So Pretty..

Photo by Blush Photography....

www.blushbybk.com

Is it just me??

Ah the Bad Girls Club... Somehow I always manage to get sucked back into watching this show. Is it just me or does it feel like this show is a prequel to several other shows? I see a future for these girls: Real Chance at Love, Rock of Love, For the Love of Ray J; and that's only the dating shows!! There's also Celebrity Rehab, Intervention and possibly, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Although that last one is quite a stretch..

The highlight of this season so far for me was when the girl some other girl referred to as 'Jay Leno Chin,' (HA!) made fun of two other girls for having eating disorders after falling down drunk and telling EVERYONE within a ten mile radius that she owns LA or runs it or something... I can't remember. I was to busy laughing at them for calling her Jay Leno Chin. Anyhoodily, it's maybe the funniest show on TV right now next to Jersey Shore.. And if you haven't watched that, you have not lived.

I'm saving that for another time... The Jaime and Amanda Talk About Celebrity Lives Blog.. COMING SOON!

Flower Girl

Thanks for the photo, Mandy!! You are the best!

Little Bee..

Emma is excited for Halloween!!!

Well, I'm fresh out of pictures today! I'll post some new ones tomorrow...

In the meantime, here is a list of my newest obsessions.

http://www.postsecret.com

I check this website every monday for the Sunday Secrets... Some are shocking, some sad, some inspriational, some HILARIOUS. But all of them are riveting! I'm hooked and I can't wait to buy the book. Right after I get a coffee table. Which will be right after I get a house.

http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/

These letters are the story of my life! I know Emma will have lots of material on me someday and hopefully she'll write a book or something. HA!

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

I love it! I look for Cake Wrecks every time I go to the store. :)

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!

...Thank You Notes...

It's Emma's Birthday Eve and I'm oh so thankful for....

31. Light FM 100.3. I listen to it at work and imagine myself karaoke-ing all the songs.

32. Amie repeatedly telling people at church that it was "beautiful as a whore's ass outside," and thinking they were offended because she said 'whore.'

33. Owen Aitken! He is so cute and he didn't punch Emma in the face when she pinched him three times.

34. Mexican food!

35. That Jordyn Sparks song, Battlefield. Because it always gets stuck in my head and because I have to confess that I secretly like it.. "Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield?! Better go and get your armor!" HAhahahaa. I don't know why but I love it!

I have to confess that I'm sad that no one has put on their gratitude hats... Have you people nothing to be thankful for?

This is what it has come to...

Everyone knows that I'm terrified of the dark.. I don't know why but I always have been. Yet for some reason, I can't stop myself from watching ghost shows!! I watch all of them; the one I'm addicted to now is Medium. I watch it every day because it's on Lifetime now, which is how I discover most of my favorite shows.

Anyways, ever since I started watching Medium I have developed this irrational fear that I might actually be a medium, or that I'm going to wake up and discover that I have become one over night. I wake up from every little sound and force myself to look around the room, in case there is a lonely soul there reaching out to me. I'm afraid that if there ever is anyone there, I will do what I do when I see Matt in the middle of the night and mistake him for a ghost, which is to make this horrible crying noise and throw the blanket over my head. And come on people, we all know that blankets are a magical barrier against anything even remotely scary.. You know that you've slept with your blanket pulled all the way up to your chin, sweating to death from fear, but you can't bring yourself to take the blanket off. Magical barrier. Problem solved.

Back to the story, I may be a medium.. Probably not because I think I would know by now but still... Last night I watched Medium and then I was too scared to turn the TV off so I watched Unwrapped, that show on Food Network about how they make treats. It was about salt water taffy and jellybeans. My dreams were about candy and ghosts. It was insanity!

If you think I'm crazy, I dare you to think about whether or not you could possibly be a medium tonight, when you're lying in your bed in the dark and it's quiet... Maybe, just maybe, someone will whisper your name. Maybe not but now you'll think about it and wonder, and probably be scared like me.

I can't wait to go home and watch Medium. :)

...Thank You Notes...

Hey world,

Thanks for...

26. SNOW! :)

27. My Autumn Ferns that have now passed on.. I will miss you but I'll always cherish that week and a half we had together.

28. Old friends..

29. Halloween socks! (I'm wearing a pair right now!)

30. Scented pinecones.. My office smells delicious!!

Picture of the day...

Another candid wedding photo. :) I keep stealing them from Tiffany's Facebook because I still haven't heard from my photographer.




Me, Tiffany and Matt!! 9/19/09

Oh my...

The Twilight Mall Tour is coming to UTAH!! November 14, 2009 at Fashion Place.



I'm scared!


http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/exclusive-summit-to-market-twilight-saga-new-moon-with-15-city-cast-tour/#

...Thank You Notes...

Today I'm grateful for....

21. the fact that Emma is walking; which means she doesn't try to eat everything she finds on the floor. Hahaha.

22. Facebook not being an A-hole today.. My whole farm withered over the weekend and I had to rebuild from nothing, people!

23. Sweater weather.. My fat arms are hidden from sight!

24. My crazy dreams.. They provide entertainment for everyone!

25. The MTV show "Made." But not the ones when the bratty girls get made into something cool.. I like when the nerds get made into something. Because really, isn't that the story of my life?? Or maybe I just wish it were... I'm still a nerd!

Halloweeeeeeeeeeennnnnnn....

Michael and Mandy have a Halloween Party every year. Every year except this one. I think they forgot that last year I was nine months pregnant and just had to watch everyone else have fun.. Part of the reason I had to watch rather than participate was because I made the mistake of sitting in their chair and reclining it so my feet were up and I got stuck.. All the drunkards walked by and waved while I sat there.. Hahaha. SO, Mandy and I decided that 2009 would be our year at the Halloween Party. Thanks for canceling our year, guys!

Today I'm trying something a little different; a slideshow. I don't know how it will turn out but I'm damn sick of the blogger picture uploader. Hopelfully this works!!

Here are the highlights of last year. I'm posting two pictures of me from before the party.. You'll see why. :)

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...Thank You Notes...

Thanks for the day...

16. Emma's evil cackle laugh.. It is so funny!! I take her to the store and we walk past someone and she does this evil laugh right when we pass them. We get weird looks everywhere we go!

17. Billie Holiday... She conveys so much emotion in her voice, it seeps into your soul.

18. My job; first, that I have one and second, that business is still good, despite the economy.

19. Wedding Cake!! We need to have a wedding cake party. :)

20. Halloween shows. Even though I have nightmares! Hahahaha!

Some wedding stuff, thanks Tiff!

The dress....

...Thank You Notes...

I'm so thankful for...

11. Christmas shopping!

12. Salt City Candles.

13. being a mom. I'm so blessed.

14. Matt's sense of humor.. He is so funny!

15. Reuniting with old friends. :)

Picture of the day...

Another engagement...

Everyone has probably seen this picture a thousand times but it's one of my faves...

Hopefully I'll get some wedding pics back soon so I'll have something new to post. :)

...Thank You Notes...

Today I'm thankful for....

6. The first cup of coffee in the morning.

7. Autumn!!

8. Red Vines. (Thanks Joey!)

9. My brother-in-law's inspirational daily quotes.

10. My neice and nephew... They light up my life!

What are you thankful for today?

...Thank You Notes...

I am STILL in the process of writing my Thank You notes from the wedding.. It is a work in progress, to say the least...

While I've been writing them, I find myself thinking of how blessed Matt and I are to have so many amazing people in our lives. It got me thinking, why just be thankful when something is given to you? Why not be grateful everyday?

So these are my Thank You Notes to the world.. Everyday, I'm going to list five things I'm glad to have in my life. Five DIFFERENT things everyday.

Day One!!

1. My Husband Matt, and our beautiful baby Emma.. (I know it's two but they come as a package)

2. My mom, dad and brother..

3. My new Fam-In-Law!!! They're the best!

4. My puppies Buster and Bailey..

5. ALL of my amazing friends. :)

What are you thankful for today????

W O W

I can't believe it has been a whole year... On October 29th, my little Lulu will be a year old.. ONE WHOLE YEAR. I swear I just had her about two weeks ago but whatever! She is the sweetest baby... I know I'm the luckiest person in the world to have been blessed with such an amazing daughter. She inspires me everyday with her loving spirit, her open heart and her ever present smile.. She is the BEST thing that has ever happened to me and I love her more than I could ever put into words....

This was then... (Victoria Lynn Photography www.hollywood-fx.com)

























This is now... And yes, it is from my phone.. I suck, I'm sorry.

Little baby sleepy head!

I don't have any wedding pics yet...

So here's another engagement!! The wedding was awesome! Except for when Emma got sick and we had to send her home. But other than that, it was a blast!!

I feel so blessed to have such a great family and friends.. It was a beautiful day!

Love this one... All photos by Blush Photography

www.blushbybk.com

Wedding!!

Click on the pictures to view them in a larger format...

10 days til the wedding!!

Once the wedding is over with, I'll have more time to update this biotch. Still haven't found my USB cord, but what can ya do?

Until then, here is an awesome pic from our engagements session... Photo by Blush Photography. http://www.blushbybk.com/

When you have a ten month old, everyday you feel like you inadvertently signed up for Wrestle Mania 2009. After a day of running after a crawling baby yelling NO ten thousand times, snatching things out of their hands a split second before they put it into their mouth, fending off tantrums and changing eight million diapers, you find yourself needing your own nap time.

My favorite part of the day is when Emma is sleeping. Because while I enjoy playing with her and watching all the hilarious things she does on a daily basis, when she sleeps, she lets me hold her and cuddle her. The rest of the time, she spends her day trying to find an escape route.

She was only three months old in this picture and My friend Vicki took it. Victoria Lynn Photography. And it is beautiful...

Thank goodness for Mandy! She has her shit together, unlike me. So here's a pic from San Diego! This was taken right before Shamu came out. Emma LOVED it!! She was yelling, clapping, laughing.... Until he splashed us. Then, she cried.

Back from SD!!!

Sadly I can't find my camera USP cord, so no updates til I find that biotch....

I leave you with a link to my new favorite website; www.passiveaggressivenotes.com

Pause.... For one week.

San Diego, HERE WE COME!!

We're going to spend a week in sunny San Diego!!! I will update with lots of new pics when we get back.

Until then, here's a photo of my blue eyed baby!! If I hadn't carried her in my own belly, I'd request a paternity test. She is too cute!

Ah, Boyfriend....

Emma is in love with her Uncle Michael and I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual....

Cabria Maria...

Picture it.... June 2008 at one of Trace's golf tournaments. I was pregnant at the time and I was constantly trying not to pee my pants from laughing at all the things Miss Cabria said...

One of the funniest was when she yelled across the room that you could only go to school if you poop in the big girl potty. She then looked directly at a red-faced Trace and proceeded to yell, "Bobo poops in the big girl potty, don't you Bobo?" For all of his golfing colleagues to hear.

Later, she answered a fake phone call and said, "Oh hello Hannah Montana.......... No, I can't come to your concert tonight.... No, my mom won't let me....... I don't know why.... Ok bye bye.:"

This video isn't the best quality because it was taken on my cell phone but it's so funny and cute!!!

If I could scream, I would.

The post I did on Cabria's School of Photography has continued to infuriate and humiliate me over the past few days. It has absolutely refused to cooperate and post the pictures in the way I would like...

I have decided to give up on it entirely. It looks like crap. And I don't care anymore...

Also, what the hell Pandora.com?? Best internet radio site, HANDS DOWN and now they're charging?! It ruined my whole week... I'll probably subscribe though, just because I love that damn site so much. UNLESS someone can recommend another site??? It has to be comparable though. None of this finetune.com BS...

Let's go fly a kite!!!

Famous last words... "Uncle Matt, I'm begging you!"

Somehow Cabria talked Matt and Joey into flying her Hannah Montana kite for her. Really, I think they had more fun than she did!

What do you think?

I'll just play with this while you do all the work, Uncle Joey....


Wait a minute! Why is my kite down?!


I look like I'm helping...


When is it my turn to fly it?!


I'll just dance around til you're ready to let me fly the kite.


(As Cabria has said to me, I can still see your butt crack!)


FINALLY!


So much fun with Uncle Matt!


Oh, hello Hannah Montana!

PS...

Is it just me or is Jacob looking particularly scrumptious in the New Moon promos? All this movie business is making me Team Jacob...

Don't worry though, Edward is still the love of my Vampire Life!

EmmaLooLooooooo

Matt sent me this picture a few months ago when he was getting ready to take Emma to my mom's house. Doesn't she look so happy??? What a sweet baby girl!! She looks like a smiling little angel......

As soon as he got done taking the picture, Emma started tooting.

My baby...

It is a sad sad day in the neighborhood... EmmaLooHoo is nine months old today. It's hard to believe the three quarters of the year have passed by since she came into the world. I know every parent says this but I just can't help myself, I WISH I COULD FREEZE TIME. I wish I could have every moment with my baby girl five times instead of just once. I wish we had cameras rolling 24/7 so that I could re-live each and every minute whenever I wanted...

This picture was taken when Emma was only four weeks old. She had just started smiling in response to our smiles and it was so exciting!! Before the smiles, all she did was sleep, eat, poop, and cry. I thought that was tough times.... HA! Now I can barely keep up with her! Matt and I are constantly running after her. She laughs and laughs and yells and screams and does whatever she feels like. I love her more than anything in the world..

A Pic A Day: Miss Cabria's School of Photography!

A Pic A Day...

I never update my blog anymore, mostly because I'm fresh out of time these days. I decided that I will update once a day everyday with a photo. Even if it's not necessarily a current photo, at least it's something.

SO! This is day one of A Pic A Day... My first addition is of Emma when she was just a little bean in my belly. She was so cute! Even before she was fully formed..




I can honestly say that seeing her like this for the first time during my pregnancy was the most amazing moment of my life up to that point. I think the only thing that tops it, even now, was when she was born. But at this amazing moment, I was 13 weeks and 2 days pregnant. We didn't even know she was a 'she' yet!! But as you can see, she looks just like a real baby!!





Throwing up a 'Peace' sign.. HA!















She's huge now, don't let these photos mislead you.

NO SPOILERS PLEASE...

I'm now officially a Twilighter. Twilightee?? I don't know what we call ourselves as I haven't belonged to this secret club for long... All I know is I ask every person I meet if they've read the Twilight Series. We should have some kind of a handshake for these encounters. It makes sense to me!

First of all, I should say that I read the first book Twililght in two days. LOVED. IT. Wish I'd lived it. Couldn't get enough. I then read New Moon in one afternoon. I thought it was a better read than the first book but it wasn't as intense and exciting... In the first one, I was practically foaming at the mouth anticipating what would happen with Bella and Edward. I loved the second one, I just missed Edward and the true love cheesy stuff.

I don't want to talk about it beyond that point because I just started the third book, Eclipse. I don't want to know anything so don't tell me...

So far, I am Team Edward. And can I just say that I am OBSESSED with these books? It feels like I just joined this super secret organization and I need to talk to every person that belongs to it as much as possible.. My co-worker, Jessica, and I talk about it ALL THE LIVE LONG DAY.

I also find myself compelled to spread the word about these books. I really feel like people who haven't read them are missing a vital piece of life! I want them to experience the same joy that I have felt over the past week and I want them to call me and talk about it because they are now part of the club.

I'm currently researching Twilightee license plate frames. This is not a joke.

PS.. I didn't like the movie very much.. I was quite upset by the fact that there was not more interaction not too mention CHEMISTRY between Bella and Edward. Very disappointing.

Can't take my eyes off of her....

Here's another of those milestones I was telling you about... Emma decided she was going to start crawling Friday evening. The problem is, she does not care one ounce about crawling. In fact, she doesn't care much about anything except standing up... That's right I said STANDING. If you're thinking, WTF? (Or WTH? for those of you that don't think F) Don't be alarmed, I thought the same thing.

I'm medium sure her only goal in life is to escape. Why I seem to have that affect on living things in my care I will never know... I'm pretty sure Buster is thinking the same thing as Emma. "Wait til mom is not looking, then run for your life!" I don't know why but it makes me sad.

She crawls to whatever she thinks she can climb and then she stands up with a triumphant smile on her little face.

Watch til she finally gets to standing and then you'll get a special treat. :)

"The most smartest."

Emma is now the patty cake champion of America! Or at least of our house... I never thought I'd be so excited to see a baby clap.

This is one of four milestones she hit between Friday, June 12, and Monday, June 15. I will be doing an entire post on that this week. It will be a tear jerker!

Enjoy!

Irritated much?

I like to think that I am a laid back person.. I try not to let stupid things get to me but there are certain situations that all but force me to draw a line in the sand.

In my opinion, IF you are not under the age of 19, in a fraternity, participating in a sport, or paling around with your old college buddies, THEN you are no longer allowed to go solely by your last name.

Really, who does that? You can't really go into a professional setting and expect anyone to take you seriously when you introduce yourself as 'Just call me Anderson.' Don't those people know they're supposed to have first names?

It's happening...

I'm giving in to peer pressure and all the ridiculous hype. This is not like me at all... I can honestly say that I have never owned (and never will) any of those ridiculous pointy-toed shoes. Witch Walkers, I call them. I swear that those should be reserved for witches only! Witches would go nuts over those shoes!! They are down right HIDEOUS. Only wear them if you want your feet to look a minimum of three inches longer than they actually are or if you want to be the object of some poor witches obsession.

Anywho... Back to the task at hand, I'm going to read the damn Twilight series. I've been holding my own for quite a while now but I'm finding myself enthralled with the Twilight hoopla.. Teen sensations are not anything new to me. I often reminisce of many a sleepless night spent participating in what my friends and I called *NSYNC-Up-All-Night-Marathons. (Haley Ridd) I am proud to say that I am still a Britney fan. I waited and WAITED for her comeback and I was so happy that she did it! I knew she had it in her... I still listen to New Kids on the Block and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation is a regular on my playlist. I'll always hold a candle for Michael Jackson, the true king of pop! He wrote Thriller, people... Thriller.

So now, it's on to something current for me.. The newest of the teen/tween sensations. I happened upon the trailer for New Moon while I was watching the MTV Movie Awards... It caught my eye, as did that Edward guy. I didn't think he was all that stunning in Harry Potter (that is the same kid, right?) but his charisma looked me right in the eye and stared me down hard on that awards show... So mostly, I'm reading the books in the anticipation of watching the heart throb in the movie. I'll be happy to say that I'll no longer be living in the 90's. I'll put the days of 3T, Jonathon Taylor Thomas and Andrew Keegan behind me and try on the Twilight Books.

Anyone want to share their opinions with me??

I'll post my reviews when I get to that point...

I really don't know clouds at all...

When does it end??

It seems that all I do anymore is work. And when I'm not working, I'm worrying about work. It seems so wrong!!

I have this beautiful little girl at home growing up right before my eyes and the days just fly right past me! Every time I look at her, she's a little bit older; a little bit wiser. She sits up by herself, stands up whenever she can grab onto anything sturdy enough to support her weight.. Tomorrow she'll be running away from me. The day after that, I'll be helping her plan her wedding.

It is so crazy and sad and happy all at the same time! I would give anything to be able to stay home with Emma and watch her grow. It seems that I'm always looking for time to do things. Squeeze this in here and that over there... When can I work out? Can I meet my friends for dinner, since I haven't seen them in months? Can I work at least an hour overtime to meet a deadline?? There is never enough time!

So, maybe my house isn't spotless. And no, it's still not up for sale, even though we've been trying to do that for MONTHS upon months. No, I do not have even close to what would be considered the perfect body, and yes, we do eat fast food.. I don't have time to make my own wedding invitations, floral arrangements, center pieces, or dessert trays. No, I didn't send out many "Thank You" cards for my baby shower; and on any given day, you will find me lacking in either the hair or make up department. I don't have new clothes or shoes and I don't have matching towels in my kitchen or bathroom. And you know what? I DON'T CARE.

I spend each and every spare second I can find looking at my baby and laughing with her. It breaks my heart that I can't spend every waking moment with her watching her develop... She is becoming a little person and I miss out on that for nine hours every day while I work and commute.. It's not fair! I don't have a perfect house. I'm not a perfect house wife. I don't spend my time crying over spilled milk and wondering if all the labels on my canned goods are facing forward. I worry that my daughter is going to speak for the first time while I'm in a meeting. Or if she'll walk for the first time minutes before I arrive to pick her up. I tell my mom, who watches her, "Don't let her do that when I'm not there! I don't care if that's a milestone or not, she has to wait til I'm there!"

It's not really fair that you have to be pregnant for what seems like a lifetime and by the time the epidural wears off, you're walking your baby to school for their first day of Kindergarten..

I'm forever blowing bubbles.....

Bubbles.. What could be more fun than bubbles???

Cabria insisted that we go outside and blow bubbles on Easter Sunday. She even talked Uncle Joey into taking Trace's bubbles so that they could each have their own bottle.

Then she poured her bottle out and told Uncle Joey, "Now we have to share."

Then she poured out that bottle as well.

And that was the end of the Easter Bubbles.