Facing Fears

Macey has some weird phobia of slides. She will ONLY go on a slide if she is on my lap, with both arms around her. That is, until she received her very own hand me down plastic slide (thank you Lisa)! It only took her a few times of me holding her hands going down it, that she decided she could do it by herself! Now she's a PRO! Today she drug me outside so I could watch her scale her way UP the slide, and then slide down on her belly! Who is this dare devil and what did she do with my timid Macey?!

She didn't end it at that, either. She ran inside to grab her stuffed animals that are her babies, and took them down the slide. She kept telling her elephant "S'ok! S'ok! You won't fall! I catch you!" She was SO proud of herself, she was even leaning into it so she would go faster! It was only fitting for me to reward her with a bunch of photo ops.


Watch out playground, you're next!!

Macey's Mannerisms

So, since finding out that I am indeed pregnant... most days you can find me laying on the couch, trying my hardest not to smell anything at all. Macey is kind and likes to play right by me... keeping me entertained all the time.

Like she brings out all of her care bears and dolls... lays them in a very straight and tidy row, and then puts diaper wipes over top of them. After the wipes are placed just so, she strokes their cheeks and whispers "na-night, meecee moo. I love you". It cracks me up. That's how I put her to sleep, she is a stickler about blankets. The top of the blanket has to be covering her mouth, but under her nose... she likes to smell it.

She also likes to run to our window and yell "Mommy! I see a temple!!!" and then she'll say to herself "thas Jesus house." Sometimes she gets confused and calls it a castle. =)

Macey knows the theme song to duck tales (if I'm going to watch movies with her... it's going to be something I like, too!), at the very end she yells out at the perfect time "DUCK TALES, WOOO!" It makes me giggle every time.

And last but not least, she drags her horsey that Randy's parents gave her for her 1st birthday out to the middle of the floor (or, as close to me on the couch as she can get) and rides away. She has picked up a phrase that she likes to say while she's riding... well, I won't ruin it for you. I got it on video! It's hilarious.



What would I do without my little girl for entertainment? Oh, I know... sleep.

Our news:

Mhhhmmm. Due date is April 15th. Surprise!

Sorry.

Sorry for the lack of lurking on your blogs as of late... we're in the middle of moving.
And our new house doesn't have internet, yet.

And apparently, either do any of our neighbors.

Drat.

High School questionaire

I saw this on a friends blog, and even though I wasn't tagged, I am still doing it! :P It's pretty fun to talk about high school with Randy since we didn't go to the same one. I love hearing about his fun times!

Edit: in case you can't tell, randy likes to make fun of internet lingo and spellage. He really can spell ever. I promise.

1. Who was your best friend?
DaNae: Brooke, Camille, Dananda, Liza
Randy: Patrick G, Patrick N, C, Cory, Spencer, Becky, Claire, Ade, Mindy

2. Did you play any sports?
DaNae: Is cheerleading a sport?
Randy: Is just for fun

3. What kind of car did you drive?
DaNae: Well, this is complicated. I STARTED driving an '89 Dodge Colt until someone stole it (yes, stole it) and accidentally (mistook the brake for the clutch.. who doesn't, right?) rammed it into a cement slab in front of our high school going 40 mph. After that I drove an '87 Nissan Sentra (aka the naughty nissan), and then when that died I drove a '91 Chevy Lumina! SUWEET! :P
Randy: I drove my Grandmas old Caddy for a while when I first turned sixteen. I remember the back seat was really slippery and my friends loved riding back there because they would slide back and forth when I turned. It was a boat. That winter, my parents helped me buy my brothers 93 Nissan Pathfinder. This was a sweet ride that started my affinity for Nissans. It had a BANGIN system too.

4. It’s Friday night. Where were you?
DaNae: Probably sitting in the parking lot of Abbot's figuring out what we were going to do... or out with my high school boyfriend.
Randy: I didn't make out very much in high school, not like DaNae. We mostly did stupid things that were a complete waste of time compared to mackin on hotties all night. We played lots of video games, played lots of basketball and frisbee, drank water til we puked (not joking), and even went through a very short phase where we were very into pro wrestling. It is for real. We also did a ton of stuff in the out of doors like fishing, hiking, camping, roasting mallows and all those other stuff. We had imaginations for sure. I mean, don't get me wrong, I wanted to be making out the whole time, but it's probably better I wasn't, I would have just broken a lot of hearts.

5. Were you a party animal?
DaNae: hardly, I wasn't really one for the parties
Randy: Like it was 1999! Actually, we partied about as hard as you could if you didn't involve illegal substances. We were very clean but had lots of fun.

6. Were you considered a flirt?
DaNae: Probably... I never thought I was back then, but hindsight is 20/20 eh?
Randy: Some, not all. Only with real hotties for sure though.

7. Were you in the band, orchestra or choir?
DaNae: No, unfortunately I am not really musically inclined. Sorry Bonnie.
Randy: Holy carp! YES! I was only the coolest orchestra geek there ever was. I rocked the cello almost every day of high school, which was awesome. I even got to tour Europe for a month in an orchestra. I was so good and awesome. Go me.

8. Were you a nerd?
DaNae: I don't think we would have been labeled as nerds, no. More like "they think they are so cool".
Randy: ROFL YES! But a cool nerd. Ya, for real. =p

9. Were you ever suspended or expelled?
DaNae: I think I came close... something about a senior prank... but I wasn't there, so I never got suspended.. but my friends did. HAHA LIZA!!
Randy: Hardly. Drivers license MAYBE.

10. Can you sing the fight song?
DaNae: Not the words (did it even have words?), but I can still remember the tune and the entire dance that the cheerleaders did!
Randy: No, but I was a dedicated fan and could once upon a time.

11. Who was your favorite teacher?
DaNae: Mr. Mort - my US Gov't professor
Randy: Mr. Ashton - orchestra maestro

12. What was your school mascot?
DaNae: TROJAN! GooooooOOOO TROJANS!! :P
Randy: Grizzlies - they are bears.

13. Did you go to the Prom?
DaNae: Yes, barely... my senior prom I didn't have a boyfriend, so I didn't get asked until like the last minute... I was freaking out, man.
Randy: Yes, I was so hawt.

14. If you could go back, would you?
DaNae: Heck no! There was so much drama in high school, I am embarrassed that I was a part of it. Pretty sure I was a drama queen.
Randy: Is just for fun

15. What do you remember most about graduation?
DaNae: I remember thinking YES... I am out of here... BYU, here I come!! I left like 6 days after graduation. I am out to find me a husband! Haha, was I a man trap, Randy?
Randy: Sleeping over at Nate Arms with cool people.

16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day?
DaNae: Where everyone else was... digging trucks in really deep mud and getting thrown in by boys... and it's called Senior Sluff, thank you very much. :) Seriously, people would buy beat up cars and trucks just for this day. My BFF's and I even had one that we wrecked! HAHA.
Randy: Probably wasting my time playing volleyball or something. We did a lot of that our senior year. HAHA.

17. Did you have a job your senior year?
DaNae: The summer before my senior year I worked at Bear World, and then my friend Camille and I worked at a telemarketing company for a few months after cheerleading was over. And if giving plasma counts as a job... yeah, we did lots of that.
Randy: Just for Larry.

18. Where did you go most often for lunch?
DaNae: Hmmm, it's a toss up between Arctic Circle, Subway, and La Pizzaria! (open campus)
Randy: Mostly the Old Grist Mill. Lots of Carls Jr too, since it was newish to Logan. Oh yeah, and how could I ever forget La Unica (THE ONEICA!). Best burritos and stuff evar!

19. Have you gained weight since then?
DaNae: Can we just skip this question? Between having a baby and having a troublesome thyroid/metabolism/whatever, I don't even want to think about it!
Randy: No, slim as a pickle. That likes to eat lots and lots of hamburgers and french fries and coke and other meats but is trying to stop eating so much of those things. That is the kind of pickle I resemble, which is way hawt.

20. What did you do after graduation?
DaNae: We had an all night party, and then I spent as much time with my friends and family as I could before leaving to the Y.
Randy: Spent the summer playing with friends and getting ready to go to BYU. We had some great times.

21. What year did you graduate?
DaNae: 2003
Randy: 2000

22. Who was your Senior Prom Date?
DaNae: John O, who I think was badgered in to asking me since he didn't have a date and I didn't have a date... good times.
Randy: Becky. We macked like all night. Just kiddin. (Jealous Pit?) She's some other dudes wife now. We had fun though.

23. Are you going/did you go to your 5/10 year reunion?
DaNae: Well my 5 is this year, but I don't know if we're going to make it or not. I'm betting not. Summer is CRAZY!
Randy: I don't think we had a 5 year! At least none of the cool kids told me about it. I sure can't wait to show off my hawtness in 2010 though.


I tag: Camille, Liza, Ade, Becky, Sarah, Bre

A nice distraction.

So we've been camping this summer.... twice in the last 2 weeks. The first time was... interesting (we sold our trailer and so now we tent it, and don't remind me of the booger fiasco), we ended up going home the first night because Macey & I were so cold. We did stick it through the second night, though. When I told Randy it was time to go home (at midnight. up in the canyon) he looked at me in disbelief and asked "What happened to the Idaho girl I married?" Ha! I looked at him and said "You see hon, it's just that this Idaho girl is so specialized in camping... that she knows when to call it quits." It was FREEZING! So the next morning before we went back up to investigate if any bears had had their way with my s'mores, we went and bought a queen sized sleeping bag. **HEAVEN**! It made all the difference. If I can't have my trailer, by golly I WILL have a ginormous sleeping bag and a blow up air mattress.

View of Clifford's Mountain from the road

Anyway, since we had such a good time, we decided to go up to Idaho to camp with my family this last weekend... we celebrated my brother's 27th birthday at Clifford's Mountain. Clifford's Mountain is a piece of property that my Grandpa (Clifford) bought for the family to enjoy when my dad was just little. It's beautiful, totally my home away from home. Growing up we would go up and escape to Clifford's Mountain as much as we could... we have the 4-wheeler trails memorized, all the other mountains surrounding it named, and know exactly where to go to catch frogs. It's got it all... from cliffs to repel from to an awesome swimming hole (with a rock jutted out to dive from even), to spring water.... I tell you what, if there is ever a catastrophe (like when Obama or McCain gets elected... is there a better choice? Really?), you can find me at Clifford's Mountain... hiding. I told my Dad that we could easily start a commune up there and thrive.. he thought that was pretty funny, and I laughed along with him.. while my eyes darted back and forth on the property to see where would be the best place for a 3 acre garden that couldn't be seen from the road.

Ah, good times.

I'm still not able to laugh at this picture... we had just gotten back from a (dusty) 4-wheeler ride and Randy told me to make my Napoleon Dynamite face-- only to eager to get a laugh from my nieces and nephews, I did. (I didn't know they were already laughing at me.) Ah, now I see why they were laughing so hard when he took the picture. AHAHAHA. UNIBROW! :( Or should I type |:(

Ew, yuck.

While we were camping over the weekend, Macey slept in the middle of Randy and I in our sleeping bag. (it's a queen size, everybody should get one!) I was just rolling over to get more comfortable when I heard Macey say "Eww, yuck! A booger." I giggled to myself, thinking that she was talking in her sleep-- until I felt a little finger slide it's way down my back. (Shudder).

At least I can take solace in knowing that she doesn't eat her boogers... right? But now I am pretty paranoid about stepping on, sitting on, or brushing up against a certain slimy something. I am not looking forward to catching her in the act and teaching her that this is another time to use toilet paper or wipes. EW, YUCK!!