Husband Tag

What is his name? Aaron Edmund Jones. It is tradition in his family for the first born son to be named with the initials AEJ. This is a problem that we have been discussing since we were married. Aaron obviously carries the tradition, there are not a lot of male names beginning with A. When a baby boy comes along I think we will be inspired.

How long have you been together? Our first date was October 8, 2002, engaged April 11, 2003, married September 27, 2003.

How long did you date? See above. We dated for about 7 months and were engaged for 5.

How old is he? 31. About two years older than I am.

Who eats more? We loooooove to eat around here. I cook very healthy and Aaron loves to eat it. But, he does have an incredible sweet tooth. He just about begs me to bake a cake every Sunday. I never do. Any junk food that is in our house was bought in by him. Depending what he has brought home, I usually have a sample.

Who said I love you first? Aaron implied it shortly after we met. But, the words actually left my lips first.

Who is taller? Aaron is 6'2 and I am 5'6 - a pretty good match.

Who is smarter? Aaron is definitely book smarter than I am, he loves math for goodness sake! He can memorize things rather quickly. He never loses anything or forgets where he put something. This is the polar opposite of me, I am always frantically looking for where I put my whatever. When it comes to common sense, I take the cake on that one.

Who does the laundry? I DO, AND I HATE IT! I do not mind washing or folding, when it comes to putting it away I would rather poke myself with a a stick. I am trying to get worked out that I do the washing and folding and Aaron puts away. He has not completely agreed to it but we are working on it. My drawers will be a lot more organized if this comes into fruition.

Who does the dishes? I do, while he does bath and bed time with Noellie Bellie.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you're standing facing our bed I do. I sleep closer to the door. This has been a kind of sensitive subject because I have always wanted the other side of the bed. But, Aaron's rationale is that since he sleeps flat on his back all night like he is in a coffin he always has his right arm on the outside of the bed. This way if someone comes in he is ready to swing and give it his best shot.

Who pays the bills? Are you kidding? The accountant husband? He does.

Who mows the lawn? Aaron usually does. I have powered that thing up a time or two.

Who cooks dinner? I do. Always. Aaron has never really cooked a meal. If I look back really far I can see scrambled eggs once and a grilled cheese sandwich or two.

Who drives when you are together? Aaron, most of the time. He is like his dad - a human Thomas Guide. He just has a great sense of direction and always gets us there.

Who is more stubborn? Wellllllllllll.....that's a good question. I can't really decide. Aaron usually says sorry first. And, I think he should because he is usually wrong. :)

Who kissed who first? Of course, he did. I wouldn't until I knew this was the real deal.

Who asked who out first? We were set up on a date and while we were on that date he asked me out for that Saturday.

Who proposed? Aaron did.......it was precious. After he sent me on an elaborate scavenger hunt. He was incredibly nervous.

Who wears the pants in the family? To be honest, we both have a pair of pants....but I usually have the last word.

White Little Girls Can Jump

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

Where's The Baby?

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

Little Girl

I am gently trying to get Noelle to use the potty. NO WAY! She wants to be in control, of course, so I have bagged it for now. We were at Target the other day and we stopped to see if they had Strawberry Shortcake panties, she would definitely want to wear those. They did not have Strawberry Shortcake but they did have Elmo. She has never seen Elmo but her Friend Jacob has and she know who he is. She immediately pointed at the Elmo panties and wanted them. I washed them when we got home and she immediately wanted to wear every pair of them. We put them on one after another.

Here she was upset because I would not let her have the camera. I am such a mean Mommy.

Noelle's Sleeping Habits Have Changed

I have to blog this because it is a memory I do not want to forget.

On Sunday night I was at Auntie's house until 2:30 in the morning playing Scrabble. Fun, I know! I crawled into bed and it seemed only minutes later (it was 5:30am) I hear, "Lil' One! Lil' One, wake up!" That is Aaron's nickname for me and I have no idea where he got that from because there really is nothing little about me.

But, anyway, it scared me to death. I stumble out of bed and cracked one eye open. Aaron takes me by the arm into the hallway and I cannot believe my eyes. Noelle had obviously climbed out of her crib, took all of the clothes out of her dresser, and pulled all her blankets and pillows off her bed. She piled them all in her doorway and was fast asleep laying on top of it all.

Her head then popped up and she says, "Hi, Mama." Dang! I could not get a picture. We do not have get her out of bed anymore, she throws a leg over and jumps out. Last night we were on the couch watching our recorded episode of Survivor. It was 9:44pm exactly and Noelle just appears in front of us and says, "OH! HI DAAAA-YEEEEEEE!" Scared us to death!

She really is not my baby anymore. It breaks my heart! Now we have to make a decision......take the front of her crib off and make it a toddler bed or just put her directly into a twin bed.

Sad Time......

Sorry, I have not been posting lately. My Great Auntie (Grandmother's Sister) has been very sick in the hospital. Yesterday her condition worsened due to an infection that has taken over her body. The decision has been made to end support and keep her comfortable. We are now waiting for her to let go. Our family's hearts are broken and my Grandma cannot stand the thought of losing her sister. But, the reunion with her sweetheart will be beyond words.

Please keep her in your prayers that her passing may be peaceful and pain free.

UPDATE: My auntie did pass away, the day after I wrote this post. Her passing was peaceful and painless. We were all gathered around her, it was a very tender experience. On Sunday we had a family Memorial and a special toast to her. It was a great tribute with her favorite thing to eat - MEXICAN.

Thanks to everyone for your kind wishes.

A Baby Is Brewing

Saturday we had a fun shower for my dear, sweet friend Kelsi. We are so excited for little Georgia Ann to make her debut, we can't wait. She had better get here becuase all of these fabulous clothes are waiting!





BIG thanks to to Aunt Lorrie and Uncle Larry for letting us host this at their house!

We Miss Daddy

Aaron has been in Minnestoa all week for work, he left very early Sunday morning and will not be home until late Friday. We really do miss him. Noelle cannot figure out where he has gone and really misses singing, "I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home." Having the whole bed to myself is really weird, not to mention cold.

The worst part about Aaron being gone is I have to take out the trash. YUCK!

WE MISS and LOVE YOU!

Hurry Home!

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was a day that ranks right up there with the day I got married and the day I gave birth to my precious baby girl.

The best cousin in the world (a.k.a. Marin) got us a hook up for tickets to see a taping of the Ellen Degeneres Show. Cool, huh? Well, the cool part is that GARTH BROOKS performed.

It was AMAZING, it was UNBELIEVABLE, it was AWESOME, it was CRAZY, it was......I could go on for days. So, are you asking yourself why am I going on and on about seeing the guy perform 3 OUT OF THIS WORLD songs? Well, it only gets better. When we left the studio he was outside signing autographs. I got to stand body to body with GARTH BROOKS for at least 5 minutes, maybe even 10. I got his autograph on my CD. I kind of actually had a short conversation with him. Marin and I got to take 2 pictures with him. We called my Aunt and he spoke on the phone with her.

He really and truly may be the kindest man I have ever met. He must have heard Marin say my name in passing because I never did and he addressed me by name. He remembered us when we came back for the second time to get a picture with him. I am just so pleasantly surprised at how kind he was.

The whole experience was so fulfilling. I still cannot believe it happened!

The show airs Monday, Feb 25th at 4:00 on channel 4. You may get to see my first television appearance. I am the blond screaming like a 9 year old girl who saw Hannah Montana.

Caleb's Birthday Party

Noelle's really good freind Caleb turned three and his parents had a really great party for him at PumpItUp in Ventura. Noelle went crazy. Below is the video of the first time she went down one of the slides. After that she was on her own climbing up and going down by herself. It kinda freaks me out because she has NO fear! The other is showing her climbing up the wall of the obstacle course.

It is making me crazy that some of the videos come across the wrong way and I can't fix them.

Even though the picture looks like she is not having fun she LOVED it!


Running around having so much fun!