I did a tag a while back telling 6 little known facts about myself. One of the facts was that I love quotes. I didn't really think this was a big revelation, doesn't everyone love quotes? I honestly expected some of the comments for that post to go something like this "I love quotes too! Here's one of my favorites.....Let's be best friends". Not so much. So here are 3 of my favorite quotes. Try to laugh, try to hate, but you will secretly be inspired!

“If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year the face gets uglier and uglier until it gets so ugly you can hardly bear to look at it.

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” Roald Dahl

“I would rather be ashes then dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” Credited to Jack London

"As a scientist, I expect statistical proof whenever possible to convince me of most things. But as I continue to mature, I’ve become more and more impressed by the frequency of statistically improbable events. In their very improbability, I began to see the fingerprints of God." M. Scott Peck, MD The Road Less Traveled and Beyond

So I pulled these words of wisdom from one of my books of quote collections. Flipping through it I found a few other quotes that I'm a little embarrassed that I took the time to hand write. Understand that I was in 9th grade when I decided these were words of inspiration...

"Do or do not, there is no try." A quote from Star Wars? Apparently Yoda touched my soul.

"The next time you think you are perfect, try walking on water." I probably got this from a southern Baptist church sign

"Know God, Know Peace, No God, No Peace" Definitely a church sign, in my defense, I grew up in the south.

New York New York!

No, I’m not going on a trip to NYC – I wish! But I noticed the other day that almost every show that was in my weekly lineup (was being the key word, boo on the writers strike still not being resolved) is set in New York City. In fact, I think that’s why I started watching them in the first place, don’t care what the storyline is, but as soon as I heard “new york”, I was hooked. I don’t even really like some of them – Serena and Dan are nauseatingly cheesy, but I haven’t missed an episode! And the teasers for Lipstick Jungle, (Modern, New York career women support each other through triumphs and tears that are all part of making it in the Big Apple) – sound an awful lot like SATC and Cashmere Mafia. Anyways, now I’m dying to go to NYC! I have no idea why I’m so obsessed, but apparently it’s not just me since every network has several shows set in NYC. I don’t get it why this is the latest craze, I’m part of it, but I don’t get it! And I can’t even begin to list how many movies are set in NYC, especially where the city gets destroyed - Cloverfield, I am Legend, Independence Day, King Kong, The Day After Tomorrow – why do we care to see it destroyed over and over and over? Here are all the NYC shows I could think of, but I’m sure there are many more. I vote Heroes, Ugly Betty, and Friends as my favorite. What's your fav?


Cashmere Mafia
Lipstick Jungle
Ugly Betty
Gossip Girl
Heroes (sorta)
Dirty Sexy Money
I Love New York (I think this one is about a lady named New York, not about the city, all I know is it has something to do with Flavor Flav so I’m staying far far away)
Law and Order (several of them)
Without a Trace
CSI: NY
30 Rock
How I Met Your Mother
Friends
The Cosby Show
Seinfeld
SATC
Mad About You
The Nanny
NYPD Blue
Caroline in the City
Just Shoot Me
Felicity
Will and Grace

Even though I heart New York, I'm ready for some shows and movies to be set elsewhere. People do live in other areas of the US and have jobs and fall in love and lead fabulous lives - what else do you need for a good romantic comedy (27 Dresses could have been set anywhere - but it was in NYC)...

Sweet Child of MIne

Today Aubrey is six months old - I can't believe it! During those beginning weeks it seemed like it would be impossible for me to endure to this point, but we've made it and it's great! Six months is so much better then 6 weeks. Maybe I have no heart, but I'm I the only one who feels that the first few months aren't enjoyable AT ALL? Zach and I visited some friends on Saturday who have a 4 week old. The mom had been up all night and most of the day and her husband had just gotten home to relieve her. Looking at them I thought, I am SO glad I'm not you! I like that newborns are so tiny, but other then that....Aubrey is just so much fun now. She loves to play with toys and she giggles and she sleeps at night oh so well.

I can get super sentimental, so I had to put Aubrey in this outfit one last time before I retired it. We brought her home from the hospital in this little nightgown and it swallowed her whole. It fits really well at 6 months. Even though I just complained about not enjoying those first few months, I still get all teary thinking about bringing her home for the first time! I love my little girl!

6 month stats:

Height: 25.5 inches (50%)

Weight: 14 lbs 8 oz (25%)

Head: I forgot - it looks darn cute and proportional so who cares?

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I'm finally getting around to doing our Christmas and New Years post. We spent this Christmas in Utah with Zach's family. Anyone who was out west this year knows it snowed almost the entire time. I hate it when it snows here, but when it snows in Utah....we get giddy, thinking about all the powder at the ski resorts! I got to go snowboarding twice, which was so much fun. I can't wait to teach Aubrey to ski (not snowboard). She'll look so cute, doing little french fries and pizza with her skis!

Here Aubrey is being held by her Grandpa and she's trying to eat her great-grandma.

More family fun!

Cousin Mason and Aubrey

Happy New Years! Zach and I went over to a friend's house on New Year's Eve. Although we couldn't stay to midnight (we had to get home and put Zach to bed, he gets cranky when he's tired, seriously), we had a fun time - it's the most I can ever remember doing on New Year's eve. We spent the last one stuck in a motel in the middle of no where in West Virginia. Zach decided to do model poses in all the pictures, check out the one on Brooke or Jana's blog for the blue steel variation.

Now, for my New Years Goals....

-Lose weight (of course)

-Participate in a triathlon and beat my previous time by 10 minutes

-Sit up straighter

-take a photography class

-Master photoshop

-Cook dinner 3 times a week

I don't remember Zach's goals exactly, but I think they had something to do with giving me footrubs every night.....

Cute video of Aubrey squealing - before you start gettting worried about shaken baby, I'm the one bouncing around with the camera, Aubrey's really not moving that much!

Night Owl

Have you guys ever heard of Restless Leg Syndrome? The first time I heard an ad about RLS on TV, Zach and I cracked up. I remember saying “What, are they just making up diseases now?” Sounds like just another made up disease for someone to excuse their behavior, like pleading insanity. “It wasn’t my fault, honestly, I have Road Rage Syndrome, it’s genetic”. A boy that I worked with in a delinquent youth program used to say he “had stress”. He was the worst behaved, rudest boy I had worked with in years, but he excused it by saying he couldn’t help his behavior, he had stress.

Anywho, I guess it’s only fair, after making fun of it, that restless leg syndrome was the bane of my existence during my pregnancy. Honestly, I was able to get more rest after Aubrey was born, even with the constant feeding and crying, then I was in the last 4 months of being pregnant. Zach moved to a different bed, due to me doing hours of bicycle kicks and leg lifts in the middle of the night. Sometimes I would get up during the night and do my elliptical, and lunges and wallsits, just trying to wear my darn legs out! Most nights I got up and just ate and watched TV, in case you’re wondering why I wasn’t skinnier with all the middle of the night exercise.

So, RLS has struck again, which is why I’m posting this blog in the wee hours of the morning. Has anyone else experienced this or is this just all in my head? And the voices in my head singing the Saved By the Bell theme song are a symptom of restless legs too, right? J/K!

Here’s what I’ve been doing since 3:30 am.
- Did bicycle kicks in bed for 30 minutes
- Got kicked out of bed by Zach for doing bicycle kicks. He didn’t exactly kick me out, but his hissing at me “STOP….SHAKING…..THE BED!” gave me a clue that leaving would be in my best interest.
- Ate a fudge bar while reading about Britney Spears being hospitalized and losing custody of her kids. What is going on with her? Is she actually crazy or is she on drugs? I think I’m hoping for drugs. Going to rehab for substance abuse seems pretty hip in Hollywood these days, but I think being mentally unstable might tarnish her image even more, if that’s possible
- Downloaded an insane amount of digital scrapbook paper, like 600 MB worth
- Updated my blog background – I don’t love it, but it’ll do for 5 am
- Updated my links on my blog
- Wrote this blog

Well, it’s 6:30 am, so I’m going to try and fall asleep. Chances are I will, since Aubrey is supposed to wake up soon!