HCG diet

So I'm doing the HCG diet and today was the first day when I was supposed to eat only 500 calories of certain food. I did ok concidering I havent gone food shopping in a while and don't have all the right food to eat. I went over by about 150 calories, but I'm still starving! Hopefully after I go shopping for food and can actually eat something more filling, it won't be so bad. We'll see if I start losing weight soon, it will be easier to stick with it.

Mariah started school

Mariah had her first day of school on Tuesday the 24th. She was so excited she could hardley wait to get there! Me, on the other hand, was having a anxiety panic attacks! Seriously, my heart was beating so hard and fast it hurt and was almost hard to breath. I had a nightmare that Mariahs clothes wouldn't fit right or match right and we were late! Well when I started getting Mariah ready her shirt that I just bought was to big! So I was afraid my nightmare was coming true! Any way I had another shirt that worked with her skirt and we got there on time and everything went fine. Then when I took her to school I was afraid she wouldn't want me to leave. She went right in, said hi to Mrs. Laura and showed off her twinkle toes (which she was really excited about :) ) Then went up to Mrs. Becky and gave her a big hug! She was totally fine with me leaving. But while I was gone I was afraid that once she realized I was really gone she would get upset. But the first thing Mrs. Larua said to me when I walked in the door was "Mariah cracked me up!" So basically I worried and panicked for nothing. :) She had a blast! Loves school and her teachers! She can't stop talking about what they did, and the books they read. Her second day of school, she did just as good!

I'm so glad she finally came out of her shell and isn't so shy anymore. She is such a show off now too. She has a "sexy walk" and she sings "whos that lady? Sexy lady" She shakes her hips and moves in a way that you'd think I'd taken her to clubs, its so stinkin cute! Everyone just laughs and just loves it when Mariah does it. I don't have to show her off, other people do it for me because they love what she does! :) I have the cutest, sweetest, funniest, most crazy little girl ever! There is not a day that goes by that she doesn't do something that makes me laugh :) I'm so lucky to have her as my daughter, I love that little girl so much!

Mariahs first trip to the dentist

So Mariah went to the dentist for the first time, and for some reason she was so super happy and bouncing up and down. Everyone thought she was the cutest thing. Mariah kept saying shes so happy. They took her picture and she was such a poser...all smiles :) I wish I had my camera cuz she was just so cute for the whole thing! Her teeth are perfect! They said its like teeth you see in the magazine, theyre picture perfect. The spacing in her teeth are perfect and everything just looks really good! And she was just sooo super duper cute everyone loved her!! Who doesn't ;)

Mariah being a poser and doing a little dance! :)

Ok so it won't let me add any more on this post, or I'm just to retarded to figure it out so the rest are going on facebook :)

Fun in July

So I am really horrible about this blog thing, but oh well. So on the 3rd of July we went out to the lake with some friends and had a blast. Mariah had so much fun on the boat, even though she fell asleep for a little bit. Jed went cliff diving for the first time and he was scared to death! :) But it was so cute, Jed was trying to swim back to shore after his "near death experience" :) and he had his sandles with him while he was trying to swim. Mariah swam out to the middle of the lake to save daddys shoes. It was so adorable, she kept saying "I'll save your shoes daddy" Jed was so exausted from swimming he was just going to leave them out there. Poor Jed, he also got a really bad sunburn, his shoulders blistered! He could barely move for a week!
On the 4th we went up to AJ and watched fireworks with some other friends. the girls got their face painted and played some games at the boothes they had set up. They loved the fireworks, it was a really good firework show.
The past few months Jed has been able to come home every night from work. Its been really nice seeing him every day. :) Mariah loves waiting outside for him and watching him drive up. So I'm going to try and post some pics, if it doesn't work then I'll post them on facebook.

alot to catch up on

Well alot has happend since our vacation. The weekend after we got back Mariah and Karli had their dance recital, and they both did sooo well! They did the entire dance and were just so dang cute!! then the next weekend we had family down for Shawnas baptism. It was good seeing everyone and Shawna is such an amazing little woman inside! Shes growing up so fast :)
Well a few weeks later I was having really bad abdominal pain so I went to the dr. and they said it was probably a bladder infection and they gave me some prescription. I didn't have a good feeling about the docs diagnosis so Kristen took me to the ER and they took a bunch of tests and ultrasounds and they said i have an infection in my uterus from my D&C back in March, called Pelvic Inflamitory Disese (PID) I had to get on a bunch of medication to help clear it up. It took a couple of days before I completly stopped hurting, but that day I went to the ER I seriously could barely walk it hurt so bad. Then Mariah got sick and has had her allergies acting up.
Well after all that stuff cleared up. We went out to the lake with some friends, It was so much fun on the boat! Jed got really burnt, hes still recovering from it ;)
And were doing our part to save the planet :) were going green! We got a solar water heater and a few other things to help our electric bill be smaller by at least 30% a month! And today I helped my neighbor clean out her garage which was in much need of cleaning and organizing. I swear I can go on that Hoarders show and help people clean out their houses and stuff. We got rid of so much stuff. I love helping people get clean and organized :) Its one of my specialties!

California

We had a really fun vacation in Cali. It didn't start out the best though I was in a bad mood when we were loading the RV, and then once we got on the road there were some complications with the RV that were really frustrating. But once we got things sorted out it started to get fun. I realized its not good trying to do things in a moving vehicle, you end up doing back flips and getting thrown onto the driver, alot of good laughs! :)
First we went to Sea World, we saw the Sea Lion Show and Shawna got to be an assistant during the pre show, she thought that was pretty cool. The Show was really funny and Mariah still talks about it. We saw Shamu and got soaked. The show was amazing! Then we walked around to see the sharks, dolphins and other animals there. And went on the Atlantis ride, it was so much fun.
The next day we hung out and went to the beach. It was so nice just to walk along the beach and watch the sunset. The girls like trying to jump over the waves, look for sea shells and build sand castles. We also made some spongebobs and buried them in the sand for the girls to find, they thought that was awsome and wanted to try and find Sandy, Mr. Krabbs and all the other characters.
Then Thursday we went to Universal Studios. The rides were fun, but I don't think we'll go back until Mariahs at least 10. She couldn't go on any of the rides, and there werent to many rides there anyway. The coolest part of being there was there were some performers dancing and they picked Mariah to dance with them! Mariah was sooo cute and was doing the dance and shaking her booty. I was so mad at myself cuz i didn't have my camcorder on me but I got some pics of it.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we went to Disneyland. It was so much fun! Mariah got to meet Tinkerbell, All the Princess, Mickey, Minnie and alot of other Characters! She was in Disney Heaven. We did breakfast with the Princesses and thats where we saw Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, Snow White, and Aurora. Then later we went to see Jasmine at her palace. The rides were awsome! Mariah still talks about all of it! Her favorite rides were Dumbo the Lady bug ride at California adventure, and all the boat rides like its a small world and Pirates.
Its so much fun to do things like this with your kids because you can see things through there eyes. The joy that they have and the smile on their faces, you catch yourself looking at them more then the rides. I have all the pics on my facebook page cuz I haven't figured out how to post more than one pic at a time on here. Any way, our trip was amazing. I'm glad we can do things like this with Mariah to give her some good memories and fun times.

Bike riding and swimming

Last year for Mariahs birthday she got a bike, but she cared to really ride it except around the house and only when someone else wanted to ride it. But the last month or so shes been really practicing and doing really good. Yesterday and today I went on a walk around the block and she rode her bike and kept up with me pretty well concidering I'm a fast walker (Jed can barely keep up with me). Shes so cute, while shes riding she talks to herself like: "gotta pedal faster gotta pedal faster, come on feet go go go," and "almost there". Shes so funny she can have full conversations with herself :)
Today we went swimming and it felt so good! I almost forgot how nice and relaxing you feel afterwards. Mariah had a blast, she kept jumping into me and wanting to swim, so I'd hold her out to my side so she could doggy paddle. After a few times of her jumping in and swimming to the middle of the pool and back I decided to let go when we got to the edge, she was close enough she just had to kick a little to move her close enough to pull herself onto the shallow ledge. She had her floaties and some noodles to help hold her up but I made a big deal about how shes such a big girl that she swam by herself. She was so proud of herself!! It was a fun day :)
Oh ya and she is doing an amazing job with her letters. I got her a dry erase alphabet book, it helps you trace letters, numbers, shapes, pictures, she loves it! she stays on the like really good, and she knows most of the letters right off the top of her head! She even surprises me with knowing a few of her numbers. I havent worked on recognizing numbers yet with her, but the other day she pointed to 4 and asked me if that was the number 4, I told her yes and asked her how she knew that and she says "I taught myself" I asked her if Shawna or Karli or anybody else taught her and she said "ya, me" :) I'm so proud of my little girl!! She knows so many things that I didn't even teach her, that she learned from observing things. Even though she can be a little pill at times and can frustrate me to no end, ;) She is my princess and I love her more than I can say!!!

Latest News :(

Well for everyone else who hasn't heard. On Friday we had a Dr. appointment for a normal check up, but they couldn't find a heart beat. They had 4 drs. looking at the sonogram before sending us to the hospital where they confirmed I had miscarried at 9 wks. Since it had been about 4 wks since then and I've had no cramping or other signs of miscarraige, and my body wasn't handling it naturally, I got the D&C on Wednesday. Everything went well with the surgery and I didn't have any pain or nausea, I've been feeling pretty good, considering the situation. We were really heart broken about it, even Mariah was really upset about it. It breaks my heart even more when I think about her not being a big sister right now. I know she will be a great sister some day, I know we'll have another one sometime, just not right now. We've had alot of support from friends and family and we love you all!

trying to post pics

My little eskimo ready to play in the snow! :)

Ok so this blog thing isn't letting me post more pics so I'll post more on my facebook page later

catching up

Well, where do I start. Jed came home last week late Wednesday night and brought his brother down with him. We had alot of fun! Friday I had a Dr. appointment and we had our first ultrasound!! Everything looks great the baby has a great heartbeat! Mariah was so cute, there was a big tv that she could see the baby on it and she kept pointing to it and saying how she going to be a big sister! She also calls the baby a "Shark baby" because I've shown her pics of what the baby looks like right now and she says it looks like a shark :) She is being so cute! After the Dr. I sat in the back with Mariah and was talking with her about the baby and I told her when the baby gets bigger in my tummy then she can feel the baby move and the baby can give her high fives and say "high five sista". She thought that was hillarious!

Well after the drs. that night Jake and Kristen took all the girls to the YMCA for a game night thing, so all us adults went out to a steak house. We had alot of fun just hanging out, talking, roasting marshmallows and making s'mores. Saturday Me, Jed Mariah and Jordon went bowling. It was Mariahs first time and she had a blast, she bowled a couple strikes and did really well overall. It was my second time bowling, we played two games, the first game I kicked butt!! :) the second game..not so much, but it was still a great family fun time!

Sunday the boys went golfing for like 6 hrs, but they had a fun time. Then we had a really big dinner with honeybaked ham, homemade mashed potatos, corn on the cob, all that good stuff, (It was Jakes Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner since he was in Afganistan.) Then we played games and had a good time. Monday Mariah had dance and she didn't want to go at first but she warmed up and started dancing, shes soo stinking cute!! :) Then we went to do taxes and were getting alot more back then we thought we would Yay! so were paying off some bills and going to Disneyland!!!! Monday night Jed and Jordon fixed up Mariahs car and gave it a new paint job, It looks so cute and Mariah had fun helping too. :) Tuesday we just relaxed and hung out at home since it was Jeds last day. He left that night around 10. Its always hard when he leaves, but we did so much when he was home so it felt like he was home longer which is always nice. His rigg is supposed to come to AZ after his next hitch, which would be really nice he would only be working about 1 hr from home and could possibly come home every night :)))

Well I think I've caught up on just about everything so, Later ;)

This week

On Sunday Mariah and I went on a trip to Flagstaff with Jake and Kristen and the girls. It was so much fun!! It was Mariahs first time seeing snow, and the two things she kept saying she wanted to do was to make a reindeer (not a snowman) and to throw snow balls at jake! :) She was so cute, she kept calling it a Winter Wonderland! All the kids had alot of fun but they all said they wouldn't want to live in snow because it gets to cold and I agree. They were all so cute all bundled up in their snow gear. I need to get pics on hear but I'm still trying to figure this blogging thing out. Any way we left Tuesday afternoon and I could tell Mariah wasn't feeling to well because while I was packing up she crawled up in one of the beds and fell asleep. She was fine on the way home, but then about 3 in the morning she started complaining of tummy aches and at about 4 she started throwing up till about 8! My poor baby! But after a long nap till about noon she was her normal self :) Then the rest of this week, we just spent hanging out, playing and doing some school work. I've been working with her on some school stuff and shes getting really good at tracing letters and recognizing letters! She suprises me :) I can't believe shes going to be starting pre school this year :( shes growing up so fast!

I'M PREGNANT!!

So I'm now officially telling everyone I'm pregnant!! I told family and close friends last week. I had my first Dr appointment today and found out I'm 5 weeks and 5 days along!! My due date is Sept 22nd. But I'm pretty sure i'm going to go over my due date (it just seems to run in my family) so whenever jeds home around that time then I'll be scheduled to be induced! Also on the 12th of Feb I get my first ultrasound!! I'm really excited about that because when I had Mariah my last Doctor they wouldn't give me an ultrasound until I was far enough along to see the sex of the baby. Anyway, we've been trying for a while now and I kept hoping that when I did get pregnant it would be just as easy as Mariah. With Mariah I only got morning sickness for three days and it didn't start till the day of my 2nd trimester, I was a little tired in my first trimester but not too bad. But now I always feel sick, i'm always tired, I already hurt, among other things. But other than that I'm doing good. :) We're all excited about the baby, even Mariah. Just today on the way home from the Doctor she said
"Mommy, your going to have a baby huh?"
Me: "Yes"
Mariah: "and its in your tummy huh?"
Me: "Thats right"
Mariah: "I'm going to be a big sister!!"
Me: "Yes you are sweetheart"
Mariah: "I want to take the baby out now"
I just started laughing I thought it was so cute, ever since I told her shes been carrying around her baby dolls and saying she has a baby just like in my tummy :) She is soooo stinkin cute about the whole thing I'm so excited for her to be a big sister! Jed is way excited about being a daddy again. Every night hes home he talks to the baby, its so sweet! I'm really happy and excited about our new adventure. I'll keep you all updated when we find out more stuff :)

I want to shout!!!

I want to scream it from the rooftops!! But not yet, soon, but not yet ;)

Two weeks notice

Well today I finally put in my two weeks notice, I've been thinking about it for awhile and last night I couldn't sleep I just kept thinking about it and feeling like its something I really need to do right now. I did enjoy working and making new friends and the discounts ;) but now I don't Have to work anymore, and I've been working more hours then I wanted to. I just felt like I was missing out on so much of Mariahs life, and there was never enough time in the day to get things done, either my house wasnt getting attention or Mariah wasn't, so of course I had my days of not feeling like the best mom. But now I'm very excited to just be a mom! Best job in the World!!! I love my BABY

This last week

Well this last week has been nice since I haven't had to work, I've been able to spend alot of quality time with Mariah. Jed had mtgs for work Tues. and Wed. then he left for work Thursday morning so I didn't get to spend as much time with him as I would have liked, but it was really nice having him home for 3 wks for the holidays! But like I said I've had alot of time to spend with Mariah and its been Great! I love playing and reading books with her, its my favorite past time. The weather has been so nice this wk also, around the 70's almost 80's, so Mariah and I have been going on lots of walks. Its so relaxing I love it!