December 12, 2009
11.2009 - MONTHLY UPDATE
The busyness has continued in our lives; however, we hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We unfortunately have just been busy, busy this last month and have not made it out for much fun and excitement lately. However, with Jessica the fun and excitement is easy to find in a moment chillin at home. We have been playing a lot of indoor baseball this last month, no matter where you are at Jessica will find you and hand you a ball and glove and then get her bat for a impromptu game (thank goodness for blow-up bats and cuddly baseballs). She has hit the ball a few times and gets so excited when she does and she is getting pretty good at throwing the ball into the mitt.
We did manage to take a drive one weekend up one of the Cottonwood canyons to see the snow, because Jessica was sad that the snow had melted at our house. She had to take her backpack along for the ride and throughout the small venture she kept saying, “Hike, hike! Hike, hike!” She just loves to go, go all the time and when coming down the canyon she kept putting her hands in the air and going “WEEEEEE! WEEEEE! However, once we got back home she sadly said, “Snow, gone!”
For days, Jessica had been bugging me about her camera, because the batteries were dead. I kept telling her we needed to go to the store and buy more, but really was just putting it off as it takes a minute to change the batteries in those things (tools are required). Well, apparently the little stinker knew I was lying and she broke into my desk where the batteries were hidden and brought them to me one day while I was putting laundry away and said, “Batteries, please!”. She is just way too smart.
Well, that is about it for now. We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and though are lives are busy and hectic we are extremely thankful for them. We have the most wonderful little one we could ever have imagined and who knew it could be so fun.
We did manage to take a drive one weekend up one of the Cottonwood canyons to see the snow, because Jessica was sad that the snow had melted at our house. She had to take her backpack along for the ride and throughout the small venture she kept saying, “Hike, hike! Hike, hike!” She just loves to go, go all the time and when coming down the canyon she kept putting her hands in the air and going “WEEEEEE! WEEEEE! However, once we got back home she sadly said, “Snow, gone!”
For days, Jessica had been bugging me about her camera, because the batteries were dead. I kept telling her we needed to go to the store and buy more, but really was just putting it off as it takes a minute to change the batteries in those things (tools are required). Well, apparently the little stinker knew I was lying and she broke into my desk where the batteries were hidden and brought them to me one day while I was putting laundry away and said, “Batteries, please!”. She is just way too smart.
Well, that is about it for now. We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and though are lives are busy and hectic we are extremely thankful for them. We have the most wonderful little one we could ever have imagined and who knew it could be so fun.
November 10, 2009
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November 4, 2009
Happy Halloween!
This was Jessica’s first year of real Trick-or-Treating and we let her pick out her costume all by herself. I tried to show her costumes she was familiar with, Minnie Mouse, princess stuff, etc. She didn‘t seem interested in anything, until she found the one and only cowgirl costume they had there. Luckily, it was her size. After we bought it and I was putting her into her car seat I was telling her we needed to find her some pink boots. She proceeded to say, “Pink boots, alright!” over and over.
So in preparation of Halloween, we have been explaining to Jessica what you do and what you get and she did absolutely awesome out Trick-or-Treating. She at first was doing really well saying, “trick-treat”; however, toward the end when someone would open their door she would say “Boo!” and laugh. She was so much fun; however, once it hit 8:30 she was instantly done. She tuckered herself out with all her big steps in her pink boots and running to chase the other kids in the neighborhood. Our night was cut short; however, we had a blast non the less. We hope that everyone had a great and fun Halloween!
So in preparation of Halloween, we have been explaining to Jessica what you do and what you get and she did absolutely awesome out Trick-or-Treating. She at first was doing really well saying, “trick-treat”; however, toward the end when someone would open their door she would say “Boo!” and laugh. She was so much fun; however, once it hit 8:30 she was instantly done. She tuckered herself out with all her big steps in her pink boots and running to chase the other kids in the neighborhood. Our night was cut short; however, we had a blast non the less. We hope that everyone had a great and fun Halloween!
10.2009 - MONTHLY UPDATE
Well, I think that October has been the fastest month so far this year; however, I suspect the next few will fly as well. It is just too crazy how fast the time goes. However, we are having a blast and Jessica continues to amaze us. This month she has been fascinated with matching. Whether it be marker colors, socks or silverware; if there is a match she will find it and will be sure to tell you “match, match, match” until you acknowledge her accomplishment. She has also been doing really well with counting, colors, shapes and is now constantly reading letters whenever she sees them.
Her little funnies for the month. One day the power was out for a little bit at our house, and apparently Jessica decided this was a perfect time to play Mom. She picked up my work phone and started rambling. I asked her if she was working, as she never gets on my phone when the power is on. She looked at me so seriously and put her finger up to her mouth and said, “ssshhh”. It was just too funny. She has also been on this kick of trying to train Boston (aka Baa). She tells him to sit, she keeps trying to get him to shake hands with her and then one day she was trying to get him to twirl in circles. It was the funniest thing, she would say “Baa, Baa” and then twirl and then hold her hands out like okay it is your turn. She tried so hard to get him to twirl in circles; however, he is stubborn and just laid down in his dog bed. She then attempted to pick him up, while saying “I big, I strong!”.
Her little funnies for the month. One day the power was out for a little bit at our house, and apparently Jessica decided this was a perfect time to play Mom. She picked up my work phone and started rambling. I asked her if she was working, as she never gets on my phone when the power is on. She looked at me so seriously and put her finger up to her mouth and said, “ssshhh”. It was just too funny. She has also been on this kick of trying to train Boston (aka Baa). She tells him to sit, she keeps trying to get him to shake hands with her and then one day she was trying to get him to twirl in circles. It was the funniest thing, she would say “Baa, Baa” and then twirl and then hold her hands out like okay it is your turn. She tried so hard to get him to twirl in circles; however, he is stubborn and just laid down in his dog bed. She then attempted to pick him up, while saying “I big, I strong!”.
October 9, 2009
October 8, 2009
09.2009 - MONTHLY UPDATE
School update, I passed another test (WOOHOO, so happy to report) and so now I am down to six classes to finish the BS in Business Management. Four of them I am trying to complete this term. So it will continue to be busy for the next six months, but the end is getting nearer and nearer (finally).
Well, toddler story time has finally started again this month at the library. So once a week we go hang out at the Library for an hour and have some fun. The first two weeks that we went Jessica hid behind me for the first ten minutes or so, proclaiming that she was scared and would shiver. However, after explaining to her that everyone was nice and friendly she would then sit on my lap and participate. Luckily, this was not an issue this week and she sat (which is not typical), listened and participated with the games and songs. I think it has been really good for her to be able to do some stuff with kids her own age. Plus, she loves books. She has started a habit of toting around a pile of books with her from room to room and at least one book (about animals) has to travel with us whenever we leave the house. Even during our walks.
We also made it out to the State Fair, where she rode in a helicopter, rode a horse, and saw a lot of animals. Which she really loved, but I forgot the camera. The mind these days, it is a shock I can function at times.
She has also been more involved in the kitchen and does not hesitate to get things out of the fridge. One particular day while I was working, she went in the kitchen after the Winder Dairy delivery, she got the eggs that I had put in the fridge earlier that morning and climb onto the cooler against the counter and had gotten an egg out. She was being awfully quite, so I finally asked her what she was doing and she said “Eggs! Eggs!” so I ran into the kitchen with her holding one egg in the air and ready to crack it. I made it just in time this time, another day we weren’t as quick and she poked her finger into three of the eggs and smashed one in between the stove and the counter, which was fun to clean up.
As everyone that meats Jessica knows she is a on the go kind of kid. She does not sit still for long; however, as her love of puzzles has continued this month. She quietly does puzzles several times a day. However, due to early potty training issues this month we had to throw two of her puzzles away. Thanks to reverse psychology she has been doing a ton better with potty training and if she does have an accident, she is finally coming to tell us that she had an accident.
We hope everyone is doing okay and enjoying the change in seasons. Jessica particularly loves the winter wear accessories. Have fun and enjoy!
Well, toddler story time has finally started again this month at the library. So once a week we go hang out at the Library for an hour and have some fun. The first two weeks that we went Jessica hid behind me for the first ten minutes or so, proclaiming that she was scared and would shiver. However, after explaining to her that everyone was nice and friendly she would then sit on my lap and participate. Luckily, this was not an issue this week and she sat (which is not typical), listened and participated with the games and songs. I think it has been really good for her to be able to do some stuff with kids her own age. Plus, she loves books. She has started a habit of toting around a pile of books with her from room to room and at least one book (about animals) has to travel with us whenever we leave the house. Even during our walks.
We also made it out to the State Fair, where she rode in a helicopter, rode a horse, and saw a lot of animals. Which she really loved, but I forgot the camera. The mind these days, it is a shock I can function at times.
She has also been more involved in the kitchen and does not hesitate to get things out of the fridge. One particular day while I was working, she went in the kitchen after the Winder Dairy delivery, she got the eggs that I had put in the fridge earlier that morning and climb onto the cooler against the counter and had gotten an egg out. She was being awfully quite, so I finally asked her what she was doing and she said “Eggs! Eggs!” so I ran into the kitchen with her holding one egg in the air and ready to crack it. I made it just in time this time, another day we weren’t as quick and she poked her finger into three of the eggs and smashed one in between the stove and the counter, which was fun to clean up.
As everyone that meats Jessica knows she is a on the go kind of kid. She does not sit still for long; however, as her love of puzzles has continued this month. She quietly does puzzles several times a day. However, due to early potty training issues this month we had to throw two of her puzzles away. Thanks to reverse psychology she has been doing a ton better with potty training and if she does have an accident, she is finally coming to tell us that she had an accident.
We hope everyone is doing okay and enjoying the change in seasons. Jessica particularly loves the winter wear accessories. Have fun and enjoy!
September 9, 2009
08.2009 - MONTHLY UPDATE
Well, officially Jesse and I have now been married for eight years, so no more lucky seven, but I am sure Eight will be Great!
Well, there aren’t many pictures this month and we did not get out an about much, as I having been craming for a big business test. Which, I unfortunately did not pass the first go around. However, I will continue to plug away and hope to pass the second time. I hope to have good news to report for next month’s update.
Jessica has really made a lot of progress this month with potty training; however, most of the time I am just letting her run naked from the bottom down and bribery is also working great. Then when she does pee in the potty, she becomes a little Italian girl for some reason and yells, “Mama, mama, mama. I peed!” This is the only time she ever calls me mama and I have no idea why, but it is way to funny. I still have to ask her a lot if she needs to go, but she is staying dry all day and even sometimes through the night and after nap time (if she takes a nap).
We did make it out to Layne and Britt’s for Layne’s B-Day, but I forgot my camera. Jessica however did remember hers and had a few pics of the wonderful exercise equipment, that she so wanted to play with. I managed to get a lot of exercise myself however, from chasing her from room to room and floor to floor. But we did manage to have some fun.
Jesse surprised us with a bike ride one Sunday morning, as around our house it is pretty boring to ride around and with all the construction we have not been out and about on our bikes this year. However, he got up and loaded our bikes and the trailer into the Jeep and off we went to the Legacy Parkway trail. It was great, we rode over nine miles and it was the most perfect day for a bike ride, Jessica loves puttin along behind in the trailer, plus we stopped at one of the neighborhoods and let her play at the little park. We all had a blast.
The little funnies for the month are:
This one day Jessica was wanting to play and I was sitting on the bed and told her “No, honey. Mom’s back is sore.” She got behind me on the bed and kissed my back and looked and me and said, “Better?” I about died. Then, long story short, Jessica stuffed little foam dinosaurs down the bathroom drain and Dad had to get into the crawler to fix it, the next day we walked into the laundry room and she saw Dad’s flashlight on the floor, she ran over to it and picked it up and hugged it and said “Love flashlight!” She is a nut, but oh so much fun. We have never laughed so much in our lives, I think; and we are just having a ton of fun. Now if I could just get through school, we could be having even more fun. Anyway, hope all is well with everyone and before you know it, it will be Christmas. Just a warning, hee hee. Loves!
Well, there aren’t many pictures this month and we did not get out an about much, as I having been craming for a big business test. Which, I unfortunately did not pass the first go around. However, I will continue to plug away and hope to pass the second time. I hope to have good news to report for next month’s update.
Jessica has really made a lot of progress this month with potty training; however, most of the time I am just letting her run naked from the bottom down and bribery is also working great. Then when she does pee in the potty, she becomes a little Italian girl for some reason and yells, “Mama, mama, mama. I peed!” This is the only time she ever calls me mama and I have no idea why, but it is way to funny. I still have to ask her a lot if she needs to go, but she is staying dry all day and even sometimes through the night and after nap time (if she takes a nap).
We did make it out to Layne and Britt’s for Layne’s B-Day, but I forgot my camera. Jessica however did remember hers and had a few pics of the wonderful exercise equipment, that she so wanted to play with. I managed to get a lot of exercise myself however, from chasing her from room to room and floor to floor. But we did manage to have some fun.
Jesse surprised us with a bike ride one Sunday morning, as around our house it is pretty boring to ride around and with all the construction we have not been out and about on our bikes this year. However, he got up and loaded our bikes and the trailer into the Jeep and off we went to the Legacy Parkway trail. It was great, we rode over nine miles and it was the most perfect day for a bike ride, Jessica loves puttin along behind in the trailer, plus we stopped at one of the neighborhoods and let her play at the little park. We all had a blast.
The little funnies for the month are:
This one day Jessica was wanting to play and I was sitting on the bed and told her “No, honey. Mom’s back is sore.” She got behind me on the bed and kissed my back and looked and me and said, “Better?” I about died. Then, long story short, Jessica stuffed little foam dinosaurs down the bathroom drain and Dad had to get into the crawler to fix it, the next day we walked into the laundry room and she saw Dad’s flashlight on the floor, she ran over to it and picked it up and hugged it and said “Love flashlight!” She is a nut, but oh so much fun. We have never laughed so much in our lives, I think; and we are just having a ton of fun. Now if I could just get through school, we could be having even more fun. Anyway, hope all is well with everyone and before you know it, it will be Christmas. Just a warning, hee hee. Loves!
August 5, 2009
07.2009 - MONTHLY UPDATE
Jessica is now (as of 07.30.2009) two and a half years old and she is weighin in at 30.5 lbs and is now 37.5 inches tall. So she has lost 2 lbs and gained 2 inches, since her second birthday check-up.
We have been having fun in the sun this month. We have taken her to various parks and even brought along her trike a few times. Now every time she gets in the Jeep, she checks to see if her trike is in the back. One of the parks we ventured to was Murray Park, where we saw 4 baby ducks trying to swim upstream with their mom, we attempted to get her to roll down a hill (however, she had more fun just running down it), she of course had to pick some flowers and she had her first snow cone. We then ate lunch and fed the seagulls our leftovers; which I think was her favorite part. She has got quite the arm on her for hurling food around.
This month she has learned to buckle herself into her highchair and stroller, then two weeks later she figured out how to unbuckle herself. Which once we get somewhere and she is ready to get out of her stroller she unbuckles herself and climbs out. However, she is doing pretty good with listening and jumps back in when I tell her we need to go. I get either an “alright” or “okay” from her.
She has also been doing a ton better with the potty and now when she goes she screams “I peed!” It is too funny, even people in other stalls have chuckled. Who knew going potty could be so exciting for multiple people.
Our little funnies for this month are one day Jesse was coming in the door and Jessica was sitting on my lap as I worked, she jumped down and said “hide”. So we hid and scared Dad with a Boo! Which this has also been a theme for this month, for anyone that will play (see the beginning of the Fourth of July video below, she is playin Boo with Chance, too cute) she will say “Boo” and anyone that screams “Ahh”, she will then do “Boo” again and this can continue back and forth, switching the Ahh’s and Boo’s amongst whomever is playing for as long as whomever is playing can take it.
Also, in our room she frequently will try to catch the sun as it streams in between the blinds in the evening; and a while back we got her a butterfly net. This one particular day she saw the sun coming in and ran out of our room into her room and came running back with her butterfly net. She then proceeded to swing her net and jump, to catch the sun. It was the cutest thing ever.
Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!
We have been having fun in the sun this month. We have taken her to various parks and even brought along her trike a few times. Now every time she gets in the Jeep, she checks to see if her trike is in the back. One of the parks we ventured to was Murray Park, where we saw 4 baby ducks trying to swim upstream with their mom, we attempted to get her to roll down a hill (however, she had more fun just running down it), she of course had to pick some flowers and she had her first snow cone. We then ate lunch and fed the seagulls our leftovers; which I think was her favorite part. She has got quite the arm on her for hurling food around.
This month she has learned to buckle herself into her highchair and stroller, then two weeks later she figured out how to unbuckle herself. Which once we get somewhere and she is ready to get out of her stroller she unbuckles herself and climbs out. However, she is doing pretty good with listening and jumps back in when I tell her we need to go. I get either an “alright” or “okay” from her.
She has also been doing a ton better with the potty and now when she goes she screams “I peed!” It is too funny, even people in other stalls have chuckled. Who knew going potty could be so exciting for multiple people.
Our little funnies for this month are one day Jesse was coming in the door and Jessica was sitting on my lap as I worked, she jumped down and said “hide”. So we hid and scared Dad with a Boo! Which this has also been a theme for this month, for anyone that will play (see the beginning of the Fourth of July video below, she is playin Boo with Chance, too cute) she will say “Boo” and anyone that screams “Ahh”, she will then do “Boo” again and this can continue back and forth, switching the Ahh’s and Boo’s amongst whomever is playing for as long as whomever is playing can take it.
Also, in our room she frequently will try to catch the sun as it streams in between the blinds in the evening; and a while back we got her a butterfly net. This one particular day she saw the sun coming in and ran out of our room into her room and came running back with her butterfly net. She then proceeded to swing her net and jump, to catch the sun. It was the cutest thing ever.
Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!
August 4, 2009
FOURTH OF JULY
For the Fourth of July we went over to Mike and Lissa’s to play, they had the water slide up and after a bit Jessica finally ventured in and I slid her down the slide a few times. She then started playing with Chance and wanted him to help her up to the top of the slide. Which was pretty high, but Chance helped her up and me on the other side helped her down. She had a blast playin and havin fun with the family. So much so, that we missed making it over to Layne and Brit’s. Right before 10 we ran over to Grandma Linda’s to try and watch the West Jordan fireworks. However, after waiting for what seemed like forever we took off and missed the real fireworks by about five minutes. We did see a few illegal fireworks and Jessica liked them at least. Hope everyone had a good Fourth.
July 7, 2009
July 6, 2009
06.2009 - MONTHLY UPDATE
Well, June was a pretty ugg of a month. With being sick, work, school and then Jesse tweeking his back we did not get out much this month and unfortunately missed out on going to Lagoon with the family. So there are just a few pics this month; however, I am glad to say the “No Mine” is being said less and less and with a lot of explaining on our parts Jessica now is full of “Alright!”. It is so stinkin cute. For example one day I was in the shower and she was trying to get undressed to hop in. I calmly explained to her that she could take a bath the next day, she stopped trying to take off her clothes, looked up at me and said “alright” and headed back out of the bathroom with no other discussion or fight in regards to the matter. It is just truly amazing how she is growing and becoming so animated. The terrible two definitely creep out once in awhile, but I have to say I am truly lucky.
July has already been off to a better start, so hopefully next months blog will be better. Hope all had a Happy and safe fourth of July.
July has already been off to a better start, so hopefully next months blog will be better. Hope all had a Happy and safe fourth of July.
June 4, 2009
05.2009 - MONTHLY UPDATE
Well I am off to a better start this month. We have been playing and having fun, as always. We finally took Jessica to the movies. We went and saw “Earth” and though we arrived late, she did really well. She loved the big screen and her popcorn, candy and drink and she made it through about 45 minutes. Which I was pretty impressed by.
We have also been hitting a lot of the elementary school playgrounds and this one day after Jessica played for a bit on each one of the different playgrounds we were making our way back to the Jeep. Jessica saw a robin in front of her and she started chasing it, apparently this bird was use to this as he would fly just a bit and low and she was able to chase this bird for a good minute before it finally flew up and over the school. She was so stoked to chase it around and got a little bummed when it finally flew away, but we told her to say "Bub Bye" to the bird, she promptly did and was off again on her merry little way.
Jessica is totally a Daddy’s girl and would hardly ever say Mom, but all of a sudden she has started calling me Mom all the time and now says “Mom (brief pause) Dad” all the time, as well. Plus she can tell the difference between these words in reading, as well as Grandma, Jessica and Eyes. Jessica can also pick out all the letters of the alphabet if asked for the letter. She can say some of them, but is still working on that. Now whenever she hears the alphabet song she starts dancing and her dancing is more of spinning in circles. So I can understand that her mind is all wishy washy when trying to say the alphabet, but she is definitely saying more and more.
We have been working a bit harder on the potty training front and she is doing really well going to the bathroom in public; however, at home it is really hit and miss and more miss than I would like to say. However, I have heard that it is usually harder to potty train in public, so at least we are getting the hard part out of the way first, right?
We also took Jessica to see her cousins, Talesha and Shaela, perform their dances. As she sat on my lap watching the girls dancing she would begin to move her arms around like the dancers, it was pretty neat. She is totally a girl and I think someday she will have a blast being the one on the stage.
Well that is all for now, we hope everyone is well and enjoying life!
We have also been hitting a lot of the elementary school playgrounds and this one day after Jessica played for a bit on each one of the different playgrounds we were making our way back to the Jeep. Jessica saw a robin in front of her and she started chasing it, apparently this bird was use to this as he would fly just a bit and low and she was able to chase this bird for a good minute before it finally flew up and over the school. She was so stoked to chase it around and got a little bummed when it finally flew away, but we told her to say "Bub Bye" to the bird, she promptly did and was off again on her merry little way.
Jessica is totally a Daddy’s girl and would hardly ever say Mom, but all of a sudden she has started calling me Mom all the time and now says “Mom (brief pause) Dad” all the time, as well. Plus she can tell the difference between these words in reading, as well as Grandma, Jessica and Eyes. Jessica can also pick out all the letters of the alphabet if asked for the letter. She can say some of them, but is still working on that. Now whenever she hears the alphabet song she starts dancing and her dancing is more of spinning in circles. So I can understand that her mind is all wishy washy when trying to say the alphabet, but she is definitely saying more and more.
We have been working a bit harder on the potty training front and she is doing really well going to the bathroom in public; however, at home it is really hit and miss and more miss than I would like to say. However, I have heard that it is usually harder to potty train in public, so at least we are getting the hard part out of the way first, right?
We also took Jessica to see her cousins, Talesha and Shaela, perform their dances. As she sat on my lap watching the girls dancing she would begin to move her arms around like the dancers, it was pretty neat. She is totally a girl and I think someday she will have a blast being the one on the stage.
Well that is all for now, we hope everyone is well and enjoying life!
May 19, 2009
Easter 2009
Easter morning was great, Jessica woke up and we ran to the living room to see what the Easter Bunny had gotten her. She was so excited digging through her Easter basket. We did not dye eggs this year as both Jesse and I think hard boiled eggs are gross, so Jessica spent the morning playing with her new gigs and putting stickers on some plastic eggs, while we got ready. We had a very busy day ahead of us. We went down to Orem for a quick visit with the Dudley side of the family, as it was Grandma Jane’s moms birthday also. We then headed back up to Salt Lake for Easter fun and three more birthday parties. It was great fun and we all had a blast of a day; however, it did tucker us all out. We hope everyone had a good Easter and here is to many more.
May 18, 2009
04.2009 - MONTHLY UPDATE
Okay, I am finally getting around to the April Monthly Update. Sheesh, I have been busy to say the least; however, we have been having fun and enjoying the weather, as much as possible.
I finally got video of Jessica riding her trike, check it out below. She totally has her Dad’s dare devil personality. As she found she could push her trike backwards toward the side’s of the road take her feet off and ride down. However, I was much too anxious about her falling so there is no video going backwards. But as I was filming she tried to go forward with no hands or feet. Yeah, I only wonder how much of my life will be spent in an emergency room.
I attempted to do a play date on a Saturday at Liberty Park, need less to say I was late. But when we got there no one had showed up yet either. So we ventured out amongst the entire park, just about. Later to find out that one of the other moms, Christan, was also running late. So Jessica missed even playing and having fun with Sam. But, we had fun never the less and if life ever slows down perhaps we will try it again at a much smaller park.
Some funny things she was doing in April are:
We were getting ready for bed one night and Jesse started sneezing. Jessica hurriedly left the room and then reappeared with a tissue for her dad. Then one night Jesse and I were cleaning up the house a bit, Jesse was vacuuming and all of a sudden Jessica comes running down the hall with her little vacuum and proceeded right behind dad. I guess she was catchin what he might have missed. It is so funny, we laugh so much because of Jessica and the little things she does as she grows and learns it really has been so great.
This one weekend night she decided she wanted to sleep on the couch, and since it was the weekend I thought what the heck. So she got her pillow and blanket and crashed on the couch. Well typically Boston sleeps on his doggie bed in our room; however, once he realized Jessica was in the living room he went out and laid down next right next to her on the floor and he slept there all night next to her. He really does love her, I now have proof.
Somewhere she has picked up the “no, mine”. As Jesse and I share everything with her we do not ever say this. I guess it is part of being two; however, as other things have come and go this has slowly decreased. So perhaps it will also be gone soon.
That is about it for now, hope all is well with everyone and that you are out enjoying this beautiful weather.
Jessia playin in April
I finally got video of Jessica riding her trike, check it out below. She totally has her Dad’s dare devil personality. As she found she could push her trike backwards toward the side’s of the road take her feet off and ride down. However, I was much too anxious about her falling so there is no video going backwards. But as I was filming she tried to go forward with no hands or feet. Yeah, I only wonder how much of my life will be spent in an emergency room.
I attempted to do a play date on a Saturday at Liberty Park, need less to say I was late. But when we got there no one had showed up yet either. So we ventured out amongst the entire park, just about. Later to find out that one of the other moms, Christan, was also running late. So Jessica missed even playing and having fun with Sam. But, we had fun never the less and if life ever slows down perhaps we will try it again at a much smaller park.
Some funny things she was doing in April are:
We were getting ready for bed one night and Jesse started sneezing. Jessica hurriedly left the room and then reappeared with a tissue for her dad. Then one night Jesse and I were cleaning up the house a bit, Jesse was vacuuming and all of a sudden Jessica comes running down the hall with her little vacuum and proceeded right behind dad. I guess she was catchin what he might have missed. It is so funny, we laugh so much because of Jessica and the little things she does as she grows and learns it really has been so great.
This one weekend night she decided she wanted to sleep on the couch, and since it was the weekend I thought what the heck. So she got her pillow and blanket and crashed on the couch. Well typically Boston sleeps on his doggie bed in our room; however, once he realized Jessica was in the living room he went out and laid down next right next to her on the floor and he slept there all night next to her. He really does love her, I now have proof.
Somewhere she has picked up the “no, mine”. As Jesse and I share everything with her we do not ever say this. I guess it is part of being two; however, as other things have come and go this has slowly decreased. So perhaps it will also be gone soon.
That is about it for now, hope all is well with everyone and that you are out enjoying this beautiful weather.
Jessia playin in April
April 2, 2009
03.2009 - MONTHLY UPDATE
Well this month was also pretty busy, I have managed to pass another class (woohoo!). So now I have just seven more to go and I am really trying to be done in the next year, even if it kills me. Then Jesse received his Steam Engineers License, just another great accomplishment to add to the old resume. He is really enjoying working for Granite School District and it is just amazing that he has accomplished so much in the time that he has been there.
Then to keep truckin though the month, for my Mom’s B-Day me and Jessica ventured down to the Harley Davidson store there in Lehi and met her for some sliders. The food is pretty good and the fries were the perfect size for Jessica. Being at the Harley place reminded me of our friend Loni. She worked on a feature film that will be coming out some time this year, that is called the Best Bar in America. The main character drives a motorcycle from bar to bar through Utah to Montana. She is a great photographer and she plays a mermaid in the movie. Check out the trailer at www.bestbarinamerica.com.
Jessica and I then went on a date, just the two of us, to the Museum of Natural History. She has just been being really good at certain times and I wanted to get out of the house and reward her, so we checked out the Frog Expo they are having there and then we also checked out the live bugs. She had a ton of fun playing with all the buttons and stuff they had around, but she couldn’t really make out a lot of the frogs. But all in all we had fun.
Jessica’s little funnies for the month. I woke up this one night and noticed something on our floor, after my eyes came into focus I realized it was Jessica. Now she normally sleeps in her own bed and then some time in the middle of the night she makes her way to our bed. However, this night she lay there with her head on her pillow and a blanket to one side of her and another blanket to the other side of her and she lay there sleeping right in front of the heater vent. I then just moved her back to her bed and there she slept the rest of the night. However, on another night she did make it into our bed. But when she had gone to sleep in her bed I took her hat off and hid it in a drawer in our room, as this is the only way to get it away from her. So are alarm had gone off and Jesse hit snooze and we were just laying there cuddling for a minute when Jessica started freaking out hysterically, she slid off the bed and she was balling and jumping up and down, flailing her arms out and just going nuts. We both were asking what was wrong and she stomped and jumped on the floor next to our bed. Somehow out of her rants I realized she wanted her HAT. I hurried and pulled it out of the drawer, she calmly said “hat” and put it on and laid back down and went to sleep. It was like two minutes of absolute hysteria at 5:00 am, I didn’t think it was very funny at the moment but looking back I can‘t help but smile at how nuts she is over her damn hat. Well we hope all is well with everyone and hopefully Spring will return to Salt Lake some day.
Jessica playing on the computer.
Then to keep truckin though the month, for my Mom’s B-Day me and Jessica ventured down to the Harley Davidson store there in Lehi and met her for some sliders. The food is pretty good and the fries were the perfect size for Jessica. Being at the Harley place reminded me of our friend Loni. She worked on a feature film that will be coming out some time this year, that is called the Best Bar in America. The main character drives a motorcycle from bar to bar through Utah to Montana. She is a great photographer and she plays a mermaid in the movie. Check out the trailer at www.bestbarinamerica.com.
Jessica and I then went on a date, just the two of us, to the Museum of Natural History. She has just been being really good at certain times and I wanted to get out of the house and reward her, so we checked out the Frog Expo they are having there and then we also checked out the live bugs. She had a ton of fun playing with all the buttons and stuff they had around, but she couldn’t really make out a lot of the frogs. But all in all we had fun.
Jessica’s little funnies for the month. I woke up this one night and noticed something on our floor, after my eyes came into focus I realized it was Jessica. Now she normally sleeps in her own bed and then some time in the middle of the night she makes her way to our bed. However, this night she lay there with her head on her pillow and a blanket to one side of her and another blanket to the other side of her and she lay there sleeping right in front of the heater vent. I then just moved her back to her bed and there she slept the rest of the night. However, on another night she did make it into our bed. But when she had gone to sleep in her bed I took her hat off and hid it in a drawer in our room, as this is the only way to get it away from her. So are alarm had gone off and Jesse hit snooze and we were just laying there cuddling for a minute when Jessica started freaking out hysterically, she slid off the bed and she was balling and jumping up and down, flailing her arms out and just going nuts. We both were asking what was wrong and she stomped and jumped on the floor next to our bed. Somehow out of her rants I realized she wanted her HAT. I hurried and pulled it out of the drawer, she calmly said “hat” and put it on and laid back down and went to sleep. It was like two minutes of absolute hysteria at 5:00 am, I didn’t think it was very funny at the moment but looking back I can‘t help but smile at how nuts she is over her damn hat. Well we hope all is well with everyone and hopefully Spring will return to Salt Lake some day.
Jessica playing on the computer.
March 19, 2009
How it All Began
Jesse and I celebreated our 13th anniversary of meeting each other on March 2 and I just thought this might be a good time to reflect on how it all began. I am going to back up just a bit to February 3, 1996, my 15th birthday and I went to my friend Peter’s house for my birthday party. I was also sorta seeing Peter’s cousin, Ben at the time and we had been seeing each other for a few months. At this party there was this new gal that I had never met before and we got to chattin a bit and she was pretty nice. Well, as it turns out Ben was also seeing her, so the night didn’t turn out quite as I had planned, just to say the least. Right after that my family and I were off to Hawaii for two or three weeks. Which was absolutely gorgeous and breath taking. However, once I got home I wanted nothing to do with guys and figured I just needed a break.
As a birthday present my friend Britney took me to a White Zombie concert on March 2, 1996. Filter was the opening band and we showed up as they were already playing. Then at the intermission as they were setting up the stage for White Zombie, Britney and I were making our way through the crowd to get up front for a little bit of moshing. We made it to about the middle of the crowd and we were just kinda browsin the crowd. As I am looking I see the back of this hat that says BIT** in red, and I was a bit taken back but then the guy wearing the hat turned his head and we caught each others eyes. He had the most beautiful green eyes I had ever seen. However, we were like fifteen to twenty feet away from each other with a sea of people between us and then the lights dimmed and the show started. Needless to say Britney and I did not stay in the mosh pit for long and eventually made it over to a side area. We then were enjoying the show when some other guys started to talk to us; which I was not to jazzed about. I could see the green eyed guy like ten feet away hangin out and I so badly, for the first time in my life, was contemplating walking up and talking to a guy. There just seemed to be that immediate connection between the two of us, but I just couldn’t do it.
Britney and I ended up ditching the “other guys” finally, but also I than lost the green eyed guy. Then the show was over and we were heading out, I was looking everywhere for the green eyed guy. Unfortunately, the “other guys” found us. So we made it outside and these “other guys” were trying to get us to go and hang out with them. As they are talking to us, I see the green eyed guy walk out the doors, I could feel my heart pounding faster, he walked right behind me and across the parking lot and up and out of sight. I was crushed, I couldn’t believe he was gone. Finally the “other guys” left and we walked across the parking lot and up to the spot where Britney’s dad was going to pick us up. I was still so bummed and then all of a sudden I saw this dark red car approaching and the green eyed guy was driving. I started telling Britney, that’s the guy (or something to that effect). I could feel my heart racing again and then the passenger window came down and his friend yelled out the window, “Do you guys have boyfriends?”. They had thought the “other guys” were are boyfriends, thankfully that was not the case and we walked over to the car and started talking to them. The green eyed guy was Jesse and his blonde haired friend was Layne. We chatted for a minute and then gave them our numbers.
As soon as I got back home from Britney’s I actually told my mom about this guy I had met. Which this was a first, I was so excited and I barely even knew him. There was just something so special there. However, once Jesse found out how old I was he tried to not be interested, as he was currently 18 soon to be 19. But he could not resist my sweetness and the following Friday he picked me up from school and we hung out. I had never had so much fun in my life. I then invited him to my mom’s birthday party on March 10, 1996 and that is when Britney and Layne also formally hooked up. We have all been together (for the most part) ever since. It has been an amazing journey and I feel so lucky for this life. I love you with all of my heart and more Jesse, and I always will.
As a birthday present my friend Britney took me to a White Zombie concert on March 2, 1996. Filter was the opening band and we showed up as they were already playing. Then at the intermission as they were setting up the stage for White Zombie, Britney and I were making our way through the crowd to get up front for a little bit of moshing. We made it to about the middle of the crowd and we were just kinda browsin the crowd. As I am looking I see the back of this hat that says BIT** in red, and I was a bit taken back but then the guy wearing the hat turned his head and we caught each others eyes. He had the most beautiful green eyes I had ever seen. However, we were like fifteen to twenty feet away from each other with a sea of people between us and then the lights dimmed and the show started. Needless to say Britney and I did not stay in the mosh pit for long and eventually made it over to a side area. We then were enjoying the show when some other guys started to talk to us; which I was not to jazzed about. I could see the green eyed guy like ten feet away hangin out and I so badly, for the first time in my life, was contemplating walking up and talking to a guy. There just seemed to be that immediate connection between the two of us, but I just couldn’t do it.
Britney and I ended up ditching the “other guys” finally, but also I than lost the green eyed guy. Then the show was over and we were heading out, I was looking everywhere for the green eyed guy. Unfortunately, the “other guys” found us. So we made it outside and these “other guys” were trying to get us to go and hang out with them. As they are talking to us, I see the green eyed guy walk out the doors, I could feel my heart pounding faster, he walked right behind me and across the parking lot and up and out of sight. I was crushed, I couldn’t believe he was gone. Finally the “other guys” left and we walked across the parking lot and up to the spot where Britney’s dad was going to pick us up. I was still so bummed and then all of a sudden I saw this dark red car approaching and the green eyed guy was driving. I started telling Britney, that’s the guy (or something to that effect). I could feel my heart racing again and then the passenger window came down and his friend yelled out the window, “Do you guys have boyfriends?”. They had thought the “other guys” were are boyfriends, thankfully that was not the case and we walked over to the car and started talking to them. The green eyed guy was Jesse and his blonde haired friend was Layne. We chatted for a minute and then gave them our numbers.
As soon as I got back home from Britney’s I actually told my mom about this guy I had met. Which this was a first, I was so excited and I barely even knew him. There was just something so special there. However, once Jesse found out how old I was he tried to not be interested, as he was currently 18 soon to be 19. But he could not resist my sweetness and the following Friday he picked me up from school and we hung out. I had never had so much fun in my life. I then invited him to my mom’s birthday party on March 10, 1996 and that is when Britney and Layne also formally hooked up. We have all been together (for the most part) ever since. It has been an amazing journey and I feel so lucky for this life. I love you with all of my heart and more Jesse, and I always will.
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- I have been happily married to Jesse, for eight years now. It is crazy to think that we have been together now for fourteen years. We have endured many struggles and nobody thought we would make it this far. However, we have prevailed and now we have our Jessica Belle, as well.
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