I just love this picture of Josh, I took it the other night and I love it! I love all of his teeth sticking out for all to see!

By the way, he doesn't have red hair...just kind of looks that way! :)

My "Christmas" present!

For about 2 years I have been wanting a new entertainment center. I have looked EVERYWHERE! I also have been waiting for something that would be affordable, but everything has been VERY pricey! Anyway about a month ago I found this entertainment center on KSL.com for a very good deal. It is in wonderful condition, it's real wood (its a Broyhill piece), and they even delivered it! Now for the best part, we got it for $175(they wanted over $250 for it). Anyway, I love it, and I am way excited to decorate the top of it. In the pics I have just thrown a few things on it, not the actual decorations! If anyone has any suggestions let me know!

Lastly, I am most excited now Josh can't play with the cords on the tv and push all of the buttons on the DVD player and the receiver! I love it!

Bug- tagged by Tatiana

I am supposed to come up with 10 things that bug me and then tag 10 people. Here it goes...


1. CELL PHONES! Ok cell phones in general doesn't bother me, but people that talk on them while TRYING to drive bugs the heck out of me. Also, when I used to work at the bank I couldn't believe how people could completly ignore the person that was trying to help them because they were to busy talking on their cell phone. When I tell people that I don't own a cell phone people's jaws literally drop, and they all ask "well what do you do without a cell phone?" Usually I laugh and say, "I use telephones." Anyway, I hope no one get's offended by this, I definitly don't mean to offend, but I honestly get way bugged by this.

2. Bad drivers on the road. People that don't use blinkers, people that pull out in front of me and then go about 5 mph. Anyway, bad drivers in general bug me!

3. Flipping through television stations at a fast pace, without being able to actually see what's on!

4. Children who don't have any respect for adults or manners. I don't know what has happened but I swear a lot of kids these days are spoiled rotten brats who don't listen to adults and have absolutely no manners. (I sure hope I NEVER acted that way, because if I did, my butt would have been black and blue!)

5. Junk email. I get at least 10 emails per day that just bug me!

6. People that think that they are so much better than everyone else. "Holier than thou" attitudes. I met a lot of these kind throughout high school-college and I still meet them even at this age. It just bothers me to think that some people think that they are so perfect, when in reality they are being worse by looking down on others.

7. People that have an opinion about EVERYTHING! It's not that they just have opinions, but they think that their opinion is always right and are totally closed-minded to everyone else's opinions! That really bothers me!

8. Pessimistict (sp?) attitudes. You know, the-glass-is-half-empty kind of attitudes. Come on people, look for the silver-lining in every situation!

9. Lazy/needy patients. Ok you might have to be a nurse or CNA to REALLY understand this one and how TRULY irritating this one is. This last weekend was the worst for this one. I had 6 patients and I swear they were all so FREAKING whiny and lazy! Long story short, it's good to get out of bed once in a while, you can get up and turn the tv on yourself!

10. Call lights! If anyone else is a nurse, you will understand why call lights can bug you so very bad! Especially when people complain about that "you don't answer my call light fast enough". Well, if they didn't push that button EVERY OTHER MINUTE than maybe I would come faster because then I would think it's actually important! Argggggggggg! I understand the patient needs a call light, but they still bug the crap out of me! Oh, and whoever invented the call light...I don't like them!

Anyway, that felt kind of good to "vent"! I promise I don't get bugged by too many things. Anyway, I tag Mekell, Trisha, Malia, Melinda, Denise, Sarah, Erin, Melisa, Stacy

Josh's new talents!

Josh has decided that he can walk...I kid you not, about a two weeks ago he started taking a few steps here and there and now he walks EVERYWHERE! He honestly has great balance. He must get that from my side! (Dave knows he doesn't have very good balance...that's why he ran track! He had lots of speed, not a lot of coordination and balance! :) )

Anyway, he has been pulling himself to stand for a month and a half, he is talking so much...well, if you consider Ba-ba, Da-da, Ma-ma, Na-na, and Ga-ga talking!

Everyday Josh gets cuter and cuter, and his personality is coming out more and more every day. He is honestly so much fun to play with. I am enjoying this time with him so much. It's really fun to see what new things he'll do everyday and what new foods he'll eat! He isn't a picky eater, but if he could eat just goldfish crackers I think that he would! :)

Also, we went to his 9 month check up (even though is now 10 1/2 months old), and here are his most recent statistics: 24lbs, 29 1/2 inches tall, and 18 1/2 cm circumfrence of his head. I now call him my lollipop! (Large head and small body!) This check up was so nice, no shots! :) His 12month check up will be different though, lots of changes and lots of shots. yuck! I can't wait for him to be in a front-facing car seat, drinking regular milk, and no more bottles to clean! Can't wait!

P.S. Notice the cup in his hand? Well, today he decided that that cup is his new best friend! He carried it EVERYWHERE! It was really funny. Who needs to buy toys for kids? Just pull out random things and they'll love it! What a funny boy!

YUMMY!

"That was so good Grandma! I'm clapping for more ice cream!"
Tonight Josh was able to experience chocolate ice cream for the first time thank to his Grandma Fisher! (Don't worry it was only 100 calories ice cream).

Josh LOVED it! Enjoy the pictures!

Nicole trying to "hula-hoop" on the Wii fit game. (This was so much fun!)
Josh playing his favorite game...drinking his bottle!

Josh giving his big smiles!

Dave trying to hula hoop, he didn't do so well. (Sorry honey!)

Dave attempting to do the ski jumping...he lost control and hit me in the face...long story! Josh is trying to play too, but Dave wouldn't share the Wii!

Wonderful holiday!

Josh and I on Christmas morning! I was so excited!
Josh playing with his new toy, he thought it tasted really good!

Dave got a new tackle box from santa!

This is how Josh felt by the end of the day on Christmas...he didn't feel good at all! Can you tell?

So we have had such a great holiday season this year. Dave and I decided that we wouldn't make a big deal about presents this year and just make a very LIMITED budget this year. It turned out really nice and we didn't have to worry about making sure to get a present for everyone. Instead we did very little gifts for everyone, including one another, and it was so nice. (I don't need anymore stress in our lives! :)

Anyway, a few days before Christmas we were invited up to Sarah and Chris's house in Providence and spent the day with them. We made homemade oreo cookies, made dinner and of course played their Wii. It was a lot of fun. Unfortunatly Josh started to get sick again, actually we think he didn't have a cold, he was just cutting 3 teeth at once...I know, fun for all of us! Anyway we had tons of fun with them and had tons of fun playing their new Wii fit games.

We came back and I got to work Christmas eve night..which totally sucked because I only had 2 patients all night... BORING! Dave and Josh went over to my dad and stepmom's house to have a big christmas eve dinner. They had prime rib and baked potatoes. Well, Dave was nice enough to bring me dinner, but forgot to bring anything for the potato and no silverware. Needless to say I completely appreciated the gesture, but didn't eat it. I didn't want to eat meat with just my hands and I have a hard enough time eating baked potatoes with stuff on it, let alone PLAIN! YUCK! Anyway...I got home at around 3:30am and then woke up at 8:30am. I was so excited for Josh's first Christmas. We had a lot of fun opening the few gifts we got each other. It was really nice. After we finished up here at our home, we headed over to Dad and Diane's house to have Christmas with them. We opened up gifts there and had lots of fun watching Josh enjoy his new toys and books. The rest of the day was just hanging out and enjoying our families company.

That is about it. It's been very nice and we have enjoyed spending so much time with family. Dave and I are so greatful for all that our Heavenly Father has blessed us with and feel so blessed everyday. We hope everyone had a great holiday and now, we wish you a Happy NEW YEAR!