Edgell Girls

Valentines wreath!

2012-01-27T15:04:00.001-05:00

Another pinterest inspiration.

check it!

2012-01-11T12:24:00.001-05:00

If you aren't friends with me on facebook, or happen to follow me on twitter, then I'll make sure I shove this in your face on the blog too. Ben and I were interviewed by one of the greatest women that we know. She writes for an online magazine and did a piece on us about Ben's weight loss. It was really great, and we hope you enjoy it!

http://www.ldsmag.com/

http://www.ldsmag.com/church/article/9185?ac=1

my favs

2012-01-08T09:59:00.003-05:00

We did a girls night again. Dinner, dessert, hotel. Love it.

And I don't know if Traci reads this, but on the off chance she does....We missed you, and we really need you to bring some "fun" to our group of brunettes!

2011-12-21T15:58:00.001-05:00

For Sammy's room.

the finished products

2011-12-09T09:35:00.003-05:00

i LOVE them...want them in my own girls rooms.

Christmas gift crafting

2011-12-06T11:20:00.001-05:00

decorations for a 6 year olds room. i'm sorta jealous.

getting crafty

2011-12-05T12:00:00.002-05:00

I made this. I'm proud of myself, very proud. Original instructions can be found here. Send me a Christmas card and it will definitely get displayed.

the new baby....

2011-11-10T16:24:00.002-05:00

www.smplfit.com

please go, read, and enjoy! Ben and I (and his brother Aaron, he definitely can't be forgotten) have been working really hard on this, and hope that it can help anyone out there needing a little motivation.

stylin'

2011-10-07T14:12:00.004-04:00

I tried to figure out why I used to blog so much more than I do now.....its facebook. When I have a cute picture to share, I put it there....instead of here. Oops.

girls night

2011-07-26T21:48:00.003-04:00

I love these girls....they get me through all my temper tantrums, mood swings, good and bad days, and everything else that life throws at me.

another gem

2011-07-15T08:36:00.003-04:00

seriously.....(again thanks to my girl, Bones, for bringing it to me)

p.s. I would really like to blog more, but nothing comes to me as important, interesting, or exciting. Except of course good "lesbo rock" that I feel should be shared with all the world.

musical monday...ya missed me?

2011-07-11T21:49:00.001-04:00

Thank you, Bones.....this song is hot!

loving lately

2011-07-08T13:14:00.002-04:00

I feel the need to share this with everyone I can. I laughed so much.

they keep growing

2011-06-23T13:25:00.002-04:00

THREE YEARS OLD!

2011-03-27T07:54:00.000-04:00

Natalie is 3! She doesn't look like me, but decided that inheriting my attitude and snottiness would be the way to go. Fun for me! This video shows that's she's got a little daring streak in her too. She's been climbing up this thing since she could walk.
We love this little girl. She keeps us guessing and laughing (and crying) all the time.

My favorite part is when she says "I'm helping down, I'm helping down!"

ONE YEAR OLD

2011-03-26T10:04:00.005-04:00

Oh my!!!!! Samantha is a whole year old (a couple of weeks ago...I'm awesome). She came out huge, and alert and hasn't stopped being either of those things for one minute. Sammy keeps us...active. Still hoping she'll stop crying the majority of the day....but she's cute.

Thanks to my friend,Traci Rampton, for taking these great shots.

i believe the children are our future...

2011-02-14T17:16:00.001-05:00

and HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

the next american idol

2011-02-08T10:44:00.003-05:00

right after this she fell, "hurting" her leg, and exclaimed "I'll NEVER sing again!!!!!"

2011-02-02T15:10:00.002-05:00

I gave Sammy her binkie back and she took a 4 hour nap. best decision ever!

booooooooo!

2011-02-02T10:20:00.004-05:00

I'll be spending this dreary wednesday jamming words back down my throat. After 3 days of no binkie for Samantha, I just had to give it back. True to form, she cannot do anything the same (or as easily) as her sister. I guess, for now, the binkie is back for naps and bedtime. I have a few friends that will take such joy in this because of the hard time I gave them about their hesitation to take the plunge.....well add me to the list. Sometimes listening to screaming all day, and enduring too short naps, just isn't worth it.

How bout this for a happy kid though....

i'm a mom and....

2011-02-01T09:32:00.004-05:00

this child is a give me eye contact, attention, and love all day long kind of baby. i am not a give eye contact, attention, and love all day kind of mom. this creates lots of crying and whining ALL DAY LONG!

and she just threw the old ipod on my key board.......the fffffffffffffff key isn't working so hot anymore.

Thankful for....

2010-11-24T09:53:00.000-05:00

being able to do hard things....like make my own pie crust!

(and you might be able to guess that I am NOT thankful for my countertops....gross!)

tuesday brings thankfulness for...

2010-11-23T08:58:00.000-05:00

this face.

musical monday (thanksgiving style)

2010-11-22T00:50:00.001-05:00

On this greatest and grateful of weeks, I'd like to express my thankfulness for good music. (btw, am I seriously being a mormon mommy blogger, professing my love of Mindy Gledhill? ugh....but she's good!)

because i'm lazy.....but i want to share

2010-11-15T13:23:00.001-05:00

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=257651&id=503526590&l=42c23a61e9

happy birthday to me

2010-09-24T17:16:00.002-04:00

My great husband took me to this show last night...it was amazing.

the sun'll come out.....

2010-09-13T16:27:00.002-04:00

hair is a mess

2010-09-13T07:34:00.002-04:00

We're having visitors and I haven't even gotten dressed yet? (heh...funny, right?)

crazy right?

2010-08-25T11:36:00.002-04:00

I was going to ask you to guess her age, but I think I said it in the video....oh well. So cute, so big, so shouldn't be doing this yet!!!

if you like SYTYCD...

2010-07-19T07:25:00.002-04:00

We're making it a "Dancy Monday" because I am just that in love with this video!

favorites

2010-07-12T14:06:00.003-04:00

She is 2, crazy.....and beautiful.

She is so clingy it hurts.....and I love to eat her up!

2010-06-24T07:50:00.001-04:00

i have an iphone 4......that is all

just HOW stinkin' cute is this?

2010-06-09T09:49:00.002-04:00

for real....how cute?

update

2010-05-25T13:16:00.004-04:00

Benjamin was going through a box of old stuff a few weeks ago and he found an old journal of mine. After reading through some of it, laughing, and cringing, I've started writing in it again. I've been pretty casual about it. Sometimes I write multiple times, sometimes I miss altogether but I keep in on the counter and write as I feel the need to purge my thoughts.I've discovered that because of that I haven't blogged much. Usually the blog was the place for the brain dumping and cute picture posting....now I suppose it'll be mostly the latter.

Friday is our anniversary. For those of you counting, its been 5 years. We still laugh and still like each other a lot....what more can you ask for?

Its French Open time....anyone else watching?

Natalie is a climber. This last weekend she started with her kitchen. The first few times she climbed up I resisted getting her down, hoping that if she kept getting stuck, she would stop. Well at about the third time she decided she would just learn how to get down herself. It was funny to watch her feel her way down with her feet, looking for a place to put her weight. A cute little wall-climber in the making.

Natalie likes noodles (sometimes).

still hormonal

2010-05-04T14:30:00.002-04:00

I watched this and cried....and cried. I am so blessed and need to live my life more gratefully. I'll also add that I know the things said in this message are true....I have no doubts.

brain dump

2010-04-21T20:30:00.007-04:00

I was glaringly reminded today that I have yet to find "my thing". This seems to be a running theme with this blog....I must bring it up once every few months. Perhaps my thing is having daughters that only look like my husband. I do that pretty well, and doing it twice might qualify right?

I was introduced to the greatness that is this blog today. Thank you Janssen for FORCING me to waste precious nap time reading :) . "That wife" uses a beautiful term called "brain dump". I like that term, and almost daily feel like I have got to stop having the same 3 thoughts running through my head over and over and over again. I suppose that's what this is, since this post was started when I walked in the door tonight, handed Benjamin the baby immediately, and said "take her, I have a couple blog thoughts I have to get out before I forget them". And here I am....rambling.

Oh yeah....I do these....they're cute. I would GLADLY do one (or any kind of cross-stitch, as that IS as crafty as I get) for anyone that would like something. All you have to do is give me the pattern...and maybe ask nicely.

i have a need to gloat

2010-04-02T07:04:00.003-04:00

I need to document that at 3.5 weeks old, Samantha has slept through the night twice. 1130-7......two days in a row. I am in heaven. I'll gladly take the kicks and punches from other, more tired mothers, along with all this glorious sleep. Even I can admit that this is ridiculous!

I'm 2!

2010-03-29T09:59:00.005-04:00

We celebrated Natalie's 2nd birthday this last saturday. I can't believe she's 2. She is loud, cute, and very sweet to her baby sister. We love her and she is definitely our favorite first daughter.

is she a newborn?

2010-03-27T10:00:00.009-04:00

It pays to have good friends with expensive cameras. Its even better to get lucky and schedule a photo shoot a week before they have their twins. Thank you to Robert and Cari of PinkRoom Photography. These are a couple of our favorites...but you can see all of them here.

2010-03-25T17:24:00.003-04:00

Samantha weighs, today (2.5 weeks) , what Natalie weighed at 2 months. wow!

More of these photos, and a shout out to the photographers coming SOON (like when I have two hands to type with).

here's how it happened... beware of long and boring post

2010-03-17T08:59:00.013-04:00

After I had Natalie, and I started this blog, I put up a detailed account of the day she was born. So its only fair that I do the same for Samantha. Its good to write it down anyway so I don't forget. Last time I used the texts between me and my sister Melanie to help me remember how it happened, this time my wonderful mother-in-law was my note taker.
Now as you know I was past my due date....4 days past my due date. It was Sunday morning and I was dreading going to church! I was very much over the whole "you're still pregnant?" and the "have you tried this yet?". I had reached my limit the sunday before. So as I sat at my computer, chatting with my sister Catherine (lame-o doesn't have a blog to link to), I looked at Benjamin and just started crying. He looked back at me, concerned, and asked me what was wrong, my response was only "I just want this to be over". The uncertainty of when and how Samantha would arrive was just too much for me. My mother, who had been here for a week, had gone home the day before....I was just done. I stood up, decided to go shower and get ready for church (maybe even shave my legs so I wouldn't have to wear panty hose), and suck it up. This was at about 11 am.
As I was in the shower, perhaps after I shaved my legs, I can't remember exactly, I felt what I thought might be a REAL contraction. I had a few more as I dried off and brushed my teeth. Then the next one hit and I decided to sit down and see if it went away. It lessened a little, but not too much. This went on as I got dressed and did my hair (seriously people, I looked good). I told Ben that he should probably get someone to teach his lesson at church, because even if these contractions went away, I was pretty sure I wasn't going to go and sit there for 3 hours while I felt like this. He made some calls and by 12:05 I said "you need to call your mom, she needs to come over". My contractions were clearly getting stronger, some 2 minutes apart, some 5 to 7, but definitely stronger.
Ben called his mom and she and Andrew, got themselves together, got in the car, and were on their way. By the time they got here around 1:20 ish, I was sitting on the porch, ready to GO!

Natalie had been put down for a nap, and we were outta there. Andrew, being the wonderful uncle that he is, and our good friend Karen, took great care of Natalie that day and I know she didn't miss us for a minute.

Anyway.....we got to the hospital, and here's the breakdown.
1:50- arrived at the hospital, I was checked shortly after that and was 4cm. That's 1 cm more than I ever got to with Natalie so at this point I was feeling pretty good about being able to do this thing the right way.
3:15- epidural. I think I handled the pain really well and tried to wait it out as long as I could, but I reached my limit.
3:40-Dr. came in to break my water, she checked me and I was 5 cm
4:00- this is when I started feeling LOTS of pressure

4:10- more epidural. There was a spot on my left side that I could clearly still feel, thank goodness the extra little shot made it go away
4:20- oxygen....just the beginning of my breathing/not breathing issues
4:45- 8 cm..YAHOO!
5:30- 10 cm....crap this means I have to start doing something now huh?
5:45- started pushing. Now let me tell you....I was very naive. My sisters are amazing baby having machines....all 4 of them. We're talkin' a few hours of labor, a few pushes, and you have a baby. I seem to work a bit differently. None of them have ever made their due date, let alone go late, so why I thought I would suddenly morph into one of them, I'm not so sure. After a few pushes I said "ummmm, how much longer do I have to do this?" and the Dr. of course looked at me and said "what did you think, it was just going to slide out?" my response was quite honestly "yes! I did".
Well....she didn't. I pushed for a little over an hour (I know, that's not THAT long) Inbetween each set of contractions I'd look at Ben and say "i can't do this anymore, I'm too tired". My upper body was completely gone. I was pulling on these handles as hard as I could and thought I would die. I woke up the next day convinced the Jillian had worked me out. But I did it. Somehow I did it.....
6:53- Samantha's born....NINE POUNDS TEN AN A HALF OUNCES!!!!!!!! and suddenly I felt completely justified in my whining and threats of giving up!!!! (yes, I'm aware that an hour is nothing compared to how long some women push....and they are greater women than me!)I won't go into everything that happened afterwards, but it includes 3 "blue spells" in which Samantha did in fact turn blue, and 2 days in the NICU. But all is well now (inculding 8 hours of sleep some nights), no doubt due, in part, to more prayers.

baby!

2010-03-08T08:02:00.002-05:00

Samantha Susan Edgell arrived yesterday at 6:53 p.m. She weighed a wopping 9 lbs. 10.5 oz. and I pushed every bit of her out! Details of the joyous event will follow....

She's had to spend the first night in the NICU, but we're hoping its no biggy and we'll get to have her with us more today!

prayer update: they work

2010-02-26T09:13:00.002-05:00

I feel like I need to express my thanks and gratefulness to any and everyone that really has prayed for me and this, yet to be born, baby. Even though she hasn't come yet, and there is still a chance of a repeat c-section, I have been given an amazing opportunity.

When I went to the Dr. on February 17 I was told "if you haven't had the baby by next week (the 24th) we are going to have to schedule your c-section for the week after (March 3rd), because we cannot induce you, and we do not 'let' you go past your due date". I was discouraged but hoped that over the next two weeks, I could hopefully get this done. When I went to the Dr. February 24th (I saw the same physician) I was told "over the last week, all the of practice has met and we've decided that we will augment (induce) labor in v-bac patients (such as myself). So not only do we not need to schedule your c-section, but we will also let you go to 41 weeks (March 10th)". So suddenly what I thought was only a week left to get things going, turned into three! Now, the idea of being pregnant until the 10th doesn't really sound appealing, but nonetheless, I know that it is an answer to the prayers that have been said on our behalf.

What are the chances that the practice would change their minds during the exact week that I was given to make a decision. If I had scheduled that c-section on the 17th, when I was first asked to, I'm quite confident that I would not have been told of the "rule changes" and would've proceeded to have my second c-section sometime next week.

I'm still hoping that I won't need the induction, and that I'll be able to lay on my stomach sooner rather than later, but I just felt like I needed to write all this down and say thank you.

One way or another, I'll have this baby by March 9th.

upcoming event.....

2010-02-23T14:06:00.003-05:00

Who here likes to pray? Good, I saw a lot of hands, this is encouraging. If you happen to be sitting around looking for someone or something to pray for, let me through my name, and the name of my baby (which by the way is Samantha, or if it happens to show up a boy, I think it'll be Simon) out there for you. I'm due in a week and am trying to do this whole labor/delivery thing "the way God intended", instead of the way Natalie came....which was, I guess the way that SHE intended. So far things are looking fine, and after a hiccup or two, I'm still trying to be optimistic. But it never hurts to ask for a little extra faith and prayer, on our behalf, that this baby will come safely, and "naturally", at some point in the next 7 days. If that doesn't happen, I promise I won't blame you....much.

And here's a nice melon-y visual for you while you fold your arms and bow your head.

useless

2010-02-14T09:32:00.002-05:00

I love sharing this kind of thing. I bought these pacifiers, when I bought diapers from diapers.com, so that I could get free shipping (its the best deal around). They sent the diapers and the pacifiers separately.....how cost effective.

22 months-ish

2010-02-08T12:02:00.004-05:00

I cannot bear/bare to post more pictures of our house, cars, yard, sidewalk, all buried deep in snow....but I took this cute picture after Natalie's bath yesterday and though I'd share.

Poor little thing has no idea what's about to hit her with a new baby.

promise you'll make this...and then thank me for it.

2010-02-02T13:41:00.003-05:00

Ok, so Janssen needed an idea for a good chocolate dessert. I have the very best idea for her, but it felt way too tacky to copy and paste the whole recipe into a comment on her blog....therefore I had to blog about it here and add the recipe. Its criminal that I don't have a picture, but alas, I don't. I had it the first time at Janaya's birthday dinner (go to that link, laugh a bunch, and then harass her into blogging!!!!) but I've made it once myself, received very appreciated praise for it, and have craved it daily since! Just trust me.

1 pkg devils food cake mix
1-3.9oz pkg instant chocolate pudding
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup hot water
2 cups sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven 350. Grease and flour a bundt pan. Combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil, eggs, water, sour cream and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips. Pour batter into the pan. Bake for 1 hour.( Make sure to check it, it make take less or more time depending on your oven.) Allow to cool slightly before removing it from the pan. Then allow it to cool completely.

You can dust it with powdered sugar or use the ganache which is what we use. 2 parts chocolate to 1 part cream. Heat the cream, remove from stove and stir in chocolate to melt, cool until it is the right consistancy to pour over the cake.

update

2010-01-29T17:57:00.001-05:00

I am 35.5 weeks pregnant.....Natalie watches a lot of tv.

she took dad's whole side of the bed

2010-01-11T08:09:00.002-05:00

After 22 months of life, Natalie finally slept in our bed....for a whole 25 minutes. The boogie man must have attacked her at about 1030 and because of my large belly (is there a baby in there?) I couldn't really hold and rock her in the rocking chair, so I brought her onto our bed. It took her a little bit to fall back asleep but I wanted to make sure she was really out before we moved her. In the meantime I was reminded that this is why my children will not sleep in bed with me. It doesn't matter whether they are 1 day or 22 months, I can be miserably tired and still not get one second of sleep. At some point I'm sure that I'll convince myself that my every move will not wake them up, but as of now I believe that to be true...and moving isn't worth waking up the sleeping child. It was a nice reminder to have 2 months before the new baby comes. Poor thing doesn't stand a chance.

i swear i don't do new years resolutions....

2010-01-04T12:24:00.004-05:00

but for further documentation of my GOALS for the year......

2010 Goals

Spiritual- scriptures EVERYday (I really want to hit all 365, not just the 340 that I usually do, Ensign every month

Family- stay w/in going out to eat budget

Personal- run 5 miles a week

Educational- 5 non-fiction books on a specific subject

Professional- 1 day a week with NO tv

Always- temple, scriptures, prayer, visiting teaching, fhe

and just because my girl is cute....

boo tuesday

2009-12-29T17:14:00.005-05:00

Allow me to needlessly complain......I'm grumpy. I am now 31 weeks pregnant. I have a pain in one of my ribs on the right side of my body, that unless I am laying flat on my back, or standing up is pretty much what you would think constant pain is.....constant. I had this same pain when I was pregnant with Natalie, it started at about 21 weeks. With this child it started at about 26.

Also, I'm not exercising this pregnancy, whereas I did at least attempt to walk a few times a week last time....thus adding to the grumpiness.

Lastly, I went to make sour cream chicken and potatoes tonight only to find that my potatoes were rotten. I'm hungry.

yummy goo

2009-12-26T14:09:00.004-05:00

On Christmas morning, like any rational person, I decided to make cinnamon rolls for the very first time ever. In fact it was my very first run with anything containing yeast. Yeast makes me nervous....I have no idea why, but why not face my fear on the greatest day of the year? I'm happy to say it was a success....I have pictures, and people who ate them to prove it. However, as I was making my second batch today (that I think is going to be even better than the first) I decided that I will make them again....but not before I get new counter tops!

I realized that I should've taken a picture of the mess that flour, dough, melted butter, sugar, and cinnamon make in these lovely cracks...but you can imagine it can't you?

let it snow....

2009-12-20T22:53:00.002-05:00

1st haircut

2009-12-17T21:51:00.004-05:00

Natty has been sporting a pretty sweet mullet for some time now. Every time I do her hair, I brush the back and think "this would be so easy to just cut straight across and be done with it". But having no haircutting experience (aside from shaving Benjamin's head) I have never had the guts to do it....until this past Wednesday. Impulsively while Natalie was taking a bath I got out my haircutting scissors (why I have these, I don't know) and cut off the back of her hair. It was a little stressful since she was busy being a 20 month old that doesn't sit still, but I think I did an OK job. The right side is a smidge longer than the left, and unfortunately that is highlighted by the fact that the left side curls under and the right side flips out...but all in all, it looks alright, and when I have the assistance of Benjamin, I'll do a little further trimming.

Might I add that I now find her about 15x cuter than I did before that bath. Initially I was a little sad at the change in my growing little girl, but now I just can't help but smile and giggle when she smiles and giggles at me.

try not to laugh...

2009-12-16T21:13:00.004-05:00

So this is my online christmas card (because I'm too lazy to do a real one). How awesome would this be if I actually sent this out?

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

hump day..

2009-12-16T07:34:00.001-05:00

I think she would do this all day long if I let her.

would these help me find my "thing"?

2009-12-11T22:04:00.001-05:00

3 stores I wish I utilized more (or at all)

1. dollar store

2. thrift store

3. tuesday morning

2009-12-07T14:30:00.001-05:00

what is going on?!??

2009-11-19T08:00:00.001-05:00

I just bought and installed new doorknobs throughout the top floor of my house.....I secretly hate them.

appppppple pie

2009-11-12T15:27:00.004-05:00

I might have mentioned once or twice that I like to bake. I don't know why or where the joy started but a little after we moved into this house, I bought myself a kitchen aid (in one of my "Ben works too much, and I'm lonely" weeks) I started making cookies often, and have even branched out to some challenging layered brownies or quick bread type rolls. Most have been successful and I've definitely learned that the more peanut butter the better when it comes to my chocolate cookies.

Now to actually explain this post I'll tell you that my family loves pie. We happen to make a big deal of eating LOTS of it when it comes to thanksgiving. Since we'll actually be in Utah this year, I wanted to be able to make my own pie, and Benjamin wanted me to be as authentic as I could. Enter The Pioneer Woman, her pie crust, and apple pie recipes. Here is the result. The crust is ugly to be sure (can you even see it) but I took this picture when it was still bubbling and OH BOY!!!!!

If it doesn't taste as good as I think it will, I may to do a review, but if you see no further posts then just assume it was AMAZING. And I'll be serving homemade whip cream with it as well....I'm that good :)

snack-ra-ment meeting

2009-11-12T11:09:00.002-05:00

This is a fantastic blog (sorry for my non-mormon readers.....you may not get the jokes)!

Today I got an extra chuckle from this one. GO HERE!

halloween

2009-11-05T10:43:00.005-05:00

Since I'm still eating the candy from our little trick or treating extravaganza, I don't feel like I'm that behind.

oh yeah....and we bought our house yesterday. the one we have already been living in for 18 months. go us!

musical monday

2009-11-02T09:55:00.001-05:00

Courtesy of my husband's internetting skills.

musical.....thursday?

2009-10-29T15:23:00.003-04:00

I do not watch Glee (I have very skewed standards when it comes to what is and is not appropriate for me to watch on TV). However, I do visit a particularly annoying blog that has an automatic playlist. This is the first song that comes on, and no matter how hard I try I end up listening to the whole thing....EVERY time. 100 points if you know what blog I'm talking about without clicking the link.

today was supposed to be the day....

2009-10-27T12:12:00.002-04:00

For us, completely ungrateful, parents who take having a healthy baby completely for-granted, the day of the ultrasound exists entirely to tell me the gender of this new baby. What is worse than not getting a 100%, for sure, answer on what you're having? At this moment (in my completely absorbed state) nothing is worse. SO, I'm ignoring any trace of doubt that was in that nice ultrasound tech's voice, and I'll definitely ignore the fact that he told me he was not 100%, and proceed to tell everyone that we're having another GIRL!!! I am extremely pleased with this. The fact that it means I get to use all the adorable, but grown out of too fast, clothes that I used to put Natty in, makes me smile. Oh yeah...I'll also ignore the fact that they may end up moving my due date up by a week as well, as this makes the pesky c-section question more complicated in my mind. Anyway....we're thrilled to be having another girl....she already looks just like Natalie to me!

2009-10-15T16:09:00.009-04:00

Just try to get an email, from your mother in law, with 17 of the funniest, and most adorable pictures of your only child, and not post a bunch of them. (longest sentence ever) Try it, I dare you.

this about sums up my day....

2009-10-14T20:47:00.001-04:00

Natalie sat on the couch tonight, right before bed, and was picking at her feet. How much more like me can she get?

2009-10-13T13:16:00.002-04:00

how lucky am I?

i have a camera

2009-10-08T13:25:00.008-04:00

THIS is why Natalie gets her hair done every single day!

but perhaps I should calm down a bit...

?

2009-10-08T13:15:00.002-04:00

If I am trying to be nice by doing something nice for someone.....does that mean that I actually am nice?

2009-10-05T11:24:00.000-04:00

WHY CAN I NOT POST A (VERY CUTE) VIDEO?!?!?!?

I BELIEVE!

2009-09-16T10:53:00.003-04:00

Did you watch the US Open at all? Did you get into the Melanie Oudin story? Have you ever heard of her?

Well she is fantastic and definitely the only american woman that I will root for on a tennis court! I can't embed the Conan O'Brien video (which is funny....its Conan, duh!) , so please follow this link. This 17 year old is wonderful! (tennis is definitely her "thing")

http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/16/video-melanie-oudin-talks-serena-with-conan-obrien-boyfriend-with-ellen/

things

2009-09-15T15:25:00.004-04:00

Everyone has a "thing" right? Something that somewhat defines them, be it good or bad?

Well I'd like to figure out what my thing is. Tell me what yours is, so that I might possibly steal it ok?

something to say

2009-09-14T13:03:00.002-04:00

I feel like I should have something to say......

-I'm ready for fall. The chilly weather, sweaters, sports (which I am definitely getting my fill), socks, pretty colors.

-Because Natalie is so tiny, I find it frustrating to find fall clothes that fit her (in what I already have) since the summer stuff is barely starting to fit.

-We're buying the house that we live in. I am surprised at how excited and not excited I am about that.

-I discovered that the color that we painted Natalie's room, and were going to paint the "guest" room, is not a color that Benjamin likes.....so instead we're waiting for the gender of baby #2 to be revealed and then we'll proceed. (keep in mind that room has been taped and ready to pain since July)

-I need to cut my hair, but I'm trying the let it grow and see what happens plan. Day to day, it doesn't look so hot.

-I've been reading NieNie lately....it fills me with lots of "interesting" thoughts.

-I heard a great talk yesterday about not always feeling that your prayers have been answered.

-It reminded me that I don't pray very often or well and I might be more likely to receive answers if I did better at the necessary steps.

-I bought our tickets to go to Utah for thanksgiving. Pie night has me salivating already!!!!!!

-I miss making cookies....I'm going to remedy this today and make something yummy for our monday night family time.

-Benjamin got a new job. I have a husband with a schedule, its a beautiful thing.

-I can now only fall asleep with the aid of drugs. uhh.....

-Benjamin and I watched the MTV VMA'S last night. This more than slightly embarrasses me, however, the tribute to Michael Jackson was pretty awesome!

-I just folded a load of laundry and I know feel that my WHOLE day won't have been a waste.

-My reading slump has really put me in a sluggish mood lately.

-As I was folding the aforementioned load of laundry I found one of my socks that had a "D" written on it. I put it there when I was in high school and wanted to keep my socks seperate from Julie's. That made me miss her, and so excited to see her, and her beautiful new home, in November.

-I love tennis more and more every year.

Apparently I had some things to get out of my head.

so....

2009-09-02T21:54:00.002-04:00

I'm having another baby....

I'm due March 3 and hopefully only have 2 more weeks of laying on my couch, all day, and not moving. :)

pictures

2009-08-19T16:05:00.003-04:00

what do you think she's thinking?

ode to chris martin

2009-08-18T11:10:00.002-04:00

I have always liked Coldplay but this past sunday my love grew exponentially. Lead singer Chris Martin is hilarious and surprisingly good natured. He'll entertain you....I promise.

is this my good side?

2009-08-13T15:44:00.006-04:00

We went to Lake Anna with some fantastic friends, Robert and Cari back in June. They just happen to always have their (very nice) cameras with them at all times. Here are some shots from that trip....and check out their blog to see a great picture of me and Benjamin from our night out last weekend.

my baby is cute and funny

2009-08-04T12:53:00.005-04:00

musical monday

2009-07-27T11:03:00.002-04:00

I'm a fan.

real piggy tails

2009-07-13T12:42:00.004-04:00

I'm proud....

its july....

2009-07-08T09:00:00.003-04:00

I just wanted to make sure that you are all aware that I'm extremely busy doing other things right now. Wimbledon concluded this last sunday (which I missed by the way) and the Tour de France started on saturday. So I'm very busy...watching tv....and stuff. Wanna see some beach pictures though?

we were at the beach...

2009-06-27T10:11:00.004-04:00

and while we were there, many cute pictures and videos were captured. Here is just a start....

dancy dancy

2009-06-16T07:26:00.001-04:00

Season 3 and 5 all rolled into one fun little number.

musical monday

2009-06-15T12:22:00.003-04:00

Thank you TAMN! (if you haven't been there, go. She had this little jewel on her blog playlist, which I happen to find SO obnoxious.) Sorry for the terrible quality.

the revamp continues....

2009-06-10T13:28:00.000-04:00

What do you think?

skullet?

2009-06-08T12:48:00.005-04:00

This picture made me think of an old, balding man who pulls what little hair he has, into a ponytail. Oh my little lady....

I'm not so sure....

2009-06-01T09:51:00.008-04:00

Natty spent a fair amount of time on my lap this weekend. She didn't mind being in the water, but when she wasn't, she was definitely content to sit on my lap and watch.

unconnected events

2009-05-26T09:53:00.006-04:00

*This morning we woke up with a bloody nosed baby. This is not the first, but it is by far the worst ever. It has continued to bleed throughout the morning. The frequent temper tantrums are not helping to stop the flow.

*No matter how many times I catch her doing this (and no matter how guitly I feel that she is already addicted to tv) I just can't keep myself from taking a picture. Everytime.

*Pardon the slightly strange angle, and facial expression....she kind of looks like a character from the backyardigans. Check out those blue eyes though....

musical monday...new orleans style

2009-05-25T08:56:00.003-04:00

Last weekend, we took the family down to Mississippi, to visit Ben and Becky (click this link...they want advice), and to New Orleans for a wedding. While we walked around we saw amazing art, and some very entertaining musicians. I didn't think to take video of the first group (they were my favorite) but here's a picture.

A little further down the road we saw this little duet.

super mario.....remixed

2009-05-23T08:00:00.000-04:00

As a fellow flutist, and recent fan of beat boxing, (two posts in one week...that makes me a fan right?) this was another clip that I had to share. There are crazy talented and creative people in this world.

i'm blogging...

2009-05-22T09:05:00.003-04:00

I went to costco. You know what that means....playing in boxes.

musical tuesday

2009-05-19T11:50:00.000-04:00

We're doing a special edition because this is CRAZY!

under the big top

2009-05-13T13:28:00.001-04:00

Here's my little circus preformer today!

looking upward

2009-05-06T12:54:00.006-04:00

My brother, Chris, who I do not link to nearly enough, wrote a wonderful post. It is based on the loss of a very good family friend. This loss has really shocked me and many others in my family. Death is not something that I have dealt with very much in my life, and because of that, this message has meant much to me. (follow any of the above links)

I hope you can enjoy it also.

Our family loves the Romney's and the Tull's. We will never forget Shawnie, and she will be missed. Our prayers are with you.

sunday susie

2009-05-05T10:46:00.005-04:00

I hope everyone is having a happy day....

dancy dancy

2009-04-30T22:19:00.002-04:00

We're very very close to the start of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. This makes me so very very excited. The latest blog to provide you with all the sytycd news can be found here. Along with that little gift, I'm going to repost a video I watched today. If you're a faithful you'll remember the dancer/choreographer.

Every once in a while there will be a dance that I feel really captures the dancing I see in my head, when I hear certain songs. I by no means am capable of this kind of art....but I can hope. I find this absolutely beautiful.

spring has almost passed us by....

2009-04-27T13:21:00.007-04:00

Who is this giant kid that's running about my house?

Does anyone else think that blogger SUCKS for posting pictures? I have to upload them backwards in order for them the end up in the right order. I cannot get them to move around. Drives me nuts!

sending out my s.o.s.

2009-04-15T13:53:00.004-04:00

Dear Dad,

How is work today? Are you having a good time? I would really like it if you came home. Mom thought I was so cute when she yanked on my head once, that she figured I'd be even cuter if she yanked on my head twice.

Here is the result...I know I'm cute, but I'm pleading for my scalp. Hope to see you soon.

Love, Natty

1st ponytail

2009-04-11T21:49:00.003-04:00

This was my first attempt at really getting Natty's hair out of her face. All night I just kept looking at her like she had a brand new adorable face. Such a big girl and I just couldn't stop kissing those cheeks.

Pardon the hiked up pants...Benjamin had just changed her diaper. Why do men think that's so funny?