Winter Wonderland...

I have to admit...I love the first snowfalls of the year! It snowed so much on Saturday and although it is scary to drive in, it is beautiful to look at! In fact I made OJ leave the blinds open as I fell asleep last night so I could look at the tree outside our window covered in snow!

These others pictures are from today before church....


Oh and by the way....last night Graham slept like a champ! We have started to try to put him to bed earlier...so...he ate at 8:30pm, went to bed around 9:30pm, I fed him again at 2:30am he slept until 7:00am ate again....and took a nap from 8:00am-10:30am!!! Wahoo!

Extreme Home Makeover Edition

For the past 6 months we have slowly been remodeling some aspects of our condo...we started with painting, then moved to tiling, and finished with new carpet. Let's just say it has been a long process and I am ready to be done and have my house normal again. I guess I should be showing the finished product but if I show these pictures first then you will appreciate the

finished product even more! (Plus I want to get my house put back together before I show you the "finished" pictures!) It looks really nice, and feels a lot more "home-like".
I really can't say I contributed that much except for some painting, grouting, and pulling carpet staples out of the floor. OJ deserves the real credit. He has been working so hard. Sometimes staying up all hours of the night to get it done. Although the process hasn't been "argument free" :) I'm grateful to have such a thoughtful husband who wanted our home to be nice. What a good guy I married!







I love this picture...we had to move everything to get the carpet in...OJ is the master packer...he fit almost everything on our "tiled" areas...which really isn't a lot of space!

Graham's new talent

Let me give you a little background...OJ has always teased me about my "finger toes". Yes, I can pick up pretty much anything with my feet and toes. It's nice...if I don't want to bend over and pick something up....I can just do it with my toes! Since the day Graham was born, OJ has joked that Graham has my "finger toes". For the first couple of weeks after he was born he would not relax his feet and would spread his toes so far apart.

So a couple of Sundays ago I thought it was time to prove the talent. I decided to see if he could hold a pen...TaDa...he CAN!! I have such a talented son! The best part was when he started to lift his other foot up to help him hold the pen. I was just going to take a picture and show OJ but right when I was doing it he walked in from his meetings and saw it first hand!

The Sugared Plum

My sister-in-law Dani is hosting a holiday boutique in a couple of weeks (December 14th and 15th) It is in Herriman (just west of the freeway where Draper is) If you are looking for some fun, creative holiday gifts this is the place to go. For more information and directions on how to get there check out the site...www.thesugaredplum.blogspot.com

Tagged

So my cousin Britta tagged me a long time ago and I am just now getting to it...sorry Britta!
Here are 6 random facts/habits about me...

1. I LOVE to read! Reading to me is like watching t.v. or blogging to other people...it is addicting! It is also my escape from stress. I have to discipline myself or I could read and read and read and the day would be gone. What do I like to read you ask? Anything...I love mysteries, romance, church, self-help...really anything. I would much rather read then watch a movie. OJ and I will go to the library and I just get a huge pile of books (b/c I go through them so fast) some are good and some are not, but that is how you find the really good ones! When I was younger when I was supposed to be cleaning my room I would sit and read and I would keep telling myself "okay only 10 more minutes" but that always turned into an 1 hour or so. (I don't think my mom knows that :) funny... Reading is my reward...when I was pregnant and always so tired and not motivated to get anything done I would have reading be my motivation to get stuff done..."okay tara, if you do this and this and this then you can read!"

2. I hate when the toilet seat is left up...not even just the boy lid...the whole thing has to be down. I don't know why it bugs me so bad but it does! In fact wherever I am...if the toilet has a lid I put it down, even if it is at church or a targetl...it goes DOWN! :)

3. I love to TRAVEL!! Especially with my husband! I love to learn about new cultures, and explore. I don't love flying on the airplane...but I like it when I get there!

4. I'm scared of water...I like to do recreational things in the water like wakeboard and waterski. But if I sit in the water too long and I start to think about how deep it is below me and what is down there, well then I start to freak out! I like water if I feel like I am in control, if not then once again I freak out.

5. I LOVE LOVE LOVE musicals and plays!! Whether I am in them or watching them its all the same. Probably because it combines my favorites of dancing, singing, and acting :) Here is a list of what i have seen and/or been in....Les Mis (several times) , Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast (several times), Grease, The Wiz, Wicked, Once on this Island, Little Women, Nunsense, Aida, Cats, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Pirates of Penzance, Evita...okay I could go on and on...you get the point!

6. I used to hate grocery shopping....until I had a baby and now I LOVE it! The reason I hated it before I had Graham was that I hated to go alone. I would wait until OJ could go with when he got home from work. It was so boring. But now I love going by myself! (I don't mind if OJ and graham come with either) Probably because my opportunities to get out of the house by myself are limited. Its funny, alot of things I used to hate doing really aren't a big deal anymore since I had Graham....thanks Graham:)

Okay...I tag...Allice, JoJo, Cori, Jamie Prax, Tiffani, and Breena

My nightmare came true...

So every night I set my alarm to wake Graham up to feed him. Right now he can go 6 hours but I usually set the alarm for 5 1/2 -45 minutes b/c I am paranoid. And lately he will never go that long anyways, usually he wakes me up. But I always set my alarm just to be safe. Usually I will take a feeding and then OJ will feed him a bottle for the other feeding. I have had several bad dreams thinking I didn't wake up or sometimes I wake up thinking OJ hasn't fed him. Its really a horrible feeling. Well, last night the dream came true! The alarm didn't go off!! I fed him at 10:15 pm and I woke up and the clock read 4:50am. Hello panic! OJ and i both jumped out of bed and ran into his room...he was fine....and definitely ready to eat. I have to admit, it was super nice to sleep that long and not wake up once!! I feel so rested today.

( For those of you who don't know...with Graham's metabolic disorder he can only go without eating 1 hour for every kilo he weighs....so right now it is 6)

Go Cougars!

Are you ready for some football? What a game! We are proud to be alumni of BYU :)We got Graham dressed in his game gear, he wasn't really interested in the game but we wanted to train him early. Owen tiled our house and I worked on my Young Women's lesson while we watched the game, it was a nice leisurely Saturday. We went to Costco after the game...I love Costco. I had a Churro....MMmmmmmm they are so good. Someday when we get a house OJ wants to have a Churro maker :)

Its been nice having OJ home the past 4 days. If only he could stay home everyday too...oh wait..someone has to make a living. What can I say? I like to hang out with my husband. Today has been a nice day...church was a little rough but, I am coming to understand that it usually is with a kid :) Graham was exhausted, had a blow out, and threw up all over my skirt...awesome! I had to fly solo during Sacrament meeting b/c OJ had to sit on the stand. I know I only have one kid but it sure is nice to have someone to trade off with.