I was tagged!

Tagged
This is a different tag, so here are the rules:
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 little-known facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog

1 – I love cheesy quotes, really love them. “Life is not measured by the breathes we take but by the moments that take our breath away” – “And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once” – “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives” - “And forget not that the earth longs to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair” – “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. I could go on and on, getting more teary with each one. I have journals filled with just quotes. In fact, I think I’ll do a whole post on just quotes one of these days.

2 – I’m a wannabe hippie/greenie but I just don’t have to willpower to fully commit. Like if I was a true greenie, I would only use cloth diapers, but I just can’t bear the thought of that. Or I would never shop at Walmart, but it’s just so cheap and convenient! Or the other day I saw a show about how to reduce your carbon footprint. One way was to unplug appliances when you weren’t using them. I was talking to Zach about how we should start doing this when he pointed out that if we unplugged our tv/dvr/dvd player etc, then the DVR wouldn’t record any of our shows, so there went that idea. I also tried to be a vegetarian in college but that only lasted 2 weeks.

3 – Twice in my life I have gone 2 weeks without showering. One time I had a really good reason for it. The other time I didn’t.

4 – I’m a closet hypochondriac.

5 – One time in college a friend of mine organized a climbing contest, and against my will made the prize for first place a date with me. The winner had a fiancé so he passed. The second and third prize guys were both 16, so they were given the option of the date or a t-shirt. They both took the t-shirt. Did I mention the date included a $30 gift certificate to a restaurant? Even free food wasn’t worth having to spend dinner with me. Mind you, I was against the whole thing in the first place. And then for everyone to pass. It was so embarrassing on so many levels.

6 – I used to ice climb, whitewater kayak, rock climb, mountain bike, canyoneer, etc. Now I go on walks with Aubrey and wear makeup and 4 inch heels.

I tag Melissa Hodgen, Libby and DJ Jones, Ashley and Ty Jensen, Sarah and Ryan Darby, Rachel West, and Gina Jensen.

Quick Stats...

Today was Aubrey's 4 month appointment. She is 12 pounds 1 ounce (50 percentile) and 24.5 inches long (75%). How did a short fat mom end up with a tall skinny baby? Her head size is also in the 75 percentile. And she is apparently off the charts for lung capacity/screaming ability. After the nurse gave Aubrey her 4 shots, she (the nurse) said Aubrey was one of the louder babies she'd dealt as she dashed from the room - probably to save her eardrums.

The doctor said I could start feeding her that baby cereal if I wanted, but I'm not ready to deal with the mess yet, so maybe next month.

I promise I didn't take may camera to the doctor's office to take a picture of her crying. This picture is from a few days ago, right after church. She doesn't sleep at church and is one mad munchkin by the time we get home.

Go Big or Go Home!

It's recently come to my attention that my family was making fun of the brown hat with the big flower that Aubrey was wearing in one of my previous post. So in response to that, I promptly went out and bought flowers and made some flower headbands for my little girl and let me tell you, they are AH-dorable!

BIG

BIGGER

BIGGEST

MAYBE A BIT OVERBOARD?

Just some Aubrey Pics

Teaching her the essentials early, how to operate the TV remote.

Aubrey's Dr. Evil laugh

"Step"ing back through time

“Pittsburgh is undoubtedly the cockeyedest city in the United States. Physically, it is absolutely irrational. It must have been laid out by a mountain goat…and then the steps-oh my, the steps!”
Ernie Pyle, 1937


















































As much as we have complained about Pittsburgh from time to time, there really is no place like it. It has a culture of it's own. I love the diverse ethnic neighborhoods, the cobblestone streets, and the steps! They are everywhere and tell so much about the history of Pittsburgh as a steel town. Pittsburgh has the steepest street in the whole world! How did Zach and I get so lucky? From what I found on the internet, officially the steepest street in the world is in New Zealand (35% grade) but Pittsburgh actually has the steepest street with a 37% grade. That's almost as steep as a black diamond ski run! Zach doesn't believe me that Pittsburgh has the steepest street in the world though. He says that he walked up way steeper streets in Brazil, so steep that they were only for pedestrians, cars couldn't use them. Hmmm....a paved walkway only for pedestrians....we call those sidewalks where I'm from!




















Steepest street in the world! I drove up it!