Thursday Three

We had our good friends come and visit us last week.  It was so fun to see familiar faces.  We had a great time hanging out with them.  They did have a little trouble with their rental car and you can read it about it here.  I really enjoyed her new slogan for enterprise. 

It got me thinking about some sinus medication I took last weekend.  Before reading the box I took them and got really sleepy.  I checked the box later and it read, "Marked drowsiness may occur."  With the way I felt after taking them I came up with three other much more appropriate warnings that I think they should consider printing instead:

1. May cause you to be put into a sleep-induced coma.

2. May cause you to feel like you have been hit by a large truck.

3. May cause you to slur your words and not think clearly.

Here are some pictures of our little man.  He loves his new back pack, loves climbing out of his crib and enjoys long naps especially right now while he is recovering from a cold.

Knock three times on the window if you want me

We got the best seats in the house on our flight across the country, all the way in the back right next to the bathrooms. Luckily our seats still reclined, but there is something disturbing about waking up from a little snooze only to find a man looming over you while he waits for his turn in the bathroom.

I did over hear this while in our prime seats:

Steward:  Are you okay in there?

Person in the bathroom: Silence

Steward: Are you okay in there?  Just give me a quick knock if you are okay?

Person in the bathroom: Silence

Steward:  Just a quick knock so I know you're okay.  

 I am so glad that I was not on either end of that conversation.  I was a little worried that he might ask me to be back up if he had to go in there.  We are getting settled and hoping Blake will adjust to our new time zone and stop waking up so early. 

Thursday Three

Tomorrow is the big day where we say good-bye to student housing, good friends and Ann Arbor and hello again to the Pacific time Zone.  

Here are three fast food meals/desserts I have enjoyed while we have had no kitchen.

1. McDonalds Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad.

2. Wendy's small frosty.

3. Chipotle Burrito (rice, black beans, corn salsa, tomato salsa, lettuce).

We're leaving with great friends and good mems.  What more could you ask for??

Bringing Blogging Back

That's right. I think I am bringing it back. Things will be busy for awhile, but wanted to share these photos. Matt graduated and as you can see Blake really enjoyed the ceremony.


It turns out letting him watch Handy Manny has really paid off because he was so helpful today with the real tools as we were preparing for the big move.

Thursday Three

We just got back from a fun spring break to NYC and Puerto Rico. We spent a few days with my parents and then headed off for some sun. Blake stayed behind and had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa. Here are three pictures of Blake in NYC and three pictures from Puerto Rico. (Blake's pictures might be small because they are from a cell phone.)

Lent update - it is a good thing I am not Catholic because I am struggling a little bit. I was however proud of myself for passing up the cheap diet coke as Costco today. I really wanted it.

Thursday Three

My sister Paige had a great idea to give something up for lent. I still want to give something up, but since we are leaving on vacation for a week I will start when we get back. I know, I know you are thinking that it is not a huge sacrifice since I am bending the rules to accommodate my schedule and pretty much you are right, but I still want to do it.

1. No television during Blake's nap. I think I could use my time more wisely.

2. No diet coke. I am not an avid drinker, but I will be sad to give it up.

3. Sleep. I am going to give up 10 minutes of my morning sleep and read my scriptures.

On a side note, we took Blake to Chuck e cheese today and we are now huge fans. We had a great morning. Hopefully the Tophams will want to go back again for more fun.

Thursday Three

I love checking the weather on weather.com. It always tells you the temperature and then underneath it says what it feels like. Example, 45 degree but feels like 17 degrees. Big difference. I find this helpful and a little comical. Here are some more examples from my life like this.

What actually happened: 30 minutes on the treadmill
What it feels like: 2 hours on the treadmill. I hope it warms up soon so I can run outside instead.

What actually happened: 30 minute nap
Feels like: 5 minute nap

What actually happened: Changed two poops
Feels like: I change diapers all day long!

Anyone else??
Here are a couple cute shots of my little man. I think weather.com must have said it was cold, but not that cold. He thought the ear warmer would be enough.