This and that

So it's been awhile but I have an excuse. I got a stomach virus Wednesday night and it's taken me pretty much till today to start feeling good again. Hateful thing. It was bad timing too since I had a relief society thing on Saturday that I was really looking forward to. Anyway, here is what we have been up to lately.

Taking advantage of any sun

Watching too many movies while mommy has been sick. (It is HARD to watch a baby when you are sick...especially when she is climbing all over me while I am throwing up....not cool.)

Playing with balloons
Eating apples
Watching herself dance

I read this on one of my blogs. Go HERE. Pull the picture up and look at it. That is in Provo. It REALLY annoys me. One because it makes it sound like people who have birth plans and doulas and want to go natural are crazy and aren't doing what is safe for the baby. Quite contrary, those people are taking control of their bodies and their births. It is quite in the doctors right to not take those patients and it really is GOOD for women to know what kind of doctor they would be getting into. This doctor's group does not practice evidence based medicine. The doctor they are talking about almost always uses forceps in his delivery. Ug, it just turns my stomach. This is the doctor to go to if you just don't care.

*Rant over*

Happy Birthday to my little brother Ethan! He is such an awesome kid and a great uncle to Claire. They get along so good :) I love you Ethan!

Mwhaha

If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn`t buy one.
If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn`t eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.
A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.

If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.

If a black man or Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as independently successful.
Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.

If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.

If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it’s a foreign religion, of course.)

If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.

If a conservative slips and falls in a store, he gets up, laughs and is embarrassed.
If a liberal slips and falls, he grabs his neck, moans like he's in labor and then sues.

If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A liberal will delete it because he's "offended."

Dancing Videos

So I put up some videos of Claire dancing but it went into my blog like two weeks ago....so if you want to see them go HERE. They are super cute.

And about the Nobel prize Obama got? Well, I've already made my sentiments known of facebook, but AHH! I HOPE that he can do something amazing and make peace but he HASN'T DONE IT YET! I would have gained so much respect for him if he had said, Ya know, I'm honored by this but I cannot accept it at this time. I really would have thought that was neat. But no, he is as full of himself as ever. He was nominated 11 days into his presidency. What a joke. The really sad thing to me is, Greg Mortenson was nominated also. This man has spent his life building schools in Afghanistan so the girls could be educated. If the girls were educated violence would go down. If you want to read a very good book, read Three Cups of Tea. Really really good. He deserves the Peace prize...although it doesn't mean much anymore :P

In other news, I made candy corn pizza today! Mozzarella cheese in the middle and then cheddar cheese around that so when it is cut into pizza slices it looks like candy corn! It was cute:) I also bought more beef to can this weekend. Whoo hoo.

Ready!

I am so ready for General Conference tomorrow. I am so excited to hear what the Prophet and the General Authorities have to tell us. I got my house cleaned today and the floors vaccumed and mopped and I'm ready just to relax :)

We've been trying to take advantage of as much sunlight as we can get lately. It's getting dark early and getting chilly which is very sad. Claire and I go walking in the mornings and then Brian takes her on a long walk when he gets home. Usually she come home covered in blackberries that grow wild. I can't pick too many because I'm short but Brian can get some good ones.

Claire has been getting into her hats lately. She is so adorable in them. She tries to get her socks and shoes on too which can be kinda annoying if we are trying to get out the door. She got into some bandaids the other day and wanted me to put one on her cheek. I did and now she has a HUGE red blistery mark on her face the same shape as the band aid :( Wont do that again.

I have stopped nursing her at night. Brian puts her down to bed and then if she wakes up he gets up to pat her on the back and put her back down. She actually sleeps much better (kinda). She still wakes up once a night but she goes down with hardly any fuss. Last night she went to bed at 9:30, woke up at 1:30, and then woke up at 8:45 this morning. Yay! Now if only she would stop waking up! The first night we did it it was really rough. She was up from 3 to 6 and then Brian had to get ready for work so I laid down by her on the floor where Brian made up a little bed. She was OUT and slept for two hours like that. She is such a bugger some times!