Wednesday, July 30, 2008

From A to Z

A- Attached or Single? Attached and married!
B- Best Friend? Dave
C- Cake or Pie? Cake I suppose
D- Day of choice? Wednesday
E- Essential item? gum..gotta keep my mouth moving
F- Favorite color? Green
G- Gummy bears or worms? Sour gummy worms
H- Hometown? Parker, CO
I- Favorite Indulgence? being alone
J- January or July? July, lots of barbeques and fireworks
K- Kids? We have one boy right now and I think we want 2 or 3 more
L- Life isn't complete without? My family
M- Marriage date? Aug 30, 2003
N- Number of brothers and sisters? I have 2 bros and 2 sis and Dave has 3 bros and 9 sis
O- Oranges or Apples? Oranges
P- Phobia and fears? I'm scared of the dark and deep water
Q- Quote? "Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real." Iris Murdoch
R- Reasons to smile? I have a beautiful family and I am still alive and able to enjoy them
S- Season of choice? Autumn
T- Tag 3 people: Maren, Shara, and Angela
U- Unknown fact about me: Dream a but is life, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily stream the down gently, boat your row, row, row. I like to sing songs backwards.
V- Vegetable? carrots
W- Worst Habit? being late for everything
X - Ray or Ultrasound? Both, Xray my teeth and ultrasound with my pregnancy
Y- Your favorite food? spaghetti and meatballs
Z- Zodiac sign? Gemini

Sunday, July 27, 2008

I'm A Survivor

We made it to Nauvoo and had a fabulous time at the reunion. As stressed as I was about packing, it only took a few hours to get it all done (with Dave's help). Christian did marvelous on the road trip and was a happy boy the whole week. I, however, was very sick the first half of the vacation and missed a lot of great opportunities to see some sights. I was able to see Liberty Jail and Independence, MO, but I missed the trip to Carthage. I was really bummed about that. We didn't get to see much in Nauvoo between me being sick and Christian's short attention span. But we did see a couple things we missed last time we were there. It was nice to get away for a whole week as a family. The last time we had a vacation that long was our honeymoon (which was also a roadtrip to Nauvoo). So, hopefully we will be able to go back once we have older kids. Oh, and if you ever think about camping in Nauvoo--don't. It's hot, humid, buggy and miserable. I am glad we had the opportunity to get away, but I am glad to be home.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Vacation

On Friday we are going to make a journey with Dave's family to Nauvoo for the first Putnam family reunion. We are very excited to spend time with some of our favorite people, but I am very stressed about being away from home for a whole week! There is so much to plan that I am feeling a little overwhelmed and not wanting to do anything. This is our first post baby vacation (other than a short visit to Salt Lake) so I am having a little trouble figuring out how to take enough without taking too much. Space is limited in our little Hyundai Elantra. Christian does require a lot of big things such as a stroller, pack n play, diapers and wipes, food and bottles, clothing, toys, blankets, and the list goes on. It should be interesting not having his high chair for a week. And it'll be our first time camping with the little tyke. And what are we doing with the animals while we are gone? Somehow this all snuck up on us. It is so easy to get caught up in day to day life and time gets away from you easily. On the bright side I do tend to do my best work under pressure.