Day 31 - THE FINAL DAY!!!!

The best thing about being me.

The best thing about being me is that I am a Mom to this person...

And a wife to this person.

These 2 people are MY ENTIRE LIFE. I love these two people more than anything and would do anything for them. They make me a better person and want to be better every single day. They are definitely the best thing about me and I am so grateful I have been blessed to be a wife and a Mom - and so blessed to be a wife and a Mom to THEM. They make my life so happy and I thank Heavenly Father everyday for blessing me with the wonderful life I have.

Day 30

My favorite song?

Well, I have had several favorite songs. I have several current favorites - it is always changing. I have a few that will forever be favorites. The main one is I Love to See the Temple. I used to sing this song ALL THE TIME when I was little. Every night my parents would ask what song I wanted to sing. I would say, "Ummm, TEMPLE!" I loved that song. I still love that song. I will always love that song. I sing it to Rylee all the time. When I was 3 I was in the Freedom Festival baby contest. I sang that song. The entire thing. Both verses. Besides my adorable cuteness I am pretty sure I won over the judges by singing it. Wouldn't that just be adorable listening and watching a 3 year old sing it? Yeah, I think so too. :)

Day 29 & Rylee's 9 month check up

In the past month, what have I learned?

In the past month, the biggest thing I have probably learned is to enjoy every second you have with the people that you love. I don't know who did and who didn't read my post a couple weeks ago, but our friends lost their 4 1/2 month old baby boy to SIDS. I just cannot even imagine how that would feel to lose a child. Since then, I have enjoyed all the time I have with my family, especially Rylee. You can never take time for granted and enjoy all the time you have with those that mean the most to you. I have learned so much from this whole situation and I look at time and life as a blessing and a gift. I am trying so hard to be better in every aspect because I don't know when my time will be and I don't know when everyone else's time will be. I just enjoy all the time I have right now and never take a second for granted.

Today was Rylee’s 9 month check up. She is one healthy cute little girl! She weighs 16 lbs 15 oz (16.86%) She has gained a little over a pound in 3 months! She is so super active and always MOVING and WIGGLING she just burns up all the calories she eats! And she EATS. A LOT. She is 27½ inches in length (46.69%) and her head circumference is 17 inches (25.5%) So basically he said he is most likely going to be taller and skinny. And she still has a little head! He said she will probably be walking in the next couple months since she is so strong and so active. She is all over the place! Rolling, pulling herself up, getting down, crawling, climbing stairs, trying to get down the stairs, doing her baby crunches – if you didn’t see the video scroll down a few posts back and watch it. It is so funny. She is getting hard to keep up with! Can’t wait till she stars walking! (Kidding…I really CAN wait.) Oh, and now she has 4 teeth! 2 on top and 2 on bottom. She started doing this hilarious crunched up face mega cheesy grin. I have yet to get a good picture of it so stay tuned, I am determined! And she also started giving “kisses” – they are the cutest open mouthed kisses. She gives Daddy kisses and then does her silly cheesy grin cause his facial hair tickles her face. It is the cutest thing.

Look at that belly!

She was so interested in the bandaid on her foot! She has to get her foot pricked cause they checked her hematocrit level - which was over what they like it to be! My girl is good and healthy!

She couldn't stop staring at the Mural's on the walls! She thought they were pretty cool!

Haha - is that not the cutest mad face?

She looks so big in the scale now!

She loved the paper - she had to try crawling on it too. :)

Yes, you can make fun of how picture crazy I went...

She is getting way too big!

Day 28

A picture of me last year and now, how have I changed since then?

Well, let's see...last year I was pregnant. And now I am not. I wasn't a Mom and now I am. That's about the biggest change for me! Here I am 25 weeks pregnant. This picture was actually taken 1 year and 1 day ago exactly - March 27, 2010.

And here I am today. Rylee is now 9 months and 3 days old!

Please excuse our cut off heads shot - it was the best out of like a dozen I took. Timers and taking pictures yourself aren't so easy - especially with a very wiggly baby in hand!

Day 27

Why am I doing this 31 day challenge?

I am doing this 31 day challenge because I never blog about much of anything - I thought this would be a fun way for me to have something to blog about and something fun for readers to read about. And anyone reading this can learn a little bit more about me. It's been fun, but I wish some of the questions would have been a little been more fun to blog about. I could have changed questions if I wanted to I guess, but I didn't. I would definitely do it again with different questions. Hopefully in the future I will have something else to blog about other than just about my baby. :) Let's face it, I just suck at blogging! Sorry if what a write isn't that fun to read about. I try!

Day 26 & SLEEP

What do I think about my friends?

I think my friends are great. I definitely know what friends are really my friends and will be in my life forever and what friends are just current friends. I don't really have any friends from high school that I am still really good friends with. There are few people that actually still hang out with their high school friends. My husband is one of them. He is very lucky to still be best friends with his high school friends. He still talks to them on a daily basis and still hangs out with them. I have made other friends through work, college, and girls in my neighborhood. We all have great friendships in different ways and I am so lucky to have them all in my life for different reasons. I have one friend that I talk to a lot about stuff and she is always there for me and I am SO grateful she is in my life. I hope she knows who she is. :) I definitely consider her to be my best friend. She always puts a smile on my face and always makes me laugh. Definitely the meaning of a TRUE friend.

And...

RYLEE SLEPT ALL NIGHT LONG! I am not jumping the gun and saying she sleeps all night yet but I am so excited! I was smart and went to bed at 10:30 last night. Rylee had finally fallen asleep at 8:30 if you read my previous post. She woke up at 4:45 I nursed her and layed her back down. She cried for maybe a minute and went right back to sleep. It is currently 9:20 and she just barely woke up! She has had maybe 5 nights tops where she has slept all night since she was born. I really hope it's a changing thing! Definitely not getting my hopes up yet. :) And for a while she went right to sleep when I put her down but ever since she got sick the past 2 weeks she doesn't go to sleep by herself. It's crazy how babies will just stop doing something out of the blue. As for me - I feel SO MUCH BETTER. I got some much needed sleep. So glad I went to bed early. Well, we'll see if it continues... Here is my cute girl this morning! When I went to get her she had this funny look on her face like we were mean last night haha.

Does anyone else think she's looking more like Kelly? Well, in this pic anyway!

I Did It

So I almost feel like I should apologize for going on a rant in the middle of the night. I feel like the worst Mom for even getting frustrated. I was and just have been super tired and emotional. After reading everyone's comments I feel so much better - really. I now know that I am not the only one going through this. Pretty much everyone has. Rylee is just learning so many fun things right now and wants to just keep playing to practicing all those fun things. And she is teething and is starting to get separation anxiety which really hasn't helped much - at all. My soon to be sister in law sent me a link to read about teaching your baby to sleep in 7 days. It gave some very helpful tips. Tonight I decided something needs to change. It will be a difficult few days - or even week - maybe even two weeks, but if I don't change something now it is just going to get a whole lot worse. So tonight I DID IT. I let Rylee cry herself to sleep. Wow, it was so hard. I just wanted to go pick her up and cuddle her but I didn't. I layed her down at 7:30 and she finally went to sleep at 8:30 - on the dot. I only went in her room once - maybe not the best idea but I did. I didn't even touch her I just let her know she was ok and that I was still there. She finally fell asleep though. If she wakes up in the middle of the night again I am just going to do the same thing - I am going to let her cry herself back to sleep. I also decided I am going to start putting her to bed at 7:30 - maybe even 7. I have heard the earlier you put your baby to bed the better they sleep. I have "heard" so many different things though who knows what is really the truth! I really can't wait to read that book when it arrives in the mail. I will keep you all updated on Rylee's sleep progress! Thank you again for all your comments, suggestions, and advice. It really did help a lot and I am so excited to hopefully help my baby sleep better (and maybe me too! :)

9 Months, day 25, & stuff.

So here I am at 3:40 a.m. - my baby won't sleep. She never sleeps good anymore. She falls asleep about 8 p.m. and then is up at 1 a.m. - for hours. It is taking quite the toll on me emotionally and physically. I feel like I cry more and am more frustrated at things more - and at her. I know a few posts back I said don't get frustrated if your baby won't sleep but it's getting a little difficult not to these days. She was SUPER fussy for a few months after she was born. She cried a lot. I NEVER was frustrated at her and was totally fine with her crying all the time. Now that she won't sleep - different story. I never have time for myself and I never get sleep anymore. I feel like I am the worst Mom because she won't sleep. I know there is absolutely nothing I can do about it but I just wish it would change. I feel like it never will. I feel like she is always going to be the worst sleeper. Every night I am just hoping and hoping she will sleep and then I am in for major disappointment - again. I always think well maybe she is hungry - so I nurse her. Nothing. Maybe she has a tummy ache - so I give her gas medicine. Hours go by and she is still awake. Maybe she can't breathe - I suck her nose out. Nothing. Maybe her teeth hurt - I numb them and give her Tylenol - nope. Everything I do doesn't help. She doesn't even really nap during the day. She naps a good solid 2 hour nap every once in a while but that's it. Other than that her naps are usually 30 minutes if even that. She has been sick and that doesn't help much at all either. Please tell me I am not the only Mom going through this. And if there are any tips for me PLEASE help! I have heard the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child is a good one. I just ordered it. I am hoping it will somehow help.

On a happy note Rylee is 9 months old today! Here is a super cute picture of her I took a couple days ago. She is getting so big. I can't believe she'll be a year in just 3 short months!

Some things about her right now:

-She always has her tongue sticking out.

-She loves to crawl. EVERYWHERE. She gets into everything and anything.

-She loves to pull doors open. Bedroom doors and cabinet doors.

-She can climb up the stairs - very quickly.

-She loves trying to push her toy and can take a few steps.

-She pulls herself up onto anything and everything.

-She loves to eat and eats everything I give her. Except she recently decided she hates pears. She loves to feed herself. She always grabs a handful and then gags cause she puts too much in her mouth at once.

-She loves water and juice. I HAVE to warm up her juice she won't drink it otherwise.

-When she is laying on her back she tries to sit up. We hold onto her legs and she really does sit up - all the way up. It is SO funny.

-She loves to clap.

-She shakes her head no a ton now - makes me laugh every time.

-She loves car rides.

-Bath time is not so easy anymore - all she wants is to pull herself up on the side of the tub.

-She is SO busy busy. Always moving and playing.

-She is starting to get stranger danger - and separation anxiety.

-She has her two bottom teeth and one top tooth - the second one will be showing any day now!

That's about all I can think of - my brain is definitely shutting down. It's now 4:45 and my sweet baby is still wide awake and playing. :)

Oh, and here's day 25:

What you would find in my bag:

Well, since all I carry around now is a diaper bag, that is what you will find in my bag. Baby stuff. Diapers, wipes, toys, clothes, tylenol, gas medicine, baby orajel, sippy cup, crackers, etc.

Day 24

My last 5 Facebook status'.

5. My poor baby is supposed to get BETTER not WORSE!
4. My baby is sick AGAIN. :(
3. I now have a stair climber - a very quick stair climber.
2. Tooth #3 has finally made an appearance.
1. I have not been this tired since Rylee was born! She decided to wake up at 1 a.m. this morning and wouldn't go back to sleep till almost 5. Gotta love teething! Thank goodness while she was awake I wasn't dealing with a fussy baby - just a very happy smiling playful one!

All about Rylee. Funny. And I continued to read down at a bunch of my other status' - all about Rylee too. Haha.

Day 23

Yes, I skipped yesterday's post. All day I was trying to think of what to put but couldn't think of anything. It was what makes me different from everyone else. Tough one! But here is today's:

Something I crave for alot.

Hmm, probably my favorite restaurant Texas Roadhouse. I crave for just a good steak and yummy salad - ALOT. In fact, we ate at Texas Roadhouse last night. So delicious.

Day 21

A picture of something that makes me happy.

Besides looking at this beautiful girl... THIS makes me happy! It's my newfound love and it is SO MUCH FUN and so addicting! Definitely the best way to exercise. I don't even feel like I am exercising even though I am dripping with sweat! It is just way too fun to be exercise!

Day 20

Someone I love.

My HUSBAND. Every post is about my little sweet baby I never even talk about my husband! I LOVE this MAN more than ANYTHING. (Well I say that about Rylee too..) haha. But really, how did I get so lucky? He is absolutely amazing. First off, he is the sweetest. Always finding ways to make me happy and things to do for me. Second, he is the best Daddy! Rylee loves him SO much. She is always so happy around him. Whenever he goes out of town he calls every night to talk to her and she gets so excited to hear his voice. She loves Daddy. Daddy loves his baby girl. Such a great pair together! Next he is so strong in the gospel. I really know we need to be better about reading our scriptures and saying our prayers every night but he strives to do better every day. He is SO kind to others. He is always helping other people without complaint. And he got this from his Dad. My father in law is AMAZING too - they are so much alike and are both amazing men and I am lucky to have them both in my life. He is a great listener. And great at giving advice. Just a great person to talk to about problems. I have told him so many times he would be SUCH a great counselor, psychiatrist, psychologist etc. just for this reason. And lastly, he is such a HARD WORKER. He works so hard for our family - and to build up his business. He takes on multiple responsibilities at times without complaint. He is such a hard worker and without him I wouldn't be able to be a stay at home Mom. He is amazing. He also helps tons around the house - cooking dinner, doing laundry, vacuuming, mopping the floor - just all the household chores. I am so lucky he is mine. I love him SO much and continue to love him more and more each day!

Day 19

Nicknames I have and why I have them.

Besides 'babe' that my husband calls me on a daily basis I have a few other nicknames. The first nickname I ever had was 'Boo' and 'Princess Boo' my parents - mostly my Dad called me all growing up...even in high school. He now calls his granddaughter 'Rylee Boo.' Another one is 'Heath' - Just Heather shortened. I think the main one I have right now is 'G!' or 'Heather G!' - only one person calls me that though - and I love it! haha. Makes me laugh every time.

Day 17 & 18

Yes, I have been slacking. My baby has been sick -- and I have been worn out! Yes, I sound like a complainer. Not trying to but I do anyway! So, here goes...

Day 17 - Someone you would want to switch lives with for a day and why?

I know, I know, every post I swear is about my daughter. But really, if I could switch lives with this cute little girl for one day I would. ESPECIALLY now (well, except today she is doing better.) The past few days she has been SO sick. I mean just looking at her she looked miserable. Stuffy nose, pale, not eating good, SUPER clingy and fussy. She would cry a river - and I mean RIVER of tears every time I put her down. That is how I really know she didn't feel good. She just wanted to be loved and comforted. The reason I would switch lives with her for a day is just so I can see how it is to be in a baby's shoes -- MY baby's shoes. Not being able to communicate what she needs or wants must be so frustrating for her! For any baby! And especially while she has been sick I would love to be in her shoes and see just how it really is.

Day 18 - My plans/dreams/goals I have.

I really don't think about this very much - I really live life day by day...making plans as needed or wanted. But to really think about plans, dreams, and goals would take a lot of thought. Besides being a wonderful Mom and raising a beautiful family -- there isn't much I really care to think about right now! :) Plus, I am too tired to think - It's nearing 1 a.m. and I really should be in bed.

Day 16

Another picture of myself...

This time I decided to go old school and put up a few of my FAVORITES from when I was little. Don't you just love my glasses? :)

Day 15

My Ipod on shuffle -- first 10 songs that play...

Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
Tim McGraw & Nelly – Over and Over
Akon – Shake Down
Dashboard Confessional – Don’t Wait
Owl City – Vanilla Twilight
Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer
The Who – Baba O’Riley
Katy Perry – Hot N Cold
Staind – So Far Away
The Fray – Never Say Never

Day 14

I missed a day! Yesterday - I was too tired to even get on the computer all day. These sleepless nights are really getting to me! Rylee's getting her second top tooth and they have been bothering her -- REALLY bothering her. Poor thing. It's so close to coming through. Maybe another week or so. I sure hope it comes in soon. For her sake and for mine. And I need to learn that going to bed at 1 a.m. is not a good idea anymore. I need to go to bed when she goes to bed. Especially while she is teething. Ugh...

So, I am still tired today and really don't feel like typing much. So I'm going to skip yesterday's post and just do today's. Sorry, I know you were all looking forward to reading my letter to someone... (kidding)

A picture of you and your family.

This is my family. Pretty pathetic that the only picture we all have together is over 4 years ago at our wedding.

And this is my family too! Kelly's family. And this picture is 2 1/2 years old...man we need updated photos! Rylee is missing in this one...and Mitch's soon to be wife in May. (Mitch is the second one from the left.)

Today was little Crue's funeral. It was so hard but also so spiritual and what an amazing experience it was to attend. Never in my life have I seen such strong testimonies of the atonement and eternal families. Both our friends Kodey and Kalee (the parents of Crue) spoke at his funeral. That would be SO difficult to do, but at the same time so humbling to be able to. Although this funeral was so sad, it was so inspiring to me to do better every day so I can see my family again in the Celestial Kingdom when they pass away. Seeing little Crue in the casket was so extremely sad. His little tiny fingers laying so gently on his chest. I just wanted to kiss his little forehead. You never will know just how hard it would be to lose a child until you have a child of your own. Just looking at him you know this is Heavenly Father's plan. He was just a perfect little spirit - too perfect for this earth. His plan was fulfilled. He came and did what he needed to. We will never know what it was that he came here to do but he did it. In just 4 1/2 short months he completed his mission here on earth. Now he is back in the arms of Heavenly Father. One of my old Seminary teachers Brother Patterson was able to give a few remarks at Crue's funeral. One of the things he said is Crue is 136 days old. When he is resurrected, he will be just as he was - 136 days old. You will get to see him take his first step, speak his first word. How amazing is this plan? I am so grateful that I have the gospel in my life. This whole experience wants me to try a harder to do a better and I am going to from today on. Kodey and Kalee attended the temple the evening their sweet baby boy passed away. How amazing is that? They said they sat in the Celestial room and just felt the spirit so strongly and just knew Crue was all around them. The night after he passed Kelly and I and our other friends Brandon and Samantha went over to Kodey and Kalee's house. It was so wonderful to just see their strong testimonies and know they will see their little Crue again. I look up to both of them so much for enduring this extreme pain through losing their child. How I so badly want to have a testimony so strong like that. So inspiring it was to see this whole experience from the outside in. We just all need to take life and embrace it and cherish ever second we have with our loved ones. We all need to try harder to do better. If you want to read more about sweet little Crue go to cruebug.weebly.com

Day 12

How I found out about blogger and why I have one.

I honestly don't know how or who I found out about blogger from...I have a blog mainly for myself. It seems like writing in a journal is just so hard. I did SO well writing daily in Rylee's journal for a few months after she was born but have been so awful lately. I have to play "catch up" every month or so. Having a blog makes it so easy to keep record of things - mainly because typing is so much easier than writing! I also like to show off my super cute baby. :)

Day 11

Another picture of you and your friends.

My two BEST FRIENDS on the happiest day of our lives. Well, actually the day after. :) This is my FAVORITE picture of us 3. We have never looked happier or more proud in a picture.

Day 10

Songs I listen to when I am happy, sad, bored, anxious, or mad.

I don't really have one specific song that I listen to when I am either of these. I do listen to certain music when I am in different moods though..

Happy - Pop, Country, or Enya (totally relaxing)

Sad - Ok, maybe there is one specific song I listen to when I am sad. Not always, but sometimes. Blue and Yellow by The Used.

Anxious - Hmm don't really listen to anything specific, just anything.

Mad - Rap or Rock (haha)

In my opinion - kind of a dumb post! Oh well.

I am just sitting here crying and had to type my feelings out. Some of our friends lost their baby today. She layed him down for a nap and went in to check on him and he was gone. Just like that. I just can't even imagine the deep pain they are feeling right now. I can't even imagine what it feels like to lose a child. I just feel physically ill today since I found out. I haven't cried until now - and I just want to keep crying and to not let Rylee out of my sight. It definitely makes you look at life in a different perspective. All the nights your child won't go to sleep and just cry - who cares. Just laugh and enjoy the time you have with your child. I will NEVER take a second for granted and I will ALWAYS cherish every waking second I have to spend with Rylee and all my future children. I just sit here and feel so sad and so guilty that I never even met their baby boy. How hard would it have been to just go to their house one evening and drop in and say hi? They live 2 minutes from us. Today has been an extremely sad one. Life will never be the same as it was for them. Crue was just too perfect to live on this earth. As hard as it would be to feel that it was God's way, it was. They are sealed as a family for eternity and knowing they will see him again will make it that much easier. We are going to his funeral but I don't know how well I will handle that. That will be the hardest thing I have ever been to. All my friends reading this - we NEED to get together more often and have closer relationships because I don't EVER want to have regrets like I do in this situation! Life is a gift - live it to the fullest.

Day 9

Something you're proud of in the past few days.

This isn't something I have only been proud of in the past few days, it's something I have been proud of since June 25, 2010. And that is TO BE A MOTHER. I am SO proud to be a Mother and to say Rylee is my daughter - forever. I love this little girl more than words can ever express. She is my entire world. I am proud to say I have the most beautiful, sweet, and loving baby. I am so proud to be a Mother. I love being a Mother. I love this sweet little girl so much and I am so amazed at her every single day and will be amazed at her every single day of her life. There is no greater blessing than to be a Mother and have a child of your own. I have been so extremely blessed and will thank Heavenly Father every single day for blessing me with this one.

Day 8

My short term goal for this month, and why.

My short term (and long term) goal for this month is to eat healthy. Starting March 1st, Kelly and I started a "diet" where we only eat healthy...but, we had dessert on Sunday...only a tiny bit...kind of a reward for doing so well for a week. :) So, we are eating really healthy, eating small portions when we do eat, and not eating late at night. Even the nights we stay up late and are getting hungry, we don't eat. And for me the not eating late at night thing has been GREAT. For the longest time every night I would get a super bad stomach ache and felt like I wanted to throw up. So weird. I finally went to the Dr. and she said it wasn't my gallbladder or spleen and it was maybe just stomach acid. Well, since then I haven't eaten past like 7 and I haven't had any stomach aches! That right there is definitely a huge motivator to not eat late. And I feel so much better and have already lost 3 lbs. by doing all these things. YAY.

Day 7

A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on me.

First is this picture: This past December the Provo Tabernacle caught fire. This is a picture of Christ they pulled from that fire. It is burned completely around Christ and stopped before Christ actually burned. This is definitely NOT a coincidence and this just makes my testimony so much stronger. I just get the chills looking at this picture. A guy in my Mom's ward is a fire fighter and was at the Provo Tabernacle when they pulled this out. A metal beam had fallen at an angle over the picture to protect it from burning all the way through. Still, not a coincidence. This just proves that Heavenly Father has the power to control everything. Simply amazing.

Second is this beautiful little boy. Looking at these pictures makes me think twice before I say I can't do something. He is just so happy in every single picture.

There are many, many other things that have had a major impact on me but these are just 2 of them.

Day 6

5 Favorite TV Shows.

Don't laugh or make fun - I really watch all these religiously. Yes, I know they are all ridiculous shows but I can't help it. :) And I couldn't just put 5 because I watch more than 5 EVERY WEEK and never miss an episode.

1. 90210

2. One Tree Hill

3. Pretty Little Liars

4. Grey's Anatomy

5. Desperate Housewives

6. The Bachelor

7. Parenthood

Day 5

A picture of somwhere I've been.

Sorry, for this post I couldn't just put up one picture. These are a few of my favorites from our Europe trip August 2009.

Trier, Germany Heidelberg, Germany. Sadly, our ONLY picture with the 4 of us. (my parents)
Schwangau, Germany. At the Neuschwanstein Castle - the "Disney Castle."
ParisLucerne, Switzerland

Day 4

A habit I wish I didn't have.

*Biting my nails*

I have done this since I was really little and still have the nasty habit. Although my nails are pretty long, I still bite them sometimes. Hopefully oneday I will NEVER bite them.

Day 2 & 3

So, when I started this I wasn't thinking, Day 1 starts on March first and so on...SO I am going to do day 2 and 3 today and then it will be right on track. :) Yeah, I am OCD like that.

Day 2 - Five things on my bucket list.

1. Go on a safari is South Africa.

2. Learn a different language.

3. Ride a gondola in Venice.

4. Go scuba diving.

5. Go ziplining in Costa Rica.

Day 3 - A picture of me and my friends.

AND for those of you who read my last post, #13 was a lie -- I have had several cavities. Good job Brooke and Sam!

Day 1

Recent picture of me and 15 interesting facts about myself ...



1. I have lived in 3 states: Utah, Montana, and Kentucky.
2. I have moved a total of 14 times in my whole life.
3. I was born at Hill Air Force Base.
4. I used to play the Trombone.
5. I won 1st place in the Freedom Festival baby contest when I was 3.
6. I have been to Paris, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and barely into Italy.
7. I have done sealings in the Bern, Switzerland Temple.
8. I have never broken a bone.
9. I look under the bed every night before climbing in.
10. I used to travel alot with my family growing up. I have been to 32 states.
11. I love bunnies and growing up I had several of them.
12. Laundry is my favorite chore.
13. I have never had a cavity.
14. When I was 3 and my sister was 4 we flew from Utah to Florida all by ourselves - it was our first time flying.
15. I RARELY leave my hair down - I don't like it down. I pretty much always have it in a pony.

I lied on one of them - can anyone guess which one isn't true? :)

A Question for 31 Days

One of my friends put this on her blog and told me I should do it too. It's such a great idea! I have wanted to blog about things other than my baby but I never know what to blog about but now I do! I love to read blogs so this might be fun for some of you to read and learn a little bit more about me. I will start tomorrow.

day 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
day 2- five things on your bucket list
day 3- a picture of you and your friends
day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have
day 5- a picture of somewhere you've been
day 6- 5 favorite TV shows
day 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
day 8- short term goals for this month and why
day 9- something you're proud of in the past few days
day 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, anxious or mad
day 11- another picture of you and your friends
day 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one
day 13- a letter to someone
day 14- a picture of you and your family
day 15- put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play
day 16- another picture of yourself
day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have
day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them
day 20- someone you love
day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy
day 22- what makes you different from everyone else
day 23- something you crave for a lot
day 24- your last five facebook status'
day 25- what I would find in your bag
day 26- what do you think about your friends
day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge
day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?
day 29- in this past month, what have you learned
day 30- your favorite song
day 31- the best thing about being you

My Baby Is Getting TOO BIG

Do any of you Mom's out there reading this ever watch your baby do one specific thing and you just get all sad and think, 'my baby is getting too big!!' Well today -- just a few minutes ago I had one of those moments. Rylee was in her crib trying to fall asleep for her morning nap. I cracked the door open just so I could peek in and check on her. She was on her hands and knees. She then pulled herself up and was holding onto the side of the crib. Reached her little hands through on of the slats and grabbed one of the ties on her bumper pads and started sucking on it. I just continued to watch her and was just laughing to myself thinking how stinking cute that was. A few minutes went by and she got herself down, layed down, and went right to sleep.

So now my thoughts are...my baby is getting too big! I can say it over and over how I can't believe she is already 8 months old and how fast time is flying by but I really can't. I have enjoyed every second and look forward to the future seconds to enjoy motherhood. BUT how did my little tiny baby get to be so big? She is learning so much so fast. And it's crazy to me how all the sudden she will just do something else. A growing baby is an amazing thing.

On a side note...She is FINALLY sleeping good again and going to sleep good at night! Last night was awesome. She went to bed at 8, slept till 6, I nursed her and she was back to sleep till 9 and chatted in her crib till 9:40. Terrific. Good girl. No more sickness to screw up her sleep routine! I did buy her a noise machine with a picture projection which has done WONDERS. It has a picture projection and she just stares at it on the ceiling -- and the noise has really helped her sleep.

To view it go here: http://www.homedics.com/home/soundspa-lullaby.html

You can buy it at Target for $20 - so worth it!