Literally, a day in the life.....

Okay, while I am waiting for Cameron to find out about his job, I thought that I would shed some light on our oh so exciting lives. On a day to day basis, I generally have nothing to talk about. I thought that I would let you all in on how a typical day in the Owen's house operates.

8:00-8:30 a.m.-Emma generally wakes up at about this time yelling "Maaaammmaaa." Que for me to get up.

8:30-10:00 a.m.-Emma makes a mess eating her cereal, and we have now watched 1 episode of Saved By the Bell, and The Price is Right. I know, I know, we watch too much t.v. Either that, or Emma watches a Baby Einstein (which I now can't stomach anymore), all the while I have read 7 or 8 books, played with our flannel board (which Emma LOVES), or let her bounce on the bed.

10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.-This is generally the time frame that we shower and attempt to do laundry or clean, eat lunch, hose down Emma after she eats lunch, pack her bag for day care, and get out the door.

12:30-10:45 p.m.-Work, oh lovely, lovely work. Enough said.

10:45 p.m.-12:00 a.m.- Sit and relax a little, and then go to bed.

So you see, days and days go by before anything exciting happens. I am sure everyone has a life like this to some extent, and I am also sure that it starts to get on your nerves sometimes. There are days that I feel like tearing my hair out. I guess I will have a change to my routine come early March, and it will be wonderful.

I am not sure that I have said anything, but I will find out what kind of parasite I have in my stomach on the 17th of October. I am excited, and I am hoping that the baby cooperates with the doctors. I am also hoping that if it is a boy, it is very obvious. I don't want to prepare for a girl and then be surprised later on. Hey, I know people who have had that happen. Hopefully I will also be able to get some of those ultrasound pics up on the blog for you all to view.

One last thing. I just thought that I would let everyone know that I love that new t.v. show Life. It is really good. It hasn't received the best ratings, but I think you should all watch an episode and tell me what you think.

Well on a final note, I hope that you enjoy the picture of Missouri, and get used to the idea that that may be our home soon. Thanks.

Happy Fall Everyone!!!!

Well, you can't get any better weather than this! Arizona has been wonderful the past couple of days, and I can't help but think that maybe we should just stay here. It is so nice at night that we can open up our windows. Sweet relief, sweet relief. Ironically enough, the first great day was on Sunday, the first day of Fall. Now you have to remember that nice to an Arizonan, is different than what everyone else might think. It has been low 90's in the day, and low 80's at night all with a cool breeze. So that is an update on the weather, in case you wanted to know.

Cameron's job is still going well as far as we know. He will be going to St. Louis the week of the 8th. They told him that they would pay for his flight, but that he had to pay for everything else. How wierd is that? Anyways, he went to talk to his manager to see if that was protocol, and come to find out the people in St. Louis don't have much of a budget, so Cam's boss is helping him out. Maybe Cam will finally be able to use his corporate card. We will keep you updated, but it will still be a couple more weeks.

Just found out that my sister is Young Woman's President. She has sixty girls in the program. I can't imagine. I think we have 12? So she has been really busy. She also has 18 piano students as well. I really give her props for pulling all of that together. Just to give you an idea of how big of a ward, or at least how many kids are in the ward here is a breakdown: 60 young women, 125 primary kids. I think she said there were 250 kids total in the ward. Once again, can't even imagine.

Excited that the fall shows are starting this week. This is what we are watching for anyone who would like to comment (some of these are shows just for me): Heroes, The Bachelor, Journeyman, House, America's Next Top Model, Life, Ugly Betty, The Office, and Project Runway. Now that I have listed them out, I just realized that I watch a lot of tv. Oh well, my life is boring. Let me know if any of you watch these shows and what your opinions are.

Talk to you all later.

15 More Days

Only 15 more days, until I am allowed to decorate for Halloween. My husband has placed a no decoration in site rule until that time. If I had it my way, I would celebrate Fall and Halloween year round.

Cameron is on a final interview with Bank of America for the Branch Manager position. If he gets offered the job and it is the pay that we need, we will probably be moving in the next 3 weeks. I am nervous about the whole thing. Its always a challenge to move and get to know a new area. I am excited though about getting a house, and a yard, moving during the fall, and to not work ANYMORE! Nothing of course is set in stone, but we are excited about the change.

Emma has learned a few new sentences so far. She can say, "I don't want to", "I want that", and "What's that?". Along with her other favorite words, "Mine", "No", "Bye", "Shoe" and "Blankie". She is getting quite the vocabulary down, but unfortunatly some of those words weren't what we hoped for. I guess that is the way the cookie crumbles. She still can say "Thank you", although it is coming out less and less. We are working on "please" and "Yes". I am also trying to teach her Trick or Treat. She is growing up so much! I love to see her learn something new. Just today she threw a tantrum because she wanted to wear something other than what I put on her. So she tried to take those clothes off. When she didn't succeed, she tried to put on the clothes she wanted over the other ones. That was interesting to watch.

As far as my pregnancy goes, everything so far is a go. I have an appointment on the 19th again. I probably won't find out what I am having until October, but if we move, I am going to ask that he do an ultrasound before we leave. I really will miss my doctor. He is one of the best C-Section doctors in Arizona, and I am nervous to have to find a new OB. I don't get as much indegestion anymore, and my appetite has really improved. I am trying hard not to stuff whatever I see into my face. It is cooling down here, so pretty soon I will be able to walk in the mornings again.

Thanks for all the support, and we will keep you posted.

HOT! HOT! HOT!

That is all I have to say regarding the weather here in Arizona. We are expected to have temperatures in the 110's for next 2 weeks. I think that I am going to go crazy. I would almost rather have a house full of cockroaches than to be in this heat. I took Emma out for a walk today, and we were only able to be out there for 15 minutes. We came back inside, and she chugged water like there was no tommorrow. Makes me long for the winter, or to be in a different state all together.

Football season is upon us, and I have mixed feelings at this point. Cameron of course is in a Fantasy Football League, and so that is all that we will be watching on the weekends. The only thing that I do like is going to the games themselves. Cameron's brother Riley is playing on Mesa High's varsity football team, so we will be going to those games every Friday night. My Mother-In-Law went a little overboard I think. She made cheerleading costumes for all the little girls, and then shirts for all of us with Riley's number on the back. We all sit together and have signs that we wave. Could we draw anymore attention to ourselves? For any of you reading this aren't aware, Cameron has 7 brothers and sisters. Most are married and have kids. That is a big crowd right there. Oh well, at least Riley has the support. I am also excited to attend some ASU games. GO DEVILS! The Cardinals I predict will win one more game then they did last season. As much as my husband loves them, they just have no hope.

One of my other recent endeavors is starting a blog for the Class of 98'. GO DIGGERS! I know some people that graduated in 97' who started a blog for all there classmates to post pictures and update on lives, and I thought it was a great idea. My ten year reunion is in May of 2008, so not too much longer. I can't believe I am that old!

Hope you all are doing well, updates a comin'