"Mommy, You Alright?"

I think I have traumatized my child. This pregnancy has brought quite a bit of morning/all day sickness. Sariah has walked in on me throwing up several times and is always VERY concerned. She will usually pat or rub my back while asking, "You alright? You frowing up?" She has starting running in to check on my every time I cough to make sure that I am not "frowing up". It has been really sweet and I have thought it was super cute that she is so worried.

Well...apparently it is traumatizing her!!! Last night she had been asleep for a couple hours and I heard her crying. I went in to comfort her and see what was wrong. I picked her up and asked her what was wrong. Her response..."Mommy, I frew up." Well, she had not so I am thinking she is having bad dreams about throwing up.

What have I done to my poor child???

TO

DUE SEPT 28th

Another thing we did during spring break last week was go to the park and fly a kite. Sariah had a good time. We explained that you can't let go or it will fly away. Oops...she let go but we were able to get it back.
I included pics of her favorite thing to do....RUN!!! She runs everywhere!!! Even just in the house from room to room. It is pretty funny.

Giants!!!

Thanks to Grandpa Livingston, Sariah LOVES baseball. He is trying his hardest to make her a die-hard SF Giants fan. Last week was Spring Break for Jake so we all went to a spring training game. Sariah was super excited all day long and was great the whole time we were there. We had a great time!!! Thanks Dad and Mom!!!

"Explaining the game"

"This is so fun"

"Now this is the way to travel"

Before heading to the game, Sariah enjoyed some of Grandpa's YUMMY beef jerky (she is totally addicted to the stuff)!!!

ZOO

Okay so back in January, (yes, I know that was awhile ago) we took Sariah to the zoo with our friends the Armstrongs. It was a BLAST!!! Perfect weather, great company, and a overjoyed kid made for a great time. Sariah was REALLY excited to see the "elephant, giraffe, and monkeys". Here are some of the highlights...ENJOY!!!

Once we left the zoo, we asked Sariah what her favorite part was. She said, "the BIG elephant!" She talked about the big elephant for the next couple days.

Adventure

It is always an adventure to put Sariah down to bed and go back to find out how she feel asleep. She ends up in different places all the time. Here are some of the favorite places/positions that we have found her. She emptied out her stuffed animals and propped herself up. She had a cold so I think she figured out she could breath better if she was upright.

The other night, she had come out in the hallway and put two blankets behind her head and then covered herself up and fell asleep.

Then today, I found her inside the basket asleep. It cannot be comfortable. Why not sleep on the queen bed??? I don't understand but at least it makes for some good entertainment for us.

Santa

This year Sariah has been SUPER excited for Christmas. We had a party at Jake's dental school and Santa came. Santa and his elf rode up on four-wheelers. Sariah looked at us and asked, "No Reindeers?" It was too funny. Then she went and had her picture taken with Santa. She would not go to him but did not cry.

After she saw him, she asked me, "Where my pincess purse?" All she wanted for Christmas this year was a princess purse so she was pretty disappointed when she did not get it from him that night. Luckily, she did get it on Christmas day so all is well. I will post more about our wonderful christmas once I get the pictures loaded on my computer. For now, here she is with Santa.

Movie Night

Last night we introduced Sariah to the Polar Express. She LOVES Christmas time. All the music, lights, and movies. We have watched Rudolph and Frosty a 1000 times each. We even introduced hot chocolate for the first time last night after the hot,hot,hot...hot chocolate scene. It was definently VERY fun. Christmas is a whole different kind of exciting when you have a child to share the joy of the season with.

Food Storage

Okay we all know that we have been told to get a food storage. While that does not seem extremely hard to me, the part I struggle with is once I get the food storage...how to use it!!!??? I found the best blog with wonderful ideas and recipes for incorporating food storage into everyday life. I hope you all check it out... www.everydayfoodstorage.net

Also while you are at it, here is another great website on getting your food storage, 72-hour kits and stuff like that... www.foodstoragemadeeasy.net
ENJOY!!!!

Yesterday was the White Coat Ceremony at Midwestern. It is for all the 2008 entering students in all of the disciplines. It was wonderful to watch as Jake was able to be coated by Dr. Simonsen (the dental school Dean) and Dr. Polk. Doctor Polk is the one who called Jake to tell him that he had been accepted to Midwestern. Jake's mentor, Dr. Gilpatrick, is the one who announced his name. It has been a long road to get to this point and I am so proud of how well Jake is doing and his determination to always do his best. It was great to have both his parents and my parents there to celebrate this accomplishment with us.

"The Carpool"

Dental Class of 2012

Dr. Gilpatrick and Dr. Simonsen

Although yesterday was GREAT...Sariah and I were both under the weather and are even worse today. We did get out and run errands though which was exhausting. Hence, this is how we spent our evening before she headed to bed...

P.S. We were watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer...Doesn't Christmas make everything better?!