Avocados

I have been thinking about what kinds of things to blog about and I can think of all sorts of things during the week but then I sit at the computer and everything goes out the window! Lets see what I can recall :)
My cousin Kenny left on his mission to South Africa last week! I am so excited for him! Totally gonna write him but postage is a couple bucks a letter, maybe I can email him :)

I have been so bored with food lately, just wanting to try to make new things etc. I recently made Jambalaya it was fantastic! And some new chinese stir fry recipes have turned out really well too! With all my new treats I've been making I have plenty of left overs to deal with. This week we made Nachos Supreme

left over taco meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, avocado, sour scream and queso!

Best Leftovers ever :) (at least for this week!!)

I have finally received my Massage Therapy license for the state of Iowa! So I am going to see about getting a job so I can make a little spending money. Actually right now I need money because I think I cracked  a tooth and finding a dentist that accepts medicaid has been next to impossible! This week I am going to go to the Institute for Therapeutic Massage and Wellness and see if I can get hired on to do a few massages a week. Ideally I would work from my home or have a place I rent but I still have a little baby and renting a place to work can cost almost as much as our rent! Thus my dear friend Shari is going to help me get on board at the school where she works and teaches.

I was just realizing today how many women I know that are expecting!! Its so exciting being a mom and I am so happy for my friends I hope everything goes well for them and their babies! I have one friend who lost her daughter and had no way of knowing anything was wrong or would go wrong. My heart broke for her when I found out, and I still find myself feeling sad and even guilty about it. Guilty that I have my baby girl to hold and play with and she has to wait to see her baby girl again. Tears me apart sometimes! But the strength I have seen from her is so inspirational, through this hard time she is going through she and her husband have held strong to their faith, family and friends. I can only imagine the difficulty they are facing but I keep them in my prayers daily both to strengthen them and myself. It helps me to realize what a miracle it is to have a child! And such a cute one at that!

With our trying new foods I haven't left Maia out! Today I made a short video of her as she tried avocados.

She'll come around to foods that are green eventually...we hope!!

Also shout out to my dad for being so awesome!!! He is sending us one of their old desktop computers that was once my brothers but since Scott is now at school and has a laptop we asked if we could have it. My laptop though I love it dearly is having a difficult time running these days. THANKS DAD!!!

Yep that's my dad dunkin not just donuts

A Blog! -Now we can be cool.

Zebra Baby

 I have been reading a lot of peoples blogs lately and so I decided to create my own. I have one from High School all about bands and such but I wanted a new one to dedicate to my little family.
 So we just got back from a trip to Denver to visit my family it was so fun! When we left Maia was just getting good at rolling over and spinning around. Now she is even better at it and can scoot backwards. While we were gone we discovered she had 3 teeth buds coming in! Not in the front but on the side, now two days after we first found them she has 3 more on the other side! My poor little girl has 6 teeth coming in at the same time! Only one has broken through, her little vampire tooth. How she knew Twilight was popular and the Vampires are all the rage I do not know. My trendy child.
 Jesse has a lot of tests lately and spends his time studying or playing Star Craft, or both. We are also listening to the Harry Potter series on tape. Cuz I don't have much time to read them and I'm a bit stubborn to read the books everyone tells me to. But I am enjoying them we are on the last one Deathly Hollows.
 Tomorrow I start my Circuit Training! I have some inches to lose post baby and being in shape never hurt anyone. Well that's debatable but I will resist.

 Also I am doing a Walk for Life for Lymphoma and Leukemia in September (around the time Pam and Bob are going to come visit us!)  So I have been rounding up things to sell in the ICAA garage sale, so August 20th anyone needs anything all profits go to benefit blood cancer research!