10 things I hate about the dreaded Influenza...

10. The lingering cough and runny/stuffy nose that lasts like a week or two after you start feeling better.
9. Having to stay home all week long.
8. To go to the doctor, or not to go to the doctor, that is the question.
7. Achiness, chills, fever
6. Cough/cold/ flu medicines that claim to help, but don’t!
5. Not enough energy to cook a good meal.
4. Baby who is also sick. :(
3. Staying in pajamas and no make up for a week.
2. Never enough sleep.
1. And the number one thing I hate most about influenza...

Drum roll please...

A week’s worth of household chores to do when you

are finally feeling better!

Jordan's 1st Valentine's Date!

It all began at 5:15 sharp. There he sat, freshly bathed and smelling sweet, dressed in his sunday best and carrying a single rose. Tied around the rose was a ribbin with a caption which read: "Will you be my Valentine?"

Thus he sat, in the living room of his grandparent's house awaiting the arrival of his first ever date, Aunt Pam. Would she come? Or would his first date also become his first ever dissapointing stand up? Only time would tell.

The minutes ticked by: 5:16, 5:17, and on to 5:25... and then the sound of a car door shutting could be heard outside. Was it she?

Jordan postitioned himself in front of the door where he was certain she could not miss him. With the rose clasped tightly in his little hands, he waited.

A moment later the door swung open to reveal just the person he had been waiting for! Jordan put his cutest, most imploring look on his face as her eyes fell on him.

"Of course I'll be your Valentine!" Aunt Pam said, as she accepted the rose. And then lifted him into the air.

Jordan grinned with relief. She had accepted his offering. This was going to be the best Valentine's Date ever!

My Funny Valentines

I am devoting this post to my two Valentines! First and foremost is of course, my wonderful husband, Gabe.

I love his sense of humor. I love that he is such a big kid. I love his smile and the way he can make me laugh. I love that he is hard working and takes such good care of his little family. I love his goofy side. I love that he has a strong testimony of the gospel. I love the way he plays with Jordan. I love the way he always put's me and our family first. I love his talent in music. I love that he wrote songs just for me. I love that he supports me in my writing. I love the way he can cheer me up. I love you Gabe!

I love Jordan! I love his smile. I love his long eyelashes. I love

his stubby little legs. I love how soft his skin is. I love his blue eyes. I love how sweet he looks when he is sleeping. I love that he sometimes snores. I love the way he laughs. I love that he squirms and sqeals when I tickle him. I love when he wakes up in the morning happily talking to himself. I love that I can dress him in cute, goofy outfits.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY to my two FUNNY VALENTINES!

Like father like son!

He's probably going to hate me for this when he gets older but...I couldn't help myself. We had just gotten home and Jordan had fallen asleep in his carseat. He sounded so cute!

Hmmm... it shows up when I previewed the post but when I checked the blog the video didn't work! :( Does it work for any of you? It's a video of Jordan snoring. :)

My cute baby!

I was cleaning Jordan's room out yesterday and I stumbled upon an add I had recieved in the hospital. See, when Jordan was maybe a day old he got his pictures taken professionally by a lady who does hospital photos. There was a web address on the add that I could go to to view his pictures. I had forgotten about those pictures until I found that paper, so I looked up his pictures and they are still on the website! I added the link on other links on the right hand side of this page. The one called "Jordan's Own Web page." Hopefully the link works. I also added a page Jordan's Aunt Monica did for us on Flicker. Thanks so much for doing that, by the way!

It's fun seeing a picture of him when he was so little! Funny thing is, he still looks just like himself! It's hard to believe he is already five months old though. He's just getting so big.


PS- I just began my own flicker page and I have uploaded a few pictures from our reception. I have also posted the link in other links

Well folks, we finally got ourselves connected to the internet! Hurray! I am probably going to be able to post a bit more often now... but I won't make any promises. This is very exciting though. You must realize, I haven't had the internet in my own home since getting married in October of 2006! Well... I guess that's not necessarily true, I do have the internet on my cell phone. But it is a condensed version, with limited capabilities.

As for news of our little family:

After a conversation with my sister, Natalie, I decided to take Jordan to the doctor to see if he might have acid reflux, and as it turns out, he does! So many things are beginning to make sense. We also found out that he has exema (sp?). So we went and got him the necessary perscriptions and treatments, and we are hoping that we will soon have a happier little baby. I wish I had known sooner, then he wouldn't have had to suffer from it as long. Poor little guy. But once again, thanks so much for your help, Natalie!

My new and improved blog!

Ok, so today I had a bit of time on my hands. I have been envious of other people's cool blog templates, and was sick of seeing my generic one so I decided to take a bit of time to make my blog a little more interesting. Usually I am pretty good at figuring out computer type functions, but today was hard. In between trying to search for cool images, templates and such I was dealing with a little infant who isn't feeling so good today. So I didn't have as much patience to sit and read through instructions and such and try to figure it out on my own. So I finally stooped to calling my sister, who, by the way is known for being computer illiterate (no offense, Natalie!) . But, oddly enough, she has managed to make a pretty good blog for herself. So she gave me the names of a few websites that have some good, and more importantly easy templates for blogger. I was able to figure it out and I am very excited about the results!

So.... behold the glory that is my new blog!

(Special thanks to Natalie the family blog queen!)