American Idol

Well my day was an okay one today. I have had a swollen milk duct for about three days now and I think its making me sick (if that is possible) i woke up with a killer headache but it faded after a bit. Avery was good today. We are trying to get her to roll over but she kinda just lays there lol (pictured above).

So yeah we got ready and then since im such a worry wart we went shopping so we are ok during the trucker strike. Cord met us at the Walmart, which was great i miss seeing him. He was a little angry though, he had some trouble at work. He told them that he has to leav by 4 everyday so he can take avery from me and they agreed to this. Well today they tried to give him a route that got done at 430 and he said he couldnt cause he had to take Ave and they got all mad at him. Still confused about that one.

Well tonight at work it was American Idol Tuesday. I dont know how many of you follow American Idol, but Brooke White is from Mesa and so her family comes in and eats and hwatches American Idol. It gets pretty rowdy. Poor Joni served them and most just ordered drinks and sat there for a couple hours. Lame. If you do that lave a decent tip because you are taking up their table so you are pretty much their only source of money for the whole night. I had nice tables so that was good.

Other than that it was a pretty uneventful day. HOw was everyone elses day?

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If money time and babysitting were no object, where would you go and who would you go with?

I would either go on a tour of Europe. I have always wanted to go to Scotland and Ireland to see their old castles and then to France, Italy, England etc. to see all the wonderful art work and buildings, try the food, go shopping... Cord could come too I guess.... lol

When was the last time you cried?

Hmmm... I dont really remember. Probrbaly in the car when some sad song came on. I swear having babies makes us cry babies. =)

5 things you were doing 10 years ago 1998

1. Graduating Middle School, moving on to highschool
2. Becoming friends with Marissa, Lorin, Niki and Cameron (my friends in Highschool)
3. Chopping off my hair to boy length (big mistake)
4. Starting volleyball
5. Beginning seminary

5 things you were doing 5 years ago 2003

1. Attending Community College Highschool
2. Trying to get out of my evil "history" class
3. Running/or riding horses every night with mi hermana Cubana Carmen!
4. Taking the funnest classes Jewelry and Cake Decorating
5. Getting settled into our new house in Vegas

5 things you were doing a year ago 2007

1. Getting married and moving to AZ
2. Playing frisbee and whacky sixes with all our friends
3. Getting pregnant
4. Buying our first house
5. Having a baby

7 favorite hobbies

1. Frisbee and Volleyball...I love to play!
2. Reading..Books are amazing!
3. Cards...I love cards and board games!
4. School... I really love to learn and go to class, i know lame.
5. Hanging with friends...Something i dont get to do so much anymore. I miss it.
6. Sewing..I like to make clothes and things.
7. Cooking (or Eating) i like food...ALOT. =)

5 favorite foods

1. Fruit...pretty much any kind grapes especially.
2 My moms braised beef tips!!
3. Homemade chicken noodle soup. Velda style...
4. Anything sweet...ice cream, cake, candy, chocolate, brownies, cookies, pie....mmmm pie..
5. Whole Wheat Pizza and Burgers

5 Places you've been

1. Hawaii with the family
2. Florida to go to Disneyworld
3. New York on my honeymoon (China town rocks baby!)
4. Nauvoo...The temple is beautiful!
5. Mexico, Cancun is so fun!

5 favorite memories (tough one)
1. Of course family getaways. Going to New York, Hawaii, Ogden and texas to visit cousins, the cabin to fourwheel and canoe, and just playing stupid games with my brother and sisters and having dad do his impressions for us...So FUn! And sharing a room with CC. I miss talking to her and having her bug me... lol
2. My college years. I loved being in Cedar going to school, dancing, hanging out with the girls and the "F"ers.
3. Cord and mines dating days. I miss just going out and talking, looking at the stars, having the energy to stay up all night lol driving to provo and back in the wee hours of the morning.
4. The day cord proposed. he surprised me! and the Day we got married.
5. Having Avery and bringing her home.

Thanks Jennifer!

I Tag, How many are you allowed?......Kennedy, Velda, Emily, Megan, and Chelsea

Avery says that's disgusting but funny

Another Day Another Dollar....

Hello everyone! I know it has been awhile since my last post but I finally have something I need to share. Ok I guess its more like vent... So this past week I worked a lot of shifts. The tip have not been very good, a lot of 3 or 4 dollar tips which let me tell you do NOT pay the bills. So in spite of the fact that the tips haven't been good it had been an okay week until Saturday night. I walked in to work 10 min early so i could finish getting ready and discovered I had already been sat because the ladies wanted a table that just happened to be in my section. So I ran and got ready and greeted my table with my usual cheer only to discover that they were RUDE! I have been treated like a 'waitress' before but never like a slave. I carried their 8 drinks and two plates of bread (because apparently it should have been magically waiting for them) out and they didn't reach to grab them or move anything to help me. Okay so i blew that off llke maybe they were too into their conversation to notice. But every time i brought them something i needed to get them something else, so my other tables probably felt neglected but I think i did okay. So when they were done i brought the bill and wile they were sitting there chatting their children were climbing all over the seats and blinds and running over to unoccupied tables and dumping salts and ripping up the flatware. My manager almost came over but they saw him and got up to leave. So i went to close out their bill and yes they left me $1.17 tip on a $60 dollar bill. I was so angry! And i never get angry at people who i serve, i love serving. But as soon as they left I was fine. OK well enough of that. I hope eveyrone else had a better week than I!

Valentines Day

As we all know it Valentines day yesterday. A day loved by many and dreaded by more...lol just kidding. So I hung out with Ave all day and then went to work. It was insanely busy! I wish I would have had more tables though. I didn't make a ton but I did not do that bad either. Our takeout was busier than we expected and poor Stacie was the only one on takeout. She did double the sales we normally would have on any busy day. So our kitchen was totally overwhelmed with all the takeout and then the food odered in. It was lik one kitchen serving 2 full sized restaurants! Luckily I did not have any mistakes, but it did take awhile for my tables to get their food. Thats to be expected though. =) O well hope fully tonight will be busy but not crazy. How was everyone else's Valentines Day?

Las Vegas!

So I went to Las Vegas last weekend to visit my family and for Cadi's 2nd birthday. The airport was fun I had to practically strip down and then wake Avery up to go through security lol which was fun. She slept the whole way there though and wasn't too bad on the way back. We had alot of fun! Cadi got a ton of gifts and we all ate ourselves into oblivion! lol Im glad I got to see Ryan and Meg too. Its fun to be around them all especially now that they are all expecting lol.
Avery loved the attention! i have pictures i just need to get them off my camera. Ill post some and then the others later.



Mike and Ash picked me up from the airport and took me to my car. Thanks again! I hope we get to go again soon. I miss me familia! I miss RV too. Cord is taking a class on weekends so we can't go anywhere. lame! But itl be over soon.

SuperBowl!!!

True Fans
Well this weekend was fun! My parents came down for a day or two and we got to hang out, and Cords family was down as well. On saturday I went to potato barn with Velda and Steve and then again with my parents. poor Avery had to be carted around all day but she didnt mind lol. Im glad my parents got to see her! i miss them and being able to share with them all the cute stuff she does so much. On Sunday we went to church and then watched the Superbowl! Awesome game, and the Giants won so yay! Mike and Jordan came to join cord and i and his family. it was fun we ate pizza and wings and i am sure everyone had at least 5 sodas lol.
This week I finally made an appointment for Avery to get her chekced for acid reflux and colic. Im sure she has both the poor thing. She gets pretty fussy at night and isnt always great furing the day but we love the good times. =) It's funny, I don't feel like she is an extremely hard baby (although Cord assures me she is) but when i compare her to others she is not easy that is for sure. i don't want to complain though, I have beautiful girl who just has issues with her tummy.
We went to get her shots the other day and I swear those people WANT to make these babies cry. She was asleep and I made the comment " maybe she will stay sleep" and the lady replied " oh no she wont" in a very sinister sounding tone. And then she Jabbed those giant needles into her poor little legs. She DID cry but only til the lady was done. And then we got her some tylenol for the pain. She got a mild fever but is ok now. She has a runny nose though.



She has started smiling and just recently began laughing. lol Its so cute when she wakes up laughing. Its fun to watch her discover he hands and learn to grab. i feel like a fool because i spend most of my day making rediculous faces trying to make her smile and laugh. It is so cute though i cant help it! i hate going to work because i miss her but at least i am with her most of the time.
I wonder when she will get hair, she is so bald except for her little mullet she has rockin in the back. Oh well, that is all I have for now. If you have any comments about ways to help with reflux or colic let me know.