Spring Break day 1

I am on spring break this week and I certainly need a break after the month of March!  I loved my day with Emily today.  It was so sweet!  Auntie Kristi came over and brought cousin Lexi to play with Emily.  Emily was taking her nap when they got there so it was more like I got to play with Lexi.  Lexi has used a "night-night" as her pacifier since she was a baby.  So, anytime she hears another baby cry, she thinks they need their night-night.  Emily woke up a couple of times crying during her nap and Lexi was quick to go to the door with a night-night.  It was time for Emily to wake up from her nap so I asked Lexi if she wanted to help me wake her up.  I took this video and wanted to share it with you.  Lexi is so sweet to her little cousin. (I don't know why it is showing up all black, but press the play button and it will show.)

Space Mountain makes me smile

So, Brian and I decided to take Emily to Disneyland after church today.  My mom and dad met us up there a couple hours later and my dad offered to watch Emily so that we could ride a ride together.  So, Brian, my mom and me all endured the 45 minute wait for Space Mountain and I gotta tell you it was worth it!  I haven't been on that ride for over a year because of being preggers and all.  It made me chuckle all the way through it.  Thanks Dad!  I really needed that!

Love and Hate Relationship

So, I love me some In N Out---problem is I have a love/hate relationship with it.  I love to have it Animal Style, which is of course, double the sauce.  Problem is, I am allergic to eggs.  I can't really eat anything with egg as the main ingredient without paying for it later.  I do NOT eat mayonnaise---except the sauce at In N Out.  So, I know that if I eat there---I WILL be sick for the rest of the day---that's the hate part.  So, I love In N Out, I hate the effects of the sauce, and I love Emetrol---and by "love" I mean, it allows me to stay vertical.  Just thought I would share...

IT'S APRIL!!!

I have never been so excited to be in the month of April in all of my life!  March 2008, not my most favorite month.  I can't believe how much work I have done at home and at work!  I am pooped, but hey, IT'S APRIL!!!!! 

 

We moved into our new place on Saturday.  Well, I guess technically we started on Friday.  We moved our kitchen in Friday night to help with the time.  I am so glad that we moved because I was really starting to feel like the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy and Ricky have to move into Fred and Ethel's place.  I remember watching that episode as a kid thinking it would be fun to have a maze of boxes to walk through---yeah, not so much fun in real life!  So, I'll have pictures eventually, but right now it's just too messy with boxes and things all over the place.  Special shout out to Benjamin, Alyse, Marie, Shannon, Holly, Cory and my mom and dad for helping us move on Saturday.  We truly could not have done it without you guys!  

My big work night was last night.  I worked on planning the event for about 2 months.  It was nice to see approximately 1,000 people come to the evening that I was in charge of.  I worked a 13 hour day yesterday, which was horrible because I barely got to see Emily, but IT'S APRIL!!!

These pictures are random Emily photos that we took last week, but I thought I would add some pics since it has been awhile

It may not come as a surprise

but I can be pretty emotional at times.  I used to think of it as a bad thing---I guess I still don't love to cry in front of others--it can be embarrassing, but I seem to cry most often in the midst of worship.  Last week while I was sitting in church, we were instructed to be seated.  While the next song began, I couldn't help but notice a lady get up from her seat, stand all alone, with her arms completed extended in the air.  I was sitting by people I didn't know---I am sure they thought that something was wrong with me because I was moved by this woman's actions.  I was fighting the tears back.  She didn't care what anyone else thought about her---it's funny---her actions actually took me to a deeper time of worship.  

I have had a rough week---and I know that I have a couple more rough weeks ahead.  The month of March is always busy for me, but this March----well, it seems like there is way too much more going on for me.  I am STRESSED!  No other word to describe what is going on.  Brian and I both have huge projects due for work on the 31st---we're moving the 29th---Emily isn't sleeping well--which means we aren't sleeping well---which might explain the above statement that I am emotional....

So, this morning, we sang "Blessed be Your Name."  For some reason, I got completely choked up when we got to the chorus---"Every blessing you pour out, I'll turn back to praise.  When the darkness closes in Lord, still I will say---Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be Your Name."  Have you ever felt like maybe you take for granted the blessings that God has poured out?  I think it is easier for me to remind him of the things he hasn't done for me than remembering the things he has done---why is that?  I don't know why my eyes were finally opened up to that this morning, but they were!  

The second time I lost it this morning, was during communion.  Matthew 11:28 was up on the screen, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."  Being that I wrote a blog this morning at 5 something complaining about being tired, I couldn't help but feel encouraged at that moment.   I can't explain it---but I know that God wanted to bless me this morning---and because of that---I am grateful.  I hope you can be encouraged too!

I just thought I would share...

I am not a morning person.  It isn't that I like to sleep in late, but I would like to sleep past 4.  My daughter loves the mornings.  She wakes us up every morning around 3---we give her her pacifier, which usually buys us time until a little after 4.  She will then sleep on an off for about an hour, but let's face it---once she makes that peep after 4, Brian and I are up.  I guess it isn't all bad, we do get some chores done---i.e.---laundry at 5---never thought I would be doing that.  Why is 4 so bad?  Well, I have to be at work at 7:00--if she slept until 5, I could deal, but at this point, I think I am running on fumes.  So, if you see me and I look like I just rolled out of bed---I did.

4 month check up

Brian and I took Emily in for her 4 month check up.  All is well.  She weighs 12 lbs. 13 oz (although she ate right before her visit, so she might actually be a little less) and she is 25 1/2 inches long.  She took the shots like a champ today---although her mommy was a little on the queasy side.  It just is not any fun to watch that happen!  We have swaddled our little girl since the day she was born and we were told today that it might be time to start letting go of the swaddle.  WHAT???  Is she really growing up?  

I guess we need to let go of the swaddle because she is forfeiting her naps during daycare this week---not good for poor Linda.  It breaks my heart to know that my kid is the one disrupting everyone's naps!  Oh, what to do!  I don't know how to make her sleep.  Linda thinks maybe she needs more food, but I don't think I can get anymore out!  She isn't upset when she gets up---she just wants to hang out.  Our doctor thinks she may have already learned the art of manipulation---GREAT! ! Brian and I are in for some fun!  He also thinks that it is all related to the teething process, we'll see.  Still no teeth!  

Speaking of forfeiting naps.  She just got 30 minutes in---decided she wanted to be awake, so I should go and make funny faces at her to make her smile.