Hello everyone!
I just wanted to let you all know that I love you and am so happy to have you in my life! You are all such a blessing to Colin and I.
We were glad to see so many family members this Christmas season and thought of those who weren't around often. We didn't get to spend much time with friends so let me take this opportunity to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thanks for your continued friendship!
Now for the update:
Christmas was fabulous! Gideon got a Radio Flyer tricycle from Santa and he absolutely loves it! He has only been riding for a few minutes at a time though thanks to the cold weather! LOL! He also got a "choo-choo", lots of clothes, a darling pea-coat; a baseball mitt; and lots of other stuff that I'm sure will be lost within the next few weeks ;)!
Colin got two sleeping bags and a small tent so he can have some father-son adventures with Gideon; some movies; two hoodies; some Aggie gear; two new church shirts and ties; and a fun book called "Kerplunk!"
I made off really well with a Glee CD, food processor, MP3 player (yeah I've never owned one...), a fondue pot, a hoodie, an Aggie shirt, movies, and the new Taylor Swift CD.
That's right, we're spoiled! Especially since Colin and I had so much to be thankful for this year that we didn't ask for ANYTHING! Thanks everyone!
So, Colin took the GRE. We are just waiting for scores...fingers crossed! He is glad to be done with school, though we're not sure if he has officially graduated because of a very annoying advisor that hasn't done his part. Don't worry, the angry letter is written and ready to be sent as soon as I need to ;). I say officially because he has completed all of the requirements, the advisor just hasn't pushed the paperwork and now it's the holidays and apparantely no one works during this time. It's all good. I'm sure we'll be around for a little while longer. Beware Wayne Wurtsbaugh: nine-months along and bad news don't mix well! LOL!
I am just getting through this pregnancy! I'm totally excited/nervous! Now that the main holidays are over, baby #2 is welcome at any time...except for after my due date! LOL! But seriously, we are anxious to meet the newest addition and find out the sex! Other than that, I'm just working on vinyl! I absolutely love my little vinyl shop and am experiencing success with it this year! Finally MAKING money instead of spending it! LOL! Please feel free to visit my blog anytime you need a gift for someone and don't have any idea what to get them!
Gideon is just as adorable as ever!!! I can't believe how much he keeps growing. Sometimes I want to yell at time and tell it to stand still so I can have all of those past days for just a little longer but then again, he gets cuter and cuter as time goes by. It's a lose/lose for a mother! He amazes us with his intelligence. He can accurately identify several letters in the alphabet and can also read a few words like mom, ball, clap, etc. We just love him!
Well, we hope that 2011 is just as eventful and that you are all healthy and blessed with the things you need! We love, love, love you!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Well, It's December
Greetings everyone!
We have been having a pretty awesome time just enjoying the Logan cold and getting through Colin's final semester at Utah State!
We had an excellent Thanksgiving!!! Colin's parents and little brother were here to celebrate with us and we had a ton of fun! I am also glad to report that I pulled off my first ever Thanksgiving all by myself! It was so rewarding to hear the mmm's coming from appreciative mouths! LOL! I am pretty proud because I spent the first half of Thanksgiving morning in the hospital trying to get some much-needed drugs for this terrible cold/infection I've been battling! By the way, those drugs are still needed as the ones they gave me then are useless...
Anywho, I totally went against all things Thanksgiving and had Colin spatchcock the turkey. It turned out to be the best decision I've ever made in my life! The turkey was moist and cooked in a little over an hour...that's right an HOUR! Apparently it was the most delicious turkey anyone at our Thanksgiving table had ever had. I say apparently because I hate turkey and didn't touch the thing.
I also don't like stuffing but made it because I'm a stickler for traditional Thanksgiving foods. Well, I guess there's something to not liking Thanksgiving foods, because Colin's family (especially Lauren) raved about the stuffing and said it was the best they had ever had. I give credit to using way too much butter in EVERYTHING! LOL!
Anywho, enough tooting my own horn! This week is going to be a pretty difficult one for Colin because he is getting ready for all of his finals, papers, etc. And on Saturday...the GRE. I'm not worried about it. Colin is the smartest guy I know. I think he's more nervous that it's a "oh-my-gosh-this-determines-whether-I-get-into-a-good-school-or-not" kind of test. Whatever, he'll do great. But if you want to say a little prayer for him sometime this week, he would really appreciate it!
Gideon is going strong and being all boy! He absolutely loves Spiderman and anything "Ho Ho Ho" which is anything Nightmare Before Christmas/Christmas related. Yes we sorta screwed up our son by letting him watch Jack Skellington dress up as Santa. My mother-in-law is not pleased. I could care less. Actually, I think it's kinda cute. For Christmas he wants a bike. Every time he sees Santa he starts yelling at him: "Bike, Bike, Bike!" It's totally adorable. Oh yeah, and he actually likes Santa this year! Woohoo! Thank you Jack Skellington, LOL!
I am doing ok, except for the cold/infections. I'm totally thinking that the Lord is preparing me for this new baby because for the past two weeks I've been up every two hours every night. Maybe I should be grateful. And I am. Truly. I am so blessed! I have a wonderful family and another baby on the way. We have a home and we have parents who love and support us. I am grateful.
We are all excited about the new baby coming in January!!!! Gideon has started organizing everything he owns into "big" or "little". If it's big then it's his and if it's little it finds its way into the baby's crib for the "beebee". Yes, folks, he's adorable. Colin has decided on a few nicknames for the baby already. We still don't know if it's a boy or girl (though I'm 99.9% sure it's a boy) so we've had our hands full trying to come up with nicknames for both sexes. Actually, we only decided on a name for a boy three nights ago! Oh well, at least we've got a name before we bring home a new baby.
Holy rambling, batman! I guess since I haven't been able to talk for two weeks you are all going to get a very wordy version of our going-abouts! LOL!
For Christmas we are heading to my mom and dad's in Nephi. Well, actually, we are going down the 17th and then going to Mesquite, NV on the 19th and then spending the 22nd through 26th with my folks. Colin and I are taking a "Baby-moon". We just wanted to get away and not worry about anything before we have two kids in our cozy little home. Plus, my parents graciously offered to watch Gideon and pay for our trip as a graduation present to Colin.
Well, I'm all talked out. I guess I will save whatever incoherent thoughts are still in my brain for next time! Love you all and Merry Christmas!
We have been having a pretty awesome time just enjoying the Logan cold and getting through Colin's final semester at Utah State!
We had an excellent Thanksgiving!!! Colin's parents and little brother were here to celebrate with us and we had a ton of fun! I am also glad to report that I pulled off my first ever Thanksgiving all by myself! It was so rewarding to hear the mmm's coming from appreciative mouths! LOL! I am pretty proud because I spent the first half of Thanksgiving morning in the hospital trying to get some much-needed drugs for this terrible cold/infection I've been battling! By the way, those drugs are still needed as the ones they gave me then are useless...
Anywho, I totally went against all things Thanksgiving and had Colin spatchcock the turkey. It turned out to be the best decision I've ever made in my life! The turkey was moist and cooked in a little over an hour...that's right an HOUR! Apparently it was the most delicious turkey anyone at our Thanksgiving table had ever had. I say apparently because I hate turkey and didn't touch the thing.
I also don't like stuffing but made it because I'm a stickler for traditional Thanksgiving foods. Well, I guess there's something to not liking Thanksgiving foods, because Colin's family (especially Lauren) raved about the stuffing and said it was the best they had ever had. I give credit to using way too much butter in EVERYTHING! LOL!
Anywho, enough tooting my own horn! This week is going to be a pretty difficult one for Colin because he is getting ready for all of his finals, papers, etc. And on Saturday...the GRE. I'm not worried about it. Colin is the smartest guy I know. I think he's more nervous that it's a "oh-my-gosh-this-determines-whether-I-get-into-a-good-school-or-not" kind of test. Whatever, he'll do great. But if you want to say a little prayer for him sometime this week, he would really appreciate it!
Gideon is going strong and being all boy! He absolutely loves Spiderman and anything "Ho Ho Ho" which is anything Nightmare Before Christmas/Christmas related. Yes we sorta screwed up our son by letting him watch Jack Skellington dress up as Santa. My mother-in-law is not pleased. I could care less. Actually, I think it's kinda cute. For Christmas he wants a bike. Every time he sees Santa he starts yelling at him: "Bike, Bike, Bike!" It's totally adorable. Oh yeah, and he actually likes Santa this year! Woohoo! Thank you Jack Skellington, LOL!
I am doing ok, except for the cold/infections. I'm totally thinking that the Lord is preparing me for this new baby because for the past two weeks I've been up every two hours every night. Maybe I should be grateful. And I am. Truly. I am so blessed! I have a wonderful family and another baby on the way. We have a home and we have parents who love and support us. I am grateful.
We are all excited about the new baby coming in January!!!! Gideon has started organizing everything he owns into "big" or "little". If it's big then it's his and if it's little it finds its way into the baby's crib for the "beebee". Yes, folks, he's adorable. Colin has decided on a few nicknames for the baby already. We still don't know if it's a boy or girl (though I'm 99.9% sure it's a boy) so we've had our hands full trying to come up with nicknames for both sexes. Actually, we only decided on a name for a boy three nights ago! Oh well, at least we've got a name before we bring home a new baby.
Holy rambling, batman! I guess since I haven't been able to talk for two weeks you are all going to get a very wordy version of our going-abouts! LOL!
For Christmas we are heading to my mom and dad's in Nephi. Well, actually, we are going down the 17th and then going to Mesquite, NV on the 19th and then spending the 22nd through 26th with my folks. Colin and I are taking a "Baby-moon". We just wanted to get away and not worry about anything before we have two kids in our cozy little home. Plus, my parents graciously offered to watch Gideon and pay for our trip as a graduation present to Colin.
Well, I'm all talked out. I guess I will save whatever incoherent thoughts are still in my brain for next time! Love you all and Merry Christmas!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
New Month, New Post
I think I've done a better job of updating this year. At least I think I have! LOL! So it's November and I guess I'll just post about how everything is going:
Actually, we're all sick. I've had it the longest (of course...), Gideon got it and got over it, and Colin started feeling icky today. I don't know what it is...I thought it was just a cold, but man! It sure does knock you out.
Besides that we had a fun family home evening (well, afternoon) yesterday. We went to second dam and had a fire and roasted hot dogs. Gideon absolutely loves the outdoors...just like his daddy! I am so glad that they enjoy the same things; it means I will have plenty of time for me when Gideon gets older, LOL! But seriously, we had a blast!
Halloween was fun and Gideon looked adorable in his little elephant costume! It rained really hard on Halloween night so we rushed out to trick-or-treat around six. Gideon loved it for the first 15 minutes and then...he FELL ASLEEP! I was kinda mad cuz I wanted more candy but it was also terribly adorable!
Well, that is about it for us!
Actually, we're all sick. I've had it the longest (of course...), Gideon got it and got over it, and Colin started feeling icky today. I don't know what it is...I thought it was just a cold, but man! It sure does knock you out.
Besides that we had a fun family home evening (well, afternoon) yesterday. We went to second dam and had a fire and roasted hot dogs. Gideon absolutely loves the outdoors...just like his daddy! I am so glad that they enjoy the same things; it means I will have plenty of time for me when Gideon gets older, LOL! But seriously, we had a blast!
Halloween was fun and Gideon looked adorable in his little elephant costume! It rained really hard on Halloween night so we rushed out to trick-or-treat around six. Gideon loved it for the first 15 minutes and then...he FELL ASLEEP! I was kinda mad cuz I wanted more candy but it was also terribly adorable!
Well, that is about it for us!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Fun Girls' Weekend
So this weekend my Mom and Heather came up to visit me and we had a BLAST!!!! On Friday, we had a ton of fun making stackers that highlighted Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and January (winter). We were up until midnight just talking and crafting away! On Saturday, Colin and Gideon joined the girls and we all went to USU's homecoming parade (we lost *tears*) and Gideon just loved it! After that, we took a quick trip to Pepperidge Farms while Gideon took a nap. Then, I drove Colin and Gideon to the football game so my Mom, Heather, and me could have a fun Tea Party! It was so fun! We had chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, homemade banana bread with homemade raspberry butter, and homemade melting moments...oh yeah, and chamomile tea! LOL! We just talked and made plans for Christmas all the while feeling feminine and dainty! We were interrupted with a phone call from Colin to come and get Gideon because it was raining so hard and they were soaked! Gideon did NOT want to leave the game (Colin had to tell him it was over!), but he had to...he was SOAKED! Colin took the manly, true Aggie route and stayed the whole game!
Anyway, the rest of Saturday was spent shopping and looking at cute shops we hadn't been to before. Then we had a yummy country pot roast dinner and talked until eleven! Then it was times for bed so we could be up for church at nine today. Mom and Heather stayed until after Sacrament and then headed for home! We were really sad to see them go but not too sad since we get to see them again next weekend! YAY!
Anywho, that was our very fun-filled (and packed!) girls' weekend!
Anyway, the rest of Saturday was spent shopping and looking at cute shops we hadn't been to before. Then we had a yummy country pot roast dinner and talked until eleven! Then it was times for bed so we could be up for church at nine today. Mom and Heather stayed until after Sacrament and then headed for home! We were really sad to see them go but not too sad since we get to see them again next weekend! YAY!
Anywho, that was our very fun-filled (and packed!) girls' weekend!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Happy Birthday Gideon!!!!
Gideon is finally two!!! Colin and I decided to give him a room makeover for his birthday! It was so much fun to make some of the articles in his room and also shop around for complimenting items!!! Plus, Gideon LOVES it! Spongebob is his absolute favorite (thanks, Aunt Heather ;)) so it is very fitting! He hasn't wanted to leave his "new" room all day long!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Really nothing to say...
Sorry I haven't posted for a while! There just isn't much happening around here! At least not until Monday when we'll celebrate Gideon's 2nd birthday...
Other than that, we've just been doing the usual: Colin is busy, busy at school; I'm substituting whenever I can; Gideon is being as rambunctious as ever!
I just didn't want everyone to think we've disappeared! LOL!
Love you all!
Other than that, we've just been doing the usual: Colin is busy, busy at school; I'm substituting whenever I can; Gideon is being as rambunctious as ever!
I just didn't want everyone to think we've disappeared! LOL!
Love you all!
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