Like Mother, Like Daughter

Jane locked herself in the closet today. I have never seen laughter turn into such hysterical crying so quickly...bless her heart! As I was awing over my daughter's crazy "freak out", I realized that I should probably give her a break..she is MY daughter after all. And it is no mystery where she gets her uncanny ability to have one heck of an instantaneous "freak out"...she gets it from ME!!! Yes, I have been known to whip up a rather stunning "freak out" at the drop of a hat. Jane, reminded me of myself far too much today!!

That reminded of a time, several years back when I used to babysit weekly, four VERY energetic boys. These were the type of boys that you couldn't take your eyes off of for one second for fear of something exploding, breaking or dying. On this particular day I had the boys settled down watching a super hero movie (an absolute life saver, when it comes to babysitting boys). I decided I would take that small window of time to go to the bathroom. Knowing my time was limited, I ran to the bathroom and decided I'd better be sure to lock the door- "what if one of the boys walked in on me...what a nightmare that would be" I thought.

Now this bathroom must have been used as a "time-out" spot or a small dungeon by the parents...(I wouldn't put it past them with these boys...)because it only had a lock on the outside of the door. Due to my lack of brain function when I am rushing, I pressed the lock button in and closed the door. After I had finished the job in the bathroom, as quickly as possible, naturally I attempted to exit. This is where I realized that I had locked myself in this tiny bathroom. It was feeling more like a dungeon every minute!

Visions of a destroyed house, a dead toddler, and three boys, high on the forbidden sugar stash hidden away in the kitchen, running up the street like wild animals danced through my head. Here is when the "freak out" came, coupled with cold sweats, short breaths and small black-outs. I knew if I yelled to the boys to come help me because I was locked in the bathroom, letting me out would be the last thing they would do. They would most definitely see this as the opportunity of a life time and commence the chaos immediately. No, I had to think of a better plan. I spent several minutes tinkering with the door handle and looking through cupboards for sharp objects of any kind. Perhaps I could dig my way out?!

Finally, I could see that my attempts were folly and too much time had passed. My only hope was that there was some decency left in the world of little boys, and I yelled for them to come help. I decided to leave out the part where I was locked like a prisoner in the bathroom. To my awe and surprise, one of the boys answered my distress call. Rather impatiently he opened the door (thankfully not realizing it had been locked) and said "what do you want? Gosh, I am missing the best part of the movie." I said "Oh, I forgot" trying to act natural. I didn't want my lack of adult responsibility getting back to their parents. I ran into the room where all four boys were sitting the exact way I had left them...Thank heaven for super hero movies!!!!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the year...

Let the fun begin....

Festival of the Trees!!

Blown Glass tree...Wow!!

Gotta love good ol BYU!!!

Jane and I have already had a chance to do alot of fun stuff this holiday season!! We went to the Festival of the trees not too long ago with a group of fun moms from our ward!! It was so much fun and Jane really had a blast...

She helped mama make some festive reindeer horns to wear. She wore them for exactly 10 seconds, in which time I managed to get a pretty decent picture of her before she ripped them off...a Christmas miracle.

She also got her face painted. She picked out a cute snow flake. Who knew the Festival of the trees was so much fun?!!

However, the best part of this holiday season...so far, is that Jane got to meet the big guy himself...yes, Jane met Santa Clause and loved it!!


She was pretty enamored with his jingle bells...
We also got to ride on a real train around Santa!! It was so much fun. I know you can't tell by her face...but Jane loved it!!So far, this Christmas season is panning out to be a good one!! Merry Christmas everyone!!

3 years already?!!

On November 23rd, 2008, Ryan and I had our third anniversary!! However, we weren't actually able to celebrate until a week later!! We both desperately needed a break so we had an over night stay at the Alaskan Inn in Ogden, went to a movie and ate a VERY nice dinner at the Timbermine Restaraunt. Leaving Jane overnight for the first time was very weird but we managed to get away and Jane had alot of fun with Christina and Terry!! Here are a few fun pics of our get-away!Alaskan Inn up Ogden Canyon

Timbermine Restaraunt

I threw in a picture of Jane playing- just because she is so cute!!

Also, at the Alaskan Inn!!

Tagged...

I was tagged by my friend Melissa!! So here goes:

8 shows I watch:
1. John and Kate plus 8
2. Little People Big World
3. The Hills (I'm a nerd)
4. Law and Order
5. Home Improvement (I'm a really big nerd)
6. Everybody loves Raymond
7. Anything on the Food Network
8. Friends
*OK, so I watch too much tv...

8 Restaraunts I go to:
1. Cafe Rio
2. La Dulce Vida
3. Tarahumara
4. Sensuous Sandwich
5. Red Robin
6. Osaka
7. The Training Table
8. Yoasis (I love them..yummy!!)
*This was way too easy, I eat WAY too much...

8 Thing I did today:
1. Worked in the office and tried to keep Jane away from the computer and phone
2. Played with Jane
3. Picked up after Jane
4. Fed Jane
5. Cleaned up after Jane
6. Wrote more of my book- while Jane napped
7. Changed Jane's poopy diapers
8. I am going to a movie- once Jane is asleep
*Basically I have no life other than Jane...

8 Things I look forward to:
1. Not having to manage Crestline Estates anymore (Don't get me wrong, I am so grateful for our job- but it can be super stressful sometimes :)
2. Ryan to be done with school
3. Buying our first home
4. a white Christmas- Jane will actually sort-of care about it this year!!
5. Thanksgiving break for Ryan- we can actually hang out together!!!
6. Finishing my book!!
7. Jane's bed time- I love her to death but that's my chance to relax!!!
8. Jane waking up in the morning- I am rested and ready to play with my adorable baby!!

8 Things on my wish list:
1. I wish and hope Ryan will get one of the scholarships he is applying for.
2. A comfortable and beautiful home of our own some day
3. Happiness to my family and friends (good one Meliss)
4. I wish I could learn not to stress out so much all the time.
5. My children to grow up to be strong, righteous, successful adults
6. To see my family more, all together(my brothers and sisters I mean)!!
7. More dates and time with Ryan!!!
8. More adventure!!!

People I tag:
1. Jillyn
2. Erica
3. Christina
4. Heather
5.Eve

Do it if you can- if you can't I won't hate you!!! But, I really learned alot about myself from doing this. I discovered that I am a huge nerd, with no life, who eats too much!! So, think hard about doing this- you may learn something awesome about yourself that you didn't know before!! :)

Curse oranges...curse ALL the oranges...

Today, disaster struck. I was putting groceries away. I was of coarse flustered and in a hurry, as usual. It was almost Jane's nap time and I had to feed her a snack; but first I had to get at least the perishable items put away. As I was in a rush to get the milk put away, I accidentally pushed over a very full pitcher of orange juice that was in the back of the fridge. I watched in horror, helplessly, as the the pitcher tumbled over, spewing pulpy orange juice into every lower crevice of the fridge. The drawers of meat and cheese, fruit, and vegetables and all of its contents were completely covered in orange juice. As if this wasn't bad enough, as fate would have it, Jane happened to be standing in front of the open fridge as the waterfall of orange juice came tumbling out of the fridge and all over poor Jane and the kitchen floor.

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I have a pesky tendancy to...well...freak out in situations like this. Holding back the urge to use a curse word, I took off Jane's completely drenched clothes, and spunged her down as much as I could. Jane roamed the house half-naked for a while as I cleaned up the ginormous mess. This was no small feat, as I had to wipe down every apple, every bag of cheese and every corner and nook of the fridge. Then I had to mop the floor and of coarse wipe down and dress Jane. Somehow, I managed to clean up the mess, get Jane re-dressed and fed and put down for a nap in a resonable amount of time. However, if you come to our house any time soon and eat something that tastes orangey...you'll understand why!!!

Fall- favorite time of the year!!

Fall is so beautiful!! Since last fall I was secluded indoors with a brand new baby- I missed all of it!! So this year it has been a blast to get out and enjoy the beautiful fall weather. I took some adorable pictures of Jane playing in some leaves- on the tip of a good friend from my ward- Thanks Eve!! And thanks to Christina who made Jane smile and laugh so great!!

More Halloween fun!!

Jane and Grandma Dick!!

Jane playing with Captain- The Dicks wonderful old dog!!

Jane was a dalmation for Halloween this year!!! she was the most adorable puppy in the world. Initially, we had a whole family theme going. All I could get Ryan to agree to dress up as was a pharmacist. All he had to do was put on his pharmacist jacket...he's not a fan of halloween and is needless to say...BORING. So, I tried to spruce it up by being a bottle of Tylenol and Jane was a baby tylenol tablet. It was sooo cute and funny- but it was just too uncomfortable. So, we broke down and let her wear her dalmation outfit- which turned out pretty cute!!