First Birthday

I can't believe my baby is a year old already! It definitely went by faster than the 9 months of pregnancy. Anyway, here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure :)




Ivy with her cousin Caelan. Isn't the box the most interesting part of the gift?? It did come in handy later as you'll see in the following video...

Worst. Plane. Ever.

Howdy folks. Chris here, long time watcher, first time writer. Love the show.

I just had flight to Washington D.C. of epically terrible proportions, and what better way than to console one’s self than by spreading the misery for all to enjoy?

Where to start…

I knew it was going to be a long flight when I noticed the amount of leg room. There wasn’t any. Literally. The distance between my hip and the chair in front of me was actually shorter than the length of my leg from my hip to my knee. If the person in front of me were to lean his chair back (which, of course, he did) the already non-existent space lessened. In and of itself, this wasn’t the worst thing in the world since I was fortunate enough to have an aisle seat, and I could stretch my legs out in the aisle. Except of course for when the food cart came by, a steward(ess) walked by, or a passenger walked by; which was all the time.

The kid next to me was a little young, and had clearly not learned the “stay in your bubble” principle. He took up all the space he wanted, letting his knees and elbows flow free from out of the (albeit it rather small) bubble that Delta airlines had allotted him.

As the plane started to taxi on the runway I could tell that it wasn’t going to be a pleasant flight, but there was always the consolation that there would be an in-flight movie to help me vegetate, and I patiently waited for them to announce what it would be. This was after realizing we were on one of the older planes that didn’t have the nice personal TV screens where you get a nice selection of TV channels and movies to choose from. The time came for them to play to trailer for us to get us all excited so they could make mega bugs selling their crappy $2 head sets. The movie turned out to be: “Dragonball Evolution.” That’s right. Dragon. Freaking. Ball. Z. Out of protest I refused to give them my two dollars, and watched the movie (which I might add was played on a VHS tape) in silence. I looked up occasionally and watched various parts, made up poor dialog in my head, which I’m willing to bet was rather accurate based on my impromptu lip reading, and predicted accurately which characters were going to die.

Another consolation I thought I had was the fact that there was a sticker on the outside of the plane advertizing that it had wifi access. Great, I thought, I can just browse the Internet and let the time waste away. No such luck. My laptop indicated that there was a hotspot nearby, entitled, “Free Public WiFi” which I was able to connect to. No Internet access of any kind. My only conclusion is that it was there just to mock me. And then, after our in-flight movie, they had the audacity to play a commercial, advertizing your ability to connect to their in-flight wifi service. Just to add insult to injury.

And then there was the pilot. Or should I say, lack of one. There were no announcements of any kind from him, in that soothing, rugged pilot’s voice of any kind, telling us how the turbulence wasn’t going to kill us, giving us details about the weather that we don’t care about, calmingly reassuring us that the wings were, in fact, not on fire. Nada. Not one word. Apparently he was too important for us, and all announcements were performed by the stewardesses.

The only way I managed to escape with my sanity was by daydreaming about the wings catching on fire and an emergency landing in the Hudson river which would have cut the flight blissfully short; as well as my ability to repeatedly reenact a particular scene from Get Smart as I watched people enter and exit the nearby lavoratory.

Pics and a Vid

Ivy being happy with her daddy before he leaves for work in the morning.

Some froggy earrings that I tatted for a good friend.

A spectacular rainbow as seen from my back porch.

My silly little girl being crazy as usual. Her tongue thing is new since she started getting a lot more teeth. She likes to feel them with her tongue. Chris was trying to get her to do her bounce that she likes to do, but I guess she was being camera shy about it.

5 Things Tag

So I was just thinking today that I hadn't seen any tags lately and then I read my SIL's blog and wal-la there it was, my name at the bottom of a tag, lol! Here it is :)

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago
Working as a receptionist for an insurance agency
Country dancing twice a week
Studying to be a Spanish teacher at BYU-Idaho
Chasing boys and being chased, hoping to find the one I would marry
Probably finding a new place to live as I was usually moving around this time

5 Things on my To-Do List for [tomorrow]
Sleep
Clipping coupons
Get over this stinkin' cold
Stay home from church
Playing with Ivy

5 Things I would do with a million dollars
Pay off our house
Go on vacation
Give some to Charity
Invest
Pay someone to pull out the weeds in my flower garden

5 places I have lived
Idaho
Utah
Mississippi
Florida
Texas

5 Jobs I have held
Assistant Librarian
Hostess and waitress
Telemarketing
Receptionist
Substitute Teacher

5 Things I want to be doing in 5 years
Donating my hair to locks of love for the second time if I can make it to the first time which I'm working on right now (Erica you've now become an inspiration for me! I had no idea you did that! You rock!)
Knitting sweaters (I only know how to do dishcloths right now)
Still being a stay at home mom and loving it
Being a better gardener and growing a salsa garden to make and can my own salsa
Skinnier


5 people I tag
Lynette
Rebecca
Tara
Barb
Kayleen

Ivy's 9 Month Stats

Weight: 18 lbs 14 1/2 oz 54th percentile
Length: 27 3/4 in 50th percentile
Head: 17 3/4 in 7 9th percentile

Hopefully a big head means she'll be smart :) I also forgot to mention the other day that she's loves to inspect buttons and screws. It cracks me up.

9 Months :)

Ivy's wellness checkup isn't until later, so I'll post her stats then, but I wanted to put up some cute pictures and some notes about her silliness. I just love this little girl sooooo much! She loves to stand up everywhere and is really good at pulling herself up next to things. She keeps tipping the kitchen chairs over on top of herself though because she tries to dance while holding on to them and they are not as study as her crib rails. She loves to walk if you give her two fingers to hold on to. She still loves music and starts to dance anytime she hears some, even if it's on a commercial or just my phone ringing lol! She is practicing her consonants and I think her favorite is "t" (probably because her dad will do it with her). She has 4 teeth now, 2 on top and 2 on bottom. Occasionally she grinds them together and it drives me nuts! She loves to chase the cat around and the cat just runs away so Ivy gets distracted a lot on her adventure, but she enjoys it. She absolutely hates the vacuum and screams unless I hold her while I do it. She is curious about everything and always wants to be where she can see what's going on. She loves power cords and every chance she gets she tries to grab at them and stick them in her mouth! I have no idea why, does anyone else's child do this? Everyone comments on how beautiful her eyes are and I totally agree! I can't believe how fast she's growing and there are days that I would just like to freeze time and enjoy her little for a little longer.

Happy Easter!!!