Friday, September 26, 2008
Yes, yes, I know it's not October yet....
But I couldn't help myself. I almost changed it a week ago, but thought that might be a little bit to early. I rationalize doing it now (less than a week from October may I say) because we will be out of town on Tuesday which is when I was planning on changing it. I suppose that I could just do it on Wednesday when I get home, but I'm getting antsy. Don't worry. I won't change to a Thanksgiving one until November 1 and I won't change to a Christmas one until after Thanksgiving. I just get so excited for autumn and the fun holidays! You can bet that when I get home on Wednesday the holiday box will be out and I will be decorating with the scant Halloween stuff that I have. I hope you don't all think I'm too weird for changing it already.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Omnivore's Top 100
I was clicking on links to different food blogs this morning, and many of them had recent posts about this Omnivore's Top 100. So I went to the original site, and I found that this British blogger had made a list of 100 things he thinks that everyone should try at least once in their life. The rules are to copy this list to your blog, bold the things you've tried, and cross out the things that you would never consider. I did this and then realized how long a list of 100 things really is on a blog, so I will give you the link to his blog, Very Good Taste, so that you can look at them yourself. I have only tasted 28 of these things, so I have some work to do! There are several that I will not try, so at least it's not 73 things I have to find and try!
On a food note, I put some of the better blogs in my Cooking Blogs section so you should check them out! Also, if you enjoy cooking and food, check out Share Our Strength. There are so many ways, through food, to get involved in educating the public and help alleviate children's hunger in America. Hold a bake sale! Go out to eat (this campaign is going on this week! Check out what restaurants are participating in your area)! Volunteer or teach! Eat great food!
UPDATE: Brett kicked my butt on the omnivore's top 100. He's tried 44! Can anyone beat that?
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Baby Love
The Waddoups watched Kennedy for a little while last week while I was helping out a friend and Brett was helping the guy that bought his car. I didn't get these pictures until this morning, but I was looking forward to seeing them ever since I heard about them! Ever since we found out that we were having a girl and they were having a boy, we have been joking about them getting married one day. But Kennedy and Boston look like they might like each other a lot already!
Here they are, holding hands without being provoked! As Kim pointed out to us, there are no pictures of Kennedy that aren't blurry because she is constantly moving. I'm serious, she never stops. But I figure that this will be a good thing as she gets older. And I have to point out, that although the parents of both children tend to be pretty conservative, I think it would be hilarious if they got married considering their names. Don't Kennedy and Boston just go together anyway?
Monday, September 22, 2008
"They used to sit around and stare at each other all day. Got very boring."
Yes, much of the day is spent staring at Kennedy and obeying her every whim. She is most definitely the queen of this household. But it most certainly is not boring! She is a funny girl with a great personality and we laugh quite a bit at what she does. Here are a few of the things she has been doing lately. When she gets changed, she loves to roll over. And sometimes that roll comes before she has a new diaper on. She has such a cute bum that we couldn't resist snapping this.
As most babies are, she is darling when she sleeps. The other day we got this picture of her during a nap.
She loves to chill! She often lays with her hands behind her head, awake and asleep. But she's not always that chill. Apparently she loves BYU football, just like everyone else around here. Brett had the game on, so he pulled her high chair into the living room so that he could watch while she ate her green beans. I got this picture between bites.
They are both enthralled by the game. It was so cute to watch daddy feed her while they both enjoyed their Saturday sports. We can't wait to see what other antics Kennedy will get into as she gets older!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Thanks to the kindness of Lori and Brent (who could not go due to moving into a new house), I had the amazing opportunity to go to the Conference Center in Salt Lake last night and see The Gift of Music concert. We were informed by the conductor that this is the largest concert hall in the world. And it is beautiful. I love it every time I'm there.
It was an even bigger surprise and treat because I had no idea that this concert was even happening when Lori called me. But then she said three magic words: Brian Stokes Mitchell. I was so thrilled. I was able to see him once before almost 5 years ago when he came to Emerson College while I was a student there. He came and spoke on a Friday night, and then he held a master class with some of the older musical theatre students on Saturday morning. He was incredible. He was in Man of La Mancha at the time and he walked us through his interpretation of The Impossible Dream. I have loved him ever since I first heard him on Ragtime.
He was incredible once again. He sang with the Utah Symphony, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and Denyce Graves. But he stole the show. Walking back to our car, he was the only person anyone could talk about. He sang Some Enchanted Evening, Wheels of a Dream, and of course, The Impossible Dream which received (and deserved) a standing ovation. (The video does not do him justice because it's grainy, so please look it up somewhere else to get the full effect.) He also sang some jazz which was fabulous. He is such an incredible performer and I have been lucky enough to see him twice. Next adventure is to see him in an actual show! Thank you Lori and Brent for giving me the gift of music.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Tagging Mania
Shauna Phillips tagged me in her blog, so here are some lists of things about me.
Four random things I love about my husband
- He's better at cleaning than I am
- He gets up with Kennedy in the middle of the night
- He makes me laugh
- He's incredibly honest
Four jobs I've had
- Mommy to Kennedy
- Customer Care Agent - Firstline Security
- Call Center Agent - Firstline Security
- Cash Register/Cooker - Legends Grille at BYU
Four movies I've watched more than once
- Jane Eyre
- Pride and Prejudice
- Sense and Sensibility
- Signs
Four TV shows I watch
- LOST
- Fringe (newly, as of last week)
- American Idol
- Pushing Daisies
Four places I have been
- Hawaii
- Kenya
- Australia
- Czech Republic
Four of my favorite foods
- Grandma Emigh's coffee cake
- Molten chocolate cakes
- Tortellini (especially with cream sauce)
- Mimi's honey bran muffins
Four places I would like to visit
- The pyramids
- Jerusalem
- Russia
- The Titanic
Four things I am looking forward to this coming year
- Going to Kauai with my family
- Kennedy's first birthday party
- Actually being done with school
- Christmas
Four people I tag
- Lori Meisinger
- Kim Waddoups
- Katie Bennett
- Kaisa Lee
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wholesome Baby Food
My sister-in-law Lisa made a comment on an earlier post saying that she was looking into wholesomebabyfood.com to make Wyatt some food at home when he is old enough for solid food. I got a cookbook from Williams-Sonoma not too long ago all about cooking for babies up to 12 months old. I love to cook and naturally wanted to make something for Kennedy as well. As I have been researching homemade baby food, I am really starting to believe in it. I am all for the convenience of store-bought food, so please don't think you're a bad person if that is what you give (or gave) your children. That is what Kennedy has been eating for the past week, and will continue to eat next week since there is no way for me to make un-stringy green beans at home. But I am going to attempt to make her some pears later today and freeze them for next week.
What I have found out is wonderful though. First of all, I know exactly what is going into her food. Yes, yes, I eat processed stuff too, but I have been realizing lately that I don't really want that in our diets as much as it has been. It is also so much cheaper to make your own baby food! And it freezes for up to 3 months. You can also re-freeze food, so it doesn't get wasted nearly as much. When I saw the picture of the homemade green peas and compared the color to the stuff in the store, I was sold.
As great as all of the nutritional and financial benefits are, one of my favorite perks is the variety that I can introduce her to. I don't want her to be a picky eater and I want her to be willing to try new things. It's ok if she doesn't like them as long as she will try. Canned baby food only offers a small amount of choices. For example, did you know that avocados are one of the best foods you can give to your baby at first? But they don't sell avocado puree at the store. When she gets a little bit older I will be able to introduce her to spices and herbs and many other foods that are not available to her in a can. So while I probably will continue to buy convenience foods from time to time and during travel, I think that homemade baby food will be a fantastic option for us.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Lucy Goosey
You must know by now how much I love my cat. She is fantastic and always extremely entertaining.
Of course, being a cat, she loves to sleep. She has many favorite spots: Kennedy's stroller, our bed, clean piles of laundry, the couch, stretched out under the covers with me, buried underneath things, and of course in her kitty bed. But I guess that she gets uncomfortable just like us and has to change positions.
She usually starts out curled up like she's supposed to be, but most of the time she needs to stretch out in the middle of her nap. Sometimes I come in the room and she is on her back half in and half out. Other times just her paws come out like she's stretching. It's awfully cute.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
A Tribute to Crazy BYU Fans
I am not that into football. I generally enjoy other sports better and get bored during football games unless something really spectacular happens. But I have to say that it is hard to not get swept up in the hype that is college football. Like every other school in the nation, it gets crazy around BYU during the football season. Game day is not only set apart for watching BYU games, but every other college game going on that day to make sure that other ranked teams lose so that we go up. Brett went to the game yesterday with his brother Jesse and watched the Cougars kill UCLA 59-0. And of course they ran into some serious fans with some hairstyle issues.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Grandma Julius and Sweet Potatoes
Last night Brett's grandma came through Provo on her way to California. She does this every year and we always get together with Brett's dad's family to see her. Since it threatened rain yesterday we went to over to Ron and Pam's (Brett's uncle and aunt) house for dinner. Unfortunately Kennedy started freaking out because of sensory overload as well as no nap during the afternoon. We wanted to get a picture with her great-grandma before we left, so she is screaming in the picture.
Thankfully she was in a better mood this morning, because since she's been eating rice cereal for the past week today was the momentous move to vegetables. We began with sweet potatoes. She loved them! Every time I put a new spoonful in front of her she got so excited that I could hardly get the spoon in her mouth. I even got a big smile from her. Here she is afterward.
The reason why she looks so clean is because mid-feeding she puked more than she ever has before, so I was forced to make her clean before I could continue the meal. But since she seemed fine after that and finished her meal, I don't think it was due to the sweet potatoes. She just didn't get a good enough burp. I hope that she gets just as excited about the green beans I plan on giving her next week. Then I think we will venture into the world of fruits. And hopefully I will be making her some food at home sometime soon!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
My Two Girls
Kennedy has found her tongue and has a new trick. She constantly sticks it out at us, and we always oblige by sticking our tongues back out at her.
She has a lot of fun playing with daddy too.
So Kennedy has a new trick and Lucy has revived an old one. When she was a kitten she would constantly play with the water in the washing machine when I was filling it up and would promptly jump into the dryer while I threw clothes in there. She would often get buried under the clothes and I was always worried that I would start the dryer while she was still in it. She hasn't done it in a while, but she did today. I threw our bed sheets in the dryer and looked in and I saw no cat, but did hear a contented purr.
I went and got the camera and she poked her head out to see where I had gone. Now I'm going to have to look out for her again! We aren't bored around here with these two girls!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Kennedy's Laugh
I don't have any video for you, and I am very sorry about that. We have been trying to get Kennedy to laugh for a little while now, because babies usually start around 3 months and she is almost 5 with no laughter. Finally, totally out of the blue, she laughed yesterday! It was the sweetest sound that I have ever heard. I keep trying to make her do it again, because she did it several times yesterday, but to no avail. What do you do to make little kids laugh?
PS - This is the last chance to get me an e-mail address before the blog goes private tomorrow! Starting tomorrow you will have to log in to see the blog, but you can always just save the info to make it go faster. Get me those e-mails! Otherwise, you can always e-mail me later and I will be happy to put you on the list. Thanks!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
China Girl
I dressed Kennedy in her Chinese shirt that Grandpa Pitt brought back for her when he was in Beijing. She looked so cute in it with her little jeans that I had to take some pictures.
Here's a close up so you can see the shirt better.
She's such a big girl! She's going to be 5 months old soon and she just keeps getting bigger and cuter!
PS - I am making my blog private on September 11, so if you haven't left a comment with your e-mail address so that you can keep looking at it, please do!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Private Party
I have been thinking about making our blog private for a while, and I think that I am going to do that now. I put a lot of specific information on here as well as pictures of Kennedy, and it scares me a little bit to know that anyone can see it. I want to be able to keep in touch with all of my family and friends, but not anyone creepy. There was a person watching our blog almost every day, and I have no idea who they were. So to be safe, if you would like to be able to see my blog, please send e-mail me or make a comment with your e-mail address and I will add you to the list! I'll make it private in a week, so on September 11. Thank you!
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