Ultrasound Picture

Thought this might interest some people. Pretty cute, eh?

Baby 2004 ultrasound picture of the face.

How to Solve Office Conflicts

A friend sent me this and I thought it was pretty funny!

It's A Girl!!

We went in Friday for my ultra sound and found out it's going to be another girl. We're both excited and I'm glad that we won't have to buy a bunch of new clothes. I think we have enough clothes for a few girls. We got pictures of the face, feet, heart, and a few other things, but we didn't get to see her hands. I didn't think of it at the time, but now I really want to make sure she's got 10 fingers. You could also see the umbilical cord but you could only see parts of it and it looked like the baby was blowing bubbles. I should have had the doctor take a picture of that.

Independent Swimmer

I took Jaida swimming yesterday and she had a blast. I wish I had brought my video camera, because she was being so funny. For about the first 20-30 minutes she wouldn't let go of me, even though she had on a life jacket. She would get out on the side and jump for me to catch her, we'd swim around, and I'd throw her in the air. I think it's almost been a year since the last time she was in a big pool. Then she found out that she could swim around without any help, and after that it was, "Mommy don't touch me," and off she'd go. We'll definetly have to go swimming more often.

Girl or Boy?

Monday we were supposed to find out if the baby is a girl or boy. I lined up a babysitter for Jaida, and a little before 2pm we headed over to the hospital. Sunday night I told Monty that I thought it was going to be a girl - he thought the same thing. Neither of us really care if it's a boy or a girl, we just want them to be a little less hyper than Jaida. :) So, we get to the hospital and find out that I don't even have an appointment scheduled in July and Dr. Fielding is gone for the week. Last month after my appointment I know for a fact I made an appointment and was given an appt. card. I was mad and disappointed, but there was nothing to be done but reschedule. We rescheduled for Thursday, July 29.

Yesterday, Tuesday, July 20, I get a call from Dr. Fielding's office saying that he will be out of town on the 29th. She suggests the 27th, but I've already had to reschedule my CCNA exam to that day. "How about this Friday?" (Wasn't Dr. Fielding supposed to be out this week?) So Friday it is...hopefully.

A singin' fool

Yesterday we were driving home and Monty and I were talking. The radio was playing a song, and all of a sudden we hear Jaida start singing, "... sorry...can't be perfect...". We have never heard her do that before and had no idea she even knew the song, well knew the chorus anyway. It was hilariously cute to hear her, so we just sat back and listened with big smiles. One of these days I'll have to write that in her baby book as being her first radio-singing song (or something like that). She actually loves to sing, and knows quite a few Disney songs. Anything she has in her hand turns into a microphone. Our favorite song right now is 'All Star' by Smashmouth from Shrek.

Jaida also got into my stamp pads yesterday - the black one of course. She looked like she'd been fingerprinted on her right hand. Oh boy, was I not happy at the time - however right now it just seems funny.

I have a problem...

Last night Monty says to me, “Tanya, I have a problem. You are due on October 31, but I have training up in Salt Lake October 25-29.” Monty is now one of the defensive tactics instructors for the Sheriff’s Department and HAS to go to this training to certify and be able to go to any other trainings. All I could say was, “Yep, you have a problem.”

Baby Shower

I went to a baby shower last night and actually had fun. Maybe that's because I won three prizes. ;) After games I totally pigged out on rice cripy treats, pasta salad, fruit, and bundt cake. The shower was for Jenni Johnson whose husband used to work with Monty in the jail - now he's a detective or something.

I'm still trying to figure out where to have our family reunion. The date will be August 14 - I'm hoping everyone can make it.

Independence Day

So it wasn’t celebrated on the 4th – not a big deal. Monty had to work, so Jaida and I drove up to my parent’s house and spent the holiday with them. The parade was in Richfield and we got some spots in front of a gas station. When the parade started we were lucky that Emmett was there because he took all the kids and helped them get candy – he probably had more fun than they did. The parade was really fun, and South Sevier’s dance team totally showed up Richfield’s. They had a salt truck that spit out balls instead of salt, and a float with a ton of kids shooting water guns. Floats were giving out frisbees, mugs, toys, coupons, and lots of candy. I took a bunch of pictures with my dad’s camera and completely forgot to get the pictures before I left.

After the parade we came home, watered the flowers, and made two relish trays. At noon we headed over to the Central Park for food and more fun. I was sitting on a blanket by Ashley eating lunch when I head a noise and all of a sudden black pieces of something came flying and hit all over Ashley and her plate. I could not figure out what happened, but I looked up and saw Jaida standing right in front of us getting ready for another big sneeze. She was aiming right for me and I put my hand out to block it and said, “Nooooo!” Jaida held nothing back from that sneeze. She also got me and my plate with left over olive and carrots. My hand was just not big enough to block everything. Luckily all the big pieces had already come out on Ashley. Everyone was laughing so hard.

After lunch they started the races. I think Nyah won the two-year old race, and Emmett won the three-year old race. Ashley won the 13-year olds. They give the winners two quarters and everyone else one quarter. Then you can go and buy an ice cream treat with your quarter. They had a goat milking contest and then a greased pig chase. Then they had water balloon throw. The kids had a blast and it was nice just relaxing in the shade watching the fun – man, I’m getting old, I used to be out there running and having all the fun. I did get to talk to a bunch of friends that I hardly ever see.

After the park we went home, relaxed some more, pulled some weeds, and then Jaida and I drove back to Cedar. At 9pm we drove behind the airport to an alfalfa field and watched the fireworks. They were set off probably 50 feet from our car and came down right over us. You could hear each firework being shot off, and even our car would shake a little. Jaida got really scared so we sat in the car and watched. It was an awesome fireworks show – I wish I would have brought my video camera so people could really see how close we were. At the end we could hear small pieces of ash and firework hitting our car.

Good Job!

Last night Monty says to Jaida, “Give me five.” So she does and he tells her, “Good job!” So then Jaida wants me to give Monty ‘five’. She grabs my hand and helps me do it and then says, “Good job mommie!”

Her current favorite phrase is, “In a minute,” or, “Not yet.” Anything we ask her she’ll say, “In a minute!”

Funny words:
Chocolate chips…….milk-it chips
Fix it………………..siskit

All I want to do is read!

I've been taking two hour naps with Jaida almost everyday this week and I'm still exhausted when bedtime rolls around. I feel like I've accomplished something when I can get at least one load of laundry done. Yesterday I finished the last book of a four-part series, "The Rune Lords". I think it took me less than two months to finish the whole series. I love all that fantasy fiction stuff, and the author is local - living in St. George. The website talks about Christian Duguay signing to direct an $80 million epic adventure "The Runelords". That should be pretty interesting because the special effects will have to be amazing if they are to follow the descriptions in the book.

I've decided to find out if we're having a boy or a girl - this way it will MAKE us start thinking of names. Plus it will be so much easier since we'll only have to think of either a boy name or a girl name.