My New BABY...

.... NOT that one.... he's still safe and sound inside my belly. As for this baby, I've actually been asking for, planning for, saving for, begging for, for longer than the little dude we're all waiting for. I was pregnant with Jack when I told Cliff that we "need" a sedan. We live 45 minutes from the nearest "real" city. 45 minutes from any shopping other than Walmart. 45 minutes from my doctor and hospital. 45 minutes from a real restaurant. 45 minutes for a good date......etc,etc,etc,etc...... We have 2 gas hoggin' suv's and I almost feel guilty jumpin in and taking a trip by myself at 12mpg and $3/gallon. So you see... I "needed" a sedan. Right?!? Well I finally got the ball rollin' by test driving some little sedans myself last thursday. I had it narrowed down to a Camry, an Accord, or an Altima. Cliff said let's wait and make sure there's nothing else in Boise that we might want. He got on line and looked around and found a Maxima that he wanted me to look at. So Friday we got a babysitter and set out for a car-shopping adventure. Before we left and the whole (45 minute) drive there he lectured me about how we might not go home with a car that day and would i be okay with that. Would I be okay with one not so nice cuz maybe we didn't want to pay for "pimped" out. AND... We're not gonna buy the first car we drive...let's just be patient. okayokayokay.... I was just glad that he finally agreed to go shopping with me on this and even though i dreaded the long day ahead of us filled with cars and (even better)car salesmans, I was ready for the adventure.
So how did it turn out???? The first salesman we met, lucky Ted, directed us to a nice used sedan. It was pretty, in excellent condition, low miles and just about the price we'd been looking at. So, sure, we gave it a test drive. Well.... apparently Ted had Cliff read like a book the minute he saw him cuz he didn't even want to SIT in another car much less test drive one after sitting in, yes, the first car we drove. So my friends, this is my New Baby....

Thanks Cliff! I love ya too!

For Amanda...

My friend, Amanda called me a few months back and asked me about doing 1 year pics for her baby girl. Yay for me! Miss "K" is just about the sweetest little thing you'll ever meet. I have a ton to proof, but i couldn't resist sharing a few.
Don't you just wanna say "awwwwww!"

And her other 2 kiddos are the greatest. Mr. "R", her oldest is the biggest flirt, stud-muffin of a 5 year old! So fun to work with. And Miss. "D", well... let's just say she reminds me A LOT of Bella. Such a cutie! Here's an idea of how the family pics went... :)

(Amanda, I promise i got some cooperative ones, but i HAD to share this one. There's something about it that i love! )

Tagged.....

more than once! Infact in the last week i've been tagged 3 times. Twice to list 8 interesting things about myself and once to list lots of 4's. Since I don't find myself very interesting, i'll start with the list of 4's and see how far i get.

4 Jobs I've had:
Pharmacy Technician
Administrative Assistant
Telecom Mangager
Jewelry Business Owner

4 movies I could watch over and over
Honestly - I don't like watching movies twice.

4 places I've lived
Santa Rosa, California
Provo, Utah
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Irving, Texas

4 favorite T.V. shows
Gray's Anatomy
24
ER
and right now for the next 4 months... A Baby Story

4 Places I've been on Holiday
Hawaii
ohmygosh we're so boring i can't even think of anything
California
i don't know... we just sit around

4 favorite dishes
Chocolate
A good yummy Steak
Sushi
right now...for the next 4 months... a bowl of cereal

4 websites I visit
Amazon
lots of blogs
a new fav.. thanks HOllY...mom4life
ebay

4 places i'd like to be
Hawaii
Mesa
Shopping anywhere but the city I live
On a date with the hub

4 people to tag
Lindey
Allison
Holly
Sheila


And since we all can tell how hard this one was for me... I'm not even going to attempt 8 interesting things about myself. I'll leave it up to the taggees which game they want to play. :) Is that cheating?

Did somebody say TERRIBLE???

Cuz this Sweet baby boy just turned TWO!!! I Can't believe it! 2?!? He's still my baby ( for 4 more months )! He's the sweetest, cuddliest, most loving little dude you'll ever meet. Not a day goes by that he doesn't throw cliff and I into a giggle. And when the terrible does sneak out of him one of us always has to comment, "but he's so cute!"
Come on... Don't you wanna squeeze his cute little guts?

...being silly

...so handsome

...just jack

...such a stud

...My Sweet little JACK! Happy Birthday Buddy!!!

The Look of a True Fisherman.....

...or not....

and again...

He decided to be a little brave and get a bit closer the the little fish...

uh...did I say LITTLE fish? I meant BIG fish... cuz if you ask Jack, they were all "This Big!"
(hmmm... I wonder who taught him that?)

Engaged.....

This was my first engagement shoot. So much fun! We had plans of going to a pretty park here in town with a pond and bridges and lots of fun (for here anyway) backgrounds. Well.... We got there and the WHOLE park was blocked off for a wedding. Bummer! So... we made do with the next best park in town. I think we made it work....what d'ya think?



and i've seen some like this before and wanted to try it out... and what a cute couple to experiment with...

IT'S A........

My kids and my babysitter are hanging over my shoulder waiting for the news. I just got home from the dr. and I won't tell them till they read it on my blog, so they're forcing me to make the blog post right now. I can't even get my scanner to work so that i can show you a picture of how cute the little baby is.
So..... ( they hate me right now) I play bunco with a group of friends and tonight is the big night. When I told my friend stephanie that I was finding out the gender the same day as bunco, she suggested we play a little game. She thought it would be fun to hand out either Almond Joys or Mounds, depending on the sex of the baby. Do you have it figured out yet? Come on, you know the jingle.... " sometimes you feel like a NUT, sometimes you don't....."
Anyway, this is what I'll be handing out tonight

So my babysitter thinks that she is so clever and funny for figuring that one out (shame on her!)
But, for those of you that can't figure it out by that little clue, and for my girls who are anxiously waiting for me to literally spell it out for them.....

WOOHOOO...... WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER BOY!!!