Easter

Well Don is FINALLY back from New York/Boston. He was gone for a week. He went with his Masters program and took tours of various buildings and projects going on in the cities. He had a pretty good time, but said he was glad to get back to AZ where it is not so blistering cold. And speaking of the weather, it is nearly 90 degrees here! Give me a break. That's all I have to say.

The drastic change in weather however has inspired me to clean out my closets. Does anyone else out there have a terrible time getting rid of clothes even though you know that you will never wear them again? I have this emotional attachment to them and they bring back memories. And some I just have a hard time getting rid of because I think maybe I will want to wear them again, and when the style comes around again in 10 years, I will be all set! Maybe I should make a scrapbook of my clothes! Can you imagine! That thing wouldn't fit on a coffee table. So anyway, my real idea though is to take pictures of the clothes I am getting rid of, and then I can let the actual clothes go free!

While Don was away Chloe and I spent the week together getting over colds. Among my accomplishments was running a mile on the treadmill under 8:30. And since that was basically my accomplishment for the whole week, I felt the need to share it!

And now what you have all been waiting for....EASTER!!

Here is Chloe, outfit courtesy of my favorite store on the planet: TARGET. Chloe is a wearing a sunny yellow sundress, sprinkled with polka dots and adorned with white a white lace hem. On her head are delightful little bunny ears, made from the finest white polar bear fur, and pink satin from the orient. (I was trying to sound like an announcer at a fashion show in case you were wondering). Total cost of the whole outfit? 11 dollars plus tax. Did I mention I love Target?
Unfortunately she didn't really enjoy wearing the bunny ears.

An attempt at a nice family picture. Failed.
But her ears sure are cute aren't they??

One final Easter story: Morning of Chloe pulled off her diaper and then proceeded to let's just say, make a mess, all over her crib. It was lovely.

And so was our Easter.

Hello Old Friend

Well it has been forever since my last post. So let me catch you all up!!

Since last time I wrote....
We attended my cousins wedding. They had a sit down dinner! It was very nice.
Chloe especially enjoyed the bread and eating the scraps she found on the floor. I really appreciate her talent for finding and eating anything and everything, edible and non-edible. Today she tried to eat staples. Last week it was paint. And yes, I am familiar with lead poisening.

This was at church. Sunday school. Oh bam! Just kidding! (the "bam is from hanging out with the YW for too long).
Um us at the wedding again.

In other news, Don took the scouts on a "hike" through the city for their merit badge requirements. 20 miles. Pretty innovatve if you ask me. He has been complaining of a sore foot ever since. He invited me to attend,I gracefully declined.

And here we are at my friend's luncheon after her baby blessing.

My friend Cassie as mentioned above.

Let me tell you another little story entitled:

"How I know I am not Ready for 3 Children"

Last weekend I babysat for my friend's 2 children. Boys ages 4 and 2. Very delightful young men. I took chloe with me over to her house to babysit. Well here was the course of events for the evening.

1. My cell phone dies. No biggie right, because they have a house phone....

2. Their house phones don't work for some inexplicable reason. That's awesome. Always great to be without a phone when in the care of 3 small children.

3. The 2 year old has gone #2 for the #9th time that day. Has a diaper rash so...

4. I give him a bath.

5. Put Chloe in the High chair so she would be "safe." Entrusted the 4 year old with keeping an eye on her.

6. Leave the before mentioned children unsupervised.

7. Go back to the 2 year old bathing. Decide to peek out the door to check on other children...

8. See Chloe STANDING up in the high chair, surrounded by travertine flooring.

9. Crap!

10. Yell to the 4 year old "Go watch your brother!" (To which he didn't)

11. Rescued Chloe from impending disaster and then ran back to the bathing child.

12. Tried to turn the bath water off by turning the knob, would not turn off! Was convinced the faucet was broken. Not broken, my brain was broken, all I had to do was push to turn off.

13. Dragged all 3 children upstairs to put on the bathing child's diaper.

14. Naked child pees all over carpet as soon as towel is taken off.

15. Fabulous.

16. Dragged children to neighbors house to use phone to tell someone to come now.

17. Decided I will not have another baby tomorrow.

18. Friend's plane delayed, ended up spending the night.

THE END

Today was the Sequel to the story, I will spare you the details. But if I were to write it, I would entitle it

"Chloe goes whole day without taking a nap and Melissa Gets nothing done"

By the way, I do love Chloe and children in general! Please don't get the wrong idea from this post!

I've Been Tagged!

My dear friend Leisa "tagged" me, I've never heard of it before, but it is a pretty cool idea, so thanks Leisa! So here is the deal:

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the question about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 other people and posts there names.And then leaves a message on their blog letting them know they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog to get the directions.


This could start a blogging revolution!!!

What I was doing 10 years ago?

I would have been 16 and a junior in high school. I would have been spending my time doing homework, singing in choir and playing in orchestra. I was thinking how smart I was and how my parents didn't know anything, wishing that the cute boys liked me, looking forward to watching the show "Felicity", and being mad that I didn't get to drive because my brother had the car.

Things on my "To-Do" List for Today:
1. Take a shower.
2. Give Chloe a bath.
3. Get dressed.
4. Get Chloe dressed.
5. Do laundry
6. Clean the house. Again. How does it get messy every single day!!!!
7. Take a friend out to lunch that just had a baby.
8. Take a nap.
9. Get Chloe to take a nap so I can take a nap.
10. Do something fun with Don.

Places I have Lived:
1. Chandler, AZ
2. Rexburg, ID (The coldest, windiest place on the planet, second to Antarctica)
3. Provo, UT
4. Mesa, AZ
5. My car. Just kidding.

Things most people don't know about me:
1. I hate being tired, therefor I am really grumpy in the morning and late at night.
2. I used to put lemon juice on my face to try and fade my freckles. Then after I realized that it stung too bad, I got this "fade cream", for people with age spots, and that did the trick! But then...one day my older sister laughed at me and said I looked like a ghost. So then I thought...hmmm. Maybe I should stop using the fade cream. And now I have emraced my freckles, and don't even notice them anymore! Wow I am so glad not to be a teenager anymore.
3. Yes, it is true, I like watching American Idol. And sometimes, E! The True Hollywood Story.
4. I am prone to hurt myself easily with knives, sharp corners, steps...basically everything, and I bruise really easily.
5. I apparantly have an animal fetish when it comes to buying clothes for Chloe. My friend pointed out that her clothes are all animal themed...lambs, squirls, birds, kitties....

I tag Melanie, Jourdan, and Maggie.

The Boring Blog...don't look, you might fall asleep.

Well...nothing really new to report. But no news is good news. I have been trying to get some pictures of Chloe to fill in some empty picture frames in her room, but she is a hard subject. Anyway, I tried. The above picture is of her in her Christmas dress..that I bought for pictures...but ya, that never happened.
This is us on Valentines Day. We got Italian food and I was sufficiently stuffed. I told Don that I knew the way to the restaurant and that I could find it...we drove around for an hour (okay more like a half hour). But at least there was no wait when we got there.
Dolly, these pictures are for you...thanks for the dress!!!


Don's dad and Chloe.

Super Tuesday

Hello!! Today is "Super Tuesday!!!" So go out there and vote! I went and voted this morning. I love the spirit of elections! Every time I get to vote for anything I feel so happy inside that I belong to a country where I GET to vote. It is one of the times where I want to start singing "And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free!!" But of course I don't really do that, I would look like a psycho. But anyway, no matter if the person you want gets elected or not, it is still a wonderful opportunity to get to vote. And that is my patriotic shpeel for the day.

Now onto other less weighty matters. The above picture is of Chloe showcasing her new trick. One day I found her sitting up in her crib clasping onto the bars like a convict and screaming. I thought it was funny. And then seriously the next day, she figured out how to pull herself up. And now within moments of being put in her crib, she has herself standing and screaming for help. She looks really patheitc, doesn't she?!
This past weekend Phoenix, AZ hosted a little thing called the Super Bowl. And also a famous Golf tournament. Sadly I cannot think of the name for the golf tournament. Anyway, Don and I got free tickets to go to the golf thing. I have never attended a golf event, but in my mind I pictured a somewhat modest size crowd full of wealthy retirees drinking champagne. Well was I ever wrong! This event is like hook up city! I felt like I was in Hollywood. So no, Don, Me and baby Chloe did not really fit in this "scene." The picture above is of us in a bus travelling to the event.
These are just some guys we thought were funny. As you can see, I don't think this event is really for serious golf fans.
We didn't make it out to the actual place of the Super Bowl. We instead spent the afternoon relaxing on the couch.
Have a great day!

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!!