Chris, Carree and Noa

Oh Happy Day!

2011-07-10T15:31:00.000-07:00

I am happy to report that Noa is doing a lot better. After all the wonderful advice I decided I needed to bit the bullet and undo the bad habit I had created with Noa and his napping. For those of you that don't know, Noa usually only naps in my arms. Let me start by explaining that this was not the kind of parent I planned on being, it just happened. Chris and I figured out it all started when I was nursing exclusively, Noa was so fussy, so we assumed he had colic and I cut things out of my diet and I started rocking him to sleep and pretty much doing anything to get him to fall asleep. After his one month doctors appointment, we learned that Noa wasn't getting enough to eat, at all. He had gained only a single once in almost 4 weeks! He was supposed to gain that in a day. Stressed and feeling like a horrible mom I started pumping to ensure he got enough milk as well as continuing to let him nap in my arms. Well as you can imagine this has gotten really old, after five months of almost being glued to the house I decided that's it somethings got to give. So over the weekend I started working on his sleep problems one at a time, first the napping I started laying him in his crib after I rocked him and you wont believe that he has been sleeping in his crib for an hour now and he's still asleep. I orignally tried letting him cry himself to sleep but he didn't fall asleep and I couldn't do it. I remembered a book that Meesa swears by "Secrets of the Baby Whisperer" I had read it when I was pregnant and tried it when Noa was a few weeks old but that's when he wasn't eating enough so it didn't work and I forgot about it. I picked up the book yesterday and it actually had a whole chapter on Noa's problems it was like a God send. Thanks Meesa! So the plan is to get him to feel comfortable in his room and his crib so eventually he will drift off to dreamland on his own. I just can't believe it's working, I would recommend this book to anyone. I just wanted to say thanks for all of the great advice, it really gave me the motivation to do something different. Hopefully in a week or so Noa will be sleeping like a pro.

7am

2011-07-07T07:40:00.000-07:00

So after I wake up my lovely sleep with Noa, you know, the kind where he just lies next to you without a stir and then just smiles at you when he wakes up..at 7am. Carree is asleep on the couch and is desperately tired. Not only that but she plans on going back to sleep for at least another 30 minutes before I have to get ready to go to work. Sounds like a solid plan, right? Well, our apartment complex found it a wise idea to do some renovations to our pool, generally not a bad idea. However, when they decided they needed to do the renovation at 7am with the use of a jackhammer then they ensue the wrath of a sleepless mother. And this leaves Carree awake again.

Ramblings of a Sleepless Mother

2011-07-07T02:33:00.001-07:00

It's 2:30 in the morning and I am up yet again, I can't fall asleep after feeding Noa and putting him back down. He's 5 months old and at 4 months he slept from 7:30 to anywhere between 4 and 5 in the morning with a midnight dream feed, which was pretty good if you ask me and he had been sleeping like that from about 2 and 1/2 to 3 months, but I have no clue what his deal is now. For the last two weeks he's been getting up every two hours and eating anywhere from 4- 6 ounces each time and I am so utterly exhausted. I tank him up before bed and it's no help, he's even started to eat rice cereal but the boy still gets up every 2 hours for more. I am so tired right now that I can't sleep, I know it sounds crazy but I just lay in bed getting more and more frustrated at the fact that I can't drift back into sleep. So here I am writing to get my frustrations off my chest in the hope that I will be able to sleep for at least an hour before I am awaken again by Noa at 4 ....most likely. I have not had more than two hours of consecutive sleep for way too long and I have never been the best sleeper and the more tired I get the harder it is for me to sleep. I am surprised I am even functioning, will this ever end? I am sure you all are thinking well he needs to nap more, but honestly his napping is alright... besides the fact that he refuses to sleep longer than an hour in the daytime out of my arms. So as long as I hold him he takes some pretty good naps. I just wish I could figure out the magic way to get him to sleep better, so that I can sleep better. I get mad that Chris can drift into sleep so effortlessly and I can't. Noa even sleeps well, he just gets up to feed and then goes right back down....but not me. I can't wait until he this growth spurt from hell ends and I get my Noa back. I just hope that ends really soon, because I am just so exhausted. I think the lack of sleep is starting to really get to me.

Life

2011-06-27T22:10:00.000-07:00

Life has been very busy lately, Noa is growing so fast, he is sitting up with support, he laughs a lot and his smile melts my heart. We are just loving our little Noa, once I figure out how to get the sound to work on my videos I make on my phone I will post a video so you all can hear his infectious laugh. We really do love every minute with him...sigh :)

Well here's what's new with us:

Chris has been training for races he plans to do at the end of the summer and into the fall and the one I am most excited for is AZurbanAtholon it's going to be way fun. I can't wait to see him scale walls and jump over cars, he'll be like an action hero :) When I asked him, how he was going to train for all of the obstacles in this race he said he would train at park and on play grounds... I can't wait to see that when it starts to get cool enough for him to train outside. hahaha. As for me I have never been so committed to going to the gym daily, I guess being a mom helps with the desire for a little break every day. I have been going to Zumba as well as weightlifting and although I am not a dancer by any stretch of the imagination I do have fun. I feel like the less I care about what I look like and just dance my heart out the more calories I burn. I just pray that one day I will be better at it because I really do love to dance. Other than that nothing new is really going on, being parents is fun and we are still adjusting to our new lives with Noa. Sorry I don't really have any funny stories, I will try and post next time something good happens, if I can remember.

Pictures of Noa

2011-06-27T21:55:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Noa with a bunny that Tia Maggie sent for Easter, he loves it :) it's the perfect size for him to snuggle.

I get bored most days so other day I decided to dress Noa up in one of his adorable outfits that is too hot for Arizona and did a little photo shoot. He looks so cute in his little airplane outfit :)

Noa Cerny is here!!!!!

2011-04-03T21:01:00.000-07:00

Noa was born on January 30th at 4:55 AM, his birth weight was 7 lbs 7 oz and he was 20 inches long. He is such a good baby, our lives have changed so much and we love it. I can't believe this little baby is all ours. I love being a mommy and Chris is loving being a dad, we are so happy with our little Noa.

The Waiting Game

2011-01-14T09:15:00.000-08:00

Well, I have 10 more days until the baby's due. I have been having contractions since about week 37 off and on but the baby hasn't come. We had an ultrasound at 37 and a half weeks and he is looking great. He's in the 12% for size and I just can't wait to meet him all ready. The last few days my feet and hands have been swelling like crazy...it's so cute, I'm sure you're all very jealous. When I go out people stare at me, no longer do I get those oh look at the cute prego women look, but just blank stares, the worst part was it was mostly women staring, you'd think they would understand and not stare so shamelessly. I've decided people can be rude, I mean, honestly, have they never seen a pregnant woman before? Oh well, at least I'll have this baby, I really just want to meet him already. I can't believe in a few days I will be a mom and my life as I know it, will change forever.... so crazy and exciting. Now it's just a matter of when we're going to meet the little guy.

Finally finished with finals!!!!!

2010-12-10T16:51:00.000-08:00

I just finished my finals!!!!! I am so excited!!!! Now I am just procrastinating cleaning my house, I really have put that on the back burner over the last few days. I thought I would post pictures of parts of my final projects.

These are called flats, they are technical drawings of my designs, they are show all of the details in the garments. This is my final line up of my collection, it's for fall/winter, my inspiration was Arizona sunsets. I am so excited to be done.

Now I can start on all of my organizing projects, since we moved I haven't had the chance to really get things set into place. I also get to play with the sewing machine my mom just gave me. She upgraded to a amazing machine, a Bernina 830Lucky me, I got her Pfaff Creative 2144I can't wait to play with it!!! I was using it as motivation to finish my finals early. I am so glad my mom gave it to me! Thanks Mom!

It's Chris's Birthday!

2010-12-09T11:02:00.000-08:00

It's Chris's birthday! Yay! Hooray! Yippee! I got up super early this morning so that he would wake up to a birthday breakfast, the menu: German pancakes with homemade butter syrup. Well the pancakes were great but the butter syrup...not so much, it tasted exactly like sweetened condensed milk, needless to say we didn't eat the syrup. Then Chris left for work, after I cleaned the kitchen I was super sleepy, if you think I feel asleep for like two hours you'd be right. Now I've got to the store and get everything to make Chris's birthday pie, anyone who knows Chris well, know that fruit pies are his favorite dessert, especially cherry pie. The challenge for me each year is to master a cherry pie recipe. This year I am debating on whether I should do a cherry cheese pie, decisions, decisions. Since Chris and I are working on finals what better way to spend your birthday than eating pie and studying. I just keep reassuring him that in 2012 he wont have finals on his birthday.

Update on the pregnancy, everything is going well, the baby is growing and moving like crazy, it's a lot of fun. In a week and a half we'll have another ultra sound so we'll post pictures. I can't believe how fast the pregnancy is going, I here that the last month is the longest. I have a little over a month to get myself organized and ready for him. I just hope I don't sleep through the nesting period, hahaha, I can't believe how sleepy I am. My morning sickness is back and for some reason it makes me even more tired. Only 46 more days. Yay!!!!

White trash or Brilliant?

2010-09-09T15:17:00.000-07:00

Well we no longer have Direct TV and unfortunately we gave away our antenna when we got our new TV thinking that it had a antenna built in...silly us. So when on Monday we realized our mistake, Chris being the resourceful man he is, got a paper clip with it we had like 5 or 6 stations with just a paper clip Since we're not moving until the 27th and we didn't want to buy an antenna that we would only use for less than a month, Chris, made this beauty...

yep, that's a soda can cut in half, attached to a coax cable, taped to the window, and hooked up to the TV. We get like 26 channels, most in HD....don't be jealous. The true question is are we white trash? Or just super smart? I like to think super smart, I say we because I was smart enough to marry Chris :)

Pictures

2010-09-06T19:40:00.000-07:00

Here are some of my ultra sound pictures....

Foot at the 19 week and 1 day ultra sound
Face at 19 weeks and 1 day, you can actually see his eyes, it's a little weird but cool
Face again at 19 weeks and 1 day, we decided in this one he looks like Jack the Pumpkin King.
14 weeks Profile sucking his thumb.
14 weeks face.
The quilt I sewed last week.

We're having a.....

2010-09-02T15:12:00.000-07:00

....Okay so those of you who have talked to me in the last few months know that I really struggled with deciding whether or not we were going to find out the gender of our baby. Man was it hard for me to decide. Chris was indifferent and that honestly made it worse for me, so at one point I decided I was absolutely not finding out, then I made the mistake of talking to my sister Shannon and she has this strange power over me.... she can change my mind on anything, she's just so darn persuasive. Here's an example: my car, I decided to buy a car when I was 20 and my dad, sister and I went car shopping, I loved the Oldsmobile Allero but the dealership only had a black one and in the heat that's not the best color, so I test drove a white grand am and I wasn't really feeling the car. Shannon on the other hand LOVED it, so she started telling me all the wonderful features, etc. and by the end of the day I bought the grand am. My car's okay but I don't love it, but at least Shannon does :) hahaha.

That story aside, after talking to Shan, I started to think I would find out on my first child. so on Tuesday afternoon we found out we're having a ...drum roll...baby boy!!! I would post images from the ultra sound but she really only got pictures of his wee wee, I thought it was comical that I got like 4 pictures of his thingy and then 2 of his foot and that was about it :) don't be jealous ;)

Now Chris and I are trying to agree on names and packing up our apartment for our big move at the end of the month. I get exhausted just thinking about moving. We both started our fall semesters this week so we've got a lot going on.

I am also proud to say that I finish a quilt last week while I was in St. George, yay!!!

Summer fun!

2010-08-18T11:14:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been way too long since I have written a post, life has been crazy these past few months. We kicked off our summer in style this year with an awesome trip to CO, the plan originally was too do a few hikes and spend most of our time outside in the beautiful CO weather. But a few weeks before we left I started to get sooo tired and I was feeling nauseated so of course when I realized that it wasn't just exhaustion from finals and all the YW stuff I had going on, I naturally took a pregnancy test and found we were expecting! Yay! When we went on our trip I was 7 weeks along and morning sickness started to rear it's ugly head. So with all the joys of early pregnancy we ended up chillaxin' a lot of the time there, was fine with me. But we had such a blast, it was like my last hoorah before I really started to feel sick. What did we do a lot of why we were there? We ate, it was great because when we got back I couldn't eat anything, so it was like my farewell to good food for awhile. For the next several weeks I formed a close relationship with the toilet and my bed. I had no idea how sick one gets being pregnant, I thought it would be uncomfortable but nothing like having the flu, boy was I ever wrong. I felt like I had the flu for a couple months straight. I could never find anything appetizing to eat. I have just started to be able to eat good food, yay for the second trimester!!! I felt so bad for Chris the poor guy had to prepare or buy any food that we ate because I couldn't do it without getting sick. The worst was that I would think something sounded edible, he would go and buy it and I couldn't eat it :( am I grateful we timed this pregnancy like we did, I wasn't in school during all of this so my grades didn't suffer. That's really why I didn't post anything because I wasn't prepared to post the I am preggers and the fact that I didn't have much to write.

So now that I have more energy and am a lot less sick, I have been a busy bee. Last week I spent a day picking out a baby quilt that I had messed up on and the next day I re-pieced the quilt and quilted all in two days! I am seriously proud of myself. Now I just have to figure out what I will do for the binding.

The last couple days I have been working on a choir dress for a girl in my ward, she's so tiny that in the first fitting I had to pretty much take the whole dress apart and remake it but we had a fitting last night and it fit perfectly so now I can finish it and I am super excited. I'll post a picture when I am finished. It's going to be so cute.

Chris and I will be moving to North Phoenix on October 1st, normally I would have most of our apartment packed by now, but because we have lived here for over two years I have a lot of stuff to go through and a lot donations to make to DI. We have way too much stuff and I have been going through what seems like never-ending storage, we already took a car load over to DI. The one upside to moving is that you are a lot more able to purge your life of all the unnecessary stuff.

Duke is one lucky school :)

2010-04-26T10:14:00.000-07:00

Chris has been accepted into the Master of Engineering Management program at Duke, yay!!!! I guess being a sun devil just wasn't enough for him, he has to be a blue one too! We wont be moving to North Carolina, they actually offer an away study program where we can still stay here and he just goes to campus a week out of the semester and then studies online for the rest of the semester. We are so excited for this new adventure!
I am super duper proud of my hubbykins :)
Yeah that's right, he's smart and he can fish like a pro, don't be jealous ladies.....hahahaha... ;)

My mom and sister have started blogging Yay!!

2010-01-31T20:05:00.000-08:00

My mom's blog address is: http://sandbabystitchin.blogspot.com/

and Kristen's is http://kristenthornesblog.blogspot.com/

You should check them out :)

Man I am really slacking on my blog posts

2010-01-20T17:26:00.000-08:00

Well a lot has happened the last few months:

December 18, 2009 - Chris graduated from ASU December 21, 2009 - Chris started full time as an engineer at Performance Software. He's officially a big deal.December 24-27, 2009 - Celebrated Christmas in Colorado with Meesa & Trev and their family
Highlights: Snow.... we had a white Christmas...jealous? You should be it was awesome. Playing with Avry and Carter, holding Keely and of course chillaxin' with Meesa and Trev. Meesa is below trying on a lovely gift that we re-gifted to her from the family Christmas Eve white elephant, the model on the box looked just like she does and it had on the box in big letters "Make you beauty healthy, trust it" notice how beauty healthy she is...how can you not trust it.
December 29, 2009 - My new hair cut!!!! That night I went to Katheryn Reed's baby shower!!!!
January 4, 2009 - Shannon gave birth to Layla, my newest niece!!!!
January 6-10, 2009 - Went to St. George to meet Layla and help out. Chris surprised me by arriving 7 hours early and he and my mom planned to have Chris hide and jump out to surprise me and it was a success, I was shocked. We went to Darcy's Cheer competition, she did great! I also did a lot of late night sewing with my mom. So all and all it was a great weekend.To date, we're just getting into the groove of day to day life. My semester starts on February 1st and I have been crazy busy getting prepared. Chris is settling in nicely to full time work. In a nutshell that's what's new with us.

Go Chris!

2009-10-16T14:28:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer: If you're not in the mood for some serious bragging, don't read on.

But, you're most likely wondering right now if Chris is a big deal? Well, He is....and if you're thinking, "Carree, why is he such a big deal?" Well, I can tell you...first because people know him and secondly, he not only graduates in a little over two months, he has a job as soon as he graduates!!! Phew, what a relief, but when you're married to a man with the mad skills like his, need I expect any less?
No, but seriously we're super excited! Not to get too corny but I am really proud of him. The forms are all signed and on Dec. 21st Chris starts at Performance Software as a real grown up, okay, so "Real Grown Up" wont be his job title, but you have to admit it would be pretty funny if it was. Wow I think I'm funny, don't worry I am fully aware that I am a dork :) ...don't be jealous. Chris, just think only a few more weeks and you're done. Yay!!!

Assumptions

2009-09-24T21:58:00.000-07:00

Wow, it has been forever since my last post. I have been so busy, Chris and I got new callings and have been super busy. The best part about getting our called was that Chris had heard days earlier from a little bird, Jeremy, that it was very likely I was going to be called as Young Women President. So when the executive secretary called him and asked if the bishop could meet with us on Sunday, naturally, Chris assumed it was because I was going to be called. Well when we met with the bishop, Chris was on fire, cool and confident, telling jokes right and left about how awesome and perfect he was and how much I need to learn from him. In the midst of Chris's bantering the bishop says, "Well it's so great that you are so perfect, because we would like to call you to be the ward mission leader." His expression went from absolute certainty to complete bewilderment with in a matter of seconds. One of those moments you wish cameras were appropriate, and that you actually carried a camera in your purse, but alas there is no photographic evidence of this Kodak moment....just take my word for it, it was very funny. Of course after that I assumed I no longer had to worry, but boy was I wrong, the next week I was called to be Young Women President. The moral of this story is never make assumptions, because, it is very likely that you are wrong.

NEVER try to hug a porcupine

2009-06-11T20:13:00.001-07:00

No matter how cute or cuddly they may look, a porcupine is a porcupine, you hug porcupine and you will get poked.

-Words of wisdom from my dear sister

Castle Rock Canyon Pictures

2009-06-01T17:31:00.001-07:00

It's been so long...

2009-05-31T21:21:00.001-07:00

Well life has been craz-a-y busy these days, obviously, I haven't written in ages! I just haven't had anything funny happen lately and in my mind if you don't have anything funny or clever to say don't say anything at all, ha ha just kidding! I wish the only things that came out of this mouth were clever or funny, wouldn't it be nice?

Okay over the last little while we:

1.Went to Parker, CO to visit Meesa, Trev, Carter and Avry, it was super fun weekend. I did manage to get car sick and the first day and ended up spuing on the side of the road, we had to pull off the road for like 15 minutes... it was super smooth and not embarrassing at all. You're probably saying to yourself right now, "whatev' that would be humiliating" and if you are, you'd be right... to say I was mortified would be an understatement and yet I am posting it in my blog. I just can't help but write embarrassing things down...it's an addiction. I think I was embarrassed b/c it was my first time visiting Mees and Trev and on the first day I got sick and not just that I had to throw up. Needless to say after chillaxin' at the side of the road for a few. We piled back in the car and drove, really slowly, back to their house. Where Mees and I watched a chick flick...it was a super productive day. The days that followed were great and we had a blast going to Castle Rock Canyon, which is beautiful and defiantly worth visiting. The weather was amazing! I miss cooler climates. We also got to go to a few open houses, which is one of my fav. things to do and got some great decorating ideas. All and all it was a great weekend, we just loved getting to see the them and chillaxin' for a few. Before Chris starts his summer semester and life starts getting really hectic.

2. Chris finished his spring semester at ASU. We've been enjoying having more time to spend together and are really looking forward to having him graduate in December...don't be jealous! He starts summer semester on Tuesday so the break between semesters wasn't nearly long enough. But at least we only have to worry about that for a little while longer.

3. I have started a work out group with a few friends and they come over at 6:30am Mon-Sat and do P90X workouts with me, it's great! I love having people that are willing to come and do the workouts with me. Otherwise, if I am by myself I don't push myself as hard, it's a inconvenient truth about me, I have to be honest if I am not in competition with someone, than I just don't give my all, so my friends and I are in a competition but they don't know about it and I'm winning...ha ha let's just have that be our little secret. But I am super happy to have friends willing to come and workout with me, it's so great.

4. Our ward has changed a lot in the last little bit, I got a new calling as the 2nd Counselor in the Young Women's Presidency and I love it! The girls are great and the other leaders I serve with are amazing. Chris is in the secretary in the Elders quorum presidency and the President was recently called to serve in the Bishopric so Chris has been a little more busy, because of it.

5. Chris had a review at work this last week and got some great feedback from his Manager, they really love him there and told him that he has a position as an intern straight through until graduation! Go Chris, they also were hinting that they will most likely offer him a full time position after graduation, so finger crossed he'll get a job with them. He really enjoys working for their company and loves the people he works with so we are hopeful that he will be offered a job their!

Well that's our last month or so in a very large nut shell. Peace out.

Confessions of a Clean Freak

2009-03-17T18:17:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend I was "reunited and it feels so good..." with an old friend and it was magical. Last week while talking to my sister, Shannon, on the phone she told me to clean my floor with Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, something I had never thought of using it to clean the floor before. When I went to buy the erasers I actually found a Magic Eraser Mop! That's right a mop that is sure to meet any clean freaks wildest moping dreams, I didn't even realize that it was a Magic Eraser Mop until I was at the Cash register, I think that the Cashier thought I was so weird because I couldn't hide my excitement. So I started cleaning with the magic eraser mop, I was amazed at how it made my floor shine. It was really life changing, but the mop wasn't enough for me so I got on my hands and knees and re moped with the magic eraser sponge, I had totally forgot how awesome this white little sponge is. Anyone who knows me knows that I love to clean and so once I started I couldn't stop. What started out as a floor mopping adventure became several hours of cleaning all the baseboards, doors, walls, cupboards and pretty much anything that was in our apartment. If you're thinking that this took a lot magic erasers, then you'd be right, I actually sent Chris to Walmart to buy reinforcements, I went through an entire box...that's right four magic erasers and that's not all Chris bought me all the boxes that were left and I went through one more Heavy Duty one and 2 more regular ones. It's crazy to think that I forgot how wonderful they are. I felt so satisfied when I was done, I finally felt like I could sit and relax without thinking about the baseboards needing attention or that the floor just never shined like I wanted it to. Needless to say I was reunited with a old friend and it defiantly felt so good!

blah, blah, blah.

2009-03-03T21:11:00.000-08:00

Life around here has been cra-za-y the last couple of weeks, it seems like I never have time to post anything :(

Over the weekend we traveled down to St. George for my neice, Alli's baptism. It was such a special couple of days. My neice is an old soul, at times she seems to understand things way beyond her years, and the gospel is one of them. It was a very Special weekend for all of us to see her make the right desicion. I was extremly happy we were able to drive down, but it seemed wayyyy to short, a day and a half is never long enough.

Other than that we are just really busy with work and Chris with school, our life is just not that exciting these days...about the most exciting thing that happens here is the weekly episodes of Lost and 24. We are such dorks...haha

Blue Light Special

2009-02-09T14:07:00.000-08:00

Well we went to Flagstaff on Saturday and Sunday it was a blast. We were so stoked to have a little weekend get away, thanks to Tim, the CEO at Performance Software, we didn't have to pay for our room which was awesome.

On Saturday night we met up for the cocktail hour before our dinner, they gave out awards and Chris got an award "The Blue Light Special 2008" they gave him an engraved thumb drive, it was hilarious, go Chris, way to be a good intern and cheap labor for them! After the awards they had a raffle and are table was so lucky, we all won something, it was super fun. We got a nice performance software jacket.

On Saturday we woke up to 6 inches of snow and it was beautiful, since we didn't want to rush back home in the snowy weather we decided to check out Sunset Crater and Wupatki Pueblo ruins it was so fun. When we went to the visiting center their was this family there and they were Danish I heard them speaking and I just had to talk to them, so I was a bit nervous but I went over and tried to spark up a conversation, I told them I lived in DK and heard them speaking Danish and I had to come over and talk to them, I guess I forgot that Danes can sometimes be more closed and reserved than Americans and The converstation was extremely short and I was so embarrassed because they weren't very friendly. But hey at least I got to speak Danish for like two seconds and I got a small reminder of what it felt like sometimes as a missionary there, trying to talk to people on the street. Anyway after my brief encounter with the Danes we were on our way to check out the National Park. We had a blast visiting the ruins and the volcano, it was a great weekend!

Life or something like it

2009-02-06T16:00:00.000-08:00

Life has been so busy the last couple of weeks, Chris is counting down the days for the semester to be over...if you're asking yourself, "didn't the semester just start?", the answer is yes, yes it did. But I can't blame him...school is a drag. I have been busy with projects at work and also from Church, I don't think I am alone when I say that there are just not enough hours in the day. These days there is always something that has to be put on the back burner, today it was my hair...I look like I just got back from the gym, I hate when I don't have time to get ready, but at least the dishes are done. Tomorrow we will be going to Flagstaff for a retreat put on by the CEO of Performance Software, Chris' employer, It will be fun we're staying overnight at a hotel and we get a free dinner out of it so we can't complain. Chris is pretty excited to have me meet all of his work buddies, and I will finally be able to put faces to the names I hear all the time.

Our new obsession is Lost, but honestly, can you blame us? It's such a fun show to watch and we are kind of dorks about it...well Chris is...haha, he comes home some days telling me all of this deep stuff that he read online about the plot and I eat it up. I just am so glad that Jin's alive...Chris had told me that he didn't die and I was so glad that it was true and it's so crazy that he is with Russo, when she first came to the island OMG it's some crazy stuff! It's so sad that I just wrote a paragraph about a TV show, but I am not going to lie I love it. I even requested that our enrichment committee meetings were moved from Wednesday night to Tuesday night so I wouldn't miss Lost, pathetic, I know. Anyway now that I have revealed a another dorky side of me it's time for me to go.

wow time flies

2009-01-17T15:01:00.000-08:00

So I can't believe it's been five weeks since I posted a blog...man time flies. So much has happened in the last 5 weeks. Chris and I celebrated our one year anniversary on the 5th, I can hardly believe it's been a year. Last weekend was so fun Meesa, Trev, Carter and Avery came to town and we took Friday off to spend the day with them, it was super fun...don't be jealous. Today we are spending the day with Mario it's been way fun, we had a blast bowling and I was able to show my mad bowling skills, my top score was 92...that's right...I rocked it. Chris and Mario had similar top scores, needless to say none of us are going to quit our day jobs to become pro bowlers. Then it was on to Costco for the $1.50 hot dog and drink combo and of course we had to peruse costco for samples. After our adventure in Costco we came back home so Mario and Chris could play some Smash Brothers, but I opted out of playing, because my smash skills would far surpass theirs and I don't want to hurt their egos....just kidding I suck at smash. I am all about Guitar Hero, I don't know how to say this...but I'm a big deal, people know me.

Arizona vanilla blog

2008-12-09T20:50:00.001-08:00

So I have started a blog for work, it's my new favorite thing so you all should check it out at Vanilla Rocks

Don't be jealous

2008-12-05T17:31:00.000-08:00

So Chris and I have reason to celebrate! Chris got a raise at Performance Software, and was pretty much told today that he rocks and that they want to keep him on for as long as he wants to stay and he is guaranteed a position with them when he graduates. Go Chris!

I hate the flu

2008-12-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

I know, I know you are asking yourself right now, "why would anyone hate the flu? Honestly, it's a mystery to me." Well I hate it b/c contrary to public opinion, having the flu is no fun at all and it's contageous...I know...who knew? So first I was sick on sunday but this wasn't one of those 24 hour bugs I am still feeling under the weather. Chris got sick too, and had to stay home yesturday and is still feeling yucky today, the timing couldn't be worse with his semester coming to a end and finals creepy up on him. I just pray that he gets better faster than me.

Well inspite of all the sickness around here, it's beginning to feel like Christmas, Chris and I got our first Christmas tree and we decorated it this week and I was able to get all of the Christmas shopping done...Yay!!!! Now I just have to decide what to do for Chris's b-day next week, I still get a kick out of the fact that our birthdays and Christmas are in the same month and our anniversy is in the beginning of January...yep all with in a month of each other, so the next 30 days are going to full of celebration, go us...haha j/k.

Tagged again

2008-11-10T20:49:00.000-08:00

I am: Sleepy
I know: I am loved
I want: to cuddle with Chris
I have: my blanky
I dislike: when others are unkind
I miss: my family
I feel: gassy
I hear: Chris's Sci-Fi Show
I smell: fresh cold air with a hint of camp fire.
I crave: Cold water
I cry: when I'm sad
I search: craigslist for cool stuff to buy
I wonder: what the future holds
I regret: When I am mean
I love: Time with family and friends
I care: for those I love
I worry: about too much
I remember: having more energy
I believe: in fairies
I dance: when I'm by myself
I don't: have shoes on
I argue: about things I am passionate about
I write: all day long
I win: at almost nothing
I lose: my car keys
I wish: that I had magical powers, ya know like on Bewitched
I listen: NPR
I can usually be found: in my sewing room
I am scared: of cockroaches
I need: to be more motivated to work out.
I forget: how lucky I am.
I am happy: when Chris gets home!
I tag: Ashley Heaton and Johnson, Becca, and Jo

So Much To Do, So Little Time

2008-11-10T19:51:00.000-08:00

So much has happened in last month, it's been extremely busy. I got a new job working with for the Arizona Vanilla Co., it's super fun...don't be jealous. With my old job I had a lot of free time to blog and now I have work to do while at work! it's a wonderful thing. My days go by so much quicker :)I have also been doing sewing projects on the side. Right now I am sewing a prom dress for my little sister. It's way cute, and I can't wait to finish it. I will post pictures it when it's done. I have a goal to finish it this week.

This last weekend I had an awesome opportunity to fly to Utah and escort one of my dearest friends to the Provo Temple. It was such a wonderful experience, it meant so much to me to be able to be there for Toni. I can't think of anywhere I would of rather been.
So this last weekend was the first time Chris and I have been away from each other since we've been married. It was a lot rougher than I had expected, I could fall asleep at night and I was the fifth wheel when I was with my friends... it was pretty funny. I told Chris next time we would have to work it out so that he can come. It's crazy how quickly you can get used to being married. It's just great.

A Little About Me

2008-10-07T14:14:00.000-07:00

Kathryne tagged me and this tag is to list 5 joys, 5 fears, 5 obsessions/collections, 5 surprising facts, and tag 5 people.

5 Joys

1. Arizona sunsets. They are beautiful, can't get enough of them.
2. Cuddling with Chris in the morning.
3. Being outdoors on a cool days.
4. Traveling, I am crazy about traveling.
5. The Gospel.

5 Fears

1. Heights, I have tried to overcome but I still get scared on a step ladder...haha.
2. Being at home alone late at night, I always seem to scare myself by watching a scarey movie or reading a scarey book. With that and my vivid imagination it's a very bad combo.
3. Not being liked.
4. Nightmares...I often wait thinking that something is falling on my head.
5. Walking out of the bathroom with my skirt tucked into my panties

5 Obessions/ Collections

1. Shoes, I am crazy about them.
2. Shopping I don't care what I am buying, I just love to shop.
3. The Office...I am totally obessed with it. I quote it all the time, it's kind of pathetic.
4. Drawing/painting. I am artist and love to draw and paint.
5. Sewing. Especially clothing...it's super fun!

5 Surprising Facts

1. I've climbed the Great Wall.
2. I've worked in 5 of my dad's 6 Carl's Jr. all over Utah...Don't be jealous!
3. I've been bungy jumping.
4. I served in Ohio for 2 weeks while waiting for my visa for my mission DK.
5. I was hit by a car when I was eight.

Tag 5 People

1. Ashley Heaton
2. Jo
3. Kim
4. Ashley Johnson
5. Meesa

The Big Move

2008-09-30T08:18:00.000-07:00

Well we finally moved! Our new apartment is so nice, we love it!!! As we were moving one of my friends pointed out that our old apartment looks like a hotel suite...and not in a good way. The master bedroom happened to have the sink and mirror in the bedroom...yes just like a hotel room and off the kitchen there was a tiny wet bar, perfect for if they decide to become a cheap hotel they can put the mini fridge in there, I know totally useless! I am so happy that we don't live there anymore. It is also a scarey complex while Chris and Dallas were moving furniture the cops showed up with a forensic team for the apartment above us, totally cra-za-y. I will try and take picture of that apartment today before I do the walk through with management and post it so you all can see the old one. Moral of the story: don't move to Midtown on Main.

That's all I have for now but I will post more about our new place a bit later.

Vi ses,

Carree

Ouidad rocks my world!!

2008-09-16T19:59:00.000-07:00

Okay, thanks to Meesa my new obsession is Ouidad. Okay for those of you that are not in the know, Ouidad is a hair cut and styling system for curly hair peps. I just got home from getting my hair done and it looks amazing! Your probably thinking a curling iron was used to obtain these locks...but no, all he did was the ouidad cut and used some product and dried it and this was the result! I feel vain but I love my hair now!

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-05T10:09:00.000-07:00

For Labor Day Chris and I went to St. George. It's like our fav. place to visit these days, mostly because my family is there. It's just unfortunate that it takes 6.5 to 7 hours to drive there :( So we arrived in SG at around 2 am Saturday morning...urgh...I hate being in the car so long.

On Saturday we went to Peach Days, you are probably wondering what Peach Days is, well Peach Days is just about the biggest social event Hurricane, Utah has to offer. Peach days has crafts for sale, a quilt show, which consisted of about 15 quilts, old people demonstrating how to use a spinning wheel to form yarn, ameture singers performing well known country songs slightly off key, and if that's not enough to tickle your fancy, they also sell peaches. Honestly what more could a girl ask for? ...Not much more.

After the exciting 1-1.5 hour spent in Hurricane Chris and my dad went home to do some male bonding, a.k.a. watching movies. My mom and I went shopping we were gone for hours, pretty much because we went to a quiliting store and my mom is BFF with all the ladies that work there so she chatted it up them....good times.

Your probably asking yourself right now, "what's the fashion craze at Dixie High School?" Lucky for you I have the answer: tie dyed shirts. So what did Darcy, my little sister, and I do on Sunday? We tie dyed and now I have two psychedelic tie dyed shirts...don't be jealous.

And that my friend was our super exciting weekend.