Well, I'm sorry I have been slacking on the blog. And when I say the blog, I really mean mine and Scott's blogs.
Life has been crazy and fun-filled this past month, as I am sure you can imagine.
I don't even know where to begin.
This is where pictures come in handy...it helps me remember little things.
The time since Aerin was born has gone by so fast. Can you believe she is already 1 month old today???
Scott is such a good big brother...he loves her so much. He loves trying to pick her up to hold her and give her hugs...I really gotta watch him sometimes :)
He has taken to stealing her soother. Sometimes he takes it and tries to give it back. Sometimes he likes to take it from wherever it may be in use it. Now, this kid never took a soother...he much preferred (and still does) his thumb, so it is really funny to see him with a soother in his mouth...esp. when he chooses the pink one.

We have taken a couple of walks now with the new stroller and Scott is a much bigger fan than Aerin. He has always loved being in a stroller. He always finds it so much fun and relaxing. He almost always falls asleep when we go for walks.
This is the first time we used our new stroller. Wen I put him in, he was all smiles and so excited. Although, you can't tell that by this picture...oh well. I guess you will just have to believe me.

You know, there is so much to say, I think I will save some of it for Scott's blog. It really does need updated too. SO make sure that after you finish reading m post, that you go look at his blog.
Here is a pic of my beautiful girl. You know, the funny thing is, that before I had her, I told my Mum never to buy me any bows for her. I thought they were so big and looked so silly. Well, a very good friend of mine gave me 2 when she was born. So, I decided to try them. I think they kind look so ridiculous that they are cute. And the more she wears them, the more I love them. I am already planning on buying some myself. How did that happen??? I was so dead set against them...lol
Will hates them. He always tells me to take it off. I told him that when he gets her dressed, he can choose what she wears. But until then, she wears them, since I dress her.

Overall, things are going really well for us. She eats about every 2-3 hours on average. So, by the time I go to bed, she really is up 2 times a night. Not bad. She usually doesn't get up before 9, so I don't know what I was thinking when I made her Dr. appt. for 9 am tomorrow morning. I must not have figured out her sleep schedule yet. Too bad, cause I love sleeping til 9. But, I won't be tomorrow, I guess.
I tend to stay up late now cause it is my alone time. Will is at work til midnight, so when I put the kids to bed,I stay up doing whatever. Typically watching tv and cleaning during commercial breaks. I could (and should) go to bed, but who wants to spend alone time sleeping. It is after all my time for me.
Sincediscovering this 'me' time, I have come to realize that my new favourite show is Law & Order: SVU. Mariska Hargitay makes that show.
Oh, here is so excitedness in my life. Many of you probably already know this, but I have booked a flight home to Edmonton this summer. Well, kinda. The flight is actually to Cow-town (aka Calgary), and I will be picked up there and taken to Edmonton. You see, I can't fly by myself with 2 kids under age 2. I happened to have a friend flying to Calgary, though, 2 days later than my planned day to travel, so we decided that I would book a ticket on the same flight and she would take care of one of my kids for me. How awesome is that???
I will be up there for avout 3 weeks. And at the end of June, Will is going to be driving up with his sister to spend a few days, then we will all drive home. I am so excited that Christine will be able to see my home. We will be up there for Canada Day, so I am pretty stoked about that.
I thought this pic was pretty darn cute...she looks like she passed out drunk or something...lol

Please don't mind my hideousness in this next pic, but it is a pic of me and Aerin together so I thought I would share.

Well, I guess I will finish this post for now, since it is so long, but I
want to finish off with one last picture.
I was sitting on the couch and Aerin had fallen asleep in my arms, and Scott was pretty tire. Well, I finally managed to get him to calm down and this is what happened. I'm not surprised at all. He really does love to snuggle up to me...he always has. And now that Aerin is here, he will snuggle up beside me, wrap his arm around mine, and lay his head on her legs or belly. He is such a good boy.
I sure do love my kids.


Okay, so I am going to head over to Scott's blog now. I hope to finish it before the two of them wake up, but if I don't, I will finish the post tonight after they are in bed. So, if nothing is up in the next little bit, check tomorrow.

Just a few pics of my 2 beautiful children

Alright. So, you wanna see more pics of my pretty baby, do ya???
Well, as we speak, or as I type, I have all my pics being imported onto the computer from my camera.
Okay, all pics are imported and both my babies are sleeping. Well, technically my toddler and my baby are both sleeping.
It has been so great having both of them. Scott is such a good big brother. He doesn't really seem to be having a hard time with Aerin being here...yet!!! :)
He is a really good helper, actually.
One day, I was changing her diaper and getting her dressed. All 3 of us were sitting on the bed. Well, I rolled up her diaper and sat it on the bed next to me while I started dressing her. Scott was doing his own thing...playing with something, I am sure. He promptly sets down what he is doing, grabs ahold of the diaper, climbs off the bed and walks over to the diaper pail, opens it and puts it in. Then proceeds to close the diaper pail. I just sat there watching him and, of course, telling him what a great helper he is.
He is so sweet.
Aerin is so good, too. She is really quite good at night, just like Scott was. Scott would only get up once a night, she gets up two. She Also doesn't nurse as long as he would so I think that is why she wakes up more. The average nursing session lasts about 10 mins with her, if even. It's amazing to get past 10 mins. She will be up about 3 hours later. But, just like Scott, she sleeps late, too. Our average wake up time this week has been 8:45ish. Lovin' that :) Even Scott is sleeping that late, too.
Having her join our family has been a great blessing. They say it is hard to imagine how you can love a second child as much as the first, but that you just do...and they are so right. I absolutely adore her, and I absolutely adore Scott and could not imagine my life without either of them. Our Heavenly Father has blessed up so much with them.
I think one funny thing is that Scott is so huge to me now. It's like from the time I dropped him off at my friend's house Monday morning, til the time he came to the hospital that afternoon, it was like he had doubled his weight, his thighs grew and so did his head...lol
He just looks like such a big boy now...and feels like it :)
But how I love that kid.
Well, enough of the babbling. I suppose you are more than ready to see pics.
4 days old.

Scott with Grandma.

5 days old.

6 days old. HAPPY EASTER!!!


1 week old.

auntie kari-lynn has an announcement to make....ahem, drumroll please...

presenting....
aerin sienna kahle
march 17, 2008
10:41 am
9 lbs 3 ozs
20.25 inches




mum and babe are both doing well and the general consensus is that aerin is perfect in every way.

Well, tomorrow is the big day.
Can you believe the time has come already for me to be a mama to another one of our Heavenly Father's children??? I am amazed. I am amazed at this life that I am blessed to be in charge of. I am amazed that our Heavenly Father has such trust in me. Having a family is such a blessing in my life and I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to be a mother and a wife.
So, it looks like I will get my St. Patty's Day baby after all...YAH!!! :)
I will be taking the laptop with me, and the hospital does have WiFi, so I will get pics up as quick as I can.
I can't wait to see her. I can't wait to see Scott with her. I can't wait to hold her. And give her kisses and hug her and hold her close to me. Tomorrow, I will have an even more beautiful family than I have today.
Wish me luck :)

The Best Dang Muffins Ever
aka Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

1/4c. sour cream
1tsp. baking soda
1/2c. butter (softened)
3/4c. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2c. flour
1/4c. wheat germ (optional)
1c. mashed bananas
1c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1tsp. vanilla
(I like to add some chopped walnuts, as well. Amount is up to you...I just chop as many as I feel like and add)

Preheat oven to 350f. Stir sour cream and baking soda together. Set aside. Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, beating well. Beat in sour cream mixture. Stir in remaining ingredinents. Don't over-mix. Spoon into greased muffin pans and bake for about 18 mins. Let cool before removing from pan.

NOTE: To modify and make healthier, use half amount choc. chips and sugar.


The reason I decided to share this recips, is because, honestly, it is so dang good. Plus, Leslie alwas posts recipes that she makes, so I figured I would. Yesterday I made 2.5 dozen of these, so I figured I would share.
I hope that if you try these, that you like them as much as we do.

Baby Shower

Well, that was yesterday. It was so much fun. A friend of mine from church was kind enough to host it at her house.
I would not even begin to tell you all of what I got, but I will tell you some of the stuff :)
I got my stroller...I was so excited about this. I was very suspicious that I was getting it, but still was actually kinda surprised and TOTALLY excited when they rolled it in for me. I think I almost cried. I just yelled, "I knew it. I knew I was getting it."
I got a handmade baby blanket from Megan...it is so adorable. I got lots and lots of summer clothes, so we are set for summer :) Actually, I got one or two outfits from 3different people, so, yeah, not so sure I need 3 of the same outfit. No matter how cute it is...lol
I got this neat timer thing that will tell me the last time I did a feeding, changed a diaper, which side I last nursed on, etc. How handy is that??? It's not something I would have bought on my own, but I lost track of that kind of thing all the time with Scott. How cool that now I can just push a button and see that the last time I changed a diaper was a 2pm. Hey, don't laugh at me, I lose track of time real easy. I don't always remember if I last nursed off my right or left side. Well, now I'll know.
I got a ginormous diaper bag. I don't think I have ever seen on as big as this one. Will is not a big fan of it, though. It's very pink and shiny. He's gonna use the red and black one that I bought to match the stroller. :)
We got a couple of other blankets (fleecy), a super soft stuffed dog (from who else other than my mil...the doglover...ha ha), lots of diapers, teether. You know, baby stuff :)
It was a blast.
Things are still going well in the pregnancy. She is very active and moving my insides in ways I did not know possible.
I haven't slept in 2 nights, so, my days have been kinda on the miserable side. I did take a nap with Scott this afternoon. I am glad that he was so tired. He slept from about 12:15 pm til 3:45. I slept from about 2 til 3:45. He has not napped super well the past couple days, so he really needed a long nap today. I am glad that he napped so long, cause it gave me a chance to nap, too...and I really needed that.
He is so sweet. He spent the day with his dad and big brother at my bro-in-law's yesterday for out nephews birthday party, so he had a long fun day. When I showed up after the baby shower, Scott gave running across the room and wrapped his arms around my legs. He did that lots today as well. It makes me feel so special every time he does that. I just feel the love from him when he runs to me, so excited to see me, and wants to hug me, and have me hold him and when he snuggles up to me. I just love my little boy so much. He truly is me bestest little buddy.
Well, I guess that is all for now.
I do have another appt. with the Dr. on Tuesday, so I will be sure to let you know what gets said.

Pregnancy update.

Well, truth be told, not a whole lot to update on this one.
I did go to the Dr. today and I am now between 2 & 3 cm dilated...so a little bit more than last time. He does not think I will dilate a whole lot more until I start having contractions.
All I ask now is that I can go to my baby shower in Saturday...lol
I have not had any contractions as of yet, the only pain I am experiencing is extreme hip pain. I guess that is just the joints loosening and moving to prepare my body for the birth. I did not feel anything like that at all with Scott, but the Dr. said that each pregnancy gets worse...oh, goody :)
He does have me on the induction list for 5am on March 17th, but only time will tell if I get that far or not.
I have been cleaning lots...basically everyday. Not cause I want to (cause I hate cleaning) but because I have to. Plus, if I go into labour in the middle of the night, I don't want my place to be at all messy when my friend comes over to watch Scott. It's okay for me to see it not perfectly clean, not good to have someone else see it not perfectly clean...so, yeah, I clean lots.
I am happy to report that I am now officially out of my chocolate craving stage of pregnancy. I had it for about 2 weeks with Scott and I had it for about 2 weeks with Aerin. I am even happier to report that I did not gain any weight from my chocolate binge. Not even up a pound from last week. And I ate A LOT of chocolate last week. So, yah!!! I do seem to be drinking a lot of Sobe Pina Colada's lately as well as cheerios.
As long as it keeps my happy.
I have just baked a batch of homemade (From scratch) banana chocolate chip walnut muffins. Second batch is just about ready to com eout of the oven. I could not even tell you the last time I made something from scrath. I always buy mixes. I am so lame.
I am trying to spend as much time having fun with Scott as possible. We went to the park yesterday but it was closed. It looked like they were putting in new sand. Then, of course, being flustered and sad that this uber-cool park was closed, I couldn't even think of another park to go to. So, we bonded in the craft stores buying the rest of the stuff for the baby announcements and the grocery store. Then, of course, upon arriving home, Will told me of another park. Oh, well. There is always another day.
Well, I guess that is all for now.

This commercial cracks me up...I am sure you have all seen it before, but let me tell ya that it is worth watching over and over and over. It makes Ugly Betty look like a serious hottie!!!

Pregnancy update.

Well, I am now at my weekly visits to the Dr. Last week I was almost 1 cm dilated. This week, I am 2 cm dilated. I am actually dilating on my own. Gotta be honest...that never happened with Scott. Guess my body just knows what to do this time around.
So, the Dr. has said he will call the hospital and put me on the list to be induced on Mar. 17, but does not think I will make it to then. He is guessing I will be there within the next couple of weeks.
So, I guess only time will tell. He is guessing that she will be about 7 1/2 lbs if born within the next two weeks.
So, like I said...only time will tell.
I do have pink flowers and glittery green shamrocks, pink and green paper (okay, they didn't have enough green paper in stock, so I still gotta work on that), pink and green ribbon, pink eyelets (to be ordered very soon) and green eyelets already on order. I am prepared to do the baby announcements either way. But I may just do shamrocks anyways. We shall see.
Have a good night.
I will give you another pregnancy update next week after my appt.

And the discussion has officially come to a close as the spelling of the name has been chosen and approvd of (by Will).
Our baby girl will be named...

Aerin Sienna Kahle.

I am glad to finally have that over with. Now we know and I don't have to think about it anymore.
The only thought now is that I am almost willing to go into labour today just to get rid of the pain...lol
Good reason, huh???
But you know, that doesn't work out so well since Mum still does have my car seat cover and bassinet cover, both of which are very important to have in one's own possession at the time of birth. So, yeah, in the end, going into labour today would not be a good thing :)
You understand that, Aerin???
I am so excited to get new covers, though. The new car seat cover will match my new double stroller and the bassinet cover will just be so much prettier. So excited. I think Mum is getting annoyed with me always asking about them...what can I say??? I'm a little anxious.
Scott and I had a little picnic on the living room floor last night...it ended up quite messy :) We sat and watched Tom & Jerry (he loves Tom & Jerry) and say on a blanket with my big body pillow with other blankets to snuggle with...eating crackers and apple. I love to sit and watch him laughing at Tom & Jerry. It is so cute. I just discovered this week that he liked them. I just went to the free movie section on cable and found them and thought, "Hey, I liked them, maybe he will." I would prefer them anyday over Barney and The Teletubbies. So, anways, yeah, he's so cute.
He fell asleep in my arms last night while watching another free movie on tv...The Cutting Edge. Just knowing that in 3 weeks, he won't be my only baby anymore made me not want to get up and put him into his bed. I just wanted to hold him all night and never let him go. I just watched him sleep. I said a special prayer for him when I lay him in bed. My little boy is growing up. It was bound to happen. We are always warned by ther parents about how fast time flies, so we expect it, yet it still seems to just be gone. One day I was in the hospital, seems like yesterday, and the next day, my newborn son is in a big boy toddler bed and about to become a big brother...no longer my only baby. And yet, what a blessing it is to welcome another special spirit of our Heavenly Father into our home. I wouldn't trade that for anything.
Being a wife and mother has been, and I know will continue, to be the greatest blessing in my life. I would not be who I am today without my husband and my children. I couldn't be this person without them.
So, to all my friends who are mothers, we've all heard it a million times, treasure it. Treasure every moment with those special spirits. Let them help you become better people. Give and receive every snuggle possible, cause there may come a time they don't want to. Take all the slobbery kisses they want to give, cause you won't always get them when you want them later. And love them like there is no tomorrow...because, sadly, sometimes there isn't.
I love my baby boy who is quickly becoming a big boy and I love this little girl about to join our family.
I am blessed. We, as a family, are blessed.

I have come to terms with reality.

Some of you may be surprised by what I am about to type (at least you should be if you read 2 posts ago). I have come to terms with the fact that my baby may not be born on her due date. Likely, but not guaranteed. So, to mentally prepare myself for this, I now have the birth annoncements designed in flowers and pink if not born of St. Patty's day and shamrocks and green if she is born then. I won't tell you, though, that I have yet to buy pink ribbon and flowers even though I have already bought shamrocks and green ribbon. Oops...did I just type that??? lol
I should also mention that when I did the practice run of the birth announcement, I realized that I do not actually need 16 eyelets for each one, but only 12...happy day :)
Well, a lot is going on right now. Life is busy, as I seem to enjoy making plans almost everyday. Why, I don't know.
The carpet cleaners were here this morning...so nice. I love having clean carpets...so much nicer.
I had a dr. appt. this week. I am almost 1 cm dilated and my cervix is soft. So, yeah, all is well. Baby's head is nice and low (which is a huge contributing factor to all my pain in my back and hips). I have only gained 21 lbs so far in this pregnancy. A far cry from the approx. 36 lbs. already gained by this time in my last pregnancy...and to think that last time I was trying much harder not to gain weight. Hmmmmmm...
I am glad I am not gaining as much this time around. It will hopefully be a lot easier and faster to get off and get back to below pre-prego weight.
We are now deciding how we want to spell her name. I know I have said it would be Erin, but that was before Will came home with the suggestion of Aerin. Now he is trying to decide if he likes it enough...even though he suggested it. To me, that should mean he likes it enough...but I tell ya, that guy changes his mind more than he changes his underwear...lol
At least when it comes to baby names, anyways. :)
Scott is such a little delight. He loves helping me around the house. Yesterday, I was vacuuming, and using the hand held extension to clean in the tracks of the closet doors and he grabbed ahold of it and was helping me. He likes to pass me clothes out of the dryer as I am folding htem...unfortunately, he grabs faster than I fold, so, yeah. He helps pick up his messes off the floor all the time, too. When he pulls plastic bags out of the drawer, if I ask him to pick them up and put them back, he walks around picking up one at a time, opening and closing the drawer each time to put another bag away. He is such a good helper.
I gotta be honest, my life would not be the same without him.
He has now slept through the night in his own bed 2 times now. On Friday night, and last night. He will usually wake up at 5am and come toddling into my room and then I pull him into bed with me, but today he didn't come in til 7. He is just so gosh darn cute...I love him so much.
He loves rubbing my belly. If I ask him where the baby is, he will point to my belly.
Which reminds me, awhile back, Kari-Lynn mentioned in the comment section that I should take a pic of her "home from the hospital dress" next to one of Scott's shirts to we could see really appreciate how tiny it is...so, here's a pic.

I apologize for the blurriness, but my camera is starting to be really fussy, so if I don't hold it perfectly still, it's blurry.
I imagine you still want to see belly pics too, huh???
Well, according to Michelle, she agrees with me that she is now officially bigger than me...lol
I look a lot bigger with the shirt up compared to down. I think I must have just eaten before taking this pic, cause I am sure I don't look this big today...lol
But here are pics of both.


Now let me go see if I have a pic from my last pregnancy at this time.
Well, good news and bad news. Good news is that I found a pic within days of the right day, bad news is that I would have to import every pic from that disc onto the computer in order to post the one picture on here. So, I'm sorry.
I will try to post on Scott's blog tonight or tomorrow as well.

MIA

So, you may not have really noticed my absence from the lack of blog postings on my blog, but you may have noticed from my lack of comments on your blogs...at least I would like to think you noticed my lack of comments.
Did any of you even notice I was gone???
Well, let me tell you where I have been.
This is how the story goes.
We have been trying to figure out some money-saving techniques, so we decided that one thing we would do, is cancel our home phone and internet and switch to a bundle with our cable company...it would save us aprox. $100/month...seems worth it to me.
Anyhoo, the new internet and house phone got connected on Tuesday. Tuesday was a fine day...internet just as normal.
Well, Wednesday comes along and guess what does not work??? Internet.
So, I call them up and the tech guy does a reset of the modem. Well, I wait the allotted amount of time to turn the comuter back on and the internet still does not work...so I call back. Well, we try resetting it again...Still does not work. Well, the technicial calls me back and ends up that her computer is calling for a technician to come to us...but of course, the tech can't get out til Thursday.
So, we wait til Thursday. Thursday comes along, and he tries to fix it...doesn't work. Says it could be a problem with the computer, but doesn't know for sure since he doesn't ahve his laptop to test it on there. So, Will and I decide to go look at computers, just in case we have to get a new one.
Well, we get home, and find a note on the door from the technician who said he tested it on his laptop and it worked just fine.
So, in hopes to not have to spend a bunch of moolah on a new comp, we backed up all files, and did a system restore (where comp settings are set back to as if the comp is brand new). It's not like we've never done this before.
Yeah, that didn't go over so well. The computer would not restart up...it killed the computer...or something did, anyways.
So, Friday we go out and get the new computer we picked out. We get it home and try to hook up the internet and guess what doesn't work...the internet.
So, now we gotta wait til Sunday (today) for the technician guy to come back and try to figure it out for us. Well, he showed up today, and he finally got it working...YAH!!!
So, yeah, we now have the internet hooked up on a brand new computer that should not die anytime soon.
As for what new is going on in life...you know what, maybe I will leave that for tomorrow. It is quite a bit past my bedtime and I need to get as much sleep as possible.
So, I promise to you right now, that I will try to darndest to post again tomorrow, but if I dont get to it for a couple of das, please don't hate me...I have a nasty habit of filling up my schedule and being busy, but I do promise to put forth an honest effort.
P.S. Check your bog postings...I tried to leave comments on everyone's tonight.

Am I obsessed???

So, you remember my post after New Years??? You know, the one where I said my one goal (not resolution) of the year was to have my baby on her due date. Well, I have a confession to make.
Are you ready for this???
I am obsessed with this goal, I have realized.
And when I say obsessed, I mean obsessed.
I am planning my birth announcements around it. They are gonna be green and white and have little shamrocks on them. And I am gonna have to find the shamrocks...trust me, I have been goggle's biggest customer...and I am gonna get green glitter to make them glittery. And I actually designed the announcements last night on paper. I know exactly how many eyelets I need for each announcement (16). All I have to do is a practice run to make sure that number is right.
So, I'm talking to Kari-Lynn today. She is my sister who is wicked crazy talented at using photoshop and she will be doing the picture/writing part of the announcement. And she asks me something.
She asks me a question that addmitedly, I have thought of before, but dread the answer.
"Krystin, what are you going to do if she is not born on St. Patrick's Day?"
Oh, how I hate this question. (My sil asked me the same thing a couple nights ago.)
You want my answer.
I'm gonna cry.
I will be upset.
I will (and if you are LDS, you will understand what I am about to say) weep and wail and gnash my teeth.
I will likely be upset for a lot of years.
And you know, the funny thing is, that I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding one little bit.
It will be a little regret that will hang over me for probably countless years.
I mean, I am planning this as well as I can. You know, as well as a person can plan a non-planned non-c-section birth. The best I can hope for is this...
1) hope this birth is just like Scott's.
2) hope that, like Scott, I will need to be induced.
3) hope that my body reacts to the induction the same way it did for Scott.
4) hope that my body does not go into labour early.
5) cause if it does, I will not push until 12:01am Mar. 17/08.
WISH ME LUCK!!! :)
The only thing I really got going for me, is that my Dr. will not let me go over my due date before inducing me. This is why I must get him to start the induction the night before..not the day of. I can't risk a Mar. 18th delivery.
Because, heaven forbid, that I should have to do birth announcements in *gasp* pink or *be still my beating heart* spring colours.
Because, don't even think that I can use a shamrock if she ain't born on St. Patty's Day. In my mind, that just don't work...lol.
Like I said, obsessed with a St. Patrick's Day baby.

Okay, so I really guess I should do a blog update.
So much has been going on I just don't even know where to start.
I received my green card in the mail late last week. So I am now officially a resident alien of the USA. Yes, lovin' the term alien.
I am so glad that it is all over and done with and I don't have to do anything else for a long time for it.
My camera is sick. Well, it's not so sick that it doesn't work, but it sure sounds sick. It sounds like the motor for the lens keeps trying to bring the lens out, even though it is already out. So, yeah. It just sounds very sick whenever I turn it on. At least it still works. I mean, seriously, what would I do without a camera??? I think I could quite possibly die...or maybe just be very sick and close to death. Kinda like my camera.
Scott is sleeping in a toddler bed now. We got a crib a few months back..my mil bought it for him, andhe hated it from the start. But, really, that is kinda out fault...lol.
Shhhhh, don't tell anyone I said that. I loved having him sleep with me at night. It was nice to have someone to cuddle up to every night since Will works nights. And I just love that kid so much that everything made up for the fact that he woke me up a few times a night.
Well, my mil was garagesaling a couple of weeks ago...yes, in January, and found a toddler bed for $10. It is so cool. It has glow in the dark stars and moon on the headboard and she bought it for him.
Well, he loves it. He had no problems at all with me sitting him in it for the first time or laying him down in it. With the crib, I could not even stand him in it without him screaming. So, now he takes his naps and sleeps in it at night. Everynight he gets better and better at sleeping through the night. Well, guess who just wandered out of his room??? Alright. I am back. He has a nasty little habit of waking up halfway through his nap and can only go back to sleep if I lay him back down and sit with him a few mins. So, anyways, like I said, he is getting better at sleeping longer in the bed without waking up. The first couple nights he was up every hour for 3 or 4 hours. Last night, I think his 3rd night in the bed, I never even heard him til 3:15...that's 5 hours of straight sleeping.
Anyways, of course, I have to show you a pic of my kid in all his cuteness sleeping in his bed for the first time.

Oh, what else is new???
I dunno. Oh, baby stuff.
We do have a name picked. Did I tell you that already??? Erin Sienna Kahle. At my last appt. (32 wk.) the dr. said I was measuring around 31 weeks. And his guess at weight was about 3.5 lbs.
She is laying quite low and is quite good at giving me extreme back and hip pain...still. But, she will be worth all that pain.
I am so excited to be having a little girl. Scott is so cute about it, too. He loves to lift up my shirt and smack my belly (that makes Erin nice and mad) and he even now waves at my belly. I ask him if he wants to say hi to the baby and he waves at my belly. But the waving thing, he just did out of the blue one day. Just lifted my shirt and waved at my belly. It was so gosh-darn cute.
A few days ago, I was sitting over at my bro-in-law's house and asked Scott where the baby was and he pointed to my tummy.
I love that kid so much.
He is so gosh-darn cute.
I finally found an outfit to bring her home from the hospital in. I have been looking for about a month now and just couldn't find something I wanted. Well, Scott and I picked something out today. And I do mean, Scott and I. I held up two cute dresses and I let him choose. This is it.

Well, I am gonna go work on updating Scott's blog now. I have tons of pictures of him to post and it is about time that he has an update, too.

My intentions were good, I promise.

Leslie, I would not lie to you. I started to do the "My year in review 2007" but I gotta be honest, it sucked. I could only remember something if I had pictures for it, and although I have LOTS of pictures, most of them were not pictures of a special event.
So, I have finally decided, I cannot pull it off. It would have been a boring and non-fascinating read (the complete opposite of yours) and I just decided it was not gonna happen. I am sorry.
I can barely remember yesterday let alone last year. Maybe this year I will make a point of writing special events down so I can remember them next year.

Now as to something else I want to tell you all. Scott is so cute. Well, okay, you already knew that, but let me tell you why he is so cute today :)
For the past month or two, I have been telling Scott about the baby in mama's belly. I point and pat my belly and tell him his baby sister is in my belly. Well, if we are laying on the bed, he likes to lift up my shirt and smack my belly or blow raspberries on it. I love it when he blows raspberries...so cute :) But, anyways, as for his other cuteness...yesterday, he lifted up my shirt to reveal my belly and started waving hi. He waved hi to my belly. Isn't he so dang cute???
Anyways, the little rugrat just woke up, so I better go get him and feed him. He likes it when I do that :)

Ahhhhhhhhh, heck!!!
So, we have just been invited to a surprise birthday party for a friend of Will's and guess how we are to dress???
80's.
Dude, I was barely a kid yet in the 80's...lol
The only consolation is that his friend's wife, is younger than me, so she was even more barely even a kid than me.
Should be fun.

MY KID IS SO DANG CUTE!!!

Okay, so this morning we are eating breakfast and Scott is sitting in high chair. He has started throwing his food on the floor (his typical indication that he is done).
SO, I look at him and say,

Me: "Scott, are you done?"

Scott: "Ya."

Me: "Yeah, you are all done?"

Scott: "Da."

Me: "All done?"

Scott: "Ya."

He is getting so grown up and big.
He says "Da" for 'that' and 'done'. He says "Ya" for 'Yeah or yes'. If he is eating and wants his juice or water, he will point to it and say "Da."
So, yeah, I just had to tell you all how cute my kid is.

Well, Happy New Year to all my faithful blog readers.
I am not one for resolutions (although, I never fault someone else for making them). So, I will not tell you any resolutions that I have cause, well, I have none. I figure if I will not make the change at another time of year, what makes the beginning of the year so special that I would do it then?!? Know what I mean???
Anyways, I wish a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all and wish you all the best of luck at accomplishing any goals that may be made at this time or any time in this New Year.
Well, I figure it is time that I should show you a belly picture. Michelle, my sister who is also pregnant posted a pic of her belly a couple of weeks ago and I laughed at the fact that despite her being 10 weeks less pregnant that I, we are the same size. So, I guess now would be as good a time as any to show you that.
But before I do, it's not only me who thinks we are the same size. Even my mum said that when she was down here last week.
So, to do the comparison, look at my pic, then go to her blog (linked under 'family and friends blogs') scroll down a couple of posts and compare. Tell me what you think :)
Please pardon my hideousness in the following photographs. I had already showered, but then decided to clean and do laundry and such and really didn't feel like dressing up for the occasion. So, consequently, you get to see me all hideous and well, hideous. So, forgive me.
This is me at 29 weeks and 2 days pregnant.


This pregnancy has been a lot different than the pregnancy with Scott. They are both gentle in their movements (ie. no swift kicks to the gut) and both have been uber-geneous at not using my bladder as a squeeze toy, BUT...gotta love the 'but'...I am in a lot more pain during this pregnancy. My back and my hips are so sore that at time I can barely walk after getting out of bed. It's almost to the point of being crippling to a point. I am seeing the chiropractor regularly again and am hoping that it will really help. I could be in worse shape because my body got used to being adjusted properly through frequent chiropractic visits and then the pregnany loosened my limbs and I became unadjusted properly (for lack of a better term). So, to say the least, hopefully, seeing the chiropractor again will help.
I am due on Mar. 17 and I am currenly praying that I will deliver on Mar. 17...no earlier, no later. I want to go be induced (going on the assumption I will need the meds to help her arrive, like Scott) on Sunday Mar. 16, so I will deliver sometime on the 17th. And if I happen to go into labour on my own, I hope it's not til really close to midnight on the 16th, so I can have her on the 17th. As you can see, I really want her on the 17th and am attempting to plan it. SO, if you feel the desire to pray for my wish, I would greatly appreciate it.
Now, to answer all your questions which is "Why, the 17th?".
Well, her name is going to be Erin. Erin means 'Of Irealand'. Would it not then be appropriate to be born on Saint Patty's Day??? Oh, yeah, and I bought a shamrock Christmas ornament that I want to engrave her name and birthday on for her for next year. Once agin, shamrock ornament, with Mar. 17 engraved on it...it just makes sense.
Now that you all think I am legally insane and can be commited, I will end the post with my one goal of the New Year to give birth on Mar. 17, 2008. Wish me luck. :)

Well, a whole lot has been going on in the past while for our family.
There were, of course, Christmas parties galore to go to...so many, in fact, we even skipped one.
Scott got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus at our ward (church) Christmas party. It was not a pleasant experience for him...as I very well suspected. He is, after all, at that age.

Apparently, he was not scarred from the whole incident as here he is moments later sucking on the candy cane Santa gave him.

The next night was the Christmas party that my sil, Christine, hosted. So, up to Sacramento we drove for what would be the first of three trips in 1.5 weeks.
We had a great time. We did a yankee trade (similar in concept to a white elephant gift exchange). I came out of there with an electric griddle, a king size blanket and a clock that isngs Christmas music. Well, I kinda came out of there with it. That's what I got from the gift exchange. Uncle Mike took it home...stealy thief :) I am waiting for it to arrive in the mail.
This is Scott at the party.

And, of course, I have to show you a picture of him just being his cute self. The shirt he is wearing is actually one of the gifts he got at the party. he got lots and lots of clothes and toys.

Okay, I guess we will fast forward a few days to when we went back to Sacramento to pick up Mum and Laurenne at the airport. It was a crazy day. I was a ARF in the morning and I called the Dr. to get Scott an appt. for the next day. He had discharge from his eye. Well, they couldn't get him in the next day, just that day. So, after some scrambling, we got him to the Dr. Turns out he had pink eye. Poor kid. Gets over one thing just to get another. So, quick pharmacy run, before we leave and off we go. On the road to see mum and LJ. Well, of course, we hit traffic in two places, so we ended up being a little over an hour late picking them up. Welcome to California. Hope you enjoy your stay at the Sacramento Airport...lol
After picking them up, ew headed straight back home. So, Thursday we didn't do anything, to say the least.
Friday, we went shopping. Saturday, we went shopping. Sunday, we went to church. Monday, we went shopping. Tuesday was Christmas. Wednesday, we went shopping. Thursday we headed back to Sacramento to take them home. That would be the short version of what we did while they were here. Mum was kinda disgusted that all we did was shop while they were here, but I gotta admit it was kinda nice. I never get to go shopping like that. I can't think of all the specific places we went each day, but the stores included Michael's, Target, Lowe's, Joann's, Dollar Tree, Food 4 Less. Basically, the majority of our time was spent preparing for the holidays.
We would have loved to go somewhere, but Will didn't have any time off except Christmas Day and I don't know how to get to any places...like Yosemite or Disneyland. Plus, it seemed kinda lame to spend almost $100 to get me into Disneyland to not be able to ride any rides.
Christmas day was great. We just stayed home. We had panettone french toast. It was so yummy. It is going to be our traditional Christmas Day breakfast. It was so dang filling.
Here is a picture of our tree on Christmas Eve.

And this is just my lame attempt at copying kari-Lynn to show you Christmas at our house.


The things we do to our poor dog just to amuse ourselves.

And now, of course, Christmas morning. We got all kinds of good stuff. I won't even begin to try to list stuff, but some items included...Nentendo DS and games for Solomon, mini amp and other electric guitar accessories for Camille, Jewellery and Canada blankets for Krystin, air compressor/jump starter and Cabela's gift card for WIll, and clothes and toys for Scott. We gave mum a cd and a movie and Laurenne got a skirt and Audrey Hepburn movies from us.
Those are, of course, just some of the stuff we got. Just too much for me to not only list, but actually think of :)
Scott pulling stuff out of his stocking.

You know what, I was about to post a few more pics of Scott opening presents and playing with stuff, but I will post those on his blog. This post is getting quite long, after all.
So, I guess for now, I will end my post, but I will say...
We really enjoyed having mum and Laurenne here and wish they could have stayed longer. It was a very nice visit and we hope to do it again soon. I cannot wait to get up to Canada in June to visit everyone.

Well, Radlle tagged me and I figure since I didn't do that last one she tagged me on, I had to do this one. I have become so blog lazy it's sad. But I am here to redeem myself. Enjoy the read.

1. Christmas tree up yet? No, but that is not because of me, I would like to add. I have wanted to put it up for a couple weeks now, but Will is procrastinating buying it with me...and he wants to be there with me to buy it.

2. Any Christmas decorations up yet? Well, I have a couple things up...and I brought the box of christmas stuff in from the garage in hopes that having it sit in the living room would make Will realize I am serious when I say that I want the christmas decorations up. So far that tactic has yet to work.

3. What are you asking for, for Christmas? I have a frew things on my list...I firmly believe I am not getting any of them. Well, maybe one of them. I want earrings, cricut cartridges, a bike (just a cheap one til I can get mine back down from Canada), Club Heidi monthly scrapbook kits. And there were a couple other things but I can't think of them off hand.

4.What do you usually do on Christmas Eve? We don't really have any traditions yet, but that is something I want to start. We were watching the original How the Grinch Stole Chistmas on tv last night, and I want to start watching that every Christmas Eve. I love that movie and I think that would be a fun tradition.

5. What do you usually do on Christmas Day? Just open presents. But like I said in the last question, I would love to come up with a tradition for Christmas Day, too.

6. Do you own any christmas clothes or jewelery? Me??? Heck, no. Well, I guess kinda. My mil gave me a bracelet last year for my birthday that is Christmas colours...but that is it. Scott has a santa hat that says I Love Santa.

7. Do you use white or colored christmas lights? We have white lights on the christmas tree, but will have blue lights outside.


8. Do you cook Christmas cookies? Just like Radelle, the extent of my christmas cookie baking is done from the packages you buy in the grocery store. Will had me make tons last year, and we ended up feeding most of them to the dog...cause none of us liked them...lol

9. Do you buy Christmas presents for your whole family? Normally, yes. But this year, we are just doing things slightly different. Will's family is just buying for the 3 youngest kids and doing a gift exchange with adults. We are buying for everybody on my side of the family.

11. Is there a Santa Claus? Of course there is. He even wrote a letter to Scott last year right after he was born...and it wasn't a response letter either. How else would he have gotten a letter from Santa if he hadn't written him first if he wasn't real???

12. Favorite Christmas Carol? Well, favourite christmas song would have to be O Holy Night, but I wouldn't say that is a carol. Would you??? As for carols, I dunno...anything probably but The Twelve Days of Christmas. I loathe that song... :)

13. Would you rather it be a white Christmas, or a warm Christmas? That is tough. I have had both and I think I gotta say I would go for the white christmas. I really miss the snow. My first year in California didn't even feel like Christmas cause there was no snow. Last year, we spent christmas in the mountains so we had snow and it truly felt like christmas. It felt like home. I miss the snow.

14. Was last year a good christmas? Last year was one of the best yet. I had my brand new baby boy, we were up at the cabin in the mountains surrounded by snow. It was fantastic.

15. Which Christmas color do you like better? RED or GREEN? Red, for sure.

16. Do you get a real Christmas tree, or is it artificial? Normally we go real, but this year we are going fake (and small) cause Destructo Boy will pull it over and eat the fallen needles if it is real and sitting on the floor. So we are getting small and fake and putting it up on a table.

17. When you get older, will you get a real or artificial tree? I think we will definitely stick with the real. Just gotta get the munchkins old enough to do that.

18. Do you hang stockings? Yep. Once our family is complete, we are going to get special matching ones. For now we just have the cheap red ones with white trim.

19. When opening presents, does your family all open them at the same time? One at a time. Then we can alls ee what the other person got...and it takes longer. Who wants it to end in 5 mins??? Not me.



20. What is usually in your stocking? I dunno. Nothing specific as of yet. But Will like to get me Ghirardelli chocolate (peppermint bark) and put that in. Plus, or tradition is the orange chocolate ball that you hit to break apart.

21. Do you get up early on Christmas day? I wake up early every day...it's called a little bundle of joy named Scott.

22. Does your family eat breakfast before or after opening presents? I think we will do after, but I will snack first...gotta do that.

23. Do you have a favorite ornament you hang on the tree? We buy a special one every year to add to our tree. The first year, when we got married, we bought one in MOnterey (where we got married), last year was an Irish horseshoe, this year is from the tv show we both love called Corner Gas.

24. What Christmas movie do you like to watch the most? How the Grinch Stole Christmas...the original cartoon...not Jim Carrey.

25. What do you like better, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Christmas day. That's when I get to open all my presents.

I guess I am supposed to tag someone....ummmmmmm, Laurenne, Michelle, Leslie, Nikki and Kari-Lynn.

Well, this past week has been crazy.
Scott turned 1 this past Thursday and we had his birthday party on Saturday. To celebrate we took the family to John's Incredible Pizza. It's a pizza buffet with all kinds of pizza.
For his birthday cake I made a really cool 3-d bathtub cake. It was soooooooo cool. The "water" was jello-o jigglers. As creative as it was, though, I cannot claim the thought to this ingenious idea...I found it on the internet. There is a very cool website that has all kinds of cool 3-d cakes. Train, pirate ship, treasure chest, fire truck...the list goes on.
In case you are wondering, the website is www.familyfun.go.com
Scott got lots of cool bath toys for his birthday as well as a new high chair and some clothes and books. He wasn't as interested in opening his presents that day as he was in helping daddy open his anniversary present earlier last week. I thought he would love ripping the paper...but, no interest at all. It could have something to do with the fact that he had no napped yet for the day...and the party was at 5pm.
Anyways, good times were had by all and I just cannot believe my baby is 1,.
ANd as I was justsaying, yes, we celebrated our anniversary this past week as well. It was our 2nd. (Hey, that reminds me, Radelle's anniversary is today...Happy Anniversary, Radelle and Adam, if you are reading this.)
Will took me shopping and bought me a bunch of clothes. I had bought him a certain computer game that he had lost one of the installation discs to, and a couple days before our anniversary, I found that disc. (Go figure.) So, I went and got him season 9 of Seinfeld instead.
Well, I had better not blab tool long here cause I still gotta go update Scot's blog with all the pics.
Ooooooooooh, but here is some more happy news...my mum and sister are coming down here for Christmas. We booked their flights this past week, as well as I got in the mail the letter stating my immigration interview. I am so excited.
This week is busy too...Both Scott and I have dr. appt's tomorrow, then on Thursday, I have Enrichment (we are doing a progressive dinner...we start dinner at one person's house, then go to another person's house for the next part of the meal, and then go somewhere else...never done it before, but it sounds fun), then on Friday, we have our Ward Christmas party at church...which I am going to help set up, then on Saturday is my sil's party up by Sacramento. Then Sunday is my birthday.

Happy Birthday to my dear son, Scott, who is turning 1 today.
How the time has flown. I cannot believe that a year ago today, I was laying in the hospital with meds galore (oh, glorious meds) pumping through my body trying to help the little guy come into this world.
A year ago today, I cried when I saw him for the first time. Not cause he was scary just born baby-looking, but because he was (and still is) so beautiful.
I held him for the first time in my arms.
I kissed my little boy for the first time.
I made my husband a daddy again...he is such a great daddy.
I truly became a mother a year ago today.
What an amazing experience this has all been.
I have grown. I have learned. I have become a better person because of him. He has taught me so much and filled my life with so much joy. I cannot even imagine my life without him. Sometimes, I imagine my life with more sleep, but, let's be honest, that's just my imagination...lol
And always will be.
I have seen this little boy grow from a small person who can barely hold his head up (although he has been doing that since he was 4 days old...my kid rocks!!!) to a little boy (who I still must call my little baby cause I can't stand the thought of my baby not being my baby anymore) who is starting to walk.
Being a mother is such a great blessing and is worth so much. There is nothing that can compare to being a mother. It has different blessings than being a wife (which is also such a great blessing).
So, all-in-all, Scott, I love you more than words could ever say and mama wishes you a very Happy Birthday.
(Now stop being sick so you can have fun at your birthday party on Saturday!!!)

I just wanted to send a big Happy Birthday wish to my sister, Laurenne who is turning 19 today!!!
WOOHOO!!!
I hope you have a happy day, kid :)

So True!!!

You Are Christmas

More than most people, you are able to find magic in life's small moments. Traditions mean a lot to you, and you tend to be quite nostalgic. You are a giving, kind person who really understands the true meaning of holidays. You inspire others to be as altruistic and caring as you are. What makes you celebrate: Tradition and a generous spirit At holiday get togethers, you do best as: The storyteller. You like to recount memories with everyone. On a holiday, you're the one most likely to: Give a gift to everyone you know

What Holiday Are You?

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

This here is the 3rd of 4 pages that I have done to add to the scrapbook that I had made up for my Grandma a few years back. This one is obviously our family page. Featured we have Camille and Solomon (individual pics) and then a pic of the whole famiily (including Shawnessy) up at the lake.

Well, I just thought I would share with you another page that I just did. A few years back, I arranged for a scrapbook to be put together of my dad's side of the family for my Grandma. Well, I figured that we should give it a bit of an update since so much in life has changed since then. Me and one of my sister's has gotten married, 3 of us have had kids, I have step-kids...seemed fitting to add these moments to the book. Well, I am doing 4 pages, 1 wedding, 1 family, and 2 of Scott. This will be the wedding page and the one in the last post is one of Scott's pages. I do have to say that this is probably in the top 3 of my favourite scrapbook pages EVER and I may have to duplicate it for my personal album cause I love it so much and am actually kinda sad I made such a great page to give away...lol
Now, I should also let you know that I will be posting some super cute pictures of Scott on his blog after I am done here, so do be sure to click on his link to see them.

I should also mention that my friend, Radelle, has tagged me and so I need to write 6 random things about me. I know I did 100 a month or two ago, but this should be so much easier...being as it is only 6, instead of 100...lol

1. The thing I like most about being pregnant is the lack of leg hair I grow. So serious. I am not a big fan of shaving, like Radelle, which is fantastic when I am pregos...cause I never have to. I love it. But, one of the things I hate most, is the amount of hair I lose off my head. Seriously, sometimes I wonder how it is that I am not bald when I am pregnant.

2. I am EXTREMEMLY impatient when I am pregnant. I think, overall, I am a patient person, but all that goes out the window when I am preggos.

3. Some of my favourite smells in the whole wide world is fresh cut grass, homemade bread, campfire and the smell of rain...which includes the smell in the air before rain.

4. I CANNOT live without foot lotion. I would almost be willing to say that I would love a basket full of foot lotion for Christmas. The only reason I don't want to really say that is cause there are other things I really want that are more expensive and I would rather have those bought for me, and me buy the lotion myself...lol
Is that selfish??? ;)

5. I really, really wish that I could find the right hair product for my hair that would help the curl that I do have in my hair to stay. Some may say it's more of a wave than curl, but whatever you wanna call it, I still want a hair product for it. Heck, I wish I could find a hairstyle that would work for me. I am so lame when it comes to my hair, cause I just can't do anything with it but be lame and put it in a ponytail. Any suggestions???

6. I honestly feel that Archer Farms makes the best, and I mean THE BEST mint hot chocolate mix I have ever tasted in my life. I drank my first cup of it last night, and I think I was in heaven. So, I decided to drink a cup of it for breakfast this morning, too, and, yep, I was definitely in heaven. I think I will be buying a lot of it.

Now, who am I gonna tag???
Michelle (naturally)
Kari-Lynn
Marti
Kelli
Leslie (maybe this'll get you to blog...lol)
Miranda (but you gotta do it in English so I can read it...lol. At least have the English translation so I can read it)
Patty

So, apparently Michelle is all bitter at me cause I haven't updated in a few days...hmm, I wonder if she has updated recently.
Anyhoo, so I'm typ[ing a nasty-gram response to her nasty-gram to me...lol, when I realize that Scott is being awful quiet. So, I go take a pic of my most recent scrapbook layout for her to see, and then go into my room to see what he is doing, and there he is half under my bed, with the tub of vaseline, OPEN, I might add, wwith it smeared on my body pillow on the floor, on his face and on his hands. To say the least, he got handed to daddy in the shower real fast. lol
I took pics of him before I realized what he had done, so I will post one if you can see that he was playing with the vaseline.


Oh, and this here is pretty dang cool. This plane is called the Liberty Belle. It actually was flown in WW2. It is going around to different airports offering rides (for $450, I believe). Well, it was at our airport so WIll took the camera and took a freakload of pics of it. I thought it would be a kinda cool thing to post.


And in case you are wondering, yes, those are machine guns on the bottom of the plane attached to a little pod (for lack of a better word in my brain at this time) that a guy would sit in a shoot from. I do believe, so don't quote me on that :)Alright, so that "pod" is called a ball turret and the guy who is in it is called a ball turret gunner. One of the most dangerous aspects of being the ball turret gunner is if there was any sort of emergency (say, if the exit latch was broken and he was unable to get out and landing gear would not go down) then basically the gunner would unfortunately be killed when landing. Luckily, it did not happen regularly, but it was known to happen.

I love this kid so much. I cannot even imagine my life without him. I love that he did something very different for these pics. Instead of just trying to grab the camera or stop doing whatever cute thing he was doing cause the camera was there, he actually looked at the camera and smiled...BIG!!! It honestly just melts my heart.
So, here it is. Some pictures of my sweet boy in his halloween costume before and during the halloween party at church last night.
FYI...my plan had been to have him be a bat, but the bat costume I'd wanted was sold, so I went out with the intention of finiding something cheap (cause I ain't spend a small fortune on something he will really only wear 2 times) but cute...and here it was. $12.99.
I do apologize, but against our dark brown couches, it may be difficult to see that he does have on a pair of wings. You will be sure to notice them in some other pics :)

This one I have to say is probably my favorite picture of him from last night. I couldn't point out why, but I LOVE this picture.

This one is of him once we got home and he was playing with his treat bag...the one with all his trick or treat candies in it :)

WHAT A DAY!!!
Okay, so I seriously could have done without the start of my day. Well, I guess the very start was okay...you know, wake up, eat and such, but the next part is what I coulda done without.
I was on my way to my mil's this morning. I left the apt. about 6:45. Let me paint the scene. It takes about 15 mins to get there, so at about 6:55, I am about 2/3 of the way there. Driving down Cedar Ave. southbound minding my own business, but, of course, watching what is going on around me. I am getting close to approching Barstow Ave (running East/West). I am in the inside lane, closest to the median. I have a green light. Barstow Ave. people do not. And we all know that it is perfectly legal to make a right hand turn on a red light. Right hand turn on the red lane, providing that the turn is into the first lane. Common knowledge. Well, I am always especially alert when I see something like this about to happen. I am always freaked out that someone will make that right hand turn and turn right in front of me. So, as a precautionary measure, I typically take my foot off the gas and cover the brake. Well, can you take a guess as to what happened?
Yep, not only did a person make a right hand turn onto Cedar Ave., but decided to turn into my lane, not the outside lane. Yes, folks, that would be right. Right in front of me. And saying that would be wrong, actually. Cause it was more of a her driver's door right at my front passenger side corner.
So, I slam on my brakes...screech and all, baby. Screech and all. Can you guess as to who remains completely oblivious to this and does not even go into the right hand lane. Yes, my friends, the stupid lady who made a right hand turn onto Cedar Ave. without even looking to see if I was there.
Well, since slowing down takes time, and she has yet to move out of my way, I have to turn in towards the median to ensure I don't hit her stupid self.
And I would say she should be thanking her lucky stars I didn't hit her, but she didn't even seem to notice.
She just carried on her way in my lane.
Then, as another little tidbit of funness to this whole event, we are approaching ehe next major intersection (might I emphasize MAJOR) Shaw Ave. Traffic going straight (North/South) has a green light. Traffic turning left has a red...wait let me type that again...RED arrow. Can you take a guess as to who plows right through...goes left without yielding. Oh, yeah, and going through a red arrow.
Some people must seriously get their driver's licenses from a Cheerio's box.
So, of course, my adrenailane is pumping, I'm near tears (cause near accidents do that to me) and my dear, ever so empathetic husband asks if the truck is damaged. So, I tell him no...I never dented his precious truck.
Geek. More concerned aobut his truck.
Of course, he also asks if I am okay and such and tells me he is glad that we (me, Scott and unborn child) are okay and that I was being cautious and did what I could not to hit the bimbo.
So, yeah, that was my morning. Good day.

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHELLE, DEAR.
HAPPY DAYS WILL COME TO YOU ALL YEAR.
IF I HAD A WISH THEN IT WOULD BE,
A HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU FROM ME!!!


I hope you have a super happy day. Enjoy Red Lobster (and a possible movie). Happy 26th!!!

Oh, goodness...so much to say.
Well, this past few days has been filled with a fair amount of excitement.
On Friday morning, Solomon and Camille were getting ready for school (we had them), and apparently Scott decided he wanted to go see Solomon. But, instead of crawling, he took his first step to him.
Yep, his first step.
And I was not there to see it.
But I am consoling myself by telling myself that he may not have taken that step if I had been there...who knows??? I may never know.
But all is well in the end, anyways...because, yesterday, being Sunday, he took his first step to me.
Well, that's just 10x better anyways...lol
Then today, I think he has taken another step 2 more times. So, soon enough he will be adding 1 more step. And then 1 more...and then it will never end.
We were at church yesterday and my friend, Theresa, sat beside us with her 2 girls and her little boy, Lincoln, who is 3 days older than Scott. Well, Lincoln, sat right next to Scott on his sister's lap and Scott leaned right over to him and gave him a big hug. It was so dang cute!!! He gave another hug, then Licoln gave him a hug then they gave each other a hug. To say the least, there was a lot of hugging going on :)
On Friday night, we decided to take Camille out for dinner for her birthday. She turned 16 on Wednesday. So, we were supposed to go to a sushi bar, but ended up doing teppanyaki. You know, where they cook the food right in front of you at your table. Very cool. I have never done that before and it was cool. Will took care of Scott the whole time, so that was a really nice change of pace for me...I never had to take care of the baby while eating. That does not happen often...or ever :)
Well, apparently, it was naptime and Scott fell asleep in Will's arms during dinner. It was pretty dang cute. And Will just sat there eating with a sleeping baby in his arms. Like I said, it sure was a nice change of pace...lol
So, all in all, it has been a good past few days :)
Oh, I should also tell you that I am now 18 weeks pregnant and this baby is crazy active. The baby is moving around and kicking so much and it is still so neat to feel. It's still so amazing to think that I am actually pregnant. Still, truthfully, having a hard time believing it...
Well, I do need to get back to cleaning. I have taken a nice long break and still have a lot to do today. Wish me luck.

Well, a whole lot has gone on in the life of Krystin sinec I last posted.
Let's see if I can put this into different sections to make this easier than just babbling...despite the fact that I am good at that :)
Oh, BABY!!!
Well, a few days ago I started feeling the baby kicking. I think I may have felt it before, but a few nights ago was the first time I knew for sure that's what it was. The baby has been kicking a lot. I feel it all the time. Christine, my sil, was joking on Saturday that it was kicking her in the back when I was standing behind her...what a geek...lol!!!
I am 17 weeks pregnant today and the common consensus is..."Krystin, you don't even look pregnant." Yes, I do hear that frequently. I also hear, "I can't believe you are going to know in 3 weeks whether you are having a boy or girl. You don't even look pregnant." Yet, somehow, despite all this, the baby is still measuring 10 days larger than the due date. I figure I am just carrying even farther back into my back that I was with Scott. When I was pregnant with Scott, I pushed my way through regular clothes until 16 weeks, well, here I am 17 weeks and still having no issues at all with wearing regular clothes.
Whoever said that you show earlier the second time around was obviously not me.
WEDDING!!!
My bro-in-law's wedding was this past weekend. It was a very pretty and simple ceremony that took place in the Japanese Gardens in Fresno. It was a very pretty setting. The parking was absolutely horrific because in the park that the Japanese Gardens are in, there was a race going on, so, yeah, no parking. Will ended up dropping us off and went looking for parking. The reception was very nice as well...very casual and personal. I made a grande entrance when I tripped in a hole on the ground and rolled my very well repaired ankle in my lovely high heels. I was not injured...lost a little pride, but only a little. I had to walk past that hole a few other time, and managed to watch very closely so as to not have a repeat performance.


While at the reception, Will thought it would be funny to give our son prison tattoos...Int his photo, you may get the sense that Scott is wondering what the heck is going on.

And the end result...one hand saying LOVE the hand hand saying HATE.

SCOTT BEING SICK.
This past couple weeks has been so hard on Scott. Last Friday, not this one that just past, but the one before, so 1.5 weeks ago, Will told me I should take Scott to the dr. to see if he has an ear or sinus infection. He was just acting like something could be wrong, so I called at 2:40 and got in at 3:15. Well, it turned out Scott had not only an ear infection in one ear, oh, no, but he had an ear infection in both ears. Poor kid. I took him to the pharmacy to fill his prescription and while waiting, decided to buy daddy a blue star mylar balloon. Well, I don't think Scott was gonna be too willing to give up that balloon to daddy. He was having the time of his life playing with that balloon...walking up and down the aisles bopping that thing and laughing. Even the pharmacists couldn't believe he was not feeling good with the way he was so excited about that balloon. It really was so cute. This video is only a small look at what he was like in the store. He was much more excited in the store than in his car seat.

Well, that is really all I can think of for now to say for an update, but before I go, I would like to take a moment to say,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all of my friends and family in Canada who are celebrating today. I am hoping to continue our tradition of going to Marie Callendar's for turkey dinner tonight. And since Kari-Lynn posted a list of 10 things she was grateful for, I would like to do the same.
In no particular order, of course.
1) A wonderful family. Both the family that I have been blessed to start...my husband, my son, my soon to be born child, and my step-kids, Camille and Solomon as well as the family that I was born into. It took my a few years of being moved out of home to really appreciate them and it took moving to California to TRULY appreciate them. You guys have done so much for me and I am truly grateful for that.
2) A place to live. I hate living in an apartment, I REALLY truly would rather be living in our own house, but I know it is a blessing to have an apartment. So many people don't even have that.
3) Milk. Okay, so I am sure a few of you may be looking at this one with a perplexed look on your face. Let me explain. When I am pregnant, I get heartburn. And I get it BAD!!! Milk was my lifesaver when I was pregnant with Scott and it has already started providing me with relief during this pregnancy. So, yes, I am grateful for milk.
4) A washer and dryer...but mostly the washer. I am so glad that I do not have to wash my clothes in a wash basin...I can't stand getting my hands wet. It bugs me so bad...which makes me want to make no. 5 grateful for a dishwasher, but I won't. I just hate washing anything with bare hands...really, I am glad we have rubber gloves in this day and age...lol
As for the dryer, I don't mind hanging clothes on the line to dry, but WIll is not such a big fan.
5) Education. I don't have any post-secondary education, but I remember being in school just loving to learn. I was not always good at learning, it was a struggle, but I loved learning.
6) Being Canadian. Honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love being Canadian. I would not trade my citizenship for anything in this world. I am so proud of my country.
7) Music. My life would not be complete without music in it.
8) The gospel. I have lived parts of my life not living the way that the Church teaches and I have come back to living the teachings of it. I can truly say that I am so grateful for the gospel and what it has taught me in my life. I love knowing what I do. I love knowing that mny family doesn't have to de seperated at death. I love knowing it can be eternal. I love knowing I can be forgiven for bad choices I make. I love knowing that God loves me and that he loves me and all of us so much that He sent his Son to die for us. I love that God has given us a prophet to lead us and guide us and give us diretion to get back to a loving Heavenly Father.
9) I am grateful for the song, I am a Child of God. This song is by far Scott's favourite song...and is quickly becoming one of my favourites, as well. The lyrics are so soothing and give me hope every day.
10) I am grateful for Marie Callendar's so that I can go there on Canadian Thanksgiving and eat a turkey dinner without having to cook it myself.