We had a special visitor at our ward Christmas party. We waited in line and all along, I asked Kate if she wanted a treat and she kept saying yes. I told her she would have to sit on Santa's lap to get it. Well, when we were next in line, I asked Kate if she wanted a treat again and she said no. I knew it was going downhill from there, but I will admit it was pretty funny.
I forgot to post these pictures from Thanksgiving. Kate had a great time playing with Grandpa! It was pretty fun to watch!
Kate loved the little tea set so much! She had the little doll sitting in the chair and wanted us sitting there too so she could serve us. It makes me want to get her a little table and chairs set.
Jeff's parents came over to visit one night and Kate was SO excited! She sat right by Grandpa while he read her stories, she loved it. It is funny though, after they left, we asked her if she had fun with Grandpa, and she says, "and Grandma."
Here I am 23 weeks pregnant. The picture didn't turn out great, I did the self timer and that is always tricky! I think I look bigger than this though. I feel bigger anyway!
My dad and stepmom got these for us! We are so excited! I think they turned out so cute! The two car seats both hook into the stroller. A lot of people ask what we will do with Kate. And I think we will have Kate ride in one seat, one of the boys in the other and the other we will carry in a little pouch you wear on the front.
We are practicing taking care of babies. Kate is pretty good! She came up with the idea to feed them bottles! She loves babies (hopefully that continues!)
And I can't believe this--December 2nd and it was warm enough to walk around the neighborhood and go play at the park! I love it!
With Thanksgiving coming, we have had the chance to get together with a lot of cousins we don't usually get to see! Kate has LOVED it! She is such a little social girl! She is pretty quiet around them, but loves to play! It is really fun to see her having so much fun. I forgot to get our Idaho cousins on camera, but this is Kyle. He will be living close soon, so hopefully they will get to play even more often.
They loved playing together with the car, I don't know why Kate was crying here, it just was such perfect timing! And Kyle is so laid back, probably wondered what was going on!
Does this look a little too passionate for cousins? 
I think a lot of posts are titled "Funny Girl" on my blog, but I just get such a kick out of Kate!
These ones were NOT staged, my calculator is out a lot from tutoring and she loves to write in my little appointment book. It kind of cracked me up!
I did pigtails for the first time on Kate and I think they turned out so darn cute! You can see again she is wearing a pair of my shoes--this time some high heels that are her favorite! I love it!
Later on in the night--her pigtails came out, but she still had her wings!
Kate loves to stretch with us after we exercise. The way she imitates us cracks me up.
I just love this little girl. She makes me laugh so much! This was so much fun! I love talking with these girls! We all got together for Julie K's baby shower, and it was such a great time! She is due in about 6 weeks--almost there! We need to do this more often!
We had a good time at the last BYU home game. Kate has been so good and she missed only one game! She must be a true fan! The weather was so nice and it was just a good time!
Kate loves my sunglasses!
(I stole this from my sister, I figure, if it well written already, why write it again? Now I understand why so many plagiarize--they are just saving time!)
So my mom is an amazing artist and she is so creative and is talented in SO many different areas. She teaches graphic design at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise) in downtown LA and is simply remarkable.I think there is a TV show where the girls go to FIDM...yep, it's the same one.Well, they have asked her to do an art show in their gallery starting next week and going through Thanksgiving and I'm so excited to see what she puts together! I will post lots of pictures. Here is the flyer she made for the event:
I am so excited about the snow! I love the first snowfalls of the year! I love the winter about November through December (By January, I am ready for spring since I don't do winter sports anymore!) Kate wanted to go out, but the crunchy sound of the snow scared her, funny huh!
Well, I have been thinking about this for a while, I am always off again on again, but after hearing more and more weird things, I am finally decided.
So, if you want to read our blog, please send me your email. As soon as I get it, I will delete your comment.
And I am going to give a due date. Lets say December 1.
This was so funny. Today I went to the store and when I came home, I got Kate out of her car seat and she did not want to come in--for about half an hour! I kept checking out there and she was playing in the car. It was pretty hilarious!
We came home after that and Kate took a 3 1/2 hour nap! It completely wiped her out! Then we started the trick or treating again. We just wanted to go around our block--just a quick little outing--and just stop at the houses of friends. Well, 2 hours later, we decided there has got to be a quicker way! Holy Cow! It was really fun visiting with friends, but it really took all night. We went to around 20 houses, so next year, I think we will just go up and down our street, or possibly even settle for Jeff's office trick or treating. We have so much candy right now and the funny thing is that none of us are big candy eaters. I usually am, but I don't like sweets hardly at all (just because of pregnancy, this is NOT normal for me!!) and if I do have them, in extreme moderation, otherwise they make me sick. Kate can't handle a lot, and I don't want her having sweets 3 times a day, and Jeff loves the baked goods. I am sure we will finish it off, but it just makes me laugh. It was fun taking Kate around the neighborhood though.
And this is why it took 2 hours. Kate stopped, took out candy, lined it up, you get the picture.
Well, we got our new camera, thanks for the comments! We decided on...the Canon Powershot SD1100 IS. I love it so far! It is so small and I am pretty impressed with the pictures, and we got a great deal on it, so I am feeling good! Thanks again for commenting with your ideas! So, here are a few samples, and there will be more to come after tomorrow.
These pants would not stay on Kate, she kept coming to me saying "mom" to let me know her pants fell off again.
Kate was wondering why Deron Williams wasn't playing
I have been wanting to do this for a while, so here goes:
1. I was born in Texas
2. I can feel my stomach growing bigger as we speak
3. I like to keep my fingernails and toenails very short. I have just about broken my habit of biting/picking them and just clip them now.
4. I wanted to be a cowgirl when I grew up.
5. A common line of mine when I was little was: "When I grow up and be a boy..." (I had two older brothers, then my dad--I guess I thought my mom was just one of a kind!)
6. I dyed my hair brown once and it was a disaster.
7. I love to exercise and to be in shape.
8. I did a triathlon a couple of years ago, I loved it and hope to do one again!
9. I like to have a clean kitchen--even if every other room isn't.
10. I like to be organized.
11. I played soccer in high school.
12. I ran track in high school.
13. I used to snowboard a lot, it was my dream to be a pro snowboarder.
14. I was voted class clown in high school.
15. Jeff was also voted class clown in high school.
16. We knew it was love when we found out.
17. Jeff and I used to love to sneak into Lavell Edwards Stadium (BYU), it was one of our favorite spots.
18. I lived in three different states before I turned one.
19. I love family reunions, I look so forward to them every year!
20. I love camping.
21. I love hiking.
22.I love to hike.
23. I eat a banana for breakfast every single day.
24. I used to install sprinkler systems for my summer job, I don't know how much I remember, but I bet I could still put on a sprinkler head.
25. I would love to eat out every night of the week.
26. I LOVE asparagus.
27. I LOVE strawberries.
28. I like to read books and usually all at once.
29. If I had to choose between a maid and cook, I would choose a cook.
30. If I had to choose between salt and sugar, definitely salt.
31. I broke my arm in 9th grade roller-blading down a steep hill. My arm was bent funny.
32. I have never had stitches.
33. I can't remember my most embarrassing moment. They happen too frequently for me to get too embarrassed.
34. I wanted a motorized Barbie car SO bad when I was little.
35. I love country music.
36. I love to laugh really hard, especially with Jeff.
37. One time, Jeff passed gas and picked Kate up and pretended we had to get home because she was so poopy. Wow, that was funny.
38. I love my family.
39. I love my in-laws, they feel like family to me too.
40. I love nieces and nephews.
41. I absolutely adore Kate and every little smile and toot that she does.
42. I used to think my feet were kind of small until I joined my in-laws where everyone is around a size 6-7.
43. I like to go to bed around 9.
44. I like to get up about 8.
45 . I am nervous about my future sleeping schedule.
46. I like to spend money, I think I would do well rich.
47. I have an inney belly button, like the deep dark hole kind.
48. I would like to move back to Idaho someday.
49. I like living here for now.
50. I spend way too much time on the computer.
51. I am the YW sports coach, and we are doing pretty good!
52. I always have a hard time deciding what to be for Halloween.
53. I am so excited about Thanksgiving.
54. I am so excited about Christmas!
55. I still get really excited about my birthday!
56. I also still get really excited about Christmas too, I have a hard time falling asleep and always wake up early.
57. I played the piano until I was about 10, I forgot pretty much everything.
58. I also played the violin for about 2 years, I don't know if I ever knew anything to forget.
59. I love to sing, but I don't sing very loud and am a little below average.
60. I love to whistle.
61. I love horses and have always wanted one.
62. My parents divorced when I was 10 (or 11, I can't remember).
63. I like to do math tutoring on the side.
64. I like to teach.
65. Daisies are my favorite flowers.
66. I love to get flowers.
67. I like to be self-sufficient.
68. My dream car is a minivan.
69. My dream car used to be a Z3 BMW--black.
70. I went to track camp at BYU one year and it was so fun. My sister and I beat all these boys playing pool for 3 straight games just because they scratched. I love that memory.
71. I love my sisters.
72 My brothers are really funny and I always wanted to be like them.
73. I got my first email account when I was 15.
74. I ran cross country for two years and quit 3 weeks before the season ended, I probably should have finished.
75. I beat my best cross country record from high school during college by about 4 minutes!
76. I love to swim.
77. We never had animals for long periods of time, something always happened.
78. Except Frizzy the cat.
79. Sometimes I just like to be blunt, but a lot of times I regret it right after.
80. I love my mom, she is very creative and fun to be around, and just a good mom.
81. My dad is a lot of fun too, he always keeps things exciting and entertaining!
82. I like to type.
83. I like to sew and to make crafts.
84. I get bloody noses a lot.
85. It started when I was about 4 and hit my nose really hard on the dashboard and was bleeding really hard--I remember it going around my neck.
86. Now I get bloody noses for 40 minutes at a time.
87. I have never had to stay at the hospital except when I had Kate.
88. My soccer team won the championship in college intramurals, it was great!
89. I loved playing high school soccer, and I love the friendships I made from that.
90. We were a pretty good soccer team, we worked well together and it made it fun.
91. I am so happy to be married to Jeff, I love him, but I also really like him if you know what I mean.
92. I once was shocked by a cattle prod-thing in seminary to prove a point.
92.5 I also ate a grasshopper in seminary, for an object lesson, they were surprisingly tasty.
93. I once swore in seminary (but it wasn't my fault!!!)
94. I loved seminary!
95. I never dated anyone seriously in high school.
96. I didn't kiss a boy until I was 16--my brother made me promise, so I did it. In hind sight, why didn't I get any money out of the deal?
97. I always got in trouble for talking too much in high school (I know that comes as a shocker)
98. I was still a good student.
99. I cut my hair really short in high school--like a pixie cut, and I loved it, it was kind of fun and different.
100. I love to get my hair cut. I wish it grew really fast so I could cut it more often.
101. I loved college and my roommates, especially Michele, we had some really good times together!
102. I graduated from college one week before I married Jeff, it was perfect timing for us.
103. Well, I guess I have blabbed on long enough. This is kind of fun though, and when you have some spare time, you should try it, it is kind of fun to reminisce.
8 favorite TV Shows: (in no particular order)
1. Chuck
2. Arrested Development
3. Seinfeld
4. The Office
5. Barney
6. Curious George
7. Clifford
8. Teletubbies
8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Cafe Rio
2. Costa Vida (basically the same but I love it enough to mention twice)
3. Red Lobster
4. Red Robin
5. Macaroni Grill
6. Ruby River
7. Texas Roadhouse
8. Red Iguana
8 Things I Did Today
1. Got myself and Kate ready for church in a hurry
2. Taught a lesson--laurels--I love it!
3. Had a delicious quesadilla courtesy of Jeffrey
4. Took a nap (also courtesy of Jeffrey)
5. Visited with friends
6. Went to a birthday party with some delicious cake
7. Tried to put Kate down for a nap, but today it didn't happen
8. Read lots of blogs
8 Things I look forward to
1. Every single weekend
2. Halloween--taking Kate trick or treating and getting her in her costume
3. Christmas!!
4. Thanksgiving!!
5. Bedtime
6. Eating out--I could do it every night
7. Hugs and kisses
8. Date nights
I'm tagging all of my sisters, sisters-in-law, cousins, and cousins-in-law
This is me at 17 weeks. I wish I had kept better track with how I looked with Kate because it would be fun to compare! So, with some proportions we can figure it out :
The doctor said at 14 weeks, I was measuring 20 weeks for a singleton pregnancy, so
14 = 1720.... x
14x = 340
14........14
So x = 24.3 or I am measuring about what I was for Kate at 24.3 weeks! I hope you all enjoyed that!
Then I thought I would give the full skin tight affect. Funny story: When Jeff was taking this picture, he said, "But don't stick it out" I said, "I'm not." Jeff: No comment. 
Kate and I went to a fun place the other day with a friend and her 2 kids--one who is just Kate's age. It was so crazy there! We forgot about the conference and it was SO packed! It was cute though, the witches were all out and most of the kids were in their costumes. It was a fun time! We are now using our old 2 MP camera (I bet some of you are wondering if those still exist) so the pictures aren't the best quality! We are planning on getting a Canon Powershot SD1100 after all the comments for those kind and a little research. For now, this will hold us over! :)
You can see a little bit of my pregnant belly in a couple of these pictures. I am looking about how I did at 5-6 months with Kate (I am about 4). It is crazy to be getting so big so fast! I feel like I get bigger every day! I will post a full on side shot soon so you can get the full picture!
Kate was a little unsure at first. When I put her on the pony, she said "no," but then she had a good time and I walked by her the whole time. It was really fun.
Now she is starting to enjoy herself!
These two little girls played so cute together! This little girl is only about 2 months older than Kate and look at all that hair. I didn't know that was possible! I love Kate's little bald head (that is slowly getting hair!)
