Valentines Day

I know, I know... but better late than never, eh? This valentines day was pretty cool. It was like any ordinary day in that Jason went to work and I did my usual things. I knew something was coming for me, though. I kept waiting and waiting and acting like I didn't care. Then around 4 a delivery man came to the door. He brought Katelyn and I a box from the PajamaGram company. Inside was some pajamas for me and some pajamas for Katelyn. I didn't take a picture of Kate's, but this is what mine looked like:

It came in this cute little hat box withe a little potpurri bag for your drawers and a DO NOT DISTURB sign. The pajamas themselves looked like this:

Yeah, I know- my husband is cute, right? Katelyns came in her own little box with a stuffed puppy and a note from daddy. She was so excited and kept saying, "prize" all day. As in "surprise" because I told her that daddy sent us a surprise. He also came home with 8 of those red velvet cupcakes from the cupcakery that I heart so bad. He is amazing. Guess what he got from me? A card. A CARD!!!

Bag Tag and My Life as Is

Well. I guess I have been "bagged tagged."

The Rules...

1. Take a picture of your bag
2. Show a picture of ALL the contents in your bag... NO CLEANING OUT FIRST!!!!
3. "Bag Tag" five people

Heres what's in my deceptively small bag: George Strait concert ticket, Phantom ticket and program, tithing slip and envelope, bag o' goldfish, delicious 5 gum, random papers, candy wrappers ( i go to the movies alot), checkbook, wallet, coughdrops, change, random receipts, and a condom. I feel compelled to explain. My daughter found this prophylactic and brought it to me and my purse was the first place I thought to hide it. I am not some wierdo that has trysts that I need to be prepared for-although maybe I should.

I suck at this

Yeah, I really do. Just a quick note and I really will try to post more later. I had hopes to do a good long one all decked out with pictures today, but my daughter ended up in the E.R. this morning. She is having her respiratory issues that she frequently has. She is fine, but spending 6 hours in the hospital isn't fun and Jason had to deal with it himself (I had to teach YW, which I didn't end up doing). She got a breathing treatment and some chest x-rays and they pretty much told us to wait it out and that it was viral. They sent her home with a prescription that, naturally, tastes like caca and she is not willing to take. She is not herself and that stinks for us. Also, I went to see George Strait last night and it was soo fun. He is great. Josh Turner opened. Yummy. He was awesome, too. I shall try more later when I am not completely exhausted.

Sick, Sick, Sick

This will be a short(ish) post. I have been sick. So sick. Sick enough to want to die. Not a joke. I got this cold thing right after my birthday, but it quickly ran its course and went away. This past Tuesday I woke up and felt a tightness and congestion in my chest. It was more annoying than anything. By evening, it was bad. Wednesday, my sweet sister in law took Katelyn out of the house for a few hours so I could rest. That night I took some Nyquil and hoped some good sleep would do it. The next morning I felt worse. I don't know how, but it was awful. Again, Karalee took Kate for me and I went to the quick care. Let me just say that I am not really sure why it is called quick care. It is neither quick nor caring. I waited 3 hours to be seen and was diagnosed in about 4 seconds. Early bronchitis. Antibiotics and nose spray. As a side note: while I was waiting to be seen I was watching the front desk crew in amazement. It was like an episode of "the offfice" only not even a little bit funny. Just annoying. The women were gossipping, brushing eachothers hair, and clipping coupons. The one male at the desk thought it was his duty to have playful banter with the dude next to me about scooby doo, the mystery machine and hippies(the scooby doo movie was on). I wanted both of them to take a long trip in that stupid mystery machine and never come back. Friday was by far my worst day. I was nauseated and just so sick. My little niece Tyler had gotten it by then and I felt really bad. Yesterday was Saturday and I was feeling better, but Katelyn woke up with a temperature of 102. We were bummed because my dads company has a luxury box at the Orleans and my friend Eliza was going to take Kate to see Princesses on Ice with the rest of my family. That didn't happen. So here we are on Sunday and I have to say that I am starting to feel much better. Katelyn just had a breathing treatment and seems to be perking up. Hopefully this week will be better and I will take more pictures and have a much happier blog entry. Thanks to everyone who continually checked on me and make me feel loved.

My baby is a star!!!

Ok, so my baby was on Regis and Kelly today!! A couple of weeks ago, I entered her into their Beautiful Baby Search. I hadn't read the rules so I didn't realize that the picture I sent was too old. I haven't thought much about it since then. I usually watch just their host chat in the mornings, but today I didn't. My mom called me and said that her friends daughter saw Katelyn on the show. Of course, the one time I don't watch it. If any one has interest in seeing it, you can watch it on their website: liveregisandkelly.com and click on videos and go to todays chat (fri the 11th). If you don't want to listen to their blabber, you can fast forward. It is about 13:30 in. The picture is the one I have on facebook, which most of you have already seen. But, check it out if you want. And also, I sooo am not like a stage mother. She won't be in pageants or anything like that.

Christmas 2007, Happy Birthday, and Edward Freaking Cullen

So, yeah. I stink at keeping this up to date. Legit. Anyway, I thought I ought to report on Christmas and include some pictures. This is going to be a long entry, so if you skip to just the pictures, I won't be offended.

Christmas was crazy this year. On Christmas Eve, Jason was working and I finished some last minute shopping. Wal-mart was pleasantly uncrowded that day and many cashiers were working. Anyway, I got everything wrapped and ready to go. Jason didn't end up leaving work until 1pm, which created all kinds of drama for me, but thats another story. Anywho, we headed over to my moms first. Our family does Christmas eve early since my oldest brother lives in Overton and they usually travel to St. Goerge anyhow. Well, the food was delish as usual. My mom and dad made the traditional enchiladas. They were off the hook, if you will. The house was full of kids and chaos and I loved every second of it. After we ate, the grandkids exchanged gifts, which is our new tradition. Katelyn drew Joe. She got him a book he really wanted. Andrew got Katelyn. He gave her a doctor kit. She loves it and plays it every day. After that, we put kate in her pajamas and headed over to Jays grandmas house. More food, more presents, more fun. Every year, they have everyone bring a different soup. I enjoyed my mother in law's taco soup. It is her specialty and this year it didn't dissapoint. After our gift exchange (during which Jason got an xbox 360), we all went and looked at some really elaborate Christmas lights. They were rad. We then headed back over to my moms to spend the night and wait for the big guy. Katelyn doesn't usually sleep well outside of her crib, and this was no exception. She woke up at 2am and 4am and just cried. My parents were right next to her room- oops. Well about 7am we woke up and went downstairs and Santa had come!! We only took pictures of Kate...











Christmas day was pretty much just a veg out day after that.



My birthday is on New Years Day. It's never really been that exciting. It's right after Christmas, so everyone is tired and busy and poor. I don't really care, I am old now. About a month ago, though, I made a list of a few small things I wanted and my sweet husband made sure I got all of them. First, I GOT TO SLEEP IN!!!! It was amazing. When I woke up my baby girl said "Happy Day". It was awesome. I got my annual birtday bubble bath and instead of my usual sparkling cider, Jason made me pomegranate lemonade. It was fabulous. After that I went and had sushi with my mom and sisters and Liza and Chelsa. It was sooo good. My mom and some of my sisters and Liza DO NOT do sushi. They came and were good sports and ordered other items. I appreciated it. I ordered my favorite roll, the Viva Las Vegas roll. It is comprised of crab, spicy tuna and cream cheese. It is the celestial kingdom in my mouth. Lunch was great.I also got a pedicure. It was a great day.



So, on to the last bit of this uber long post. Jason got me the Twilight book series for Christmas. I made fun of Natalie and Eliza for getting so into those "dumb vampire books". That is, until I partook of their goodness. I LOVE those books. With a love that is deeper than love. Edward has become an integral part of my every day life and I am not ashamed to admit that I am both in love with and obsessed with him. If you have not read those books, I highly recommend picking them up, they are so choice. My sisters are all now reading them and are in love with him as well. I can't wait for the movie and I am thrilled with the casting thus far.



Well, if you made throught this entry, you might not have a life. Just kidding. I appreciate it. And I enjoy feedback, so keep the comments coming. I love all of you a lot.

Merry Christmas!

Okay, not that many people read this, but I must apologize. I have been most remiss in updating this. And also, these are the pictures on our Christmas cards(which I still haven't sent) so I apologize for the repeat. I have had a busy month and we are entering the REALLY busy point. I am not really sure where to start. Katelyn, I guess.

She is her usual cute self. She has learned so many words in the last few weeks. She can count to 6, although she usually just goes right to 4,5,6. She can say her own name and constantly says "fox", which sounds like something else. Today she asked my sister Erin, "where's Andrew at?". She is so smart. Certainly didn't get it from me. We had a couple of minor disasters this week. On Sunday she and daddy were playing "headbutt". She headbutted daddy a little too low and way too hard and hit him in the front teeth. She has a goose egg and he got a fat lip. Speaking of fat lips, we were watching Erin's kids today and she leaned too hard against the gate at the top of the stairs. It fell and so did she. She rode it, sleigh-like, down the stairs, but hit her lip pretty good. If she didn't have that gate to break her fall she could have been seriously injured. I swear someone will call CPS on us soon. She always has bruises on her head and face. Anyway, she is so fun and we are enjoying getting her Christmas gifts wrapped and telling her about Santa coming. I love her.

Jason is enjoying school being out for the next month. He got straight A's again this semester, so he is maintaining a very high average. I just realized that this is sounding like a christmas letter. Well, it kind of is. I don't ever write those, so there we have it. We went to his company Christmas party on Saturday and really enjoyed ourselves. The shrimp was delicious. Well, at least I thought so.

I have enjoyed the past couple weeks with the service we do in Young Womens. Last Thursday we went to St. Vincents and served dinner to the homeless. It was an amazing experience. I won't lie, I never look forward to it because I hate being out of my comfort zone. The youth were such good examples to me. They had perfect love for everyone they saw and loved every minute of the work. They were bummed when it was time to go. A couple of weeks ago, we took the youth to see the live nativity. That was a great night. I love to watch the story unfold in front of my eyes. I always feel the spirit. Good times. This week we will go on our annual hayride/caroling to the elderly in our ward. I look forward to this one every year. The look on their faces is so rewarding. I am trying to really get into the Christmas spirit this year and remember the excitement I had as a kid.

That is all. I hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas. I can't help but feel close to the Savior more than ever at this time of the year. I hope that I and all of you can feel that same spirit and closeness and that we strive to keep it with us all year long. I love you all.

Here is some more of the freaking cute goodness that is Katelyn Sue Aivaz.