Retail Therapy and the Phone Fear

I have decided that I must be on a shopping therapy session. I don't know if it is the rain or if it is the lack of not having tons of people around, or if it is because the people I normally hang out with are sick. Nonetheless I am definitely on a shopping roll. This is probably good and bad. I got some new clothes which frankly I needed; mainly to "update" (whatever that means) my style. The good thing is that it has forced me to clean out many items from my closet. Some of these items come from high school days. Though I enjoyed wearing them during high school that was 7 or more years ago and it is probably their time to head to the DI. Other items on my shopping adventures are not so needed which means the shopping sessions are not so good. For example Jared and I headed to the rummage sale at Lake Side High School this last weekend. I found many items like Christmas decorations and frames, plus I found these tulips that made me think of my mom. So she is getting them next time I go to Utah.
Also at my Kohl's shopping adventure I found this huge candy cane. It reminded me of my coworkers that decorated our row at work. We were called candy cane lane and I just had to get it.
Now shopping is great but I don't have all that much storage space or space in general in my house, and really I don't need most if not all the stuff I have gotten. Probably the most humorous to me is the only thing I really need I haven't bothered to go shopping for; which if you are curious it is a bottle brush since I broke my current one. Thus my new goal this week is to seriously look around my house to see what I don't ever use and send it to the DI. I am definitely not going to stop shopping, but maybe I will try to stay away from the stores minus the grocery store for the next few days.

Does anyone remember these awesome phones? My parents had a few of them. Actually I think my mom still has one that works. I even remember when you actually had to go in a circle to call the number and not just push the buttons. Dialing long distance took forever, but I digress.Anyway I am totally afraid of the phone. I hate calling people (except my mom). Seriously today I gmail chatted with Jared for like a while getting up the courage to call my doctor's office to phone in a prescription for me. The funny part is when I finally went to grab the phone I figured out that some how the mix up all got fixed and I don't need a new prescription after all! Yep that means I successfully avoided having to use the phone!!! Some people have phone fears of calling people. However my phone phobia goes both ways; calling and receiving phone calls. I am a text messaging and email fan. I am trying to get over my phone phobia by making it a point to call someone at least once a week that isn't a family member and I hope one day I will be able to pick up the phone with no fear. But this week is not that week.

In other news Lenna has decided naps are too boring. Since she has figured out she can move around in her crib she would much rather do that than sleep. However moving around is exhausting and since sleep doesn't occur melt downs happen. I think I will need to pay more attention to when she is ready for a nap so when I put her in her crib she just falls asleep.
Okay I am off to work on one of my many unfinished projects. Adieu!

Wrap up of Utah Trip

We had so much fun hanging out with Grandma Princess and Grandpa Stud all week long. It is really nice to have other people around to entertain Lenna, baby sit Lenna, and to have someone to go shopping with. Lenna was an incredibly happy baby except for one day where she missed her afternoon nap. If she decides to keep this personality/behavior up I will be one happy camper. But we will see how it goes now that we are back home and it is just me to entertain her.

Doesn't she look like she is having fun playing with Grandpa Stud?
Grandma Princess entertained Lenna a lot while I changed her pants and other random times.
Lenna in grandma's pumpkin patchClassic stair picture.Saying goodbye to grandma and grandpa at the airport!Does anyone ever wonder why no one ever says bad things about their trips? I think everyone has bad moments. We started and ended the trip with delayed airplanes. I thought Lenna would be not doing so well, but she slept on both airplane trips! Also my parent's bathroom filled with mud while we were there. So I helped clean up. The phone company apparently punctured some pipe. It was messy and my parents were irritated but it is all fixed now! Lenna had a hard day when she didn't get naps, and she pooped a ton more then normal. Have I ever mentioned I don't like changing poppy diapers? However, over all the trip was great! Lenna slept great, ate great, and we enjoyed spending time with family and friends! While in Utah Lenna learned how to sit better and know it is okay if she falls onto her back. She is working at and is getting better at holding her own bottle and getting it to her mouth. She also tried the Gerber Puffs and she has decided after a few tries that she really likes them. She is growing up so fast these days!

Since we have been home we went shopping and picked up my engagement ring. For the last 2 weeks I have been wearing my anniversary ring which is a half size to large. My engagement ring had some loose side stones, but every time they tried to fix it the problem would appear again. So they just gave me a whole new band (in the same style of course). It is amazing how clean and new it looks. I forgot how dirty my ring gets as I wear it.Lastly Lenna is working on grabbing small items. The only problem is she hasn't figured out she can put them in her mouth. But here is a video for you to watch!

This afternoon I discovered Lenna rolling around in her crib. Looks like the crib bumpers will be coming off very soon, and before I know it we will be lowering the crib mattress. Anyway hope everyone has a great weekend. We are off to Costco to grab the Halloween cards I designed!

Field Reporting for Dad

Since Daddy isn't with us on vacation we thought we would post some pictures so he could see how Lenna is growing up this week, plus we have been busy girls!

The airplane ride was a success. I will be honest I was really nervous to travel with Lenna all by myself. I arrived at the gate to find the airplane was delayed and I was bummed. But luckily Lenna fell asleep while I walked up and down the airport terminal. Then when I went to gate check the stroller/car seat they said the load of the airplane was very light that I could take Lenna on with her car seat on board. It was the best thing ever! We got our own row and I only paid 5 bucks for my ticket! By the end of the airplane ride Lenna was pretty tired as you can see in the following picture.After arriving in Logan we settled down for the night to get ready for the next day. Once Lenna finished her morning nap on Friday we headed to Salt Lake to go to Witches and shop at Tai Pan. At Witches people thought Lenna looked like such a great cute Witch that we had people we didn't know ask if they could take pictures of Lenna! I thought it was funny.

I think Lenna looks like the musical Wicked billboard in this picture.Aunt Megan and Grandma Princess helped entertain Lenna while we had dinner.Here is all of us at Witches
Here is my mom and I enjoying our time at Witches.Lenna didn't really care about the witches that were set up. She was more interested in the people dressed up like witches.Lenna loved riding in her stroller.

She had a great time with Grandma Princess in front of Witchy Poo.The problem with wearing a witch hat all night long is the crazy hair you get after-wards.

Also while in Utah we were able to stop by and see Grandma and Grandpa Cook. This means Lenna has been to all 4 of her Great Grandmas houses! She is a lucky girl to have that many great-grandparents alive. She loved visiting with them and just kept smiling at both of them.
Today we went to AnaBelle's baby blessing. It was great to see both my brothers at the same time. I love them both very much.
Also today Lenna's cousins Trey and Jack came over to visit. Lenna loved Trey and at one point in time he had her giggling so hard it was so so cute. I am very glad I got a video of it. Jack was cute with Lenna too. Jack kept trying to share things with Lenna, but sadly I didn't get a picture of that. Lenna loves her cousins.

That is all I have for right now. Have a great week everyone! (PS Lenna and mom want dad to know we miss him very much!)

Da-Da-Da-Da

Greeting from the rainy Northwest. Lenna is getting more toddler like every day. She is starting to get into everything. She especially loves getting into things I don't want her to play with. I guess child proofing is starting to happen! If I am not in the same room as Lenna, when I come back into the room she is always some where different then where I placed her. The other day we were packing for our Utah trip and she decided to get herself under her crib. She thinks it is funny.

Lenna has also learned how to say da-da-da. She started doing this last night. Right before we put her to bed she seriously said da-da-da for 40 or so minutes. I asked Jared why he wasn't recording this since it sounds like his title, but by the time we got the flix camera out she wasn't really talking. So in the video below which is just for the noise you hear more ya-ya-ya with the occasional da-da mixed in.

Yesterday we went on a fun adventure to Kingston via the ferry. I got to eat crepes, my friend got to get a toy for her 1 year old, in short tt was a win-win trip for everyone involved! Today Lenna and I spent most of the day shopping. We went to Fred Meyer because the ball popper toy was 1/2 off but they were all out.
On a side story while at Fred Meyer I was walking with Lenna in the cart and this old lady says "Oh how cute" then proceeds to tell me to stop multiple times. I don't know about you but I find it a little odd when I am moving at a fast past that someone tells me to stop so they can play with my baby. I just told the old lady we were in a hurry and couldn't stop. I don't mind people coming up to Lenna when we are stopped but to ask me to stop just seems weird. Also while checking out I had a 6 year old keep saying "look mom, look...the baby is so cute." Seriously Lenna is a ham!

Okay back to the ball popper subject. Well I was determined to get 1/2 off on this toy. I had bought it for Lenna already at Walmart a few weeks ago. So I decided to drive up to Walmart with the Fred Meyer weekly ad and ask if they would do a price match. I also had a manufactures coupon. The sad part is the manufactures coupon that I printed didn't work. I don't know why it just said invalid, but the happy ending is they priced matched! Which means I saved 10 bucks on this toy! Woot for saving money on toys!

Lastly for this post; I finally finished a project that I started on I feel like forever ago. The idea started back in June, but I didn't actually start until the end of August. Anyway I had an extra bridesmaid dress due to the unfortunate event that someone was unwilling to come to my wedding, so one day I tried on the extra dress. It mainly fit except it was about 8 inches to short for me. Here is a picture of my lovely bridesmaids. I think they all look cute.
Anyway after doing some asking around Jared's sister had the extra fabric, so that I could add to this extra dress I had. After getting the fabric in July I wasn't super sure what I wanted to do exactly. But a few cuts later and a bunch of time on the sewing machine I fixed me a new dress that fits! The best part is the length. I always have a hard time finding dress that are long enough. It is a little bit fancy but I think I can still wear it to church!In other news my witch hat is ready I just need to finish packing and off to Witches Lenna and I go! I am way pumped! Have a great week everyone!