A Short Thought

So today I have caught a little bug and have been taking it pretty easy. Chloe fell asleep on me while I watched a show I found on the AMC channel. "Close Encouters of the Third Kind." Never really seen it before, just know it is a "classic." So I watched it. And I have to say, I would NEVER get on a spaceship voluntarily with aliens that were that weird looking. That's all.

Why Must Target Be so Wonderful?

So this is the last week of Don's school vacation. Poor soul. I do not envy him. I still have nightmares where I am trying to write a 20 page research paper in one hour, that I had all semester to do. I always wake up very relieved!

So here are some little tid bits about the past little while. Did you know Cold Stone Creamery gives you free ice cream for your birthday? Go to their website to sign up. It takes a little effort to get the coupon, but ahhhhh, the reward is worth it!!

Yesterday I went to Target and I was VERY proud of myself that I stuck to my list of mandatory items. If I hadn't, I would have come home with:

*Valentine themed Door hangings

* Valentine Bath towels/hand towels

* throw pillows (a tiny obsession of mine)

* Valentine themed outfits for Chloe

* This really awesome shirt for me.

* A PB sandwich from the Food stand. They are a dollar and they are delicous. It is a PB sandwich without the crust.

Sigh. I could go on, but I won't. I really love that store. Except for their really crappy return policies. That I do not love.

And lastly, I dyed my hair trying to get it back to my natural very dark brown color, and it turned out looking gothic. And that really annoyed me. And I just have to say if it were possible to have short hair for most of the time, but then long hair for just a few days when you wanted to leave it down, that would be ideal. But alas, if you want long hair you can never have short hair...and I guess it works the other way around too. Long story short, my hair is driving me crazy.

And I have managed to write a lot about pretty much nothing! So here are some pictures! Just another day at the Mommy Spa!

And...Chloe!!

New Years and Such

The latest...
Well 2008 is now here. We rung (is that proper english??) in the New Years with a few friends from Don's Real Estate Master's Program. We took Chloe with us. I thought she would probably fall asleep...but Chloe had other plans. She apparantly knew it was the designated day to Par-tay because she played well past midnight. I might mention she didn't sleep very much during the day either. But I will hand it to her-she was in a very good mood and so she was fun to show off!

Don's B-day was also on New Years Day. He turned 31. Go Don! His birthday was kind of lame. I can't even remember what we did. So I planned a surprise dinner at a restaurant for him a few days later and invited some friends from the single days that we hadn't seen for a long time. That was fun.

Let's see...what else....

Chloe got herself into this bind. She is happy in this picture, being proud of herself that she got in there in the first place. She was pretty mad though when she couldn't figure out how to get out.
So we went to the traveling "Santa's Theme Park" on January 5th. Sound a little odd to anyone? I admit going after Christmas...heck, after New Years, the place had lost a little bit of its Holiday "magic." But it was still pretty entertaining, but for not the typical reasons. It was basically a miniature State Fair, Christmas style. Carnies and all. It also had a very frightening HUGE Santa. I felt very sorry for the man behind the suit. I mean really, he SHOULD be back at the North Pole by now.
Okay so here is why I found this place so entertaining.
1. My BRILLIANT husband had the grand idea of putting Chloe in her stroller this way, instead of in her car seat that just attaches to the stroller. As you can see, she was very pleased. I guess looking up at my face isn't as thrilling to her as the rest of the world she can see in this position.
2. Chelsey.
Chelsey, Chelsy, Chelsey. My little sister never ceases to amaze me. So for anyone that doesn't know, Chesley is my 19 year old mentally disabled little sister. She is basically the funniest person I know. We invited Chelsey to go with us for two reasons. We thought she would have fun, and secondly, we needed someone else to go so we weren't riding on rides alone. We thought Chelsey could watch Chloe while Don and I rode on some rides together. I didn't think Chelsey would really want to go on the rides because they would be too "scary." It turned out that I was really grateful she went, but not because of the before mentioned reason-I was glad because she was Don's partner for all the rides I refused to go on. She is FEARLESS. Let it be said that I am horrified by many amuement park rides. In fact I have been known to close my eyes and sing hymns while riding many of them. The picture above is the first ride she went on that completely shocked me. I thought she would come off the ride really mad because she hated it, and I was feeling bad that I hadn't stopped her from getting on it (I wouldn't have gotten on that thing). But instead she gets off and is raving about how much fun it was. I seriously was so shocked. And then it kept getting funnier from there. For instance:
So here is Chelsey riding that ride that takes you up really high then drops you really, really fast. She loved it.


Chloe and me were grateful to be on the ground staring up at them.

Other amusing tid bits:
There was this ride that was supposed to simulate hang gliding that I went on with Chelsey and it was really funny because she goes out of nowhere "Aaaaa...feel the mist." That really made me laugh.

She also told me that she wanted to go on all the rides because she wanted to "conquer all her fears." I realized that night, I could learn a lot from Chelsey, and also, it is never good to place limitations on people.


And this picture of Chloe and me is in front of Chelsey's favorite ride. There is no way I would have gotten on that one either.

And finally, my funny story today. Don and I were watching a movie (National Treasure) and we got up in the middle of it to change Chloe's diaper. When we came back we could not find the remote anywhere. We were really baffled. We spent an hour looking for it, and while we did not find the remote in some of the places we looked, we also found some "treasures" of our own. Apparantly I need to clean the top of my fridge more often. That decrepid thing I am holding is a banana. We did finally find the remote, it was hidden in a video tape case on the coffee table...but we found it rather ironic that we were on our very own treasure hunt!

And that is all! Bon Jour!

Merry Christmas!

I was able to upload some pics (read the blog for explanation). Here are some from this month- I included this picture because of the other baby in this picture. He was born with this much hair. No joke. It KILLS me!! He is so cute!
Don and me at a Christmas party. Our white elephant gifts on display.
This was at a YW party. Chloe was exhausted as she refuses to take naps unless she is at home in a completely quiet house. She fell asleep in my arms. She is actually asleep in this picture.
Just another high chair picture. She likes to eat.
So we took our neice and nephew and my little sister to this place called "Amazing Jakes." It truly is amazing. It is a little indoor amusement park for kids. This is my favorite ride there. I am really wimpy, this ride sort of scared me. Notice my 3 year old nephew also on the ride. Ya, I am really, really wimpy.

My Kone.

Well Christmas has come and gone...so sad...but we had a terrific holiday! I'll have to add pictures later, although I don't really have any pictures since we lost our camera just in time for Christmas! But we found it again...Christmas night. So we missed taking pictures of the real stuff. I LOVE how that kind of stuff always seems to happen! Don has already headed back to work...and Chloe and I have resumed our daily schedule of eating and roating rooms in the house. It is a welcome change however. I got pretty pooped out from running around and doing all the Christmas preparations. So the best gift I got this year was my fabulous Kone Hand Vacuum. It might sound strange, but I was very excited to get it! And Don gave me a homemade coupon for a professional carpet cleaning. I am a little obsessed with dust bunnies and clean carpet. Maybe for my birthday I can get my grout cleaned. Also a little obsession of mine.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I would not recommend two movies that I just rented. The first one Is the 3rd Installment of Pirates. I am porbably the last one in North America to see it, but I just wanted to say, what the heck? Did ANYONE understand what was going on? That movie had so many "twists" that the only way I knew it was supposed to be a "twist" was the dramatic music that would play in the background. I just kept going "huh?" and Don fell asleep. So I just skipped the last half and forwarded it to the end to find out the only thing that I really cared about finding out- If Will and Elizabeth got together. To which I still say "huh?" So I looked it up on Wickepedia (sp?) and now I sort of understand what was going on. I should have read that BEFORE I watched the movie. So either I am not that smart or that movie was really impossible to understand.

And the second bomber was "The Holiday." Really boring and annoying. The whole love story between Camera Diaz and the other guy was really, really stupid. I'm sorry, when did they fall in love with each other, or get to know each other?? Because it seemed like the only thing they did was kiss and talk about how complicated everything was.

Anyway I just wanted to share. And that is all. Hope everyone had a delightful Christmas!

Thank Goodness

News Flash worthy of a blog in and of itself:
After 12 hours of being awake, yes I said 12...Chloe has FINALLY decided to go to sleep. She better be getting a tooth tomorrow because it took a lot of restraint not to scream today.

And secondly...Don is officially out of school for almost a month.

And so I am very, very, very...relieved. And tired.
Good Night.

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas

It's beginning to FEEL a lot like Christmas too. Too much to do, and not enough time. Well here are the latest happenings in the Mortensen Household.


Dad and Chloe take some time out for a little R&R. Football is the order of the day.




Chloe has decided she likes this toy. Thank goodness. It is the only contraption she will stay put in, otherwise she is rolling around the whole house. Oh and she got a front tooth this week.




Mrs. Clause is coming to town with her husband. Doesn't she look so cute! Thanks Aunt Jeanie for the super cute Christmas outfit!


Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! Or afternoon or morning...you know, whenever you are reading this.

Christmas Family Pictures

So we tried to take our first ever official Family Pictures...However we might have to do a re-do because we neglected to get outside before the sun starting going down. Man the sun goes down fast these days! Check out the Chloe's thighs in this picture!
And this picture cracks me up too-Chloe has a grandma face in it! She is making funny faces these days and saying "Mama." She is so smart. She can already say my name. Okay just kidding, I am pretty sure she doesn't know she is saying me name!
Don has been gone so much lately that I was beginning to feel oeverwhelmed. So I contacted a Genetic Specialist and had him cloned. It's been really great. The Don on the left does dishes, washes clothes, and runs errands. The Don on the right takes me to nice restaurants and buys me jewelry. It is a very nice arrangement.
Did I mention Chloe has two very nice (and sharp) teeth? Well, she does.
P.S. these pictures were taken at The AZ temple.