What to do...

When you're stuck in traffic for over an hour?

First, you remove the boots and socks your mom had to tackle you down to get on.


Then,
....................



Yep, that would've been my first thought too.

Don't Judge

Deliciousness comes in all flavors...

Even Chair. Mmmmm.







After all, we've got some new chompers to keep sharpened.



Babies are entertaining....to say the least.

Funny Puppy

I have been meaning to get this on camera for a long time now. You see, Koda pees with both back legs in the air, he does a sort of doggy handstand-if you will-and proceeds to walk. It's no effort at all, just watch below. He can go for much longer than this, especially in the snow, but this is all I got so far...

Strange but Cool

I have one word for this guy. TALENTED. But you have to watch the whole video to see what I mean.





By the way, this movie is awesome. I bought it for $8 brand new. Groupon was having a $7 for $15 worth of ebay credit, and I bought the movie for $16 off of ebay. Love good deals!

The Big Cheese

I know this makes two posts in one day, but I finally got a picture of our newest and most beautiful trick yet...the big cheese.

I thought she was too young for this, but apparently not. For every time I try to get her to smile or laugh I get this frightening expression instead.





I just tell her she's pretty. Mom's are supposed to do that right?



Look at how big She's getting!

All Mine

Don't even think about taking away the bottle...


You don't want to find out what will happen.

At The Park

What to do when it's almost 70 degrees outside? The park of course!

First you hit the swings. If you're not big enough you get to share...


If this is your very first time you might hold on for dear life.


Before realizing that swings are awesome!


Yep, nothing like a good push from Mom.


Dextin got the crappy side, but he's making the best of it.


Next we made our way to the Slides. We were excited, the babies...eh not as much.


Aunt Stefi was awesome and took Kambri on the Big Slide.


What to even think of that?! What a thrill!


Got it down? Now you get to do it alone, yay!


Yep, I'm excited for more Spring Weather days.

Mimic

So I read a few days ago that my baby will probably start imitating faces, noises, and expressions. I thought I would test it out.

I stuck my tongue at her. A few seconds later she stuck hers out right back at me. She got so excited. A new trick.

And guess what hasn’t gone back in her mouth since?

I’ll probably regret it once she starts to spit. But how cute is that?

She looks so happy about it.

 

Love these blue eyes. I’m guessing they’ll turn green pretty soon so I’d better enjoy them while they’re so bright.

 

Have a Happy Weekend!

Grandma Smile

This is Kambri’s latest thing that makes me laugh. Her grandma smile. With little hair and no teeth she is a great impersonator!

She is teething though, poor thing. I gave her some Tylenol and she totally zonked out.

This is what I did during her zonkage time:

Not sure yet if I love it, but it only took about 45 minutes, a piece of wood, and some vinyl & paint I already had.

The little one will probably be up soon, so I better head off!

Thud

I have been really lucky to be able to stay home this winter. Winter lasts far too long in my opinion, but it’s not so bad just looking at it through the window.

Because I’m home most of the day hearing a large Thud on the window is slightly alarming. Opening the blinds revealed this:'

Some sort of bird, who apparently enjoys winter (I personally would have gone south), hit my window!

There were thousands of them. They are the kind that fly together and make all sorts of neat shapes. It was fun to watch them for a bit.

Then I sicked Koda on them.

See them all by that house? And there’s teeny tiny Koda. He thinks he’s big.

 

Still no more progress on moving around for Kambri. But here she is looking cute.

 

I only look like I might move here.

Wish I could grab/eat that toy…

Maybe I’ll just stare it down.

Smile for the camera!

Almost

It seems like there’s a lot of ‘almosts’ going on here with Kambri.

 

We tried this:

“Hey, this isn’t so bad…I think I can do this, yeah!”

 

“Wait. You’re not going to hold me up? Not liking this so much anymore.”

 

“Stuck. I’m Stuuuuuuck!”

 

Next we attempted this:

 

“I’m feeling like I might want to be mobile today. Maybe if I kind of swivel this way I can reach some of these awesome toys.”

 

“Maybe scrunching myself into a tiny ball will work better…”

 

We tried it from the belly:

“Why did you put me on my belly mom? I HATE being on my belly.”

 

Giving up. “Maybe I’ll be mobile tomorrow…”

I stole this from another blog, but it was so funny!

"I wish Google Maps had an, "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.

Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.

Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

There is a great need for sarcasm font.

I think everyone has a movie that they love so much; it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.

How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in. (Justin is totally guilty of this he ususally ends up with 15 on each arm and slowly makes his way towards the door, haha)

The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.

Was learning cursive really necessary?

LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

Bad decisions make good stories.

Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem....

You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this, ever.

I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darn-it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How do I respond to that?

I think the freezer deserves a light.

I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel fat before dinner. "

25 Random things about Me:

1. I love to travel. I want to see as much of the world as I can. In China (I was there for 5 months) we got to travel on the trains, busses, and stay in the hostels with all the regular Chinese people. We saw much more of the real China that way. I don’t think I’ll ever turn down the opportunity to travel.

2. I just saw the movie Taken. Now I’m going to have to hold my husband’s hand during the entire duration of any international vacation we take. What a creepy movie.

3. I love to get lost in good books.

4. I’m going to steal this one from Whitney: I got to sing AND dance to the Backstreet Boys in front of hundreds of Chinese people with all the girls I went to China with, and we did indeed each have our own solo. It does not get more awesome than that. The Chinese people LOVED it.

5. I am slightly OCD. Towels, blankets, pillows, pictures, etc must be straightened and in their correct position or it bothers my mind until I get up and fix it. People have on occasion moved things around because they think it’s funny, but I always know.

6. I love to find a good deal. I could look at something I want to buy on the internet for days or weeks until I’m sure that I’ve got the cheapest and best quality of whatever it is I’m buying. It pays off too, I got all three of my bar stools for 25$, my rocking chair for 30$, 32 inch flat screen TV for $80, just to name a few. Yay for good deals!

7. I use to be an avid animal lover. No baby dolls for me, bring on the puppies! I say use to because now I own two adorable puppies and they drive me crazy. Oh, and I think I’m destined to work with kids, what a strange world.

8. I got to kneel by and pet a huge tiger, but I wouldn’t sit on it like the trainer was telling me. What am I?! Obviously not eaten.

9. I am the most stubborn person I know, especially according to my husband. I think it’s because I’m patiently stubborn. I can wait just about anything out. Hmm…guess I should work on that or something.

10. I hate the cold. I wish I could hibernate during the winter until it was over 60 degrees again. I’m basically a slug all winter, and a cold one at that. When the sun comes back out I could sing.

11. I absolutely love finding the perfect present for someone.

12. Chocolate is one of my passions. One day I told my husband, “I love you more than chocolate,” and he was seriously taken aback.

13. I have two titanium rods that run almost the entire length of my spine, but I usually forget they’re even there.

14. I hate cooking. I am not very good at it, and you spend a lot of time making something nice, and then everybody eats it and it's gone!

15. Love doing things outdoors ie camping, hiking, fishing, boating, and picnicking. Hate the dirt.

16. Spiders are one of my worst fears. Something about all those pointy legs really freaks me out. The best cure I’ve found is the bug jar we made in zoology, no squishing or touching and they die quickly and happily :)

17. When I was a kid I considered myself a professional tree-climber.

18. My puppy just ran by me with a pair of my underwear……dang.

19. I have climbed the Great Wall of China and stood by the Chichenitza ruins in Mexico. I’m hoping some day I’ll see a few more of the seven wonders.

20. I think people are fascinating. That’s probably why I got my bachelor’s in Psychology. People are always worried that I’m studying and categorizing them because of it….The thing is I actually am. ;)

21. I think it would be fun to own a ranch someday…..minus the dirt.

22. I love my family more than anything. If it were culturally appropriate I probably never would have moved out.

23. I also married the best guy I could for me. We are ying and yang so to speak. Haha. He keeps me in check and is the best, best friend. He also can fix almost anything which is a big plus. He does more for me than I’ll ever know.

24. Due to getting married I didn’t end up going on an LDS mission, so when I’m older I want to go on three of them to make up for it. Truly I do, and I’ll have a built in companion, awesome. :)

25. In a few months I’ll have my real estate license.

Cats & Dogs

Animals are so entertaining. I've had to drop my puppy off at my family's house every morning before work so he doesn't make too much noise (or mess!) in our apartment. I've been stashing him and all his stuff in their laundry room....the current abode of my mom's calico kitty. 

I've never seen a cat look so put out. 

Here's something I found that I think this describes both cats and dogs perfectly:

EXCERPTS FROM A DOG'S DIARY

 Day number 181 
8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE! 
9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE! 
9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE! 
10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE! 
11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE! 
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE! 
1:00 pm OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE! 
4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE! 
5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE! 
5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!  
 
 Day number 182 
8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE! 
9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE! 
9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE! 
10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE! 
11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE! 
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE! 
1:00 pm OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE! 
1:30 pm - ooooooo. bath. bummer. 
4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE! 
5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE! 
5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!   
 
 
EXCERPTS FROM A CAT'S DIARY  
 
DAY 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant.  
DAY 761 - Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair...must try this on their bed.  
DAY 765 - Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was...Hmmm. Not working according to plan.  
DAY 768 - I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture. This time however it included a burning foamy chemical called "shampoo." What sick minds could invent such a liquid. My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth.  
DAY 771 - There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. More importantly I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of "allergies." Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.  
DAY 774 - I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The bird on the other hand has got to be an informant, and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room his safety is assured. But I can wait, it is only a matter of time...