Valentines day...

We had a nice Valentines day. I decided to make this tiny holiday kind of fun for us this year.

Bode got a little box of chocolates and a sticker book. Then we had pink heart shaped pancakes. This boy loves pancakes and could have them for every meal. We got to use our red plate that we got from the Brooks's. It is only to be used for special days and occasions.

Just so you know Bode cleared his whole plate. And those were big thick pancakes.





Then Bode and Jer frosted cookies.
Actually Bode just ate frosting.

Jer and I never do anything for Valentines Day. But my sweet husband bought me tulips this year. It was a pleasant surprise. I love you Jeremiah!

There's a light under my bed...

About a week or so ago we were getting ready for bed and we told Bode to go get his juice cup out of his room. He runs back to us a second later screaming about a light. We told him to turn on his light and get his cup. And again he runs out screaming about a light under his bed. Turns out one of his little toy got pressed up against something under his bed, causing it to leave it's light on. So it looked like there was something under his bed. So since then he has been freaked out by the light under his bed. He will tell anything that will listen about it. It has caused a little bit of an issue at bed time though. He now must sleep with a flashlight, picture of our family, stuffed animals all around him and music on, with the door open. This is quite a departure from what he used to to. Juice, blanket, sleep. Oh well at least he sleeps all night. But every night we check for the light under the bed. I wonder how long this will last?

Boops...

When we first brought Laine home Bode was very interested in feeding her food. So we had a little chat about how mommies feed babies. You know with their boobs ;) Now Bode likes to show every one his "boops". I know every kid of a breastfeeding mother does this but it is quite funny just the same.

In my past life...

I was an athlete.

Now that my life is feed a kid, nurse a baby, change a diaper, nap.... I decided to remember things that I used to be. I love being a mother and wife, but that is not all that I am. So here are a few post to remind myself of who I once was.

I ran track in high school. I really enjoyed the social aspect of it. You know, it was coed. And I happened to be good at it. I started in 4 grade and I ran the 400 meter dash. I was bummed that I never got to try out for the shorter sprints, they were all taken by the older girls. So I ran the 400 all through mid school. Then I started running the 100, 200 and relays in JR high. In 8th grade I was running in the high 13's. That was faster than the high school girls. There was a rumor going around that I said I could beat all the high schoolers. Ha ha, I was way to shy to talk to hardly any one let alone a high schooler. Anyway when track season rolled around, the "rumor" was true. And I did beat all the high school girls on our team. And most of the girls in our conference. I never took the sport to seriously, I wish I had. I probably would have been a lot better. But I didn't do to bad. I metaled at State in the 100, 200 three years in a row. I wish I could remember what I metaled in, if I got them out I could. But that requires to much effort.

I ran track for three years and got MVP for girls and the coaches award my senior year. I didn't get to run my senior year because I dislocated my knee cap during volleyball season.

I held the record in the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash for eight years. Until my little sister broke both of them. I think it might have stung a little bit if it had been someone else, but it was awesome that my little sister broke them. Keeping it in the family.

Just a fun side note. My whole family is well to put it bluntly, we were all pretty studly. My oldest brother Pete played football at University of Wyoming. Jill was a really good softball player. I remember watching her pitch, sometimes I would catch for her. Her balls stung my hand. This maybe why I have a fear of catching a softball now. Tim ran hurdles for a semester in Utah. He was an amazing hurdler. I still can see him in my mind, it is a work of art. Lee my little sister is a volleyball stud. She is currently playing volleyball at GCC. Pete, Tim, Me and Lee all won the Outstanding Athelete at our High School our senoir years.

One time I was with a group of friends and one of them turned to me and asked me if the rumor was true. We lived in a small town, lots of small talk. She had heard that our dad would get us up early so we could run and lift weights. I laugh and said no. I know my dad likes that we were all good at our sports but he never pushed us like that. Ha Ha.

This brings me to my true love... volleyball. I love it! I played softball, basketball, volleyball and track in JR high. Volleyball was the most difficult becasue it didn't come easy for me. It was challenging and I really wanted to be good at it. I played freshman volleyball. Then Varsity my sophomore, junior and senior year. I could go on and on about volleyball. I really just love to play. Hopefully I can find some volleyball to get into down here soon. I wanna play. Oh wait, I need to lose a little weight, then I wanna play!This is me blocking. Man I used to have a vertical. I could block with my elbows.
One other reason why I loved volleyball so much was becasue of the friends I made while playing. These girls where the best teammates. Paige, Stephanie, me and Tosha. Stephanie made volleyball a blast. This was our senior year. At the first tournament of the summer season Steph and I went after the same ball. I dove and so did she. My leg hit her arm and she broke both of the bones in her arm. I was devastated that I aided in breaking her arm. She was my best friend on the volleyball team and I thought I ruined her senior year. But she was a stud!! And was back by our first game.

I went on to play at Eastern Arizona College for 2 years. That was a blast also. I played middle and right side. It was so fun to take the game to the next level. I would have like to keep playing for 4 years, but I had surgery on my knee after my freshman year and decided that it wasn't worth it to ruin my knees completly (plus some other reason, but there is no need to rehash the past) and stopped playing collegiate volleyball after my sophomore year. I have since then coached a few teams, but nothing compares to playing. I don't enjoy coaching as much as playing. Maybe some day I will coach again, right now I just would like to find somewhere for me to play again.

One more reason to love my husband...

I love my husband so much. He is so sweet to me ( see previous post). He is very thoughtful and aware of my needs. He works very hard at work and then comes home and helps me out so much. Like last night Laine was having a difficult time going to sleep. I was talking to Jer on the phone and he was on his was home so that he could take her into the living room and I could get some sleep. She fell asleep before he got home so instead he got up early with both kids so I could sleep in. He has done this quite a few times in the last few weeks and it mean so much to me as sleep deprived mother.

Jeremiah is a good dad. Bode knows when Jer's days off are. On those days they are attached at the hip. On one of the days off mornings they get up and go get doughnuts. It was really cute on Tuesday this week Bode crept into our room around 6:30 and goes to Jer's side of the bed and whispered "doughnuts" to Jer. Normally at 6:30 I we would put him back to bed. But that was to cute to resist. They got up, got dressed and got a doughnut.

This past week Jer did maintenance on our cars. In the 4 years of marriage we have really had no major problems with our cars. Jer takes good care of them and that is an attractive quality to me. I am glad he can do those kind of things it saves us a lot of money.

Dirty man hands.






I like a guy all grubby from working.

Bode learned where the motor and battery are in the Tahoe. He is such a little boy.

I love my goofy husband.

Bode was not a fan of taking a picture with me. He did like peaking through my hair though.

Laine is 3 weeks old today. She is grown so much already. I am anxious to see how much weight she has gained. She feels more solid. I love it.

Ok I have a question if you feel like leaving a comment.

I haven't taken Laine to church yet. The biggest outing she has was a 10 minute Target trip. Maybe I am some kind of freak but I think that she is to little to get exposed to all the germs that Church has until she is like a month old. But I feel like maybe my ward thinks I am a wimp for being this way. I also teach primary and don't want a bunch of little kids fingers on her yet. But I know that some other lady's have had babies lately and they are already at church. But it is RSV season and I don't want her to get sick. I would prefer to wait the 6 weeks until she is ready for the public, but I probably need to get back to my class. Plus Jer teaches a class the same time I do, so he can't take her. I don't know what I am going to to when she is hungry or explodes her diaper. Leave my 6 year old class to fend for themselves while she nurses for 20 minutes? Maybe I am just over thinking this or I am a wimp. What do you think?

4 years...

Jeremiah and I have been married for four years! It doesn't seem like that much time has passed between us. All I know is that I didn't know what I was getting myself into the day I said I would marry him. I say that in a good way. These past four years have been wonderful. I love my husband more and more. It is amazing how love can change and grow. It is so assuring to know that I have someone that will be with my through everything. And that the good and bad times we have together only makes us stronger and more connected to each other.


Here are four years of anniversary pictures:




These picture were some of the professional pictures that were taken for our wedding. I hate them all! I feel bad that my mom and dad paid for the pictures and we didn't order one print. I prefer the ones my friend Taytum took at the temple. But I thought I would mix it up a little and throw in one of these. I know it has only been 4 years but man we look so young in this picture.

This is our first anniversary. I am glad it isn't a close up shot because I was 8 months pregnant with Bode and have a good 50 extra pounds hanging out around my fact to prove it. We when up to Greer and stayed at the lodge. It was so beautiful and the room was great. It had a huge jet tub and a king size bed. We didn't have a ton of money and this suite would have been way out of our price range but it was a bad winter and tourism was down. So they were running a local special for like half the price. But our goal of saving money went out the window when our waiter messed up our order and gave Jer a $35 steak. He only ordered the $12 steak. They wouldn't admit their mistake and we ended up paying for it. I think it was funny that he ordered a $35 dollar steak and I ate my $8 dollar hamburger. They did give a free desert though.

Second Anniversary

We didn't do too much. We dropped Bode off at Rena's and got a hotel and went out to dinner. Neither of us feel the need to do anything spectacular, I just enjoy time together just me and him. We didn't even take a picture, this was actually Thanksgiving.

Third Anniversary:

We actually decided to go do something. Our original plan was to go to California, but it was ruled out because it was to expensive. We ended up spending the same amount of money in Tucson as we would have if we went to California. This was right before Jer started the academy. (wow this seems like yesterday) His poor brain was all over the place and he accidentally mis scheduled the whole week for the next week. Good thing everything was able to get moved up. We shopped, when to a yummy steak dinner, caught a spring training game and went to Carlsbad Caverns.

This year was nice and laid back. It is hard to do anything when you just had a baby. So we dropped off our kids at Rena's for a few hours and went to Costco and Sports Authority. Whoo hoo how romantic. After the day was over we both agreed we should have just come back home and took an uninterrupted nap. But again I enjoyed the whole day becasue I was with my husband.

Jer knows that I would someday love to have flowers delivered to our house. He thought that since we weren't going to do anything special this year he would go ahead and get some delivered. But since our anniversary is so close to Valentines Day, flower prices are super high. So he though would Heidi rather have $80 dollar flowers or something else. Well he thought right. I would rather have something else. So these are my "flowers". Sweet new running shoes! I can't wait to use them.

I think next year we might do something really great. Five years is a long time and deserves something special. My vote is for Disneyland. And I have a whole year to convince Jeremiah.

Happy 4 years Jer!! I love to so much!!

A wonderful mother!

This is for my wife who believes that i could never do a blog but she forgets that i showed her how to do the blog in the first place. I have to sneak this in a day early because she is sleeping right now and i will not be able to do this on Thursday on our four year anniversary together. I wanted to say happy four years Heidi it has been fun and i have enjoyed everyday of our lives together. I am grateful for you and the good mother you are. You have done so well it makes me happy and that you continue to want to go through pregnancy to bring children into this world it is truly amazing thank you for doing that so that i can enjoy being a father. You are amazing keep up the good work you will be rewarded for all your hard work our children love you and you provide a good home for all of us thanks for doing a great job of taking care of us for four years. I love you sweetheart. Happy anniversary.