Oh Happy Day!

Thank you to my avid followers for words of concern. I'm still alive. We are all fantastic. My computer has just been having issues and I wasn't able to Blog for a little while. Matt may finally get his wish and be able to buy me a new computer. Cause I've just about had it with this old turd!

On to happier topics: Yesterday was my 26th birthday. Woo-hoo! It was a GREAT birthday!! First of all, I love how Facebook tells you when it's someone's birthday so you remember to send them wishes. I had tons of well wishes from lots of friends. It made me feel great! Then I got to play with my beautiful daughter all day, and she even let me take a nap. =) (I was up way too late the night before watching 'Bones' - Errin lent me all the seasons and now I am addicted. Not sure if I love her or hate her for that. JK! Love ya Errin!! ) My mom came over right after work and watched Kalianna for us so Matt could take me out. We finally were able to see Avatar, as everyone told us its a movie you HAVE to see in the theaters. I definitely understand why! Overall it was a pretty good movie. Both Matt and I really enjoyed it. The story isn't creative, and the plot is totally predictable, but the scenes and special effects totally make the movie worth it! Its just a fun movie to watch! After the movie we decided to try a new restaurant for dinner. We went to a place called Corbins, here in Layton. It was SO good! Very yummy bread, then we had a seafood marguerita for our appetizer. Holy cow! It kicks a shrimp cocktail's butt! Super tasty! I got steak and Matt got a pork schnitzel. Both were really yummy! We were super impressed! They also had this chocolate lava cake with Ghirardelli chocolate in the center, but we were unfortunately too full to try it this time. We got home right after Kalianna went to bed. Thanks mom!! Then I had things I needed to get done, but my wonderful husband told me not to worry about it. He told me to take it easy on my birthday. It didn't take much convincing. So he got me a brownie and a big glass of milk and I watched more 'Bones' in my PJs. Such a wonderful day!

Matt gave me an I-pod for my birthday/valentines day present this year. It's pink! Who's surprised? Anyway, I've been having so much fun with it! I love my wonderful husband! He spoils me rotten!

Valentines Day

(Wrote this is a week ago, but my old fart of a computer has been having issues)

This is what my Valentines Day consisted of:

- Cousin's Homecoming

- Good Movie

- Long Nap with my honeys

- Delicious Dinner! (Matt made us steak and crab! AND he did all the dishes. My hubby rocks!!)

- Beautiful Flowers

= Wonderful Valentines Day!!!

Party!

(I wrote this post a week ago but my computer/internet/blogger have been acting up so I couldn't get the pictures to load, and it wouldn't let me format, and then it wouldn't let me publish...so here is my b-day party post. The pictures are out of order, but this is the best I could do)

My birthday is on Wednesday, so this last Saturday we decided to celebrate by going to the Surf N' Swim again this year. It was so much fun! Everyone met at our house first for lunch and mingling. Then we all went to the pool and had a blast! It was so fun watching Kalianna play! She missed her nap that day so when we first got there, she was pretty tired. She fell asleep on my lap while the waves rocked us. Then a big wave splashed us really good, and she woke up. After her cat-nap, she was super happy and having a ball! She loves kicking in the water and splashing. Happy Birthday to me! It was such a fun day, thanks to everyone who came!!

Tug-O-War

I keep trying to get a video of Kalianna and Kutse playing tug-o-war together, cause its so cute! But every time Kalianna sees the camera, she hams it up and she always comes towards me. But it turns out that is even cuter!! Make sure your sound is up for these, cause she gets excited when she notices me, and its really funny.

DONE!

I just finished writing my book. A book! I WROTE A BOOK! I feel so happy, ecstatic, stunned, amazed, exhilarated, nauseous, and giddy right now! I still have to go back and review and edit, which will take time. But I wrote a freaking book!!!

yay me :-)

10 Months!

The other day I was visiting teaching and the sister I visit said:

"I just got the roll for this next year, and I couldn't believe your daughter was on it!"

"Kalianna?"

"Yeah"

"No, she's not old enough...Holy cow! She WILL be in nursery this year!"

Crazy! Kalianna is now ten months old! She is crawling, and pulling herself up, and getting into everything...and I love it! Even though I would prefer her not to dump the dog's water all over the kitchen floor, or pull stuff out of the garbage cans, it is so fun to watch her explore! Its amazing to see things through her eyes and see them for the first time all over again. She loves to try new foods, chase the dogs, dance, listen to music, talk, and follow mommy around the house. She starts out shy, but once she's comfortable somewhere, she will jabber nonstop! She is so much fun! Sometimes when she is taking a longer nap, I just want to wake her up cause its too quiet and I miss her! (I don't though)

Trying to get a picture of her next to the bear is a lot more difficult now that she's mobile! These were the best 3

Christa

Christa is one of the girls I was a nanny for back in Virginia. She is in Utah for a little while and I was able to spend the afternoon with her today. It was so much fun!! We went to lunch and then she came over to my house and met Matt, Kalianna, Sobaka, and Kutse, all for the first time. We just hung out and talked all afternoon. It was so awesome to see her again and visit! She was ten last time I saw her and now she's fifteen, so we had quite a bit of catching up to do!