Kidney Stones!

This morning Jacob woke up in enormous pain. So I hurried and got dressed and Talmage in his car seat and ready to go! We headed off to Mercy Gilbert E.R. Jacob was in sooooooooo much pain. I felt so bad for him. They gave him TONS of pain meds and finally after a few hours, the pain lessened. After several tests, they discovered he had kidney stones...3 of them! Ouch!! So he's at home for the next few days. 4 medications, Wal-mart runs, Panda Express, and a new dvd, he's feeling a little bit better! But I have a feeling that there's a long, hard, and painful road ahead of him.

My little piano player!

Today we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house (Jacob's parents). They had the cutest little piano. And it actually was a REAL piano but just a lot smaller than usual. It was so cute and just Talmage's size. I knew he would LOVE playing on it! He loves his baby piano and loves to hit the piano keys while I'm teaching piano. SO here are some pics of him playing. He played for a long time and didn't want to leave it. It was so stinkin cute!

My BOY!

Here's my boy! I can't believe he's 7 1/2 months already! I forgot to post some stats about his height and weight at his last doctor's appointment. So here it is:

Weight: 70.3 percentile at 19.3 lbs
Height: 57.3 percentile at 27 in long
Head Circ: 60 percentile at 17.5 in

My Project Transformation!

I'm so excited about this! I bought some outdated gold, brassy, ugly looking lamps at Goodwill. I loved the shape of them, just not the color. I wish I had a before picture but I forgot to put my memory card back in when I took the before picture. Any, you can just use your imagination.
They looked kind of like this lamp's brassy color...but worse!



So, I spray painted them black! And I LOVE LOVE LOVE how they turned out! And they look even better in person with the light on too!

(Sorry about the blurry picture and wierd angle, I'm a horrible photographer!)

I bought the lampshade at Walmart on clearance for $4 a piece. They were normally $15 a piece. Then I bought some ribbon to match our decor for $4 also. I figured out that if I bought the same size lamp base at Walmart, already painted black, it would've cost me $25 a piece!! Crazy! I love saving money! So all in all, I figured out that it cost me $32 for both lamps combined when I would've spent $64 to buy the same look!!

I love it!

Easter Bunny!

Baby's First Easter:

We took Talmage to the Chandler Mall tonight and discovered that the Easter Bunny was there! So Talmage got to meet the Easter Bunny and get his picture taken! We had a picture where he was REALLY smiling but it turned out blurry. maybe I'll post it anyway. Here's the pics from tonight!

7 months old!

I can't believe my baby is 7 months old today! He's getting so big!

Here's his stats:
19.3 lbs
27 in long

Mom Jeans

My post pregnancy booty would look hot in these!

Mom Jeans commercial - kewego
For moms who are not the greatest in shape, this is a commercial showing some different style of jeans that fit them.

Keywords: mom fit trousers shape commercial ad jeans style

Video from idog

Vote for Talmage!

Follow this link and vote for Talmage! I just entered a picture of Talmage into this online baby photo contest. Please come vote for him! Thanks!

https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index.aspx?referid=EmailFriends&p=1235373&x=.JPG

Here's the picture I sent in!

SPRING BREAK!!

So...it's officially Spring Break! Yay! I have a whole week off of school and from teaching piano lessons. That means all I have to do is be a mommy all day! It definately is the life! I had so much time on my hands today, I didn't know what to do! So I cleaned the house, vacuumed, and pretty much did everything to make it spotless. After that, I had no clue what to do. I'm usually always taking advantage of every spare moment I get to finish homework or make breakfast or something. So, I cleaned the car! Yep, every last piece of trash was gone! I even vacuumed! Then I wiped down the inside and filled the tank! I love Spring Break! Things actually get done!

Our Wonderful Anniversary!

Yesterday was our 2 year anniversary. We had so much fun! Talmage was in on the fun too! I'm so glad we didn't get a babysitter for him. Afterall, look at what 2 years has brought us..our little bundle of joy! Talmage was soooo good too!

The day before we got married, I went through the temple for the first time. And afterwards, Jacob gave me a single white rose symbolizing purity. It was so sweet! So this year for our anniversary, the night before, he gave me a dozen white roses! I have the sweetest, most thoughtful and sensitive husband! I love him so much! He also gave me a card that sings, "How Sweet It is to Be Loved By You"!

Well, to start things off, we headed off to Denny's for breakfast. We had a coupon and thought it'd be fun to go out to breakfast. Then, we headed off the Scottsdale Fashion Center. We both had never been there before and thought we go on a little adventure!

Here are some pictures of Jacob and Talmage at the play center inside Scottsdale Fashion. It was so cool! There was a pirates ship where you could climb into it and even steer. And, there were indoor treehouses and even little girl play houses. It was definately the COOLEST play place I had ever seen!






And, we went to Olive Garden for dinner and came home to watch a movie! Thanks Hubby for the best anniversary! I'm so glad you're mine!

Bytheway, since it's our 2 year anniversary, the traditional gift is cotton. This worked out great since Jacob needed some new jeans. So, we got him some cotton!

I got Jacob a card too and his favorite candy...Reeses Pieces..oh ya and some cotton (jeans)!

It's been 2 years...March 10, 2007

Happy 2 yr Anniversary Hubby!


Here's a little flashback...

We first met in September of 2006 at Deseret Book. I had just finished working when my dad offered to take me with him to our favorite store...Deseret Book. I thought, "Oh what the heck, I don't need to change or freshen up...it's not like I'm going to meet anyone important." So...we go to our usual store on Gilbert to get scriptures for my dad which had been stolen. And guess what? They don't have them! We then head off to the Mesa Drive store where...guess who worked there?!

To make a long story short, we met and talked but it took Jacob 3 times of me coming back in the store to actually get my number. And how did he get my number...? Well, he found out I taught piano lessons and wanted to learn. He later told me that he wanted my number and if I didn't seem interested in him, he would take piano lessons...thereby convincing me to like him.

So on October 18, 2007 he called me for the first time.

We went to Jamba Juice the next day on October 19, 2007.

And then the Phoenix Zoo the day after that on October 20, 2007.

At the end of January, we decided we were getting married! He "officially" proposed during our engagement pictures at the beginning of February.

We were married March 10, 2007 and life has never been better!


I love you hubba bubba!

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