Mockingjay & GS cookies

It's almost been a week since my last post. I guess I am running out of steam here. ha. I've been a little unmotivated my crafty kick ran out of steam too so I am trying to finish Mockingjay now...lol you heard me right. I am the last mormon on earf who still hasn't finished Mockingjay. Since I started it like last October or something. Have no fear I have 60 pages left....yes I could have finished this in like a day but no I don't do that. Instead I drag trilogies out long enough to the point where I lose interest (just a little) yet I refuse to stop reading when I am so close!

Pathetic? Yes.
Will my sister and mother be oh so utterly dissapointed in me? Yes.
Everyone else who has read the book in less than 48 hours? CHECK.
I get it.

I think I am done reading trilogies.
For realsies.
Tonight I think I'll cuddle up with good ol' Mocking jack, some rich hot chocolate and enjoy this snow storm.

O YEAH!
{Highlight of my day}
I forgot to mention my girl scout moment at the dr.s office today. I hunted myself some GS cookies it was EPIC. Lydia had an appointment and I spotted a lady with some boxes of girl scout cookies next to her. I didn't even think before I basically cornered her (not really) and asked "I have to ask, where did you get those cookies" and she said some glorious words....'my daughter is a girl scout' and I said basically "I NEED COOKIES!" no jk I thought before I let that out. I then asked..."do you live here in Bonney lake" totally creepy of me to ask a stranger this, probably should have gone with my initial I need cookies comment. lol then she replied cooly..."I have boxes in my car" (EEEEEK) So I wrote her a check. The Nurse calls Lydia's name and Lydia starts to cry because she realized she was getting a shot and then GS hero walks through the door and we trade check for cookies and by now everyone is watching me get my cookies. I tell Lydia loud enough for people to here that she can have a cookie after her shot lol. Thin mints? Check Somoas? Check . Tagalongs? Check. Then went on my way to Lydia's appointment. Talk about killing two birds with one stone right??! I literally scoped out the grocery store for scouts just 45 min before this appointment I've been keeping my eyes peeled. She could have camped out all day in the dr's office selling loads of boxes. Sorry but GS cookies are once a year peeps.
I've got to get my fill!
Now my husband is wishing I had gotten the lemon cookies.... uh oh I'll be buying more!!
:) no shame here. GS cookies are the bbbooommmbbb

(I should have gotten that ladies #)

Valentines

Looky what I got for Valentines!! I loved it, I can't wait to put it on my little boy. It's newborn size so pretty much he will be wearing it everyday until he grows out of it! :)

I thought it was really sweet and Lydia can't stop saying "tute" (cute) whenever she looks at it.
I mentioned before that Levi took me out to dinner a week or so ago. It was so nice to take our time and enjoy our delicious meal and have great conversation. He makes me laugh so much I love him so much he is the best. I love valentines day and can't wait to share it every year with all my kiddos.

Hope everyone had a great valentines day filled with loooooove
:)

ooooooo my goodnesssss

I love this little girl sooooo much!!!!
She is such a sweet little Valentine, she is being smothered today with hugs and kisses.
{Not any different than any other day}

Grateful for this big valentine of mine!
We celebrated our valentines day the other weekend.
{I took the above pic that same night we went out with my iphone}
We like to do it earlier because ONE- we don't like fighting the crowd and TWO we can spend real valentines with our little bugster.

Not the baby....the beanbag!

I think I'd just die if I won this giveaway...
If I don't win I guess I could settle for a regular bean bag but why not try and win this one!?

Somebody stop me!

"Will someone please have the decency to punch me in the face?" - Buster
oh do I love arrested development. One of the funniest shows ever created.

I can't stop making these.... I've crocheted so many things the last month or so. I love it. It's relaxing to just sit and watch a movie and still get something productive done. I haven't made the girl one yet but I will, just for kicks! I already finished 2 hats for Baron and I'm working on a purple one for a little girl. They are so easy and quick to make. I bought the patterns off etsy.

I keep looking at these and finally decided on this pretty lil' thang, because I REFUSE to give birth in my BYUH over sized brown pajama shirt again.
NOT happenin'.
I can wear this while delivering Baron and then continue to wear it as I nurse and recover.

Hales.Bales.Bucket.Of.Nails.

Happy Happy Birthday Sister Dear!!!!!!!!!!!
I was able to spend a decent amount of time with Haley before she got hitched and moved to Rexburg with her Hubby Bradley. Not only is she gorgeous but my sister is hilarious.
I love her to deaffff.
I'm soooo grateful to have a sister even though I gave her a hard time growing up. I hope she recognizes NOW that was my strange way of showing her how much I cared. Were really close now and I would be lost without her. Especially if were the only girl to 3 older brothers......
SERIOUSLY.
I hope you had a wonderful day today Haley Bailey! I hope you know how much your loved and missed.
After we talked to Haley on the phone tonight Lydia wouldn't stop saying "Birthday." Lydia loves Haley so much and almost came unglued when she heard her voice on the phone.

Love you SEEEEESTER!!
Happy 21st!

Loyola University Chicago

I had a feeling it was coming today. we got an email last week saying a letter would be in the mail within 2 weeks. I didn't want to open it at first...there is SOME comfort in not knowing, very little comfort not enough. I opened tried to skim in really fast, that didn't work it just confused me. Levi wasn't rejected but he hasn't officially been accepted. He is on a waiting list until mid April and they will notify us of his status.
All I'm going to say is I am grateful it's not a rejection.

We probably won't be making a decision about where we will be in the fall until summer time. We want to hear back from all the schools before we decide. I am going to {try} to relax and forget about these letters. It's not easy living in limbo but I'm not going to become miserable about it.

MAYBE WE WILL BE IN CHI-TOWN ??

Violinist in the Metro

Levi sent this to me this morning, I'm sure some of you have heard it before but maybe not...read it, it's interesting. This situation was set up by the Washington post.

Violinist in the Metro

This is an incredibly sad story which gave me chills. It is a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people.

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning.
He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace.
He collected $32.
When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it.
No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

My additional thoughts would only be that so many people do things because they are "fashionable" that they forget to look at things with their own eyes, listen with their own ears, and appreciate anything with their own hearts.

Original article written by WashingtonPost.com , you can watch the video over there too

What I woke up to...

Our table...with the wonderful diapers I got for cheap and 2 day shipping for free99

Lydia being naughty, she knows she isn't supposed to be on the chair at the desk.

Shout out to my favorite water bottle ever, if you don't have one go get one. Once you go camelbak you never go back.ha.

I reallllly don't like this last one. I think I will go seriously NUTS if we don't have a dishwasher in our next home... I dream about dishwashers. We've never had one. :(

I woke up yesterday morning to this mess. I get that it's my mess (and Lydia's & very little from Levi- like as in the 1 pair of shoes on the ground) but still (big sigh). I literally walked outside our room and just looked at it all. Not fun to wake up to and we don't wake up to this daily we have Lydia pick up all her toys but we forgot....that morning the mess was overwhelming and it really bothered me. I realize it's not THAT bad, I don't have piles to the ceiling which would categorize us as hoarders. I stood there and had a little "Come to Jesus" talk with myself, somewhere between a lecture and a pep talk. I would never usually post pictures of my messy home because yeah we all like to pretend we have perfect little clean homes and the dishes are always done right??? Just kidding I know some people don't pretend or act this way. We all would like this to actually be the case, no one is perfect and especially NOT ME. I don't vacuum everyday....yet...(there is another child on the way and eventually there will be twice the mess so maybe one day) and a few little stacks of things I need to sort through. To make a long story short I cleaned up which included throwing stuff away and vacuuming of course. I feel better now and I just had to get that off my chest. Maybe this is me becoming a neat freak, maybe not. I didn't show our room which is actually really clean, except for a pile of clothes at the end of the bed. My clothes of course, I seriously HATE hanging up clothes, I'd rather clean the shower.. anyways. I don't think I could ever be a crazy clean perfectionist, everything has it's place kinda person. Sometimes it gets a little messy and that's ok, just have to make the rounds and "clean up, clean up, everybody, everywhere, clean up clean up, everybody do your share" like the nursery clean up song right?? Anybody feel me? Speaking of...
UPDATE: Lydia is doing fantastic in nursery, still. Tender Mercies :)

On a side note anyone else excited for the Superbowl! I can always count on good food and fun. i don't even remember the Superbowl last year...which is a little strange that I totally have no clue what we did.

I'm having a boy, I'm having a boy

Sometimes I find myself looking at girlie headbands and car seat covers and then I remember I'm having a boy.

Don't get me wrong, this Mama is soooo excited for a boy! I just can't stop oogling at the girl accessories.
WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THE COOL BOY STUFF!?!!
Anyways check out this shop, they are giving away $50 certificate to the shop and I am once again hoping, wishing, and praying I get it because...It would be adorable for props for newborn sessions and for my future girlie girls! So if your having a baby girl and your drooling over them like I am enter the giveaway here.