A work of Art!

I just had to write a quick post about this amazing thing my Mother in Law did for us! She came out to watch Skyler's birth, and she basically didn't stop cooking the entire time she was here. She ended up putting 20 frozen dinners in our freezer for us, making it so I don't have to cook until after Christmas (now that's love I tell ya!). I thought it was cute how she numbered each dinner and made a numbered list on our fridge, telling us what each dinner is and the cooking instructions. To me, this picture represents a wonderful work of art! Thanks Marilynn!!

November 19, 2008

Tagged

Jen, I've been a little behind at reading blogs so better late than never!

Eight Favorite TV shows:
1. The Office ( I seriously I have a major addiction to this show)
2. Lost (Although I'm a little bit behind)
3. American Idol

We actually don't have T.V. right now, so I'll list some shows I used to watch
4. Friends
5. Jon and Kate plus 8
6. What not to wear (will somebody please nominate me for this show..I need some work!)
7. Whose line is it anyway
8. A baby story

Eight Favorite Restaurants:
1. Lately it's been Sweet Tomatoes (we've gone the past three week-ends in a row because I crave their salad)
2. Caruso's
3. Delectable
4. Lawry's
5. China Chillies ( A little shout out to the Bay Area)
6. Does Frost Count?
7. Cafe Rio
8. Cafe poca cossa

Eight Things that happened yesterday"
1. My wonderful Mother in Law took me grocery shopping and bought us enough food to last us a month (actually with Jordan's appetite, more like two weeks, but still!)
2. My awesome Father in Law mowed our lawn!!
3. Went to Sweet Tomatoes for the third week in a row
4. Read a really cool article in ELLE magazine about a fellow track teammate from high school
5. Jamie and Jaylee came over for a quick visit
6. Ate a yummy Costco hot dog
7. Went to bed way too late
8. Dreamed about having this baby.


Eight Things to Look Forward To:
1. Having my baby
2. Having my baby
3. Having my baby
Just kidding there are some other things...
4. My mom is coming out in a little over a week, I can't wait to have her all to myself!
5. Christmas and being together with family
6. Watching my daughter play with her new sibling
7. The pedicure I may be getting from Renee tonight
8. Exercising again..I want to run a 1/2 marathon this spring.

Eight Things on My Wish List:
1. Living closer to our Family (it has been so nice having Jordan's parents here)! I want my daughter to know her extended family!
2. A new Car..Our little Mirage is a tight squeeze!
3. Finish the back yard
4. I hope Thais will be best friends with her little brother
5. Figure out what our next step should be with our business
6. Lose all of my wonderful preggy pounds
7. Dates with my cute husband EVERY SINGLE week
8. A new baby that's a good sleeper


Eight Things I Love About the Fall:
1. I LOVE herbal tea and it's so nice to drink in the Fall
2. Thanksgiving
3. Halloween (now that I have kids)
4. The cool weather (although I still make Jordan leave the fan on...hopefully that will change soon babe!)
5. I love jackets and here in Arizona we get to finally wear them for just a few months
6. It means the Holiday's are just around the corner
7. Stephens hot chocolate
8. A cheaper electricity bill :O)

Eight people I tag: 1. Jenna 2. Rachel 3. Molly 4. Renee 5. Kim Price. 6. Lacy 7. Kim Davis. 8.Karlee

The look says it all.

Jordan took this picture in a moment of despair when I was feeling very heavy and pregnant. Don't worry Skyler-boy, I haven't met you yet, but something tells me all of this is going to be totally worth it!

A Happy Halloween

Halloween is with out a doubt, Thais's favorite holiday because it is an event solely based around obtaining candy. We let her go to town Halloween night, eating candy to her heart's content, and then a few days later it all mysteriously disappeared. I don't know if I needed to throw it out more for Thais's sake or mine. Atleast it's gone now and I can go back to fixing my sugar addiction in obscure ways like eating chocolate chips out of the freezer!


How cute is our little purple witch?



This picture is a little fuzzy, but I love it because we put makeup on her and her lashes are awesome! She must have got that from the Monson side because Mama sure doesn't have them.


Thais on a hay ride at our little community Halloween celebration.

I love how kids bring back the magic in every holiday.

Tea Party

My Friend Sabrin invited Thais and I to this really cool place in Tucson called Party in a pinch;where they do themed parties and activities for children. The day we went it was a "Tea Party" theme, and Thais had so much fun dressing up and doing the little activities they had for the kids. Her favorite part was actually getting to drink the "tea" (fruit punch) with lollipop spoons to stir it with. Oh the fun of being a Girl!!

An October Update..

I haven't posted anything for October, so here's a little recap on our month so far:


Some great friends of mine put on a wonderful Baby shower for me. We got tons of things we needed and I felt very loved :O)









Last weekend my family all got together to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. I didn't want to miss out on the grubbin' since I'm due a week before our Thanksgiving, and let me just say the food was divine (Skyler and I were very happy).



We had Turkey, stuffing, rolls, pickle/olive platter, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce,
shrimp salad, jello salad, green beans, and for dessert...


English Trifle ( It really is as good as it looks)


And my sister in law's Home-made Pumpkin Cheesecake with a ginger snap crust. Ummm, yeah it was amazing!

Last, but not least, Jenn and I managed to get the nursery painted BLUE this month, and then Nicole came over and did all of the taping so I could add some BROWN stripes. The nursery turned out great ( I will post pictures once the finishing touches are done). Thanks Nicole and Jenn!

Want to know how to keep 5 two-year-olds entertained for three hours?

You feed them lot's and lot's of these:





You let them run around out here.




You change a lot of these.


You teach them.



You let them dance.




Let them make a few of these.

Take a break for a picnic.

Then you Let them play..

and play..


and Play!

And after it's all done...

You hit this!

Our secret weapon

This year for Thanksgiving my family is having a Wii American Idol/Rock band tournament. So that being said, my mom called last night to tell me that Lexi has been practicing American Idol and she is going to kick our trash (due to her phenomenal scores) and take home the championship. I'm sure her scores are great, but we've got our own little singer in the Monson family that may just give Lex a run for her money...



Be afraid Lex, be very afraid :O)

Oh Thais-ee, How I love you!

Thais, today your stuffy nose and cold made you a little ornery, and I'll admit you tried my patience a time or two...or three. But now your tucked safely in your little bed for the night, and funny how my thoughts of the day are only about how much I love you. So here are just some little things that I love about my Thaisee..

I love it when you radomly lift up my shirt so you can blow on my belly and say, "Hi Skyler!"

I Love that on the way home for Trader Joes you were sad, and asked me to hold your hand. Just so you know, I didn't let go of your hand the entire way home even when you drifted off to sleep.

I LOVE your smile! Someday hearts will break over that infectious grin (you already break your daddy's)

I love that you have my body. There is so much of Jordan in your face but as I watch your little naked body running around ( we're potty training...enough said :O) I totally get a kick of watching a tiny version of my legs jump off our furniture and doing summer saults on the carpet.

I love that you love chocolate milk as much as me. The other day you said, "mom, I want some chocolate chip milk" Yahoo for chocolate chip milk!

I love your passion! My greatest success as a mother will be channeling that passion toward doing great things and being a strong person.

I have to cut my list short because daddy just got home, but I LOVE that the first thing he did when he walked in the door, was sneak in your room so he could whisper that he loves you.

My good deed for the day.

My Friend Laura makes this AMAZING pudding dessert that I adore, and the other night she made me my very own Tupperware full. I decided selfishly that I would eat the whole thing and not share because... I'm totally pregnant and I can do that.

But then Thais saw me just as I was about to inhale the last of it and I decided to share with her because I love her way more than my delicious pudding dessert.

I think it made her happy!

When did Counting Crows decide to entirely change their music?

Last night my main squeeze and I went to the Maroon5/ Counting Crows concert in Phoenix. I bought these tickets for Jordan's birthday because we've always wanted to go to a Counting Crows concert together, and Maroon5 was just kind of a bonus..Well it was a good thing Maroon 5 was there (they were awesome actually) because Counting Crows BOMBED. You know it's bad when the final act starts preforming and people start leaving in droves. Jordan and I stayed for like three or four of their songs and then decided to leave because 1. Though they were singing hits, it took us almost the entire song to even recognize what he was singing.
2. Some teenage kids decided to start smoking pot right by us as Counting Crows started and I was worried that Skyler was pretty much getting high.
Anyhoo, I think Adam Duritz must be sick of singing the same ole' songs and has decided to add this weird interpretive element to his music...But that's not what made you famous Adam, so stick to the Raw good stuff that we all know and love! That being said, Maroon 5 rocked!

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