Words on My Mind

Lawrence pretty much looks worried like this most of the time.  It's his classic face

After making a complete fool of myself  to get him to smile this is about as good as it got.  

So Christmas break is over, and I'm trying to cope with it.  I pretty much hate New Years, the whole holiday.  It probably started in Elementary school and when I realized that New Years meant going back to school.  Yes I realize that you have to go back to school and real life, and that life isn't meant to be a holiday all the time but it's still not easy to go back.

These are the highlights from my break
1. Seeing the family
2. Playing the niece and nephew
3. Extreme Gingerbread house making
4. Going to temple square
5. All you can eat hot chocolate, tea, and cinnamon rolls.
6. Christmas Dinner at the Claytons
7. Watching holiday reels of the years past photos
8. Getting school free quality time with Jord
9. Sleeping in on a week day
10. Getting to spend lots of time with my baby sisters.  They're growing up so fast!

Nicole and Clayton came out before Christmas with little Lawrence.  It's always so nice to see them.  This trans-american family thing kinda sucks but since so many of my goals revolve around moving out of state I have get used to this arrangement.  When they left a few days ago my mom and I moaned around the house for a full day.  I'll miss them!

Although I won't miss his continual night screams or puking.

Which reminds me of my least favorite memory from the break.  Lawrence gets continually teased and tossed around as we try and turn him into a circus performer.  One afternoon we had been implementing spinning, rocket blasting, and all sorts of circus tricks on him. And to his defense he was probably a little dizzy.  Well I lifted him up to tease him and he puked right on my neck and all down my shirt.  It was in my hair and smelled well awful.  I was so shocked, all I could think of is yeah, that just happened.

Anyways, this has turned out to be way to random which I don't like.  So I hope everyone has a great semester and that I can survive another semester of not so much fun! Here's looking forward to SPRING BREAK!

The magic balancing baby, just one example of the many circus tricks Lawrence is capable of preforming.  

Baby Kicks

I thought I'd blog about this because my journaling abilities are seriously lacking.  Today was such a great day, and it was also one of those great moments that I don't want to forget.  I got to feel my little niece kick from within the womb.  I know to most people this isn't a big deal but to me it was one of those moments where everything got really really real!  I'm going to be an aunt.  This is REALLY happening.  My heart is so full of love for this little nugget that hasn't even been born yet, its just amazing!