February in Photos

Today is Leap Day. My congrats to my bro Lance, and his wife KT, on celebrating their 2nd anniversary in 8 years of marriage. We have been blessed with beautiful weather. For the last 3 days, the temps have been in the mid-70's. Tax season is marching on, with exactly a month and a half until the deadline. Some of our favorite February moments are as follows:

Reagan enjoying a warm brownie fudge sundae at Ghirardelli Square. This was a quite a treat and it took only minutes for the 3 of us to eat the entire thing. Reagan held onto the spoon with her kung-fu grip, causing Matt and I to go get another spoon.
San Francisco Bay, on the western corner of Fisherman's Wharf. I don't know who that boy is, but Reagan loved watching him.
Can you see the Golden Gate Bridge in the photo? You may have to enlarge it to do so.
This was the sunset off our deck earlier this week. It was breathtaking. We have posted in the past about our sunsets and they never cease to amaze me!

Reagan and Adelaide at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum. I saw a cougar up close for the first time in my life. Go BYU!
Park outside the museum. Reagan can officially slide down the slide without my help. I love it. If it is a steep one, I will step in and help her, but she usually can do it on her own, and when she does, she is SOOO proud of herself!
Sporting a mohawk in the tub.
In other news, who are your American Idol favorites? I know, based on other blogs I have read, that many of you are fans. I love David Archuleta and David Cook for boys. For girls, I am a little undecided, it changes from week to week. I definitely know who I DON'T like, though. I guess I am a fan of Carly and not so much a fan of the biker chick. Or the girl who, as Laura put it so well, always looks cross-eyed. Only a few more weeks until The Office comes back on. Bring on March.

Matt's prayers

9 out of 10 prayers that come out of Matt's mouth contain some sort of quirky comment. I am usually shaking with laughter by the time "Amen" comes. Here are some of the things he has included in his prayers recently:

"Please help us to be more grateful for things that are good for us, such as fish oil." - (this was in response to me begging him to stop taking fish oil supplements because they smell horrible.)

"Please help this meal to do our bodies good and not make us fat." -(this is pretty standard at our blessing of the food.)

"Please bless Reagan so that she can lose some weight." - (this is one that I can totally agree with. Most of you by now realize that our daughter loves food and love to eat a little too much, a little too often.)

"Help Lacy to learn to control herself and not laugh during prayers." - (usually said following one of his standard remarks.)

Crocs, Parks, and the Zoo

Here is sweet Reagan on Valentines morning. She is such a different baby than she was a year ago. In fact, she isn't even a baby anymore! She is a toddler to me, even though she won't be 2 for a few more months. Dad brought home some chocolate for Reagan and let her have at it on V-Day.
Showing off her new crocs. These are pretty big on her, she will need to grow into them, but the plus side is that she can put them on all by herself! And they fit nicely over her feeted pajamas.
Beautiful weather last week. Not so much this week. Here is Regs at the park. She loves the bridge in the background. And she can now officially go down the slide. The swings are still her favorite, especially if there is another child swinging next to her.
Reagan's valentine from G-pa and G-ma Rasmussen! She grabbed it right out of my hands. Thanks so much for it! And thank you to her awesome cousins who also sent her valentines!
A warm day at the Oakland Zoo (not to be confused with the now infamous San Francisco Zoo). Eating lunch with Addie!

Great play area here for the little ones. Thanks to the Berrett's for letting us enjoy the zoo experience!

I hate snakes!

Tonight I was giving Reagan a bath and she let out a little toot. It bubbled, she looked up at me and giggled then said "I poop." Thankfully, she really didn't poop, but it was so funny the way she said it. I talk to her a lot throughout the day like I have been told to do and so it is nice to see her beginning to understand this language we call English. She is reciting her body parts, singing songs, and the poop thing tonight just blew me away!

LOVE

Happy Valentines Day!

This is a holiday I did not enjoy until I got married. In fact, before that I actually kind of boycotted it. Here are two fun stories about Valentines days in the past:

*When I was in college, I felt real bad because I did not have a Valentine and at the time, most of my roommates did. So I called up my dad and bawled to him about it. The next day, he sent me some flowers.

*I met Matt in September/October of 2001 and we went on a few dates. Then he never called me again, despite my persistent and slightly embarassing flirting. So I put his face on the backburner of my mind and moved on. He called me up and asked me out again the following February, around the time of the SLC Olympics. We went out, started dating and the rest is history. I received a Valentine that year, just days after our dating resumed. It was some candy hearts wrapped in red tissue paper and signed "Fred." I do not know a Fred. I also did not know who my secret Valentine was. Three months later, Matt was helping me pack up and move out of my apartment when we uncovered the candy hearts. He confessed that he was "Fred" and his sister Melanie had doorbell ditched me with them. I also confessed that I do not like chewy candies and Fred has not bought those for me since.

This is what my munchkin looked like a year ago, on Valentines Day 2007.

Too lazy right now to upload photos, so expect a 2008 photo in the next few days.

Here are a few reasons why this was a good Valentines Day for me:

*I did my step aerobics without the interruption of Reagan crawling under my feet and trying to stand on the step.

*A delicious lunch of suckers and frosted sugar cookies at the Oleole's.

*Husband arriving home earlier than normal with two boquets of flowers (tulips and white daisies), velour clothing, and lime green Crocs for Reagan.

*Continuing the tradition of take-out dinner.

*Finding out that the next new episode of The Office will air on April 10th and is titled 'Dinner Party.' There will be 6 more episodes this season.

*Going running tomorrow morning, rain or shine. I consumed more calories today than probably the rest of the week combined. Also, the sugar is going bye-bye in our home. I have been a sugar addict since Christmas and it has NOT been a good thing.

LOVE YOU ALL!

YES!!!!!

Most of you have probably caught wind that the strike is coming to an end and that negotiations are being made with the writers and big execs. This week will probably determine all the details. But, here is the best news: if the strike does officially end, the producer of The Office wants to get 6 more episodes in before the end of the season! That is great news. Just as I felt myself cliff-hanging over Pam and Jim last year, this year I am feeling a little cliffhanger from Michael and Jan. Plus...the real-life Angela (who plays Angela on the show)...is pregnant...in real life. She isn't due until May. Soooo...how do they write that in the show? Or do they try and hide it. The writers have always tried to keep it light and not too much drama (this isn't Days of Our Lives, people) and so I highly doubt that they will have Angela pregnant, that would be took much of a scandal. But, you never know...

And to those of you who are LOST fans and there clearly are many, I am proud to say that Matt and I have been tuning in for the last couple of weeks. And, no pun intended, but I truly am lost. I guess I need to go back and watch the previous seasons because I have no idea what is going on. But it sure does look good. They did, however, switch the night to Thursdays, which is my Office night, so maybe it wouldn't do me any good anyways to get into it.

Sweet Super Bowl Sunday

And what a sweet game it was. I missed the last few minutes due to a church engagement, but I didn't mind as I walked in the door to see my husband pacing the living rooms, all smiles. Here are a few things that made me smile that day:

Matt's cool football tie. This was half his Christmas gift from me (the other half was another tie). He actually returned the original one to buy this. No worries, I am stoked he kept the first one!
Sunday is sweets day in our household. We hope that the dosing of dessert keeps our sugar cravings at bay for the following week. It usually doesn't work. Oh well, we have sincerely enjoyed these rolls for the last two weeks. Thanks to Amy for getting us hooked on them over Christmas.

Are you curious?

Watch out drivers in California. The road has a new citizen and she puts Provo drivers to shame. Reagan's fascination with clothing items she will not wear for years continues on. This week it was the sports bra.
Seriously, is this not Matt's child?

We had a rough week actually. And it is only Thursday. She really did not want to let me out of her sight, even if it was to go to the bathroom. That made things difficult. Things kind of hit rock bottom (or hit the fan, what have you) this evening when I locked myself in my room so that I could get a break and regain my composure. She cried out in the hallway kicking my door for a while, but eventually went and found her baby and starting playing with it. I am going to bed early tonight and saying long prayers and tomorrow is a new day and I will be more patient.

Who wants to see a movie about a girl that gets pregnant in high school?

What to do for date night is always a tricky question; should we go sky diving again, surfing, bungee jump the golden gate bridge, or ski some more double black diamonds? When Lacy mentioned there was a movie about a girl that gets pregnant in high school it sounded too risky. But after checking the reviews at rottentomatoes.com we decided to take the plunge. It turned out to be one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. The movie has crude humor throughout but I’ve always been able to appreciate that sort of thing. A great plot and some of the best lines I’ve heard in quite a while make it a great movie. Every appendage up for the movie Juno. Some great lines from the movie are found below.

Juno MacGuff: I think I'm, like, in love with you.
Paulie Bleeker: You mean as friends?
Juno MacGuff: No, I mean, like, for real. 'Cause you're, like, the coolest person I've ever met, and you don't even have to try, you know...
Paulie Bleeker: I try really hard, actually

Mac MacGuff: In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with.

Die-Hard

This is for all those die-hard Office fans out there. Did you watch the re-run last night? If you didn't, it was probably one of two (or both) reasons:

A. You were one of the many millions parked in front of LOST

B. You simply aren't an Office fan (i.e. Kelly and Loren, etc.)

Well, if you are a die-hard fan who still lives for re-runs, then you got a special treat last night. There was a new cold open and a new tag at the end. As a re-cap, this was the sitch: the cold open featured Toby walking into the office with his girlfriend and then proceeding to make out with her right in front of Pam's desk...all while Pam and Jim watched in horror. The tag at the end was Ryan trying to convince Jim that New York was so much better than Scranton. It doesn't sound like much, but when we haven't had any new material for a few months now and you have been going through withdrawals like I am, it sure felt like Christmas morning all over again.