A Chip Off the Old Tooth

It finally happened. The event I have been having nightmares about since my middle school years. I dropped my fake tooth in the shower and the top of it chipped off.

Let me explain. I was born without 2 of my permanent teeth. One of the missing teeth is a molar, so I don't worry about it. The other is the next-door-neighbor to my front tooth. That one I worry about. I have had a fake tooth since middle school, and I got what's called a "flipper" (a mouthpiece type-thing with an attached tooth) a few weeks before Devin and I got married. This is a very nice fix to my missing tooth problem, except that it is not permanent and I need to remove it when I brush my teeth, which leads to the tragedy that occurred on Friday.

I am getting it repaired on Monday. Until then, you can call me Chip.





p.s.I feel like God is really humbling me right now, what with the 60 extra pounds, glasses (I have some sort of eye infection that makes me not able to wear my contacts, and now chipped tooth. Oh well. It's also kind of funny I guess.

Darn You, Bell rd!

what Bell rd. looked like late this morning
This morning I had exciting plans to hang with my Selena. She was dropping her car off at the Acura dealership and I was to pick her up at 10 where we would proceed to go to her house for swimming, etc. I left my house at 9:40, expecting to be a good 5 minutes late (since it is quite a trek from Surprise to the car dealerships near the mall). Little did I know that construction was still going on on Bell rd (Devin and I had been stuck on that same rd. 3 weeks earlier, but I was SURE construction would be done by now). It took me 50 minutes to get from my house to the car dealership, a trip that should usually take 20-25 minutes. Good thing Selena is a nice girl and wasn't upset by the long wait.

At her house (well, her parents' house), we put a naked Sam in the pool, along with Selena's darling niece, Lana. Sam and Lana are lovers. They kissed at least 5 times and were giving each other special looks. Here they are enjoying a romantic lunch together post-swim.


Now Sam has yet another friend whose name sounds like "banana." He calls Selena, his cousin Nina, and now Lana (and of course bananas) all "nana." Confusing but I'm pretty sure his 21-month-old mind knows the difference.

Barry Cabin Trip

This past week the Barrys (minus 2 families) went to Panguitch Lake, UT. It was basically awesome. All I did was sit on the porch the whole week and play old-school Mario brothers, but Devin and Sam were pretty active. Devin went fishing a lot and caught 2 fish. He made me try some and it gave me a stomach ache but I was proud of him just the same. Here are the pictures: (note: I am not pictured. I'm 31.5 weeks pregnant. You understand).

Today

This morning I woke up before Sam did, which is a rarity. I walked into the computer room to check my email, and stepped into a massive puddle of Dixie urine. Thanks, Dix. After the pee cleanup Little Buddy was awake, so we ate breakfast and proceeded to do laundry/watch Thomas the Train for the next few hours. I am pretty sick of Thomas, and personally I think he has an attitude problem. Sam loves him, though, and cries "Again! Again!" whenever the DVD is over.

Following laundry time I made Sam a PB&J and he actually ate it! Sam is a picky picky boy so this basically made my day. After the sandwich it was off to napland for Sam. I got some painting done in the family room during the short hour he was asleep. Devin came home shortly after and we headed to Gogo's to drop Sam off while we got our 3D ultrasound done.

I was so excited to see what baby girl looks like and to get a good look at her face, but she wasn't cooperating. We have another 3D scheduled in about a month.

I talked to Dr. Erickson today about the risk of a VBAC and if it's worth a try. I really don't want to be doomed to C-Sections for the rest of my birthing years, but I also don't want to be dumb and risk my babies' lives just because I want to experience real childbirth. Actually that's not true. I am fine with not experiencing childbirth, but I really am not excited about another C-Section recovery. That sucked. I am most likely getting another one though because this little girl is measuring 3 lbs. 15 oz. at 29.5 weeks! That's large.

I just got back from mutual and from eating wonderful chocolate cake, thanks to Jennifer Tieman. That girl knows how to bake.

This heat is disgusting.

Flagstaff Day Trip

This past Saturday Devin suggested we take a trip to Flagstaff for the day. I love Devin's spontanaety. And it had been 3 whole days since we'd been out of town, so I was down.

While we were there it poured down rain and thundered. It was great. I think this was Sam's first time actually noticing the rain. Here is my blurry picture of him enjoying the break from the sun.


In other news, I reactivated my facebook account and I am overwhelmed! I keep getting nonstop emails about friend requests and walls and all this other stuff, and I don't really know what to do. "Back in my day," when you had to be a student to be on facebook, it was much less confusing. Don't be surprised if you are my facebook friend and I soon become inactive again.

I would post a picture of my 28 week pregnant belly, but that would mean having to get dressed. Do you know how hot it is?

Post-trip Let Down

This past week we spontaneously decided to tag along with Devin's parents and sister to Utah for the 4th. I'm sure glad we did because we had so much fun. I know I personally had fun because I am in a depressive state now that we're home.

I forgot my camera so this post is officially lame.

I want to move to Utah or SOMEWHERE away from this dang heat and brown scenery. The weather was chilly at times while we were up there. It was great.

The End.

p.s.
to see pictures of my darling Sam go here.

What Devin does on his lunch breaks

embarrassed

I was over at Selena's house today and discovered that a penny fits perfectly into my pregnant belly button.


This is truthfully the most exciting thing that has happened in my life lately. This picture grosses me out. I hope it does you too.

Crazy

Lately whenever anyone asks me how Sam is doing, my response is that he's CRAZY. I mean this in the most endearing way possible, of course. Sam is constantly on the go, constantly climbing, jumping, running, unplugging, pulling things out of drawers, riding Dixie...it is out of control. Here he is yesterday playing a new game that his auntie Selena taught him, where he counts to 2 (pretty impressive for a 19-month- old?) and then jumps off of things. The look on his face is pure joy.

Where does Sam get his curly hair from?

Devin and I are constantly asked this question because of Sam's crazy, unkempt curls. Since the day Sam was born, everyone has said what a clone of Devin he is. This makes me jealous, of course, since he came from my body for goodness sake. Now that Sam is getting older he is looking a lot more like me. I came across this picture a few minutes ago. There is no denying that he is my boy!


p.s. Today is Devin's 26th birthday. Happy Birthday dearest Deb!