Four Things

Here's a little bit of random info about me...
Four Jobs I've Had
1. Day Care
2. Sonic
3. Lifeguard
4. Secretary

Four Places I've Lived
1. Vegas
2. Cedar City
3. Vegas
4. Mesa

Four TV Shows I Watch
1. Psych
2. Criminal Minds
3. NCIS
4. House

Four Places I've Visited
1. Salt Lake City
2. Chicago
3. San Diego
4. Los Angeles
(super exciting, I know!)

Four of my Favorite Foods
1. Cafe Rio
2. Smoothies
3. Strawberries
4. Pizza

Four Places I'd Like to Travel to
1. New Zealand
2. Hawaii
3. Washington DC
4. Anywhere Church History

Four Things I Look Forward to This Year
1. Having a new baby
2. Buying a house
3. All the fun milestones of the new baby
4. Jake's Mission Homecoming (my brother)

Four people I tag to do this next
1. Amber Cruz
2. Brooke Bleazard
3. Megan Bleazard
4. Monica McDowell

A Belly Blog

I thought I would post a couple of pics of my belly. Mostly cause I love to see all of your pregnant bellies and also because I have ONE pic of me pregnant with Aiden and I wish I had a few more. It would be fun to compare them with this pregnancy.

I know I hardly look pregnant in this pic. I was 16 weeks and I thought I was showing quite a bit. Haha! Don't worry, things have definately changed and I have popped out a lot more. I still have almost 2+ months to go and I had a lady at the grocery store ask me if I was "ever going to have this baby!" Luckily it didn't hit the wrong emotional cord and I was able to laugh instead of cry. At the moment I wasn't feeling huge. But I still made sure she knew that I have a long way to go before she can ask that again.

I am between 28 and 29 weeks in this pic. And for comparison, this is the one and only pic of me carrying Aiden... it was taken at little closer to the end... at 33 weeks.

We Love Cafe Rio!

Jeremy and I LOVE Cafe Rio. We would eat there twice a week if we could. And I go every couple of weeks with my friend Monica & our kids. The kids love it too. So I was on my way to the grocery store today when I drove past Cafe Rio. And from the back seat, I hear Aiden say "Cafe Rio Mama!" I just had to laugh. The best part is that in the same parking lot is a McDonalds and he has no idea what the Golden Arches stand for... but he can pick out the Cafe Rio sign! I think I am proud of that fact. :)

28 Week Ultrasound

I had an ultrasound this afternoon. I was sort of disappointed in the u/s tech. She seemed to be in a BIG hurry. I think I was her last patient of the day. But we still got a few cool shots. Everything looks great and he apparently weighs about 2lb. 10oz. ... according to his femur. Who knew!?!? That is amazing to me that they can measure a bone and tell you the weight! This little guy kicks and squirms most of the day and night. I love it. Even when it keeps me awake. I pretend like it is annoying, but the truth is that I love to just lay in bed and play with him.
After the ultrasound Aiden kept trying to go back in the u/s room to "see the baby". I hope somewhere in that little head of his he is starting to comprehend this in some way. He is so great.
This is so adorable.This is a pic of his hand up against his face. His eye and nose are at the right of the frame.

This is why I was so disappointed...we were supposed to get a 3D u/s, but they only took 3 frames of 3D pics. He had his hands right in front of his face which is why we didn't get a great pic of his face.
I love the profile shots. They are always so cute.

I know, I know....post already!

I have been meaning to post something since Christmas. Now I have a couple of weeks to make up for...so here we go.

We had a great Christmas. We spent it in Vegas with our families. Jeremy got to spend time in the garage with his dad and some time flying RC planes with my dad and Josh. I was able to RELAX! My mom and I (ok, mostly my mom) worked in the kitchen to get Christmas breakfast ready and I got to see Cassie for a few minutes before we left town. We all got spoiled this year. I got a new camera (even more reason for me to have already posted something!) and I LOVE it! Jeremy got lots of RC plane stuff and continues to 'research' what he wants/needs to get next. Aiden got a small bike with training wheels, a GeoTrax set, CARS - everything for his bedroom, the list goes on and on... lucky kid.

This is a video of Aiden playing with my mom's collection of Hallmark Christmas sing along toys. She started the collection while Jeremy and I were dating in '03 and has always said that her grandkids will LOVE them. This was the first year that Aiden enjoyed them. Last year the scared him and the year before that, he was 2 weeks old. This video doesn't do justice but it is the best one I got. He would get them all going and then squeal when the bells would jingle. We had a riot watching him laugh at them this year...

I am sad to say that my old camera hid out in my suitcase all weekend and this is the only documentation that I have of our Christmas. No Christmas morning pics or anything! What was I thinking :{

Here is one when we were on the way to my Uncle Scott's house for a Bleazard family Christmas Eve dinner. Cute, but not very Christmasy.

When we got back from Vegas, Jeremy got right to work building and playing with his new airplanes. We have gone flying several times in the last week. Aiden loves to "fied agin da airpane wid daddy" - translation "fly again the airplane with daddy". There are many variations on this jumbled sentence, but this is the most common. He gets so excited that it just all runs out as fast as his lips can possibly move.

Our New Year's was mostly uneventful. We found a babysitter at 5:15 on New Year's eve, picked her up at 5:20 and made a 5:30 movie. When Jeremy gets an idea there is no stopping him. We saw National Treasure and loved it. We were home by 8:30 and in bed by 9. We are old! And we SO don't care. It was so great to have Jeremy all to ourselves for 3 whole days. He worked Saturday, but was off Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The 3 of us had a great time together.

Here are a few other adorable pics I have caught of my boys recently. I just love them!

More flying

Watching a movie at the bottom of the stairs

Jeremy couldn't resist joining him

Love this face!

For Monica

I'm glad you liked the soup. Here is the recipe. I made quite a few modifications from the original recipe... so hopefully it all makes sence.

Creamy Potato Cheese Soup

12 medium potatoes
1 small or medium onion, chopped
2-4 stalks celery chopped
1/4 Cup butter or margarine
2 cups cream
3 cups milk (more if you want thinner soup)
1 tablespoon salt
2+ cups grated cheddar cheese
1 pound bacon, fried crisp, drained and crumbled
Salt and pepper to taste

Peel & Quarter potatoes. Boil until tender. Drain.
Meanwhile, sautee celery and onion in butter until tender.
Cook bacon.
Remove about 2 cups of the potatoes, set aside. Whip remaining potatoes with cream.
Add milk, salt, onion & celery and reserved potatoes.
Return pot to stove and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Watch carefully to avoid scorching.
Mix in cheese (I always use more than 2 cups) and bacon (I usually mix in a little bacon grease too - healthy, I know!).

If you don't care about the CHUNKS of potato, you don't have to separate out 2 cups. Jeremy just loves the chunks, so I take the extra step.

Happy Birthday Aiden!

Aiden turned 2 yesterday. I can't believe how fast it has gone by. He is an amazing kid. He is totally trying me with his 2 year old fiesty-ness and when he trys to be so independent. But I laugh SOOOO much more than I get frustrated. Its a great balance. Jeremy, Aiden and I are so blessed to have each other. I love the thought of having our little family grow over the next few years as we gather these little spirits together in our home.

Here are some of my favorite pics of the last 2 years.

At birth... Precious 6 months... cutie
One year... sweet
18 months... energetic
Last week... FIESTY

Peanuts Sittin' Pretty

My mom is here visiting for a few days and this is what we did this morning. These are one of my holiday favorites. I grew up always knowing what they were, but apparently I am one of the few. None of my friends seem to have ever heard of them! But they are wonderful so I am sharing the recipe with you all.

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 egg (separated - whites reserved)

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 cup flour

1/4 tsp salt

Finely chopped nuts (either walnuts or pecans)

1 can vanilla frosting (I like the cream cheese vanilla frosting)

M&M Peanuts

Cream butter & sugar.

Blend in egg yolk & vanilla

Mix flour & salt then blend all ingredients.

Chill dough for 1 hour

Roll into 1 inch balls

Dip balls in egg white (slightly beaten)

Roll in nuts

Bake @ 350 for 5 minutes

Take out & press thumb print in center

Cook 5 minutes more

When cool, add a dab of frosting & a Peanut M&M

Note: The recipe is VERY small. I tripled it today and still wish I'd done more!