I love when Officer's surprises me with flowers! I didn't really expect to get any this year for our anniversary(seriously whose pocketbook isn't a little tight these days). I guess you don't celebrate 5 years everyday, so he came home from work with these. Aren't they just beautiful! He took me to the Melting Pot for dinner. We had never been there and it was pretty fun. Just wanted to say thank you!
opportunity and we took off that afternoon. I wanted to just doorbell ditch a cake on the room of their hotel, but nothing gets by grandma. She caught me. I talked with her for just a minute; her first question was, “who is this young man?” I just said a friend. She invited in for cake, but we planned to go out to eat, so we compromised with coming back for cake after dinner. We get to the restaurant and look over the menu when he looks at me from across the table and says, so if I pay is this considered a date? I laughed. Sure, why not it was free dinner for me. I don’t recall much of the conversation, but I’ll never forget the waiter winking at him (it was a waiter, not a waitress). 
a blizzard. 25 mph on the freeway makes a trip quite long, but we found a lot to talk about. We started spending a lot of time together after that and 4 weeks later I was going to be moving to start my final internship before I graduated. He proposed March 2nd, 2003 after we took a trip to visit my parents. This is hilarious really. He wanted to talk to my dads, he was pretty nervous even though it wasn't really an asking permission thing. My dad ended up in the ER that night from some kind of food poisoning before he had a chance to him talk about it - not a good sign - it just made him more nervous. Once that was over he wanted to make it official and took me to the Temple grounds on our way out of town. As he got down on one knee to ask me, I could see a security guard in the background walking up toward us. It kind of ruined it for me, I was trying not to laugh or cry - I hate getting in trouble. I think he was disappointed that I didn't cry. It was late and long story short - we got kicked off the temple grounds. We joked after that that they probably had photos hanging up somewhere with instructions not to let us come back, of course we knew that wasn't the case. It didn't go as he had planned, but it was a memorable proposal anyway. I wouldn't have had it any other way. We did the long distance thing for 4 months and after I graduated we moved to Sugarhouse(I lived with grandma, he lived in our apartment - had to clarify). 
The rest of the day went off without any hiccups - at least that we knew of. I'm so grateful for my in-laws and my family because trying to plan an out of state wedding while you're in one state and your fiance is in another and the wedding is in another...to complicated for me. Officer and I really didn't have to worry about anything as far as planning goes. It was a happy day and we left that night for Monterrey, CA for our honeymoon - that was a surprise for me, I didn't find out until the reception. We started our happily ever after life together...
We really aren't torturing her, I promise. She was singing with Dad and he just moved her lip enough that I finally got a quick picture and if you enlarge it you can she her tooth! It's not that much yet, but we're excited. Yeah! Miss Peanut is all sorts of grown up. It's amazing what we do for pictures - ridiculous really, but it'll always bring a smile to our faces.
No doubt about it, Miss Peanut is definately a daddy's girl. When he's home she is all smiles and begs for his undivided attention. She totally says da-da all the time. Most of the time I think it's just her talking, but she says it especially when he's around. I wasn't much of a daddy's girl myself, so it is fun to watch these two together. I just want Officer to know that I am so grateful for the Daddy that he is. I knew when I met him that he would be one of those dads, mostly a big kid, who would be silly and fun, but who would be patient enough to take opportunities to teach. Not so much Peanut right now, but he is so good with his nephew and nieces.
ed to out snorkeling in this little cove. For most of them it was their first time and Officer was able to teach them how to breathe through a snorkel and not panic with the movement of the waves or the cold water. It's not exactly warm in the Northern California ocean, the water was a sunny 51 degrees. Anyway, I know those boys will never for get that experience and they are the next generation of divers in the family. Last summer we were out in California again and Officer and his brother took the time to teach these boys how to shoot, but he and his brother made sure to teach them how to be safe with them as well. I've been a cub scout leader for a few months now den meetings are at our house. He is so helpful (cuz hello I'm not that good at knot tying and stuff) with teaching and directing these boys as well. I love watching these moments and I look 
forward to our experiences as parents. 
thing else, I know that he is an active loving daddy and husband. THANK YOU! 
Some friends told us to try this a while back and I was killing time so...why not.
MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Drawing a family tree - Family tree search
Lauren
Megaman 
She got up early just in time to see them off on their long trip home this morning. He faces are so hilarious!
We finally got a funny food face - her pears were too cold for her taste.
Peanut also starting sitting on her own and rolling over! I'm so excited, but the thought that she could be really mobile in a couple months...I better start baby proofing!
After Aunt Candice's baby shower we got pedicures, her feet were so swollen and it was so hot out that we bought a baby pool and filled it up so she could soak her feet and the kids could play. Peanut did okay, but it was kind of cold. After the pool she got a bath in the sink, I think she liked the kitchen sink better!
We also got a new nephew/cousin last week and anytime we'll get a new niece!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love watching peanut learn to do things; I just get such a kick out of this girl. Here's the latest.
We are always blowing on her belly, so I think that's where she learned the spitting thing.
She had a hard time reaching her bugs so she learned that if she kicked them with her feet eventually she could catch one.
This is more of her bouncer, but we got her laughing a little at dad. Sometimes she snorts when she laughs, it so funny. There is nothing better than baby giggles.
I thought I should attempt an update, I blink and another month has gone by, seriously I gotta stay on top of this. Officer has changed shifts a couple times and that seems to throw us all off for a while and then when we are getting used to it changes again. One more time this week and then it won't change for 6 months. He loves his job. I think that certain people are cut out for that kind of job and Officer is one of them. He loves to drive fast and now he gets to without any repercussion. All kidding aside, he is so good with people; I can't believe some of the stories I hear though - I won't share some of them are kind of gross.
Peanut is growing like crazy, I just can't believe that she is 5 1/2 months already. Here's a few pictures, I couldn't pass up the booger bubble shot. I'm learning that she does things in her own time. Practicing physical therapy for 5 years before having her you have in your head milestones that an kids should reach by certain ages. Well I have thrown some of that, alot of that out the window. I know where she should be and how to help, but I'm just kind of letting her do it at her own pace. She is rolling over with a little help and every now and then I'll catch her rolling on her own - I think it is just by accident still. She is loving real food I'd have to say I think her favorite so far is green beans, but pears are a close second. We really don't get any funny food faces though - I gotta be honest I was really looking forward to that. I can't seem to get the spoon to her mouth fast enough, it's hillarious to watch. 
I think she is teething too, she is drooling like crazy all the time and with a low fever and not sleeping as well right now - I 'm guessing that it's got to be teeth, only time will tell I guess. She is not usually very snuggly , but she loves it when I rub the back of her head, it's so cute she'll just sit there. 
She was fine for a while, but then she just got this huge adorable bottom lip and just wimpered the whole way home( it was a beautiful day so we took the stroller). I thought she was tired, but she didn't want to go down for a nap. She's kind of in between this I only want 2 naps, but I do way better with 2 and a teeny little cat nap to make it til bedtime at 8:00. Well, she just didn't want to go to sleep. I fed her, changed her, played for a while, but when I put her down she just wimpered - she normally doesn't fight it too much and has a way different I don't want to go to bed cry, but this wasn't it. She did fine if I sat and combed her hair, or held her hand, but as soon as I left she just wimpered more. It was so sad, I finally just caved. I just sat her in my lap and she was perfectly content with that; I talked and played and sang with her for a couple hours until it was time to get her ready for bed. She went to bed just fine; I guess she just really needed some mom time. I hope this doesn't lead to the whole separation anxiety thing. Anyway I'm loving being a mommy. 
We've been way busy with our church callings. I'm the (newly released as of today) ward activities chairperson and I'm also a bear/wolf den leader. I didn't realize how much time is involved with both callings, but it's a lot between planning meetings den/pack meetings and activities. Each week I have 6 eight and nine year old boys come to our house for den meetings. I really love it, but it is exhausting by the time they leave. Last week we made bird feeders from tin cans and hershey kiss roses for them to give to their moms for mother's day. Amazingly we fit both projects into one power packed hour of scouts. Then I have been busy trying to plan our upcoming ward activity. Officer also just got called to be elders quorum president on top of his crazy work schedule, so he jokes that he is the inactive elder quorum president. I had no idea how much he would be involved with. He's so good to help people move in/out - he's done a lot of that lately. 
Sounds stupid, but it does - all these little critters come to life. I got scuba certified last year, which was a whole other story, but after all the prep work we weren't able to scuba on our trip because I got sick, so we snorkeled a lot. I saw a billion different fish, lobsters, sea turtles, and even found a few octopus hiding in rocks. Also, Officer’s family goes diving for abalone most summers for the past 30+ years. I went for the first time a couple years ago. It’s great to camp so close to the ocean that you can hear it when you wake up. It’s just relaxing! I miss it now.
i was last year when Officer and I took a trip to the Caribbean. I have to preface it by saying that I was working out and – dang I looked good. So…the funny part about it is that while we spent the day at the beach in St. Johns, Antigua we were playing around in near the shore and I totally got stung by a jelly fish. You know when you were younger and you would give someone a “horse bite.” That’s totally what it felt like - a really really bad horse bite at the top of my calf. As I’m screaming OUCH, OUCH, OUCH and running toward the beach guess what happens – hmm…only the obvious, my top came down. There you have it – the moral of the story is don’t wear a bikini; you might get stung by a jellyfish. And if wasn't hillarious enough, it was totally in the shape of a gold fish cracker! Weird. 
Officer's schedule has been crazy -and just when we get used to it - it changes nights, to swings, to days - he has two more weeks and then he is officially on his own and we'll have a set schedule for a few months. We took a trip to Salt Lake for Easter so Peanut could meet her Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Great Grandmas, etc. She met probably 50 people that weekend. It's crazy to learn how to travel with an infant - definitely not a vacations for moms. We had such a good time with everyone. Peanut is HUGE! She had her 4 month appt. with the MD last week - 90th percentile for everything. I do not enjoy the shots though, it's so sad. She is finally giggling more, but we have yet to catch it on video. She is so intrigued by the camera that she stops when we bring it out. To end the month Officer and I got a free night at the Anniversary Inn like a year ago (I refused to go while I was big and pregnant), so we finally went and left Peanut for the first time with Grandma for the night. I hardly knew what to do with myself. We enjoyed it though - what parent doesn't? Alrighty - I've been tagged, never been tagged before, so its a work in progress - I'll have to post it later.
