the dentist...

I have an intense dislike for going to the dentist. I hate the smells, the sounds, and I especially hate it when they stick a million things in your mouth and ask you a question. I have to go to the dentist tomorrow morning. (boo! hiss!) This post goes out to all those dentists everywhere who really enjoy what they do. (Make sure to pause the music player on the left so you can hear the sound!)

Baking Club?

So I have been stewing over an idea for a while and I just wanted to sound off and see what you guys think. Here it is (I know, the title of the post kind of gave it away..): a baking club! Its kind of like a book club, but instead, you get together and bake things! So here's how it would work:

Each month, or week, or however often you want to meet, you get together at someone in the club's house. The hostess chooses one of their favorite recipes and has everything prepared to make it. (Or maybe assigns each person an ingredient to bring..). Then you all get together and bake. The benefits: 1. Socialize! 2. Get a new recipe AND know exactly how to make it. 3. Get to take some of the food home!

I think it would be fun. If any of you local folks are interested, let me know and maybe we can get something going. If you just think I'm being silly, let me know that too. :)

What movie, what movie?

I yet again stole a fun idea from one of my friends' blogs. Here is how it goes:
- Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
- Go to imdb.com and find a quote from each movie.
- Post them here for everyone to guess. NO cheating!
- Bold it when someone guesses the movie correctly

1. "I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else."
"Well, if anyone goes on the critical list, let me know. " ~Charade

2. "Do these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?" ~ Pride and Prejudice

3. "Some little filly break your heart?"
"No, it was a girl." ~Dumb and Dumber

4. "Everything. OK! I'll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out... But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life." ~ The Goonies

5. "That's not six."
"One plus two plus two plus one."
"Uh-uh, there was only one shot that got the chandelier. That's one plus two plus ONE plus one."
"Even if you were right, that would be one plus one plus two plus one, not one plus TWO plus one plus one."
"Okay, fine. One plus two plus one... Shut up! The point is, there is one bullet left in this gun and guess who's gonna get it!" ~Clue

6. "I have put many beautiful pinatas in the storeroom, each of them filled with little surprises."
"Many pinatas?"
"Oh yes, many!"
"Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?"
"A what?"
"A plethora."
"Oh yes, you have a plethora."
"Jefe, what is a plethora?"
"Why, El Guapo?"
"Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has no idea what it means to have a plethora."
"Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?" ~The Three Amigos

7. "His destructive programming is taking effect. He will be irresistibly drawn to large cities, where he will back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everyone's left shoe." ~Lilo and Stitch

8. "There were no F names in the Bible so Ma named him Frankincense because he smelled so sweet." ~Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

9. "Excuse me. May I go to the bathroom first?"
"Of course you may."
[after a pause, and with relief] "Thank you." ~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

10. "Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine!" ~The Count of Monte Cristo

11. "I feel like you're driving me to court martial. This is crazy. What did I do? I feel like you're gonna pull over and snuff me. What, you're not allowed to talk? Hey, Forest..."
"We can talk, sir."
"Oh, I see. So it's personal."
"No, you intimidate them."
"Good Gosh, you're a woman! I honestly, I couldn't have called that. I mean, I would apologize, but isn't that what we're going for here? I thought of you as a soldier first."
"I'm an airman."
"Well you have actually excellent bone structure there. I'm kinda having a hard time not looking at you now. Is that weird?" ~Iron Man

12. "I should probably warn ya: you make friends with us, you make enemies with everyone else."
"Is that a promise?"
"It's a guarantee." ~Chocolat

13. "Du Jour means seat belts. Du Jour means crash positions!" ~Josie and the Pussycats

14. "Porthos dreams of being a bear, and you want to shatter those dreams by saying he's JUST a dog? What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That's like saying, 'He can't climb that mountain, he's JUST a man', or 'That's not a diamond, it's JUST a rock.' Just." ~Finding Neverland

15. "I think we've all arrived at a very special place. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically... I want you to know that I was rooting for you. Know that. Elizabeth... it would never have worked between us darling. I'm sorry... Will... nice hat. Friends... This is the day that you will ALWAYS remember as the day that you..." ~Pirates of the Caribbean, Curse of the Black Pearl

Pictures and videos

So some of you might get a little bored with me only talking/posting about Josie. Well, tough cookies! My main reason for even creating this blog was to be able to post pictures, videos, etc. of the baby for my family who all lives far far away and don't get to see the baby. So here is yet another post full of pictures and videos of the new star of our lives. Gotta love her!What a beautiful smile! See those teeth? :)

Josie likes to have something in her mouth at all times...

A new thing she does with the binky.

Teeth!

Trying to get places.

Here is a video of Josie. She can get herself up onto her hands and knees and is starting to rock back and forth. She'll take off any day now! Yikes!

And last but not least, here is Josie's new favorite thing to do. That's right, she's a spitter.

Update

I just wanted to give you all a quick update on the fun car situation. I was able to get the saftey inspection, registration and insurance done all within an hour this morning. I can tell its going to be a MUCH better day today. Hurray for having a legal car to drive!



Josie is continuing to try to be bigger than she is. Today she got herself up on her hands and knees and proceeded to scoot backwards by getting up and pushing off with her hands over and over. That crazy baby is going to fulfill my mother-in-law's prediction and be walking by 9 month. What a stinker!

Warning: Complaining below!

I hate dealing with cars! Why can't they just work, and when you need to do something, like get a car registered, why won't it cooperate?? About a month ago, I got a newer car from my sister in California. We got it home and now I'm trying to get it registered in Utah. First, we had to wait for the lending company to send the title to my parents because they sent it to the wrong address the first time, then we had to wait for my mom to send it to us. We finally got the title and then we had to fix the break light. We found out before we left California that it wasn't the bulb that needed replacing, but the bulb-holder was broken. So we went to some auto parts stores up here only to find out that it is a VW specific part and the only way to get one is from a dealer. The closest VW dealer is in Salt Lake. Agh! So we kept putting that off, obviously not wanting to drive to Salt Lake for a stupid bulb holder. I eventually looked in the phone book, just to sate my curiosity, and lo and behold, there is a VW Parts store in Ogden! Happy day! We were headed to Ogden for the holidays anyways. We called ahead and made sure they had the part and we finally picked it up this past Friday. It cost $22 stupid dollars for a stupid plastic piece that holds the bulb. Grr. Well yesterday, I was all sorts of handy and installed the new piece myself and drove the car on down to yon shop for a state inspection. My sister had put some used tires on the car over the summer and the guy told her that they would be good for about a year. (she got a really good deal on rims and tires together). Turns out that "good for a year" translates into "won't pass the Utah state safety inspection". But I'm getting ahead of myself. There was a 45 minute wait at the shop yesterday afternoon, but he assured me that they are less busy in the morning, so I should come back then. Bright and early this morning, Josie and I piled into the bug and headed up to get the car inspected. How long a wait, do you suppose? That's right. 45 minutes to an hour. I'm glad they were so much less busy. I should have just done it yesterday. After sitting in the waiting room for an hour with a sleepy/grouchy/teething baby, they came out and told me that my tires and windshield wipers didn't pass, and quoted me some new tires for $109/tire. I said "forget you" and paid them for a piece of paper that says "REJECTED" in big red ink across the bottom. Justin and I called around for some prices on tires and found the cheapest ones for significantly less than the price of $109. Anyways, after Josie had a 20 minute nap and some cereal, we were off again. The tire store said that if I got there right away, there was no line and it would take 30 minutes tops. I got there, there was no line, and I sat in the waiting area for an hour. They didn't have the tires at the store and had to send a guy to pick them up from storage. By this time, I'm starving, Josie's tired and hungry and still quite grouchy because she's working on that 2nd tooth. I'm a wee bit paranoid, especially when it comes to car stuff because I can't do anything if something goes wrong with my car. So, the whole way home, I keep thinking things like "I hope they tightened the lug nuts all the way, because what would I do if a tire fell off?" and "I hope they put the lug nut covers all back on so that my car doesn't look any more ghetto-fab than it already is..."

Anyways, Josie fell asleep in the car on the way home, so I decided to let her get a nap and eat before we set off to get re-inspected. Once we got home, she didn't want to nap anymore, but it wasn't quite time to eat. Result=Fussy baby. I finally decided that I am DONE with car stuff for today. I will start again tomorrow by driving up to get the car inspected, because they are so much less busy in the morning.....

I see a pattern forming, how about you?

p.s. Josie's 2nd tooth finally made its appearance! She's been working on it since the first one showed up on the 27th. She looks so cute with those little teeth!

2008 was a great year!

I was meaning to do this post on December 31, but our internet was down, then we were out of town for the weekend. I was going to just forget about it, but now I'm putting off doing the boring things (like laundry and unpacking) that I should do today. Sadly, I don't remember nearly as much as I thought I did. I really need to start keeping a journal! But anyways, here are the highlights of 2008.

January

- Welcomed in the new year with my family in Hawaii!

- Went on a dinner cruise along the coast of Oahu between Honolulu and Diamond Head. The Waikiki city lights were gorgeous at night!

- Saw a whale jump up out of the ocean not very far away from our boat.

- Got somewhat of a tan :)

- Came home to the snow and got stuck in my in-laws driveway!

- Justin started his REAL job. Hurray!

February

- Started looking pregnant, but still not enough that people would know right away. I was just at the point where I was either pregnant or REALLY letting myself go. Haha

March

- Got a new nephew! Welcome to Tucker!

- Started looking at houses - We decided it was time to be adults and not just college students anymore. Crazy!

April

- Bought a house!

- Moved in to our wonderful new house and spent a whole day cleaning up the trash that the previous owners left behind.

- Inherited a beta fish from the previous home owners.

- Gave the fish to a coworker because we didn't want to be responsible for his demise.

- Celebrated our 3 year anniversary!

- Got a big TV for our anniversary present. :)

May

- Sadly enough, I can't remember anything new and exciting that we did in May! It was just work and life as usual and getting settled in to our new house.

- I did find this picture of my nephew Luke dated in May, which means that we got a visit from the Texas-ites in May. (Unless the dating on my camera is way off....)

June

- Welcomed another new nephew! Hello to Noah!

- Quit my job!!!!!!

- My mom came to visit.

- Had two quite large baby showers. (Talk about loot!)

- Started looking like I had a basketball under my shirt. (No really, its true! My mom told me so.)

July

- Happy Fourth of July! We had a wonderful parade at Justin's parents' house that consisted of Mike decorating their car and driving around the loop throwing out candy. It was great!

- Campbell family reunion!

- Spent a MONTH with the doctor saying "the baby could come any day now.."

- My mom stayed with us for the whole month of July, so I got to spend some real quality time with her. It was WONDERFUL!

- Ate LOTS of ice cream, went on a lot of walks, and generally tried to avoid being miserable.

- Passed my due date.

- Welcomed Joslyn to the world on July 31 at 4:45 am!!

- Entered the world of Motherhood. My life will never be the same.

August

- Spent 2 days in the hospital while Joslyn was in the NICU for fluid in her lungs.

- Experienced what lack of sleep REALLY feels like.

- Brought Joslyn home--with a fun bili-bed for her to live on because of the jaundice.

- Became immensely grateful for my wonderful mother who got up in the night with the baby and only woke me up when she needed to eat. I have the best mom in the world!!

- Celebrated my birthday! I still don't feel like I'm 25. Is it supposed to feel different?

- Attended an Olympics Party at Mike & Melinda's house with all Justin's family. It was a riot! Plus, since we don't have TV, that was all the Olympics we got to watch.. hehe

- Went to stay at the Campbell family cabin in Island Park for the last time (it got sold).

- Josie slept through the night for the first time while we were at the cabin.

September

- Justin gave Josie a blessing. We were able to do the blessing on the weekend that all of Justin's family could be here, even the Texas ones! It was so fun to see everyone and have everyone over to our house.
- Welcomed another new nephew to the family! Hello to Brandson!

October

- Happy Halloween!

November

- My sister Kelley moved to Utah! Hurray!

- My sister-in-law Trisha visited Utah with her kids. It was great to see her and to see how big Naylia has gotten and to get to meet Brandson for the first time!

- Pie night with the Campbell family. Yum!

- Went to California for Thanksgiving with Kelley and Nate. Got to see all the Cali family and finally meet Noah!

December

- Justin turned 26! He's so old! haha

- Spent the holidays with Justin's family. Everyone was there. It was great!

- Josie learned to sit-up.

- Got sick and spent Christmas Eve night in the bathroom. Ew.

- Got to enjoy seeing all the kids get excited about Christmas!

- Had a wonderful surprise present from Justin. He bought me the complete works of William Shakespeare and a Cary Grant movie collection on DVD. How big of a nerd am I? :)

- Josie got her first tooth!

- Came home for a few days and then went back to Justin's parents' house to celebrate the new year.

- Welcomed in the new year with Justin's family.

What a year! Hopefully this year I'll do a better job at keeping track of what's going on in my life. I hope that you all had a wonderful new years' celebration. Happy New Year!