Monday, December 28, 2009

This is Not a Pudding Blog

My husband recently started a blog called "International Pudding."  He thinks that is hilarious.  I really wish it was about pudding!  It is the ugliest and funniest blog that I've seen.  Richie really is quite funny.  My blog focuses more on my sweet daughter than anything else.  I think this is the first time I've mentioned pudding.  So here are a few pics of Eve.  I don't have our Christmas photos on the computer yet, but I will post those soon.



Some exciting things that have happened this month:

  • Eve turned 11 months old, is crawling, standing and talking a lot!  
  • The Chemist and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary
  • Christmas came and I like everything that I got!  
  • Richard liked everything that he got!
  • Our good friends Jonas and Phyleen and their family moved back to Utah
  • I co-hosted an Ugly Sweater Party
  • With all the social engagements, I only had to cook dinner a handful of times!  
  • Many people loved the various recipes I made and brought to said social engagements, and that always makes me feel good
  • Eve started wearing cloth diapers
  • We had full hearts and a warm house together as a family, and celebrated the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ


Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Thanksgiving Past, Christmas Around the Corner


Despite my good intentions of blogging weekly, obviously I do not get to it more than once or twice a month. We had Thanksgiving at our house this year, and it was so much fun! I loved doing it, thought it was stressful. But then afterward you have a nice long weekend with your family, no other holiday obligations, and tons of delicious leftovers. Except of course, not enough pie.



I believe Eve is getting in some molars. They haven't popped through yet, but she is a serious spit spigot (say that five times fast). And the last week she has had a cough and runny nose, and sometimes I can't tell where the snot stop and the spit starts, or vice versa. Gross! The weather outside has been frightful. I've decided I don't like winter all that much. I suppose it has it's charms, but really, does it need to be colder than 50 degrees outside? The rest of our doings and goings are posted as photos. Mostly Eve just being cute, as always. I love my good baby.



Butts and bubbles in the bath. Eve's mouth is open not to smile, but to emit guttural dinosaur growls--all week long



They're hard to see in this picture, but Eve is wearing antlers on her head and she loved them. She thought they were hilarious. I also am now receiving help with the dishes--I fill the dishwasher and Eve bites it.

The video below is not at all exciting. Eve was sucking on her toes and it was funny, but as soon as I started filming she quit. Grandparents will like it though. I apologize for the poor and hideous lighting in her room.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

The Picture Perfect Family...NOT

This is what I am married to.
Every single day of my life.
Sometimes I love it.
Sometimes...

Richie's cousin took some Peterson family pictures for us. They turned out alright. I like my touches to them. We also had some professional pictures taken of our immediate family, and they were gorgeous, but whew! how expensive! We never would have done it except that I won a free sitting at the county fair and thought that we could afford it. Oh well. We just called it our anniversary present. And night out. For the next three years. But my oh my, doesn't Eve look darling?








I should have cut my hair before the pictures!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Goldfish Galore



Here are some better pictures of the costume. The one of her in the bowl isn't the greatest of Eve, but it really shows off the sparkly tail. I really wanted to take her to the river in the costume and photograph her on the bank, but I would need an assistant just in case she decided to roll into the water and swim away, and I wouldn't have time to come off the bridge and rescue her! And with the Daylight Savings change, it's too dark by the time Richie comes home from work.

The video I posted is actually quite boring. Recently Eve has been performing a little hip thrust workout when she gets excited or wants to move. It cracks me up and looks cool in her fish costume, but she wouldn't do it for the camera. But I thought I'd post it anyway for the grandparents. The weird noises are of me pretending to eat her hand. She usually loves it and cracks up, but she was not feeling well today and didn't emote much for the video.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Halloween Doing


A very happy All Hallows Eve. Eve was a smashing success in her goldfish costume. I'm so glad that my mom raised me in the homemade halloween costume tradition. It's rather a treat these days to see homemade costumes on the little ones. I took Eve trick-or-treating in downtown Logan and I have to say, she stole the show. Everyone commented on how cute she was. And she was.
She also turned nine months on the 27th. She didn't weigh as much as I was hoping she would at her doctor appointment, but she is a happy and health little thing, and that ain't bad. She is on the verge of crawling, eating lots of finger foods and trying to figure out the true purpose of a sippy cup. Below are some photos of Eve at the pumpkin patch hill and a little video of her first experience with snow.



Saturday, October 24, 2009

1 New Hair Cut, 4 New Teeth, 5 Burn Blisters, 8 Days in Illinois

In Which, I Receive a New Haircut



Pretty cute, don't you think? I don't know why I even try to wear long hair. And why are men so attracted to it?

In which, Eve Cuts New Teeth



This whole past week Eve has been her grumpiest yet! She is cutting four new teeth at the same time. Now she is up to eight teeth! Almost half way there and not even nine months old. But along with the teeth has come diahrreah, uncontrollable crying, seperation anxiety, and worst ever diaper rash. It's so sad and raw that her whole crotch looks like a burn victim. :(

In Which, I Burn Myself Quite Badly and Quite Stupidly



Last night I was making a little thank you gift (a mini scrapbook) for our cousins in Illinois. My hot glue gun was not pumping out the glue very fast, so like the idiot that I am, I push the glue stick from behind and a huge glob of 400 degree glue rushes out and burns my hand and fingers. My thumb and ring finger got the worst of it. I had to keep my hand in a bowl of cold water until 3 AM. Then I took it out because I couldn't stand it being in the water anymore. It hurt so bad that my hand just shook on it's own for hours. By morning most of the intense pain was gone, but my fingers have been very sore all day, and I didn't sleep One Wink. And today Eve constantly grabbed my thumb while she was nursing because she wanted to see the bandage but she kept squeezing the blister and boy! did that hurt!

In Which , We Spend a Week in McNabb, Illinois

"Where is that" you say? Somewhere in the middle, surrounded by corn and soybeans. I give McNabb a hard time, but really, it was a great vacay. We flew into Chicago on Sunday, and then drove two hours to McNabb, where Dan, my father-in-law, grew up. All his side of the fam is still there. We stayed with Richie's cousin Eric and his wife Michelle and their three kids, Mackenzie (8), Emma (6), and Jacob(2). So that I don't bore you with a tedious description of each day, I will now list most of the major events of our trip:

A. Attended the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, ate lunch there and walked down the Magnificent Mile in which I slobbered over the decadent shopping impossibilities and wandered jealously through H&M and bought cheap hair accessories and socks.


B. Went to the old Quaker cemetery in McNabb where Richie's grandparents and other family members are buried. It's really pretty and quiet, just like an old rural cemetery should be. There is a semi-famous abolitionist buried there and some semi-famous ancient oak trees. Yay family history! Then we went to a bird sanctuary and wetland reclaimed from corn fields. Also ate at Smitty's in Leonore. Which is smaller than McNabb. Which is almost impossible. Richie's Uncle Larry bought me a Smitty's t-shirt.

C. Checked out a really pretty and fun orchard and farm called Tanner's. TONS of delectable goodies for sale and a bakery and cider brewery and get this, even a goat boardwalk that runs two stories about ground and ends in a tree house just for the goats! I would have taken a picture of it because it was hilarious, but Richie had the camera to take a picture of his huge fishing catch:D. Played Scrabble and cooked the Edens dinner. I creamed Richie at Scrabble. Heh heh.

E. Drove to Springfield and did all the Lincoln stuff, which was really neat. His tomb is a very sacred spot, and at the presidential museum they had his actual stovepipe hat on display. It even had finger marks worn onto the brim from him tipping his hat for years. I liked that.

F. Took a pretty walk through the timber and then the Edens took us out to a place called Rip's. It is famous for its fried chicken, which is the only thing on the menu. As appetizers they give out pickle slices and the fried crispies that flaked of the coating on the chicken and settled on the bottom of the deep fryer. The chicken in served with french fries and a piece of buttered white bread. That's it. It's so famous (and yes, the chicken was delicious) that people come from Chicago two hours away and stand in lines around the block to eat there. Uncle Larry was pretty upset that Richie didn't buy a t-shirt from Rip's. And you'd think that Americans would have obesity problems! After dinner we went bowling, where I bowled very very badly, but it was fun.

G. Sunday we came home, but that morning we attended the Lutheran church that Richie's family goes to. It was interesting. Eve was being fussy so Richie took her out, and afterwards everyone was soooooo excited that a baby was there and they were upset that we took her out! They should join the LDS church. We have babies at church coming out the wazoo. On the airplane Eve cried for a long time, and she exploded her diaper. It is NOT easy to change a baby on a plane.

That's it. I loved it. Eve took a nap every morning, and Richie got to golf and we just relaxed, enjoyed being with family, and had a good time. It was a great vacation. Thank you Peterson/Edens! Thank you Thank you!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

I Can't Think of One Right Now

I don't have anything specific to say. Just wanted to say hello. Sunday we leave for Illinois! I am excited because this will be our first real, and only, vacation this year. We are going to visit Richie's family that we haven't seen in five years! Of course, mostly to show off Eve. Just kidding...sort of. Don't worry, I will post pics when we return home.

I'm not sure what game Sebastian and Eve are playing, "Doctor" maybe?
But I thought the picture is funny



This is how I found Eve after her nap one day. Those are her feet sticking out of the crib in the pic below.
She slept that way through her whole nap.

Monday, September 28, 2009

So Much To Say, So Little Nap Time


yours truly at Bear Lake

Eve is awake right now in her crib. She missed her morning nap, and now it seems, she will skip the afternoon one as well. She was taking naps really well there for a while. Oh well. At least she's not crying, right?

fruits of our labor

Yesterday Eve turned 8 months old. Yes, Time does pass quickly, but my baby does not grow so fast! She is currently wearing 3-6 month size clothing, and is probably around 14.5 pounds. She is just a tiny thing! But I don't think she's too far behind. I'm hoping that by a year she'll be around 17 or 18 pounds (average is 20). I'd be happy with that.



This past month has been much busier than I anticipated! Well, that's not entirely true; I knew it would be busy, but I was much more overwhelmed than I had planned on being. My good friend Starr was married over Labor Day weekend, and I went down early to help prepare. Marina and Necia, my other good friends from high school came and it was the first time we'd all been together for a long time! Marina came up and spent a night in Logan with us too. Then I hosted book club and a baby shower at my house the next week. We also made a trips to Bear Lake and the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, and this past weekend I spent preparing my primary lesson, preparing a Sharing Time lesson, and building a compost bin out of wooden pallets. I also made peach jam, raisins, four different pie fillings, and dehydrated a ton of fruit, tomatoes and herbs. I do not want to see another fruit or veggie for a while. Unless someone else cooks it for me. We also purchased a quarter of a Steer from a local rancher here, and ate some steak last night. It was soooo yummy! It was so much more fresh and tender, and looked and smelled amazing. Although I will never love Logan itself, I LOVE MY LIFE! And I'm ready for a vacation! Two weeks until we're in Illinois!


ibis and other neat birds from the refuge

cute!!!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Pie Wins!


Yeah, pie pretty much is one of the best reasons to stay alive. Family is definitely my personal numero uno, but pie and other baked delights are in my Top Ten. If you can't tell, I am of the "live to eat" variety, and quite frankly, I'm glad. Richie was trying to explain to me the other day how he forgets to eat. He might as well have spoken martian, it was so out-of-this-world incomprehensible to me.


Not much else to speak of at the moment. I gave you all my good stories in the previous entry. So here are some cute pictures of Eve. I hope they make your day a little happier.