Friday, June 29, 2012
Our little old man
Rubba Dub Dub Grayson sure loves the tub!
Bath times are a special occasion at our house! Grayson is always so cute and happy in the tub, Mommy and Daddy always fight over whose turn it is to bathe him. Grayson kicks his legs, waives his arms and makes big smiley faces during his baths, he will even calm down from a tantrum if he can hear the water running, because he knows his favorite part of the day is approaching. We try to give him a bath every night, but with our schedules being so crazy that isn't always the case- we try our best though!5 generations
As some of you may know, my Great Grandma Venna is still very much alive, she has the heart and mind of a 20-year-old and she still does many things that a person of that age and mindset would do. She lives on her own in a cute condo on the east side of SLC right up near Emigration Canyon, she goes to water aerobics 3x a week, drives her own car, etc. She is a hopping lady!
Grayson is her first Great-Great grandchild, and at Scotts Graduation party in May we were able to take this five generation picture:
This was very special, because I also have my own five-generation
picture taken with both of my sisters with Venna's mom, I am 4 years old
in this photograph:
Look at those two pictures, they are twenty years apart and Venna pretty much looks the same! Man that side of the family has awesome genes, I just hope I am lucky enough to have inherited some of them!
Grayson also got to meet a variety of other extended family members, and they all loved meeting him, he is such a popular guy being the only baby on both sides and the only baby into a lot of our extended family lines as well, we sure love him, and it seems to be contagious because everyone who meets him feels the same:
Grayson is her first Great-Great grandchild, and at Scotts Graduation party in May we were able to take this five generation picture:
Grayson also got to meet a variety of other extended family members, and they all loved meeting him, he is such a popular guy being the only baby on both sides and the only baby into a lot of our extended family lines as well, we sure love him, and it seems to be contagious because everyone who meets him feels the same:
Happy New Year
Okay, so I know it is not January, and we are actually just about halfway through the year, but I am going to break tradition and make my resolutions now, I figure since only half the year is left I have more chances of success, I am sure this will be a new trend, I am not sure why people haven't thought of this before.
First off, I want to be a better blogger. I have started creating a family yearbook with a program called BookSmart from Blurb(this is funny because I actually work for a company called BookSmarts Accounting) the program is awesome, so easy to work with and at the end you submit your finished product and they print you out a nice yearbook with a hardcover (the ones I have seen on pinterest look just like your high school yearbook, think nice and thick- colorful pictures- pretty layouts, etc.) Another nice feature of this app from Blurb is that you can import your blog directly into the book, so I want to renew my blogging efforts.
I think one of my reasons for past failure is Facebook, I post everything there instead of here. Granted it is super easy since my phone can upload anything in an instant, but I want to blog rather than book, so I am going to try harder. The plus side is I can import my blogs into my new yearbook, so it will help me keep in touch with everyone while also allowing me to accomplish this goal I have.
I have created about 30 pages of the yearbook already, and I am going to start transferring some of those over here for late blog posts of our year so far.
Happy New year- Wish me luck!
First off, I want to be a better blogger. I have started creating a family yearbook with a program called BookSmart from Blurb(this is funny because I actually work for a company called BookSmarts Accounting) the program is awesome, so easy to work with and at the end you submit your finished product and they print you out a nice yearbook with a hardcover (the ones I have seen on pinterest look just like your high school yearbook, think nice and thick- colorful pictures- pretty layouts, etc.) Another nice feature of this app from Blurb is that you can import your blog directly into the book, so I want to renew my blogging efforts.
I think one of my reasons for past failure is Facebook, I post everything there instead of here. Granted it is super easy since my phone can upload anything in an instant, but I want to blog rather than book, so I am going to try harder. The plus side is I can import my blogs into my new yearbook, so it will help me keep in touch with everyone while also allowing me to accomplish this goal I have.
I have created about 30 pages of the yearbook already, and I am going to start transferring some of those over here for late blog posts of our year so far.
Happy New year- Wish me luck!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Crunch Time Squared
4 weeks til baby gets here and 3 weeks til tax season is over- enough said?
I have been dying the last few days! The last two nights I have been up past 2 am and up before 9 am so that I can get work done for clients, and it is definitely taking a toll on my health, I keep asking Scott, "Am I a bad mother already?" I have been super bad about taking my stinky fish smelling pre-natals, I don't sleep nearly as much as I should, and I should probably be eating more as well, but my schedule just does not allow it. I sit down at the computer and six hours later find that I haven't eaten a thing all day yet. No baby in my arms and I already feel inadequate.
On the bright side, Grayson still manages to be perfectly healthy at my appointments, and despite my terrible malnourishment issue everything is weighing in fine, so I guess if anyone is starving it is me, not him, so that makes me feel a little bit better. I have had all the showers I am going to have until he gets here, my mom's family will throw one after he arrives and get me the last few things I need, but that shower isn't until 3 weeks after he is born, so I couldn't stop myself from buying a few items at TJ Maxx yesterday :)
Due to my hectic schedule I have not been able to write my thank you cards yet- the inadequacies just keep piling up, and we haven't even gotten to my church calling, my house work or my puppy. We are going to send Harley to California for the Summer to be with my parents and with her best friend- Miss Roxie. I know she will have a good time, and it will be best for everyone all around, but she is just starting to be a really good puppy, so it will be hard to see her go as well. It is easier knowing she will be very very happy there, and we will pick her up in August, so only a few months while we adjust to Grayson.
Getting Harley was one of the best things Scott and I did this year, I hope no one with kids gets offended when we tell them their toddlers are "Just like Harley!" but it is so true, Scott and I laugh and laugh at these kids because they literally have about 90% compatibility when it comes to mannerisms and attitude as our 6 month old puppy. I babysat a friends one year old the other day and she got into everything, just like Harley, wanted to destroy a few things, just like Harley, wanted to eat everything off the floor, just like Harley, I had to clean up her poop, just like Harley- I mean c'mon people, dogs are perfect training for children, particularly puppies. I have really come to develop a laid back manner about my stuff, I have had several shoes, socks, a rug, etc destroyed by my dog, and I have gotten to the point where I just don't care about many things, and if she has a cardboard box and is working on tearing it to shreds, I just let her go to town because it is a worthless item and if it keeps her occupied for 2 hours while causing me only 5 minutes of clean up later then the trade off is totally worth it.
Wish me luck the next few weeks, I still feel pretty good, despite my lack of sleep, I having gained a total of 25 pounds, so still mobile and still able to bend over, although I prefer more of a squat position these days to pick things up. It is scary and awesome at the same time that in a month at most I am going to be an official mommy- I try not to think about the delivery process and just remind myself that there is this tiny little human inside me who has to get out somehow, and how excited I am to see what he looks like, kiss those tiny feet that have been kicking me persistently the last few months, and marvel at what my best friend and I have created to love and nurture, and tease in Scott's case.
I have been dying the last few days! The last two nights I have been up past 2 am and up before 9 am so that I can get work done for clients, and it is definitely taking a toll on my health, I keep asking Scott, "Am I a bad mother already?" I have been super bad about taking my stinky fish smelling pre-natals, I don't sleep nearly as much as I should, and I should probably be eating more as well, but my schedule just does not allow it. I sit down at the computer and six hours later find that I haven't eaten a thing all day yet. No baby in my arms and I already feel inadequate.
On the bright side, Grayson still manages to be perfectly healthy at my appointments, and despite my terrible malnourishment issue everything is weighing in fine, so I guess if anyone is starving it is me, not him, so that makes me feel a little bit better. I have had all the showers I am going to have until he gets here, my mom's family will throw one after he arrives and get me the last few things I need, but that shower isn't until 3 weeks after he is born, so I couldn't stop myself from buying a few items at TJ Maxx yesterday :)
Due to my hectic schedule I have not been able to write my thank you cards yet- the inadequacies just keep piling up, and we haven't even gotten to my church calling, my house work or my puppy. We are going to send Harley to California for the Summer to be with my parents and with her best friend- Miss Roxie. I know she will have a good time, and it will be best for everyone all around, but she is just starting to be a really good puppy, so it will be hard to see her go as well. It is easier knowing she will be very very happy there, and we will pick her up in August, so only a few months while we adjust to Grayson.
Getting Harley was one of the best things Scott and I did this year, I hope no one with kids gets offended when we tell them their toddlers are "Just like Harley!" but it is so true, Scott and I laugh and laugh at these kids because they literally have about 90% compatibility when it comes to mannerisms and attitude as our 6 month old puppy. I babysat a friends one year old the other day and she got into everything, just like Harley, wanted to destroy a few things, just like Harley, wanted to eat everything off the floor, just like Harley, I had to clean up her poop, just like Harley- I mean c'mon people, dogs are perfect training for children, particularly puppies. I have really come to develop a laid back manner about my stuff, I have had several shoes, socks, a rug, etc destroyed by my dog, and I have gotten to the point where I just don't care about many things, and if she has a cardboard box and is working on tearing it to shreds, I just let her go to town because it is a worthless item and if it keeps her occupied for 2 hours while causing me only 5 minutes of clean up later then the trade off is totally worth it.
Wish me luck the next few weeks, I still feel pretty good, despite my lack of sleep, I having gained a total of 25 pounds, so still mobile and still able to bend over, although I prefer more of a squat position these days to pick things up. It is scary and awesome at the same time that in a month at most I am going to be an official mommy- I try not to think about the delivery process and just remind myself that there is this tiny little human inside me who has to get out somehow, and how excited I am to see what he looks like, kiss those tiny feet that have been kicking me persistently the last few months, and marvel at what my best friend and I have created to love and nurture, and tease in Scott's case.
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