Missy's Birthday - February 21, 2003

Friday - February 21, 2003

Today is my sister Missy's birthday.  I called to wish her a happy birthday.  She is very depressed.  It makes me so sad to see her struggling and going through these hard times.  She feels like she messed her life up so bad and there is no way to fix it.  I hope that I can be a good sister and help her in anyway possible.  I just don't know what I can do for her besides being an example, talking to her, and giving her hope.  I love her so much and it hurts me so bad that she has to go through this.  I cry almost every time that I talk to her.  I'm so glad that I have roger that I can talk to about this and he can help me decide how to handle it and think of what we can do for her.  Roger is amazing and he helps me in so many ways.  I'm very blessed to have him.

Alissa is so cute!  She took a late nap today, so she wasn't tired at her regular bed time.  I just love watching Alissa learn and grow.

So here's what we did today:  We woke up at 4:00 am this morning and could not get back to sleep until 6:00 am, then we slept until 9:00 am.  I cleaned the house, put Alissa down for a nap, went jogging, ate, went shopping, came home and relaxed for a little bit, I called Missy, I cried, we went for a walk to cheer me up, the piano tuner guy called to say he will come on Monday, I made granola (I accidentally burned it), ate, Alissa napped then woke up and I fed her, then we all played and Alissa fell back asleep.  That was my day.

The piano tuner guy coming to tune the piano was my Valentine's Day gift from Roger.  I'm very excited about having the piano be tuned.  It will be so nice.  I'm so happy Roger is so thoughtful and did that for me.

Bad Day - February 19, 2003

Wednesday - February 19, 2003

I had a bad day today.  Alissa didn't sleep well last night, so I was up most of the night.  This morning I hit my face with the car door, so now I have a black eye.  It hurts!  All week I thought and hoped that I was pregnant, because a pregnancy test that I took was positive,  I went to the doctor today and found out that I'm not pregnant.  I was really upset about that.  I've been able to calm down and make myself feel better about it now, but it was extremely upsetting at first.  Then I had to go to the bathroom really bad, when we were in the car on our way to some place, and we got stuck waiting for a train.  It was the longest, slowest train ever.  It was moving so slow that I could have got out of the car and run along side it and go much faster than it was going.  It was just kind of a bummer day.

Our Little Pianist - February 12, 2003

Wednesday - February 12th

I took a short video of my cute little Alissa trying to play the piano.  I pushed her high chair up next to the piano, so I could keep an eye on her while I played the piano for a little while.  Here is the video.

We didn't get to Go on Our St. George Trip - February 11, 2003

Tuesday - February 11, 2003

We were going to leave on a trip to St. George today, but I woke up feeling really sick this morning.  I have a bad cold and I feel extremely tired.  We figured that it would be better if we waited a week or two until we go.  It was supposed to rain down there this week anyway.  I'm disappointed because I was really looking forward to seeing my parents.  My parents seemed pretty disappointed also.

Alissa was so cute today (but she is always cute).  She sat up by herself for a really long time.  I was so excited.  I have so much fun playing with her.  She has been sucking on her lips a lot lately and it looks really funny.  She also started making a funny grunting sound when she gets mad.  It is so funny when she does it.  She did it tonight because she didn't want to fall asleep.  I had such a hard time not laughing.

I sent some pictures to Grandma Mathison today.  Then Alissa and I went for a walk.  She got fussy so we didn't take a very long walk.  After that, I unpacked our bags, that I was up late last night packing for our St. George trip.  I made dinner, cleaned up, then put Alissa to bed.  She fought sleep really hard tonight.  It took an hour and a half to get her to sleep.  I took a short video of sitting by herself.

The Cutest Little Girl! - January 23, 2003

Thursday - January 23rd

Alissa is too cute!  She loves her little saucer toy.  She finally is strong enough and learned how to grab at the toys on the side of it and out them in her mouth.  It is so cute!  I just love everything she does!  I love my little baby so much!  I can't believe she is 5 months old already.  Here is the video I took today.

 We got a new phone today.  My goofy husband says that we call the phone 'Snowy'.  He is just funny like that.  I love that about him.  We are going to cancel our home phone and just use our cell phone.

Too Cute! - January 22, 2003

Wednesday - January 22, 2003

I just can't get enough of my Alissa Mae.  I just wanted to share the picture I took of her today.  She is so cute!

Alissa Learned How To Smack Her Lips - January 18, 2003

Saturday - January 18th

Alissa learned how to smack her lips and make a noise, so, of course, I had to pull out the camera and record her doing it.  She is too cute!  Here is the lip smacking video I took today.

5 Month Old Alissa - January 16, 2003

Thursday - January 16th

Alissa just woke up from a nap and I was a little bored, so I decided to take a video of the cutest little girl in the world.  Alissa had to get some shots today.  She only cried a little.  She is a tough girl.  Here is the video of our cute little girl.

Trying a New Food - January 15, 2003

Wednesday - January 15th

We introduced Alissa to a new kind of baby food today.  We fed her some peas.  I don't think she liked it very much, but she ate it anyway (of course, she didn't have much choice).  Poor girl.  She is too cute.  Roger and I couldn't help but laugh at the funny faces she was making while we fed her.  Here is a link to the video.

Eating Breakfast - January 8, 2003

Wednesday - January 8th

Roger took a picture of Alissa and I while I was feeding her breakfast this morning.  She was eating oatmeal (baby food style).

Christmas 2002

Tuesday - December 24, 2002

We had a really nice relaxing and enjoyable night.  We opened our Christmas pajamas.  I made matching pajamas for each of us.  We took a short video of us on Christmas eve, we took a family picture in front of the tree, I gave Alissa a bath, we put her to bed, then relaxed for a little bit before going to bed ourselves.  Here is our Christmas Eve video.

 Roger was a stinker and couldn't wait until tomorrow morning to open his gift from me and Alissa, so he opened it tonight.  I stayed up late many many nights working on this quilt for Roger.  I worked on it while he was at work.  He almost found it once, before Christmas.  I had it hidden in Alissa's closet because he never looks in there, but for some reason he looked in there.  He didn't even notice it.  I had it covered up with something else, but I was quite relieved that he didn't find it.  He loved it!

I took video of Christmas day, but for some reason I can't find it or part of it got erased.  I can't quit figure out what went wrong.  

 We had a fun morning at home, then headed to Salt Lake in the evening to go to the Moser Family Christmas party.  They always have their party on Christmas day.  It was fun to see everybody.

Bone Family Christmas Party - December 21, 2002

Saturday - December 21, 2002

We went to the Bone Family Christmas party today.  Today is also Kristin's birthday, so we got to celebrate that too.  Santa Claus came and the kids got to have their picture taken with him.  I didn't have my camera or my camcorder, so I didn't get any pictures, but Kari did.  She sent me these pictures.  There is Alissa with Santa and a picture with Me and Kristy and our cute little girls, Alissa and Kaylie.

Posing in Front of The Tree - December 16, 2002

Monday - December 16, 2002

Me and my 'lissa posing in front of the Christmas Tree.

 

The Cutest Little Girl Ever! - December 11, 2002

Wednesday - December 11, 2002

I keep trying to get Alissa to say "mama" or laugh for the camera.  She's never said "mama" before, but it's fun to try.  I just think Alissa is way too cute.  I can't get enough of her.  We got her to do a little tiny laugh for the camera, so that was exciting.  Before we turned on the camera she was laughing.  Every time we try to record it, she calms down and we can't get her to laugh.  Here is the video from today.

Alissa's First Laugh - December 10, 2002

Tuesday - December 10, 2002

Alissa laughed for the first time today!  We were so excited.  Her daddy was playing with her and it made her laugh.  I pulled out the camera, hoping that I could get her to laugh again, but... no luck.  It didn't happen.

Alissa is 3 months old.  She loves to go out and about and see things.  She likes it when I hold her facing outward so she can see everything.  It makes her coo, that's how I know she likes it.  

Alissa doesn't like binkies.  I keep trying to get her to take one, but she refuses.  She likes to suck on things, especially her hand.  She doesn't suck her thumb.  She just sucks on her whole hand.  Her thumb is always tucked into her fist.

She loves to kick her feet and splash when she takes a bath.  She doesn't like to get out of the bath.  That makes her cry.  I'm guessing it is because it is cold when you first get out of the warm water.  Here is the video I took today.

Alissa's First Vacation - December 5 - 6, 2002

Thursday - December 5th

We went to the Jelly Belly Factory.  They have a tour so you can see how they make Jelly Bellies.  Since it's Christmas time, Santa Claus was there.  So Alissa got to sit on Santa's lap for the first time.  My favorite thing about the Jelly Belly Factory is the belly flops.  You can buy big bags of Jelly Bellies for a good price, but they are called Belly Flops because they are the Jelly Bellies that got messed up while being made.  They are either oddly shaped or a couple of Jelly Bellies stuck together. I love Jelly Bellies!

Friday - December 6th

I didn't take very many pictures or video of our trip.  I remembered right before it was time to leave.  As we were packing up our stuff, I had Roger pull out the camcorder and take some video so we could remember our fun little vacation.  We had a lot of fun.  My favorite part of the vacation was the time we spent playing games with Kelly.  She had a large collection of fun games to play.  There were sooo many!  A lot of games that I had never heard of.  The one that made me laugh the most was a game called Fluxx.  I loved it so much, we went and bought it so we could play it at home.  Roger doesn't normally like to play those kind of games, but he said that he had a lot of fun.

We woke up, packed our things and headed home today.  These two pictures were taken right before we left.  Kelly got a puppy.  She named him Archie.  Archie and Alissa didn't really get a long.  Every time I laid Alissa down in her play pen, Archie would run at her and park, which would of course make her cry and make Archie bark even more.  Archie is a cute fun puppy.  We had a lot of fun on our visit.  We took this video before we left.

Alissa's Baby Blessing - December 1, 2002

Sunday - December 1, 2002

We blessed our little 'lissa today!  Aunt Kristy let her wear the same dress that cousin Kaylie was blessed in.  She looked so cute!  Alissa cried through the whole blessing.  I knew she would because I thought that she wouldn't like all of the people crowding around her.
After the blessing we invited everybody to come to our little home for food and to visit.  Our home isn't very big, but it is bigger than the last place we lived.  It is nice to be able to invite people over.
Here is a video of the get together after the blessing.

We went to Walmart to have family pictures taken.  I just can't remember what day we went and has this done, so I am going to share this picture here.  I know it was sometime near this date that we had the picture taken.

Happy Thanksgiving! - November 28, 2002

Thursday - November 28, 2002

We had my family come over for Thanksgiving.  It was very exciting to get to be the host for the first time.  It was also very overwhelming.  I was so worried that I would ruin something.  My biggest worry was the turkey.  I found some oven bags and planned to follow the directions on the bag.  My mom had never heard of these bags.  She always did her turkey with out the bag and would have to start it cooking really early in the morning for it to be done on time.  But the according to the directions on the oven bag, the turkey only needs to be in the oven for 3 hours.  My mom kept worrying that the turkey might not be ready, which made me extremely worried.  This was the first time I have ever prepared turkey and I was extremely nervous that I would gum it up.  Thankfully, the turkey was ready in time and it tasted wonderful.  My mom was so impressed, she said that she would probably use an oven bag the next time she prepares a turkey.  I feel like everything went really well.  Our house is small, so we were a little squished, but nobody seemed to mind.  I didn't take very many pictures because I was too busy being the host.  It was quite stressful, but also fun and very rewarding.  I think I really like to be the host.  Here are the very few pictures that were taken.  I took the video camera out and recorded for just a minute and that's were these pictures came from.  This is our Thanksgiving video.

Cute Girl - November 27, 2002

Wednesday - November 27, 2002
Alissa is just too cute!

Alissa had her Shots - November 22, 2002

Alissa had her shots on Wednesday the 20th.  After the first shot she smiled and acted like whatever, but after the 2,3,and 4^th she was not a happy camper.  That night after she had her shots, Roger and I went on our first date, since Alissa was born.  We went to a hockey game and left her at the Vanbibber’s to be babysat.  It was probably terrible timing for us to leave her for the first time, when she had to have shots that day.  But, it just worked out that way and we were desperate to go on a date.  We knew that she was in good hands and would be well taken care of.

Also, we think Alissa will be left handed, because she grabs everything with her left hand.  Here is the video we took today.

We moved! - November 16, 2002

Saturday - November 16, 2002
Alissa is 3 months old now!  I can't believe how fast she is growing.  Alissa is starting to coo and make cute sounds like she is trying to talk to us.  I love it!

We moved into our new apartment.  It is the four-plex that Caroline and Scott Wilding had been living in.

 I'm not a morning person and Roger is.  This is a picture of me taken from a video that Roger took of me and Alissa first thing in the morning.  Here is the video.

My Cute Little Family - November 9, 2002

I love my cute little family!

Halloween 2002

Thursday - October 31, 2002
It's Halloween!  Roger and I watched a couple of movies, then pulled out the video camera to make a video of our cute little Alissa.  We still don't have any friends here in Brigham City, so we get bored a lot.  When ever we're bored, I think, "Let's make a video!"  I don't know why I think like that, but I just do.

I had this cute Halloween outfit for Alissa to wear today, but I forgot to wash it.  So she didn't get to wear her cute little Halloween stuff.  Bummer!

Roger was playing church basketball the other day and ended up hurting his toe.  Another guy ran into him and rammed into his toe.  Now his toenail is barely hanging on.  That is why there is a picture of a foot in with our Halloween photos.  Here is the video I took of our not so eventful Halloween.

 These pictures weren't taken on Halloween.  I'm not sure what day we took these.  I just posted them with this, because Alissa is wearing her cute little Halloween outfit, that she didn't get to wear on Halloween.  The top picture was taken while we were hanging out at my friend Jamie's house.  The other two were taken at the VanBibber's home.  There is Alissa with her cousin Missy.  So cute!

Some Firsts For Alissa - October 30, 2002

Wednesday - October 30, 2002

Today Alissa got to experience snow for the first time!  Roger and I bundled her up and we walked across the street to the church parking lot with her.  She's too little to really enjoy it, but still, we showed it to her.  Roger threw a tiny snowball at her and at me.  Then I threw a little snow back at him.  We had our first family snowball fight!  Of course, we hurried and wiped the snow off of Alissa's shirt as soon as it hit her.  And we couldn't run around, because we were holding a little baby.  But it was still fun to go out and be in the snow for a little bit with our new little baby girl.  Being parents is exciting.  There are so many firsts for us to experience.  Here is the video I took of Alissa's first snow and pickle.

After we played in the snow, we went inside and decided it would be funny to experience another first.  I was eating some pickles and I thought it would be funny to see Alissa's face when I shared some with her.  It was funny!  Poor little girl.  She was looking at us like, "What are you doing to me?"  The funny thing is that now Alissa loves pickles and can't seem to get enough of them.  She even drinks the pickle juice when the pickles are all gone.