photos soon.
Well, I'm off. I think its time to clean. And maybe sneak in a bite or two of this wonderful pumpkin ice cream Debbie bought the other day. I heart the Schwans man! The End.
xoxo
10/15/10
today i bought baby another outfit. i need to take some pictures of baby's growing collection of things. hehe. debbie bought him a way cute hat for winter. i wish i had one in my size. lol. i finished his mini quilt and am almost done with the car seat tent. i just need to get the car seat so that i can measure where to sew the straps on. i also knitted him a little hat. :)
so today i threw up my cheerios. it was terrible. i felt much better afterwards but still it was yucky. now i have a head ache. and i just barely got rid of my heartburn. i felt like my tummy was sticking out a lot today. lets just say. it was an uncomfortable feeling day. i guess i'm going to have a lot of those in the third trimester. hopefully no more throwing up though. i really hate that part.
i am loving feeling baby move around and kick me. he's quite active. and he has strong legs and arms. mick was able to feel one of baby's kicks the other night. its feel just like a little nudge from the outside but you can still feel it. cool huh? i don't particularly love it when baby kicks real hard. oh man...i bet it will be crazy when he's even bigger and starts kicking my other organs. geez. haha.
so its fall. i'm loving fall. i love the leaves and the smells and the crisp weather (although today was pretty warm and felt great!). i'm going to drive the alpine loop tomorrow and take some photos. i'm pretty excited.
well, i'm trying to get these baby skirts i've made sold so that i don't have to wish i were having twins: a boy AND girl. hahaha. JUST KIDDING! i do want to get them sold though so tell your friends about them!
here's my blog: http://lovewhimsicaldays.blogspot.com/. and my etsy store is also linked in the post with the skirts.
i'll get pictures of the other things i've made posted tomorrow. :)
xoxo
p.s. baby is rolling around and kicking me right at this very moment. hehe
so today i threw up my cheerios. it was terrible. i felt much better afterwards but still it was yucky. now i have a head ache. and i just barely got rid of my heartburn. i felt like my tummy was sticking out a lot today. lets just say. it was an uncomfortable feeling day. i guess i'm going to have a lot of those in the third trimester. hopefully no more throwing up though. i really hate that part.
i am loving feeling baby move around and kick me. he's quite active. and he has strong legs and arms. mick was able to feel one of baby's kicks the other night. its feel just like a little nudge from the outside but you can still feel it. cool huh? i don't particularly love it when baby kicks real hard. oh man...i bet it will be crazy when he's even bigger and starts kicking my other organs. geez. haha.
so its fall. i'm loving fall. i love the leaves and the smells and the crisp weather (although today was pretty warm and felt great!). i'm going to drive the alpine loop tomorrow and take some photos. i'm pretty excited.
well, i'm trying to get these baby skirts i've made sold so that i don't have to wish i were having twins: a boy AND girl. hahaha. JUST KIDDING! i do want to get them sold though so tell your friends about them!
here's my blog: http://lovewhimsicaldays.blogspot.com/. and my etsy store is also linked in the post with the skirts.
i'll get pictures of the other things i've made posted tomorrow. :)
xoxo
p.s. baby is rolling around and kicking me right at this very moment. hehe
10/10/10
FALL IS HERE!
guess what i got to do tonight. in front of the fire place. yeah...i got to dome fall crafts. are you jealous?! hehe. it was such a wonderful time. i can't wait to do more. :D
Present Missionary and Future Missionary
My brother has been serving a mission for over a year now. He's quite an amazing missionary. He wrote me a two page letter. front AND back. yeah. i'm a pretty lucky person. it was a beautiful letter. i cried a lot through out the letter. he wrote through out the duration of general conference. which was so cool to me because i wrote him through out the duration of conference. hehehe. i couldn't believe how much he's grown up. so mature. such an example. i love missionaries.
Now i'm preggers with a little boy. Today as i re-read my brother's letter for the third time i realized that i have a little future missionary growing inside. :) my baby has quite the example to look to. both mick and timothy are/were great missionaries. i'm so grateful for the examples in my life that will bless and be examples in my son's life. especially of missionary service. i can't believe i have a future missionary. a future priesthood holder. i was given a beautful blessing several years ago about how i need to learn of Jesus Christ and His life and teach my children of Him because it will be MY children who will usher in Christ's 2nd coming! Whoa. WHOAWHOAWHOA! talk about a huge responsibilty on mick's and my end. but something i am so excited to take on.
i have this vivid vision in my head of my summer next year. unfortunately mick will be super busy managing the dish one office in sacramento and i will have a whole lot of free time. i have this image of me laying the bed with my little baby reading the scriptures out loud to him. i sing "i am a child of God" to him. I tell him about my favorite story in the Book of Mormom, when Jesus came to the Nephites and blessed the children and the Angels came and surrounded them and Christ said "Behold your little ones." Yes, this is how i will get through the summer and i think it will be a great experience.
*sigh* i love my baby boy. i am so happy we're having a boy. he kicks me all the time now. sometimes a bit harder than i think necessary. lol. but a happy happy feeling. he makes me feel hungry all the time. i gained 12lbs in a month's time. doctor said that it was okay because of all the weight i lost in my first trimester but not to gain that much every month. haha. 1lb a week now. baby doesn't understand that.
we've been thinking of names. we might have one picked out. we're not telling anyone yet though. ;) hehe. i did buy a little outfit for my baby boy. it's super cute. it fits our little family so well. there is a picture of a dog on the front and it says "cuter than the dog". haha. chaz has no idea whats coming. poor guy. chaz loves little kids though.
chaz is a nervous dog. not like a Chihuahua. he just doesn't make friends with people very easily. we're not sure why. he may have been abused by previous owners. Chaz sure does my little nephew Andrew. He just LOVES that cute little boy. He is now super curious of the new little baby. He wants so badly to get close that mini person who is the same size as him and sniff. lol. i can't wait to introduce baby to chaz. i think they'll be good friends.
this is so much fun. I have made a plan to save up all the money i earn from baby sitting on tuesdays and from any skirts i sell and i'm going shopping black friday. i have one purchase in mind. a carseat and stroller. i can't even tell you how excited i am for this future purchase. i'm hoping i'll have enough saved up to buy some clothes too. for me and baby!
xoxo
Now i'm preggers with a little boy. Today as i re-read my brother's letter for the third time i realized that i have a little future missionary growing inside. :) my baby has quite the example to look to. both mick and timothy are/were great missionaries. i'm so grateful for the examples in my life that will bless and be examples in my son's life. especially of missionary service. i can't believe i have a future missionary. a future priesthood holder. i was given a beautful blessing several years ago about how i need to learn of Jesus Christ and His life and teach my children of Him because it will be MY children who will usher in Christ's 2nd coming! Whoa. WHOAWHOAWHOA! talk about a huge responsibilty on mick's and my end. but something i am so excited to take on.
i have this vivid vision in my head of my summer next year. unfortunately mick will be super busy managing the dish one office in sacramento and i will have a whole lot of free time. i have this image of me laying the bed with my little baby reading the scriptures out loud to him. i sing "i am a child of God" to him. I tell him about my favorite story in the Book of Mormom, when Jesus came to the Nephites and blessed the children and the Angels came and surrounded them and Christ said "Behold your little ones." Yes, this is how i will get through the summer and i think it will be a great experience.
*sigh* i love my baby boy. i am so happy we're having a boy. he kicks me all the time now. sometimes a bit harder than i think necessary. lol. but a happy happy feeling. he makes me feel hungry all the time. i gained 12lbs in a month's time. doctor said that it was okay because of all the weight i lost in my first trimester but not to gain that much every month. haha. 1lb a week now. baby doesn't understand that.
we've been thinking of names. we might have one picked out. we're not telling anyone yet though. ;) hehe. i did buy a little outfit for my baby boy. it's super cute. it fits our little family so well. there is a picture of a dog on the front and it says "cuter than the dog". haha. chaz has no idea whats coming. poor guy. chaz loves little kids though.
chaz is a nervous dog. not like a Chihuahua. he just doesn't make friends with people very easily. we're not sure why. he may have been abused by previous owners. Chaz sure does my little nephew Andrew. He just LOVES that cute little boy. He is now super curious of the new little baby. He wants so badly to get close that mini person who is the same size as him and sniff. lol. i can't wait to introduce baby to chaz. i think they'll be good friends.
this is so much fun. I have made a plan to save up all the money i earn from baby sitting on tuesdays and from any skirts i sell and i'm going shopping black friday. i have one purchase in mind. a carseat and stroller. i can't even tell you how excited i am for this future purchase. i'm hoping i'll have enough saved up to buy some clothes too. for me and baby!
xoxo
10/6/10
meet my baby BOY!!
I do have quite the picture of his gender but, i'll spare you all from seeing my baby's privates for now. I'm still trying to decide how I feel about posting such a photo. lol.
Isn't he soooo cute! I'm very very very happy we're having a boy. I can't wait to hold my boy in my arms! I was hoping for a boy first. Then another boy and then a girl last. (yes, Mick and I are only planning on 3, don't judge us. That's what we want so far.)
I was also hoping for a girl because I love sewing and I get quite stumped when it comes to boy things... hehe. Good thing I have plenty of nieces and friends having babies.
i'm on cloud 9 right now. i feel like the world stood still just for me and mick today when that first image came up on the screen. i didn't cry. i teared up. but i mostly laughed. i felt this crazy amount of love for my child today. i've been loving him obviously but today it changed. it was weird and i wish i knew how to describe it.
i'm soooooo excited to really start preparing for my boy!
Yes, we pretty much have a name, but we're not telling until he's is born. oooohh the suspense! ;) haha.
xoxo
10/3/10
Baby bumps
So...I'm pretty positive I can feel baby moving around in there! Its the craziest, coolest, most awesome feeling ever! Most of the time its a short flutter but I'm pretty sure there have been a few hard kicks. Well, not hard as in they hurt but there was a definite movement. SOOOOO cool! I'm loving it!
I think I'm finally liking being pregnant. I was given pills to help with my morning sickness. :D YAY!!! I can't believe I'm still throwing up and getting nauseous. How lame is that. Sorta. I guess that means baby is healthy?
I was weighed at my first doctors appointment. I was WAY underweight. SO strange. I weighed the same as when I was like 13 years old. And for a brief amount of time when I was 19 and a starving college student on my own for the first time and walked every where I went. Anyways, I was weighed again at a different office, apparently I gained 8lbs in about a 2 1/2 weeks time. HAHAHAHA! If its true, I'm not ashamed. I cannot stay away from those cupboards, refrigerator, and pantry's. I am hungry like every two hours. I don't mind gaining weight. I just hope I don't gain more than is needed to be healthy. My favorite foods are...
KIT KATS
PEANUT BUTTER, HONEY, AND BANANA SANDWICHES
BLT'S
APPLES
BANANAS
CEREAL (LUCKY CHARMS, LIFE, MINI SHREDDED WHEAT)
AVOCADO
Anyways. other than my weight I'm in tip top condition. I have a perfect blood pressure and my iron levels are "beautiful" (according to the dietitian). I just need to gain a pound a week until the end of my pregnancy.
My baby bump is growing lots! I officially cannot wear several of my pants, not even with my tummy band thing. hehe. i have one skirt that still fits (sort of comfortably) that i wear every Sunday. I've been wearing Mick's shirts and pj pants a lot. haha. he doesn't mind. i guess...
Mick and I go in for our FIRST ULTRASOUND on Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!! Wow I cannot wait! I cannot wait to be able to finally call baby a "girl" or "boy" instead of "it". hehe. And I just want to see my beautiful baby. And I really can't wait until Mick see his baby.
Mick has been loving baby a lot lately. Now that it sticks out a lot and he can see the changes in my body, he is always rubbing my tummy and saying things to baby that are just so silly and so cute! I'm glad he gets so excited for baby. I love it when he just comes up to me and give my tummy kisses. :) i think this is my favorite part about this pregnancy. I can't wait until he can feel his baby move inside of me. And the greatest will be when he hold baby for the first time. wow.
well, this has been my baby update. stay tuned in. more baby new to come this Wednesday! who votes its a girl. And who votes it a boy?
xoxo
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