Attention Garage Salers

This morning we made it out nice and early (well, early with a baby) and hit up garage sales. We got lots of fun toys and clothes, but we are still on the search for the following:

Storage solutions

Like this one from IKEA (above) or Target (below). Something that we can put bins/books on/in to. Or if you just see the square cubes that would fit into the shelves, that works too. Toy boxes are just okay but I feel like these organize better.

A twin/full sized bed (mattress is priority over a frame) OR a convertible sofa sleeper-  We're willing to pay decent money for this for our guest/baby's room. Nothing questionable... 

The Hunger Games- I hear they are great but I don't know that I'm on board enough to pay full price...
A Convertible crib (baby >toddler >twin)  Not the end of the world if we don't find one.
A keyboard stand so I can steal back my keyboard from my brother.

Seriously, if you see any of these things, call me! Especially for storage solutions...
 

Stay at home mommy

Because I have the wonderful privilege to stay at home with Julia (and now that school is out for the summer) I have decided to take up some new hobbies to pass the time.

1. Gardening. I am in no way a green thumb. My mom and dad are very talented in this area and perhaps it will decide to run in the family. So far I have a mostly alive flower that I got over a month ago--quite the feat. Soon-ish I will plant seeds for some pretty wildflowers and vegetables in my back yard. I will of course document my success/failure on our domestic goddess blog.Wish me luck.
2. Family history- I have taken genealogy classes at BYU and so this isn't my first time around the block. Now that I kind of know what I'm doing, I just need to do it. I have the time, so no excuses.
3. Reading- This should not be a "new" hobby, but it feels like it is. I feel like reading history books for school is not leisurely at all and so I think that recreational reading will be good for me. I have a couple of books I bought at the Provo Library's sale, and I also think I want/need to read the Hunger Games. Any other suggestions? 

Updates of all varieties

Finally the lockout is over. I was locked out of my gmail for over a week, and it happens to be the week that was full of events!!

Julia :)
Baby girl is 10 months old! I can hardly believe how quickly time flies. Her 9-month appt (more like10-month appt) was great because we found out she is finally in the 50% percentile for height and weight! Our little chunky monkey is growing up!! She loves the sound "moo" but doesn't really know what a cow is...She crawls and stands/climbs everywhere and really is interested in door knobs and light switches. Recently she decided she wants to feed herself everything, which makes our morning cereal and baby food quite the challenge. She also chews on her crib railing, which drives me crazy because it usually makes her gag, requiring sheet, blanket, and pj changes. She "talks" all the time and knows who mom, dad, and doggy are, even if she says those words for anything. She has become quite the champ at drinking through straws, which is fun. She loves to see herself in the mirror and is always "kissing" and laughing at herself. She pretty much is the happiest baby and cracks us up all the time. That girl has the cheesiest/cutest grin ever and she makes my day.

Baby #2
The day finally arrived and we found out that baby #2 is a boy! We are super duper excited to have the little fella join our family. As previously posted (dibs) we have already picked out our name and after much debate over Brayden (which we decided was stronger than Aiden, and it's kind of like Brenan and Aiden put together...win win) or Jackson, we are 99% certain we are going with Jackson Theodore :) It was so precious to get to watch him move around in my belly and even though the tech thought he was moving a lot, he was not nearly as active as Julia was, our little gymnast.

 The three white dots are what indicates it is a boy. Girls show a flat white line.

 That wraps up all of the catching up! Oh, we were all sick and it was horrific. Every minute of it. Brenan ended up in the hospital because he was puking blood, but we're all okay now!

Mmmm, look what I made :)

Check it out:

http://emandrachdg.blogspot.com/2012/03/sunday-comfort-coq-au-vin.html

Many exciting things

There are many exciting things happening right now

1. Mad Men is starting again this month (which also means Banana Republic has a new Mad Men spring line)! Hooray!! I think we're going to fork out the extra money so that we get AMC in our Dish package...it's worth it.
2. We moved :) Our new place is absolutely fantastic. I can kick Walt out to the backyard and let him roam, we have 3 bedrooms, which means before baby #2 comes we have an extra room/play room and best of all...I finally have a dishwasher again!!! :)
3. Pregnancy #2 is going much better than the first. I have been way less "actual" sick but I still feel nauseous/gaggy quite a bit. In 4 weeks we will find out what we're having.
4. Brenan was salesman of the month for February :)
5. Julia got tooth #4,5, and 6! She now has 4 on top and 2 on the bottom.She's also standing whenever she gets the chance, so walking should be in her near (ish) future.

The Lorax

This may sound silly coming from an adult, but I really want to see The Lorax. It is made by the people that made Despicable Me (which I love) so I figured it should be pretty good. Then I see a commercial about The Lorax and Mazda. Seeings how my hubs works at a Mazda dealership, I have been pressing the issue to get free tickets to see it. Last night he gave me the bad news that only customers who buy new cars get free tickets. Lame sauce. And I'm not buying another new car. To my surprise this morning as I was packing boxes in Julia's room (and I knew I had a ton of Seuss books for her) I found Six By Seuss which includes, you guessed it, The Lorax. I am actually really excited to read it and I'm still hoping to see the movie. I am a little perturbed that the dealership won't give the salesman tickets, but Brenan did get a cool Lorax pin for his shirt.

Julia

This girl is growing up way too quick. In the past month she has learned to get herself into the sitting position (from her belly) on her own, she learned to clap, she got her 3rd tooth, and now she is crawling. She is also saying "mama" and since she has been on formula she is now sleeping through the night (hallelujah!). Also, she is going to be a big sister :)

 Every chance she gets to feed herself, she does. The days of giving her food are long gone, she is a big girl and wants to do it herself!

It's a little hard to tell, but she pulled herself up onto the piano to play. She sits on her knees now all the time!

 Showing off her teeth!

 Nap time? Not so much. She was sitting up in her bed, chewing on the railing. We decided it was time to lower her crib since she was pulling herself up. She already took one fall off of a bed, we don't need her falling out of her crib!

Coming soon: She has a really cute, new, grimacy smile and if I could ever catch it on camera, I would!