I knew my parents love me!

This post will have a little of this and that, but most importantly the wonderful company of my Rents!  I LOVE that they came to spend time with us!  We didn't do much sight seeing this time.  It was nice just to be and to enjoy their company.  They were sooooo helpful.  Cleaning constantly, cooking, playing with Jada...Isn't family great! :)  It was such a relaxing time and we miss them so much.  Jada adores Grandma & Grandpa.

dane did her hair...haha, looks like a sweatband

havin' some spaghetti...bath time was a little messy

what is this? haha, funny.

Grandma brought Jada some Easter gifts.  Jada LOVES chocolates!

it got a little cold..brrr

let the Easter egg hunt begin!

Dane & I had the Rents judge our eggs and vote for the best ones...ended in a tie, since  Dad voted for the poop looking one thinking it was Dane's, but it was Jada's...so he gave a point to Dane since he really was going to vote for a different one.

She prefers to push the wagon rather than ride

At the Public Museum in Milwaukee

Butterfly Garden in the museum

 Our tulips that we planted in October finally came up!  The crocuses didn't really do that well, but their leaves are still pretty.  Dad wasn't satisfied (he never will be, he is a flower hoarder ;) and planted me some pansies to fill out the empty spaces.  I love them!! I have to stare and smell my flowers every time I walk by.  Jada too, she adores flowers.  I get many compliments as well.  Thanks again DAD! and Birgitta since she helped plant them back in the fall!

 We spend our warm days outside our door, playing in the sand and swinging away.

Heat Wave!

I have been meaning to post this for awhile, but uh, we had a beautifully SHORT Winter this year and had amazing weather starting mid-March (70-80 degrees).  It was amazing.  It since has died down and is chilly again, but it was great while it lasted!  
Jada had to spend every morning for hours outside on our balcony enjoying the air, birds, and sun.  We also decided to go to Port Washington beach...I LOVE IT!  Such a nice day, sand, sun, blue water!  Ahhh, who says you need to live by the ocean, I did!  But now I am perfectly sold and convinced that Lake Michigan is in fact its own ocean ;)

her zoo map

a little of pb&j and sand for lunch..this is the cleaned up version

Boy did she have a hay day with the sand & water!

Matthew, Mom, Birg, Dad..that's the lighthouse we walked out to.

They had these stairs leading down to the beach (which I later found out you can park at the bottom) that I had to climb up holding Jada, chair and big bag full of stuff (she refused to walk on her own... The one time she doesn't like to climb stairs, honestly child).  Being pregnant and sick for months now I hadn't exercised since this moment.  My calves were sore for a week!  Not only sore but so stiff I walked like a mummy for days!  Oh my word, now that was a workout.  Oh and let me add...once we got to the top, Jada jumped out of my arms to go downstairs again...yeah right!!!  Dane didn't believe me when I said stairs...he imagined one flight...oh sure, give me a little more credit than that!

accidental video, i guess.  Here is Jada on the phone for literally 1 second of video.  If she calls you, this is what it usually looks like or she has you held in front of her since you are most likely on speaker.  She likes to roam and chat.

Wisconsin Dells

We started out Dane's Spring Break after he took his Boards Test.  We hope he passes!!  We then took off to Wis Dells-The Waterpark Capitol of the World.  We went last year but to a different resort and had such a great time...we decided to go again.  The Poulsons, Checketts, and Renchers joined us on our trip.  We also met up with the McAffees later (all dental student families from our complex).  We stayed in some condos that Dane's parents got for us for an incredible rate.  It was a blast.  I kept telling Dane that I would swap these condos for what we live in now in a heart beat!  I didn't want to leave.  We had dinner when we arrived and hung out until bed time.  The next day we set out to Kalahari Resort.  We all had such a great time!!  I think the best rides were the water coaster and the toilet bowl flush.  I wish I took more pictures, but really I didn't want to run back and forth to our station to grab and then put away the camera.   

Jada just loved the toddler water slides, and the toddler lazy river

she wanted to push the tubes instead of relax in one

she loved climbing those stairs too and it was several levels of us climbing stairs..ha! workout for me!

feeding the ducks at the condo we stayed at.  She loves animals 

We then went to Chula Vista, another resort, the next day.  I didn't like it as much, and Jada slept most of the time in my arms.  It was still fun to be out.

toddler area

Man I wish I had more pictures!!  Then after we were water parked out (well Dane was) we decided to go shop at the outlets, eat some chicago pizza, and drove home.  I love vacation time!!!

10 Things

I have had nothing to blog about lately since I had lost my camera in between couch cushions for awhile, I have decided to do what my friend did and do a 10 things you may not know about me.  It was so fun to read hers and I learned some fun facts about her.  Here ya go.

1. I apparently tried to kill my husband a couple of nights ago while I was sleeping.  Dane woke up finding it hard to breath... I had placed my hand over his mouth and was pinching his nose slightly.  He threw my hand off of him thinking I was trying to keep him from snoring, but I just rolled myself over oblivious to it all.  Sorry Dane!! I promise I had no idea I was trying to kill you!  He says I watch too many murder mystery shows.

2. I get really super grumpy when I am bored and it is hard to make me happy again if I ever get into a bored funk.

3. I was born with hip dysplasia and had to wear a cast/splint.  My mom said the cast forced me to sleep with my legs in the air and when they had taken it off I continued to sleep with my legs in the air...that's kind of funny.

4. I think it's crazy now but when perms were in I desperately wanted to perm my hair and cut it like Persia White in "Breaker High" Tv show.  What was I thinking?  Me with that hair?  haha.

5. I have seen 1 rated R movie in my life.  I didn't know it was until mid-through, but it was intense and a mystery so I decided to finish it.  I felt bad afterwards.  I prefer edited ones anyways...there was too much swearing and a little too much blood for my taste.  (you guessed it, of course it was a scary movie!)

6. I hate things placed in my face or over my head.  It drives me bonkers!  

7. One of my MOST favorite jobs was working on BYU grounds...except for the early morning snow shoveling in the winter.  And when I say early, I mean EARLY!!  Anywhere from 2:00-4:00 AM...I would get the dreaded call to come into work.  I went days without sleep, especially since I usually stayed up late hanging out!

8. I love to shop for swimming suits and dresses

9. I enjoy to draw human figures.  I took a class in college (my first art class ever and really enjoyed it).  I can't say that I am that great at it, but I really liked it.  It's always nerve wracking for me to start a new drawing because I am afraid it won't turn out, but some how they usually turn out alright.  Shading is the funnest part.  And No, I can't draw faces...that's why they don't have any!

10.  Man, this list was hard to think up...I am getting lazy and here is the last one.  I used to have long long hair.  I couldn't find a better picture, but it actually passed my butt.  It would get tucked into my pants frequently and stuck in chairs.  I wanted it long like Julia Ormond in the "First Knight".  Polynesians were also an inspiration.  I had long hair for a very long time.  My Dad finally told me, look you are starting college and need a change.  CUT YOUR HAIR!!!  Of course I love my Dad and did what he said and cut it to where I thought was short...about my lower back, but it was a big change for me and I love my Dad for it :)

Belly Roll

I have been trying to get this on camera for awhile...it was a self taught trick and my favorite.  Enjoy.

Here is another...just in case you couldn't get enough of it the first time :)

A Few Short Stories

*We have so much fun with this little girl.  She is truly hilarious.  One day I was changing her poop and said, "Oh my word, this stinks so bad." I then wrapped it up and put it in its own personal bag to be thrown away.  Well in this house Jada throws her own diapers away (by choice).  As we were walking to the trash can Jada cuddles her diaper up close and takes one big whiff of that diaper and says, "Mmmm."  and I said, "NO!!!  I said it smells bad not good!  Don't smell it!"  Well she thought this was funny or something and cuddled it up against her face again and took another big smell, "MMM."  she said with content.  Oh my word,  your sense of smell is completely screwy.

*She is so darn cute, I went to get her out of the crib to a nap she never took...I picked her up and she pointed to her diaper and said, "POO".  "Oh" as if I hadn't noticed or smelt it already, "You have poo?  Alright, let's go take care of that."  She continued to tell me and say poo poo and diapers over and over again...I guess she may be in need for some basic potty training skills :)

*She has this baby doll who she has just really began to notice more and pretend it's a baby of her own.  She tries and puts her shoes on the baby and walk her around.  She also loves to swaddle it up in a blanket to rock and shoosh it.  She also just carries her around with or without blanket.  When she left her baby on the couch and took off I told her "your baby is looking for her mom."  Jada immediately came rushing from the kitchen to pick up the baby and hold her tightly.  What?  This girl is so smart! cute :)

*She has really started walking on her own and she hasn't stopped.  Guess what all you Moms out there...I have been LOVING every minute of it!!  She roams wherever she pleases and usually just to roam, I see her walking aimlessly for no purpose other than to walk in circles.  Hilarious, and she does this arm thing when she walks, she slumps her shoulders and keeps them straight at her side and dangles them just a little as she walks.  she looks so goofy.  Let me tell ya, I do find things in random places, like my shoe on the pantry shelf, but nothing beats me not having to be her walking dog anymore! woo hoo!

*She is also a very good helper, she knows how to put things away after using them even without asking.  She really enjoys re-stocking things especially after pulling things out of the fridge.  She also has quite an appetite (sorry Jada, my fault).  She takes me to the same place at the counter at least 5 times a day where we keep the bananas and oranges hoping that I will give into giving her another morsel...she does this with the fridge too, she loves that yogurt and any berry we may have in there.  She even found a yogurt container in the garbage while throwing away her diaper and proceeded to try to take it out...seriously child.  She is also in love with limes and my cucumber/lime/salt that I could eat all day by myself.  We both like to take shots of the leftover lime juice at the bottom of the bowl and sip away...SO GOOD.  It doesn't even faze her, just licks her chops and asks for more :)