Friday, October 31, 2008
Wk 31: Doctor Visit
I'm now going to the doctor every 2 weeks and had one of my regular check ups today. They were a little concerned about my blood pressure going up and I'm supposed to watch my activity level and take it easy. I'm starting to show some signs of having PreEclampsia, also known as toxemia. You are only at risk for it if it is your first baby and no one knows what causes it. The only way to get rid of it is to deliver the baby, which is also scary because this usually causes a pre-term labor that is induced and done via C-section. So, we'll see what happens. So far, my feet, legs, face and hands are swelling out of control... I'm seeing spots sometimes and although my blood pressure is not yet high enough to cause concern, it is getting border line. PreEclampsia can cause seizures, kidney and liver problems and stress on the baby. Therefore it results in bed rest to slow the process of high blood pressure. Bed rest might in fact drive me nuts if it comes to that, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't. Other than that, everything else looks good and the baby is healthy and growing.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Love My Family
Today I'm feeling especially grateful for having a family. There have just been a few things that have come up today in passing that have reminded me how important it is to have family around and always there. Also, many people don't have them close by or do have them close by but never talk to them. Families are what make the world go round and what gives us happiness. They are what you have when there is nothing else. Don't discount the joy of your family. Be grateful for them and spend time getting to know them and be there for them.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
FHE Thoughts
Last night we had Family Home Evening with some of our friends that came over to hang out. Jeremy chose the topic tonight, which was on "consistency". I was supposed to do the lesson and Jeremy did the activity. As we trudge along on our spiritual goals, we have noticed how hard it is to stay consistent and we always need to commit ourselves to these goals every day. It's just like any goal I suppose, but the ones that give you the most, seem to be the hardest to maintain.
Anyway, I will make it short, but to summarize, I found Alma 1:25-33 in relation to "steadiness". It was an eye opener to me on how this small act of being consistent opens up so many other doors. What I got out of these few verses is:
1. Being consistent with your goals brings you and those around you, working towards the same thing, closer together.
2. It brings you to the same level emotionally and temporally (sp?).
3. When you are consistent you are blessed with abundance and in doing so are able to give to others of yourself instead of falling and starting again
4. Those that are not consistently making things better or giving will eventually be humbled and brought down to humility to re-find themselves. (I related this to the economy problems we are having today)
The little things can affect big things around you. I especially like #3. It is something I actually journaled about and talked to Jeremy about one night. When we are consistent with our prayers, I find myself praying a lot more for others than for ourselves and our needs. When we are not consistent with our prayers, I've found that we always start again praying for ourselves and never get to thinking about others. Just wanted to share some of my thoughts.
Dang, I need to start writing about fun and exciting stuff on here eh?
Anyway, I will make it short, but to summarize, I found Alma 1:25-33 in relation to "steadiness". It was an eye opener to me on how this small act of being consistent opens up so many other doors. What I got out of these few verses is:
1. Being consistent with your goals brings you and those around you, working towards the same thing, closer together.
2. It brings you to the same level emotionally and temporally (sp?).
3. When you are consistent you are blessed with abundance and in doing so are able to give to others of yourself instead of falling and starting again
4. Those that are not consistently making things better or giving will eventually be humbled and brought down to humility to re-find themselves. (I related this to the economy problems we are having today)
The little things can affect big things around you. I especially like #3. It is something I actually journaled about and talked to Jeremy about one night. When we are consistent with our prayers, I find myself praying a lot more for others than for ourselves and our needs. When we are not consistent with our prayers, I've found that we always start again praying for ourselves and never get to thinking about others. Just wanted to share some of my thoughts.
Dang, I need to start writing about fun and exciting stuff on here eh?
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Independent Appendage
So this is a random post, but it's been kind of weirding me out for the last week. It seems that my pregnant belly is an independant appendage of my body.
Have you ever held your hand up to someone elses hand and then used your middle finger and thumb to touch/squeeze both of your hands at the same time? Since my CA dad is a mortician, we used to use this as an example of what dead people feel like. I'm sure this is a weird topic for those of you that didn't grow up around it... however, try it with someone. It is kind of a numb sensation and feels especially weird when you "squeeze" both hands at the same time with your thumb and middle/forefinger in this little exercise.
ANYWAY... I tell you this because that is what my stomach feels like. It's like I can feel that something is blocking my feeling sensation in my stomach (hence, the baby) and I can feel things in front and behind the baby, but the baby has it's own sense of feeling that I don't have for him. Therefore, my belly feels somewhat numb and therefore... a separate appendage from my body. I don't know if I explained this very well and maybe you will think I'm nuts, unless of course you've experienced it to.
On a different note, I have started to feel little body parts poking out when the baby moves around. It is still kind of trippy, yet exciting!
Have you ever held your hand up to someone elses hand and then used your middle finger and thumb to touch/squeeze both of your hands at the same time? Since my CA dad is a mortician, we used to use this as an example of what dead people feel like. I'm sure this is a weird topic for those of you that didn't grow up around it... however, try it with someone. It is kind of a numb sensation and feels especially weird when you "squeeze" both hands at the same time with your thumb and middle/forefinger in this little exercise.
ANYWAY... I tell you this because that is what my stomach feels like. It's like I can feel that something is blocking my feeling sensation in my stomach (hence, the baby) and I can feel things in front and behind the baby, but the baby has it's own sense of feeling that I don't have for him. Therefore, my belly feels somewhat numb and therefore... a separate appendage from my body. I don't know if I explained this very well and maybe you will think I'm nuts, unless of course you've experienced it to.
On a different note, I have started to feel little body parts poking out when the baby moves around. It is still kind of trippy, yet exciting!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Yummy Pasta Salad
Tomorrow night we are invited to go over to Jeremy's cousin's (Sara & Brock) for dinner and Jeremy said we'd bring a pasta salad. Jeremy's mom makes the yummiest pasta salad and I always steal it from her when she makes it. So Jeremy got the recipe from her and went shopping and made the whole thing by himself. I was VERY impressed. I just sat in the kitchen and talked to him while he made it.
Again, I need to charge the camera to get pic's of this event, but try to imagine it if you can. ha ha
Pasta update after the dinner:
The pasta was a huge hit. Everyone that ate it kept asking, "Tara, did you really make this or did Jeremy?" lol He made so much that I think we had 10 bowlfuls of it ourselves, had 11 people at dinner eat it at Brock & Sara's, and we gave some to my mom, dad, and grandma and grandpa Grover... and, there was STILL a bit left over.
Good job babe! (Also, congrats to Brock and Sara and their new announcement. Am I allowed to say anything yet?)
Here is the pasta salad recipe:
1- 1 1/2 bags (12-16oz) of the colored pasta with all the different shapes and sizes (sorry, I can't remember the name of the pasta mix)
2 Tomatoes, cubed
2 Cucumbers, cubed
1 Can of sliced olives
1/2 Red onion, diced
1 1/2 - 2 Cups Mayonnaise
Broccoli sprigs (to the amount desired. Jeremy didn't put very much in.)
2 packets of Hidden Valley Ranch
Dillweed to taste
Cook pasta, rinse with cold water and cool in fridge.
Mix all vegetables together and add to pasta.
Mix Mayo, Dillweed and Hidden Valley Ranch together in separate bowl and pour over vege/pasta mix. Stir together, enjoy right away or chill and serve.
Easy eh? Not only is it pretty, but it is yummy! I thought it would also taste good to add some sunflower seeds to it.
Photo Tag
I don't know if Ashley was taggin' "me, Tara" or another Tara, but I will just pretend it was me. :)
This is the fourth pic... My mom took some pic's while at my Bridal shoot and this is one of them.
Heres what ya do..
1) Go to pics
2) Upload 4th Picture
3) Post
4) Tag 4 people
I tag Alayna W, Suzanne H, Melinda C, and Jeremy J!
This is the fourth pic... My mom took some pic's while at my Bridal shoot and this is one of them.
Heres what ya do..
1) Go to pics
2) Upload 4th Picture
3) Post
4) Tag 4 people
I tag Alayna W, Suzanne H, Melinda C, and Jeremy J!
Happy Baby Shower Jenya
My BFF had her baby shower at my clubhouse today. She is due 5 weeks before me and is having a little girl. It's so funny how the feeling of our showers were totally different just because we both got completely different things. I got all the sports stuff and she got all the frilly, flowery girly things. I love it!
I've never been so excited for one of my friends to have a baby because it's like we've been through the whole pregnancy together.
I need to charge the battery in my camera so I can put a pic of our bellies up. Love ya Jen! Thanks for being one of my bestestest buddies and such a good friend to me through out the years. We had to have been slisters in heaven. :)
I've never been so excited for one of my friends to have a baby because it's like we've been through the whole pregnancy together.
I need to charge the battery in my camera so I can put a pic of our bellies up. Love ya Jen! Thanks for being one of my bestestest buddies and such a good friend to me through out the years. We had to have been slisters in heaven. :)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
SuperX
So, you can see I'm having a wrestless night of no sleep and am still up blogging. I JUST remembered that the US Open was this weekend for this next season of SuperX and because of the baby shower I completely spaced it.
I dated someone awhile back that raced in the Utah Circuit and happened to learn all about this sport by watching him race and got way into the sport... even though it's a total dirthead thing to get in to. I even used to record all the races and watch them again through out the week until the next week end race. Until this year, I have been to all of the final races down in Vegas that end there in May each season. They used to race in SLC, but then decided not to race here... and then found out that they are once again going to be racing at the Rice Eccles Stadium in April for the 2nd to last game. Wahooo!
I LOVE the sound of the dirt bikes, the smell of the gas, the dirt, everything! This is actually one sport I get way into. I even got a dirt bike last summer and to no surprise, totally wrecked in Bear Lake shortly after. I'm also not the most graceful person, so a dirt bike is probably not the best thing for me. However, I was glad that I was wearing a helmet cause I went flying off my bike over the handle bars and skidded in the dirt, head first, coming out with only a sprained wrist. Not to mention that I bent the fender on my bike, broke the brake handle off and had one heck of a time getting down the wrest of the bike trail. (Ok, so my dad had to trade me bikes and I had to ride his back down since mine was risky with out a brake handle.) I thought I would be a speed demon down the trail and didn't turn fast enough to miss a big crevis in the dirt and my front wheel went right down into it.
Also, my dirt bike is vintage/old school. The owner of Monarch Honda in Orem has asked me a couple of times if he can buy it from me and restore it. I have a 125cc 1976 Honda TL (4 stroke) which was given to me by my Grandpa when I told him I wanted to get a bike to learn on. They only made these bikes for 2 years and parts for them are really hard to find. It is seriously the coolest bike though! Here is a pic of one I found online. It looks EXACTLY like my bike.
Here is a pic of me on my bike on my lunch break from work. It's not too great of a pic, but you get the idea.
My hubby isn't to keen on me ever getting on the bike again. He is the low risk taker type... the one that drives way slow everywhere we go and is not very into motorcycles or dirt bikes at all. I am the total opposite. My dad and gramps fixed it from my wreck and I'm hoping to ride it next summer once again at our Bear Lake outing.
My favorite riders:
Ivan Tedesco, Albuquerque, NM-
When Ivan raced in the 125 class, he was my fav, but has since moved up to the 250's which made it hard for me to choose between him and Chad Reed. They don't call it the 250's class anymore though cause everyone pretty much rides a 450.
Ivan is still working his way up right now cause he smoked everyone all the time in the 125s. He was famous for being behind and somehow making up his lap times by pulling ahead. (I could be 'slightly' biased for Ivan because he's hot. ha ha)
AND, Ivan was on MTV Cribs awhile ago: MTV Cribs with Ivan Tedesco
Chad Reed, Australia-
I think I started liking Chad just cause at the time everyone liked Ricky Carmichael. Now Carmichael isn't even racing in SuperX anymore. I believe he dropped out last season to do Nascar. But, I'm a little behind on the news because with the wedding and baby this year, I didn't have time to watch the last season at all. :(
Jimmy "Bubba" Stewart-
Ok, so this kid is crazy fast on his bike and the first couple of years I watched him, he could never make it through a race with out crashing and would never make it to the end of a season with out being hurt. When I saw him race in Vegas a couple years ago, he was out in the first Heat round he raced in. It was disappointing. But I hear he's gotten better and am excited to watch him this season.
PS. SuperX the Movie = No Bueno (Bad acting and Bad story line. Disappointing.)
I dated someone awhile back that raced in the Utah Circuit and happened to learn all about this sport by watching him race and got way into the sport... even though it's a total dirthead thing to get in to. I even used to record all the races and watch them again through out the week until the next week end race. Until this year, I have been to all of the final races down in Vegas that end there in May each season. They used to race in SLC, but then decided not to race here... and then found out that they are once again going to be racing at the Rice Eccles Stadium in April for the 2nd to last game. Wahooo!
I LOVE the sound of the dirt bikes, the smell of the gas, the dirt, everything! This is actually one sport I get way into. I even got a dirt bike last summer and to no surprise, totally wrecked in Bear Lake shortly after. I'm also not the most graceful person, so a dirt bike is probably not the best thing for me. However, I was glad that I was wearing a helmet cause I went flying off my bike over the handle bars and skidded in the dirt, head first, coming out with only a sprained wrist. Not to mention that I bent the fender on my bike, broke the brake handle off and had one heck of a time getting down the wrest of the bike trail. (Ok, so my dad had to trade me bikes and I had to ride his back down since mine was risky with out a brake handle.) I thought I would be a speed demon down the trail and didn't turn fast enough to miss a big crevis in the dirt and my front wheel went right down into it.
Also, my dirt bike is vintage/old school. The owner of Monarch Honda in Orem has asked me a couple of times if he can buy it from me and restore it. I have a 125cc 1976 Honda TL (4 stroke) which was given to me by my Grandpa when I told him I wanted to get a bike to learn on. They only made these bikes for 2 years and parts for them are really hard to find. It is seriously the coolest bike though! Here is a pic of one I found online. It looks EXACTLY like my bike.
Here is a pic of me on my bike on my lunch break from work. It's not too great of a pic, but you get the idea.
My hubby isn't to keen on me ever getting on the bike again. He is the low risk taker type... the one that drives way slow everywhere we go and is not very into motorcycles or dirt bikes at all. I am the total opposite. My dad and gramps fixed it from my wreck and I'm hoping to ride it next summer once again at our Bear Lake outing.
My favorite riders:
Ivan Tedesco, Albuquerque, NM-
When Ivan raced in the 125 class, he was my fav, but has since moved up to the 250's which made it hard for me to choose between him and Chad Reed. They don't call it the 250's class anymore though cause everyone pretty much rides a 450.
Ivan is still working his way up right now cause he smoked everyone all the time in the 125s. He was famous for being behind and somehow making up his lap times by pulling ahead. (I could be 'slightly' biased for Ivan because he's hot. ha ha)
AND, Ivan was on MTV Cribs awhile ago: MTV Cribs with Ivan Tedesco
Chad Reed, Australia-
I think I started liking Chad just cause at the time everyone liked Ricky Carmichael. Now Carmichael isn't even racing in SuperX anymore. I believe he dropped out last season to do Nascar. But, I'm a little behind on the news because with the wedding and baby this year, I didn't have time to watch the last season at all. :(
Jimmy "Bubba" Stewart-
Ok, so this kid is crazy fast on his bike and the first couple of years I watched him, he could never make it through a race with out crashing and would never make it to the end of a season with out being hurt. When I saw him race in Vegas a couple years ago, he was out in the first Heat round he raced in. It was disappointing. But I hear he's gotten better and am excited to watch him this season.
PS. SuperX the Movie = No Bueno (Bad acting and Bad story line. Disappointing.)
Alanya Tagged Me ...Again!
8 TV shows I like to watch:
I hardly ever watch t.v. that is one of the quirky things I should've put on the last post cause it's rare (at least I think it is), but I will try to think of at least 8 shows. I always feel guilty if I watch t.v., like I should be doing something more productive. I have a hard time watching any t.v. show all the way through.
1. Anything on HGTV
2. Anything on Food Network
3. A Baby Story (only since I've been pregnant)
4. King of Queens
5. Everybody Loves Raymond
6. The Office
7. ????
8. ???? ...Some stuff on the Style Channel
8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. I never thought I'd say this cause until I got pregnant, I hated it here, but Chilli's.
2. Claim Jumper (in CA only. The one here in Heber is no bueno)
3. In N Out, a classic
4. Rusted Sun in SLC
5. Ruth's Diner up Cottonwood Canyon
6. The Owl Bar, Sundance (does that count as a restaurant?)
7. Kneaders! Duh... my FAV! I don't know why I didn't think of this as #1
8. ????...Again, I'm drawing a blank to come up with 8 (I'm on the spot)
8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. Went shopping with my mom and mother in law
2. Bought way too much stuff for the baby and had to put a lot of it back
3. Had a hot chocolate party with Jeremy's brother's fam and some of the football team at our house
4. Slept in
5. Stared at the baby's room in amazement thinking, "Whoa! We have a BABY's room and a baby/human being on the way."
6. My husband told me I was beautiful and he loves me.
7. Got heartburn (of course)
8. Watched our wedding video with Jeremy's Fam
8 Thing I'm looking forward to...
1. Having the baby (not the actual 'birth' part, but having the baby... the 'after' part)
2. Dressing our little guy up in all sorts of humiliating outfits that I think are cute.
3. CHRISTMAS! Oh my gosh, I LOVE Christmas! (This could've also been on my 'quirky list'... I'm nuts about the Christmas holiday; including that my house already looks Christmasy.)
4. Getting sealed to my family next year
5. Our Bear Lake trip next summer with the fam
6. Not being pregnant and not having any of the crappy things happen to me that are associated with it.
7. My friend Jenya's baby to be born next month. I can't wait.
8. Falling asleep tonight and not having heartburn.
8 Things on my wish list:
1. Being rich
2. Going to Italy
3. Going to France again, but with my French speaking hubby this time
4. Going to Tahiti one day with my Tahitian speaking hubby (good thing they are the same person) ha ha
5. Meeting my mom's birth mother while in Tahiti
6. Getting more schooling under me
7. Starting my own business
8. Liking football and baseball so that I don't have to be bored while being at games and watching games with my husband. (sigh)
8 People I'm tagging:
1. 8 people that want to do it...
I hardly ever watch t.v. that is one of the quirky things I should've put on the last post cause it's rare (at least I think it is), but I will try to think of at least 8 shows. I always feel guilty if I watch t.v., like I should be doing something more productive. I have a hard time watching any t.v. show all the way through.
1. Anything on HGTV
2. Anything on Food Network
3. A Baby Story (only since I've been pregnant)
4. King of Queens
5. Everybody Loves Raymond
6. The Office
7. ????
8. ???? ...Some stuff on the Style Channel
8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. I never thought I'd say this cause until I got pregnant, I hated it here, but Chilli's.
2. Claim Jumper (in CA only. The one here in Heber is no bueno)
3. In N Out, a classic
4. Rusted Sun in SLC
5. Ruth's Diner up Cottonwood Canyon
6. The Owl Bar, Sundance (does that count as a restaurant?)
7. Kneaders! Duh... my FAV! I don't know why I didn't think of this as #1
8. ????...Again, I'm drawing a blank to come up with 8 (I'm on the spot)
8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. Went shopping with my mom and mother in law
2. Bought way too much stuff for the baby and had to put a lot of it back
3. Had a hot chocolate party with Jeremy's brother's fam and some of the football team at our house
4. Slept in
5. Stared at the baby's room in amazement thinking, "Whoa! We have a BABY's room and a baby/human being on the way."
6. My husband told me I was beautiful and he loves me.
7. Got heartburn (of course)
8. Watched our wedding video with Jeremy's Fam
8 Thing I'm looking forward to...
1. Having the baby (not the actual 'birth' part, but having the baby... the 'after' part)
2. Dressing our little guy up in all sorts of humiliating outfits that I think are cute.
3. CHRISTMAS! Oh my gosh, I LOVE Christmas! (This could've also been on my 'quirky list'... I'm nuts about the Christmas holiday; including that my house already looks Christmasy.)
4. Getting sealed to my family next year
5. Our Bear Lake trip next summer with the fam
6. Not being pregnant and not having any of the crappy things happen to me that are associated with it.
7. My friend Jenya's baby to be born next month. I can't wait.
8. Falling asleep tonight and not having heartburn.
8 Things on my wish list:
1. Being rich
2. Going to Italy
3. Going to France again, but with my French speaking hubby this time
4. Going to Tahiti one day with my Tahitian speaking hubby (good thing they are the same person) ha ha
5. Meeting my mom's birth mother while in Tahiti
6. Getting more schooling under me
7. Starting my own business
8. Liking football and baseball so that I don't have to be bored while being at games and watching games with my husband. (sigh)
8 People I'm tagging:
1. 8 people that want to do it...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
TAG
Here are the rules for the tag:
Link the person who tagged you (Alayna)
Mention rules on your blog
Tell about 6 quirks of yours
Tag 6 fellow bloggers
Leave a comment to let them know
6 quirks of mine:
1. I hate it when the windshield wipers are going and there is either no rain/precipitation or not enough on the windshield for the speed they are wiping. I also hate it if it's raining or snowing and the person driving doesn't turn them on ever. It drives me bonkers. I always find my self reaching over and turning them on/off for people or adjusting the speed for them.
2. I always put this on here when people ask, but I will put it again. I HATE it when my feet get wet. Ewww. I can't walk anywhere that I know my feet will get wet. Especially when I have on socks; that makes it worse.
3. Ha haa... when I asked Jeremy what one of my quirks were he said, "You stay up too late." and I was like, "Is that a quirk?" So, I guess I will put that on here too. It has been one of our challenges. He is wayyyy too chipper in the morning for me and wants to talk and have conversations and I can barely muster up enough energy to look at him. Sometimes I just don't respond because I don't have it in me to do so. But on the opposite side, that is what I'm like with him at night time. He is an old man and wants to go to bed at 9 or 10 every night. Ugh! That's when I start to livin' up.
4. I don't like to wear socks to bed and don't like my feet covered unless they are really, really cold. I like to have my feet hang out of the covers. And, I hate having my nose and mouth covered while I sleep. It makes me feel clausterphobic. Sometimes if my feet are covered I feel like that too.
5. I have weird food cycles where I'll eat the same thing every day for a few months and never get sick of it and then one day I will decide I'm done with it and never eat it again for a few years because I've worn it out.
6. I have been told that I talk with my hands a lot when I tell stories and have really dramatic facial expressions and talk loud. Here's a picture of me that my friends laughed at, cause it was taken of me telling a story at FHE about a year ago in the ol' singles ward.
I tag Angie Terburg, Sara Sabey, Shanda Lister, Holly Lybrook, Laura Powell, Heather Williams.
Link the person who tagged you (Alayna)
Mention rules on your blog
Tell about 6 quirks of yours
Tag 6 fellow bloggers
Leave a comment to let them know
6 quirks of mine:
1. I hate it when the windshield wipers are going and there is either no rain/precipitation or not enough on the windshield for the speed they are wiping. I also hate it if it's raining or snowing and the person driving doesn't turn them on ever. It drives me bonkers. I always find my self reaching over and turning them on/off for people or adjusting the speed for them.
2. I always put this on here when people ask, but I will put it again. I HATE it when my feet get wet. Ewww. I can't walk anywhere that I know my feet will get wet. Especially when I have on socks; that makes it worse.
3. Ha haa... when I asked Jeremy what one of my quirks were he said, "You stay up too late." and I was like, "Is that a quirk?" So, I guess I will put that on here too. It has been one of our challenges. He is wayyyy too chipper in the morning for me and wants to talk and have conversations and I can barely muster up enough energy to look at him. Sometimes I just don't respond because I don't have it in me to do so. But on the opposite side, that is what I'm like with him at night time. He is an old man and wants to go to bed at 9 or 10 every night. Ugh! That's when I start to livin' up.
4. I don't like to wear socks to bed and don't like my feet covered unless they are really, really cold. I like to have my feet hang out of the covers. And, I hate having my nose and mouth covered while I sleep. It makes me feel clausterphobic. Sometimes if my feet are covered I feel like that too.
5. I have weird food cycles where I'll eat the same thing every day for a few months and never get sick of it and then one day I will decide I'm done with it and never eat it again for a few years because I've worn it out.
6. I have been told that I talk with my hands a lot when I tell stories and have really dramatic facial expressions and talk loud. Here's a picture of me that my friends laughed at, cause it was taken of me telling a story at FHE about a year ago in the ol' singles ward.
I tag Angie Terburg, Sara Sabey, Shanda Lister, Holly Lybrook, Laura Powell, Heather Williams.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Baby Beanies!
I made these cute beanies for our baby (minus the pink one... I made that one for my friend Jenya that is having a little girl).
Aren't they so stinkin' cute! I had Frank model one of them tonight. lol
Aren't they so stinkin' cute! I had Frank model one of them tonight. lol
Same Sex Marriage
Jeremy and I had a conversation about this one day and both of us are not in favor of it, however, neither one of us cared if people had the right to be married as a 'same sex marriage' because we believe that this is a free right given for living in America. However, after watching this video (about 7 minutes) I've kind of changed my mind.
If you have 7 minutes to watch it, let me know what you think. I would love to hear some of your point of views.
If you have 7 minutes to watch it, let me know what you think. I would love to hear some of your point of views.
Day of the Baby Shower
What a great day! I have never been so excited for any party (including my Bridal Shower) than I have been for the Baby Shower. It's because this is all so new for me and it's stuff I have never ventured to purchase before, so I don't have anything yet. I couldn't wait to see what I got and put it all in the baby's room. It has been KILLING me not to get anything yet and to be patient for the shower. lol Those of you who know me understand this about me. :)
I must also give a HUGE THANK YOU to my mom, Angie, Evelyn (and her 2 girls: Courtney & Maree), Jenya, Amanda and Lona for organizing, planning, buying, preparing food, decorating, etc. etc. I know how much work it is and truly appreciate it. Also a BIG THANK YOU to my dad for scanning tons of pictures of Jeremy and I and making a Baby Shower DVD in 48 hrs to show in the theatre room at the club house. It was a big hit and I appreciate the time you spent putting it all together at the last second.
AND, thank you for all that came, I was actually humbled by how many of you came. We were blessed with sooo much stuff and couldn't believe everyone's generosity. We had almost 50 people attend. I have seriously been blessed with really awesome friends that will be my friends for life, and am so grateful for each of you and the friendship you've given me over the years. I truly look up to all of you and couldn't have chosen better people to cross paths with.
Now for the fun stuff... :D
Here are the cute party favors we gave out. It says, "Thank You for celebrating Tara's Bun in the Oven". Aren't they the cutest? Angie, Jenya and I stayed up making them the night before and putting frosting in little fry sauce cups.
Here are the cutest cupcakes with little turtles that Angie ordered online. They were a hit with the kids. All the kids wanted to collect them.
See those orange pumpkins in the corner? They are SOUP BOWLS! My friend Amanda's husband is a baker and he made pumpking soup bowls for the potato white cheddar soup we served. Evvy brought all the yummy toppings and Angie brought some fresh cut chives out of her garden. Yum!
Evvy and Courtney slaving away in the kitchen.
Sadly we didn't take too many pic's of people there. :( But, I hope you get the jist of it. We had a movie playing in the theatre room of our engagement & bridal pics, wedding videos, growing up pics of Jeremy & I and our maternity pics. We had raffles and gave away Mary Kay make-up and yummy lotions and everyone wrote on diapers with their kid advice that Jeremy and I can read while we change our baby's bum. :) ha haa There was lots of good food including Lona's famous pasta salads, my fav!!
Presents, Presents and more Presents
The Baby's Room with our new presents in it:
I must also give a HUGE THANK YOU to my mom, Angie, Evelyn (and her 2 girls: Courtney & Maree), Jenya, Amanda and Lona for organizing, planning, buying, preparing food, decorating, etc. etc. I know how much work it is and truly appreciate it. Also a BIG THANK YOU to my dad for scanning tons of pictures of Jeremy and I and making a Baby Shower DVD in 48 hrs to show in the theatre room at the club house. It was a big hit and I appreciate the time you spent putting it all together at the last second.
AND, thank you for all that came, I was actually humbled by how many of you came. We were blessed with sooo much stuff and couldn't believe everyone's generosity. We had almost 50 people attend. I have seriously been blessed with really awesome friends that will be my friends for life, and am so grateful for each of you and the friendship you've given me over the years. I truly look up to all of you and couldn't have chosen better people to cross paths with.
Now for the fun stuff... :D
Here are the cute party favors we gave out. It says, "Thank You for celebrating Tara's Bun in the Oven". Aren't they the cutest? Angie, Jenya and I stayed up making them the night before and putting frosting in little fry sauce cups.
Here are the cutest cupcakes with little turtles that Angie ordered online. They were a hit with the kids. All the kids wanted to collect them.
See those orange pumpkins in the corner? They are SOUP BOWLS! My friend Amanda's husband is a baker and he made pumpking soup bowls for the potato white cheddar soup we served. Evvy brought all the yummy toppings and Angie brought some fresh cut chives out of her garden. Yum!
Evvy and Courtney slaving away in the kitchen.
Sadly we didn't take too many pic's of people there. :( But, I hope you get the jist of it. We had a movie playing in the theatre room of our engagement & bridal pics, wedding videos, growing up pics of Jeremy & I and our maternity pics. We had raffles and gave away Mary Kay make-up and yummy lotions and everyone wrote on diapers with their kid advice that Jeremy and I can read while we change our baby's bum. :) ha haa There was lots of good food including Lona's famous pasta salads, my fav!!
Presents, Presents and more Presents
The Baby's Room with our new presents in it:
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Kiss It Good-bye Sista!
April 2008:
So tonight we went and took some maternity pictures as a couple. I saw all these really cute pictures online and wanted some for myself. Ughh... but, I must remember, I don't LOOK like the ones I saw online. Although I'm not keen on pictures of myself right now, I know I'll regret it if I don't get them done. It's funny how you can change soooo much in just a few short months. Is there seriously 2 whole months left?
October 2008:
I had my dad take these pictures for my upcoming baby shower this Saturday, so I won't post all of the maternity pictures until after the shower.
When Matt came home tonight (Yes, Matt still lives with us) I was showing him our pictures and he said, "Tara, you're so pretty!" I wanted to give him the biggest hug ever and almost teared up (remember... "emotional"). "Pretty" is not how I feel and I'm definitely out of my realm of being comfortable with my appearance (chanting "it's temporary" over and over again in my head). I need to kick my butt in the gym after this pregnancy.
So tonight we went and took some maternity pictures as a couple. I saw all these really cute pictures online and wanted some for myself. Ughh... but, I must remember, I don't LOOK like the ones I saw online. Although I'm not keen on pictures of myself right now, I know I'll regret it if I don't get them done. It's funny how you can change soooo much in just a few short months. Is there seriously 2 whole months left?
October 2008:
I had my dad take these pictures for my upcoming baby shower this Saturday, so I won't post all of the maternity pictures until after the shower.
When Matt came home tonight (Yes, Matt still lives with us) I was showing him our pictures and he said, "Tara, you're so pretty!" I wanted to give him the biggest hug ever and almost teared up (remember... "emotional"). "Pretty" is not how I feel and I'm definitely out of my realm of being comfortable with my appearance (chanting "it's temporary" over and over again in my head). I need to kick my butt in the gym after this pregnancy.
Out With the In-Laws
Today was fun. I got to hang out with my in-laws and go shopping for baby stuff. Lona and I went to BabiesRUs and got a stroller/infant car seat and high chair. Plus my mom's in-laws gave us money to get something else we needed and we got a car seat for when the baby gets a little bit bigger. We will have all of them set up in the baby's room to display for the baby shower.
After a day of shopping I went out to eat with Lona and Tom and Uncle Bob for Chinese. Thanks for the fun day! It was good spending some time with you and chatting the day away. :)
After a day of shopping I went out to eat with Lona and Tom and Uncle Bob for Chinese. Thanks for the fun day! It was good spending some time with you and chatting the day away. :)
Baby Shower
Open House
Baby Boy Shower
For
Tara Green
When: Saturday, October 11, 2008
Where: Tara Green's
Pemberley Club House
1567 West 110 North
Pleasant Grove, UT
Park in designated parking spots
or on "Proctor Lane Rd" in front of the complex, otherwise you will be towed.
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon Served
Baby room colors –
Green, Blue and Brown
Given by: Colette, Evelyn,
Angie, Amanda and Lona
R.S.V.P.:
Colette
cocobear234@yahoo.com
Registered @ BabiesRUS (www.babiesrus.com) and Target (www.target.com)
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Armstrong Mansion
This weekend Jeremy and I got to stay at the Armstrong Mansion (B&B) for a night. We got a free room there when we bought our TimeShare in January of this year and are just getting around to using our free stay. They registered us for the smallest room on a Sunday night ("Sunday" and "Small" of course, cause it was free). I asked Jeremy if he wanted to upgrade and he said 'no'... until we got there and saw the room. But luckily since it wasn't busy they upgraded us to one of their largest rooms at no extra charge. And they brought us an amazing little gift basket of Martinelli's, homemade fudge, popcorn and soda with banana splits.
I asked about the history of the mansion and it was built in 1860 as a wedding present for this "Armstrong" guy's wife. I LOVED how old everything was and they did such a good job at preserving the time it was built. I kind of felt like we were living in a Stephen King movie. I told Jeremy if we opened the door and 2 twin boys were standing outside of our room saying "redrum", then we were outta there. lol
Here is the web address for them to check it out, but I must say, their website and advertising doesn't do them justice. (www.armstrongmansion.com) I would've never stayed here just looking at their site and am glad we won a free stay to experience it.
We were first shacked up in the July room and switched to the February room on the 3rd floor. We walked around and looked at all the rooms and this one was the coolest. It was huge and had a iron rod, spiral stair case in the room that went up to this huge jetted tub that looked out on to the streets of SLC. I kept looking up at that stair case from the bed in the dark waiting for a small light to start floating down the stairs and for me to get freaked out. ha ha
The Haunting of Marsten Manor
Anyway... after we chose our room, the inn keeper told us that a scary movie had been filmed there and was about to hit the stores (WalMart) next month. It didn't get the best reviews, as you can see from the link (http://www.deseretnews.com/movies/review/1,5208,450000878,00.html), but it was cool cause most of the scary parts of the movie were filmed in our bedroom. The acting in the movie was bad and the story line wasn't too great, but it made for a fun night watching the movie with our little gift basket and being a little freaked out that there were ghosts in our room in the movie.
All in all, I would recommend the B&B to anyone. We had a really fun time. If you get to stay there, I would recommend watching the movie while you're there.
General Conference Thoughts
I just wanted to write a quick note about conference. I guess since we've been working so hard on all of our spiritual goals, we've anticipated conference more than usual. Plus with the economy crashing right now, we were curious to see what the authorities had to say about everything.
I will just write a couple of things that stand out in my mind the most, but I thought it was interesting that they said, "Faith is a CHOICE" and that "Losing Hope" was a temptation of the advesary. It was an interesting choice of verbiage that stood out to me, especially with my earlier post about 'faith'.
I also noticed that they stressed families, temples and being prepared with our "needs". Overall conference was wonderful and we are so grateful to have prophets and leaders on this earth today to be a guiding force to eternal happiness.
I will just write a couple of things that stand out in my mind the most, but I thought it was interesting that they said, "Faith is a CHOICE" and that "Losing Hope" was a temptation of the advesary. It was an interesting choice of verbiage that stood out to me, especially with my earlier post about 'faith'.
I also noticed that they stressed families, temples and being prepared with our "needs". Overall conference was wonderful and we are so grateful to have prophets and leaders on this earth today to be a guiding force to eternal happiness.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
What I've learned from my parents...
Jeremy read what I wrote about my mom in a previous post in regards to how her faith has been an example to me and helped make me who I am today and asked me what I have learned from ALL of my parents. :) I thought about this and wanted to jot a few things down.
Mom: Faith. Read my blog post, "Regaining Faith"
Jason: As many of you know, I didn't give Jason much credit when him and my mom got married. It has now been almost 11 years (I'm pretty sure that's how long it's been)... anyway, he has shown me that he is one of the most patient and calm people I've ever met. He handles himself very well even when he is upset. I've never heard him yell or behave inapproprately. He thinks before he acts.
Dad (UT): My dad has taught me to "be myself" and not care what others think. I've never seen him get worked up about what someone else thinks of him and has always just been himself. He doesn't waste unnecessary energy on trying to please others when it doesn't matter. What a valuable trait! I wish I could've had that confidence in high school. It would've saved me a lot of heart ache and worry.
Dad (CA): Right away I recalled a time when I was younger and lived in CA. I don't recall what I was doing, but I was asking my dad to look it over for me. He mentioned that he knew I could do better and I said, "Yeah, but this is good enough." He responded by saying, "If you are always OK with doing/performing in a mediocre manner, then you will always be OK with a mediocre life." I have never forgotten this comment and it has always stood out to me. He has been a good example of an ambitous hardworker who doesn't settle for something less than what he sets out for. I attribute much of my small successes in life to his 'go get em' attitude/example.
Mary (CA Mom): This is something simple, yet profound... "Always learn to laugh at everything." I can't put it better than that. How much easier would your problems be if you could learn to laugh at them one day... or even laugh through them.
Thank you for bettering my life with your personal characteristics. I have been blessed with a large mix of people in my life and have been surrounded by many 'walks of life' to show me a wide range of lifestyles. I'm grateful to have those examples and traits in my life to pass on to my family.
Mom: Faith. Read my blog post, "Regaining Faith"
Jason: As many of you know, I didn't give Jason much credit when him and my mom got married. It has now been almost 11 years (I'm pretty sure that's how long it's been)... anyway, he has shown me that he is one of the most patient and calm people I've ever met. He handles himself very well even when he is upset. I've never heard him yell or behave inapproprately. He thinks before he acts.
Dad (UT): My dad has taught me to "be myself" and not care what others think. I've never seen him get worked up about what someone else thinks of him and has always just been himself. He doesn't waste unnecessary energy on trying to please others when it doesn't matter. What a valuable trait! I wish I could've had that confidence in high school. It would've saved me a lot of heart ache and worry.
Dad (CA): Right away I recalled a time when I was younger and lived in CA. I don't recall what I was doing, but I was asking my dad to look it over for me. He mentioned that he knew I could do better and I said, "Yeah, but this is good enough." He responded by saying, "If you are always OK with doing/performing in a mediocre manner, then you will always be OK with a mediocre life." I have never forgotten this comment and it has always stood out to me. He has been a good example of an ambitous hardworker who doesn't settle for something less than what he sets out for. I attribute much of my small successes in life to his 'go get em' attitude/example.
Mary (CA Mom): This is something simple, yet profound... "Always learn to laugh at everything." I can't put it better than that. How much easier would your problems be if you could learn to laugh at them one day... or even laugh through them.
Thank you for bettering my life with your personal characteristics. I have been blessed with a large mix of people in my life and have been surrounded by many 'walks of life' to show me a wide range of lifestyles. I'm grateful to have those examples and traits in my life to pass on to my family.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Football, Football and More Football
So, if you don't know my husband, then you don't know that he is a total football and baseball fan. He coaches the 8th grade Lehi Team with his brother Shane, his cousin Jake and one of his best friends, Travis. They have been coaching almost every night and every saturday morning until school started for the kids. Now it has died down a couple nights a week that gives me my husband back. ha ha JK I actually enjoy the time to hang with friends or just get stuff done around the house.
Anyway... if you know ME, then you know that I have absolutely no interest in football or baseball. It has been quite the transition coming together on "excitement" for the games. We have compromised that I will go to every other game. It makes me laugh when someone at every game asks me what the score is. I usually look around in confusion and think, "Are they talking to ME?" lol "GO LEHI!"
Jeremy Coaching:
Jeremy, Shane, Travis, Jake:
Third Trimester is here!
Yep, you read right... I'm already in the 3rd trimester. It is nutso! It's going by so fast. The pinched siatic nerve, the swelling in my feet/face/legs, the enlarged "novelties" on my upper body (and still growing), being hot all the time and freezing Jeremy out like we live in the Arctic, increased emotions (crying), sleepless/uncomfortable nights, heartburn, grumpy as you can get when you're hungry, you name it... I have it. We are full blown into pregnancy and moving right along. I was soooooo scared of giving birth and going through labor, but I can already see how you will take one crappy day of pain to subside all of the symptoms of pregnancy. I pretty much want to punch all the women that say, "I just LOVE being pregnant!" Are they delusional? Or have they already forgotten what it's like? Because I can't believe that people do this more than once. My conclusion is... they have most definitely forgotten. I try to do self-therapy by talking my self through things and I am unable to tell myself that I just need to get through it this ONE time, because I'm pretty sure I'm going to sign up for all of this again.
Also, let me add a tip on here for those of you trying to get pregnant for the first time or looking forward to it one day: Don't watch TLC's "A Baby Story" while pregnant. Especially not in your first 2 semesters. Wait until you are uncomfortable enough to look forward to birth. Otherwise, it just freaks you out.
I'm soooooooooo glad that one of my best friends, Jenya, is also prego with me. She is due about 5 weeks before me, so we've been able to go through the whole thing together. We couldn't have planned it better if we'd have tried. It has been really fun having her to talk to and complain/compare/talk to. It has been one of those small little blessings along the way.
On the other hand, there is a good side of things too. I'm still amazed and can't seem to get over the fact that there is a brand NEW person in my belly that no one knows what he looks like or acts like and was never here before. Every time we get something for the baby it is a reality check of what is happening. We are going to start our very own family and be attached to this little guy FOREVER! I just can't believe it. It's never hit me like this when watching someone else go through this.
I've never been the babysitter type growing up and haven't ever been that 'into' all my friends pregnancy's. I haven't had anyone in my family close by having babies... so, it's just never been something I've ever had to learn about or be around. So, thank you to all my friends and family for being so concerned and putting aside my previous ignorance into this new level of life. I finally GET IT! :)
Also, I feel soooooooo grateful for the opportunity that I have to conceive 'life'! Although I complain about it, it is one of the coolest things I've ever experienced and would never take it back for anything. I love that I can feel our little baby every day in my tummy moving around and kicking. And I wish I had a camera out for the look on Jeremy's face when he first felt our baby move. It made his whole day. He still gets that look every time he feels him kick. It is one of those little pictures I will have in my memories forever.
...so, continuing on the countdown. :)
Also, let me add a tip on here for those of you trying to get pregnant for the first time or looking forward to it one day: Don't watch TLC's "A Baby Story" while pregnant. Especially not in your first 2 semesters. Wait until you are uncomfortable enough to look forward to birth. Otherwise, it just freaks you out.
I'm soooooooooo glad that one of my best friends, Jenya, is also prego with me. She is due about 5 weeks before me, so we've been able to go through the whole thing together. We couldn't have planned it better if we'd have tried. It has been really fun having her to talk to and complain/compare/talk to. It has been one of those small little blessings along the way.
On the other hand, there is a good side of things too. I'm still amazed and can't seem to get over the fact that there is a brand NEW person in my belly that no one knows what he looks like or acts like and was never here before. Every time we get something for the baby it is a reality check of what is happening. We are going to start our very own family and be attached to this little guy FOREVER! I just can't believe it. It's never hit me like this when watching someone else go through this.
I've never been the babysitter type growing up and haven't ever been that 'into' all my friends pregnancy's. I haven't had anyone in my family close by having babies... so, it's just never been something I've ever had to learn about or be around. So, thank you to all my friends and family for being so concerned and putting aside my previous ignorance into this new level of life. I finally GET IT! :)
Also, I feel soooooooo grateful for the opportunity that I have to conceive 'life'! Although I complain about it, it is one of the coolest things I've ever experienced and would never take it back for anything. I love that I can feel our little baby every day in my tummy moving around and kicking. And I wish I had a camera out for the look on Jeremy's face when he first felt our baby move. It made his whole day. He still gets that look every time he feels him kick. It is one of those little pictures I will have in my memories forever.
...so, continuing on the countdown. :)
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