It Just Takes a Little Creativity

To cook and hold a crying baby at the same time.

To pretend like your pregnant when you are not even a woman.

Thank Goodness For:

GRANDPAS

UNCLES

AUNTS

COUSINS

Get Me Out of This Stupid Hat!

For The Beauty of the Earth

From summer cruises in the fourwinn to fall bike rides on the path, Utah Lake has always been one of our most favorite things about the valley, but who would have guessed that it could be so gorgeous even in the winter. Today Jaron, Liv, and I took a drive to check out the lake. Lo and behold we found a whole bunch of ice pushed up against the rocks and throughout the lake. It was amazing. The wind had pushed these huge slabs of the ice all over the place. It truley was a beautiful sight, and we wanted to share it with those of you who are far away, and even those who are near.

Laundry Anyone?

I remember the shock I had to go through when I realized that two people living together produced way more laundry than one person living alone. I remember thinking to myself “Why didn’t anyone tell me?”. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

And then I had a kid. . .

Let’s just call the events that happened today pretty average. I woke up around 8:30, walked out to the family room and noticed a pile of laundry waiting to be thrown in the wash. So I threw it in. Then I heard a high shrill coming from the baby’s room. I came to the rescue, picked up the babe, and brought her to my bed for feeding time. Post morning feed is my favorite time of day with Olivia. It is when she is in her most playful mood. So, I paused and enjoyed the moment. Just as I was cooing at Olivia with nothing but thoughts of all of the joyous blessings of motherhood I heard a mysterious rumble. Thinking no harm was done, I haled her off for her morning bath. After changing her and getting her in a bath I lotioned her up and put her in a cute, and fresh out of the warm dryer outfit. Then I set her down on her little happy hippo play mobile thingy, and walked into my bedroom to make the bed. Low and behold the mysterious rumble from before her bath left a little treat for me on my clean bed sheets. Not so clean anymore! I removed the sheets, moved the load of laundry that was in the washer out and into the dryer and put the newly soiled sheets in the wash.

Not an hour had gone by before I heard a loud, but not so mysterious noise coming from my daughter who was only feet away from me. Wow she was really working on something. Hoping for the best I picked her up, closed one eye and peeked at the back of her outfit, only to find out that she had completely pooped out of her diaper and all the way up her back. Yet again-another cute outfit bites the dust.

Then it was time for a Nap. Yay!

I completed the rest of the laundry, folded the clothes, made the bed, and actually had time to take a shower before hearing any wakeful noises. I got myself dressed in the one out of two pairs of pants that actually fit right now, and I actually felt like I looked pretty decent. Soon enough Olivia was awake to grace the world with her sweet spirit once again.

Time to feed again. After a nice long feeding I sat Olivia up to burp. Just as I’m convinced that nothing is coming, I heard a loud burp followed by a bunch of re-gergitated milk. Yuk. Not only did this regurgitated milk find its way onto Olivia’s fresh clean outfit, and my clean couch cover (which had just been washed a week before due to a similar incident), it also found its way onto my one pair of clean pants that actually fit! Darn.

Four outfits, one couch cover, one bed sheet, and three hours later I have two things to say: First I would like to say how thankful I am for laundry machines. And second, why didn’t anyone warn me!