so the baby and I are having a pajama party! 
We have lots of books and we are going to spend the day having a reading day and staying inside! 
Yay for pajama parties!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Pajama Party!
Today is a blustery day, 
so the baby and I are having a pajama party! 
We have lots of books and we are going to spend the day having a reading day and staying inside! 
Yay for pajama parties!
so the baby and I are having a pajama party! We have lots of books and we are going to spend the day having a reading day and staying inside! Yay for pajama parties!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Barbeque-ing
So, for some reason we barbeque when it's cold out. We think it's going to be warm, but it isn't, and Saturday night and tonight (Monday), we went barbeque-ing and it was flippin cold out.
Barbeque experience #1: Saturday we went to the city park to have a barbeque, but wanted to keep it cheap so we just bought hot dogs. It was so fun. They were so good--it was an adventure. We didn't bring plates, or utensils, or anything except for some condiments, hot dogs, some buns (not enough for the amount of hot dogs we got), and some soda (oh yeah, and charcoal and a lighter). It was really fun, in spite of the horrible amount of coldness. The hot dogs were sooooooooooo good. I just don't know how they make hot dogs so good, and they're 1000% better when they're cooked on a barbeque.
It was also the first time Baby saw fire--he was mesmerized. There was also a suspicious head off in the brush that we confiscated--even Baby was suspicious.
The Sausers and the Monsons came with us--we're glad they did, because they are a hoot!
Barbeque experience #2: There are no pictures to go along with this one, but it was still an adventure, and still super fun (I think it was actually more fun than the first one..maybe they were just awesomely fun in different ways). This time we had shish kabobs and grilled veggies. They were soooooooooo good. I have never had more enjoyable of either ever, in my whole life. Here are the recipes:
ShishKabobs
Kielbasa
Green Peppers
Onions
Pineapple
Sauce:
Pineapple juice (from the pineapple chunks can)
Worcestershire sauce (just keep dumping it in until you feel like it's enough...maybe a half a cup or so)
Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning (I dunno...a couple tablespoons)
Put all of the cut meat and veggies in a gallon freezer bag, add the ingredients for the sauce, (seal the bag), move the bag around until everything's covered by the sauce. Let it sit a little while--I let it marinate about an hour, and that seemed like a fine amount of time.
Veggies
Asparagus
Zucchini
Sauce:
Oil (vegetable or olive) (half a cup or so)
Italian seasoning (a tablespoon or so)
Onion Powder (some)
Garlic Salt
Do the same stuff as the other one with the freezer bag. To grill, I brought a cooling rack (that you put cookies on), and put it on top of the grill so it doesn't fall through.
It was a great time, and Baby slept the entire time in the car--it was crazy. Next time we barbeque, we need to do it when it's warm because it is MUCH less fun when it's cold out.
Barbeque experience #1: Saturday we went to the city park to have a barbeque, but wanted to keep it cheap so we just bought hot dogs. It was so fun. They were so good--it was an adventure. We didn't bring plates, or utensils, or anything except for some condiments, hot dogs, some buns (not enough for the amount of hot dogs we got), and some soda (oh yeah, and charcoal and a lighter). It was really fun, in spite of the horrible amount of coldness. The hot dogs were sooooooooooo good. I just don't know how they make hot dogs so good, and they're 1000% better when they're cooked on a barbeque.
It was also the first time Baby saw fire--he was mesmerized. There was also a suspicious head off in the brush that we confiscated--even Baby was suspicious.
The Sausers and the Monsons came with us--we're glad they did, because they are a hoot!
Barbeque experience #2: There are no pictures to go along with this one, but it was still an adventure, and still super fun (I think it was actually more fun than the first one..maybe they were just awesomely fun in different ways). This time we had shish kabobs and grilled veggies. They were soooooooooo good. I have never had more enjoyable of either ever, in my whole life. Here are the recipes:
ShishKabobs
Kielbasa
Green Peppers
Onions
Pineapple
Sauce:
Pineapple juice (from the pineapple chunks can)
Worcestershire sauce (just keep dumping it in until you feel like it's enough...maybe a half a cup or so)
Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning (I dunno...a couple tablespoons)
Put all of the cut meat and veggies in a gallon freezer bag, add the ingredients for the sauce, (seal the bag), move the bag around until everything's covered by the sauce. Let it sit a little while--I let it marinate about an hour, and that seemed like a fine amount of time.
Veggies
Asparagus
Zucchini
Sauce:
Oil (vegetable or olive) (half a cup or so)
Italian seasoning (a tablespoon or so)
Onion Powder (some)
Garlic Salt
Do the same stuff as the other one with the freezer bag. To grill, I brought a cooling rack (that you put cookies on), and put it on top of the grill so it doesn't fall through.
It was a great time, and Baby slept the entire time in the car--it was crazy. Next time we barbeque, we need to do it when it's warm because it is MUCH less fun when it's cold out.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Picnik-ed California
It's time for me to go to bed, so I'm not going to write until tomorrow or so, but I was messing around with Picnik and the photos from our California trip, and created the following:
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Pre and Post-Graduation Activities
Two days before graduation, Dallin and Courtney Sauser went to dinner with us to celebrate the semester being over. We got a gift certificate from Jordan's parents to The Outback, so we used that to celebrate and it tasted so good! Afterwards, Courtney and I went to Barnes 'n Noble while Jordan and Dallin went...I dunno, somewhere. It was great to just spend some time walking around there and knowing that I could read all of the books that were there and not feel guilty about it because I needed to be studying!
Later that night, when we got home, Ladie came to spend the next couple of days with us in celebration! It was fun to have her here, and we spent a lot of good time just talking. Porter and her became fast friends!
It was great to have my grandparents, mom, and brother, Will here with me while I graduated. It was nice to just have us all together to chill. The next morning we made a big breakfast of pancakes, bacon, sausages, and orange juice (along with an orange juice, spinach, and banana smoothie, and it was so good!
I made homemade peanut butter for the first time. I really like peanut butter, but they put so much sugar and stuff in it that you can't eat very much because there are so many calories! So, I threw some unsalted peanuts in a blender and put some olive oil in it, while later Grandma Mayfield told me I didn't need to add the oil, so next time I won't. It definitely isn't as delectable as store-bought peanut butter, but it still tastes great and I feel better about eating it!
Sunday morning, Will and I made cupcakes that look like chicks to celebrate a little of Easter. I put rice milk in it instead of regular milk in both the cupcakes and in the frosting so that I could eat both of them, and they were sooooooo good! They looked cute too, and I'm super glad we made them!
There was also also a little surprise in the middle, because we tie-dyed the inside!
As my graduation present from the Deans (thanks!), we got an ice cream maker, but since I can't have dairy (the baby's allergic), we made sorbet. It was spectacular! We put berries in it, and it was so good! It made a lot more than we thought it would, but that wasn't a problem to us!
Tonight for FHE, we dyed easter eggs. I'd never done it before, and it was so fun! We all did different things with the eggs we dyed, but each one was awesome!
Later that night, when we got home, Ladie came to spend the next couple of days with us in celebration! It was fun to have her here, and we spent a lot of good time just talking. Porter and her became fast friends!
It was great to have my grandparents, mom, and brother, Will here with me while I graduated. It was nice to just have us all together to chill. The next morning we made a big breakfast of pancakes, bacon, sausages, and orange juice (along with an orange juice, spinach, and banana smoothie, and it was so good!
I made homemade peanut butter for the first time. I really like peanut butter, but they put so much sugar and stuff in it that you can't eat very much because there are so many calories! So, I threw some unsalted peanuts in a blender and put some olive oil in it, while later Grandma Mayfield told me I didn't need to add the oil, so next time I won't. It definitely isn't as delectable as store-bought peanut butter, but it still tastes great and I feel better about eating it!
Sunday morning, Will and I made cupcakes that look like chicks to celebrate a little of Easter. I put rice milk in it instead of regular milk in both the cupcakes and in the frosting so that I could eat both of them, and they were sooooooo good! They looked cute too, and I'm super glad we made them!
There was also also a little surprise in the middle, because we tie-dyed the inside!
As my graduation present from the Deans (thanks!), we got an ice cream maker, but since I can't have dairy (the baby's allergic), we made sorbet. It was spectacular! We put berries in it, and it was so good! It made a lot more than we thought it would, but that wasn't a problem to us!
Tonight for FHE, we dyed easter eggs. I'd never done it before, and it was so fun! We all did different things with the eggs we dyed, but each one was awesome!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Done and Done
After 4 arduous years of college, I'm done. I didn't think I'd ever be finished with it, but the time is finally here. I can now just be with my awesome baby all day and help him learn and grow. I'm glad I finished school, but I certainly don't know why I was supposed to--hopefully one day I'll understand why it was so important. I really enjoy learning, so I don't think I'll go very long before I start to work my brain again, but I think I'm going to take a break from math for a little while, and maybe work on a language or something. Anyway, our new apostle was the speaker at graduation, and it was wonderful. He spoke on having Wisdom (with a capital W, because it's God's Wisdom), and using it throughout the rest of our lives. I sang in graduation choir, and we were allowed to have our spouse sing with us, but Jordan didn't want to, so I recruited Will to sing in it with me--it was rad. 
We sang "Guide Us, Oh Though Great Jehovah" and "This is the Christ." Grandma and Grandpa Mayfield came to celebrate, and because of that Grandma took a video of us singing. It's so awesome.
Grandma also got a great picture of us on the screen--cool-huh?!
My mom, my brother Will, and Grandma and Grandpa Mayfield came to celebrate with us, and I'm so glad they all came--it was a delight to have them here. Will's still here, and it's super fun to just chill with him. Ladie came up too, and it was a blast to have her here with us.
My great friend, Heidi, who was also a physics major, and a girl, graduated with me. We met for the first time two years ago in a lab class, and have had a lot of classes together since. She has the highest IQ of anyone I've ever known, and she's the only way I graduated.
Yay for graduating!
We sang "Guide Us, Oh Though Great Jehovah" and "This is the Christ." Grandma and Grandpa Mayfield came to celebrate, and because of that Grandma took a video of us singing. It's so awesome.Grandma also got a great picture of us on the screen--cool-huh?!
My mom, my brother Will, and Grandma and Grandpa Mayfield came to celebrate with us, and I'm so glad they all came--it was a delight to have them here. Will's still here, and it's super fun to just chill with him. Ladie came up too, and it was a blast to have her here with us.
My great friend, Heidi, who was also a physics major, and a girl, graduated with me. We met for the first time two years ago in a lab class, and have had a lot of classes together since. She has the highest IQ of anyone I've ever known, and she's the only way I graduated.
Yay for graduating!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Just Some More Pictures
School's still going on for another week, so I don't have anything exciting right now to write about (there have been a few things that happened to other people that I'll update in a week when I have time), so here is a collage of the baby. He is just so cute!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Goin on a Walk
Baby and I went on a walk today because it was the first nice day of the year (and also because Mommy forgot to keep one bottle out of the dishwasher and Baby was hungry so we needed a distraction until the dishwasher was finished!)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Bag
So, I saw on this website about how to make bags out of old t-shirts, and I've been wanting to make a bag to put my library books in, and this was the perfect answer! So, tonight after enrichment I did it! It only took 20 minutes (I put a pocket in it too for the list of books, and for my library card), and it is so awesome! The shirt I used isn't that big, but it's the perfect size to put books in! I have a few other old shirts I might make into bags for the grocery store. I was worried about the strength or how much you could fit in it, but it's awesome. How cool!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Baby Update
We took the baby for his first set of shots on Thursday, and found out that he is 11 1/2 pounds and 23 1/2 inches long! He's in the 71st percentile in height and 45th percentile for weight, so he's tall, skinny, and we love him!
Catching Up
I haven't been able to write a in a good amount of time, so now I'm catching up!
We had Porter's baby blessing in Springville, UT at Jordan's Grandma Lynn's house. It was great. So many people came, including the Geers from New York who surprised us! Jordan did a great job with the blessing. The things that were said in the blessing were all things we hope for our children--being able to discern the difference between good and evil, serving a full-time mission so he could return and marry his eternal companion in the temple, going to his family for support, and things like that. It was nice, and it was great to have so many people come.
It was the first time Grandma and Grandpa Mayfield, Grandma Lynn, and Grandma and Grandpa Bloxham had every seen Porter, and of course, they just loved him.
A week later was my birthday! I was super sick, but it was a fun birthday anyway. Jordan made me a really good omelet, with lots of cheese, onion, and chicken. I had gotten an outfit with Christmas money I got from Aunt Theresa that I planned on wearing that day to church, but being sick I didn't go. Jordan bought me a router (not a woodworking router, a computer router), and at the beginning I didn't really get it, but after we got it set up, I realized how flippin awesome it is to go around the house while still connected to the internet. He also gave me a coupon for a pair of black shoes "guilt free." I found a pair from Roxy at Famous Footwear that look like this. I really like them. Our friends Dallin and Courtney Sauser came over and brought me Baby Mama and a Dr. Seuss book. We watched Baby Mama that night--loooove it.
Two weeks later it was Jordan's birthday! I was super excited about his presents which were a phone (he uses the brown cover), an alarm clock to put his ipod in, and a pair of shoes that didn't fit him, and that I think he'll take back. I made him a crawfish dinner and I made an ice cream cake with chocolate brownie ice cream and put ground up thin mints around in it. It was fun, and it was great to be able to celebrate Jordan being born!
We had Porter's baby blessing in Springville, UT at Jordan's Grandma Lynn's house. It was great. So many people came, including the Geers from New York who surprised us! Jordan did a great job with the blessing. The things that were said in the blessing were all things we hope for our children--being able to discern the difference between good and evil, serving a full-time mission so he could return and marry his eternal companion in the temple, going to his family for support, and things like that. It was nice, and it was great to have so many people come.
It was the first time Grandma and Grandpa Mayfield, Grandma Lynn, and Grandma and Grandpa Bloxham had every seen Porter, and of course, they just loved him.
A week later was my birthday! I was super sick, but it was a fun birthday anyway. Jordan made me a really good omelet, with lots of cheese, onion, and chicken. I had gotten an outfit with Christmas money I got from Aunt Theresa that I planned on wearing that day to church, but being sick I didn't go. Jordan bought me a router (not a woodworking router, a computer router), and at the beginning I didn't really get it, but after we got it set up, I realized how flippin awesome it is to go around the house while still connected to the internet. He also gave me a coupon for a pair of black shoes "guilt free." I found a pair from Roxy at Famous Footwear that look like this. I really like them. Our friends Dallin and Courtney Sauser came over and brought me Baby Mama and a Dr. Seuss book. We watched Baby Mama that night--loooove it.
Two weeks later it was Jordan's birthday! I was super excited about his presents which were a phone (he uses the brown cover), an alarm clock to put his ipod in, and a pair of shoes that didn't fit him, and that I think he'll take back. I made him a crawfish dinner and I made an ice cream cake with chocolate brownie ice cream and put ground up thin mints around in it. It was fun, and it was great to be able to celebrate Jordan being born!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Never Liked Murals, But...
I've never liked murals inside the house, but I think this is just beautiful.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
How do they know?!?!
I think one of the first questions I'm asking Heavenly Father when I die is how the heck babies know the difference between sitting down and standing up when you're holding them? It's like magic...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Ice Cream
This is Jordan giving our month old son mint chocolate chip ice cream. My kid has no hope of not being 500 lbs when he grows up...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Not My Baby Things
So, just a couple of baby update things about not my baby.
First, Saturday I got to go to my friend Jennie's baby shower, and it was suuuuper fun. I got to be a part of that by making the food! I didn't remember to take pictures of all the dishes, but they were all a success! Just go to her blog to see the pictures and read about it. It was great.
Second order of business, I am an aunt! Garrett and Kim finally had their baby last night, and we are so excited for them! Here's a picture they sent us when he was born--what a cute little kid! His name is Wyatt Miles (I don't know if that's actually how they're going to spell it) and he was 8 lbs 7 oz--poor Kim! He is gonna beat the crap out of our kid, because Porter's smaller than him now and he's a month old!
Congrats to them!
First, Saturday I got to go to my friend Jennie's baby shower, and it was suuuuper fun. I got to be a part of that by making the food! I didn't remember to take pictures of all the dishes, but they were all a success! Just go to her blog to see the pictures and read about it. It was great.
Second order of business, I am an aunt! Garrett and Kim finally had their baby last night, and we are so excited for them! Here's a picture they sent us when he was born--what a cute little kid! His name is Wyatt Miles (I don't know if that's actually how they're going to spell it) and he was 8 lbs 7 oz--poor Kim! He is gonna beat the crap out of our kid, because Porter's smaller than him now and he's a month old!
Congrats to them!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
25 Things
I finally got tagged with this 25 Things deal, so here are 25 things about me. I'm not going to technically tag anyone but if you want to write 25 things about yourself, consider yourself tagged and I'm excited to read 25 things about you on your blog!
1-I’m getting my degree in physics because Jordan says I have to—I don’t think it’s worth it.
2-I would like to end up in Portland but I don’t ever think we will.
3-The first 5 hours after my water broke I laid in bed watching Arrested Development online so the time would pass faster.
4-The career I would choose if I was going to go to school for fun would to be a chef.
5-My kid’s probably going to be super screwed up because I’m speaking French to him and also doing sign language.
6-I’m not that good at “coordinating” things like bedroom colors or clothes. I just make everything monochromatic and feel like that’s pretty safe.
7-I hate souvenirs, but if I could collect something it would be teapots—I don’t know what it is about them, but I just can’t get enough (I can’t bring myself to buy anymore than I already have because I already have two and only use one).
8-I feel like a grown-up.
9-I think something’s funny when it’s unexpected or creative. Someone getting hit in the head with a tennis ball at a tennis tournament, not that funny. Someone getting hit in the head with a microwave anywhere but in a kitchen—hilarious because who would have expected a microwave?
10-Jordan won’t come to my physics parties at school anymore because he doesn’t think I’m funny when I’m with all the physics kids.
11-I love the physics jokes, especially when people make Star Wars/Star Trek/Lord of the Rings/Harry Potter/any video game combination jokes—kills me.
12-The only people I think look good in dark blue shirts are blondes.
13-Having a baby made me love books that rhyme. Dr. Seuss is my new favorite thing.
14-Stranger than Fiction is my favorite movie of all time for an infinite amount of reasons, a few of them being that I’m obsessed with Maggie Gyllenhaal (and wish I was her), and I think Will Ferrill is the funniest man of all time (because he says things that are unexpected).
15-I like taking naps with the baby because I think he’s most happy when he feels like he’s in the womb and that’s the closest thing I can do to put him back in there.
16-I love the color gray.
17-I love cooking for Jordan sweet treats because he likes them the most, but I hate cooking soup for him because he doesn’t like it (even though I love soup).
18-My favorite girl’s name is Margaret because I used to babysit a girl named Margaret and that’s what I picture my daughter to look like, but our first girl’s name is going to be Emma—I’m hoping to win with our next girl and name her Olivia (Jordan really just doesn’t like the name Margaret).
19-I love dark wood.
20-High wasted pencil skirts are my favorite kind of skirts right now.
21-I want money so I can do nice things for people when they have bad days and give it to people when they don’t have anymore money in their bank accounts.
22-My eyelashes are completely blonde and straight.
23-I wish I could wear a bathing suit all the time, everyday, and just have the thermostat up to 85.
24-I started singing to the baby as soon as I found out I was pregnant.
25-I secretly put grape seed oil into Jordan’s drinks because it’s good for his heart and I want to keep him as long as I can.
1-I’m getting my degree in physics because Jordan says I have to—I don’t think it’s worth it.
2-I would like to end up in Portland but I don’t ever think we will.
3-The first 5 hours after my water broke I laid in bed watching Arrested Development online so the time would pass faster.
4-The career I would choose if I was going to go to school for fun would to be a chef.
5-My kid’s probably going to be super screwed up because I’m speaking French to him and also doing sign language.
6-I’m not that good at “coordinating” things like bedroom colors or clothes. I just make everything monochromatic and feel like that’s pretty safe.
7-I hate souvenirs, but if I could collect something it would be teapots—I don’t know what it is about them, but I just can’t get enough (I can’t bring myself to buy anymore than I already have because I already have two and only use one).
8-I feel like a grown-up.
9-I think something’s funny when it’s unexpected or creative. Someone getting hit in the head with a tennis ball at a tennis tournament, not that funny. Someone getting hit in the head with a microwave anywhere but in a kitchen—hilarious because who would have expected a microwave?
10-Jordan won’t come to my physics parties at school anymore because he doesn’t think I’m funny when I’m with all the physics kids.
11-I love the physics jokes, especially when people make Star Wars/Star Trek/Lord of the Rings/Harry Potter/any video game combination jokes—kills me.
12-The only people I think look good in dark blue shirts are blondes.
13-Having a baby made me love books that rhyme. Dr. Seuss is my new favorite thing.
14-Stranger than Fiction is my favorite movie of all time for an infinite amount of reasons, a few of them being that I’m obsessed with Maggie Gyllenhaal (and wish I was her), and I think Will Ferrill is the funniest man of all time (because he says things that are unexpected).
15-I like taking naps with the baby because I think he’s most happy when he feels like he’s in the womb and that’s the closest thing I can do to put him back in there.
16-I love the color gray.
17-I love cooking for Jordan sweet treats because he likes them the most, but I hate cooking soup for him because he doesn’t like it (even though I love soup).
18-My favorite girl’s name is Margaret because I used to babysit a girl named Margaret and that’s what I picture my daughter to look like, but our first girl’s name is going to be Emma—I’m hoping to win with our next girl and name her Olivia (Jordan really just doesn’t like the name Margaret).
19-I love dark wood.
20-High wasted pencil skirts are my favorite kind of skirts right now.
21-I want money so I can do nice things for people when they have bad days and give it to people when they don’t have anymore money in their bank accounts.
22-My eyelashes are completely blonde and straight.
23-I wish I could wear a bathing suit all the time, everyday, and just have the thermostat up to 85.
24-I started singing to the baby as soon as I found out I was pregnant.
25-I secretly put grape seed oil into Jordan’s drinks because it’s good for his heart and I want to keep him as long as I can.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Baby
With a new baby and school I haven't had a whole lot of write very much but here are a couple more pictures of him last night laying on my chest and this morning right after his bath. We're doing really well and we're so happy to have him!
Love to all of you!
Love to all of you!
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