SOMETIMES WE FORGET

I REMEMBER...

• when I first met my husband ( I was with my then boyfriend, Justin Hulse :) ha!)
  

• when he would sweep me off my feet at school and SQUEEZE me in a tight hug

• giving him rides home after school and being late for work EVERYDAY because he was making me laugh so hard with tears streaming down my face.

• the 101 break-ups THAT I BROUGHT to pass (stupid me)
  

• when his baby sister was born
  

• leaving him to move away to BYU. That's the day I realized I loved him
  

• the anxiety of coming back home for the weekend to see him

• the feeling when I would see him for the first time after five long days at college

• breaking his heart one-too-many times, and HIM finally breaking MINE
  

• walking home from his house in the snow, on my birthday, so he could be with "her"

• I DON'T REMEMBER us getting back together for the last time but at some point it happened because I DO REMEMBER...

• going ring shopping

• wearing my ring sometimes even before we were engaged because it is so dang pretty
  

• dying my blond hair, dark brown to surprise him

• rushing around the mall twenty minutes before it closed because we forgot we needed to find clothes for our engagement pictures the next day

• laying on the couch together (in front of my roommate) all googly-eyed because we were getting married in a few days

• the stupid decisions we made, the fights, the rough time, and all the HAPPY HAPPY previous memories that over-power all that.

For some reason today I can't stop thinking about how crazy in love we ACTED back then. I (we) still FEEL it today, but life has a cruel way changing things.

But don't worry because***DANG BABY I love you!***

NO TIME TO CARE

I care if my house is clean...who doesn't. But, quite frankly, I don't have the time and I have higher priorities (I'm morphed into my mom who did many more important things clean everyday).

This is what I do or SHOULD do-in no particular order:

1-Take care of Charlie 65 hrs/week (IF he goes to bed at eight and doesn't wake up again until seven which is rare).
2-Take care of all finances and bills
3-Clean 1800 sq. ft of house
4-Laundry
5-Prepare and cook meals
6-Make a shopping list and buy food
7-Take care of cars: clean them, take for needed repairs and oil changes
8-Make all necessary phone calls
9-Attend class 12.5 hrs/week
10-Do 7-10 hours of homework/week
11-Work at Utah Community Credit Union 4 hrs/week
12 Work at Golds Gym 9 hrs/week
13-Think about and make plans for the future
14-Notice and take care of any house problems
15-Make and keep track of all appointments
16-Plan and teach primary

When I made the list for myself on paper a couple days ago it had 26 items...I took some out due to redundancy, embarrassment, or triviality. I feel a little more calm looking at this list.

Blonde vs Brunette

JP has been begging me to go brown again. I used to go back and forth a lot but definitely spent more time as a blonde...MUCH MORE FUN! I havent had it dark since the wedding, almost three years ago. Do I do it for the hubby?????????????

P.S. I made this post and never posted it (char was probably pulling at my leg or something) so I have since made the decision to go brown-its dark!!

P.P.S. I will put up pics of my bare-walled house when JP mows the lawn.

108 DAYS

I haven't posted in 108 days. After missing quite a bit of time I felt so much pressure to update that it overwhelmed me so.....I just didn't and 108 days went by. A few high/lowlights:

1. We own a house
2. Charlie is well over ONE YEAR OLD and walking
3. Jp's cousin is living with us for a bit and I'm LOVING it/her
4. I have found an inner meanness I never knew I had...I've always been a people pleaser but man some people need to grow up
5. I'm gaining some lbs blah
6. Charlie and I watched our first firework show together at which Char was not in the womb.
7. We have a baby, beagle puppy to complement the new house (100% outside dog 'cause that's just nasty)
8. I am in decorating heaven
9. We became super, super poor within a matter of days (buying a house+paycheck decrease...awesome)
10. I've realized I'm getting old and uncool
11. Charlie says "ocky" (rocky the puppy) about every 10 seconds
12. Charlie wears shoes now :) Ha, I never used to put shoes on him
13. We found out that both my brother's wives are having babies this winter. WOOOOO!
14. I am jealous of pregnant girls. I enjoyed it so much but am NOT ready for another little Char Char
15. We have spent days and days at seven peaks soaking up the sun rays
16. I began my reporting class and will be on KBYU news every Thursday at noon-I've hit the big time.
17. We are going camping tomorrow for the first time this summer...BABY FREE
    
18. We like each other

HOT PINK AND BLACK

It's my blog and I'll brag if I want to (la la la la)

No, in all reality I just LOVED every minute of making this bridal bouquet (except that it took me hours because of a certain baby CRAWLING ALL OVER me). I added a small piece of lace to tie in the vintage style dress

I want to make more!
brides?!-Any takers?!

WATER, WATER, BABIES, AND MORE WATER

One of my favorite things...WATER!-wakeboarding, tubing, swimming, jumping on the tramp with a sprinkler, slip N slide etc. etc. It was definitely a water filled weekend and I found out that my baby C LOVES water as well (phew!).

I work at the Gold's Gym daycare and a couple friends I met there suggested the three of us take off to St. George with our babies.

We stayed in a LARGE-BEAUTIFUL condo (for free), and swam in the 95 degree weather for two days straight.

Right after we got back this afternoon Charlie saw the sprinklers on wanted to crawl through....so I let him of course. I guess he hadn't had enough water yet


Baby O, C, and J chillin' at the condo



COOLEST park ever

Our scenery for hours upon hours

He thoroughly enjoyed splashing and getting his face wet (pardon the sideways clip).




Me and Charlie's room


Charlie LOVED chasing after the other two boys. They are both older than Charlie but they all had a blast jabbering away in baby talk, running/crawling everywhere, and "sharing" toys. Charlie would laugh and laugh watching them. I think he needs a sibling around....NAH!



The sprinkler experience-He is soaked if you can't tell



If that's not enough, he couldn't wait for the bath water either. Here he is freaking me out-leaning WAY over the tub.

ITS A FIRST

Charlie got his first hair cut by my adorable [pregnant :)] friend Dani. His hair is SO thin but SUPER long and whispy-seriously like 5 inches long on top-.

Rewarded with his FIRST sucker
Ok, ok so it wasn't his first hair cut. A few days before I tried to trim it myself. It turned out miserably ugly, uneven, blunt, and embarrassing. JP kindly suggested I give the salon a try.

WILD!

I got a new swimsuit...that I absolutley love. JP thinks its sexy. I've succeeded! :)

MEXICAN TURNED BLONDE

JP wanted to try a little bleach on his hair.I believe Sisqo was the look he was going for. The hair dresser and I (as well as all of America) thought it would go orange because is hair is so dark. Well I have news for you, hispanics CAN have blonde hair.

O*L*S*E*N

We got our family pictures back and had these composites made for us and G-ma Olsen. They raised awareness in JP and I that we should start attending the gym (I get a free pass to the Orem rec center AND Golds gym...why dont I go?). We both want MUSCLES.

MS. SPEARS

I went to the Britney Spears/Pussycat Dolls concert

LOVED IT
(so did JP)

The end

The wedding

After 2 1/2 years of marriage I finally scrapbooked my wedding. I am so on top of things.

I tried for a VERY long time to do it the old fashioned way but like I said, it took me 2 1/2 years and I only completed one page. I just really didnt enjoy it...until I found digital scrapbooking. MUCH BETTER! Now that the special day is finally documented, there is no stopping now. I only have more to do: my temple sealing, charlie, life in general...it never ends

PLUS SIGN

This is what JP came home to sitting on the bathroom counter Tuesday.

Neither of us want another baby right now. I am AT LEAST going to graduate first, and even then it might be a few more years. Before having Charlie that was the plan as well...until my sweet, adorable niece Lily was born last year. JP and I both became BABY HUNGRY. JP especially makes it clear that he does not want anymore kids right now so you would think that when I broke out the phrase:



April Fools!
he would be relieved/excited...nope

JP was SO sad. We were talking on the phone when I broke the news and he hung up on me...what the heck?! I guess no matter how much you don't want a baby at the moment, the thought of having one still melts your heart.

Kudos to Dani for lending me her pregnant pee to create that cute little plus sign :)

HE BITES

I've been bitten a few times this morning and afternoon while nursing the bebe. OUCH!

Please don't tell me this will be a regular occurrence


Those darn teeth look so cute and innocent

ST. PATRICKS AND 3 OTHER POSTS

March 17th 2009


Charlie is almost always expressionless. Silly boy

THIS PAST WEEK

Nothing exciting to report monday, tuesday, wednesday....then Thursday comes along and Charlie crawls. MY BABY IS A CRAWLER!! He has been on his knees rocking for about six weeks now. It paid off. Fortunatley for me, Charlie is still in the slow stage so he doesn't get into everything before I can catch up.

Also on Thursday, I was cutting labels off of baby food bottles to send in the proof of purchase for free food **welcome to the life of a poor girl** when the steak knife slipped and stabbed into my hand.
I didnt want to look so I just held my hand over the sink with my head turned, and asked JP to tell me if I needed stitches.
We went to the urgent care facility where they instructed us to go to the ER because my tendon may be cut. If it wasn't repaired properly I wouldnt have mobility in my fingers.
Long story short, I received a few stitches and tetnus shot and can still move my fingers :)


Friday we ventured to Salt Lake for family pictures. Here is a little preview



Sunday JP ordained one of his friends an Elder and we partied (reverently) at a barbeque afterward. Baby C's first barbeque! He had a grand time.

IMAGINATION?????????

Could it be that I have finally found my long lost imagination?!

For years now I have had a hard time relating to children who want to play and imagine etc etc. Jp tells me that I have no imagination.

I now love spending my days playing with baby C. I think once he is old enough to imagine, I'll be ready to play along

OLD NEWS

I have conformed to the bang phenomenon.

Since about fifth grade I have pretty much been bang free (aside from a month or so of "swang" experimentation). I HATED them at first but with the love and support of family and friends**it's all about you raylynn ;)** I gave it the necessary time to get used to them and I am almost liking them!

I WANT!!

I want to blog. Too bad my computer is out of commission for a bit. Maybe next week?!?!?

I'll try and post something super exciting so the anticipation is worth it

*****SIGH******

SAD FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE WRONG DECISIONS WHEN THEY KNOW BETTER

SILLY PEOPLE

DOWN SOUTH

Here we are enjoying the

*S*U*N*

We go to St. George every year to see the home show (for JP's dad, he builds homes and loves the extravagant ideas St. George brings). We usually spend most our days doing just that but not his year. We saw 4 homes and spent the rest of the time soaking up the sun.
Over sixty degrees of relaxing, swimming, and eating. We thoroughly enjoyed our weekend.