How do I

Alright, how do I change my background WITHOUT erasing all of my friends links? Someone PLEASE tell me!

Laughing baby

Here's a little blip of baby girl laughing that I thought some of you might enjoy.

Baby Matty

Melanie and Brian Willis had their baby yesterday! Matthew Brian Willis was born at 11:30am. He weighs 7 lbs 3oz and was 21 inches long! Mom and baby (and Brian) are doing great!! They're coming home from the hospital tomorrow.

Tampons, disco, hula and sexy lingerie

Time for some good ole remember whens......

Remember when Holly decided to do the Tampon Dance?

Remember when we all dressed up as Decade Divas for Halloween, and the next Monday Shaina decided to dress up for school only to find that she was maybe one in a hundred who went to classes in costume?



Remember when we were all out in the living room minding our own business and Holly and Becca decided to treat us with a Hula Dance - not saying a word - and leaving the room without giving any explanation?

Remember when we threw Shannon a bridal shower and she was so embarrassed that we had bought her lingerie? Oh, and I don't know if anyone ever knew this or not, but Janelle and I went to pick out the sexy lingerie and I made Janelle try it on to make sure that it would fit Shannon! Yeah....Janelle loved that!

Remember when we all used to love going to Fall Fling and Spring Fling? By the way, is Holly getting fresh?

Remember when it took us forever to get Brittany to break out of her shy bubble and once she did she was freakin hilarious?

Remember when we threw Becca a mini-shower but were all so poor that we could only afford to buy her one present? I think she deserves a new shower since we're all rolling in the dough now! (Not really, but some of us like to pretend.)

Rockin the 5th!

So, we had our 4 month check up yesterday and Brighton is a whopping 10 lds 14 oz and 22 inches!! We are rockin the 5th percentile baby!! I realize that Tom and I aren't exactly giants, but she is tiny! However, she is growing and that's all that really matters - not that 95% of all babies are bigger than she is!

Talking

Here's a little video of baby girl talking. It's nothing great, but I thought some of you who don't get to see her would like it.

Love blocks II

I made some of the love blocks for my sister - they're different from mine, but I think the color combo turned out nicely. My table makes for an ugly background though, huh?

Paci for you, paci for me

So, Brighton has taken a pacifier from the day she was born and we've loved it. She has now figured out, however, how to wrap her thumb around the little handle and pull it out! And, since she hasn't quite figured out how to put it back in, she tends to get a little pissy about her paci now being gone. So, this is what we've had to do to keep her from pulling it out on her own.We give her one to keep in her mouth, and one to hold so she's satisfied. We've even had to have 3 pacis at once, one for the mouth and one for each hand. But, if this is our biggest problem, I'll take it!

3 month portraits

Look at that fist ready to punch someone - I'm definitely my mother's daughter!

Brighton wore the same dress to be blessed in as I did.

Watching the Super Bowl with Grandpa

I'm already a big gamer with Daddy!!

Hmmm.......

Copyright

Some girls here did this art project a little while ago and I saw it and decided I would copy it and make one too. Since I already had the paper for the background and letters, and the wood shop gave me the scraps for free, it only cost me $5.50 to make it - and that's because I had to buy a new container of modpodge for $4.25! Becca - I know you would love this, if you want me to tell you how I did it, let me know!

V-day love

I had to show you the vase (the flowers too, but I'm more excited about the vase) that Tom got me for Valentines! It's so cool! I love it!

Cutie Pie

Yes, I am annoyed

Alright, so I love to read the posts when other people get tagged, but Becca was right, I'm shaking my head and rolling my eyes at you! For the love!!!!! (Ooh, remember that and how much it used to drive you crazy?) Anyways, you asked for it Becca!
1. What was the best thing you cooked last week? BBQ ribs
2. If money, time and babysitting were no object, where would you go and with who? I've never been to a tropical island, so I'd probably go there and I guess if I have to take someone, I'd take Tom.
3. When was the last time you cried? A week after Brighton was born - she and I just weren't connecting on the whole nursing thing. No worries, it's much better now!
4. Five things you were doing 10 years ago?
1 - Playing varsity girls soccer
2 - Getting my braces out
3 - Traveling to NYC
4 - Finishing my first year of high school and early morning seminary
5 - Counting down the days till my brothers left for college!
5. Five things you were doing 5 years ago?
1 - Dating the last loser before meeting Tom
2 - Being a man-hater because of afore mentioned loser
3 - Making fun of Shaina's boyfriend every chance we got (good thing we finally got rid of him!)
4 - Laughing at Brittany's and Shaina's ritual morning battle over the temp in the apartment
5 - Covering my eyes before entering my apt each night so I wouldn't catch Becca and Mike making out or anything
6. Five things you were doing 1 year ago?
1 - Still working at Summerhill
2 - Planning a charity auction which raised $7000
3 - Trying to get pregnant
4 - Got pregnant the weekend of the auction (getting pregnant being the last thing on my mind that weekend!)
5 - Fitting into all my clothes and my climbing harness (still working on that)
7. Seven of your favorite hobbies:
1 - Photography
2 - Scrapbooking
3 - Baking/cooking
4 - Throwing parties
5 - Reading other peoples blogs
6 - Soccer
7 - Climbing
8. Five favorite foods:
1 - Tom's balsamic & feta steaks
2 - Fried rice
3 - Fettuccine alfredo
4 - Chocolate milk (I'm with you becca)
5 - Fresh baked bread
9. Five places you’ve been:
1 - France
2 - Spain
3 - England
4 - Belgium
5 - Oklahoma (I know, you're all jealous!!)
10. Five favorite memories: (in no particular order)
1 - Meeting and marrying Tom
2 - Having Brighton
3 - College (especially U-hall and 312)
4 - "Adventurous" road trips with Tom
5 - The time we were all studying in the living room and Becca and Holly came out in bikinis and started performing some sort of hula dance for us!

So I guess now I have to "tag" four more people? Hmm, Becca already took 2, so I'll tag 1)Janelle so she doesn't escape this whole tagging thing. 2) Camille because as exciting as it is to know they're having a girl, she needs to post something new! 3) Emily cause Dan's recovering from surgery and should be watching Hailey 24/7 to make up for the time he was deployed. And 4) Jenny to complete the U-Hall circle and help me represent U3.

Tulips

Some tulips Tom got me the other day!