old school

It's funny how blogs change over the years.  When I first started my blog, my posts were like "I'm going on a date with this boy, oh man school is hard, it was so cold today!"  Not just the subject matter has changed--it was all very day-to-day, here is what is going on kind of stuff.  That's probably why it was easier to blog every day!  And now I have to wait until I can have a post dedicated to cute pictures of Ruby's little bum in her crib.

So here is some of what is going on, without pictures or themes.

I have started indexing during Ruby's naps.  It is fun, and it makes me feel better than just browsing the interwebs. I'm currently working on a census from Surrey.  My favorite thing is when they mark the occupation of 4 year olds as "scholar."

Ruby is entirely off of bottles.  Yay!  She can finally drink from any sippy cup we give her. I think I read that babes should stop using bottles at 14 months, so I've been stressing for some reason. Needlessly, because she's only 13 months.

 I have been sewing circle garlands until my fingers ache.  Kelsie is in charge of decorations for the Young Women in Excellence activity, so I've been helping.  It's tonight and will be super cute.

My finger AND toe nails are painted in a gray Essie shade--chinchilly.  I am ridiculously in love with it. I look down and see winter and sophistication.  (Mind you, I am not sophisticated.  Nor are my nails.  Just the color.)

It is freezing here. I don't hate it yet, but I will soon. Stay tuned.

We are 97%ish done with Christmas presents.  I think we've done a good job this year!  Much better than last year--our presents were so lame.  Sorry, family.  And I have an idea for what I'm giving Kyle that is going to knock his little argyle socks off.

AND I've just started a wish list for what I want for myself.  Oh snap.

Every day I change my mind about whether or not I want a purple streak in my hair.  Oh, I haven't blogged about that yet.  Awkward.  I've been wanting to forever, and now  I have a friend in the hair business.  I've been taking a poll of everyone I know to decide if I should do it.  If you haven't been contacted, consider this your invitation.  I keep going back and forth.

I kind of miss this style of blogging.  It's been fun.

Little Sleepy Bottom

This has only happened once, and she didn't make a mess in her crib, so I think it's adorable.

Next time, not so cute.

The way she sleeps with Bunny--that kills me.

Halloween 2011

This was a really great Halloween!  Even though Ruby is too young to care, it is still more fun when you have a baby.  She loved wearing a costume and was so cute running around as a cat all evening.  She thought my makeup was funny, but was really scared of Kyle at first.

We went to the 4th Annual Bluffs Halloween Party, and it was so fun!  When we move away someday, we might have to travel back to Utah for Halloween, because I can't imagine that we can miss this party.  We covered all our traditions-- Garfield's Halloween movie, werewolves, costume contest, and talking late into the night.

My friend Kerry did my makeup.  SHE IS SO AWESOME.  She's also the one who cut and colored my hair a couple weeks ago.  AND did my nails.  I am so lucky to be her friend!

Our friends had awesome costumes, as per usual:

CB trying to capture Edward's sneer was pretty great.

Grapes and a sailor girl.

They have a thing about geography.

Thanks, Emily and CB.  You always throw an awesome Halloween party. And we always have a freakishly good time.

Kyle was creepy.

Pumpkin Patch

I haven't been blogging because I'm having a ton of fun in California this week and I didn't bring my camera!  BUT today Christy and I took Lucy and Ruby to a pumpkin patch, and did manage to take a few pictures.  Ruby wasn't feeling cooperative (she's a little sick, and she must really miss her daddy by now), and the orange reflected off the pumpkins so her face is orange, but it was still super fun.  Christy is having a lot of fun with her new camera and was nice enough to take a few pics of Ruby.

Ruby fell apart towards the end.

I love dinosaurs.  I was obsessed with them as a kid--the first purchase I ever saved for and made with my own money was a big dinosaur book from Costco.  (I saved that money in a very cool dinosaur wallet.)    The bridal shower my sister and friends threw for me was dinosaur themed.  Having a girl meant I couldn't decorate the baby room with a dinosaur theme (although robots would also be tempting.)   Lucky for me, Christy has a random dinosaur costume that fits Ruby! So now all my dreams have come true.  I have a dinosaur baby!!

Made For Each Other

I made this while we were watching Voyager tonight.

Kyle was horrified.  I think he wouldn't love me if I had a beard and a bulbous nose.  Shallow.

So then I made this, so that Ogre Becca and Ogre Kyle can be together forever.

Awww.

It was my 26th birthday

I should probably blog about it!  Guys, it was such a great birthday.  Everything came together in such a way that was awesome.

On Friday morning, Jennifer and Timmy came over.  We played and went outside where Timmy ran around with a ball and Ruby sat and watched him. It was sunny and warm even!

In the afternoon, we went over to Kelsie's.  She made an AWESOME chocolate cake for my birthday. I loved it.  Kerry and Ashley also came over with their boys.  They sang for me and we all indulged in a piece.  We played all afternoon.

When Kyle came home, we left Ruby with Kelsie and went to...COSTA VIDA!!!!  Oh bless that place.  We ate ourselves sick, it was so pleasant.  Then we went to the Riverwoods and walked around and window shopped. We made ourselves even more sick with a delicious caramel apple.

After we picked up Ruby, Council Bluffs and Emily came over.  We hung out and ate the rest of Kelsie's cake.

It was a great day because I hung out with a lot of my friends and got to go on a date with Kyle. And...presents!

And now I'm 26.  So far so good, I guess!

Dang Food

I have been completely off the wagon all weekend.  My birthday was a break day, and I just never started again.  I feel like I've probably undone all the progress I made!  I did the fruits and vegetables thing for a week, which felt like an eternity, and I lost 4 lbs. Great.  I now feel like giving up because I'm sick of healthy food.  This morning I had Rice Chex and it was so good!  Kelsie is going to do a 30 Day no flour/no sugar thing, and that is just somewhere I can't follow.

I'm now debating. Should I just count calories for a while and see what happens? Attempt that super-healthy fruits&veggies thing again?  Do nothing? Eat myself to death? Train to be a sumo wrestler?  So many options!