Updates, updates

We are all getting excited for the new person arriving in 2 months. Zelda loves giving the baby kisses (on the belly). Yesterday I told her that the baby wanted a kiss since she gave me one, and she took that as meaning the baby wanted to giver her a kiss, since she promptly laid her cheek where she assumes his head to be and waited a moment before she gave him a kiss in return.

She has been so full of creativity and imagination lately. It has been a lot of fun to watch. Weeks ago she was shuffling around on the carpet. When I asked her what she was doing, she replied "walking like a penguin." She loves to impersonate animals, be it by sounds or movements. "A turtle goes like this," and she swings her arm, "and an owl goes like this: hoo hoo!". She was bringing me her stuffed animals recently. I tossed one to the other side of the room, and she ran over to it and picked it up in her mouth, then crawled over to me, dropped it in my lap and barked. I don't quite know where her idea to do that came from but it was hilarious, and she still does it occasionally.

Last week we received a generous gift from my parents. They gave us their Ford Focus, just so long as we could get it from Utah to Florida. Our friends Dustin & Jeff drove it out in a record 3 days! It was awesome to visit with them, though the visit was extremely short; they arrived around 10pm and had to leave for a very early flight back home the next morning. We hung out a bit then I suggested we go to the beach. It was lovely out...overcast and a little bit of rain, but easy enough to see since there was a full moon behind the clouds. Boogas fell asleep in the car on the way there, and we laid her down on a towel on the beach. She soon woke up, looked around her, and said "Sand!". She loves to play in the sand, and is still intimidated by the waves, so Ryan & I took turns hanging out with her while the other went to the warm waves. Dustin & Ryan were the only two with swimsuits, so they got all the way in the water. Hopefully it was awesome enough to entice them back for another more extended stay.

The car we got works great, and it is so reassuring to know we now have a second car just in case. Plus I am a lot happier when Ryan takes it to work as I don't have to worry as much as when he is on his scooter. I trust him enough on that but I don't trust other drivers to see him. I almost got hit in my Echo on the way to the office of my midwife 2 weeks ago. Thank goodness no one was in the lane on the right of me so I could swerve away from the car merging right into where I was. People are just so oblivious sometimes it freaks me out.

Speaking of my midwife, she is awesome, and I am so excited to have her this time around. My last doctor was more of the type of person that treated pregnancy & birth like a disease to be worked on rather than its own special process. I wish I would have found the lady I'm going to be using this time. Her name is Lila, and she works in partnership with an OB doctor who is just as cool; just in case there are complications the doctor takes over. Otherwise Lila will be there through it all. Zelda loves her, so that is a good sign. 8 1/2 more weeks until the due date. The baby is getting a whole lot more active, in an entirely different way than Zelda was. She seemed to be dancing all the time in the womb...lots of arm and leg movements. Link, on the other hand, does a lot of stretching and strong single movements. Can't wait to meet him. :D

A Trip to St. Augustine

Last weekend we took a trip to St. Augustine, the oldest city in the US. It is only an hour and a half drive from us. We took our friend Dave who was visiting from Utah. Zelda had a blast running around the old Spanish fort and we had a fun day which included a visit to the local winery, a walk down St. George's Street(a walking street with lots of shops and curiosities), a craft fair, an old drug store with medicines from the 1800's (Anyone heard of sugar of lead?), an old cemetery and a drink at an old 18th century style tavern. Zelda tried peanuts for the first time and loved them.

Toddler tales

Zelda has been forming a lot of little sentences lately. Ryan told me that the other day she was sitting on our office chair, and he was going to sit down in it, when she told him "Don't sit". She likes to talk a lot about Poo Bear, Piglet, and Tigger (poobeah, pigget, tiggah), oh, and "eeoh". She has been introduced to the disney princesses the daughter of our friend Ashley. She calles them "Pinness". She likes SpongeBob Squarepants, who she calls 'bobbob'.
Yesterday while playing she put Pooh in the play crib, telling him "Nigh nigh, poobeah".

Last Saturday she went to Ashley's daughter's 4th birthday party. It was at a local park by the Indian River. She took me to the swings which she loved, chased a squirrel, and when it went up the tree she tried climbing the tree to follow it, an impossible feat as there were no nearby branches (thank goodness), and that got her a little frustrated. She spent a lot of time playing on the playground, which although it said it was for ages 2+, there were several spots that were just too unsafe for her, so she definitely had me running around to be there when she attempted one of those parts. She loved the big slide, which she went on all by herself, a first, since she asks for help on the big slide at home. At one point there were two little twin girls, a few months younger than her, and she sat on the slide and looked at one of the girls who was standing nearby, talked baby talk and was all smiles as she showed her how to slide. It was so cute.

She also showed me what trouble she will be when she gets older. She kept on hugging a little boy who was between 2 and 3, and at one point they kept on falling over when she was hugging him. I walked up to them to make sure they were ok, and she got up, hugged him, then tried to kiss him...he was trying to politely pull away and this is why they were falling over! She is already boy crazy at 1.

Last night she stayed up late with us since we had friends over and were playing video games. Zelda had a blast watching and pretending to play. She eventually got very tired, grabbed her mickey mouse, then grabbed my hand to lead her to bed. Normally she insists that Daddy put her to bed, but she was on a mission and couldn't wait for him. I told her to tell Daddy goodnight, and rather than go find him, she just said while in her room "Nigh Nigh Daddy", then held her arms up to go into bed. I asked for a kiss, she took out her passy and gave me one, then said "hug", leaning in for a hug (this is a normal night routine). I laid her down, then she said "Poohbeah, tigga?" And I told her that I would go get them. They were still in the play crib, but she had moved the crib from her playroom to outside her room. As I was getting them she said, as if she just remembered, "Eeoh!", and I got him too. I then hid them behind my back, came to her and said, "Ok, here's Tigger!" and tossed him in. She smiled then said "Poohbeah?", then I said "Here is Eeyore!", tossed him in, and again she smiled then asked "Poohbeah?", to which I replied " And Pooh bear!" and gave him to her. She laughed, which is what she always does when she is happy that we understand what she is asking for. Then she looked up at me and said "pioh" a few times, taking me a minute to realize she was asking for a pillow. I told her I would go get her one, since she normally doesn't use one I went to the playroom and grabbed her the Piglet pillow. She was happy when I brought it back. She then asked for something I didn't understand, and was a little upset I didn't understand, then she pointed up and I realized it was the light. I turned the light off and told her goodnight, she responded "nigh nigh", and then went to sleep.

Its Official...

Well...I am now 28, and no longer a Duran Duran virgin. I stretched the birthday celebration over the past couple of days which has been fun. First on the 18th we dropped Zelda off with Julie, Helge, & their daughter so that Ryan and I could go head off to see Duran Duran for their Red Carpet Massacre tour. It was so awesome to finally see them! Our seats were pretty good, a little over on the side, but that is ok. The opener, Your Vegas, was actually good, but of course the highlight was finally seeing Duran Duran on stage. Simon's voice is just as good on any record. They performed a few songs from the new album, with Timberlake's influence really showing through. Naturally they played songs spanning their career. I was thrilled to hear View to a Kill and Come Undone. Halfway through the set the band lined up in a quartet of sorts and did a 20+ minute medley of songs played in a minor key, which included The Normal's Warm Leatherette...it was definitely the highlight of the show. Anyway, here is the setlist:

THE VALLEY
RCM
NITE RUNNER
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
PLANET EARTH
FALLING DOWN
COME UNDONE
SKINDIVERS
THE REFLEX
SAVE A PRAYER
A VIEW TO A KILL

ELECTROSET;
LAST CHANCE/ALL SHE WANTS/LEATHERETTE
I DON'T WANT/SKIN TRADE/TEMPTED

NOTORIOUS
GIRLS ON FILM
ORDINARY WORLD
SUNRISE
WILD BOYZ

RIO

After having a fab time with Duran Duran, we headed back to get Zelda, and hung out with a tired Julie & Helge for a little bit. Next on Monday we went out for the traditional birthday dinner along with Eliza. We went to my fav, Wolfgang Pucks. It was so yummy! When we got home we danced the night away, previewing our convertable dance club before the grand opening next month. Kenna even stayed up past midnight dancing away. It was a blast.

Yesterday I woke up to the phone ringing, but didn't get to it due to my wanting to sleep in. An hour later I got up and it was a message from my Dad singing me Happy Birthday. I called him back and spoke with him and my Mom. It is hard being away from family on my birthday...birthdays are important with us. I realized this is the first one without any of my immediate family here. I've been spoiled the last few years; in 2005 my sister flew out here, in 2006 I got to meet all of them in Vegas, and last year my parents arrived early for a planned trip to surprise me. I love my family and miss them, but it was still great to be able to talk with them. How I wish I could be with all of my good friends and family now!

Later I met up with Jen @ a PostSecret exhibit in Melbourne. It was very interesting and spanned all sorts of human emotions and frailties. Most all were touching in many ways...some quite sad and desperate, and some funny. If you aren't familiar with it, go to postsecret.com. Zelda & I headed out to a few stores and I got her a little milkshake..she had such fun making a mess! Speaking of her and making a mess, when we indulged in my birthday cake Zelda's face was completely covered with chocolate. It was so cute. Anyway, Jen came back over later yesterday evening, and we played Worm's Armageddon for the XBox and watched some Flight of the Conchords...both of which were hilarious.

Well, thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, gifts, friendship and love. I've now got 2 more years in my 20's...so I'm going to make them rock! So far I'm off to a great start.

Cheers,
Heather

Whats goin on

Whew, it has been a long time since I've really written a decent entry about what is going on. I have so much to catch up on. I'll write what I remember, but if you have any specific questions about what I've been up to let me know.

Well now, obviously the biggest thing going on in my life is Zelda. She is so awesome. It has been almost 6 months since she was born and I cannot believe how much she has grown. We like to dance around, hang out, and she just loves our cat Tiger Lily. She just got her first two teeth, and those few days before they broke were rough with all of the crankiness. We got her first portraits taken, some of which I have posted under my pictures.

I spend most of my days caring for her now. She is eating food, and I haven't found anything she doesn't like yet. She must not have gotten my pickiness or my allergies (hopefully).
It is great being able to stay home and care for her. I'm glad Ryan can supply a good enough income to enable that. I'm sure I'll be looking for a part time job soon. I'll just work a weekend day and some nights...so hopefully I'll find something good enough to fill those times.

I am really wanting to start up school. I've just got to work out when it will be best. It will either be this fall or next spring, but I am for sure going to do it. I'm really excited to get it started. I was going to register to start this summer, but I don't think the timing will work, that and being preggo took away my brain cells temporarily. I've been struggling with getting my preggo weight off...grr it has been so much more difficult than I expected.
Breaking bad habits, and finding time to get a real workout in is tough. But I'll do it, hopefully sooner than later.

In February we had a visit from Matt/Mafu. It was a fantastic time. We did quite a bit in the few days he was here. We went to Indiafest, which was delightful, and the next day we ventured to MegaCon. I've never been to such a nerd fest in my life. It proved to be entertaining, though, with all of the silly people in costumes. They posed each time Matt took a picture (he was like the megacon paparazi). We met Sean Astin there, got an autograph and a picture with him and Zelda (posted in my pictures), and met the guy who played Pedro on Napolean Dynamite (he talks like that in real life, ha!). There were a bunch of other celebs, but you had to pay to get a picture or an autograph. Lame. I also met Bomberman. (posted as well) We had a wonderful time with Matt!

I had a visit from Andrea and Evan 2 weeks ago. I am so glad they came out. It was just too short, but wonderful. The three of us went to Downtown Disney to shake our groove thing while Ryan watched Zelda. That is one thing about Orlando...I love the dance clubs, and Downtown Disney is fab as you get access to several clubs at once (Leah, I wish I discovered it before you left! :( ) Unfortunately we didn't take enough pictures. I don't know why I've been forgetting to do that lately. In a couple of days we fly out to Texarkana to visit my grandparents. It will be Zelda's first flight, and I'm glad it will only be 2 hours long. I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing Southern weekend (yes, if living in Florida you have to go north to go South). My parents will be out here in May and arriving just in time for my birthday. I can't believe I'm going to be turning 27!!! Aaaa! Where has the time gone? I'm so excited for their visit, and wish they could stay for weeks or even forever, but I'll take what I can get. There are plans for me to go out to Utah this August, I'll let you know more when I find out, and perhaps even December ( I hope!). It will be so great to see my old friends again.

Lets see, what else have I been doing.....
I've made some good friends in the past year, too, and keep meeting more awesome people. One of my now good friends Julie is having a wedding in June and I'm so excited for her (Oh, Julie, Call me if you haven't by now). Julie and I have been getting together to do a lot of Karaoke. She could kick everyone's butt on this seasons American Idol for sure.
We've also got a swimming pool now, yay! It has been lovely here in Florida lately. I wish all my out of state friends would come for a visit. The house we are staying in is great for parties....we plan on one for my birthday (birthday is May 20th, party is the 19th). I've put my Body Shop selling on hold for a few months until business will pick up again, probably late summer, when I can devote a lot more time to it.

Oh, and I've just fallen in love with the show LOST! I can't believe how obsessed with the show I've become. I didn't start watching the show until shortly after Zelda was born. I needed something to keep me entertained for middle of the night feedings (She used to take 1 1/2 hours at a time) so I Netflixed the show and immediately got hooked. Those of you who watch it would understand. It just isn't your typical show.

Wow, there is an amazing storm going on right now. Florida storms are something to be respected as they can be so strong.

Anyway, I think that is good enough for now.

Cheers,
Heather

High School questions

 (transferred from my old MySpace account)

Your senior year in High School is supposed to be "the best year of your life." Let's see how much you remember.


Who was your best friend? Michelle McFarland, Shauna Brock & Ann Bracken

Who did you have a crush on? There are SO many

What sports did you play? swimming & water polo

What kind of car did you drive? 1985 Chevy Cavalier - RIP

It's Friday night, where were you at? Confetti!

Were you in the "In Crowd"? I don't even remember there being an "in" crowd at my school.

Ever skip school? Oh yeah.

Ever smoke? nope

Were you a nerd? Yes, in my own way

Did you get suspened/expelled? I was close to being transferred back to the school I was zoned for..

Can you sing the Alma Mater? Eh?

Who was your favorite teacher? Mr. Isom

Favorite class? Humanities

What was your school's full name? Kearns High School

School mascot? The Cougar

Did you go to Prom? ummmm I don't think so. Senior Ball, homecoming, but don't think I made it to prom. Went clubbing instead. School dances were lame.

Where did you work? The Marquee Restaruant and Reams

If you could go back and do it over, would you? hmmmmm. No. Although it would be fun to be 17 again.

Last one, favorite memory of your Senior Year? Club Confetti!

(transferred from my old MySpace account)
 
Ah, sometimes I'm a dork. Eh, comes with being me ;)

It is good to have fun though.

Anyway, I haven't yet mentioned the visit from my family. It was perfect and wonderful. Thanksgiving turned out great. After that I took them to St. Augustine, then we had a day off and my sister and I went dancing that night....haven't done that in so long, and how I miss it! I wish I could fly her out here every weekend. After we went dancing my dad took us all to Disney World. Very busy week, but it was one of the best ever.

Here are a few photos:

My aunt Karen and my mom....and some good ol' Sangria, preparing Thanksgiving dinner

My crazy dad trying to get everyone to swim. Crazy because the pool wasn't heated.

My sister and I getting ready to head out.

Ry and Andrea.

And one last check before we're ready to go.

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As for last night, Jen had her 21st birthday party. It was a fun little get together. Ha

Happy 21 to Jen!