So, on the 23rd Maya and I are going to be flying to Utah/Wyoming for two weeks. I am getting really excited for the trip...except the flying. Don't get me wrong, I love flying, but this time it is going to be just me and a still colicy baby. Oh no! Help me!
So I really do need help. What have you mothers done while flying with a young baby? What do I need to bring on the trip? What do I need to bring on the plane? Any suggestions on the whole of the trip would be appreciated!
PS-Visit Branchs blog and see the video of Maya flipping over. I will post it on my own website later.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
MOOO!
I love Branch so much! I don't know anyone else who would be willing to make a fool of themselves for me!
Watch the video and you'll see why...
Oh and the coolest thing happened on Saturday! Maya rolled over from her tummy to her back for the first time! We are so proud of her! It is the most amazing thing to see her as she is growing and learning. She is such an amazing little person!
Watch the video and you'll see why...
Oh and the coolest thing happened on Saturday! Maya rolled over from her tummy to her back for the first time! We are so proud of her! It is the most amazing thing to see her as she is growing and learning. She is such an amazing little person!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
What am I thinking right now?
Branch and I have this strange connection with each other. We don't finish each other's sentences but we often say something and the other goes "I was just going to say that!" Or "I was just thinking that!" It seriously happens 2 or 3 times a day while watching tv, in the car, at the store. It is really strange.
Well, on Saturday I was talking to him about how cool that is that we can do that. He then says "What am I thinking now?" I look at him for a second and say, "Donuts". I am not exaggerating when I say his eyes got as big as saucers and he said "No way! I was thinking of donuts! You mentioned a couple of days ago you wanted donuts and now I want donuts!"
So we got donuts and hid them in the diaper bag and went to see a movie!
I just think it is so awesome that we do have this little "connection" with each other. I doesn't always work but we are amazed at how often it does! I love him so much!
Well, on Saturday I was talking to him about how cool that is that we can do that. He then says "What am I thinking now?" I look at him for a second and say, "Donuts". I am not exaggerating when I say his eyes got as big as saucers and he said "No way! I was thinking of donuts! You mentioned a couple of days ago you wanted donuts and now I want donuts!"
So we got donuts and hid them in the diaper bag and went to see a movie!
I just think it is so awesome that we do have this little "connection" with each other. I doesn't always work but we are amazed at how often it does! I love him so much!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Funny Pictures of Little Miss
Captian Jack
Rockin' It
Bow to me now!
'Ello Govner!
Which witch?
Poor girl. Mom has too much fun at stores!
Coupons! Coupons! Coupons!
I have a friend named Tara. She and I are alike in a lot of ways. We are both 26. We both have husbands going into prosthetics and orthotics at UT Southwestern. We both just had babies.
She is super nice and is willing to do anything to help anyone. She is also the coupon queen. She is the only person I know that can walk into CVS, and walk out with a ton of stuff spending less than $10 bucks. So I have told her she needs to teach me. She is my sensee (sp?) and I am her grasshopper. We started our first lesson yesterday.
We went shopping at Target for diapers and wipes. She had coupons, upon coupons and a special offer to get a $5 gift card. I had to do three transactions in order to get this super deal. The first one was two diapers and two wipes which would have totaled $32 but with the coupons became $16, and I got two $5 gift cards. The next transaction I got two more gift cards and used the first two so the next two transactions totaled $6.50 each! So I got $96 (204 diapers and 1260 wipes) for $29 dollars plus $10 in gift cards! Crazy huh? She found out this deal from a website (www.couponforum.com) were people actually figure out the best deals and share it with everyone.
(This is only some of the diapers and wipes we bought yesterday!)
We also went to P&G Live, were they gave us a TON of coupons and shared their new products. Then we went to a nice restraunt with a $25 gift certificate for a meal over $35. Nice!
So I am going to learn all I can and save a ton of money! Yeah!
She is super nice and is willing to do anything to help anyone. She is also the coupon queen. She is the only person I know that can walk into CVS, and walk out with a ton of stuff spending less than $10 bucks. So I have told her she needs to teach me. She is my sensee (sp?) and I am her grasshopper. We started our first lesson yesterday.
We went shopping at Target for diapers and wipes. She had coupons, upon coupons and a special offer to get a $5 gift card. I had to do three transactions in order to get this super deal. The first one was two diapers and two wipes which would have totaled $32 but with the coupons became $16, and I got two $5 gift cards. The next transaction I got two more gift cards and used the first two so the next two transactions totaled $6.50 each! So I got $96 (204 diapers and 1260 wipes) for $29 dollars plus $10 in gift cards! Crazy huh? She found out this deal from a website (www.couponforum.com) were people actually figure out the best deals and share it with everyone.
(This is only some of the diapers and wipes we bought yesterday!)We also went to P&G Live, were they gave us a TON of coupons and shared their new products. Then we went to a nice restraunt with a $25 gift certificate for a meal over $35. Nice!
So I am going to learn all I can and save a ton of money! Yeah!
Monday, June 30, 2008
WALL-E and Prince Caspian
Every one knows that I love movies. Love 'em love 'em love 'em. I also get calls from family members asking about what movies to rent so I have decided that every time I watch a movie I am going to review it for you guys. It is not going to be really detailed or well written but I will let you know if it a good see or not.
First off I also must say that I love drive-in movie theatres! They are so awesome! Maya was such a trooper at her second experience. The first "Indy 4" was a screaming fest. Good thing our car is sound proof!
The first movie we saw in the double-feature was WALL-E. WALL-E is the only robot left on earth, left to clean up the mountains of garbage left by humans who left on a 5 year cruise while the robots clean up. 700 years later, WALL-E is alone and has developed a "personality". He watches "My Fair Lady" a lot and wants someone to hold hands with. Suddenly a ship shows up and he mets Eve. He is in love. He ends up on the ship with the humans on there 705 year cruise.
The movie is really cute! At first I was worried that the movie was going to be a little boring because there is very little human dialog. The robots do "speak" but very minimally but are still able to give out emotion. There are humans in the story that speak, but very minimally.
The movie had some points to think about. First, we are so focused on commercialism and stuff that we are very close to having those mounds of garbage. Also, in the movie there is a scary result of the humans time in space that is so scary for todays people, especially the youth. The people had been cared for by robots so long they no longer had human interaction and were so fat they no longer walked. How scary is that.
It was a good story. Fun to watch and definitely I would give it an 4 stars.
Prince Caspian was cute too. What I saw of it. The movie was long and I wish that I would have watched "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" again before I saw the sequel. I just couldn't remember a lot of what had happened in the first movie and so it was hard to follow the movie. It was well acted. There was a lot of fighting in the movie by the younger actors, but they are trying to save Narnia.
Thank goodness the original kids that were in the first were in the second one.
For this movie I really recommend that you watch the first movie again, or for the first time, before you see this one. I give this move 4 stars also.
First off I also must say that I love drive-in movie theatres! They are so awesome! Maya was such a trooper at her second experience. The first "Indy 4" was a screaming fest. Good thing our car is sound proof!
The first movie we saw in the double-feature was WALL-E. WALL-E is the only robot left on earth, left to clean up the mountains of garbage left by humans who left on a 5 year cruise while the robots clean up. 700 years later, WALL-E is alone and has developed a "personality". He watches "My Fair Lady" a lot and wants someone to hold hands with. Suddenly a ship shows up and he mets Eve. He is in love. He ends up on the ship with the humans on there 705 year cruise.
The movie is really cute! At first I was worried that the movie was going to be a little boring because there is very little human dialog. The robots do "speak" but very minimally but are still able to give out emotion. There are humans in the story that speak, but very minimally.
The movie had some points to think about. First, we are so focused on commercialism and stuff that we are very close to having those mounds of garbage. Also, in the movie there is a scary result of the humans time in space that is so scary for todays people, especially the youth. The people had been cared for by robots so long they no longer had human interaction and were so fat they no longer walked. How scary is that.
It was a good story. Fun to watch and definitely I would give it an 4 stars.
Prince Caspian was cute too. What I saw of it. The movie was long and I wish that I would have watched "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" again before I saw the sequel. I just couldn't remember a lot of what had happened in the first movie and so it was hard to follow the movie. It was well acted. There was a lot of fighting in the movie by the younger actors, but they are trying to save Narnia.
Thank goodness the original kids that were in the first were in the second one.
For this movie I really recommend that you watch the first movie again, or for the first time, before you see this one. I give this move 4 stars also.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Twenty-six!
Today is my birthday. I am 26 years old. I look back on the last year and I can't believe how much I have changed and grown and how much I have been blessed.
I looked at an old blog on myspace I wrote close to my birthday and it is quite interesting to see.
"I wonder what I will be like in two years when he is done with school. Will I be more mature? Will I have a child? Will I be a better person? I hope so on all of those accounts. Heaven knows I do need some help!"
I looked at an old blog on myspace I wrote close to my birthday and it is quite interesting to see.
"First, I turned 25, which is no big deal but it kind of hit me that not only am I older now, but I am also moving. If we were staying here it wouldn't be a big deal but add the Dallas ingredient and It is big to me. I am old and I am moving far away for the first time in my life. I have always lived in Wyoming. I have always lived near family. I have always had this comfort zone."
I really have grown a lot. I have lived now for a year out of Wyoming, out of my comfort zone. I still wish I were back there. I really do like it in the West and can't wait to move back but I like it here a lot more than I thought I would. It has been a great learning more about myself, about Branch and about us as a couple. I am a lot stronger than I thought I was.
"Not that I am not excited about moving. I really am. I am excited to grow and experience new things, especially with my husband. Like I said, I am just experiencing growing pains I quess. But that is a good sign. It shows that I am changing."
I have certainly changed! I drive now a little more. I feel less nervous doing that and that is a big thing! I worked at a job that I hated and grown from that and now know a lot more about my character."I wonder what I will be like in two years when he is done with school. Will I be more mature? Will I have a child? Will I be a better person? I hope so on all of those accounts. Heaven knows I do need some help!"
It has only been 1 year but I look back and marval at how both Branch and I have changed! Branch has turned into such a great scholar and is doing so well in school. He is definityl loving this field. He was made for it. And the biggest thing! We became parents! It was shocking when we found out we were expecting but Himaya has been the greatest blessing in our lives. I am now a stay-at-home mom. I am not good at it but I am learning.
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