Cute Face

This is Crystal's new pouting face. We were waiting in the lounge at the doctors office today and she was bored. She came up to me and made this pose, and when I said
"say cheese" she said "no," and continued to stare at me with this look on her face.

Lisa's been Tagged!

Okay Liz, I looked on your blog and you tagged me (: how fun! So I am answering your questions and I'm also going to tag some of my other blogger friends who may be reading this so I can see their responses...I'm tagging (in no particular order):
Paula
Erin
Ramsey
Natalie
If you don't want to do it or think it's dumb, that's okay...but if you do, than just copy and paste the questions and answer them in your own blog post:
1. What were you doing ten years ago?
Well...at seventeen there's not THAT much to do...I was a junior in high school and all that mattered in the world was school and friends...and a certain athlete who's name I will not post because some embarrassing "things" should stay in the past. Hahaha! I helped direct and also performed in the high school fashion show that year...yes folks, sadly enough I was on the fashion team. lol. I also remember having said "I wish I could be seventeen forever...I don't ever want to grow up or my life to change." My father, to whom I said this to, told me that I'd change my mind someday, and boy was he right. I wasn't an idiot, but I was a teenager. Enough said.

2.What were you doing one year ago?

Learning how to live with a 5 month old. That was also the time I decided I was sick of our tiny appartment and we found the condo we live in now. Moving stunk, but it was really nice to be in a bigger place. Beyond that, I can't remember much.

3.Five Snacks You Enjoy:
Hmmm...I usually don't snack unless I skip a meal for some reason, but let me think...
-I love grapefruits...I peel them and eat them like oranges. It may gross some of
you out, but it's pure enjoyment for me.
-pamagranates.....totally spelled wrong I'm sure. I like them because they take me so long to eat and I like to eat them when I'm watching TV, it makes the show/move more enjoyable.
-Salt and Vinegar chips
-Corn nuts
-A really good piece of chocolate

4.Five Songs You Know All The Words To
-"Come on Eileen" (as sung by Save Ferris)
-"Calling all cars" by senses fail
-Almost any song by maroon 5
-"All the same" by sick puppies
-"Curse of Curves" by Cute Is What We Aim For
I just scrolled through my MP3 player and picked the first five songs I sing along to without skipping words. I love music; as a matter of fact I'm addicted to it, and it's the easiest way for me to memorize anything...(by adding music.)

5.Five Things You Would Do If You Were A Millionaire:
-Buy multiple homes in all the places I want to live or visit frequently
-Set up college and mission funds for all my kids
-Invest in some really good stock
-Set up an "Emergency" account in case I somehow lost the bulk of my money
-Buy cool toys (cars, boats, 4wheelers, jet skis, snowmobiles, etc.)

6.Five Bad Habits:
-I get grumpy when I'm hungry or tired
-I bite my nails
-I have a tendency hold off on doing laundry until I absolutely have to do it
-I stay up too late
-Not all the music I listen to is exactly wholesome

7.Five Things You Like Doing:
-Blogging
-Going on dates with Scott
-Playing with Crystal
-Almost anything I can do outside...(hiking, walking, fishing, camping etc.)
-kicking back and relaxing on the couch with a good movie

8.Five Things You Would Never Wear Again:
-The series of leather pants I used to wear when I went dancing as a twenty year old.
I had black ones, red ones, even silver colored ones. I'm not proud of this.
-The "Men" shirts that I made with Lisa F, Janalee, Natalie, and Happy. They said "Men" on the front, and on the back they said "They draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me" I guess we were all a little bitter. lol. Once
again, I was twenty years old. I retired mine after my mission.
-I'm just going to include the rest of my dancing/party clothes when I was twenty...(it was a phase). These things include the sparkly shirts, the glitter makeup, THE FAMOUS PINK WIG, and all the other crazy stuff I used to wear with my girlfriends when we went dancing. Although we had a blast, those days are long gone.
-Flannel shirts with baggy jeans that were oh so popular in the early 90's
-I went through a 70's phase for a while, and I wore vests, bellbottoms, platforms,
etc. Yeah, I don't think I'll ever do that again. I think I was 17 at the time,
and some of the style from the seventies was making a small comeback where I lived...
also, this isn't an article of clothing, but I had blue stripes in my hair when I
graduated high school, and then I bleached them blonde for the summer. Then I dyed
all my hair blonde until I was 20. I will never be blonde again...or put stripes
in my hair for that matter.

9.Five Favorite Toys:
-Computer
-Digital Camera
-Plasma T.V.
-MP3 player...yes I know the ipod is the thing but I love my MP3 player more than any
ipod
-Treadmill
Okay so there you go...thanks for tagging me Liz, I loved reading yours and as many of you know, I enjoy doing these things. I hope I'll see these questions on some of the blogs of the girls I tagged, if not all of you. (:

Loving our toddler

Life with our little toddler is never dull. It's it's fun to watch her discover the world. It's fun to watch her sense of humor which is already extremely apparent at only a year and a half. It's fun to see how happy she is just because she's alive, (wouldn't it be great if all adults were like that). It's fun to watch her express herself and her feelings. It's fun just because we love her so much. When she acts silly and makes us laugh, it's the best. She makes us so happy; why wouldn't anyone want something so precious in their life as a child? Anyway here are a few pictures of why it's so fun to be a parent.

Cute complaining

Crystal's at the stage where she babbles nonstop, but what's funny about it is that she thinks she's saying something. In this video she was frustrated with me and started complaining, and even though you can't understand any words, you can totally tell the feelings she's trying to express by her tone of voice and facial expressions.

for kicks and giggles

Okay I started out by putting these on the side bar, but I don't think I want them there permanantly, so now I'm sticking them on as a post...they made us laugh pretty hard, they're obviously not that accurate, it depends on the angle, facial expresion etc. of the photo, and depending on the photo one of us would pop up as a different gender (one time crystal was a little Chinese man), lol. but it's just for fun.

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Headbanging to sesame street

Crystal can't hold still when there's music she likes on (like her mom)...even when she's stuck in her playpen, she'll move to the music from there.

Mothers Day

Here's a picture of my sister Denise, My mom, and me that we took last Sunday for Mother's day.. It was a good mothers day, we ate roasted duck for dinner with Asian noodles, Ceasar salad and baked potatoes. Being a mother has made me appreciate my mom all the more. I can't believe what a strong person she is; and how much I could learn from her example. Anyway it was mostly a day for relaxing and good food, which in itself is a great mothers day gift. Crystal wasn't available for the picture, but I'm also posting these pictures of her at the bottom. Just in time for mothers day she's learned the art of scribbling on paper; and chairs and walls and herself among other things, but it was really cute to watch how excited she would get just by learning something new. I guess that's the mother's day gift that keeps on giving.
Crystals First Picture!! Awwwwww.....how sweet! *sniff, sniff*

Naptime Wars

Lately Crystal refuses to take her afternoon nap. Is this a phase? Usually she pouts and whines a litte when she doesn't like something and it's over, but lately shes extremely ademate about naptime...it's as if she feels she's being punished by it. After her lunchtime the other day I proceeded to tell her once again that it was naptime and she flat out yelled "no!" and shook her head. I thought it was funny. I asked her why and she pointed to the fridge and said "mas?" which means "more" in spanish...she was asking for more food. I ignored it and figued she was just stalling, but in the process of trying to remove her from her highchair, she threw a tantrum. I figured maybe she really was hungry so I put a little more food on her tray, and after putting 2 pieces of food in her mouth she was out cold. As funny as this was, I don't know if I'm just going to have to fight her everyday to make her take a nap or if this will pass...I'll guess I'll have to wait and see. Any of you moms who have experienced this and figured out a soloution feel free to comment. (:

Kissy kissy

Crystal likes to give us kisses all the time...if we're out of reach she'll kiss us on the knee from where she is, but she's a very affectonate and cuddly girl. We have seen her kiss her stuffed animals, and she has also asked us to kiss her stuffed animals at bedtime. She's even made two stuffed animals kiss eachother as well! Anyway today she grabbed one of her rubber ducks and went up to our wedding pictures on the table and pretended her duck was kissing our pictures. It amazes us that a 16 month old can already have that much to their imagination. She cracks us up when we see into her world sometimes.

May 2007

We can't believe that April has com and gone so quickly, and now it's already the cinco de mayo!!! (:
April was full of get togethers for Lisa, including her cousin Alessandra's wedding shower, her friend and ex mission comp, Ramsey's baby shower, her friend Robyn's wedding, and her other cousin Adam's wedding.
Scott was also busy all month dealing with finals (along with working fulltime,) and is happy to say that he passed all of his classes so we're all the more closer to his graduation which will hopefully happen in the next 6 months or so.
One little thing is that Lisa's had a relapse in her abdominal pain, and it turns out that instead of it being an ab muscle that they thought Lisa tore, it looks like a problem in her digestive system. (The only reason they thought it was the muscle at first was because she fell that day...but that apparently had nothing to do with it.)We're currently seeing a specialist who says he can fix the problem and we'll see how it goes. In the meantime she's being really careful of what she eats, mostly liquids and fresh fruits and vegetables.
Crystal has been battling a little cold, along with two new teeth coming in, so she's been kind of a whiner lately, which we guess is understandable, but still no fun. Luckily she's usually comforted with some kind of stuffed animal. She LOVES stuffed animals...her favorite is a little stuffed easter duck with rabbit ears...why it has rabbit ears we don't wanna know. Anyway at the bottom of this we'll attach a clip of how happy she gets when we offer it to her.
Lisa is going to start taking time to care for a 2 month old little girl, who belongs to a fellow co-worker of Scott, while she's at home with Crystal. She's looking forward to this, since it will give her more practice at being a mom and give her a taste of what more than one child would be like.
Aside from that, nothing too new. Scott is enjoying his short break from school and we're watching alot of PTI, the NBA playoffs, and the Office these days at home. We also went to see Spiderman 3 this afternoon (on opening day) and enjoyed it very much. All in all, this summer is off to a good start.