Bucket List

I totally stole this idea from Little Miss Skinny Jeans, go read her blog! 1. Graduate from hair school and own my own salon.
2. Experience pregnancy and go through a natural birth.
X 3. Watch a Broadway show.
4. Plant a garden that produces all (or at least most) of the vegetables we need.
6. Take a photography class.
7. Purchase something over $1,000.
8. Compete in a figure competition.
9. Make sure A learns at least one traditional dance.
10. Go to the Gathering of Nations pow wow again.
11. Live in another country.
12. Visit Tokyo.
13. Start running again.
14. Get our brilliant tattoos. My love is a creative genius, pretty much.
15. Own a home with G.
16. Enroll A in ballet.
17. Know A has found someone she wants to spend the rest of her life with.
18. Not only be a mother but a mommy.
19. Design a dress, or fifteen.
20. Take G and A to a Love You Long Time show.
21. Watch a ballet.
22. Run a marathon.
23. Own a Betsey Johnson dress.
24. Have a pet pig, possibly two.
25. Eat a meal together everyday.
I will add more as I think of them. (:

More on that.

Now that A's sleeping I can tell you how great this week was. So, on Monday I had an interview at this coffee/cookie shop in the mall. I got there and we started talking and I got the job! So that's been good, being a stay at home mommy is amazing in it's own way but I really like having my own money. Then, on thursday but possibly Friday G got a call for an interview and he got that job. Basically, it's the same job except he won't be supervisor but he'll get more money? Which basically just means his current employer sucks and does not treat their employees well. On Friday A got her second vaccines. at first we thought she would do a lot better because after the first one she barely whimpered but her being older actually meant she has figured out the yelling crying thing and perfected it. Our poor baby was miserable. Also that cough turned out to be worse than we thought, bronchialitis, I believe? So now she has this tiny little mask attached to a nebulizer to do every few hours. The breathing treatments only last ten minutes but who's patient enough for that? The correct answer would be someone not related to me. She's not a happy camper. Did I mention that I watched Hannah Montana and it was absolutely wonderful? Seriously one of the best movies i've seen all year. That's saying something since we're there almost every weekend. I even converted Melanie and trust me she was nor on our side (: On that note, please do not waste your money on Dragonball. So cheesy and they could had so much they could have done with it but they did not. G's birthday is on Thursday. I fail miserably at this good girlfriend thing, what do you get a 22 year old? Besides a beautiful baby, of course. I'm making brownies for the Man and since I like chocolate as much as I like his xbox right now (another day) how am I supposed to know when they're done?! Oh and Easter was good. G's Aunt came and told us she is pregnant!!! And due September 4th. Babies cone in threes in their family so we will see who the third is. I got an awesome HM pen and A got a bunch of cute things; her baskets were bigger than her! I may or may not have burned the brownies. Grand.
Sad day for the G-man. However, I'm eating grapes and they are delicious.
Sending you all lots of love this Sunday. <3

Easter.

Happy Easter everyone!

Today was good and I'm pretty sure we've all gained at least five pounds.

AND we got to watch the Hannah Montana movie, finally.

I've never been so obsessed with anything, ever.

But it's a good thing, i think.

A finally fits into her dresses and she has a little fairy wand.

It's pretty much the cutest thing ever.

Someday when I stop sucking at timing the perfect picture, I will show you.

I think Alicia took some though so it will be okay.

this weeks thankful list.

I don't do this enough, hah. I will get better, I hope.
And cross your fingers, pray, whatever you're into but do it for me, a lady needs a sitter for her two kids and she put the posting up on monday but I didn't see it until Saturday so I hope she just didn't call back because it's a weekend and not because the positions filled.

1. Whoever started Craigslist, thank you.
2. I'm glad my Uncle Greg is not in pain anymore. This had been hard on all of us but I'm really trying to see it that way.
3. I am thankful for good, true friends, they're hard to find and I love the few I have.
4. I'm thankful that Jenn and Natalie might have a chance to move up here. I think it'll be good for all of us.
5. I am so glad that A is starting to life her head up more, she should be crawling soon.
6. I'm thankful for A and her cute little tutu. It was super easy to make, I'm thankful for that too (:

7. I'm thankful for humidifiers and that A's cough is finally going away.
8. I'm thankful that people put recipes all over the internet because I only have one cookbook G likes her a lot.
9. I'm thankful for Hastings being on this side of down. It used to be all the way across town but I guess after it snowed all week the road collapsed so they have to move here temporarily. Now it's down the street and our movies are never late, haha.
10. I'm thankful that Chris and Andrea got to spend time with A this weekend.
11. I'm thankful for Pow Wow music.
12. I'm so very grateful that we have to food every night, that baby is growing every single day.
13. I am thankful for every blessing we have, I just don't show it sometimes. I need to work on that.
14. I'm thankful for G's jobs. Even if Buckle doesn't pay that much, it makes him happy and that is worth it.
15. I'm thankful for A's smile and it's power to make even the grumpiest person smile. Try it, you'll see.
16. I'm thankful that we actually got to sleep last night, so let's thank A for that one.
17. I'm thankful that places are actually putting up now hiring signs. This should be good, I hope.
18. I'm thankful for random people from high school add me on Myspace. This might sound like sarcasm, it's not.
19. I'm thankful for sunscreen built right into clothes, how great is that?
20. I'm thankful for washing machines because really, I would not be able to keep up with this kid.
21. But I am thankful that she has enough clothes to change as many times as she does.
22. I am thankful for all the mommy-blogs out there. I'm actually not going crazy, or I'm just not doing it alone. Whichever works, they make me feel better.
23. I'm thankful for the sun and free Vitamin D.
24. I'm thankful for smiling strangers.
25. I'm thankful for older women who speak to you as another mother, not as some young girl who doesn't know what she's doing.
26. I'm thankful that there is a new engine for Shredder even if it's currently just sitting in the garage.
27. I'm thankful that gas prices are low, because Shredder is awfully thirsty. All the time.
28. I'm thankful for digital clocks, it takes me too long to tell time on the regular ones.
29. I'm thankful for good movies and a chance to get out of the house.
30. But I'm also thankful that I get to spend time with baby in the house, even if she's being extremely fussy lately.

Apparently this is is all I'm allowed today because A's patience has run out.
Anyway, have a good day everyone.

thankful challenge

Tiffani informed me that I'm not updating this blog enough, so here I am. With a thankful post, because that seems like fun! 1.) A is healthy. I worry so much about her little coughs and sneezes and it never turns out to be anything. I know that no one "deserves' to be sick but it's really not fair when little babies or any children, really, get all these terrible diseases before they've even had a chance at living their lives. 2.G. I really could not have picked a better father for my baby or a better partner. I think I take him for granted sometimes but I'm trying to appreciate even the smallest things because I know he's really good to me. 3.New hair! Really, just having a baby makes you nitpick and every little thing on your body. Even if it is just my hair it makes me feel pretty again and who doesn't want that? 4.The oppurtunity to start beauty school soon. I think I've been putting it off for long enough and I found out today that they do have federal financial aid for it now! Well, I'm excited. 5.Nice ladies at Tirzah! The one that does my hair, Rhonda, is also a mommy and we're supposed to go to some Mommy group on Thursday. It is impossible to make "mommy-friends" or any here, really. It is nothing like Utah and that's probably what makes me the most homesick. But anyway, she's super nice and I'm glad I finally met someone with a baby that doesn't live 6+ hours away. 6.Texting! I do not know what I'd do without it. Oh wait, I'd have awkward conversations with people and struggle trying to find a good excuse to get off the phone. Well ha! I have baby now, I would use that.. if I ever had to call someone, which I don't. Okay, my communication skills are probably lacking now but still, it's convenient. 7.My parents. It's funny how your relationship changes after you have kids of your own. 8.The internet, Google especially. I never have to wonder about ANYTHING anymore. Google is my new smart best friend, I just ask him how the world works and he tells me. I am extremely grateful for this since, in a few years maybe less Aiden will be asking ME. 9.Vinegar. Yeah, random but really you can use it to clean almost anything AND it's good for the environment. 10.My brothers. Yes, they're thirteen years apart but they're both so good to their niece. I wasn't sure how'd they take it but they both care so much and are constantly calling/texting to check up on her. It's adorable. 11.Leg-warmers. I have a semi-nudist baby so this is pretty much the best idea ever! 12.Tiffani, for making me realize that I have MORE than fifty things to be thankful for. 13.The Montanos, for everything they do and especially for what they don't. 14.COFFEE and all it's goodness. 15.Memories (the ONE scrapbook store in Flagstaff) mostly just for existing but also because they have cute cupcake paper. 16.Kodak's website. We only had pictures on our phones and on the computer so when I found this Ta-Da! we now have prints. 17.Heaters! I think that's self-explanatory. 18.Tax returns. We, and by we I mean G, will get to fix the orange beast and make it sounds mean. He's excited about this. 19.Seat belts. 20.Sakura's. The teppanyake place here, it's wonderful. We ate there today and it was delicious, that's all. 21.Those cute little bows for A's head. 22.The cute flower headbands Brielle made for A's little head. (: 23.Blogs. 24.Being healthy! 25.Ice, because contrary to what you may have heard it DOES make soda taste better. 26.Pow wows! Okay, so I'm not Navajo but my family is and it's been such a blessing to be able to see another culture. They are so proud of who they are, it's contagious. 27.G's job, raises, and promotions. Mhm. 28.Formula that is pretty close to breastmilk - or at least better than it was twenty years ago. A is big and strong and I am beyond grateful for that. 29.Aquaphor and it's magic. I no longer have a scaly-eczema baby. It's a good thing. 30.G's sister's, who have somehow become mine. 31.Hand sanitizer and soap, enough said. 32.Make-up and all the fun things you can do with it. But also being makeup free.. I have an extra 30 minutes to play with baby almost every day. 33.Flat Irons. I love my Chi and it's bronze-loveliness. But I want the new flower one at Trade Secret. 34.Dreft. I put into all of our laundry and we all smell like a baby, which is a good thing. For me anyway. 35.Good music. 36.A will soon be able to fit into her pretty dresses. I'm probably more excited about this that everyone else but she looks so cute in them! 37.I am thankful for life. I just got some bad news and I know death is a normal part but that doesn't make it any less sad. I am glad that our families are, for the most part, healthy and active. 38.My hidden cooking abilities. I'm no Paula Dean but I've learned I'm not half bad. (: 39.Fafsa and financial aid, period. 40.Education. I think it's awesome that there is so much to learn in the world and it's ALL there for us if we take the time to look for it. 41.Check cards, so convenient! 42.Phones that take pictures. 43.The woman's body. WE CAN MAKE BABIES! HOW AWESOME IS THAT? 44.Disposable diapers, seriously. 45.Green Apple Jolly Ranchers 46.A decided she didn't like the binky so that's one less thing to worry about. Yeah, I told you she was amazing! 47.Parenting magazines, no matter what a certain someone says they are helpful sometimes. 48.Potoatoes. Seriously you can make everything with them. 49.Scissors and glue. 50.Toothpaste and toothbrushes!

teething, promotions, and pajamas. oh my!

I have literally spent the last three hours on craigslist. I like this wasting my life away on the internet thing, it's cute. I'm pretty sure A is teething, she is showing all the signs and this is the most unhappy she's been umm, since she was born. She never cried and now she gets so fussy. I feel bad :/
Oh, and on top of that, today I had to make the appointment for her next round of vaccines.
Who's excited?

Not I.

Today has been long and I'm so tired. We woke up early because a certain little misses can't sleep if the lights are on.. or if the lights might turn on.. or if she hears the word light.. or words at all really. Basically, the girl doesn't like to sleep. So we were up and started making fish and fries. When we finished that and ate I started on the Chinese food. Yes, greasy (but homemade so that should count for something? Maybe.) Chinese food but it was delicious and someday I will tell A that's it's okay to love bad food. Because I do, and you can't help what you love. Or something like that.

So I'm sitting here texting G and guess what? He got the supervisor job.
Honestly, he deserves it more than everyone else that they were interviewing and I'm not just saying that because he's my boyfriend. He's been doing the job and not getting paid for it, really not even getting paid enough for doing the bare minimum of what they're required to and he's been doing more than that from day 1. Plus, he's attractive and attractive men should just make more money. Especially attractive men with attractive babies.
They require new cute clothes, you see?

It's obviously late because I'm rambling on and on about nothing and everything. Anyway, so yesterday I decided it was time to shop for A because she's growing out of her 0-3 things and well, let's be honest I will find any excuse to shop for her. We get there and I did the soda runs as always (G's mama wants a large Pepsi, I want a large Diet) and of course the girls are always so happy to be working at Copper Coyote. So, I order the drinks from the miserable girl and of course I don't think about the size of the cupholders vs. the size of cups so she hands them to me and none of them fit. The only ones they'll fit intoare the ones next to A. So I'm like, Dillards is only a minute away I can put them in there until then. We get to Dillards and I realize the lid wasn't put on properly and there is soda everywhere. Wait, scratch that, not on the washable white furry thing, but all over A and she never even made a sound. So we have to change in the bathroom which is always awkward - they need to make it more convenient for people with strollers, honestly. And by the end of this I think she's worn out because she usually enjoys shopping, looking at all the colors, and giving me her opinions (even though I can't understand her!) but nope, she was OUT.

Until of course I started finding the good stuff, then she decided that she didn't want to sleep or be in the stroller. It's sad really, they spent a pretty large amount of money on this stroller and she's rather have you hold her, next to it. Hopefully as she gets older she'll get used to sitting while the rest of us have to walk. Or daddy can just push me in that thing, whatever works.

Anyway, I managed to find some things I liked. Things I'm thinking she can grow into because they look impossibly long. I mean, I'm short but I'm not that short.

Or maybe I am. We get home and after doing laundry I put them on her and they fit perfectly. She is literally half my height already. I saw this picture of Reese Witherspoon with her 9 year old daughter who is almost about to pass her up and I joked saying that'd be me. Apparently A thinks nine years is too long. I am not going to be very intimidating ever. I don't like this at all.

December 11, 2008

“Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.” - William MacNeile Dixon My little strong girl. I think she wore those mitts for a total of two days? She was too tiny to for the elastic to do it's a job and she'd always manage to hide them in the couch or under things.Her Tio Gabriel absolutely hated seeing her in this. We were both so paranoid. I like to think I was being a little bit braver than daddy though. He didn't even want to change her diaper because he thought he was being too rough with her!