I Can Do It Myself

Famous words from my little Abby. Here is her latest attempt.
Yes, inside out and backwards. But I applaud her willingness to get dressed all by herself.
Maybe I'll wait a few hours before pulling out some short sleeves and shorts...

My 100th post

As a tribute to my 100th post, here are 100 interesting facts about me. It's long. Read at your own risk. It was kind of fun to write. Here we go:

1. My sister and I liked to pretend that we were twins when we were younger.
2. My favorite ice cream is chocolate chip mint. Does anyone remember when it was called star light mint?
3. I'm seriously addicted to all kinds of sweets and chocolate.
4. I hide my chocolate stash from my children.
5. I picked up the chocolate hiding trait from my mother.
6. I'm a fan of BYU sports.
7. I once memorized the BYU football roster so that I could impress my hubby.
8. I hate watching baseball. Much too slow.
9. I grew up in Utah and never once went skiing.
10. Or for that matter, been to a real live session of General Conference.
11. I was a CNA
12. Growing up I wanted to be a doctor...this was back in the days when ER had just started on TV and I thought it was so cool.
13. My math teacher thought that I was so smart in math and moved me up a year. So I got a 1/2 a year of algebra and 1/2 a year of geometry. Umm, anyone who knows me well, knows that math isn't my strong suit.
14. I did great in Biology in high school. Expect those 3 chapters of chemistry. I bombed those chapters.
15. Needless to say, I never took chemistry in high school or college.
16. My least favorite subject in school was English. I never got the whole symbolism thing and writing papers were torture.
17. My spelling is atrocious. Thank goodness for spell check.
18. I really liked PE because I liked playing sports, but running, sit-ups and pull-ups just weren't my thing.
19. I can't juggle
20. I've had the same hair style for like 25 years.
21. I once snorted orange pop up my nose...ouch. I wouldn't recommend it.
22. I had an angry phase. I would stomp down the hall and slam doors. It drove my parents crazy.
23. I once drank tons and tons of black cherry cool-aid and pretended that I was pregnant.
24. Then I threw it all up after jumping on the trampoline.
25. I've taken a trip to Puerto Rico.
26. On the above trip, we ate at Pizza Hut. There were little tiny bugs flying everywhere and tons more dead ones all over the table. Pretty nasty.
27. I played soccer for 3 years.
28. I never scored a single goal while I played. I always played defense.
29. When I was younger, I was considered the "strong one" of the family. Not so much anymore.
30. I was asked to be an undercover journalist for our school newspaper. I never had any great stories. I'm not snoopy enough.
31. I'm a rule follower. Always have been and probably always will be.
32. I've never been pulled over for speeding.
33. I'm really freaky about being in the correct lane when driving like a mile before the exit.
34. I'm a fairly good navigator. Once I've been someplace, most likely I'll remember how to get there again.
35. I hate driving in the fast lane. I hate to be made to drive faster than I want to go. See # 32.
36. I mow our lawn.
37. I continue to mow our lawn when I'm 9 month pregnant.
38. My longest labor was 4 hours.
39. My shortest: 35 minutes.
40. I love to watch most anything on HGTV.
41. I don't watch American Idol. Am I like the only one who doesn't?
42. I'm so not a morning person.
43. Neither am I a night person. I fall asleep watching movies all the time.
44. I love root beer and am distraught that a lot of fast food joints don't offer that anymore.
45. Mostly I just drink lots and lots of water. My favorite.
46. I got "pulled over" in the high school driving range while learning how to drive a stick shift. I guess since it was after 11:00 pm the police thought that we shouldn't be there.
47. I hate it when my cupboard doors are left open. It drives me crazy.
48. I had a really big yellow van growing up. I nicknamed it "The Big Yellow Banana."
49. I embarrass very easily.
50. I was embarrassed about our big yellow van.
51. I love the Carpenters and Harpers Bazaar.
52. I don't mind doing the dishes or doing laundry but I hate, hate, hate putting it all away.
53. Thus most of the time, you have to pull the clean clothes out of the dryer because they never get put away.
54. Did I mention that I hate to iron?
55. I guess I'm pretty lazy.
56. My family sings Happy Birthday in like 4 part harmony.
57. All the brother-in-laws hate to sing with us because 1-they think that we are weird because we harmonize or 2-are afraid that they will ruin it.
58. I love to gather around the piano and sing with my mom and sisters.
59. I once got to go to Jerusalem with a singing group.
60. I got sick on the bus ride in Jerusalem. The drivers there are completely crazy.
61. I don't like calling people on the phone. I don't even like ordering pizza.
62. I like Canadian bacon and pineapple on my pizza, but I never get it because my hubby likes "the works."
63. I like to paint...not pictures. I'm terrible at those. I'm talking about walls.
64. I'm terrible at picking the paint color for my walls though. The color in my head and the color on the little square at Home Depot seem to match pretty well, but when I get it on the wall, it's not quite what I'd pictured.
65. Right now I really like the color pink...not for my walls, just the color in general.
66. Every summer when we were younger, we would drive to California to visit my grandparents.
67. As I recall, we didn't have air conditioning in the "big yellow banana" so we always had wet bandanas wrapped around our necks. And we always had gobstoppers, runts, and jolly ranchers to suck on.
68. I don't like fish. I'm getting better at eating and liking shrimp, but I still can't handle trout or halibut.
69. When I was pregnant with Ethan, I craved ice. Just ice and it was so good.
70. I hate winter. I hate the snow, cold and the ice.
71. I freak out when I have to drive in the snow. Maybe that's why we moved to Texas.
72. I like to take long walks around the neighborhood and look at how people have done their landscaping.
73. I think I'm fairly handy around the house.
74. I wish I was more creative.
75. I'm pretty shy and tend to spend a lot of time at home.
76. I spend a good portion of my mornings watching Dora the Explorer.
77. I care too much about what other people think and I worry way too much.
78. I really like to read.
79. My Dad taught me how to wire an electrical outlet. I'm not sure that I would dare do it today.
80. I've never had to change a tire. I know how it's supposed to be done, but when it comes right down to it, I'm not sure I'd be strong enough to get all the lug nuts off.
81. I never fell asleep in class in high school. College was another story. How can you expect to stay awake in a 7:30 am class where the teacher turned off all the lights and lectored with a projector everyday?
82. I don't think that I got a very good grade in that class.
83. I did get good grades in high school.
84. I did really crappy on my ACT though. I'm not a good test taker.
85. Surprise, surprise. I wasn't a big flirt in school.
86. I really didn't consider myself a nerd either. Was I?
87. I have really vivid and really crazy dreams. Sometimes I tell Ryan my dreams and he thinks I'm weird.
88. I hate being late for things.
89. I've always wanted to take a trip to Italy.
90. I've never been on a cruise. I'd love to go on one but I'm a little afraid of getting sea sick.
91. I always black out for just a second whenever I go on an amusement park ride that has loops.
92. I fainted once when I was trying to give blood. OK, I'll admit it. I fainted when they pricked my finger to see if I even could give blood. How embarrassing.
93. I'm really not that squeamish. I've had blood drawn tons of times without problems.
94. I had thyroid problems when I was a teenager.
95. I always prided myself that I never had any cavities. I cried when I found out that I had my first one. (I'm not sure why!)
96. Now, I have way more than just the one cavity.
97. I hate the dentist. Who doesn't?
98. When I was little, little, my Mom said that she found me once climbed up on top of the fridge.
99. I also pulled the Christmas tree over three times one year. My parents had to tie the tree to the banister. I think the string is still there.
100. If you're still with me, wow. That's impressive. It took me two full days to think of all these things. I'm glad that I'm done. Aren't you?

My Weekend Adventures

This past weekend, I was able to have a little getaway vacation with my sisters and parents in St. George, Utah. Ryan took 3 days off of work to stay at home and watch the kids (minus Kaden since I'm his food supply) while I went. My brother-in-law graciously offered his frequent flier miles to get me out there and we had SO MUCH FUN!

I was a little nervous to fly with Kaden. What an adventure. Of course I was about the last one on the plane because the airline had to do a seat shuffle because I had Kaden with me. As I walked on, I could just see the terror in the other passengers eyes, "please don't let her sit next to me...please don't let her sit next to me." As it turns out, my seat was next to a rather large (overflowing into my small seat) business man. Great. I'm sure he was cursing under his breath and I was dissappointed that I wasn't next to a sweet lady that would be simpatethic. As it turns out Kaden slept the entire flight and I was wiping my brow. The large business man and I had a one liner converstaion at the end of the flight. In a monotone voice the man said "He was a good boy." I replied back, "Thanks. I was a little nervous." That was that.


Just us girls and babies hanging out enjoying the sunshine.

What would a vacaction be without shopping? Ryan has told me over and over that he hates shopping with me. I never buy anything for me because I don't feel like I can justify the purchase. Plus, I'm too indesisive. It's much better shopping with my sisters because they are all trendy and cute and can find things for me that I probably would have left on the hanger.

We had a great time laughing...lots of laughing (and yes I did spit milk out all over the floor), playing games, reading, swimming and enjoying each others company. It was so sad when it was time to go home, but I was happy to see my little family again after being gone for 5 days. Ryan even had the whole house clean for when I got home. He even mopped the kitchen floor. Heck, I don't even do that on a regular basis! Ryan confessed that they went out to McDonalds 3 times while I was gone. I guess I was really missed.

So I'm back into the swing of things at home. Laundry, dishes, cleaning, and dinners. Isn't it nice to getaway every now and again. Next vacation I want to be with Ryan. Any takers to watch my kiddos? Ha Ha. I know that's funny...

A Little Overwhelmed

My little Abby is allergic to peanuts. A few weeks ago at church, Abby accidentally had some peanut butter and had a reaction. I figured that I should get her into an allergist so that they could determine just how bad her allergy was and if she was allergic to anything else that I didn't know about. Well, this little visit turned into a monster. Apparently allergies, eczema and asthma are all sort of related...and if you have one, you are more likely to have another. I guess poor little Abby has some asthma too...along with the eczema and peanut allergy. The doctor said she was wheezing pretty bad. I got sent home with a nebulizer, 4 different prescriptions, and an Epi-pen. Plus, I need to take Abby into a lab to have her blood drawn for 20 different things that they want to check to see if she is allergic too. I'm starring at all of this stuff hoping that I can remember what I'm supposed to do. My counter is covered in prescription boxes, tubes, bottles and creams.

Now why is it that I can't just have normal healthy children? I blame my husband! He's the sick one...

Who is Who?

Everyone who sees Kaden says that he looks like a Campbell....that he fits right in with our family. I was changing Kaden's diaper today and he reminded me of a picture that I had taken of Josh when he was little. So I dug it out of the picture box and thought, yep they look a like. Cute brothers. Can you tell who is who?

Josh is the cute little guy on top and Kaden is on the bottom!

Better Late than Never

Some cute Easter Sunday pictures.

...and then some silly Easter shots. My boys are never serious....

What a little sweetheart!

Gross

My baby boy is growing up. He can get just about anywhere if I put him on the floor. He's been rolling, slithering/scooting, and in the last few days actually crawling a little bit. Yay...until I noticed his clean white shirt...or it was clean until he ventured across the kitchen floor. Oh my heavens it was kind of gross! Can I just say that I need to mop my kitchen floor more often. Yuck. Poor baby. I just hope he doesn't lick anything down there...