. my dodgeball life .

so lately i been feeling a lot of stress and pressure and felt like life has been sending me through a dodge ball game.

the week started with a parking ticket. in front of my own house. for not having my car registered, which is was, which they also knew cause they ran my plates i just hadn't put the sticker on. perfect.

it was followed by a strange back spasm, cramp that was really painful causing me to not be able to sit up straight or work out. this ended with me in the dr office only to find out that i had shingles, again. i first had them when i was 16 at girls camp in the summer, peachy. oh and in case you were wondering the chances of you getting them twice, 1 in 5%. really? splendid. 

i did get saved from that one due to a wonderful 'sister' of mine who gave me doTerra oils, which I was kind of scared of at first but it ended up with me not having a breakout rash and the pain gone in 4 days. wonderful!

and not to mention, i had my yearly check up the day before the shingles appointment with the OB/GYN so it was just a week filled with topless dr's appointments. how lucky am i? come the next day i was confused that i didn't have an appointment to strip down and freeze. 

and then lastly... this one has just been around. so i don't know if it qualifies as a dodge ball. i have wanted a baby forever, growing up i knew i wanted at least two {you can't have one they will be a brat, and while we are in this little side note- when i was younger i was planning for like 5, yes to answer your question i was crazy and insane}. I had a life plan, you know how you think things will work out. just in case you are thinking about making one, i will save you the effort.. don't. things never go the way you want. Maybe just set goals, they are easier and you are less disappointed when they happen then if you planned for them. I first brought this 'plan' to Cody's attention when we got married. here was my plan..

get married - 21

finish school - 25

first kid - 26 

second kid - 27 to 28

if we thought about a third.. had to be before I was 30. 

{I didn't want to be the grey haired grandma when my kids are in high school, and i want them gone so i can travel and still be young.}

well, I am sure you have done the math.. I am not on that path except that I did get married at 21 and I graduated at 25. Now I am 27 1/2 and no kiddo. not even preggers. Cody did make it clear that he wanted some things completed before we started thinking about kids. And I was on board. He did want me to be done with school and him almost done - check. He wanted us to have good jobs - check for me, he has one lined up for when he is done so semi-check. i also wanted to have the first kid in my family, and i got out done on that one. My sister k* is having a boy June 22. so, here is the struggle. I want one, I am flustered that I haven't done this already. I kind of wonder if I am meant to be a mom, or if it is better to just not. I have a jealousy problem with my sister being pregnant and not to mention most things with her are a competition so i kind of don't want to have one or get pregnant while she is, could cause family drama. oh, i am not getting any younger so this is going to be difficult, on top of the fact that I have back problems which makes it that much harder. and sometimes i feel like life might just be easier if i didn't have one. Oh and practically everyone I know is either pregnant or just had a kid. But we decided recently that we would start to try. to think about having a kid and prepping for that. We are both scared, cody is borderline petrified, but i think we can figure it out, maybe. Any advice on this one? I don't know how to overcome the feelings of jealousy and how i don't know if i want to do this at my age and if i can - kind of feel like i missed the boat on this one.  oh and can you guys stop getting pregnant? it makes me feel loserish. Thanks :)

{yeah, you don't have to answer.. just venting here to the cyber world here.}

. jet+mom-dad= boy's trip to vegas .

so last weekend cody and my brothers went to vegas to go to the St. George air show.  I definitely wanted my brothers to have some bonding time, and I was okay not going to the air show. I have been slammed every weekend for the last few weeks with baby showers, wedding receptions, speaking at conferences and family gigs. it is intense. that and jet likes cody way more so i was hoping by being home he would maybe like me more. 

{it kind of worked by the way, the second cody came home, i was dead to him}

so I voted to stay home and just relax. 

They left friday afternoon, and we were on our own. I worked until 5 and then came home. We live with my parents, so it was me and my rents. when i got home, we decided to run an errand to the fabric store - i am crossing another thing off my list, making a skirt by myself - and then to get cheap tacos, my dad's favorite. we were off. we ran and got fabric and tacos and were back by 7:30. we ate dinner and then decided to watch Puss in Boots. which I can say was actually pretty good. after all this excitement jet and i headed down to bed. 

he passed out in about 20 minutes and i decided to catch up on my grey's anatomy. i was like 4 episodes behind. so i watched 2, and then called it a night. the next morning was st. patricks day. we ate breakfast and then grocery shopping, do you like my dad's green? you could get a prize at the store if you were wearing green, he used the canvas shopping bags. clever.

 after which i got to sewing my skirt, i almost finished it. we had stake conference so we got ready for that by going to dinner at 4:45. I felt like a 60 year old lady, so lame. after dinner it was conference and then home for dessert and mille bournes with erica and watching march madness. {how are your brackets??} then bed, i finished up the last 2 episodes and then called it a night. the next morning we had part two of stake conference and home. i had been feeling sick all weekend, like ear ache and sore throat so i laid down for a nap, 4 hours later i woke up to dinner and people in the house. and snow.

wow. Cody got home just after dinner and boy were we excited to see him. 

so in the end, i relaxed like i wanted, jet was my friend for a few days - nice change, and cody had fun. success. 

. do you.. want to go for a walk? .

this phrase is like gold to little jet's ears. seriously, he perks up and is off to the door in mere seconds. recently the weather is perking up and acting spring like, yay! so we have started our long walks with Jet. We go on walks to the retirement home to see the ducks, 

we go to the local elementary school to play on the playground and run in the park, 

we even have trekked down university avenue. 

this kiddo loves walks. LOVES them. But it is good for him and great for use. we get quality family time and a workout all in one. 

what are you doing now that it is spring and warm?

. my niece is cuter than your niece .

alright, so I have to brag, cause I can. Cody and I have 3 nieces and 1 nephew and they are the cutest. recently our oldest niece c* turned 7. yep 7. I feel old. we decided instead of guessing what to get her for her birthday we would take her out for ice cream and to claires where she could choose her own present. We mailed her a card, complete with glitter and all, asking her if she would like to go. We promptly got a phone call from her mom with her in the background telling her she could go and that she better hurry and tell us. love her. 

we picked her up on a saturday afternoon and we were off. we took her to claires where we were able to get her a scarf of her choosing, which we have been informed now goes with her everywhere. we then took her out for ice cream at Farrs. she built her own ice cream, and it was a crazy concoction. Kids stomaches are way tougher than adults that is all I can say about that. 

a few days later we were lucky enough to attend her first grade program. they sang and had speaking parts and danced. too cute. after it was over we got to go to her classroom and meet her class mates and her teacher. she also read to us her report on Australia, which she studied this year. She is quite a little star I will tell you what. Way smarter than I was at her age. 

{she is the cutie pie at the mic in the black dress}

so there, told you. mine was cuter than yours. 

. the big ONE .

{jet bug after playing with his birthday toys}

so, as i had mentioned in an earlier post, jet turned ONE on january 16th. so naturally we had to celebrate. it was a crazy day though, so it was small. forgive us bud, we can do it grander next year. 

of course we had to have a birthday hug / kiss. jet wasn't as fond of it if you can tell. but he tolerates us, he is great.

grandma was super nice and helped us out by making us funfetti cupcakes, and little baby ones for jet and his friends daisy and roxy. he was so excited he could barely contain himself.

can you see the excitement?

dad fed him about 4 cupcakes that night (against mom and her requests), which resulted in terrible smelling gas. but he enjoyed it so we had to indulge. he is too cute, especially on his birthday.

Happy Birthday Jet!!

We are so glad you are our puppy and love you much too much

. mom & dad .