Monday, March 1, 2010

11 Months!

ZOOM!~~~ ZOOM!~~~ ZOOM! Oh sorry, that's just time flying by...
Can you believe Kalianna will be a year old in just one month?! Its weird how time moves so quickly, and yet so slowly at the same time. I can't believe how big my baby is getting, yet it seems like she's been with us forever! Kalianna at 11 months loves to explore new things! She is a pro at crawling and is now focusing on having some balance when she's on her feet. She likes to pull herself up and will occasionally walk along something, but I think she still has a little ways to go before she's ready to walk on her own. She loves to make us laugh and has this new fake laugh she does when we start laughing. Its really funny! She loves climbing up things and is a complete daredevil. She is the happiest when she is been thrown up in the air, or running through the parking lot in a shopping cart, or diving off furniture head first. I find myself more tired at the end of every day, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Kalianna is full of personality! She is not boring in the least!

Friday, February 26, 2010

Scary

I had an extremely terrifying moment last night, and I just feel like I need to share it. Or write about it, to get the weight of it off my shoulders. Kalianna woke up at 3:00am, which first of all was very odd. I waited for her to fall back asleep, but she just started crying louder so I went in to check on her. Something didn't feel right when I walked in her room. She was standing up in her crib and the moment I picked her up, she snuggled into me and was quiet. So I started rocking her. She remained quiet, but showed no signs of going back to sleep. She just starred at me with her big eyes and held on tightly. There was something very wrong. I have never had a stronger sense in my life of someone else being in the room. But it was Not a good someone. The longer we sat there rocking, the sicker and darker I felt. There's just no other way to describe it. The thought entered my mind to command the spirit to leave, and almost as soon as it did, I felt paralyzed with fear. I felt like how Joseph Smith describes the first vision and he is overcome by a dark feeling before the father and the son appear to him. I knew I needed the priesthood! So I went in our bedroom and woke up Matt and asked him to offer a prayer. The darkness finally lifted but at this point, Kalianna was completely awake and thought it was time to play. It took forever to get her settled back down, but when she finally did, she slept great and I felt good the rest of the night. I have never experienced anything like that before! It was really weird, and really terrifying at the same time! Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this? Matt said "maybe Kalianna is a really choice spirit", but either way I was really, really scared for my little girl! All I know is I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood in my home!! It is a tremendous blessing and protection, and I don't know how I would ever live without it!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

The Chicks Have It!

We all have guilty pleasures. Mine is American Idol. On almost every season I have ever watched, I have preferred the boys to the girls. But not this year! There are some good guys this year, but if you have been watching, the girls are killing the guys in the competition! None of the girls completely bombed their first "big stage" performance this last week. But last night, the majority of the guys did pretty poorly. My favorites tend to change as the competition moves forward, but as of this last week's performances, she is my favorite. I just love her voice!

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Target sucks & First kisses

Yesterday turned into quite the day. But first, I'll start with a cute story. Brian and Anna came up to hang out with us last night, so we all went to dinner. Kalianna was sitting in her high chair at the end of the table, eating french fries and minding her own business. When suddenly this little boy (probably 3-4) saw Kalianna. It was love at first sight! He couldn't resist. His eyes lit up when he saw her, he walked right over, and gave her a big kiss. It was so cute! And so funny! His dad was horrified, probably thinking we would freak out, but we all just laughed. Maybe some day she will find her first love again...

Target sucks! I don't know how many of you have had problems with them before, but I have heard lots of stories. Their customer service is AWFUL!! I typically prefer Target's products to Wal Mart, plus you don't run into the same shady people who seem to frequent Wal Mart. But at least Wal Mart knows how to treat customers! Matt and I were out running errands yesterday and one of our stops was Target. They made a good chunk of change from us. Well, we got home and realized we didn't have one of our bags. (Isn't that the worst?!) It wasn't anything terribly significant, a $5 muppet movie, a baby einstein movie for Kalianna, and a bag of oreos. So the bag probably totaled around $20. So Matt went back to Target and told them we'd left a bag there. Their response was "no you didn't". Ummm...okay...
So they looked in the area where we had checked out and found nothing. They even (apparently) reviewed the security tapes and said they saw us leave, and we had ALL our bags. So Matt came home and we tore both the car and house apart. No bag. We really did leave it there. So Matt called and asked them very nicely if they wouldn't mind checking the area again. He asked them about the alleged security tapes and the people at customer service couldn't answer his question, so he very politely asked if he could talk to a manager. So they put him on hold...FOR HALF AN HOUR! Then someone picked up the phone and hung up on him. Grrrrrr! Understandably, we were seriously annoyed at this point! First of all, do they really think we are trying to run some sort of scam?? We weren't lying about our two movies and oreos! They really did get left in the store! Matt even had his receipt proving we had paid for them. But the cheap A-holes at Target weren't willing to believe us and comp the $20 worth of products. Matt called back, and finally was allowed to speak to a manager. He asked what was seen in the video and the guy said they could see the exact products get placed in a bag, and then that bag was loaded into our cart. Matt asked the manager if he could see this "video" that was taken from the camera on the ceiling that was so good you could read the title on two DVDs. (catching the sarcasm?) And of course the guy told him no. Our guess is the bag probably ended up in another customer's cart by mistake. Not that big a deal, if the stupid jerks at Target would have given us copies of the stuff we'd bought and proved we bought with our receipt. $20 is like nothing to a huge corporation like Target, but its a lot for some poor customers like us. I don't understand why they wouldn't do their best to treat paying customers like human beings and give us the benefit of the doubt. Instead, they made enemies for life. Even Brian and Anna, who came over in the middle of this unfortunate incident, thought they were being absolutely ridiculous and don't want to shop there either. So, dear Target, I hope your $20 was worth the loss of four paying customers. =P

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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!

Monday, February 15, 2010

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!!