Pita Pita Pita

YAY! I decided to try something new the other day and make...... PITA BREAD! Aren't they lovely? I felt pretty proud of myself for making something I had only eaten at Restaurants. I'm slowly becoming the connoisseur of domestic-ness! By the way, they were very tasty, too!

still wondering how to blog

Well, I am trying to figure this blogging thing out and I cannOT seem to figure out how to post a profile picture of me. I understand that you have to find a URL for a photo and copy and paste it to the "edit profile" section. But, when I find the section that has all the URL's (what the heck does that stand for anyway?) it is a foreign language.

Sorry. I know your disappointment. It's comparable to being 4 years old and having an adult read a book to you without pictures.

Cornbread is trying to be just like his daddy...isnt it so cute?

My family

I just wanted to put a picture on here that had our whole family in it, not separate pictures of each of us. This was about an hour or two after he was born.

A grrreat trip!

Here we are with Erin at the MTC. Wow, what a trip it was getting there. No, not the drive. I'm talking about all the obstacles Erin had to go through in life to get there, and how everyone around her felt the "vibrations" of them. She really had a tough year before she left. BUT, we are all VERY happy she is there and, besides the learning she will do, doing what she knows is right. Talk about a trip.

Girl's just wanna have FUN

I just wanted to post a picture of me that I stopped to take while I was baby-sitting my twin nieces Ari and Sophie. Also in the picture is my dear mother. Yes, she is the sweetest woman you will ever meet. And, the most forgiving and kind. Basically, when you look in the dictionary for the definition of any of those words you will find her picture!

Rolling Along

YAY! Conrad has figured out rolling. He first rolled over about 3 days ago, and now he is really getting the hang of it. Now, he finally can have control of his body enough to find a toy he wants to play with and get it! Yahoo! And, he is just so dang cute with those 2 little teeth crowns. He's really growing up. I am mostly glad he is growing up. I should be savoring these moments, but I am looking forward to being able to communicate with him, and all the other grown-up things that happen in life.

Recovering

If you are of the female species, you understand the rollercoaster ride of emotions. Well, yesterday I went FLYING down the hill. Let me explain to you the ride UP the hill. Grab a Snicker's bar, you might be here a while.

This previous week I spent baby-sitting two 6 year old twins. I had a BLAST! They were so much fun, and so easy to take care of, not to mention the nice facilities we were able to stay in. But, WOW, it takes a LOT of energy to run a household. Everyday waking up and RUSHING them off to school, hurrying to clean what I can (they are only in Kindergarten so they have half days). Playing, playing, tidying, feeding time, playing again, running an errand, making dinner, feeding time, changing diapers, cleaning dinner, jumping on trampoline, feeding time, bath time, and finally, the girl's bed time. But it's not bedtime for me yet. Now is the time for me to catch up on what I didn't get done during the day! So, I rush to do dishes, make Josh's lunch, clean kitchen, put away toys, lay the baby down, and then I can go to bed. At that point, Josh is already in bed, so I hurry to get ready for bed. At this point it's probably about 11 or 11:30. Some times later. Ahh, sleep. But, some little body in another room decides he is hungry around 3 am and starts crying. So, we have another feeding time. The best part of those middle of the night feedings is that Conrad will go right back down to sleep. Ahh, sleep again. For a couple of hours, atleast. Unfortunately, some little body in another room decides they are hungry again and starts crying. We have feeding time again, and go back down to sleep, but then in another hour or two, it is time to get up and get ready and do it ALL over again! Yipee.

To summarize that past novel, I didn't get much sleep last week.

Now, the next section of climbing up the hill. Fortunately for you, it's not as big as the last climb. Sunday morning comes around and we come back to our nice cozy home after sleeping on the hard ground the previous night (long story, sorry, but isn't this one long enough?). We rush to get ready for church. I am at this point, living on low-quality, highly interrupted sleep and, of course I had to get charged with the monthly bill the previous day. So, I am already teetering on the edge of the emotional rollercoaster.

As we are getting ready I do my normal routine and change Conrad's diaper. Out of nowhere I see these huge zit-like bumps all over his back. I realize, oh, I haven't given him a bath for about 4 days! That was enough to make me feel like a negligent mother. But, when you are busy with 2 girls and a household to keep clean, and the baby is not crying even though he may be dirty, you don't even think to give him a bath. I teetered over the edge. Fortunately, I just stayed there and hung on. I knew I was going to fly down any moment, though. (FYI, he has sensitive skin, so I hope these bumps are nothing serious).

We go to church. I clung to my post on the rollercoaster, hoping not to let the floodgates open. I made it through the first block of church. But, then all of a sudden a woman I hold dear to my heart approaches me and says that she has been praying for me. WHOOOOOOSH! Down the hill I fly. There's no stopping. Not even a trip to a bathroom to gain composure. All I can do is HOLD on. And it is a very long hill down. So, all day yesterday I bawled. We even had a family party my husband was very excited to go to. I felt horrible, but I knew I couldn't go to it and keep my composure. So, after a few words with one another, (that I regretted saying later) we resolved that he would take the baby and I would stay home and take a nap. So, once he left I fell asleep. All of a sudden, he was back home. I was startled, why was he back home so soon? But, I looked at the clock and realized it had been 2 1/2 hours. And, I amazingly felt much better. I was all of a sudden a much better wife and mother.

So, the moral of the story is, um, get your sleep. At least, let me get my sleep.

Today is a First!

Today is a first because today I've finally created a blog! Thanks to Josh, I was able to think of a unique blogspot name and feel good about it. Before this blog I created one with 2 problems in the title. I used my real name, and I used the prefix "Miss..." I didn't think about the "Miss" until after it was created. I was so upset at myself I spent about an hour trying to change the title, unfortunately never figuring it out. So, today Josh got on here and found RIGHT AWAY where to change it. Yay, yet another reason why I am grateful he is my husband. And that stylish shady brady ;)