D-Files

1.  Don't worry so much about boys.  Don't worry about if you're not dating, don't worry about if you are dating.  Boys have nothing to do with your self worth, and in most cases will end up damaging your sense of it rather than lift it up.  Nothing is more important than finding a quality boy, not quantity boys, and making good decisions when that quality boy does come around. 2.  Keep up your good grades.  Apply to more than one college.  It doesnt matter if its near or far, just give yourself options. 3.  Money comes and goes, and most often, it goes when you need it most.  That part time job you have... save ALL your money from that to put towards college.  Books are mighty expensive, and you don't want your only option to be a community college. 4.  If someone offers you a car, and its a stick shift, DO NOT turn it down simply because you don't know how to drive stick shift.  You will learn anyway, and you will k...

Well, there you have it.  Greyson is 8 months old now.  Crap.  Time is not slowing down at all.  He is getting so grown up!  He's well on his way to crawling, though he prefers to stand if you give him the choice.  He'll look at the cat if you say cat or meow, and he throws out the word da da da da da like its candy.  Once, he even looked me right in the eye and said "dada".   Little brat was rubbing it in my face that he hasnt mastered the "M" sound yet.  lol.  I had my first mothers day, and I know every single mother said the same thing, but I am so so so grateful for this little creature that made me a mother.  Its hard to believe and accept the fact that we are now responsible for someone so tiny who looks up to us.  I remember being tiny, and thinking my parents knew everything and could do no wrong.  Looking at it from their point of view, now that I'm in their place, they were just two humans, doing their best, ma...

I generally think of myself as a pretty fearless person.  Given the opportunity, I can charge into any situation with a "fake it till you make it" attitude.  I could move across the country (and I have) and have to make all new friends without batting an eye.  Start a new job?  I'll wow them.  Experiment in the kitchen?  How bad could it be? Have children?  I was born to be a mother.  Have my mother move down the street from me.... well....yikes.  haha.  But then I look at myself from an outside point of view, and I have some pretty intense (and probably pretty irrational) fears.  So here are 3 legitimate fears that I have, in no particular order. 1)  I fear the death of a beloved pet.  When I was a child, when one of my pets died, s/he got a kings burial.  I wore black for a week, and cried for days on end.  My pets weren't just animals, they were some of my best friends.  As I got older, I don't know if ...

My goodness, time flies by fast!  My baby boy is 4 months old and growing like a weed!  It seems like every day he's learning or doing something new!  Now he's about 4 1/2 months old actually, and the thing he does the most is stick his little tongue out and squeak/squeel.  It is really quite adorable!  He was pretty unbearable for about 4 days... crying constantly, very grumpy, low fever, wanting to nurse all the time, not sleeping very long at all... just being a general stinker butt.  I think he was starting to teethe, and going through a growth spurt at the same time.  Lucky for me, my happy easy going baby came back.  I swear, for those 4 days, he hardly even smiled at me, I coulda swore he didnt like me anymore. =( But now, hes smiling and laughing again!  I missed that so much! He's 15 lb 7 oz, and 24 1/2 inch tall He's starting to put weight on his feet, but still not rolling over He still hates tummy time, but it getting prett...

Greyson turned 3 months on January 18th!  We don't have another doctor appointment until he's 4 months, so I don't know his stats, but here some new stuff about him! He's still exclusively breast fed.  I can't believe I made it this long, considering the start we had! He's still consistantly sleeping through the night! He's discovered his hands, and thinks they taste mighty yummy!  He'll even hold onto his toys if we put them in his hands. He can laugh!  Oh can that boy laugh.  And then I laugh too.  I can't help it!  It's the sweetest sound in the world! He got to meet his Auntie Seville, and he loves her so! He got lots of quality time with Grandma this last month! Which of his 3 month pictures are your favorite?

OK, so I wanted to write a little more about myself, so I got some ideas on topics to write about, so here goes!  This post is 20 random facts about myself. I cannot do scary movies.  Not even a little bit.  I will have nightmares and have to sleep with the lights on, and do that awkward run and jump into bed so that nothing under the bed can attack me.  And if by chance I do watch something a little scary, I have to watch a happy, funny movie after to dispel the feeling of terror and gloom.   I rescued a baby kitten when I was about 5 or 6 years old.  I remember he didn't have a tail, and for days, we heard him meowing, but thought it was a crow cause he meowed kinda funny.  We named him Crow. My parents were baptized LDS (Mormons) when I was 4 years old.  I remember my first Sunday school... I was scared to be in my own class, so I went to the older class to be with the one little girl I knew there. Technically my first kiss was when I was...