Good News!

My brother, Jake, is engaged! He met her at BYU-I and they're planning on an August wedding. CONGRATS!

Bouncy! Bouncy!

My same friend who babysat Theo so I could take my final gave me this bouncer. Am I lucky or what?

I FINALLY finished my online history class! Thanks to a good friend, Lindsay Christensen who babysat Theo for 5 hours, I was able to finish my paper and take the final. I almost didn't take it I was so stressed. See, it's my last class ever, and I have to pass the final to pass the class, and I have to pass the class to graduate. And I was feeling very uncomfortable cause I knew Theo was hungry and needed to nurse! But I faced my fear and took the final. There were 12 possible essay questions that could have been given me, and I'd have to write on two of them. I was so relieved to see that the two given me were the exact ones I was hoping for. Holy Cow. I almost cried. So afterwards, Lindsay picked me up and told me Theo ate almost a whole banana off her fingers as well as half a yogurt. (I told her she could feed him if he got super hungry.) She said, "He ate it like champ!" That was his first food ever, and I didn't get to be there. I'm kind of sad about that... Lindsay said it doesn't count... Well, I'm just glad he was able to have his hunger needs met.

So back to my goals: Wouldn't you know, I can't find the sheet of paper I wrote my goals down on! But I remember most of them anyway, so here I go:
*Note - these aren't in any particular order, except the first one is first priority.

-Graduate from BYU!
By - finishing my online history class (check)
and by finishing my internship (half way done)

-Get back into sewing.
I want to make lots of things, like baby wraps, infant leggings, curtains, a nursing dress, a blanekt, EC pants, etc...

-Become a La Leche League leader.

-Run a 5K with Theo in tow.

-Fully research graduate schools (electrical/nuclear engineering for Peter) that match locations for working at L-3 along with everything about the cities they're in.

-Become a photographer

-Compile a recipe book

-Make a Baby Book for Theo

-Read a book a month
The last one I read was Diaper Free by Ingrid Bauer. Any good book suggestions?

-Respond to Theo's wants and needs better (specifically his elimination needs so that he is diaper free by Christmas. He just went #1 and #2 in his potty!).

-Do my hair three times a week.

-Save for a house!

Good morning. I've been thinking a lot about my goals lately. I've got lots of them, and I've been meaning to write them down. I think writing them down will help solidify them and keep them on my mind. And if others know about them, through the blog, maybe that will be another motivation for me to accomplish them. But Theo just woke up, so I'm going to go play with him and then we'll go on a bike ride, both of which will contribute to my goals of playing outside with Theo everyday and exercising 3X a week. So even though I'm not going to be able to write my goals down today, I'll be working on them. But I will tell you one more goal real quick: Finish my online history class by Thursday. That means finish my paper and take the final. I'll report back within the week.

rAnDoM

I'm catching up on the blog! So here are some more pictures that I love!

Theo is so amused. I love his smile. :)

Peter holding Theo and Oliver. Just two weeks apart, but they are two totally different babies!!!

For the first time ever, my mom and I attended Women's Conference at BYU. Here we're at the Conference Center waiting for Elder Oaks and his wife to arrive.

Theo: just chillin'

Oh, the places he'll go!

Theo's quite the traveller. He goes with Mom pretty much everywhere:

At the bus stop en route to Midvale for internship

Theo went to college with mom.

On a walk with our friends, Andrea and Oliver.

And on a picnic with Mom and Dad!

A Week in May

Two days ago my good friend, Rachel, and her husband, Josh (who was in the same district as me at the MTC back in '06) drove down from Rexburg. And they brought their almost 3 week old baby boy, John. He is so cute and so little compared to Theo! We had them over for the evening, and it was wonderful. I'm so glad they came.

This is an updated family picture of us, taken on Mother's Day.

Here's Theo riding the bus like a big kid!

And here's Theo sporting his cool BYU hat backwards (he got it from his cousins, Luke and Ezra). He's sticking out his tongue!