Summer Fun

Anthony & I found Alida's little green swimming suit that was given to us by a friend and bought her a little inflatable pool to play in this summer. We let her play in it after lunch today. She loved the water! She kept putting her mouth in the water and either trying to drink it or she'd blow bubbles in it! She also had a ton of fun playing catch with mommy with the beach ball! She kept throwing it out of the pool for me to retrieve and give back to her.
She's our little water baby!

Spanish Fork High School Class of 2008

Congratulations to my brother, JayDee!
He graduated from Spanish Fork High School today!!!
*throws confetti*
It was a funny graduation ceremony!

It's A GIRL!!!!

Congratulations to Michelle and Brian Sheets (my sister and her husband) on their new arrival...
Daphne Laurel Sheets!

Fun with Mommy

Alida and I went to Lana Jean's apartment today and went swimming. Alida LOVED it!!! She hadn't had a nap because the excitement of being at Lana's was too much. As soon as we got home, she went to bed. ^_^

Alida and Mommy

Water fun with Lana!

SPLISH SPLASH!!!

Alida is a true water baby!

It was really fun! I think we're gonna have to buy Alida her own little pool!

More family pics

Family Pictures

Anthony, Alida and I got some REALLY cute family pictures taken today! There are some ADORABLE ones!!! Just for the record... the incredibly adorable pink dress that Alida is wearing was made by Meemaw! Thank you Meemaw!!! ^_^

(Alida kept trying to pick up the chair and it ended up on her head!)

A bit of a gripe...

So, I have been feeling SO SICK today! It's no fun. I'm not sure why. My stomach just isn't agreeing with me. I haven't really wanted to eat anything for fear of it coming back up... so on top of not feeling well, I've got low blood sugar. :(
I am UBER excited for Michelle and Brian who are going in tomorrow afternoon (about 3pm) for Michelle to be induced! They'll be parents in just a matter of hours now! *throws confetti*
Anthony has been asleep on the couch since before 5pm (it's now 11:21pm). I have tried to send him to bed, but he won't go. Alida went to bed around 9:20pm.
She's been sleeping really well lately. Last night, Alida slept in the bed with me. Alida and I were the only ones here since Anthony had to work and the rest of the fam were in Idaho.
It sucks that we couldn't be up there with them this weekend. We were looking forward to it, but I haven't really felt like doing much today. I forced myself to cook for and feed Alida and Anthony. I ate a little bit, but then I noticed that the house was kind of messy... I sat downstairs for a little bit, but couldn't sit still because the mess was bothering me, so I forced through the sick feeling as long as I could and got the downstairs living room, upstairs living room and part of the kitchen clean. :) That just made me even sicker, but it's done now... so I've stopped worrying about it.
I am sitting in a chair now, not wanting to go to bed because I don't feel well, and I know I need to eat, but I don't have enough energy to go upstairs and make me anything.
Ok, well, I'm done griping now. I'll say my ados and hope that Anthony will wake up long enough to help me get something to eat!

General Observation

So, I was just looking through some pictures taken of Alida a few days ago and this picture of her REALLY caught my eye. Take a look...

Never mind the Oreo face (though it's ADORABLE!)... look at her eyes! Doesn't Alida have BEAUTIFUL eyes?!?!! It amazes even me!!! I mean, I know our daughter is beautiful, but her eyes are stunning!!!
Just a general observation.

Photos

Anthony and I got some updated pics of us (without the baby... those are still to come)
They turned out really cute! Here are just a few of my faves!

Excitement

For those of you who don't know,
I recently got a job as the Manager of a spa here in Spanish Fork that is set to Open in Mid June! I have been helping the owner get things ready for the opening.
There is going to be a soft opening for friends and family and then we'll have the grand opening!
There'll be more information to come!
Anthony and I are UBER excited!

Another Week

Well, it's Tuesday, Anthony's day off, and like always... He's asleep on the couch!
Alida is playing with her toys and watching the Muppet Show (she's hooked on it!)... ok, she's not playing with her toys, she's pushing the toy bin around the floor! lol
Now she's working on emptying it!
She's getting really good at walking! I also think she's starting to get teeth. She had a little bit of a fever on Saturday, Diarrhea on Monday, and she's been chewing on everything she can get her hands on... including her hands!
Yesterday, Alida and I went for a really nice quiet walk around the neighborhood. I love this side of Spanish Fork! It's so peaceful! The weather has been so clear and warm too. It's an absolute joy! The sound of the crickets chirping in the fields, the wind whispering in the trees, the rushing of the water in the irrigation ditch that comes down from the canyon and the song of the birds made for a wonderful evening! It was music to my ears!

More Baby Shower pics

Baby Shower Pictures

Baby Shower

Hello and happy Sunday! ^_^
Yesterday, I threw a baby shower for Michelle my Belle (my sister). It was held at the Benjamin Park.
Thanks to everyone that showed up!!! *throws confetti*
It was great! Anthony, Alida and I got to the park a couple hours early so I could set up. I used fresh flowers as decorations. We had a table set up with scrapbooking supplies so everyone that wanted to, could create their own pages for the parents-to-be. There were some WAY CUTE pages! They are all going in a baby book for the new baby! (it's a girl, BTW)
We only had one game, but that was mostly because I didn't want to play all of the games that you USUALLY play at baby showers... like baby bingo... or the candy bar game.... I wanted fun games. Unfortunately Anthony, who left as people started arriving, took my list of games and I could only remember the one.
We had a waddling race!!! You stick a balloon between your legs and waddle from point A to point B. First one done without dropping their balloon, wins! Lots of people played it wrong, but it's my fault... I didn't really explain the rules too well. Oh well. It was LOTS of fun!
Michelle and Brian got lots of cute stuff!
We ate Hawaiian Haystacks. Yummy!

Smooth, with a capital SMOO!!!

Life is crazy right now! I got a job a couple of weeks ago. I am the spa manager at a spa here in town! We are planning to open in mid June and there is so much to do!!!
Alida is now OFFICIALLY 10 months old! She is such a super chunk!!! ^_^
She walks when she wants to, but for now, it's still much quicker for her to crawl. Anthony and I bought her a monkey leash so she can play on the floor and not get away!!! (it comes in handy!)
I am throwing a baby shower for my sister this Saturday and I am SO FRAZZLED about it!!! I have had so much on my mind lately and I am trying to get so much done in such a short amount of time!
Anthony is being an absolute sweetheart though! He didn't give me a hard time tonight when I explained my absent-mindedness to him. (I did a LOT of stupid things today!!!)
Lemme explain... Josie and I hung out most of the day. She was helping me get some things ready for the shower this weekend. Conner (her son) was slightly cranky during the first bit of our "outing", but we suck with it and went to lunch at Arctic Circle and then went to the dollar store. I didn't know you could spend as much as I did at a DOLLAR STORE!!! Among the things I bought were some mylar balloons. After the dollar store, we needed to go to Walmart but the balloons were in the way, so we took them to Josie's house and left the balloons there and gave Conner to Josie's sister, Mandy.
Part of the plan today was to rent a movie... but we couldn't find one that we could agree on. Any that she wanted to see, I'd already seen or I had no interest in them. Any that I wanted to see, she'd already seen. We finally went to Hollywood Video and rented 1408 and Material Girls, then went back to Josie's house to watch them.
After we'd been at her house for a couple of hours, Josie's husband, Dave, looked out the door for some reason and happened to notice that my trunk was wide open!!! It had been since we got there because I had gotten something out of it!!! I can't believe I left it open!!!
THEN... to make matters worse, when I was getting ready to come home after the movie, I put Alida in the car seat and wrapped the balloon ribbons around the door handle (inside the car), then closed the door and got in myself. As I was driving home, Alida was playing with the balloons. I could see her doing it in my rear view mirror. I didn't think anything of it, until I got home... I opened the back door to get her out, and she was STANDING UP IN THE CAR SEAT!!! I had forgotten to buckle her into the seat when I put her in it!!!
Talk about making myself look like a complete and total IDIOT!!!! I am amazed and SO GLAD that nothing happened to her!
I have been feeling kind of wretched since I got home.... which is why I'm online. I'm attempting to cheer myself up. It's sort of working... but I still feel like a prat.
Oh well.
Now I'm gonna go to sleep. I hope I'll feel better in the morning!
Oh, and just a quick note... thanks to EVERYONE who's left comments! I love reading them! Keep 'em coming!!!

Time and Eternity

I just want to send a quick congratulations to Michelle and Brian Sheets who were sealed for Time and all Eternity on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in the Mt. Timpanogos, UT Temple!!!
I am so proud of you guys!!!
*huggles*