Busy Busy!

So life has been really CRAZY for me lately. For a bit I was working full time. Now I'm going to school full time, and working every day I'm not at school. When I'm not at school or work, I'm taking care of Jaeda - and when she's asleep or Ryan is home to take care of her I am studying or doing homework... and when I'm not doing ANY of these - I'm sleeping for a few hours :-)

Today I actually found time to come and play on the internet, LoL.

So yes, I finally started college! I am currently taking:

Beginners Volleyball
First Aid
World Music
Math 99

Yah - I took the placement test and BLEW IT. I have to take Math 99 and English 99 before I can go up from there - I guess thats what happens when you wait 3 years after you graduate to start college.

So school has been great! I'm loving every minute of it. I took my first EXAM this last Tuesday and got a 98% WHOO!! Makes me feel dumb for not paying attention in High School, haha.

Anywho - Jaeda is 13 months now. She's walking, talking, signing, dancing, singing... Well - Talking, she says - dada, mama, day-da (jaeda), buh (book), bree (tree), NO, yah, bye bye, baw (ball), and Yah-yah (Diana). She signs - please, food, pacifier, all done, no, and yes. She's... pretty much amazing!

Alrighty, well - I gotta head out to work. Maybe I'll get a chance to update this in the near future.

We Moved!

Yay - we finally moved out of our old apartment. I absolutely love our new apartment! There is so much space, it's not even funny! And guess what - that's right, we have a garbage disposal!!! Only problem is, we're surrounded by senior citizens.... for example, Jim upstairs doesn't like the volume of our movies or music - unfortunately for us and him our volume has been so low that we've been using subtitles because we can't hear the dialogue in our movies. We just decided - we're in an apartment complex - if he wants complete silence he can move into a house! Anywho...

Congrats to Lauren getting engaged!!! I'm so happy for yuh, and it's about time!! I kept wondering when he was gonna propose.

Oh yah! More good news - tomorrow is my last day working in Spokane Valley!! Let's just say - I wont miss the drama..... Now I'll be working at a deli here in Spokane until Spencer opens up his music business.

Jaeda is 9 months old today! She has 2 teeth and 1 on the way - and darn her she took her first steps when I wasn't even there! She was being babysat while I was moving!! grr.... she also makes the "mamamamama" sound - on purpose? Probably not...but at least she's capable of saying it on purpose now. I got a lil tired of her saying " dada " all of the time, haha... jk.

Time to Relocate!

So I was thinking, and I'm pretty sure our apartment hasn't been cleaned/organized since before we had Jaeda. Ever since we had her - and have purchased necessary baby items, there isn't any room....for ANYTHING! Our apartment is SO small - Jaeda's stuff is taking up the space of her entire bedroom (Except for the pathway to her crib, dresser, and rocking chair) plus 2 corners of the living room (and it's a small living room). We got rid of our piano cuz neither of us was playing it and we needed the space. The closets are jam packed with mostly mine and Jaeda's clothes. The sorage closet is filled with Ryan's pre mission stuff, my sewing stuff, christmas decorations, and tools. The bathroom has a toddler tub hogging the floor and the bathroom "counter" is covered with my face wash, make up, beauty supplies, ryans shaving stuff - etc.... Every single shelf we own is filled with books, cds, mini disks, etc..... It seems like the only empty space we have is in the fridge :-( Anywho - it's driving us NUTS so we're looking for a new apartment. I'm pretty sure we're either gonna end up at our old complex (cedar chateau) or a complex on the South Hill. Wish us luck! We need to be outta this place ASAP before one of us goes crazy............ scratch that, before I go crazy, Haha.

Another Fun Week

So remember that week that I was totally sick with some stomach virus? See - I thought that was a pretty rough week.... but I was so very wrong. This last week .... starting Tuesday, I was breaking out with hives with a little swelling in my ears. Wednesday it was hives, rashes, and swelling in the ears, eyes, knees, and feet. Wednesday and Thursday night I couldn't take care of myself or Jaeda, so I stayed at my families while they took care of Jaeda and I tried not to move a muscle cuz everything ached, itched, and burned! Friday the rashes and hives went down, but my feet were very very VERY swollen - I could barely walk. Saturday it was mostly rash and swollen feet. Sunday it was rashes, and today it seems like most of the rashes are gone, but now my left shoulder and my right knee joints are in SO much pain - I can't really use them. Every time someone asked me to hand them something, I'd try to reach with my right arm and I'd cry out in pain - I'm pretty sure everyone thought I was being over dramatic, but it REALLY HURTS! Anywho - I'm glad to say no picture were taken of me during my red-raised rash-swelling days, but I did take one picture of my eye with my cell phone. You can see I have a rash on my entire eyelikd and a lil hive above the corner of my outer eye. This was a day before my eyes got really bad.

So, speaking with - it was an allergic reaction - we're not sure what to, but we think it's either our new dryer sheets (I had to re wash all of my clothes) or that little bite of an egg roll I had on Monday night. ....... stupid egg rolls.

Because of this crazy week of not being able to do ANYTHING AT ALL - I didn't get a chance to tell everyone that Jaeda can totally crawl now! And she also likes to make out with herself in the mirror -
Oh, and I also made Jaeda's easter dress - but I didn't get any picture on my camera - Diana has them all on her camera - as soon as I get them, they'll definitely be posted.

Super Slider Tournament

The things people come up with during there free time! Right? I was hanging out with my family on Sunday and we decided to go to the park. I don't know what it's called - but we called it a "super slider." So you know what I'm talking about - here is a video of Shadrach using it-

So we had played a game that Cindy said was played at a family reunion on Aaron Jensen's side. The rules are this: You must go back and forth as many times as you can without touching the ground and without touching the poles. Once you let go, you're done! It was pretty HILARIOUS! I got a video of everyone doing it, so I'll post them from Loser to Winner:

Mom - Score: 1

Spencer & Cindy - Score: 2

Diana - Score: 2.5

Yvonne - Score: 3.5

Me & Sam - Score: 4

Michal - Score: 6

Chase with the winning score of 7 ...... and then his not so very impressive run...

And there you have it. Don't you wish you could spend more time with that Ramos family? FYI - for those of you coming to Spokane this Summer - start training, cuz we're totally doing the Super Slider competition again, haha.

Like, 2 Weeks Ago!

So I showed Ryan my blog. He read through it and said something along the lines of, "if only you started the blog a few days sooner so you could tell everyone what happened on your birthday."
He seemed bummed that it wasn't made known to the e-world, so I'll fill you all in, haha.

So it started off with me sleeping in. Ryan turned the baby monitor off and took care of Jaeda that morning so that I could sleep in - so nice of him! We then went to a bike store past the Y and bought Ryan a brand new bike. I know what you're thinking - why in the world would we do that on MY birthday?? Well, now that Ryan has a bike, I have the car! YaY! Except for today... cuz Ryan took the car to work.........................................................

ANYWHO

After that Ryan pretty much became my chauffeur. He took me everyone I wanted to go ... like Sonics, Big 5, Joe's, the mall, Outback Steakhouse. I had a lot of fun. In the end I ended up with some new shirts, a new set of adjustable dumbells, new running shoes, an exercise ball, new work shoes, and an exercising mat. I was really excited! I've been waiting to buy this stuff for a while now so I could start my new workout program. Oh and I left out the best part of the day... Mom babysat Jaeda ALL DAY!! That's right. I was baby-free ALL DAY!

......I can't think of anything else to say.

"Fun" Week

So I had a fun weekend.... cough cough.... It all started Friday night at work - I started feeling really sick around 8pm - as time went by I was having more of a hard time standing and getting around without feeling like I was gonna throw up - then I started throwing up around 9:30 and had to leave work (I'll probably get in trouble for not finishing up everything, but I was spending all my time either sitting on the floor waiting for the dizziness to fade or standing over a trash can). It took me a couple minutes to get to the car - apparently my body can't handle standing/walking for short periods of time while I'm sick - so I took a couple of sitting/vomiting breaks in the parking lot (which is ... kinda funny cuz I was parked the closest to the front doors of Albertson's), made it home to my equally sick husband where we spend all night taking turns rolling out of bed to make it to our bedside bowls.

We went to the clinic the next day where we were swabbed for the flu, and let me tell you - you do NOT wanna be swabbed for ANYTHING! Haha - I thought they were gonna just rub the q-tip around the inside of my nostril, but nope - they shoved that thing in there, and it hurt! Anywho - they said I was really dehydrated and hooked my up to an IV - gave both Ryan and I some anti-nausea pills, told me I can't go to work for a few days, then sent us on our way. It's been a great couple of days!................................. ok..... maybe not so great.

Anywho - Jaeda cut her first tooth and is getting even closer to crawling! She keeps backing herself underneath the entertainment center and getting stuck.



She's so cute - every time Ryan walks in the door she has a huge smile for him, and gets pretty upset if he doesn't pick her up right away. I love my little girl! Her hair is long enough that it doesn't stick straight up anymore (unless we haven't washed it for a week... then it sticks up)- it's cute, but sad all at the same time. I miss her natural spiky haired-ness.

Body-for-LIFE

So on Monday I started this new workout/diet program called "Body-for-LIFE." It's only been a few days and I am in SO MUCH PAIN!! I'm not starving - I actually feel like I'm eating too much....oh well. The workout part is crazy. Every other day I do an "aerobic exercise" aka - running, and in between those running days I switch off doing either an upper body work out or lower body workout. Day 1 came and I was gonna run...that's when I realized....Ryan's at work, and I have a baby! Well...I already knew I had a baby..... and that Ryan was at work... but I couldn't go running cuz I don't have a jogging stroller and I can't just leave Jaeda at home. So what do I do? I run in place! Genius, right?? ..... WRONG!! 5 minutes after I was finished runnnig in place, I was in SO MUCH PAIN!! (that's funny.... I said "SO MUCH PAIN" in capitals twice unintentionally...well 3 times now) The next day I wanted to cry with every step. Well I'm still sore but its not just my legs anymore - now its my shoulders! I was lifting weights and now I want to cry every time I walk AND every time I turn the steering wheel in the car, haha. Oh it gets a little better... I brought up my pain to Ryan and he said, "Sounds like like you're not stretching enough." ..........I'm such a dummy!!!! How gig I forget to stretch for the last 5 days??? Ay yi yi......

Anywho....

Jaeda is gonna start crawling any day now!! Well, at least I think she is.... she might not though, cuz she's figured out how to army crawl. It's pretty hilarious. She sees something across the room and she just pulls her little body with her little arms across the floor. i need to get a video of it.



Also, she's been teething! It's exciting but sad all at the same time - every time she smiles or laughs, there's a little bit of crying in there too - it's like, even though she's happy...she's hurting so much that she has to throw in a cry in the middle of her laughter. It should be getting better though - she tooth cut through and I'm pretty sure that's the most painful part.

The Moment You've All Been Waiting For

I finally did it - after days and days of being told that I need to get a blog, I did it! Lauren's most recent suggestion was the final push I needed. I know what you're thinking..."What took you so long? I've been dying to know what's been going on in your oh so very important and envious life!" All I have to say is - I'm sorry I've been disappointing you for so long, but now - I'm here to tell ALL *dramatic music plays*