I Forgot...

I totally forgot (until now) that I have a blog! I better update this sucker... So lifes been pretty crazy. I started school last quarter, found out I was pregnant, finished that quarter (with a 3.8 gpa thank you very much), started a new quarter (Intro to Logic and English 96&99), and found out I'm having a BOY!!!! How crazy exciting is that?

So.... we thought about names and .... if you think about it, there's only one good boy name out there. Rocco Vesuvias Birch............... cough cough cough. OK, maybe not. We really have no idea what we're naming him yet....

I got my hours cut at work - so I'm down to 5 hours a week. I can say that it sucks and I hate my job, but I actually love that I'm hardly working any hours....so..... no complaints there.

Jaeda is 16 months now. She's talking, walking, running, playing hide and seek, trying to eat with a fork, and DANCING. I need to get a video of her dancing. It's HILARIOUS. I'm not kidding when I say - she responds to, "Jaeda, shake your booty!"

Ryan is pretty much the same......... kinda boring to talk about, LoL - just kidding. In the last 3 weeks he's lost about 10 pounds, so thats pretty cool.

Hmm....yah, all this times gone by and I really don't have much to say, haha - the 'me having a boy' thing is the most exciting thing about life so far so.....yah. Wish I had more to say - talk to you all later!

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.