6/11/08
Last night, we got to go to an Albuquerque Isotopes game. They are our resident Minor League baseball team. (For you outsiders who aren't aware, Albuquerque has a long history dealing with the building of atomic bombs. Hence the dorky chemical name.) Mark had a friend of friend who got us free tickets. It was so fun!
They won the game against the "Round Rock Express". At least we think they did because we left after 3 hours. But they were up by about 10 points. Anyways, Mark had been dying to get an Isotopes baseball hat (...he embraces anything dorky and/or chemical. Although "the Isotopes" is an awesome name compared to "Round Rock Express." What the heck is that supposed to mean??), and Madelyn ended up getting a pink hat herself. And a small pink wooden bat, which Mark assures me she won't use to bash in our furniture.
We had a good time eating, buying hats, walking around, playing on the playground equipment, teaching Madelyn to do somersaults, and generally ignoring the game. Isn't that what it's all about? :)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Lend Me Your Arm...
A lot of these were just restrung right from the plastic string they came on, so no designing was involved (in other words, don't be too impressed...)
I have to admit, it's going to be hard to part with some of these, they're so cute!
Thanks, Mom for passing on your crafting geneSo, if you didn't think I was obsessive/crazy before, here is new proof. I have been on a beading kick the last two days (picture Mark rolling his eyes) and here's what I made. 54 bracelets!! Count 'em!! (If you click on the pictures, they enlarge.) It all started out innocently enough. I had a few people I wanted to make little girl baby bracelets for. Then I also had a backlog of beads I had bought months and months ago to make into bracelets for myself, but had never gotten around to it.
The baby bracelets are only 3-4 inches long and so only take about 5-10 minutes a piece. If I have to search around for the right pattern or combination, it takes longer. But all of them are unique. So let's see. If you add it all up...carry the nine...divide by 60...OK, so I was holed up in my craft room for the better part of two days (and nights). But I want you to know I kept up with my chores and everything else I was supposed to do. Really.
If anyone besides Monica, Rachel or Lori wants to step forward and tell me they have a baby girl in need of accessories, then I'll gladly share.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
So Many Things...
6/7/08
Hi y'all. It's been nearly four days since I've posted and it seems like forever.
Firstly, I have to recommend that you all take a look at this couple's blog: http://robandamy.blogspot.com
I happened upon it while I was looking for our friends Rob and Amy Shupe's blog. Amy couldn't remember the exact address of theirs, so I was just trying my luck typing in their names. Well, this is not the same Rob and Amy we know, but OH MY GOSH GO LOOK AT THEIR BLOG. They happened to be living in Europe (their last post was a year and a half ago), are LDS, just had their first baby, and every new post is them vacationing in a different country. (Egypt, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Malta, Tunisia, Iceland, Germany, London, Holland, Czech Republic, to name a few.) I am so insanely jealous. I don't want them to know I'm sending all you total strangers to look at their blog, but it really has to be seen to be believed. In my wildest dreams, I could live a month like them. It's just not fair. This woman was 40 weeks pregnant and managed to take a trip to Belgium.
Sighhhhh.....
Anyways, my friend Liz (who has seen the aforementioned blog and agrees with me) tagged Mark to post 7 unique things about himself. Since he is being a party pooper about it, I am going to go ahead and do it for him.
7 Unique Things About Mark
1. He is 1/4 Chinese but over 1/2 German
2. He is the 9th out of 10 children
3. He has very tiny sneezes
4. His favorite thing to do is surf (thanks to growing up near the ocean in North Carolina)
5. He is slightly obsessed with World War II. Since he wasn't around back then, he spends a lot of time as Carbon 31, a soldier on Call of Duty 4 (online WWII computer game), wreaking havoc. He is at level 55 already--the highest you can go.
6. He is a bona fide biology geek.
7. He used to be a phlebotomist and stick people with needles all day. Now he's going to be a PA and continue to get up close and personal with people and their various orifices and such.
So there you go. I want to tag Kev and Lori, since they never responded to my last tag.
OK, so here's some pictures from this week:
Madelyn playing with her new friend Madison Shupe, whose daddy Rob is trying to get into PA school here.
It's cute to watch the girls copying what they see their dads do with their little doctor kit.
Madelyn has a new way of amusing herself--finding some water and drenching her hair. (In this case, water from the washing machine as it was filling up.)
During lunch with Mark's colleagues at a ritzy Italian restaurant downtown, all Madelyn wanted to do was climb all over the landscaping.
Mark's colleague Stephanie said, "I have a Care Bears sticker for Madelyn!" Turns out it was a decal of the Grateful Dead bears. It is now on my back left window.
Apparently, Princess Belle sparkle nail polish is just as exciting for little boys as it is for girls. Connor also opted for Princess Jasmine purple, Cinderella blue, and Ariel pink. If one color looks good, four different ones must be even better.
Connor and Elyse are two of Madelyn's best friends. They are partners in crime. (Minutes after this picture was taken, Elyse threw half the wet sand out of the sandbox...Madelyn got it in the face and was screaming...)
It's good to have friends.
Hi y'all. It's been nearly four days since I've posted and it seems like forever.
Firstly, I have to recommend that you all take a look at this couple's blog: http://robandamy.blogspot.com
I happened upon it while I was looking for our friends Rob and Amy Shupe's blog. Amy couldn't remember the exact address of theirs, so I was just trying my luck typing in their names. Well, this is not the same Rob and Amy we know, but OH MY GOSH GO LOOK AT THEIR BLOG. They happened to be living in Europe (their last post was a year and a half ago), are LDS, just had their first baby, and every new post is them vacationing in a different country. (Egypt, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Malta, Tunisia, Iceland, Germany, London, Holland, Czech Republic, to name a few.) I am so insanely jealous. I don't want them to know I'm sending all you total strangers to look at their blog, but it really has to be seen to be believed. In my wildest dreams, I could live a month like them. It's just not fair. This woman was 40 weeks pregnant and managed to take a trip to Belgium.
Sighhhhh.....
Anyways, my friend Liz (who has seen the aforementioned blog and agrees with me) tagged Mark to post 7 unique things about himself. Since he is being a party pooper about it, I am going to go ahead and do it for him.
7 Unique Things About Mark
1. He is 1/4 Chinese but over 1/2 German
2. He is the 9th out of 10 children
3. He has very tiny sneezes
4. His favorite thing to do is surf (thanks to growing up near the ocean in North Carolina)
5. He is slightly obsessed with World War II. Since he wasn't around back then, he spends a lot of time as Carbon 31, a soldier on Call of Duty 4 (online WWII computer game), wreaking havoc. He is at level 55 already--the highest you can go.
6. He is a bona fide biology geek.
7. He used to be a phlebotomist and stick people with needles all day. Now he's going to be a PA and continue to get up close and personal with people and their various orifices and such.
So there you go. I want to tag Kev and Lori, since they never responded to my last tag.
OK, so here's some pictures from this week:
Madelyn playing with her new friend Madison Shupe, whose daddy Rob is trying to get into PA school here.
It's cute to watch the girls copying what they see their dads do with their little doctor kit.
Madelyn has a new way of amusing herself--finding some water and drenching her hair. (In this case, water from the washing machine as it was filling up.)
During lunch with Mark's colleagues at a ritzy Italian restaurant downtown, all Madelyn wanted to do was climb all over the landscaping.
Mark's colleague Stephanie said, "I have a Care Bears sticker for Madelyn!" Turns out it was a decal of the Grateful Dead bears. It is now on my back left window.
Apparently, Princess Belle sparkle nail polish is just as exciting for little boys as it is for girls. Connor also opted for Princess Jasmine purple, Cinderella blue, and Ariel pink. If one color looks good, four different ones must be even better.
Connor and Elyse are two of Madelyn's best friends. They are partners in crime. (Minutes after this picture was taken, Elyse threw half the wet sand out of the sandbox...Madelyn got it in the face and was screaming...)
It's good to have friends.Monday, June 2, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
I just can't keep up...
5/30/08
What, has it only been one day?
Mark is a rarity in his class at St. Francis. Half in the class are girls, and most everybody is single. There's only a few of them who have kids. So invariably, when they find out that I stay at home with Madelyn and don't "work" anymore, they say, "What does she DO all day?!" So for those of you who are wondering, here you go. (I'd like to see how they'd fare after just two days vs. little Miss.)
"Aren't I adorable? I'm going to be the best mama someday."
"Tomorrow, I'm going to wear these shoes to go crunching around outside in the gravel and pine straw."
Busted!! "I was ashamed that I unrolled yet another roll of toilet paper all over the kitchen that I hid from mama under my high chair."
"That didn't stop my curiosity--I had to see what would happen if I put some of said toilet paper into my cereal."
"In the end, I got what I wanted--a new spyglass (toilet paper tube) to look for treasure with."
What's happening in this picture? Is it:
a) No one told us there was to be swimming at the party
b) Nothing can deter Madelyn from playing in water, be it freezing or not
c) She does not like to be fettered down with clothing, shoes, or diapers anyway right now
d) All of the above
(thank-you, cousin Lily, for eventually lending your bathing suit)
Comments heard to be exclaimed by Madelyn at our favorite Chinese buffet, in the presence of one of the chefs:
"Look, Mama!! Red cockroaches!!" (crayfish)
"Look, Daddy!! Tiny octopus!! That's kinda gross."
"Look at me wearing daddy's jammies. I've got both legs into the same side, and upside-down. I wish I had full-length mirrors in my room."
"I like to seize every opportunity to pretend to be 'Rose' (Sleeping Beauty), especially if the bed has just barely been made and I get to throw off all the pillows and mess up the covers again."
"Things I may or may not have ground into the upholstery/carpet these past two days:"
1. chalk
2. Mama's blush (which she still can't find)
3. a can of Pringles
4. dry ramen noodles
5. chocolate milk powder
6. syrup
7. lotion
...And yet despite all that, I still love being her mom. Only I get the pleasure of having her crawl up into my lap to go to sleep or get a big hug, tons of kisses and "I love you mama."
I could sure use a nap, though. And a maid and perhaps a nanny.
'
What, has it only been one day?
Mark is a rarity in his class at St. Francis. Half in the class are girls, and most everybody is single. There's only a few of them who have kids. So invariably, when they find out that I stay at home with Madelyn and don't "work" anymore, they say, "What does she DO all day?!" So for those of you who are wondering, here you go. (I'd like to see how they'd fare after just two days vs. little Miss.)
"Aren't I adorable? I'm going to be the best mama someday."
"Tomorrow, I'm going to wear these shoes to go crunching around outside in the gravel and pine straw."
Busted!! "I was ashamed that I unrolled yet another roll of toilet paper all over the kitchen that I hid from mama under my high chair."
"That didn't stop my curiosity--I had to see what would happen if I put some of said toilet paper into my cereal."
"In the end, I got what I wanted--a new spyglass (toilet paper tube) to look for treasure with."
What's happening in this picture? Is it:a) No one told us there was to be swimming at the party
b) Nothing can deter Madelyn from playing in water, be it freezing or not
c) She does not like to be fettered down with clothing, shoes, or diapers anyway right now
d) All of the above
(thank-you, cousin Lily, for eventually lending your bathing suit)Comments heard to be exclaimed by Madelyn at our favorite Chinese buffet, in the presence of one of the chefs:
"Look, Mama!! Red cockroaches!!" (crayfish)
"Look, Daddy!! Tiny octopus!! That's kinda gross."
"Look at me wearing daddy's jammies. I've got both legs into the same side, and upside-down. I wish I had full-length mirrors in my room."
"I like to seize every opportunity to pretend to be 'Rose' (Sleeping Beauty), especially if the bed has just barely been made and I get to throw off all the pillows and mess up the covers again."
"Things I may or may not have ground into the upholstery/carpet these past two days:"2. Mama's blush (which she still can't find)
3. a can of Pringles
4. dry ramen noodles
5. chocolate milk powder
6. syrup
7. lotion
...And yet despite all that, I still love being her mom. Only I get the pleasure of having her crawl up into my lap to go to sleep or get a big hug, tons of kisses and "I love you mama."
I could sure use a nap, though. And a maid and perhaps a nanny.
'
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Happy Birthday, Dad!
5/29/08
Just a quick post to say **Happy Birthday** to my dad. He already had a big surprise party from the ward last night. He was released from being Bishop on Sunday after approximately 1200 years of service. No really, he has been either a counselor or bishop for about 14 years (correct me if I'm wrong) He's been sitting up on that stand ever since I can remember. He did a great job, obviously, but I'm glad he gets to have a break now.
As if he wasn't tired enough already, Madelyn and Nathan clamber for G-pa Rich to make them laugh.
I want to tell him thanks for being such a great dad and grandpa! We have always been close, and I know not every girl is lucky enough to experience that. I am excited for him and all my family to come out to see us in a month.
With baby Hattie, grand baby #3
Just a quick post to say **Happy Birthday** to my dad. He already had a big surprise party from the ward last night. He was released from being Bishop on Sunday after approximately 1200 years of service. No really, he has been either a counselor or bishop for about 14 years (correct me if I'm wrong) He's been sitting up on that stand ever since I can remember. He did a great job, obviously, but I'm glad he gets to have a break now.
As if he wasn't tired enough already, Madelyn and Nathan clamber for G-pa Rich to make them laugh.I want to tell him thanks for being such a great dad and grandpa! We have always been close, and I know not every girl is lucky enough to experience that. I am excited for him and all my family to come out to see us in a month.
With baby Hattie, grand baby #3Also, Happy 30th anniversary to my parents! That was on Tuesday. They've been married for as long as Mark has been alive. That is weird. (Actually, longer, because Mark doesn't turn 30 until August.) Gads, we're all getting old.
Happy 'versary to you!
Happy 'versary to you!Now I think we'll have somewhat of a break, because there are no June birthdays (in my immediate family, I should say). But then we'll have Kev and Lori's anniversary, our big family reunion, and Tyler and Monica's birthdays, all the first 8 days of July. I'll keep you posted, of course.
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