tsssss, shhhhhh, PFOOOOH

Our ward campout, and Adelyn's first camping trip, was last weekend! We went to Prescott for the campout and had SO much fun! It was wonderful to get out of the heat!!

Adelyn slept in her Pack & Play while Wil and I slept on our air mattress. In the middle of the night, Wil got up to use the restroom...at which point, I dropped to the floor and the air in the air mattress puffed up all around me. When Wil got back, I recommended refilling the air mattress. We were nervous it would be a little loud, but it wasn't too bad.

I sat sleepily next to the mattress while Wil refilled it. We decided it was full enough, closed the air cap and just as I was about to climb back onto the bed, Wil stopped me. Our conversation went something like this:

Wil - "Do you hear that?"

Air Mattress - tssssssssssssssssssssssss

Me - "Ohhhh"

Wil - "Maybe I can find the leak."

At this point I could feel Wil reaching across the mattress looking for the leak with his fingers.

Air Mattress - shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Wil - "Oops."

Me - "Oh no, what happened?"

Wil - "I might have stuck my finger through the hole and made it bigger."

Me - "Didn't we bring duct tape?"

Wil - "Yeah, I'll go get it."

Insert Wil leaving the tent, finding the duct tape, and taping the hole in the mattress here.

We then climbed back onto the mattress and settled down to sleep for the rest of the night.

Me - "Refilling the mattress was a great plan, this is SO much bett..."

Air Mattress - PFOOOOOOOOH!

Wil & Me - hysterical laughing as we hit the floor.

Adelyn, lifting her head and looking annoyed in our direction - "ahhh, uhhh, ahhh!"

She then laid her head back down and went back to sleep.

In the Mood

Apparently, I was in the mood to take pictures today. Can you blame me? How cute is this kid???

Laundry Day

Laundry used to be my absolute most awful chore! I HATED it!

Since I've been staying at home with Adelyn (and making actual cooked dinners every night) dishes have become my most hated chore! I'm starting to find laundry almost enjoyable...almost.

Why the sudden change of heart about laundry? It's a chore that I can use to interact with Adelyn. I have to save most of my chores for when she's sleeping or in the mood to hang out in her bouncy seat or Bumbo chair and watch. But folding laundry is different. I lay her on the bed, pile loads of laundry around her, play peekaboo with shirts and tickle her legs with socks while I fold the laundry. In fact, I find myself dumping clean loads of laundry on the bed and waiting until she wakes up to fold them so we can play!

I snapped these photos while we were folding laundry today...and they might be some of my favorite pictures of her so far!

C is for Cakewalk

I have a confession to make...I LOVE Sandra Bullock movies! What can I say, I'm a sucker for cheesy romance movies (except All About Steve...that one was pretty much awful!). I still remember the first time I saw While You Were Sleeping (one of my all time favorite movies - I can quote the entire movie...it's super obnoxious!) at a friend's sleepover. I was 11 or 12 and ever since then, I've been hooked on romantic comedies and anything with Sandra Bullock.

Hope Floats is a great Sandra Bullock movie for a rainy day - mostly because I love the song To Make You Feel My Love by Garth Brooks! There is one quote that I have always remembered from this movie:

"The American Dream - You find something you love, then you twist it and torture it...trying to find a way to make money at it. Spend a lifetime doing that. At the end, there's not a trace of what you started out lovin'."

Last week, my sister-in-law asked if I would make a birthday cake for her daughter. I was SO excited to make a cake! Seriously, whenever someone asks me to make one, I can't wait to look up photos online to find a cute cake idea! I LOVE decorating cakes!

Happy Birthday Xujey!

So, I've decided I'm going to try to find a way to twist it and torture it to make money at it. I'm not sure how much money I'll make, or if I'll even make any at all. I don't expect to help support our family off of cake generated income. I just think if I enjoy doing it so much, maybe I should try to get paid for it; that is the American dream after all - right?

If you know anyone who needs a cake, I'd love it if you'd recommend me. :-) They can see samples of my cake decorating skills at CisforCakewalk.blogspot.com.

Drool, Drool Baby

You know those dogs that drool all over the place and you're afraid to get anywhere near them because of the massive amounts of dog spit just waiting to be wiped off on your leg/clothes/hands/any part of you that gets anywhere near the splash zone? Yeah, that's our kid!

Since she was just a few weeks old, she's been blowing bubbles and had a continuous stream of drool running down her chin. Her new activity is wiping said drool all over her face - so you go to kiss her on the forehead and end up kissing a pool of baby slobber.

And yet I was still surprised when I went to check on her this morning and she was sleeping in a lake of baby babas. It actually took me a minute to figure out it was spit and not pee...

Dear Mom and Dad,

Dear Mom and Dad,

We need to talk. I'm not a little baby anymore, and it's time you stop treating me like one!

Only little babies take naps during the day! I am FOUR months old - I'm obviously too old for naps!

Also, I'm on to your tricks. I known you put me in the swing so I'll go to sleep. Well, the joke's on you, because while I loved the swing when I was little, I now intend to scream and cry the entire time I'm in the swing so you will know I have NO intention of taking a nap!

I would like to be fed my bottle sitting up from now on. You feed me laying down because you think it will make me sleepy, and I don't like that!

Sincerely,

Adelyn Mariana Gonzalez

Saving Cents

Since I quit my job, we've been living on less income than we're used to. So, we've started doing things that take more time, but save us money.

Wil has started doing our own oil changes and car repairs...

For my part, I've started couponing. My sister-in-law came over a couple of months ago to teach me how, and I quite like it! In fact I would even claim that I have fun doing it; it's like a game to see how much money I can save.

This was my shopping trip tonight:

That's four boxes of cereal, two gallons of milk, three bottles of body wash and three tubes of toothpaste. The grand total was $7.37. I saved $31.09 - that's 81 percent! The milk, toothpaste and body wash were all free!