Just some cutes

Babysitting my friends baby, Tom.

So exhausted. I was doing my makeup at the mirror with my back to her, and all of a sudden she wasn't making noise, and I turned around, and this is what I saw!

Lookin' good in the hood.

This is her first time eating peas. She just kind of sat there with them on her tongue, mouth wide open for a few seconds before swallowing every bite. And then...

She gagged. Mo and I were laughing so hard the whole time this was going on. She never threw up, but kept making gagging noises. So funny. she kept eating though. Little trouper.

First Christmas

So, I know that this picture is fuzzy, but I have decided that poor eyesight makes for a prettier Christmas tree. Don't you think?

I wish I had a close up of Zuki's ornament. It's a Stork carrying a baby bundle. SOOOO cute.

Things I have done

Things I have done... Just copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done and make sure to put your score at the end. I saw this on Josh and Candie's blog and thought it would be fun. It got me to thinking about what I would like to do in life.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Gone without food or water for 24 hours or longer
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Stayed up for 24 hours with NO sleep at all
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Changed a lightbulb
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Mowed the lawn
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Score: 46

I tag Anna, Alissa, and Niki

Baby Work Out

So...This is how Zuki gets around. She pushes up on her hands and feet, bends her knees under her, then pushes out again, and lauches herself forward into a faceplant, and starts all over. I don't think she is quite getting the "move your hands" part. I hope she figures out this whole crawling this before we go to California for Christmas. My parents have hard wood floors. Eeeeek!

Thanksgiving!!!

Soooooo, for thanksgiving, we ended up staying in Rexburg due to lack of funds for gas. We wanted to do a Potluck dinner with some of the African families, but it turns out, they were all invited to go somewhere. Our ward decided to do a potluck, so we went to that instead. I made the turkey, a jello, and some Neat Wheat Brownies (Num, YUMMY!). The turkey turned out better than the one I made last year....so juicy.

Zuki had mashed up chicken noodles and carrots, and promptly zonked out. (can you see her orange face?

This must be the reason why she zonked out. What a handsome man...who would have known she would find her prince?

This is the group that ended up coming to the potluck.

There are so many things to be grateful for. If there was one thing I had to choose, I would raise my glass high and say, "thank you for life" because "life" is everything rolled into a huge ball of goodness, kindness, heartache, challenges, and most of all love. I am thankful for it all.