A Balancing Act

So, lately Hailey has been learning some new tricks! She has pretty much perfected sitting up on her own. Now she's on to bigger and better things (or so she thinks!). She can now successfully pull herself up into a standing position on all sorts of furniture: couch, table, tub, bed, crib, legs, heads... etc. She's going Pro! She also absolutely LOVES bath time! We've started encorporating a bath into the bedtime routine! So far, it seems to be working well. She really starts to calm down... after the bath that is. Bath time itself is play time! haha

Phlebotomy

So the other day in lab I had a very traumatic experience happen. I was drawing blood from a friend and all of the sudden, for no reason at all, her blood started squirting all over the place! It was crazy! I wasn't on a vein and I had the tourniquet tied! It was the weirdest thing! Scared the crap out of me! But at least it didn't hurt her! She had no idea what had happened until she looked and saw her blood all over her arm and my hand! phew- glad that day is over! I'm nervous to start looking and asking for an internship! To really apply what we've been learning to the real world! It's exciting- but so intimidating! At least I know I'll never leave bruises like this one.

(This is my friend Katelyn) Stupid Plasma Center- they don't even train the techs in phlebotomy! They have no freakin idea what they're doing!

QUACK!

So we had a nice warm weekend a few weekends back... and then BAM! Snow. It's not fair, really. It's the end of March for heavens sake! But at least we were able to get outside and enjoy the warm weather while it lasted- even if it was only for two days! Ryan and I took Hailey to Nature Park here in Rexburg where you can walk trails around ponds and such. It's pretty. There's one spot in particular where the ducks like to hang out and so we fed them some bread. I don't think Hailey knew what was going on! It was fun though! I like to think she enjoyed it! It was good to get out and get some fresh air... fresh air that DOESN'T freeze your lungs :)

Attention Grabber

The last couple of weeks have been a little stressful. School is really getting old- good thing we're on our last semester! Senioritis is a real kicker in the pants. It demands all of our attention to get school work done. It's exhausting, especially when we have a 5 1/2 month old who also demands all of our attention (as seen in the above photo). We are also still waiting to here back about an internship. I'm really stressing about not knowing where we're moving to in just a month and a week! It's scary. I need to get ready, but get ready for what??? We still don't know! Sigh. Hopefully this week will bring good news! Keep us in your prayers please!

A Snowy 3-Day Weekend

Midterms are over and we've survive halfway through the semester. The stress of it was building up and Ryan and I really needed a nice relaxing break. We couldn't wait for the long weekend to come! We'd been planning it for a while. Our neighbors had invited us to go to their cabin up in the mountains in Utah near Park City. So on Friday we packed up and set off with two other couples for the weekend. It was a blast! We drove as close to the cabins as possible and then got out the snow mobiles and loaded them down for the rest of the ride to the cabin. The snow was waist deep and the ice-cycles hanging off the roof were as long as me! The trees surrounding us were breathtakingly beautiful and the snow came down so peacefully!
We spent the weekend playing in the snow, snowmobiling, playing games, watching movies, and telling stories! It was great! Hailey had fun too! She's now starting to crawl and loving it! I can already tell she's gonna be a trouble-maker! But she is so dang cute! We even covered legs in a plastic bag (so she wouldn't get wet) and put her in the snow! She was so confused!!! What an experience! Haha. Everyday is a new adventure with that girl. I guess that's life with kids! :) It's so wonderful!

Travesty of Valentines Day

Love. Hearts. Pink. Chocolate. Candy. Movies. Flowers. More Love. Did I cover it all?! Everyone loves to get these for Valentines Day! I got my favorite Sweet Tart Hearts, my favorite chocolate candy bars (Twix), and a movie with my hubby (This Means War- very funny!). I got up early to make Ryan a big breakfast and he set aside homework to make me a yummy dinner! We even got a surprise gift at our door from my parents for Hailey! A bouquet of flowers with a cute fuzzy teddy bear! Overall- a great day.

I do believe that Valentines Day is the day to show the people you love and care about that you really do love and care about them. It's the day for husbands and wives who have been slacking to pick up the pace and take initiative. It's the day that some people use as the day to make up for lost time and lost love. But why should there be a day like that? People should act like every day is a special day. I am lucking to have Ryan in my life. So I should treat him like every day with him is the best one! Not just one day of the year. I should not let any day go by without expressing my love to him and letting him feel like a King in my life. Isn't that what love and marriage is all about!? Ryan is my King and I his Queen. So don't let a day go by that you don't show your Queen or King how much you love them. I believe that every day should be a Valentines day.

New Discoveries

So since I last wrote I have discovered Pinterest! I love it! It's like the portfolio Ive always wanted to make of all the things I love. It's awesome! It makes me crafty and creative without ever having to leave my couch! :) Maybe one day i'll actually get around to doing all those great ideas! Hahha.
School is going well, but it's hard to concentrate and get things done at home with hailey being such an attention grabbing cutie! She continues to suck her toes, grab her pacifier, and has discovered the many ranges of her voice! She makes very loud, but very cute experimental noises! She is now 4 months old now! Going on 5! I can't believe it! She had another Doctor's appointment on Monday. I made Ryan go with me so I wouldn't cry again! It was still heartbreaking though to watch her get more shots. BUT! The Doctor said we could start trying out some baby cereals. So we got some rice cereal and this was the result:



Needless to say, she hated it! Either that, or she is too frustrated with trying to swallow it that she screams at me. More to come soon!