Talk about a heart attack

OK, so the cute thing first. Charity decided to get herself a snack and got the bag of cereal out of the cupboard and started pulling out handfuls of cereal and putting them on the walker to eat. Too cute. Although it's like the 4th time today she's eaten cereal. Silly girl. She had it when she woke up super early this morning, than she insisted on it for breakfast and then for lunch too. Silly silly girl! Ok, so that was cute. The NOT CUTE part was that I had brought the walker upstairs for Danielle earlier in the day to play in. I had blocked off the stairs with the bar stools so that Danielle couldn't get near them. Well, when i wasn't paying attention, after putting the cereal on the walker (no Danielle wasn't in it) Charity moved the bar stools, got in the walker and just about tried to go down the stairs in the walker! Talk about a heart attack as soon as I realized what she was just about to do. Luckily with a firm "Stop, Charity". She turned to look at me like "what mommy?" and didn't go down. She likes to sit in the walker downstairs when she watches anything on tv or even just to play in and i guess she decided she wanted it back downstairs. So, I carried it down for her but I'm going to have to be super careful in the future when I bring it up for Danielle to play.

Oh, and Danielle had fun moving around the kitchen in the walker :) Sorry I didn't get a video I'll have to next time but I just found one more thing she enjoys doing. She is such a happy baby though, is there anything that she doesn't like? Ok, besides her bouncy chair now. The cat decided to try to use her head as a scratch post the other day when she was in it and she no longer likes it, can't blame the poor girl. But boy did the cat get in trouble for that. My poor baby had claw marks on her head :( I was switching some laundry over and heard blood-curdling screams coming from my baby in the living room, ran in there to see what was wrong and she was just so upset the cat was sitting on the floor by the bouncer. It took a few minutes for the scratches to get red and noticeable and then you could tell what had happened :( I think we're going to get him de-clawed because he's just not learning that it is not ok to use them in the house and with the girls.

Oh, we did end up deciding to do the holiday plates and the ones we did to put out for examples turned out wonderful! Tiffany has them right now but I will definitely be taking a picture and posting it! I think this enrichment night is going to be a lot of fun and be a big hit as well!

Help

OK, so we may have to come up with an inexpensive christmas craft idea, and fast. So, if any of you have a good idea please let me know! We were going to make these little booklets about the twelve days of christmas but the sister in our ward who has one (that we were going to use as an example either can't find hers or can't get to it) so I need ideas! I've got to get it ready to display tomorrow! I did find one thing online last night, Holiday Plates, that I think might be good, I'd have to check into it further though.

I need something to do!

So, I'm a bit bummed. Dennis started working 4 10s this week so he should be home today for a day off. But no, he's having to work this weekend because he's got a big deadline at work coming up soon :( He probably has to work tomorrow and he may have to work next weekend as well :( I want to spend time with my husband!!! Oh, and he's also got an assignment due Tuesday so he needs to spend a lot of time on that as well.

It's hard to type when you have a 4 month old in your lap who really likes the keyboard! Danielle is getting so good at sitting up! Pretty soon she'll be able to do all the sitting up that she wants! Although right now she's going through a Mommy I want all of your attention phase. Those are even harder to handle with a toddler around! Occasionally Charity plays with her for me to try to entertain her and it is just the sweetest thing. They love each other so much! I hope it lasts, lol.

I had started a post yesterday about my busy week but never got to finish it and didn't save it either (silly me!). but it has been a busy week. In our ward a yoga/pilates class got started this week. It's Tuesday and Thursday mornings and kids are welcome which is so nice! Then Tuesday night we had an Enrichment committee meeting. I got called as the co-leader on the Enrichment committee! What a change from nursery, lol. But we're going to have one of our big events in October. Our ward has the building the third thursday of every month so Nov was out because that is Thanksgiving and then in Dec. it's just too close to christmas for our liking. But we've got to have examples ready (we're going to do some holiday crafts) and some sign-up sheets ready by Sunday! Since the week after that is conference and then it's the sunday before the activity! So, busy busy busy! lol. It should be a lot of fun, but we've got one more meeting tomorrow between the other leader, the RS second counselor (Tiffany!) and me. It should be good but a lot of work in the coming weeks!

Well, I have lots to get done today (since the house was neglected this week!) I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Ramblings

So, our stake has a marriage class that started today called Strengthening Marriages. There will be 7 classes total for it. Tonight was the first time and while we were there the instructor made a really interesting comment that hit me. He was saying how people used to take temple marriages seriously but now even temple marriages see the same rate of divorce as the rest of the country. Isn't that sad? That something so sacred and binding hardly means much to people anymore. I know I went into marriage knowing it was going to be something that would be forever. I'm not sure I realized how hard it could be at times, but I still know it's meant to be.

And I know I've only got 6 years of marriage under my belt, (Wow, how the time flies!) but Dennis and I are going through a hard time right now, we're both just having a hard time communicating what it is we need from the other. I think that's part of the reason we decided to go to this class. But I can't imagine every other couple out there fighting to make their marriages work. Granted, sometimes there are valid reasons but it seems that's not usually the case. Maybe this subject is just so close to us right now because of what's going on with his parents. My IL's (in-laws) are actually going through a divorce right now and FIL (father in law) is living with us. No one really understands why exactly since MIL (mother in law) hasn't really given any reasons, but Dennis and I know that we NEVER want to see our marriage at that point. EVER. It is just so heartbreaking not only because of what it's doing to them but because of what it's doing to the entire family.

Dennis actually has nightmares about it sometimes, it's just so heartbreaking for him. It's just something you never expect to see happen, to other people's parent's maybe. But not your own. Granted his parents had been having troubles and things had been really rocky for a few years but I don't think anyone expected this to happen. It's just so sad.

Oh, I forgot to mention, Danielle had her 4 month appointment on friday! She weighed 12lbs, 12oz and was 25" long! The appointment took forever but it was nice to know she's gaining well :) She didn't handle the vaccinations very well

Last night we rented Made of Honor and watched it. My neighbor had heard that it was really cute and while I thought it was an ok movie, I didn't really care for it. It was similar to my Best Friend's Wedding only with a guy starring but it was a bit different as well. I did like the fact that he didn't actually do anything underhanded or sneaky to try to sabatouge it like in My Best Friend's wedding and there were some funny parts in it. The thing that bothered me was the guy's love seemed purely selfish. It wasn't really love for her, it was more like loving what she did for him. I don't know, I could be way off base here, but it doesn't seem to me that you love someone for what they do for you. Maybe that's a lesson I need to learn, to not be selfish in love and that's why it struck me that way. But maybe that's how a lot of love starts, then after it's had a chance to grow and mature some you can find that it's not about that anymore. It's gotta be about loving the other person without expecting anything in return.

My Lullaby

I've never really had a song that I sing to Charity at night, none have ever seem to fit right so we've flitted from song to song that caught our fancy. Well, tonight while I was putting her to bed I started making one up. Here's what I've come up with:

Sleep now my child, your mother is near.
Sleep now my child, sleep now my dear.

Sleep now my child, there are stars in the sky.
Sleep now my child, while the moon drifts by.

Sleep now my child, there are wishes to make.
Sleep now my child, and dream 'til you wake.

Sleep now my child, your mother is near.
Sleep now my child, sleep now my dear.

I've got a pretty little melody I was singling along with it. I might add more to it, if I come up with anything else that I like for it!

105 questions

1. EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT Ring? yes

2. LONGEST RELATIONSHIP? almost 7 years


3. LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED? gummy worms

4. EVER DROPPED A CELL PHONE? who hasn't?

5. WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT? yesterday

6. THING(S) YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON? video games

7. LAST FOOD YOU ATE? peanut butter & jelly sandwich

8. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX? eyes

9. ONE FAVORITE SONG? you're gonna miss this

10. WHERE DO YOU LIVE? near salt lake

11. HIGH SCHOOL YOU ATTENDED: preston high

12. CELL PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER: verizon

13. FAVORITE MALL STORE: don't have one

14. LONGEST JOB YOU HAD: convergys, 3 1/2 years

15. DO YOU OWN A PAIR OF DICE? yes

16. DO YOU PRANK CALL PEOPLE?: no

17. LAST WEDDING YOU ATTENDED: laura's

18. FIRST FRIEND YOU'D CALL IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY: sam

19. LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR BEST FRIEND: too long ago

20. FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT: sonic

21. BIGGEST LIE YOU HAVE EVER HEARD: i don't know

23. WHERE'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT WITH FRIENDS? anywhere

24. CAN YOU COOK? I wish I couldn't

25. WHAT CAR DO YOU DRIVE? malibu maxx

26. BEST KISSER: dennis

27. LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: yesterday

28. MOST DISLIKED FOODS: fish

29. THING YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF: my hair

30. THING YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF: teeth

32. LONGEST SHIFT YOU HAVE WORKED AT A JOB?: 10 hours

33. FAVORITE MOVIE? Ever After and Raising Helen

34. CAN YOU SING? yes

35. LAST CONCERT ATTENDED? I don't remember! lol.

36. LAST KISS? dennis

37. LAST MOVIE RENTED: forgotten kingdom

38. ONE THING YOU NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT: kids and diapers!

39. FAVORITE VACATION SPOT: yellowstone

43. LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER?: got a desktop, want a laptop

44. FAVORITE COMEDIAN? don't have one, I guess if I had to pick though it would be Jeff Foxworthy

45. DO YOU SMOKE? no

46. SLEEP WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES? with

47. WHO SLEEPS WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT?: dennis, charity and danielle most nights!

48. DO LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS WORK?: they can but not recommended

49. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE? 3x

50. PANCAKES OR FRENCH TOAST? pancakes

51. DO YOU LIKE COFFEE? no

52. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS? over easy w/toast or scrambled

53. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY?: no but it's still fun

54. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?: dennis

55. LAST PERSON ON YOUR MISSED CALL List? someone for dennis

56. WHAT WAS THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE YOU RECIEVED?: free redbox rental code

58. NUMBER OF PILLOWS?: atleast 2

59. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?: jeans and a t-shirt

60. PICK A LYRIC, ANY LYRIC: Back when

61. WHAT KIND OF JELLY DO YOU LIKE ON YOUR PB & J?: strawberry or raspberry

62. CAN YOU PLAY POOL?: yeah, but not very well

63. CAN YOU SWIM? yes

64. FAVORITE ICE CREAM?: blue bubblegum

65. DO YOU LIKE MAPS? yes

66. TELL ME A RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOURSELF: I have never dyed my hair

68. EVER ATTEND A THEME PARTY?: yes

69. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON: fall

70. LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED AT SOMETHING STUPID? today

71. WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING?: around 7:15

72. BEST THING ABOUT WINTER?: hot chocolate

73. LAST TIME A COP GAVE YOU A TICKET?: do fix it tickets count? years and years ago

75. NAME OF YOUR FIRST PET?: Casey

76. DO YOU THINK PIRATES ARE COOL OR OVERRATED? overrated

77. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND? if I had my way, going to yellowstone, but probably just staying at home doing stuff

78. BIRTHDATE: May 26

79. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?: me!

85. ARE YOU ON A LAPTOP?: no

87. ARE YOU SMILING?: yeah, have you seen all the missed numbers? This is gonna be more like 50 ?s!

89. DO YOU MISS SOMEONE RIGHT NOW?: yes

90. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD YOU GO?: Australia, Mesa Verde, Ixtapa & Zijuantanejo (sp?) Mexico, Brazil

92. ARE YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL?: no

93. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?: does my husband count?

94. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NAME? Charity and Danielle

95. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHING SUIT?: black

96. DOES YOUR SCHOOL START IN AUGUST?: my kids did.

97. DID YOU GO ON VACATION LAST MONTH?: yes

98. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A CRUISE?: no but I want to.

99. DO YOU HAVE A SISTER?: yup!

100. ARE YOU UPSTAIRS?: technically I'm on the main floor

101. ARE YOU IN LOVE?: yes

102. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL?: yes.....

103. DO YOU WISH YOU COULD SEE ANYONE PARTICULAR RIGHT NOW?: yes...

104. WHAT JEWELRY ARE YOU WEARING? none

105. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AFTER THIS SURVEY?: get Charity down from her chair.

Later

Well, I guess over 24 hours is still later... although much much later than I intended to be writing again! Yesterday was a busy day and it looks like the whole week is going to be busy because I'm watching my neighbors little boy for her all week (7 hours each day! except yesterday was 3). The kids are loving it but they are at this stage right now where they are constantly fighting and it drives me crazy. It doesn't help that he's a hitter, that really bothers me. but what can you do about it?

Well, let's see oh I think I missed talking about gaming. So I don't like playing games when I'm pregnant. Weird, I know. Well, after Charity was born I got into an online game called Lord of the Rings Online (LOVE IT BTW) but then as soon as I got pregnant with Danielle I lost all interest, really it was my first sign on pregnancy! Well, now I'm getting back into wanting to play games. I ended up buying Dennis the Wii for Father's Day. And he loves it, and I love it, and I think even Charity enjoys it. lol. For our Anniversary the beginning of August we stayed in a hotel and played Zelda on the Wii all day long. Sure, it wasn't nearly enough time to finish it but it got us started :) Yeah, I know, most people think we are absolutely nuts :P lol.

But now, Dennis has got me playing Diablo II AGAIN. (maybe that's just us getting ready for Diablo III when it comes out! lol. I had wanted to get back into Lord of the Rings but it's a bit too much for his dad and they started playing Diablo together and got me in on it so now I've got to spend countless hours playing Diablo when I want to play LOTRO! lol, I know I'm silly. But to add onto that I also have this insane desire to read (ok, so I love reading but the two conflict!). I've got a bunch of christian romance books, and then I've got the complete works of Jane Austen, and a bunch of others that are good. It's so hard to decide whether to play a game or to read a book. lol. Seriously though, isn't that nuts! Yeah, I know.

Gaming, Sleeping and Reading

OK, so first off I want to say that Friday night I ended up staying up pretty much all night reading The Host by Stephanie Myers. Silly, silly me for starting to read a book at midnight (might have been later even) especially since I knew once I started I wouldn't be able to read it. I stopped and went to bed about 7:30 in the morning, slept until almost 11. Then spent 4 hours on Saturday finishing it! What on earth was I thinking!?! It was a pretty good book though. I am hoping that it continues into a series since she's not finishing Midnight Sun. It will definitely be interesting to see where it goes if she does turn it into a series. Stephanie Myers is such a good writer. I know I've heard someone say they thought she wasn't very good but she writes in a way that you just CAN'T stop reading. It's been like that for me with every single one of her books, once I've started, I've got to finish. Now, I'll admit that is a strange quirk of mine, once I've started a story I have a need to finish it but it's not quite the same because with her books I HAVE to finish, and I just cannot put it down. So much for catching up on my sleep though.

Dennis accidentally woke me up this morning when he got up for work. Oh, and now Charity just woke up so I'm going to have to finish this later.

Wow...

So, yeah, I just got an e-mail about something on my bebo account. I had practically forgotten that I had a bebo account. It's been that long! It looks like I quit using it right after Charity was born. I remember back in the day. I did frequent it pretty often for about a year and a half though. Takes ya back. :) My last post on it had been about when Charity was born. And I had pictures posted from when I was pregnant with her. Really, it wasn't all that long ago but it feels like it. How quickly time flies. And how things change in such a short amount of time.

Oh, and I remembered something I was going to post about on Sunday :) It was in the getting to know you questionaire that was passed out. A couple of the questions were "What are some words to describe you?" and "Do you have any special talents and what are they?" So, I'll write mine here but I want to hear about yours as well! So, what type of words describe you and what are your special talents (cuz everyone has some!)

So some words to describe me are: forgetful, caring, energetic
Some special talents I have are: seeing the good in things and being optimistic

Ok, so what about you?

Results of the poll

The poll has now ended for Do Charity and Danielle look alike? And the result was, with 50% of the vote that they look similar! I guess I already knew that but it was still fun to see what others not. There were quite a few votes for Not Really though which surprised me, but I can see it.

Oh, I forgot to mention before that we took Danielle into the doctor's friday night because of a yeast rash on her bottom and when they weighed her she weighed 12lbs 5oz, that was with a wet diaper on though. So, even though at 2 months she weighed 2oz more than Charity had at 2 months, it seems that at 4 she may be a pound less (she turns 4 months on Friday and her appointment is a week after that). Charity was 13 1/2 lbs at 4 months. Intersting I think. Though, Danielle I don't think is nearly as long as Charity was either. They didn't check her height at the appointment but I know that she's not as long.

An update of sorts

It feels like it's been a while since I've done a good long post. So here goes :)

Charity now is just amazing me with her vocabulary and her abilities to communicate. She pretty much says anything she wants, whenever she wants. lol. But seriously, it's so cute to be able to know what it is she's thinking now. She just says the cutest things at times. I do struggle with her at times as well. I LOVE all the baby stages, they are so easy and cute. And while 2-year olds obviously have cute things going on they have a lot of not so cute things going on! She's gotten so opinionated that we just clash at times.

Danielle is growing like a weed. She'll be 4 months old on Friday. I know, can it be already!?! And she doesn't seem like my little baby anymore :( She can rollover, and loves to. When she's on her tummy, she's already trying to get up on her hands and knees. But wow does she love to smile and to giggle. Yesterday in Relief Society for 10 minutes or so she just kept looking around and giggling. It was the cutest thing. Several women had to turn to smile at her :) She is just so aware of what's going on around her.

I came up with the idea that we are all going to be Princesses for Halloween. Danielle is going to be a mermaid princess, Charity is going to be a rainbow princess (I found her the prettiest dress!) and I'm hoping to be Princess Midna still :) I had decided it was just going to cost too much money to make cuz the body suit I'd need would be atleast $30 but mom has a pattern for a bodysuit and said that she could make it for me! Yay!!! So we'll see how much the material will cost for all of it and it might still be doable. If not I'll just dress up to be a normal cute princess with my girls :) Dennis doesn't want to dress up so I'm not going to push him into it this year if he doesn't want to, it just ruins some of the fun.

So, now that Halloween is all thought of, time to move on to Christmas. lol... Ok, not really after all Thanksgiving is there in the middle but now that Fall is almost here I'm getting so excited for all of these holidays that are coming. I just love this part of the year there is so much to do and so much to look forward to. Christmas this year with two girls is just going to be so much fun! I know Danielle won't be old enough to be that excited about it but Charity will be even more than she was last year and it's going to be so much fun.

There was something else I was going to write about here that I thought of yesterday in Relief Society but I've forgotten :( Well, If I think of it I'll post about it but if not, oh well, we'll just all be left wondering.

Blog List Not updating?

Does anyone else have a problem with their blog list (the ones you visit) not updating? Seriously, mine is still stuck from like a week ago and it's driving me nuts!!!

Hmm, interesting once I posted this it updated...

Halloween?

So is it too early to be thinking about Halloween? Cuz I've already started thinking about Halloween costumes. I think Danielle is going to be a mermaid but I don't know about Charity, myself or Dennis yet! Charity said she wants to be an elephant but I don't know if I want her to be an elephant. lol. Dennis says he doesn't want to dress up this year and I'm thinking about being a fairy or Princess Midna out of Zelda: Twilight Princess... hmmm... something to think about anyway.

Which reminds me, anyone play Zelda: Twilight Princess yet? We just finished it this weekend and it was such a fun game! I'm not ready to be done. lol. Seriously, we had a save back like 10 hours from the end and I may go and start up that one so I can do more of the side stuff that we didn't! How funny is that! But seriously, Midna once she turns back into the princess (sorry that is such a spoiler!) would make a fun costume! Well, even her as the imp would be a fun costume, but I figure I'm a bit too big... Maybe I could get Dennis to be Link in wolf form and then we could have Charity be Midna... that would be cute too! Or Danielle be Midna and then Charity could be Link in human form... Can you tell I'm into family themed costumes? Gotta do it while the kids are young and you can talk them into it. lol. Last year we were pirates!