Am I done yet?!?!

If Men Got Pregnant:

Maternity leave would last two years....with full pay.

There would be a cure for stretch marks.

Natural childbirth would become obsolete.

Morning sickness would rank as the nation's #1 health problem.

All methods of birth control would be 100% effective.

Children would be kept in the hospital until toilet trained.

Men would be eager to talk about commitment.

They wouldn't think twins were so cute.

Sons would have to be home from dates by 10:00 PM.

Briefcases would be used as diaper bags.

Paternity suits would be a fashion line of clothes.

They'd stay in bed during the entire pregnancy.

Restaurants would include ice cream and pickles as main entree's.

Women would rule the world.

Halloween fun

We had such a great Halloween week! We started off the week by carving pumpkins with Scott, Kelly and Liz. Liz enjoyed eating the pumpkin more than carving it... :) On Halloween, I took Kaden to Shane's work for a Trick-or-Treat that they have every year. The company provides the candy and the spouses bring the kiddos and go office to office getting lots of candy! Kaden wasn't in the best mood because he had only slept 20 minutes when I had to wake him up to go. So, he just cuddled with Shane the whole time we went around (although, everyone still thought he was so stinkin' cute). :D I worked ALL week with Kaden to be more open to the idea of wearing a head piece thing that was part of his costume, but he never wore it for more than a half of a second. Luckily, he was so tired at Shane's work...he wore it! He didn't let us tie it, but hey, I will take what I can get and it stayed on. :) YAY! Then, Halloween night, we went to Danny and Stephanie's house and trick-or-treated around their neighborhood for a bit. Kelly and Liz came, too, which was so fun because Liz's costume was pretty much the cutest thing you will ever see. I don't have any good pictures of it, but Stephanie took some with her good camera so as soon as she emails those to me, I will post them. Liz was Dorothy and Kaden was the Cowardly Lion and Kelly was the Wicked Witch! Danny took Kaden door to door in the neighborhood because with it being so dark, we were pretty sure Shane would have tripped over something and hurt himself and/or Kaden. :) After the trick-or-treating, we went back to Danny and Stephanie's home and ate a YUMMY dinner (ribs, DANG good potatoes, salad, french bread...what more can a pregnant woman want?!). It was a fun night and Kaden has enjoyed eating his bucketful of candy. Of course, Shane and I have graciously sacrificed and eaten the things Kaden can't (anything with nuts...snickers, baby ruth, etc.). Enjoy the pictures! Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Everyone hard at work carving their masterpieces...

Liz chowin' down on her raw pumpkin.

Kaden not caring at all what we were up to...he was just interested in The Lion King.

TA DA! The finished products!!

Shane andI both agreed that Scott and Kelly's pumpkins were the best-so creative and cute!

Kaden and Daddy Trick-Or-Treating at the office. Notice Puppy always at Kaden's side..haha. Kaden was really interested in these two dogs that were there and dressed up. He couldn't figure out what a pumpkin dog was! haha
Going Trick-Or-Treating for the first time! That wicked witch is Kelly and Liz is hiding, but she looked ADORABLE!

Sharing is caring

So, I am now convinced I have the World's Greatest Kid. I have been sick the last few days with a cold (when you are preggo, everything knocks you down harder than normal...). Yesterday, I was letting Kaden watch Elmo's World (his favorite...this week) while I rested on the couch. I was laying down and had closed my eyes when about two minutes later I felt a little hand on my arm. I opened my eyes and saw Kaden staring at me. He put Puppy next to me, smiled and walked off!! For those of you who haven't read previous posts about Puppy, Puppy is Kaden's all time favorite toy and he does NOT share him with ANY other kids. Puppy goes everywhere with Kaden and he will not sleep without him. It is always cute when we see Kaden talking to Puppy in his crib in the morning or after a nap and also when Kaden "reads" to Puppy. Anyway, this gesture meant so much to me-knowing how protective Kaden is of Puppy. I have lots of pictures to update on as well, but that will have to wait another day or two until school stuff calms down a bit. :) For now, enjoy my story of my oh so giving little man.

Talk about your dumb blonde moments...

So, even though I posted a buttload of cute pictures in my last post, I didn't get nearly as many comments on it as I did on my embarrassing story post! I am surprised by this, but I guess if people like random, embarrassing stories...I've got a ton of 'em! So, here's another one and I SWEAR it is true: So, in the Spring of 2006, Shane and I had been married for about a year. I should explain that I was taking three English classes that semester (and aceing them all-I know, I suck) plus a random one I can't remember. I had finished working out at the school gym one day and went to the testing center to take a test last minute I had spaced (of course). As I was walking in, this guy with hair like Heath Ledger in A Knight's Tale walked up to me and started talking to me. I thought he looked vaguely familiar and he started asking questions about a quiz. The conversation went like this (I will call him Heath...):
Heath: So, how did you do on that last quiz?
Me: (totally faking like I knew what he was talking about, but having NO clue whatsoever) Uh..okay I guess. (which was a total lie, but he didn't need to know I aced all my English tests...)
Heath: Oh sweet, well, so, I was wondering if I could get your number?
(At this point I remember him from one of my English classes and realize he knows how well I do in the class and is asking for my number to get tutoring from me...)
Me: Yeah, sure, no problem. It's (insert my old cell # here-I don't remember it).
Heath: Okay thanks. So....I guess I'll see you in class tomorrow, huh?
Me: Yup! See you then! (With way too much enthusiasm)
After this scene, I go take my test and then go home to Shane. I tell him what happened with Heath at the Testing Center. That is when this conversation took place:
Shane: (Not at all mad-trying not to laugh, actually) You gave him your number?!?! You're MARRIED!
Me: (Very confused) Well, yeah, but it's okay because he just needs help in the class.
Shane: (laughing....hard) Loretta--he was HITTING ON YOU!! (more hysterical laughter)
Me: (unbelieving) Whatever-no he wasn't! I looked AND smelled like I just came from the gym-plus I had my ring on! He really just needs help with English!
Shane: (still, of course, laughing) Um, maybe you haven't realized, but guys aren't always the most observant...he probably didn't see your ring. He was hitting on you!
Me: (panicky) Are you kidding me?! You can't be serious!! Why would he do that?! I looked so gross!
Shane: (very amused) Apparently not.
Me: CRAP! What do I do if he calls?!
Shane: Uh-tell him you are married!
Needless to say, Shane made fun of me for the rest of the night (and still does if this is brought up). Luckily, Heath never called that night. The next day in class, I made sure to talk VERY loudly to the girl next to me (after Heath came in and sat in front of me) about my wedding anniversary and the plans Shane and I had for that. Thankfully, Heath never even looked at me again.
P.S. In my own defense, this was my first time (in my life) being hit on. Seriously! Ask anyone I went to high school with-I was always the one making the first move with guys so I had NO clue what it was like to be hit on. And an update-I haven't given my number out to any other guys since then!

Photo catch up

Here are a TON of pictures from our long lost camera....enjoy! These are from the last few summer months.

Kaden "swimming" at his swimming lessons with his teacher
Even though he was a great floater, Kaden hated it. His teacher kept trying everything to get him to stop crying, but he was determined to let her know how mad he was. haha
This is at the Roy Aquatic Center. We went with Kelly, Suzanna and their girls: Liz and McKayla.
Isn't Liz so cute in her sunglasses?! Kaden was, of course, freezing after ten minutes even though it was like 90 degrees outside...wimp...lol.

I tend to steal Liz to come play because Kaden behaves SO much better with her around. He is a show off with her. Liz's cute facesI kept trying to get a shot of both of them looking at the camera, but Kaden was way too interested in Tarzan.
This was at our camping trip! The adorable Logan LOVED getting his picture taken.
The gang...preggo Kenzie cooking in the background, preggo Yuki chowin' down on the yummy corn on the cob, Josiah taking Kai away from something hazardous he was getting into....lol
Chad munchin' away at his corn on the cob...I think he had like 4 of 'em-haha Logan, once again, loving the camera.
Kai the cutie
Kaden used to love crawling around with either a spoon or a straw in his mouth, but it had to be mostly poking out like this...haha. So dangerous-I am glad he got over that stage when he started walking.
This past weekend it snowed like crazy-this was Kaden's first real experience with snow that he remembers. He really didn't enjoy it-obviously. :)
So, Shane, being the great hubby he is, bought his pregnant, craving wife a deep fryer (it steams, too!) so we could make homemade fries. I had never done this before, so here was my first go at it. Here the potatoes are cookin'. I was so impatient and kept checking it every 30 seconds.
The first batch is done! We forced poor Kelly to come try them (so I could get a non-biased point of view). She seemed to enjoy them, but then again, she likes peppers and tomatoes so her taste buds are probably warped.....lol.

Lost and found

So...I blogged back in August about our way fun camping trip with the Baileys and Halversons. I mentioned that we lost our camera and have been looking for a good deal on one ever since. It's been so sad because I am such a camera freak and I felt like I was missing out on so much of Kaden's cute faces and stuff. So, Saturday Shane and I were at Wal-Mart and looking at the cameras. We very nearly bought one, then decided to look at more online deals to find a better deal (well, Shane decided-not me-if it were up to me, we would have bought a new camera the day after we got back from the camping trip...). Anyway, the next morning we were leaving for church (almost didn't go-we were so late anyway and then had to clean off a foot of snow from the car...but decided we didn't want Scott and Kelly to think we are totally inactive...). During sacrament meeting I started looking through my bag for toys and treats for Kaden-he had plenty, but I just had the thought to look for more. I was searching and all of a sudden, I FOUND OUR LONG, LOST CAMERA!! It was in a side, back pocket that I swear I had searched a million times. I was trying to not completely freak out, but I was SO excited! I showed Shane the camera and he was surprised-but didn't show it because he is a man and doesn't show emotions. lol So, yeah. I need to upload all of the pictures and do a really fun pictures only blog to catch up, but that will have to wait until later when my homework is done. I also have been going a bit more camera crazy than usual so I will save the more recent ones for another time. YAY for cameras!!

Random story...

For those of you who know me, you know that there is nothing I love better than a random story, both telling them and hearing them. SO, here is a funny one for ya:
Shane and I have been researching homes a LOT the last few months. Shane is really picky about the price and area and the features (which is good...just something you need to know). I was looking on KSL.com today at the homes listed for sale by owner, like I often do, and I found one for a good price, but the address wasn't listed. So, I called the # which ended up being the # for the Realtor, Scott. I asked him what the address is, how many bedrooms and baths it has, etc. and he said he could e-mail me the details and also would send over another home that he has listed that fits what we are looking for as well. I thought this was so great! I waited very impatiently and about 10 minutes later I get an e-mail from him with a website to check out with these two properties listed. The Realtor Shane and I have sends us to this website all the time, so I was familiar with it. Anyway, the first home listed was UGLY and not in the best area, so I knew Shane wouldn't even look at it. I wanted to forward the email on to Shane at work so he could take a look at the good home. Sometimes at his work, he can't open up links in emails, so I wrote a note and said basically that "there are two homes listed, but don't look at the first one because it is butt ugly and in a bad area." I pushed send and a half a second later looked at who I was sending it to...it was SCOTT! THE REALTOR!! I freaked out and tried to stop the email from sending, but our internet is too fast for me. I was horrified that I just called his properties butt ugly and logged off FAST. I called Shane and told him what had happened. He, of course, laughed at me (like any good hubby would). I calmed down and decided I shouldn't just ignore the issue. I got back online and emailed the realtor an apology note and told him I meant to send it to Shane. I felt better and hoped he wouldn't be mad at me. A little bit later, I got an email back from him saying:
"That was the best laugh I have had all day. no need to apologize. You
are right. I am just the salesperson. I don't get to pick the homes.
Let me know if I can help. "
WHEW! That was a relief. And a little bit after that, I got another email from him with another home to view. It said: "A cuter home in a better area." I learned my lesson: always check who you are sending things to BEFORE you send them!