Why I love JulieKaye

If you don't know who JulieKaye is, you should! Not only is she one of my dearest friends, she is a miracle worker! On Tuesday I made the trek down to Orem so she could work her magic on my hair. All I have to say is bless her. Since I went short (as in short hair), I have realized that the usual 8 weeks between getting my hair done is too long and I was going crazy because I can't pull my hair up when it is short but too grown out and driving me nuts. Anyway, I know that no one really cares about my hair woes besides me, but I just have to say I am so grateful for a fabulous hair dresser (and more importantly, friend) who I love for many many reasons! Isn't is nice to go get your hair done and just feel pampered? Love it. As JulieKaye says, you wear your hair everyday. It is your most important accessory and you need to feel good about how it looks!! I think those are good words of wisdom!

A gross story

This actually happened a couple of weeks ago, but I just remembered and it made me giggle to myself so I had to post it! Most of you know I am somewhat of a germ freak. Well, that makes my job as a mom a little difficult sometimes. So my little brother, Jonah, was in town visiting and we were all over at my parents playing Pounce (our favorite card game of all time). Davis was playing on the floor and enjoying himself, and I'll admit we weren't paying much attention to him because our game was really intense and we were super into it. In between hands, I look around to see where Davis is. Well, he was sitting only a few feet away on the kitchen floor, happily munching on the dog's nasty, slobbery, chewed up bones. He had one in each hand and was just happy as a clam, chomping away on them. GROSS! I can't think of many nastier things. Everyone wanted to take a picture of him eating the dog bones, but I couldn't let him have them for one more second, so I immediately took them away and washed out his mouth, as if that might help. So, no picture. But it was pretty hilarious. I guess I need to pay more attention to my kid!

First Word!!

This is an exciting day for the speech pathologist in me! People keep asking me if Davis is walking (he isn't yet). I don't really care so much about when he walks as I do about talking! I think today we had our first real word. He was at Grandma and Grandpa Wright's last night and my Dad told us when we picked him up that he kept going over to their dog's kennel and saying 'dog'. I didn't really believe it until I heard it today so I had to get it on video! I am also pretty sure he said 'uh oh' yesterday after I said it. Oh, the excitement! We are going to have to start building his vocabulary immediately! He is sure to be a language over-achiever! Steve always jokes about how Davis is in speech-pathology boot camp.

Happy New Year!

A lot of people talk about being sad that the holidays are over...I'm not glad necessarily, but I really like having a new year, purging my house of all the holiday decorations, throwing out all the junk food in my pantry and eating better, etc. I love the holiday decorations, but I also love taking them down-my house feels so clean and fresh! It is also nice to go back to work- (I know I am not supposed to say that, but it is true!!) it is good to be back in the regular routine. I am not really one for making new year's resolutions-I prefer to makes goals year-round. I guess the thing I am really working on right now is getting ready for the Moab Half Marathon in March. Steve and I are both running it-I am so proud of him for wanting to do it and training so hard. I have been doing a lot of weight lifting which I have never really been in to and I am loving that.

We had a really fun New Years Eve. We went to our friends, the Gardners, and they threw a great party. I did really well through Christmas not eating too much (being sick helped!) but New Years Eve did me in. The food was so good and we ate way too much! Steve had to work on New Years Day since they have year end going on, so he missed out on all that football!

We wish you all a very happy 2008. Happy New Year!