Friday, October 31, 2008

HaLlOwEeN

Josh was Dwight K. Shrute from The Office. If you have never seen this hilarious TV show, you will not get his costume at all. We got the brown, kind of floody pants at DI along with his creme shirt. He got the glasses from the pharmacy section at Wal-Mart. Of course his costume could not be complete without his SHRUTE-BUCKS!!! I loved the badge too. He looked great. He was going to shave his beard off for this too but his mom is doing family pictures tomorrow so he decided against it.


Josh's finger over the flash.

My original costume decision was to be a knocked up cheerleader. Well, I didn't find a cheerleading costume in time so I was just a frumpy, pregnant housewife. I didn't really need to dress up too much for this one. Yes, the belly is mine but that is a pillow stuffed under by robe for my behind. No wise cracks!!!


Chloee was an adorable monkey. Stacie let me borrow this cute costume. She wanted to be Darth Vader but I wanted to do one more year with her still being warm. She looks so darn cute in this costume with her dark hair and eyes. She loved the costume and showing people the banana in her pocket.


Don't we look so cute together?

We only went to about 5 or so houses but Chloee loved it. Josh said she was really good too, there's a shocker!!! We did trick-or-treating in our friends' neighborhood. We were afraid that our neighbors would give Chloee drugs or something. It was a short night and they didn't even go to very many houses and I think she has way too much candy.... I'm sure Josh will or HAS already helped her out with that.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Just Too Cute

I put an order in at The Children's Place a few weeks ago and it just came yesterday. They were having a pretty good sale so I bought some fall clothes for Chloee. I usually only buy the things on sale or clearance but I just COULDN'T pass up this hat. It is so cute on her. I love the brim on it. It's an off-white, knit, crocheted, I don't know, but it has sparkles in it with that cute little heart. I had no control. Oh well, it's ok, once in a while to buy something that isn't on sale, right?

Monday, October 27, 2008

Sweetie

A few weeks ago, I had a really, really bad day. No details needed but Josh came home with this flower, a JONES cream soda and Baby Mama. The JONES cream soda was something I ALWAYS drank when we were dating, some 6 years ago and I loved reading the "fortune" under the cap. Baby Mama was a movie I had been wanting to see for a while, so he went and rented it. It was a very nice and sweet thing to make a crappy day all better.

The card that came with the flower read, "This flower is for a wife (and mommy) who gives her ALL to her job (family) and rarely sees reward. I love you so much! -Josh (& Toots)

I guess I'll keep him...

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Hogle Zoo

We went to the Zoo on Friday with our friends, Lance, Maren and of course their son, Nate, Chloee's best friend.

The Zoo has a carousel now. Why can't you just pay the admission and everything inside be free? We had to pay to ride this and the train. Ridiculous. When we went to Lagoon, Nate LOVED the carousel and had to ride the zebra every time.

Maren had to talk Nate into getting on this statue, he thought it was real, then she couldn't get him off.

The dads measuring up.

The pregnant moms measuring up. Yes, Maren is pregnant and 6 weeks ahead of me and yes, I know she doesn't even look pregnant compared to me. Hey, she's a whole foot taller than me.

The kiddos measuring up. They look so cute!

That was as far as I could get in with my fat belly in front.

Josh didn't have such a problem. I thought I was going to laugh so hard when he dove all the way through this shell. It was quite the site to see!

Don't you see the resemblance?

Us on the train, trying to cram into a picture while holding the camera. At least we got Chloee's eyes in the picture.

These 2 were fascinated with this ball. They played with it for a long time and especially loved it because it involved water.

We had a blast. It was a fun thing to do after Josh got home from his trip. Chloee doesn't always do so well after he's been gone, so it was good for us to all go do something together. Thanks Eborns for a great time!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Very Special

I am someone whose emotions ride very close to the surface. Most of you already know that about me. Not just emotions that bring tears, but all emotions, anger, fear, sadness, love, affection, all of them. Because of this, I have made many a mistake in my life of which my anger has controlled situations that should have been dealt with after I had let my emotions ride their wave and pass. On the flip side, my emotions of joy, happiness and the spirit ride very much close to the surface and even much more now that I am pregnant. I cry when I'm filled with joy and before I was ever pregnant, whenever I am in the presence of a "special person" the spirit is so strong and I cannot control my tears. Being pregnant only amplifies this emotion!

Today in Sacrament Meeting the program was done by a SPECIAL NEEDS GROUP. All ages ranged in the program. They have a mutual group where they get together and do activities, games, plays, etc.. I guess our ward has them come once a year and do the program. Bad, bad, bad day to wear makeup. As I sat there and listened to these sweet spirits give their talks and sing songs, my heart was filled with the spirit so much that I actually felt as though it was on fire. I cried as each one gave their talk and bore their testimonies. Some, you couldn't understand but the spirit was so incredibly strong you couldn't help but feel like you were listening to them speak with absolute clarity.

Some of the talks consisted of the following. One gentleman bore his testimony about the Temple. He held 2 cards in his hands, one was a credit card and one was his temple recommend. Although, he would shake and his speech was not clear, his heart and spirit spoke volumes. He held up his credit card and said, "We use this card all the time..." and then he held up his temple recommend and said, "But THIS is the card that we should be using all the time." Another read a poem about how she is different and how one day she will see and do the things that we do and take for granted. One gentlemen was deaf and stood there and signed his talk while an interpreter gave the translation. The amount of POWER that came from these sacred spirits was overwhelming. As they sang the last song, "I Am A Child of God", I bawled as two of the directors of the group held up one of the young men up at the pulpit and he sang one of the verses. He was shaking, crippled, his speech was slurred but NOTHING could mistaken the spirit, testimony and love that young man had as he belted out the words that he knew were so true... "I AM A CHILD OF GOD". I found myself shaking as the spirit touched me and my tears were beyond uncontrollable. I physically could not stop myself from crying and I knew how truly blessed I was to have heard from this fine and elect group.

I have always felt like I was going to have a child that would be "handicapped" in someway. Whether I do or not, these sweet spirits bring a burning in my bosom every time I am in the presence of one. It made me think about how they are going back to our Father in Heaven no matter what and how this life is "our test" and they have already passed. It also reminded me of a great man I was never able to meet myself but have heard a great deal about and is someone my husband loves and respects greatly. GRANDPA JONES. Josh's grandpa passed away about a year before Josh and I met. This man worked in a training school with these types of kids all his life. I knew that the program today would touch Josh for some of the same reasons as me but I knew that as I saw tears trickle down his cheek he was reminded of his grandpa, who loved these kids more than words could explain. He was indeed a very special man and I believe it takes someone very special to care for them. I was reminded that I need to be less selfish and more loving. If we could all live our lives like these great spirits, who have the pure love of Christ...

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

IT'S A GIRL

It's a profile of her face. She has her little hand up on her forehead.

GIRL!!!
That's right another girl for the Adams Family. I was actually kind of shocked because all morning Chloee was telling me that it was a boy, her baby boy. She was adamant that is was a boy. We aren't even home yet. I'm still at my mom's now. The ultrasound tech had to leave in the middle and then the doctor was almost an hour behind. So here we are, still in Cache Valley. I have found as we tell people, they really don't know what to say like they feel bad for you because you already have a girl. Not the case here! We are so excited and I will post the 3D picture when I get home, my mom only has dial-up and I don't have the patience for that. When we came home and told Chloee, she said, "Um... No, a boy". We'll see, she doesn't seem too happy about it!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Waiting

I can hardly control myself. I can't wait. Tomorrow we find out what we are having. It is like waiting for Christmas. I don't sleep at night, that comes along with the fact that I'm pregnant so I really don't sleep at all at night. I just can't wait, I can't believe it is finally here!

I need to put my mind to rest. I keep having nightmares about things being wrong with the baby at the ultrasound and it is killing me. I can't believe I'm half way done. Then again, I can, because it seems like I have been pregnant FOREVER!!!

It wasn't like this with Chloee. I knew Chloee was a girl so it was neat to go see the ultrasound but I KNEW she was a girl. With this one, I have no idea. Of course I want a boy just so I can have one of each but in all reality I will just be happy if it's healthy. I guess I would lean more towards a girl than a boy. I will be SURPRISED if it is a girl and SHOCKED if it is a boy. I really just don't know though! Well, stay tuned to find out tomorrow, I will only be posting it, so if you want to know, you'll have to check back!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Cravings

I LOVE these. I actually ate an entire large bag in about 2 days. With a little help from Chloee. Blah, I feel like crap but I just CAN'T stop!! At least it wasn't the JUMBO bag that I ate in 2 days, only the large. See how I justify it and make myself feel better? It's a talent, really!


I love chilled, red apples. I love to get them out of the fridge, cut it up, skin it and just eat them. So good cold!

Milk. I used to HATE milk before I was pregnant. I only liked it in my cereal. When we were first married, milk would go bad at our house. Josh drinks it by all means, just not enough. It would take like 2 weeks to go through 1 gallon, sometimes longer. We had just decided to buy 1/2 gallons at that point. Now, I drink it so much we go through 2 gallons in 1 week. Whoa! At least this baby will have strong bones, right?


Western Family String Cheese. It CANNOT be any other brand. It HAS to be Western Family. Josh bought me a 24 pack on Wednesday and there are only a few left now. In my defense, Chloee eats lots of them too. Every time I eat one, she eats one. Oh, they are so yummmmmy!!!


This one is quickly dwindling because I have ate so much, it makes me sick. I still can't stop though. I still have a bag in the cupboard so I guess that tells you that it's not on the top of my priority list, seeing as how everything else diminishes in about 2 days.

Other things I LOVE. Old Grist Mill's 3 Cheese Bread. Unfortunately, no Old Grist Mill here in Davis County, so that has to be saved for when I go up for doctors appointments. It is so divine. I bring home a loaf or too! Also, there is this place here called, Philadelphia Sub Shop. IT IS AMAZING, which is an understatement. I usually make everyone that visits, taste it because it is so delicious and everyone that has had one can attest that they are ADDICTING! We always get the Italian one. I have gone so much that my punch pass was finally full to get a FREE one. Yum. This place is unbelievable though. They only take CASH, they are only open 10:30 am - 6 pm and only Monday - Friday. NO SATURDAYS, ARE THEY INSANE??? Obviously, they are doing fine with all their stipulations because that place is ALWAYS packed.

Well, I just wanted to document this. I guess these cravings.... so far, are better than the ones I had with Chloee. Big Macs and Dr. Pepper. Go on and judge all you want but after I lost so much weight with her and being 90 lbs at 4 months along, when I could finally eat, I ate like a horse. That is probably the reason I gained 50 lbs. I remember one day I ate 5 Big Macs in 1 day. Yes, I should be ashamed to say that but I'm not. Weird thing is, I never liked or ate hamburger before I was pregnant with Chloee. One day my brother, Jordan, was at my house and he was eating a Big Mac and it smelled so good, I asked him for a bite. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy. I took one bite and I was in HEAVEN and Josh was on his way to McDonald's. I ended up liking a lot of things when I was pregnant with Chloee that I hated before and I still like all of them. My world of food opened up vastly!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

But, of course...

I did a load of whites the other day. I was a little behind on the laundry. I try to do them every Tuesday but somehow last week, I missed the whites. Josh was in desperate need for them so I threw them in and went on my merry way. NORMALLY, Josh is so great about always checking his pants pockets, everything, before he puts anything in the hamper but I always double check to make sure there are no pens, important papers, etc.

To my surprise, as I went to change the load to the dryer, there sat a black pen on top of the white load. What? How? Where did it come from? As I sifted through the "damaged" clothes, I thought, these are all whites, where could that pen have come from? Then a light came on. After the priesthood session, we went straight to the grocery store. I gave him "that" pen to cross off his list and it must have still been in the pocket of his white dress shirt. Ohhh ,the fury! Need you not worry, you know, as Josh pointed out, it is my fault, it was "my" pen! Zero responsibility on his part. My fault, it was probably my fault for doing the whites for him too!** After we had a nice feud over it, we both laughed about how it ruined everything that was NEW. My new shirt, all of his "newest" garments, white shirts, but left the old, dirty, disgusting ones UNTOUCHED. Of course it did!

Anyone know how to get ink out of clothes? I have read hairspray, but I must be doing something wrong, it's not working yet. Blah! If anyone has any secrets, please include me so that I can attempt to salvage some of these clothes!

**He says he was kidding about blaming it on me! I don't believe it though. :)

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMY!!!

Today is my dear, sweet sister, Amy's, BIRTHDAY!!! Any of you that look at my blog and know Amy too, please send her a message on her blog, email, phone, whatever you have available to you. As you all know, Micheal is in Iraq, which probably doesn't make this day any easier. To top it all off, her mother-in-law, whom she lives with, had to go out of town at the last minute for medical reasons for her own mother. Now, she has no other "girl" to do her birthday stuff with! Please send a message her way and we can all make it a great day for her!!!

We celebrated Amy's birthday at my parents' house on Sunday night. Of course Chloee has to sit on Amy's lap while she's going to blow her candles out, she just can't not be the center of attention!


She looks like she's Amy's kid in all of these pictures.


As we all sing "Happy Birthday To You..."


I wanted to get one of her blowing the candles out but I was not quick enough to change the setting back to flash. Amy "made her wish" which was pretty lengthy, I can probably hit 10 things she wished for, but no one knows! Yes, those are tears of JOY! Maybe...


As you can see from these last 3 pictures, each of the kids had to blow out the candles again and again. My mom kept lighting a few, Kai got to go, then Kennet and Chloee. When my mom pulled out the matches, Kennet (who is a total pyro) said, "Oh, look, we going to see FIRE".


Nice faces Chlo and Kennet!


The happy family after the candle fiasco was done. Yes, Chloee has now been adopted into Amy's family. When Micheal sees these pictures, he'll wonder why Chloee is in all of them! Thanks Mom, for a wonderful dinner and an awesome DESSERT!!!

Happy Birthday to a wonderful sister! I can't believe you're 27, you old fart! I love you to death and I hope that your birthday is great and that you get to talk to Micheal today!!! Know you are always in our prayers and we think of you often. I LOVE YOU and EnJoY yOuRsElF!!!