Happenings

Gosh so much to catch up on!!

First off I am officially OVER a quarter of a century old. I cant believe it myself. Im still so young but I just think of how fast time goes by, pretty soon Im going to be a half century and not even realize!! My birthday fell on a Sunday so really I had a whole weekend celebration. Ty took me to the BYU ballroom dance show, totally awesome by the way, and we went out to eat and just hung out. We have a tradition where we make breakfast in bed for the special day but sadly, my day was fast Sunday so the french bread I bought specifically for my breakfast, didnt get used :(

Oh ya, this is BIG news!! Lucy FINALLY has some teeth!! Her two bottom ones are finally in, with no others in sight. They are so cute, her little teethies, they make me laugh. She is such a little girl now, not so much a baby. Just the things she does its just so grown-up and childlike. Like her little poses she does when she is watching something, its so funny it looks like a little girl trying to be ultra cool. She hasnt figured out the hand on the hip thing yet, thankfully, but Im sure its on its way. She is our little spitfire sassy pants. She still isnt really saying many real words yet but she jabbers ALL DAY LONG!!! She doesnt stop, ever. Its so funny!!

What else. Oh ya So i totally hit the jackpot this time of year. Poor Ty, first we have Valentines Day, then its my birthday, shortly followed by our anniversary AND Mothers Day!!! Boo-YA. Its pretty awesome.

New Day

Well friends today is a new day. Well everyday is a new day, but today, today is the beginning of a new life! Ok that is a little dramatic BUT I am proud to announce that today is the first day since the age of NINE that I have had ALL my teeth!!! Its true. When I was a little girl, for many reasons that I cannot remember i had to have 2 of my molars removed. Since then, I have had 2 HORRIBLE bridges that were glued on to the teeth on either side of the missing teeth and they would fall out a day after the dentist put them back in. This happened more times then I could count until finally i just left them out and had to go hillbilly style. It was annoying, embarrassing even though people couldnt see it, and just frustrating. Its been a long haul but finally I get to enjoy any food without worrying if it will ruin anything, and the peace of mind knowing that I am whole again!!! Ok, so I sound like those cheesy people on the Clear Choice commercials. But i am SSOOO happy about it!!! p.s i didnt do Clear Choice just fyi

So now that I have a full mouth of pearly white chompers, I am also proud to announce that my wonderful husband has gotten in to ALL of the grad schools he has applied!!! I dont mean to toot our horn, but remember one year ago when we were DENIED to ALL the schools he applied, and how we were so lost on what we were doing with our lives, and where do we go from here, and what do we do now, and starting all over from scratch and it was SUCH a leap of pure faith to completely revamp our future. Well, I certainly remember, and for that i WILL toot our horn!!! When we were deciding what on earth we were going to do with our lives I prayed so hard everyday that something will come up, that we can be lead to opportunities that will be good for our family, and less that a year later we figured out what we were to do. When we were applying to schools again these last few months I prayed again so hard that if this was the right path that maybe we could get into just one school, just to confirm the choice we made. Can I just tell you how wonderful it is to know that you are on the right path!!! Im so glad for Ty and how hard he has worked to get to where we are.

P.s. it looks like we will probably be staying in P-town a while longer as one of those schools is BYU and there is NO WAY Ty would give up returning to his dream school again!!!

p.p.s. Lucy is walking!!! Well she is mostly still hanging on to things and crawling BUT we can get her walk all over the house when we get her in a courageous mood that is. Once i figure out how to upload a video, i will prove it!!!

So right now I am staring out the window sobbing a silent sob of sorrow. Pretty sad huh. The good thing about snow in the spring, well its almost spring, is that the snow never lasts for too long. And thank the heavens above for that one. I have come down with a severe case of spring fever and the only way to break it is the warmth of the golden sun.

Enough about that. The other day, Saturday to be exact, Lucy and I had a girls night at the mall. IT was really fun. While daddy was at work we were busy spending all of his bucks on the CUTEST little outfits. She was in desperate need of 12 month clothes, as she is pretty close to fitting in them now. Macy's was having a KILLER sale and although I went in to purchase pants, I left with 2 outfits, 2 dresses, and 2 pants. Everything was at least 50% off for there 1 day sale and I thought I better stock up while its cheap. Not to mention the CUTEST swimsuit from Crazy 8. Lets see if I can upload a picture of the ridiculousness. Actually we will just give a link. P.s. the back is as cute or even cuter than the front!
http://www.crazy8.com/shop/dept_item.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445989566&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306249045&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395917465&bmUID=1299558388367&productSizeSelected=0&fit_type=

So lately I am crazy about my Pandora mix. I put it on Norah Jones and most of the time it ROCKS!!! Not that I am a huge fan of Norah, I do like her, but I love the mix of stuff it brings up. I have to tell you about James Morrison, not the jazz musician. i LOVE his stuff these days. You should check him out on iTunes. Also there is a Genius list of people that sound like him and basically you have my Pandora mix. LOVE IT!!!

Also running was hard tonight for some reason. I almost cried. I only went like 1 1/2 miles. But it was killer. Nights like tonight make me wonder why I ever want to work towards a 10K. But alas, my life will go on. Night night!!

Lucy 1 year Pics

So here are Lucy's 1 year pictures that I took. I cant wait til it gets warm so I can go outside to take her pics. Indoors are so hard for me!!! I didnt get as many as I hoped but here are a few of my baby girl.
Also today is the day Tyler officially applied to BYU grad school. We are SSOOO nervous!!!

Birthday Girl

I cant believe my beautiful baby girl is 1year old! Man oh man the time has flown!! Friday was her official birthday and we were super lame and didnt do anything. Both Ty and I had to work so we just celebrated Saturday and it was a lot of fun! We had so many people over in our little appt for a party. We were a little squished but it was fun to celebrate with so many people who love Lucy. Here are a few pictures to commemorate.

I know my cake frosting skills rock

Opening an awesome gift from the Stewarts

Our girl is spoiled already!

Once again on the cake decorating

Its funny to see just how big her cupcake is compared to her
Mmmm YUMMY!!!

Miracle

So a couple of months ago I tried putting our video camera's SD card in our laptop to post a video. Low and behold it got stuck inside our computer. Like REALLY stuck, eventually ending up inside by and inch or so. I found out yesterday my hand-man husband got it out somehow and so I wanted to find it to get all the stuff that was on it. This was SO precious to me as it had everything on it from Lucy's first hours/days born and her first pictures, everything. We couldnt find it!!! It was no where to be found. I almost had a serious panick attack. We put our current SD card in and it just had stuff from the summer-current and nothing from when she was born. I was searching frantically to find the other SD card that got stuck and then unstuck. Then suddenly Ty put the current card in the computer AGAIN just to see if we over looked what was on it and all of a sudden they all popped up!!! MIRACLE!!! Here is just a little video for your enjoyment, I cant believe how little she was!

So here i sit awaiting my wonderful husbands return from work so that I myself can go. And how I wish so badly that I didnt have to go. I actually want to clean my house, like really CLEAN it, and look for a new vacuum, take Lucy's 1-year pictures and just hang out with my buddies. I also wish that I can work from home. Not doing what I do now of course, but doing what I love!! Like going to D.I and buying something ugly and turning it into something cool (pictures to come) or make greeting cards, or go out and take pictures, and the best part, doing it on my own time and in my own way! I dream of that day quite often. But I am so grateful for the job that i have and that I DO have a job when so many people dont. I am so grateful for my boss and my coworkers too.

So I am going to attempt to take Lucy's one year old pictures in the next couple of days and I a little hesitant. The last time I tried taking her pics she was about 1 month old flailing and screaming and peeing all over the place and I wanted to pull my hair out. Thats when I hired a professional. But I am hopeful that I can do these myself and not have to spend oodles of dollars to get the look and feel that I want. Lets face it, I am a picky picky picture person, I cant just go to JcPenney or target and have someone take yucky, stuffy, forced, no-fun, ugly pictures! Yep I said it, and Im not taking it back! So hopefully in the next couple of days I can get some pictures up that are public-worthy.

On that note, my lovey is back and now I have to go. Ta-ta!