25 While 25 and more pictures

FIRST, if you don't think I have your address and you want a birth announcement for E, email me your address or make a comment with it. I took pictures of E today for them, so I think they should be out soon...  The above pictures are not them, but I wanted to post a few more pictures of her.

A little update on my 25 list...

I finished The Book Thief today and it was very enjoyable.  I grabbed a book at the library because nursing takes FOREVER.  All of those people who love nursing, good for you.  I hate it.  I'm doing it because it's a FREE way to feed E and it's good for her.  Anyway, with me spending at LEAST 5 hours a day feeding her and trapped on the couch, I might as well do something enjoyable while I'm there, right?  That's probably how my book list is going to be completed.  The Book Thief is a WWII book, which I usually hate and avoid, but I didn't know it was a WWII book, and it had me hooked by the time I thought about not reading it, so I finished it and it was wonderful.  I highly recommend it.  There are, of course, some sad parts (it is about the Holocaust, after all), but the majority of the book is not sad and from the point of view of death.  I highly recommend it--you won't be disappointed.

I made petits fours for a relief society activity June 21st.  They were fun but not tasty at all; just super sweet.  If I had had a way to keep the frosting warm they would have been prettier and taken less time, but I didn't, so they weren't.  You can see my post on it here.

I'm on the list at the library to get The Help, so I'll have an update when I finish that.

I'm going to try fondant when my family comes to visit Aug 30 - Sept 13.

I haven't registered for it yet, but I'm thinking of doing the Soda Screamer on October 8th, so that'll fulfill the run a race goal.

Now that E's born, I've taken pictures of everyone's profiles, so I'll hopefully have a silhouette something created.  I'm thinking it might just be a print.

The SAT word of today is "discursive" meaning rambling.

I've been doing a good job on writing in their journals.  The day before E was supposed to come I had a meltdown most of the day about how it was P & my last day alone together, and wrote LOTS in his journal.  I'm glad I have them, because I'm really enjoying writing to them.

I've been taking a picture of E every day, but she does NOT want to be set on a white, hard surface in order for me to get the kind of picture I want...oh well.  I've been trying to take a picture of P every day too, but sometimes he just straight up refuses, so sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.

I've been pretty good about reading the Sunday School lesson every week.  I enjoy being prepared.

I'm going to get Katie Evan's The Key to taking Pictures like a Professional Photographer so I can learn how to take better pictures.

I think that's all.  I've also edited my book list to compensate for disappointingly scandalous books, and added one that I wasn't planning on reading but did for a book club and very much enjoyed (also, surprisingly enough, about WWII).

Blessing Pictures

We blessed Emma Gray this last Sunday and it was a wonderful blessing!  She was blessed with the Gift of Love--isn't that a wonderful gift to have?  I think it's so neat.  We had cupcakes and ice cream afterwards.  I should have made 10,000 chocolate ones because they were gone in 5 seconds and everyone wanted more.  They were divine if I do say so myself.  I also had mason jars filled with ice water.  I made Emma's dress (from ideas from Gap and JCrew), and it turned out so well!  It had flannel against her skin and tulle on the outside.  I also made the bunting with her name that was above the food table that will go in her room.  I'm really happy with how it turned out.  P loved all the treats and entertained the girls with his burping on cue...great.  My grandparents from Provo came up, and J's parents and uncle were here to also be a part of the blessing.  We're thankful to everyone who participated. (That first picture is our bishop).

Swimming

We went to Lava today with some friends.  It was AWESOME.  I can't actually swim yet, but everyone else got in and it was soooo fun!  P loved going down the kiddy slide, and jumping into the arms of Seth, our friend.  I didn't make E wear clothes at the pool and she loved every second of it.  P was a swaddle kind of kid and he could have spent every second curled up in a ball.  E spends a lot of time with her legs straight and since it was so hot she stretched her arms out too.  It's funny how they're different.  He wasn't a pacifier kid and she DEFINITELY is.  He didn't want to have anything to do with nursing and she loves it. It's so fun getting to know her.  I think she and P look exactly the same (you can see pictures of P at this same age here).  She's a little darker in her hair and skin, and she's a little hairier than he was (it's super cute now, but will be a bummer later in life).

Not his greatest smile...

Some sun a day keeps the jaundice away...

Being silly...

More

I don't want her to get jaundice, so I sit her in front of the window for a few minutes.  She's soakin in the sun.      

 P talked a lot about the different things he wanted to do with E when she got here, and one of them was watch movies with her.  Now she can.

This started out as kisses, and at this point is now just blowing on her face and laughing.  

A few more of E

Here are a couple more pictures...

In these I think she looks like a flapper with her headband and "fur" wrapped around.

                                               
                                                 

Sparklers & Update

J bought some sparklers discounted after the 4th and we had  BLAST with them.

Baby Update: E still hasn't shown up, yet.  She's 4 days overdue, today, but Thursday is my next induction date.  If the pitocin still doesn't work, I'll have to have a c-section, which is not something I ever wanted, but we'll just see what happens!  I'll keep you all updated!

4th of July

We went to Malad (like always), for the 4th of July and had a blast (of course)!  P didn't really get the concept of getting the candy off the ground in the middle of the road, so he cried a little because of us all yelling at him to go get the candy.  It was cute.  He then started out just getting the candy one by one and by the end of the parade he was stealing candy from other kids...We had a great day, and P loved the fireworks at the end of the day.  Grandma Bodily bought P a matching shirt (matching with her) and they wore jeans & red converse shoes for their 4th of July outfits.

Groucho Marx

P discovered one day he could drink chocolate milk with no milk...I've never seen a kid so in heaven.  Then when I took his cup full of chocolate syrup away, he just licked the remaining chocolate off the table.  It's been a fight ever since to make him put milk in his chocolate milk.

Also, I'm now pretty antsy for E to get here...my friend Linda says E wants to grow out her hair before she shows up so she looks less like an old man and more like a little girl.  I might work on trying to check off some stuff on my 25 things list today to pass the time...

Oceans Eleven

With P, I used the Andy Warhol quote for waiting for P to come, but as I was editing E's picture, all I could hear was the bril line from Oceans Eleven with the Mormon twins at their track where the one guy says to the other "Waiting, Sweetheart, just waiting..."  The "sweetheart" isn't actually a name of affection in this instance, and while I am SO excited for her to get here, I feel the same facetious tone , so if you don't know the line from the movie, read the line with some sass.  The first image is 2 days before P showed up, and we'll see how long it takes before E shows...

You Look Great! (NOPE)

P chooses his clothes, often. That's fine--most of the time he looks great.  Most of his shirts are blue, and you can't really go wrong with jeans or khakis...sometimes I wish he'd wear different shoes, but most of the time it's ok.  Not today--today was a disaster.  Thanks to J, he only walked around the house and sat in the car in this outfit, but there was NOTHING I could do to persuade him to change his clothes.  My only word for what he looked like (other than ridiculous) was a gigolo...and that really doesn't even apply.  He just HAD to wear his cowboy boots (usually soooo cute...today, not so much), and I got a pendant for my necklace with E's name on it, and he not only wanted her pendant by HIS, but he wanted to wear it too! (yay for happy about her coming....not so yay about how he looked...).  He had his Buzz shirt (one of 3) and royal blue gym shorts on, so the combination was sooo ugly!  I didn't take a picture of it, so I recreated it on paint.  Enjoy.

Going for a Drive