Exciting baby things

So a few things I need to post about my baby. She started actually crawling last week. Before she was doing her own thing of sort of swimming on her side. It worked. It got her places and was really cute to watch. But this last week on Tuesday the 25th, she actually did real crawling. Legs up and going along like she'd been doing it for years!!

Also she has a figured out one of her toys. She has a toy that you drop a ball into the top and at the bottom it hits a button that makes giggling noises and then it comes out the side. She she would every once in a while get lucky and get a ball in, but now.....she can get them in exactly. She has figured out how to let go at the top instead of throwing it and hoping it gets in.

She is as always jabbering up a storm. She says hi- which is REALLY cute. Yesterday she even said hi daddy. But other than that I have no clue what she is saying. But she is definitely a talker!

So just a few developments. She will be 11 months on the 7th so I know that means she is almost one. Although I'm denying it. I'm really not ready for her to be one. I love her being small and staying a baby. It goes by all to fast. But every moment with her is amazing!

Eye Appt

So today I had my free consultation for LASIK. For those of you who don't know, yes I'm blind. I cannot function without either glasses or contacts. I'm very nearsighted. So I am never ever without my glasses or contacts. I actually pack an extra pair of contacts anytime I go out of town - just in case.

James has been wanting LASIK for a long time. And I want it to. So I had my consult today and he has his tomorrow. His vision isn't nearly as bad.

A few things I learned from the appointment. One that I was right. It is still pretty expensive. For me it is $2220 PER EYE!!! Yikes. I want it but that is a lot of money. So we are going to look into insurance and flex plans and all that to see what we can do.

Another thing I learned. Having your eyes dilated REALLY stinks!! I don't remember when I had this done before. I think it was over 10 years ago. So I didn't really remember what it was like. Not only was I sensitive to light. I had the hardest time focusing. It made me a little nauseous after a while. Yuck!

So hopefully James' won't be so expensive. We'll see. I'm not sure if we will both do it right away or just one of us. Ahh if only we were millionaires!

Cutting hair

So when James and I first got married, he worked for months trying to convince me to cut his hair. I just didn't want to do it. I thought I would mess it up and it seemed to hard. Well we were budgeting and we had already cut back everywhere we could except there. So I finally gave in to save money. Then I started cutting my dad's hair too. So I've been doing both of their hair cuts for a while now. Then last Friday I cut my friend Rob's hair. It is nice to be able to do this for people. Now don't get your hopes up-- I can only handle simple guys hair.

But after cutting my dad's this last week, we got to sit and chat for a bit. He just wanted me to catch him up on things in my life. Really there wasn't much. But it was nice to just be with him for a while, just the two of us. When we lived with them, my dad and I would always have our late night chats. After the TV show was over, we'd just sit and talk. Usually until the wee hours of the morning when we just had to drag ourselves upstairs. I LOVED it. My dad is amazing. He is full of knowledge and insight and I treasure our talks one on one.

I always learn about my Heavenly Father from my earthly father. He is just such a good example. I was just going to leave after cutting his hair and I went in to say good bye and he just said sit, let's talk, it has been a while since we've gotten to talk. And he just cared so much to know how my life was. I know that is how God is with us. Many times I carry on and just leave without really talking to him. But he says sit, let's talk, it has been a while. Heavenly Father just like my dad really cares to know how my life is going. I cherish this simple lesson that my daddy taught me that night.

Hair cut/Thanks Kiera!

Okay so for weeks now I've been wanting to cut my hair. I was just sick of it and ready for a real change. I decided I wanted to go super short. I didn't tell James exactly how short until he saw it. So he is still adjusting. (Really I don't think he likes it that much.) Sariah wasn't sure it was me when I came to pick her up. Sort of like when you wear glasses or a hat. She knows it is you but isn't fully sure. So I'm sure not everyone will like it because it is pretty extreme. But I like it and I'm definately glad I did it.

I do have to give props to Kiera. Thanks for recommending Josh. He was awesome!!!

Here is my drab before picture:

And here is the new cut..............

James Juggling on Halloween

So here are the videos from Halloween with James' juggling. He called this morning to see if I could hurry up and get them on my blog. I think maybe he should start his own blog!! ;) hehehe Just kidding! Love you honey!

Great DEAL!!

Okay so I know not everyone is an Oprah fan, but I have to let you in on this deal. She is teaming up with Peter Walsh to help people clean and declutter their homes. So as part of this they talked about taking pictures of your kids artwork and then putting them into on of Snapfish's bound books.

Well.....here's the good deal. You can get a book for free!!! If you go to Oprah.com and follow and look at the Peter stuff and then click get the free gift from Snapfish. The catch is time. It is only allowed for two days since the show which was today. And you have to finish and order your book by Sunday. But still it is a good deal. (I do think you have to pay shipping for it, but still a great deal!!)

Also you can get a coupon for 20% off at the Container Store. Not quite as good as free but still good. This one is good for a week.

So get to it and make a book! Let me know what you make it of!

The Nine

I know I should be happy about the nine that came. But I should clarify maybe a bit. This wasn't one of the monthly groups. This was our quarterly ward enrichment. The one that the whole ward should be coming to. If it were one of the monthly groups I would have been jumping up and down dancing for joy. But since we had more people at a small monthly group (the home decor) than the activity that is supposed to have everyone there it is a lot harder to be happy with nine. But it is good motivation for me. My goal next quarter is 30 people. Wish me luck!