We love the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse at our house. We watch it with Leyla in the morning and lately, James has actually started to pay attention to the television and even likes Mickey Mouse Clubhouse too. He gets pretty excited when it’s time for the Hot Dog Dance.
I’m so glad that he gets so excited and likes to dance.
It is crazy to me to think that just a year ago we said good bye to my little brother.
Joseph and Mom
And crazy to think that all this time he’s been in PERU! Weird.
And has seen awesome places like this:
[Peru images from here] [because Peru has a new logo and I think its neat]
But most importantly, that he’s been serving the wonderful people of Peru and learning and growing so much!
Elder McCracken and Elvis
Elder McCracken and Some Members in Puno
I’m so proud of my little brother and am so excited to see him again, in just one short year!
I had big plans for the next upcoming months…
I was going to dye my hair
a pretty chocolate brown, just for a change
For Christmas, Bryan bought me a Groupon for laser hair removal
so I was going to use it on my legs and never have to shave my legs again
This summer I was going to take a trip to California and visit Six Flags
the last time we went to an amusement park, I was prego with James and couldn’t ride the roller coasters
Bryan and I discussed going to Hawaii in September
there is an SEO conference and it would have been a great excuse to visit a tropical location
I was going to get lots of extra sleep at night
James is finally sleeping longer and longer at night
I was going to start a nice workout routine
getting rid of the nice little baby fat that has found a home on my stomach would have been good
I was going to have our family pictures taken
and not have a fat face
But my plans have changed and I can’t do any of those things now…
and couldn’t be happier about it
We are so excited! And yes, this baby was a little bit of a surprise, but a wonderful surprise. I’m due in the middle of September (due dates seem so unexact, so I’m just going to go with a general time when the baby can come) and James and his new sibling will only be 17 months apart.
This pregnancy has been so different than my pregnancy with James. I’m sick, but not even close to as sick… the only time I’ve really had a problem with being sick is while James had some diaper problems — changing his diaper was a race to see if I could finish his diaper before running at full speed into the bathroom. Such good times. ha ha!
Its a great reason to change plans. And now my plans include convincing someone to bring me some brownies. Anyone?
When I was little, I remember reading about raccoon traps (I think it was in Where the Red Fern Grows or some other book, I can’t quite remember). These were traps that were a container of some kind and the hunter placed a small shiny object in the bottom of the container. The raccoon would be attracted to the object and easily slip it’s hand into the container. Once it had the object in it’s hand, it would try to pull it’s hand out of the container, only to discover it couldn’t pull it’s hand back out because it was balled into a fist and no longer fit through the opening of the container. To escape, the raccoon just had to let go of the object, but rarely did and was almost always caught by the hunter.
We bought new treat containers for James that had a similar result on James that raccoon traps had on raccoons.
(this is a test to see if uploading videos, without first uploading to YouTube, works.)
Did you know that today is officially National “Are You Stalking Me?” Day?
You didn’t?
It’s probably because I just made it up. (And what a great number of a day… 1/11/11. Perfect for a made-up national blog stalking day – if there is an actual day, and I just don’t know about it. Let me know, that would be neat.)
I have been thinking a little bit about security and how much of my life is online right now. With my blog, facebook, twitter, youtube, if a person wanted to, they could know a lot about me. I try to be safe about things and not post my address or phone number. I try not to announce to the internet world when I am going to be out of town and my house will be left unattended. I have even make it so my blog doesn’t show up in search engines like google when people search for my name… which is good and bad.
Undoubtedly, I do things that can be considered not safe. Posting my family’s real names or pictures of my little man. But I have chosen to do so, and have chosen to not make my blog private (yet).
Really, what I’m trying to say is that I have a love/hate relationship with technology. I love how easy it is to stay in touch with people you care about, or people you haven’t seen for a long time. I love that even though I may not talk to my friends on the phone regularly, I can still know what is going on in their lives. And I love that I can share what is going on in my life. But there are negatives to having so much easily available to the masses…
Here’s what you do:
If you are stalking me, let me know.
I’m glad you’re here and don’t care if you read every time I post, just every once in a while, or if you just stumbled on my blog today. Just tell me who you are; leave a comment with your first name and (because I’m curious) how you read my blog (through a feed reader, by visiting every once in a while to see if I’ve updated, or another way). If you have a blog too, leave the address. I always love having more friends to connect with and more fun blogs to read.
If you are stalking me, and choose not to leave a comment… shame on you for being creepy.
Then pass it on. Post something like this on your blog and find out who’s stalking you. And stop secretly stalking. Say hello to your favorite blogging friends by leaving a comment and letting them know you are there (this is probably only important for personal/family-type blogs, I don’t think blogs who are trying to get followers care if you are secretly stalking them).
Thanks so much for sharing in National “Are you stalking me?” Day. I look forward to seeing who you are.
I love your body wash. I love that it keeps my skin soft in the harsh, dry winters of Utah. I also love the smell.
However, I do not love your bottle design.One of the good things about the design of a product used in the shower is the ability for the bottle to stand up and remain standing while upside down. This allows the showerer to use even the very last drop of the bottle. With the pointed tip of your bottle, it is difficult to turn upside down. I have propped it up against the wall, but it always tips and falls over (this was an especially big problem when I was pregnant).
For a while, because it was such a pain, I switched body wash (gasp). I have come back to Dove because my legs are dry and itchy and I know that Dove will help, even more than regular lotion application. But knowing that when I near the end of the bottle and have to figure out a way to prop it upside down bothers me.
In the past, I have tried your shampoo and enjoyed it, but will probably not use it again because of the bottle shape (and the price…sorry, there are other brands that work just as well, but cost much less). I know it sounds harsh, but this upside down system is even more important in shampoo and conditioner. Your conditioner did have the flip top on the bottom, so it never had to be turned upside down (which was nice), why can’t you do the same for the shampoo and body wash?
I understand that redesigns can be long and costly, but please consider it soon. Having a flat top will not hurt the asthetic of your bottle, but would make me so much happier.
Thanks!
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