Talks and Bubbles

Jon and I had the blessing of giving talks in sacrament meeting yesterday. We had a week to prepare. Jon let me use the computer for my talk first. Isn't he nice. I did my research and finished it up by Thursday night. That gave him Friday and Saturday to do all his preparation. The whole week Maren kept drawing pictures and asking how to spell different words, so she could "write her talk". I was distracted with my own, so I didn't stop and make sure she understood that she would not be getting up in church to give her talk.

Both, Jon and I, stayed up late Saturday night putting the final touches on our Sunday preparations. It is a good thing we did, too. Sunday morning began smoothly until Jon glanced at the computer clock and realized it was daylight savings time and we had 15 min to get out the door if we wanted to be on time. Luckily, the girls were dressed, with their hair done, and had their breakfast. Jon and I had both showered the night before so we made it on time, barely.

The talks went well enough and we were glad it was over, but then Maren insisted on bringing her talk to primary so she could give it. I decided to let her, but explain to her teacher the situation and hope she would handle it delicately. If Maren's talk had been church related it would have been a different story, but it was a picture of a princess. It said "Maren's favorite cat is Purr. Eliza's favorite dog, Lilly, barks. A man should marry a woman and a woman should marry a man. The woman was named Sunny and the man was named Jon. Macy's favorite cat is Sarah." Her primary teacher ended up letting her give her talk in her class, but this was not enough. She wanted to say it at the microphone. I talked her out of that, by telling her she could give a special family home evening talk. She agreed.

I was relieved, but not terribly surprised when I received a phone call, last night, asking if Maren would like to give a talk in primary next week on following the prophet. She is so excited. I told her she could help me write it. She then suggested that we could write "about Nephi because he was a prophet".

This morning, it has been a little cloudy, about 50 degrees here, but the girls were anxious to get out. So, they got their jackets on and went out on out pattio to blow bubbles and write with sidewalk chalk. They had a lot of fun.

Carrots and My Sweet Eliza.

This evening as I was making spagetti for dinner, with Eliza's help, I noticed her making facial expressions that led me to belive she needed to sit on the potty. She we ran. I had 9 1/2 minutes until the spagetti was cooked. I sat and read her a story hoping she would give in and "put it in the pot". The timmer beeped and she wasn't quite ready yet. So, "Jon, can you get the spagetti?" Of course, he said he would. A few minutes later Eliza was still not quite ready and I wanted to see where we were with dinner. I asked Maren to show Eliza the pictures in the book and ran into the kitchen. I found the undrained spagetti sitting on a side burner. So quick, I drain the spagetti and open a can of sauce to pour in. Thinking "I just need a few more minutes with Eliza." As I go to pour it in I hear "I went poop!" coming from my sweet girl at my side. I hope she is right, but hope she is not. "Okay, I'll come check." But, I just want to get the sauce in the pot and stired to get it heating while I check. Eliza sits on our step stool and trys to put her pants on with no diaper. I notice a smell that does not belong in the kitchen. "Jon, can you check and see if she pooped?" "Sure." He takes her in the bathroom and there where she was sitting is a thick, stincky mark. Great! Jon -"It's not in the potty." So while I clean the kitchen, he finds the poop, gets her cleaned up by putting the soiled clothes in the hamper, and puts a new diaper on her.

I feel free to get dinner settled. A few minutes later, Eliza comes in wearing this... and dancing around sings "I want carrots! I want carrots!" She had dug through her unused drawers. She found a bib and a hat that was too small, put it on inside out, and came to let me know she felt dressed enough to eat. After she displayed her colors, we sat down to dinner, which included carrots.

This is Eliza in her new dress all ready for church (Feb 7th). She does have a real sweet side. We love her.... character and all.

Ha Ha HA! (a little summary)

So time to catch up a little.

Oct 2009. We found some fun things to do with our time in Dad's basement. 10-17-09. We had fun trying out diffrent ways to braid the girls hair.

10-18-09. Happy Birthday Eliza! "Eliza, little Eliza, Your'e not so little anymore." My big, 2- year-old, birthday girl and her daddy.
10-18-09. Jon, Eliza, and Sunny on Eliza's birthday. We had to make a birthday crown. Cute Girl. Oh, and by the way, we just found out we are going to have a baby come June.

10-21-09. One of the things the girls did was to dance to the keyboard that is in the toy box. Both girls were dancing, but Eliza is the only one I got a good picture of.

10-23-09. Maren built this home for her "purr" kitty.

10-31-09. We had a combined Birthday party at Aunt Martha's to celebrate both Maren's and Eliza's Birthdays even though the cake only said Maren on it.

10-31-09. Happy Halloween! We had so much fun going trick-or-treating with cousins. The whole evening was a lot of fun!

Nov 2009. Maren, my sweet Maren, is 4 years old.

11-1-09. She is so big!

Mid-November, we got to see to baby via sonogram and he/she is doing well. My little bean. Thanksgiving was fun, but we missed Utah and seeing all our family our Aagard Family. Maybe, next year.

Dec 2009. Maren got to be an Angel for the Church Christmas play and the Gingerbread Christmas program. 11-30-09 I finished to Angel dress. Maren loved it.

12-24-09. Madison, Eliza, Samantha, and Maren in the tub. Ruba-dub-dub.

12-25-09. Merry Christmas! It was a crazy, fun filled, family day. The picture is a little blurry due to the panoramic function on the camera and no one knew I was taking it.

12-18-09 We moved to Jeff City, MO. 12-19-09. Jon graduated with his bachelors from Western Illinois University. We are so proud of him and this big accomplishment even if it takes a little longer.

12-22-09. Jon's sister Martha and her family, his sister Theresa and her family, and our own family all went with Jon's Dad, Papa, to his Rotary Christmas party. We had to get a picture with Santa.

12-27-09. Maren, Eliza, and Madison all dressed up as princesses. Maren and Madison were wearing their new dresses, and Eliza didn't want to be left out. Aren't they beautiful?

12-27-09. Robby, Madison, and Maren were enjoying a few of Grandma Robbins' memory stories.

12-28-09. Uncle Jon showing Madison, Robby, Maren, and Eliza "Lambert the Sheepish' Lion" from the internet at Mom's apartment. We had a lot of fun in Illinois for Christmas with our cousins.

Jan 2010. We are here in Jefferson City and pretty much settled into our little apartment.

1-2-10. Maren decided to fix my hair and Jon thought she had done a pretty good job.

1-19-10. I walked into the girls room and found a mound under a red blanket in the laundry basket. I lifted the blanket to find both my girls in the laundry basket.

1-19-10. Eliza. Beautiful.

1-19-10. Maren loves having pictures taken of her toys. So, we hoped in this picture with her toys. 1-22-10. We had just got home from a trip to Illinois and I was sorting shoes when Eliza found Jon's hat. She looked so cute we had to get a picture.

Maren and Eliza miss their "old friends, Aunts, uncles, and cousins", but we have had fun meeting new friends and seeing new things.

I saw a nurse-practicioner here and am now scheduled to have an ultrasound on Jan 29th and see my OB on Feb 3rd. Yeah, Jon can come. I hope the baby cooaperates. Jon starts the academy on Feb.1st. Good Luck Jon!