My Little Dancing Queen

Mya gets more fun every day! I can't believe how big she is getting. Lately she loves to dance. I turn on the radio (or any music, even her toy piano) and she will just start bouncing (that's her dance moves she gets from her dad). It's really cute when she does it. But she also loves to dance with us. I think she just thinks we're weird or something, but I'll just say that she likes it.

It's Only Been A Year

So it's been just over a year that we've lived in our house and I still have not decorated our room and the kitchen. So lately I've been really wanting to do that. I've felt like our room is so plain, so I finally found something that Lisa and I designed that I really liked and wanted for my room.
I still have a little more to do, but am just not sure what yet for our room.
The kitchen is my big project. I haven't been sure what to do because I have that big wall that extends past the kitchen. But I've finally figured it out and have almost gotten everything together for that.

I just have to paint my shelves now and buy a few picture frames and I think I'm good to hang everything.

I feel like my mom lately I've been doing so many crafts. That's pretty much all I've been doing in my spare time during the weekends. I have a table in our basement that has had unfinished crafts that I've either started or gotten the stuff to do, but just haven't taken the time to do them. We'll, I'm almost done.

I decided I just needed to get the other stuff done before I started on my kitchen crafts. I've been way happy with how everything has turned out. Randee, Amanda, and Becky came over tonight to do the one with the 3 pieces of metal to hold pictures with me. It was way fun to have them all there doing it with me.

Justin's Been Tagged

So, I'm finally doing the husband tag:

1. Where did you meet? Blind date. This is actually a really funny/weird story. I met Justin’s mom through my work when she would come get vinyl lettering and she told me that she wanted to line me up with her son. I didn’t want to go on another blind date, plus I’ve had a mom set me up with her son before…been there, done that. Justin was dating another girl at the time and didn’t want to take me out either. So good, I thought that was over. Then my friend Rachelle visited Justin’s ward one Sunday and he found out we were friends and he wanted to set Rachelle and his friend up. Also, around the same time (I don’t know the sequence of everything), his uncle that he works with said something to Justin about a girl in his ward (me) that he should take out. Once Justin decided he would take me out, it was only to double with his friend and Rachelle (which they never went out again). Neither me or Justin were planning on getting in a relationship because I had kind of given up on that and decided to go on a mission, and Justin didn’t want to worry about a relationship during that school semester. But we hit it off right away and neither one of us even went out with another person after that.

2. How long did you date before you were married? We dated 3 months and then got engaged. We were married 3 months later (so 6 months).
3. How long have you been married? Just over 2 years. Our anniversary was in August.

4. What does he do that surprises you? He’s pretty predictable, but once in a while he’ll just do something way sweet that I just love. Sometimes it’s flowers, other times it’s just a note, or fixing something or cleaning something while I’m gone. He’s sweet.

5. What is your favorite feature of his? His eyes and smile. His can always make me smile.

6. What is your favorite quality of his? He cares so much about others. He’s always putting others first and trying to make them happy.

7. Does he have a nickname for you? He’s always making up nicknames for me. Usually just Nat, but there’s Crap or Poop Face (I think it’s really funny) and Nat-for-brains (I don’t even know how he came up with that one) that he uses a lot, too. But he’s always giving me new ones.

8. What is his favorite color? He doesn’t have one.

9. What is his favorite food? Italian – There’s some dish an Italian lady made for him once and I would say that’s probably his favorite. I think it was some sort of baked pasta dish.

10. What is his favorite sport? Basketball

11. When and where was your first kiss? It was after our 3rd date. We went to dinner at Chili’s, then a Weber State hockey game, then back to his house to watch a movie. On the way home I so thought he was hinting that he was going to kiss me (but he claims he never thought about it) and he walked me to the door and gave me a kiss (he claims I was just giving him ‘the look’…Our stories don’t match up).

12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? I like our date nights - probably that.

13. Do you have any children? 1 - Mya

14. Does he have a hidden talent? Probably…and is just not letting me know about it…

15. How old is he? 25

16. Who said I love you first? He did. We went to the cabin for the day and when we came home a way bad snow storm hit. It took us twice as long to get home. But when he dropped me off that night he told me.

17. What is his favorite type of music? Old Country. He’s like a grandpa already!

18. What do you admire most about him? His testimony and knowledge of the gospel. I learn a lot from him.

19. Do you think he will read this? Yes, he usually reads my blog.

My Sick Little Girl!

Having my little girl sick was so sad today! Mya's never gotten sick other than allergies since she's been born, but not today. Mya woke up first at 2:30 this morning (which is not like her, she sleeps through the night) so I just brought her in our bed, then at 7ish she woke up and had a bottle...not long after, her milk was all over her, me and the bed. So at first I wasn't sure if it was a fluke because she was a spitty baby before solid foods, but not long after she was throwing up more. It got so bad that she wasn't going more than 15 minutes between purges and it was just all her body could do to get out just a little bit of stomach acid. I just felt so bad. I seriously just wanted to cry with her. But tonight, she is doing so good! She has had pedialite for the last 8 hours and hasn't thrown up in 7! Her personality is back, too. For a while there she wasn't even smiling and just with the look on her face you could tell she was miserable.

Holy cow I love being a mom! Even though I was washing bedding from both of our beds and had thow up in my hair, I loved staying home with her today, taking care of her and holding her. The only thing I did today was shower and get dinner in the crock pot, the rest of the day was hers. It's just this rewarding feeling of taking care of her and realizing how much you love someone to not even care about all of the negative. Anyway, I'm just glad she's better.

Justin Took The Quiz Too

You Belong in 1997

With you anything goes! You're grunge one day, ghetto fabulous the next. It's all good!

What Year Do You Belong In?

I Found This On Randee's Blog

You Belong in 1959

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

What Year Do You Belong In?

What's In Your Mouth??

I find myself asking Mya this several times a day. Usually it's paper or if we're outside it's grass...I can't even remember everything I find in her mouth. Today though, I don't think I'll ever forget what was in Mya's mouth.

I was at Lisa's/work and in the office (which is right by the front door) and I could tell there was something in Mya's mouth. So as I'm going up to her, she pulls this face like whatever is in her mouth is disgusting, but she still wouldn't open her mouth. Then, once I'm close enough, there was this foul smell. "Don't tell me that smell is coming from your mouth"....and I pull out a STINK BUG!!!! Disgusting! (Sorry Michelle if you read this...you're probably dry heaving)
Notice it's missing its head....?????

Hello?

This is Mya's newest thing. She is so getting a phone for Christmas! Monday night I caught her doing this. We were in our family room and she was kind of off in the corner playing with one of the remotes and I was just watching her and saw her put the remote up to her ear! She did it a lot today with combs, pens, toys, and then my phone! It's so cute, and every time I catch her I say "Hello?" and she'll just look at me and laugh. It's way fun!

Let It Snow!

Holy cow this weekend was crazy, but I loved it! I couldn't believe it when I woke up to inches of snow. Our poor neighbors...since the snow was so heavy, part of their tree was on their car, another part out in the road, and the other part was leaning the other direction. It was a big shady tree, too. Justin was over that night helping them cut it up and getting it off the road and car.

Mya was wearing a way cute outfit that day and I thought it would be so cute to get a picture of her with the snow, but then I spaced it but did get a picture the next morning before the snow melted. It melted a lot by this time, but it still covered the ground.
I was curious to see what she would do about the snow...she of course ate it! I can't believe I even wondered. Everything goes in her mouth.

I loved it though because it reminded me of winter and even though fall is my favorite, winter just has a feel to it that I love. Life kind of slows down and I take in more of the every day moments. That's exactly how it seemed this weekend and I just think snow is so pretty, too! So I'm glad it's gone for now so I can enjoy the fall, but I can't wait for it to come again.

Tag Time!

Okay, I've been tagged twice, once for Mya and one for Justin, so I've better get going. This one is for Mya. Lisa tagged her so I need to say 5 facts about Mya.

1. Mya is not a serious baby! She loves playing. Everything is a game, and if it's not, we make it into one. I really don't think she gets this from me. She is always making me laugh! We will be doing nothing and she will come up and just do the "get you" scream and crawl on me. Like I said, everything is a game.

2. Explorer! Talk about being interested in everything. Justin and I just laugh when she gets in the mood to explore because it's like we all of a sudden don't matter and she just crawls off into another room. If we want to keep her occupied for a little while, we give her something she's never played with before, and that will keep her happy for a good 5 minutes while she is trying to figure out what it is and what she can do with it.

3. Copy Cat. She's getting to that age. We eat, she eats. We go up the stairs, she follows. She is seriously my little shadow. I knock on the wall, she hits the wall. It is so cute.

4. Cuddly! I love that about Mya. Even though she is always on the go, she still likes to take time to cuddle. I love night time after her bath when I can just rock and sing to her. Mondays and Saturdays are my favorite because I am on no time schedule since I'm off work those days and we seriously spend most of her time awake playing and cuddling.

5. Strong. Justin and I were just talking about this tonight about how strong she seems. She was rolling over by 4 months, scooting at 6, and now crawls up and down stairs, pulls herself up to everything, and walks around whatever she is standing up to. I know, a lot of babies can do this, but I'm still a biased mom who is way proud of her baby!

I tag:
Josh
Kimi
Ella
Ivy
Brittney

Peek-A-Boo!

Here's how this game goes: I'll be in the kitchen, making dinner or something like that, and I'll hear Mya make a little "Ah." But it sounds close, so I usually look around (you think I'd learn by now) and sometimes I'll even start to walk upstairs looking for her, and then I'll see her sitting on top of our wall divider, just smiling as big as she can! She thinks it's so fun and cool to trick me! "She's so tricky!"

Our New Babysitter

Mya is at the age where she likes to be with someone all of the time. It's gotten to the point where I am taking showers with her standing next to the tub while she's dropping toys in the tub, I am having to make our kitchen our new toy room, and now she's wanting to be held while I'm getting ready in the mornings. It's making my goal to be to work at 10 almost impossible. So, even though I've bought cupboard locks and just haven't put them on yet, I've found my babysitter! I take out the things she can't have, and let her go to town as I get ready. It's really helped a lot!

Other new things about Mya, she claps, stands up to anything and walks around furniture, says "Mom" and "Dad" or "Dad Dad Dad Dad" and "Mom Mom Mom Mom," she is about to cut a tooth (which that has been fun), and is just more loving and fun every day!

'Ol Kev's Home

Kevin came home today. There's something about homecomings that I love. I love watching the family's reaction (even though I'm part of the family this time). I love watching the mom and dad's anxiety to see their son, who you can just tell are so proud of him. Then there's the little brothers and sisters. They can't leave him alone, and the thing is, the missionary doesn't mind it since he hasn't seen them for 2 years. Kimi and Jared were way excited to see Kevin. You could tell he really didn't mind being mauled. Then there's Ivy, who was so excited and has been talked to about Kevin for the last two years, but doesn't really remember him in person. She was so excited to see him, but once she did, she didn't really know what to do and it took her a minute to warm up to him. The other brothers and sister in this case are just excited to see him and the hugs that are exchanged are so...I don't know. I just love watching it.

It was way cute with Mya. She doesn't like strangers and it usually takes her a little bit to warm up to men, but she went right to Kevin and and let him hold her for quite a while.
WELCOME HOME KEV! We're all glad you're back!