so behind

I know I know I'm so far behind. We've been busy, but not so much that I could tell you what I've been doing. I guess the big thing was staying at a friends house and watching her 5 kids for 4.5 days. It was so much fun! Thankfully the kids are so good. However I wanted to tell everyone about my cute lil Izzy. We were at dinner last night and as she's eating her chips and salsa she says... mmmmm tasty! It cracks me up, she's been doing this for a while but last night reminded me that I needed to post about it. She also loves to also tell you when things are disgusting. she'll shake her head and say... ewww that's disgusting.

This is my life lately and I love it! Oh and Isabel is potty trained!!!

Snow!!!

I wanted to post really quick about our latest adventures. Besides the potty training witch is going fabulously... (knock on wood).
We had 6 inches of snow last night and this year Isabel wasn't afraid of it.
Oh and in case you are wondering, yes I threw a snowball at her head, you can see it just before impact in one of the pics, but she couldn't feel it under her hood and hat.

Amid all the chaos

I saw this letter on facebook and thought it was one of the best most wonderful things about this whole election process. And involves the ones who know the President the best. It's a letter written by Jenna and Barbara Bush to Malia and Sasha O'Bama. It helps to remind us all of the wonder and excitement that there must be in that 'house'.

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=46735153605&h=If3B6&u=PdDWY

Why I love being a mom

There are lots of reasons why I love what I do. But one of my favorites is when she is sick, (she threw up last night in the kitchen right before dinner in front of our guests). Immediately after getting sick she started apologizing for the mess. Then today, the fever really hit and she just wanted to snuggle. While I hate that my baby is sick, she's so cute! She wakes up from her naps and wants me, wants to sit with me on the couch and just reminds me of how stinkin sweet she is. So while I may not enjoy cleaning up the messes, I do enjoy the special time we get to have together.

Here is a picture from a birthday party we went to last week. Izzy really wanted to play with this toy.

Obamamania

So I have gotten used to it all. I understand and agree that this is an historic event, but my thought is.. if we have successful blacks (sorry need to be PC... african Americans.. ) in every aspect of our lives. Black business owner, black senators, black judges, black millionaires, why are we all acting like this could have never really happened and are going crazy over it. I agree it's a big thing, but I'd like to think its all a bit sensationalistic. Martin Luther King Jr did amazing things, no one can doubt that, but he did them so that a way could be paved, we are acting like this is the first successful black american. Why can't it just be about people voting for him because they liked what he said, not the color of his skin when he said it. It seems like in an effort to erase racism, it is just keeping it at the forefront. It really should just be about how we won't have to worry anymore about paying for gas and our mortgages. (fyi that is more of a dig on the silly lady that made that comment then it is against Obama).

Not a lot to say

I'm sitting here feeling like I need to write but not much exciting has been going on. Izzy went to a birthday party, we made cookies, we've been a little confined inside with this freezing cold -15 with windchill weather. I did get an email from Rachael, she was able to save the picture of Brooklyn's name in the sand for me and sent that, I am so grateful for her doing it for me. I'm still a bit clueless on how to get my girls at church excited about personal progress, but I"m working on it. Mike is finishing painting his office today and he's picking up a desk on Saturday so he'll be out of the house soon for work... YEA!
I did have an exciting trip to the store yesterday, they were having a sale on cereal and I am trying to get better about using coupons so I ended up with 5 boxes of cereal for 6 dollars. It would have been 5 but one of my coupons didn't scan. I was very excited! I just have to find coupons for other items I use. Our discount grocery store is pretty good here but they don't take coupons so it's hard to find better deals elsewhere.

I did learn that I'm teaching Isabel something. When I put her to bed she says one of two things. option 1.. scriptures momma read scriptures. and option 2. and it came to pass. (for non-mormon readers... it's a saying that occurs all the time in the Book of Mormon)
I guess I'm getting something across to her. Oh and she's started praying a bit. We still have to tell her what to say but she enjoys the act of praying and is getting better at it.
And the last piece of useless info that I'm excited about. A friend of mine is in Cosmetology school and needs a model to practice foiling on. So for $5 on Tuesday I'm getting my hair done! I'm so totally excited. I've needed it done for 4 months now and I just hadn't put it in the budget so now It's not such a worry. It' s on my weekly Temple day so we are going either super early in the morning or on Thursday. I'll post a pic after it gets done next week!

To Write Their Names in the Sand

I found out about this site from a dear friend of mine. You can send her your infant child's name and she goes to a beach in Australia and writes their names in the sand. I sent in Brooklyn's name on Monday and it's already done. You can click on the blog link to the left and scroll down to the date of Jan 12th. She's one of the first ones on that day. I couldn't get the photo to decompress to fit here.


Brooklyn Pulley

Born at 24 weeks on August 24, 2008
Passed September 4, 2008

Our sunshine, our joy and now our angel.

Tracy, Mike and Isabel Pulley