STORY TIME!

 Do you all know the true story of Rapunzel???  The first part of this post is a story....

Once upon a time there was a man and a woman who had long, but to no avail, wished for a child. Finally the woman came to believe that the good Lord would fulfill her wish. Through the small rear window of these people's house they could see into a splendid garden that was filled with the most beautiful flowers and herbs. The garden was surrounded by a high wall, and no one dared enter, because it belonged to a sorceress who possessed great power and was feared by everyone.
One day the woman was standing at this window, and she saw a bed planted with the most beautiful rapunzel. It looked so fresh and green that she longed for some. It was her greatest desire to eat some of the rapunzel. This desire increased with every day, and not knowing how to get any, she became miserably ill.
Her husband was frightened, and asked her, "What ails you, dear wife?"
"Oh," she answered, " if I do not get some rapunzel from the garden behind our house, I shall die."
The man, who loved her dearly, thought, "Before you let your wife die, you must get her some of the rapunzel, whatever the cost."
So just as it was getting dark he climbed over the high wall into the sorceress's garden, hastily dug up a handful of rapunzel, and took it to his wife. She immediately made a salad from it, which she devoured eagerly. It tasted so very good to her that by the next day her desire for more had grown threefold. If she were to have any peace, the man would have to climb into the garden once again. Thus he set forth once again just as it was getting dark. But no sooner than he had climbed over the wall than, to his horror, he saw the sorceress standing there before him.
"How can you dare," she asked with an angry look, "to climb into my garden and like a thief to steal my rapunzel? You will pay for this."
"Oh," he answered, "Let mercy overrule justice. I cam to do this out of necessity. My wife saw your rapunzel from our window, and such a longing came over her, that she would die, if she did not get some to eat."
The sorceress's anger abated somewhat, and she said, "If things are as you say, I will allow you to take as much rapunzel as you want. But under one condition: You must give me the child that your wife will bring to the world. It will do well, and I will take care of it like a mother."

Yes this is only the first half of the story... I'm sure you all know the rest. 

Warning: This second part of the post is meant just to vent. If you don't want to read it by all means don't. AND if i find out this get's back to the person I'm venting about I know four suspects I'll go after. (hint hint)

I understand that she didn't get to be there when Jess went for ultrasounds, or when she was in labor. She could've been if she really wanted to. She could call up the kid's friend's parents and work a sleepover plan, so that when Jess went into labor all the kid's would go to their friend's house and sleepover for two days. And she could do that now. Have the kid's sleepover at their friend's for two days.... stay at one of her brother or sister's house. If she really wanted to be here she could figure out something that would work. My in-laws are driving in from Lovelock when I go into labor, she could caravan with them so that if something went wrong she'd have help close by.
But that isn't what I'm upset about, I don't mind sending my family a video of my torso up in labor and then a video of the baby. What is ticking me off is that she wanted to go with us to the first ultrasound. And now that we're moving and she won't be able to go she's calling me a brat..... The first ultrasound is a very intimate and lovely moment for a husband and wife to share, it ruins the moment if your mother is there trying to share it. I just want it to be a nice quite time for Corey and I to hold eachother's hand and to see our baby for the first time.
Yeah it would be awesome if my mom could be there to see the baby at the second or third ultrasound.... But for the first one you get pictures and a mini dvd of the whole ultrasound and you bring those home to the family so they can see the baby. It's not like John, Angel, Sarina, Alden, Dad, Vicki, Lis, Jess, Frank, Sophia, Kate, Zeb, Dan, Andy, Zach, and Josh all get to go. But my mother wants to be the only one in there with us.
It makes me feel like a surrogate mother... like the baby is her's. AND IT'S NOT!!! Sometimes there's a connection between fiction and real life.
Honestly I don't even think I'll have anyone but the doctor, nurses, and Corey with me when I go into labor. Okay MAYBE Lis and Jess will be there... I need someone to video tape the big event.
But even if I let them be in there with me everyone else get's to pace out in the waiting room until after all the sentimental stuff is over (the first moment alone with the baby, the cutting of the umbilical cord, the first nursing (because it'll be awkward the first time) the first bath, the first diaper, and the swaddling). After that then my family and friends can come in and be with us. I was hoping for a few minutes alone with our baby before everyone else would want to hold them and snuggle them.
Is that really too much to ask? I just want to hog our baby and keep them for myself! LoL

To Zion or Bust!

After long days, and even longer nights we've finally figured out our moving schedule. 

I'm not going to say anything specific about a place because I don't want to jinx it.

So with that said here's how the first days of March should go: 

March will probably come in like a Lion on the 1st. I will be inside packing boxes, making final arrangements with Wic, my doctor, and my mom so that the 3rd goes smoothly.

The 2nd of March will be filled with packing up our toiletries, finishing packing, and being too excited to get a full nights sleep.

The 3rd of March is more than likely going to be filled with packing up a U-haul, tired eyes, driving to my mom's and packing more stuff into the U-haul, driving for almost eight hours, and then being able to unpack. 

And I'm sure that in these next few days there will also be minor arguments, murmuring from Leman and Lemuel, lots of "We'll miss you so much", plenty of "Honey did one of the hamsters get out?", and there will be much rejoicing once we're back in the state we belong in. Followed by loads of unpacking and being able to finally put the nursery together! 

Warning: Contents may turn out to be less organized then they appear, take extreme caution when planning on spending 8 hours in a car with your in-laws. Serious injury may occur.

Mini Accordian Scrapbook...

This is simple, simple, simple, and (as Vicki would say) I love it's guts! There are many different ways to make this, feel free to change it up. Now just to be clear I will post the original directions and I will post mine. With both there are three easy steps to making these adorable albums. And they are...

Step One

Take six 11x6 inch  pieces of paper folded in half short ways.

(I did three powder pink and three powder purple alternating colors.)

And either glue or tape two folded ends together. 

(Make sure that the first end you don't tape or glue is facing out so when you open your little album it opens like a book.)

Repeat this step until all your paper is used up.

Or 

Take eight 12x4 inch pieces of paper and fold them in thirds. 

Either tape or glue two folded ends together.

Repeat this step until all your paper is used up. 

Step Two

Decorate your pages as desired. 

One of the awesome  accessories I didn't do is to punch a hole in the cover page and the end page, string a ribbon through with the tail ends hanging out the opening of the album, and you've got an adorable way to keep your album closed.

Step Three

Add pictures and enjoy!

Here are some pictures of mine after it was finished. I did the 11x6 because, I thought 12x4 was a bit small. This one is made up for a girl, I'm also doing one for a boy just in case we have one. 

The cover... notice I've left  a space on every page for a picture of the baby.

                                 

    

 And this is one of the pages... the flower is a pop up with a leaf on it. SUPER CUTE!! =]

The foam dragonfly is one of my favorite decorations!!! And the opposite page has one of my signature pink bows on it. =]

The finished book! Ta Duh!

I can't wait to add pictures, dates, and loads of memories.

Operation Zion...

It has finally happened!!! We talked about Utah and we feel great about it!! 

The apartment hasn't worked out and neither has job hunting.... what's the solution?? Move to a state that has a better economy and landlords who are on top of their paper work. 

We are hoping for an easy transition with few complications. To be sure that happens I will have to call my sisters, father, doctor, and woman who was almost my landlord. And yes I will be calling them in that order.

So sense I've never had to move more than just myself, if you have any advice on the matter please feel free to help me out. 

"Don't do it." "You should wait." "Is that really a good idea?" Are not what we would like to hear at this time. 

Thanks all and have an awesome day!!!

Funny Facts and Odd topics of Discussion....

Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously

Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)

Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on watch is 10:10.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.

The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.

Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.

ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their first names (Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-frid.)

Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Alexander the Great was an epileptic.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.

Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living.

Dartboards are made out of horsehairs.

Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.

The only planet without a ring is earth.

Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks.

“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel. Irony, eh?

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child. And so, pepperoni was born.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. Let’s try kicking it. Or let’s use the bones to build homes!

You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath. Oh, really?

There is a city called Rome on every continent. There’s a Chinatown in every CITY. Beat that, Rome.

It’s against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day! Wow, I’d be dead if my heart had the same stamina as I do!

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. Hah! In your faces, lefties!

 

The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump… Unless you poke it from behind!

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different! So is everyone’s butt print!

The word “queue” is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. Doesn’t that make it a single letter, finally?

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon. Let me guess, flies taste like fried wantons once you dip them in schezwan sauce?

Of all the words in the English language, the word “set” has the most definitions! “Set” the “set” of settings on the television “set” to default?

What is called a “French kiss” in the English speaking world is known as an “English kiss” in France. So if a French guy kisses an English girl in the middle of the Atlantic ocean on a boat, what do we call it?

“Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

The dangers of being married.....

 This is a mini series I started a while ago and I wanted all of these little shorts in one place. Hope you enjoy them!!! =]  

The dangers of being married #1... when showering your husband gets a huge glob of shampoo in your eye. An hour later said eye still stings.

The dangers of being married #2... After a bit your realize that your clothes are dirty and being the sweet wife that you are (cough cough) you ask your husband if he has any dirty clothes that he would like to have washed.... seven laundry loads and three days later you do the math and realize... if I don't want this to happen again I'll be doing laundry every two weeks!!!!

 

The dangers of being married #3... (this one is for the husbands) your spread eagle on your bed and all of a sudden you receive a swift solid blow to your thighs. Hmmm I guess your wife didn't appreciate your knees in her back. So what does she do to get back at you?? She steals the jean comforter from you and wraps herself up nice and tight. Now you're stuck with the fluffy pink polka dotted one.

The dangers of being married #4... The perfect man you married isn't so perfect! He's got an addiction... yeah sure he's addicted to you when you're dating and during the honeymoon but now reality hits and all his faults come to the surface!!!! And can you guess what he's addicted to? Not tobacco, not adult entertainment... WORSE! He's addicted to video games! AHHHH!!!! =]

The dangers of being married #5... There will always be miscommunications! For example ... Corey: "Baby Keith's gonna call Ashley when we get off work," (which would be at 4 am) "if you're up can I call you too?" Myself: "Yeah sure that's fine. I'll stay up and you can call me." Corey: "You don't have to stay up just make sure you have a phone by you...."

The dangers of being married #6... while other husbands might snore like a chainsaw or growl like a bear in their sleep, what my husband does is much more annoying. =] He mumbles in his sleep... This morning when he got home from work we were dosing off when I heard... "mmmmiiii.....inhale...... mmmmmiiiii......inhale........mmmmiiiiii.....etc." I think I hurt his feelings when I kept covering his mouth with my hand.

The dangers of being married #7... All of a sudden when ever your husband isn't home it gets harder and harder to fall asleep when he isn't there lying next to you. So instead of calling him every twenty minutes (more like every five) you decide to keep it together. Watch all of the old Harry Potter movies and scrap book like crazy until he gets home. LoL

The dangers of being married #8.... When being away from your husband for at least a week (more like years) you start watching more romance movies. And when it gets to the good part when the hero of the story is leaning in for a kiss you skip to the next chapter and think to yourself "If I can't have a tender kiss no one can!!!" Mwah hahahhaa!

The dangers of being married #9.... When being away from each other the both of you become textaholics and you end up saying mushy stuff you never meant to say.... such as "you are the most beautiful man I've ever seen..." or he will say "Hey don't give me no attitude... it took me a long time to understand." And after a two hour long conversation you both can go to bed with smiles on your face. (stupid texting)

The dangers of being married # 10.... My husband is an early bird his wife is a night owl. This morning he decided to call me at seven just to see what I was up to. Guess how the conversation went? "(groggy) hello?" "(wide awake) What you doing?" "(groggy) sleeping...." "(wide awake) oh well I was bored and wanted to talk to you.... but go back to sleep." "(groggy happy) okay!" "goodnight" "goodni" click!!!!!

The dangers of being married #11.... When giving yourself a manicure your husband asks what that block thingy is (the one bought at the mall from the very annoying and pushy men from Israel. The one that files, buffs, and shines...), you show him on your nails... not even ten seconds later he asks if you'll do his nails. I'm so glad that after using the block your hands only look buffed. =]

 

The dangers of being married #12.... Guys if you challenge your significant other to a tennis match on the Wii then be prepared for her to whoop your butt AND brag about it! Please save yourself the embarrassment of a rematch. (Corey didn't and I kicked his rear AGAIN!!!) Yeah I'm cocky but you would be too if you had won twice!!! Mwah hahahah =]

The dangers of being married #13.... Ladies if you are ticked go to your man (yes even if he's in the middle of a video game and it's the level he can't possibly get passed). Ask him nicely to pause the game, then vent your heart out. Fellas you should then pretend to be just as mad as she is even if you have no idea why she is so mad.

The dangers of being married #14... You wake up. Your nasty hair is in a bun. You're wearing sweats and you have absolutely no makeup on. Later that day you take a shower, curl your hair, and your makeup is to die for. Yet when you ask your hubby "How do I look?" You weren't expecting... "You look the same." I could've strangled him!!! LoL what a little punk.

The dangers of being married #15.... (15 is my lucky #) Prego= stomach aches, head aches, back aches, chest aches, heart burn, nausea, wicked freaky dreams, lately no more than five hours of sleep (tops), and whacked out emotions. Married to prego= running to the store at 2 a.m. to get prego what she's craving and then sleeping like a bear in his third week of hibernation. Why do men have it so easy?!?!  

The dangers of being married #16.... You fall head over heels again for your husband when he shows his appreciation for you by buying.... a beautiful flower arrangement, a gorgeous necklace, and some delicious doughnuts for dinner. LoL 

Valentine fun

Happy Valentine's Day!! This morning I got a bit creative with making  Valentine's. I use to hand make Valentine's when I was a Freshman in High School and my friends loved them. So I made one for my hubby and one for the bun in the oven. LoL My camera's date was off when I took the pictures so ignore them. They really are from this morning.
Here's the stuff I used....                                                                   
 Construction paper.

Paper scraps, magazine cut outs, some stencils, and the occasional foam heart.

 Pens, scissors, tape, and glue of course

Extra spearmint flavored for nausea and an ipod for boredom. LoL











And now all three finished products..... 

 Corey's Valentine....

The inside of his Valentine... all the panels on the left are coupons; one for a back massage, one is for an extra hour of video game playing, another is for a date night, etc.

And this one is the baby's Valentine. I thought it would be something cute to scrap book for the munchkin. =]

Pictures and Introductions

I've had this blog for about a year now but I've NEVER used it! How silly of me.

Just to start off I have a few pictures from my engagement album..... 

  Hugging a tree....

If you look really 

close you can almost

see my parents house.

My cute sister Kate!

Now for a couple wedding photos..... 

This is both sides of my family. My mom and stepdad on the left ... My dad and my step mama Vicki on the right. And all the siblings in between.

Corey and I cutting the cake. It was a rice crispy cake. Yummy!

 And last but hardly least.... my baby bump!!! 

Even though it says

12 weeks and 2 days 

I am actually 16 

weeks and 2 days.

 I'll be getting a more up to date picture shortly.