crazy

I know it has been a long while since I posted, things have been crazy. They are finally starting to settle down (yeah!). Things started to get crazy when I left on March like 14th to go home early and help with my sister's wedding. I was their for about 2 weeks and time FLEW by. There were never enough hours in the day, we had so much to do. It didn't help that Austin got sick the day before we left so not only was he not used to all the different people, and the new surrounding but he had a CONSTANTLY green runny nose and just wasn't as content as he normally is. All things considered, for as crazy as everything was he did really well, it was just hard on everyone. It also didn't help that 5 days before the wedding mom got sick - ended up with the flu and all sorts of infections. It was hard because there was a lot to do and this totally wiped her out - but on the good side we some how ended up getting all three of us, plus Ashley back home without bringing the germs with us! How that happened I have no idea, it really was a blessing. After the wedding on March 22, Devon, Austin, and I flew home the next day on Easter Sunday. My sister Ashley came with us to spend time with us over her spring break. It was really nice having her here - although I felt bad because we didn't do anything "cool". We just hung out, did laundry, grocery shopping, etc. She stayed with us a week and then went home Saturday afternoon. On Sunday Desirae and her new Husband arrived. They were staying the night with us before leaving for their honeymoon cruise on Monday. Once they left Monday the week was fairly normal. I had a lot of bill to catch up on and a lot of odds and ends that needed to get done. I was back into full swing of tutoring and Devon was supper stressed out because work is starting to pick up but they are in a weird transition - bottom line is that I was tired and burnt out - he was stressed out - it ended up being a long week. To add to the craziness, we are also actively in the process of finding a home to buy. So not only are we looking at houses both online and in person, we have also been meeting with our loan officer several times to get all of our paperwork in order. It doesn't help that they are 1/2 an hour away and every time we meet it's been for a couple of hours - juggling Austin makes it interesting. Almost everything is done now, we don't have to meet with them anymore anytime soon. I have a couple of papers that i need to fax over and our loan approval can go through. We have a couple of houses that we are going to put in offers on but we are still keeping our options open and looking around at others.

With all of that done now, this week seems to be pretty easy. We are back to our normal life and hope that it will stay that way for at least a couple of weeks. We know that in the end of May beginning of June things are going to get crazy again, but we have a little time to breath until then.

mom's vinyl

Pictures

These are pictures of the Wedding Shower invitations I am making for my sisters wedding shower. It is a kitchen theme, and I think they turned out cute....probably not as cute as I think...but not bad for creating the whole thing from scratch. I drew the toaster, scanned it then printed them out on scrapbook paper...the same with the toast.

These are the fabric for all the blankets I either have made, or am in the process of making

this is actually today, forgive the huge mess in the kitchen, just focus on my big belly

so pretty, these are the flowers Devon arranged for me for V-day

he loves his bike

I love austin in these pj's Austin with really bad bed head. He get's the worst bed head! it's so funny

As for news that aren't in pictures, Austin is finally starting to kind of walk. He hasn't figured out how to stand up with out pulling himself up yet, so if we help him or if he pulls himself up on something then he will walk. It's never long lived, but he can easily walk between Devon and I, can walk all the way down the hall, and from the living room into the kitchen. After the last 2 weeks of him being able to keep his balance and walk - yet not walking because he would rather crawl, Friday night I started bribing him. Yes, it's true. When ever he would walk (not take 2 steps and then fall into our arms) I would give him a starburst jelly bean. HE LOVES THEM. THen I started putting them around the house, like an easter egg hunt, but he could only eat it if he walked to it. After doing that Friday night with him, then on Saturday we started using Blueberries instead of jelly beans because I realized that he liked them just as much, they were just healthier, now on sunday he really is walking 100x better than on Friday. I guess he just needed a little motivation. Hopefully he will be walking full time by the time we go home for my sisters wedding in 2 weeks. Wish us luck!

My baby belly is getting large, LOL. I still don't think I am as big as I was with Austin. With Austin I carried so high and I just got big fast. With Kate, she is carring lower and I don't think she is sticking out as far. But who knows. Only time can tell. I still have 3.5 months left. Maybe at the end I will explode.

I think that is all the "other news" I have. Enjoy the pictures.

tagged

I was tagged by my sister laura...so here we go!

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the game the player tags 5 people, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Where were you 10 years ago: Ten years ago I was living at home in good ole Yuba City, anxiously waiting for the next stake dance because that was the only time I could get out of the house with boys. LOL

Five things on my to-do list today:

1)Pay bills
2)Get flowers and card for Meg
3)Play group (although it got cancled due to rain)
4)Tutor
5)???

Five snacks I enjoy:
1: Jerky
2:candy - not really chocolate. - licorice, sweedish fish- chewy candy not gummy though.
3: dried fruit
4: crackers
5:nuts

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire:
1: tithing
2: pay off school
3: Buy a house
4: Buy a new car or two
5: invest - probably realistate, but would definantly do some laddered CD's and other things too.
6: take my family (my parents and sibblings) on a vacation. Maybe a cruise or Hawaii

Four of my bad habits:
1: talking a lot when company is over
2: not doing the dishes
3: not putting the laundry away after i fold it
4: apparently - "walking" out of my pants at night and leaving them inside out on the floor.

Five jobs that I have had:
1: Gymnastics coach
2: newspaper deliverer
3: Dispatcher
4: Waitress and anything else in a restaraunt
5: Car rental agent

( just 5 of the many)

5 things people don't know about me:
1:I hate running
2:I love pasta but HATE spegetti
3: I love school but wish I would have studied something else
4:I have amazing in-laws
5: I HATE HATE HATE talking to people I don't know on the phone

now I am suppost to tag 5 people.....I don't think I know 5 people who blog who haven't already been tagged....sorry.

Nothing much

There isn't a whole lot going on around here. The weather is great, I'm feeling good, we all have been able to (so far) stay clear of the nasty cold going around this winter, and life is pretty same ole same ole. I got some material at Joanns the last couple of days since there flannel has been on sale, so in all my spare time I will also start to make some baby blankets. Austin is getting closer to walking but isn't. He will walk between Devon and I easily but would still rather crawl for everything. I am hoping that by the wedding in March he will be walking. I think it will just make things easier. If not then oh well, what can you do? That is pretty much it around here. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Presidents Day.

Annoyances

Okay, so how about a venting post! Sounds good to me. Feel free to skip it if you want.

I have recently discovered 2 of my biggest pet peves. One is people who NEVER answer their phones. It doesnt' matter what time of day or night, if they are busy or not...they just don't answer them. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY! Why have a phone if you aren't going to answer it. I understand to a point...I've been their when someone calls and I don't want to talk to them - or know that I don't have time to talk to them so I let it go to voicemail but to never answer is just rediculous. To go along with this one also is the lack of returning phone calls. If I leave someone a message and ask them to call me back is it really that hard? Devon does this all the time. Not to me because he knows better but if someone in the ward calls and leaves a message on our home phone, asking him a question and wanting him to call them back he NEVER does. It's just rude.

My second pet peve is lack of communication - once again usually with a cell phone. Today we have so many modern coveninces that allow us to "stay connected" so hello, get a clue people! It just drives me crazy when, let's say...you called someone and they are suppost to be comming over at 5:00, well if they know that they are going to be late, or if things have changed and they aren't going to make it then is it really that hard to give a quick phone call instead of having people wait around for you all afternoon! GRRRRRRRRRRR it just drives me crazy when people think that you have nothing better to do then to wait for them. The most annoying part about it is that usually once I get in contact with them it's like....oh yeah well this and this happened and so blah blah blah - acting like it's no big deal that someone has been waiting on them. Like they think that I can tell they aren't comming and will go about my day as normal. Well guess what, I can't. Usually I have already arranged my schedule, or Austins nap schedule or whatever else to accomidate the first time slot. Whatever, I have to go now so I can't vent any longer but I will probably come back to finish this. :)

crafts and things

These are things I have made with vinyl for a few baby showers I have been too, well not the coat, that picture is for my sister.