I purchased this outfit for my sister when she had her daughter and forgot to send it.
Now, I'm glad I forgot because
I have a reason to use it come mid July. . .
25 Incredible Thanksgiving Side Dishes
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Old Wives Tales
James and I should be able to find out the gender of our baby today.Well, that is if it's not shy. But how could our child be shy? James loves to be the center of attention, and I was always rather precocious.
We're so excited to see if I need to stock up on tutus (and James a shotgun), or if our lives will be filled with robots, dinosaurs, and cowboys. James is defiantly hoping to see blue, but I'm rather excited to have a little girl to buy things for. Either way, we're SO excited to know.
We've waited so long to find the gender that we started doing some of the old wives tales to predict what the baby may be. Before we get the ultimate result, here are the preliminaries.
Old Wives Tale #1: Heartburn
This is the one that they say actually has some truth to it. The same hormones that stimulate heartburn seem to stimulate baby's hair growth. By the amount of heartburn I've had, this baby will have much more hair than James.
Old Wives Tale #2: Heart Rate
They say if the baby's heart rate is over140 beats per minute that the baby is a girl. Every time we've checked the heartbeat, it's been over 150bpm. Does that mean there's pink in our future?
Old Wives Tale #3: Chinese Calendar
I've found this one depends on the Chinese Calendar you look at. I did two of the, one said a boy, the other a girl. I'm going with the girl one because it had me calculate my age according to Chinese tradition. This means it has to be more correct, right?
Old Wives Tale #4:Acne
The myth is that if you have a lot of acne it's a girl, very little, it's a boy. This is supposed to be because of the added hormones from a little girl. I haven't a lot (more than usual, but still not a lot), so according to this one, a little boy it is.
Old Wives Tale #5: Cravings
People believe that if you are craving salty foods while pregnant, you can count on having a boy. If you crave sweets, fruit, and orange juice, you are having a little girl. Since all I ever want are citrusey smoothies, according to this one, a girl it is.
Old Wives Tale #6: Clumsiness
If the pregnant woman is graceful throughout her pregnancy, she’s having a girl. If she becomes clumsy, she’s having a boy. Clumsy has become my middle name. Boy it is.
Old Wives Tale #7: Side you sleep on
If a pregnant woman prefers to lay on her left side, she’s having a boy. If she prefers resting on her right side, she’s having a girl. I prefer my right side lately. Hmm.
Old Wives Tale #8: Dad's weight gain
If the dad-to-be gains weight while you are pregnant, it’s a girl. If he doesn’t gain weight, you’re having a boy. James has gained more than me so far this pregnancy (I'm sure it has nothing to do with his surgery and not walking everyday at work). Little Girl Land, here we come.
Old Wives Tale #9: Morning Sickness
If you had a smooth pregnancy with no morning sickness, it’s a boy. If you were sick or felt really nauseous during your pregnancy, count on a girl. Since morning sickness is what clued me in on being pregnant in the first place, I think it's safe to say that this one points to a girl.
Old Wives Tale #10: Names
It is said that when you can only think of specific names for a boy or a girl, you will have that particularly baby. We can only agree on girls names, so we’ll see how accurate this one is.
Old Wives Tale #11: Store bought gender test
This was supposed to measure the level of testosterone in your body and tell you if you're carrying a boy or a girl. I took the test, read the results and it said boy. Then I looked on the side of the cup for a girl and that one said it was a girl. I even had James come in and verify that I wasn't crazy. So we spent $30.00 to be told that we're either having a boy or a girl.
Well, it looks like the consensus of Old Wives Tales tell us we're having a girl. That will be a disappointment to my nephew, Dodge, and to my mother (who wants to see a little James), but I'd be thrilled with a girl. Hopefully by the end of the day, this conundrum is solved.
We're so excited to see if I need to stock up on tutus (and James a shotgun), or if our lives will be filled with robots, dinosaurs, and cowboys. James is defiantly hoping to see blue, but I'm rather excited to have a little girl to buy things for. Either way, we're SO excited to know.
We've waited so long to find the gender that we started doing some of the old wives tales to predict what the baby may be. Before we get the ultimate result, here are the preliminaries.
Old Wives Tale #1: Heartburn
This is the one that they say actually has some truth to it. The same hormones that stimulate heartburn seem to stimulate baby's hair growth. By the amount of heartburn I've had, this baby will have much more hair than James.
Old Wives Tale #2: Heart Rate
They say if the baby's heart rate is over140 beats per minute that the baby is a girl. Every time we've checked the heartbeat, it's been over 150bpm. Does that mean there's pink in our future?
Old Wives Tale #3: Chinese Calendar
I've found this one depends on the Chinese Calendar you look at. I did two of the, one said a boy, the other a girl. I'm going with the girl one because it had me calculate my age according to Chinese tradition. This means it has to be more correct, right?
Old Wives Tale #4:Acne
The myth is that if you have a lot of acne it's a girl, very little, it's a boy. This is supposed to be because of the added hormones from a little girl. I haven't a lot (more than usual, but still not a lot), so according to this one, a little boy it is.
Old Wives Tale #5: Cravings
People believe that if you are craving salty foods while pregnant, you can count on having a boy. If you crave sweets, fruit, and orange juice, you are having a little girl. Since all I ever want are citrusey smoothies, according to this one, a girl it is.
Old Wives Tale #6: Clumsiness
If the pregnant woman is graceful throughout her pregnancy, she’s having a girl. If she becomes clumsy, she’s having a boy. Clumsy has become my middle name. Boy it is.
Old Wives Tale #7: Side you sleep on
If a pregnant woman prefers to lay on her left side, she’s having a boy. If she prefers resting on her right side, she’s having a girl. I prefer my right side lately. Hmm.
Old Wives Tale #8: Dad's weight gain
If the dad-to-be gains weight while you are pregnant, it’s a girl. If he doesn’t gain weight, you’re having a boy. James has gained more than me so far this pregnancy (I'm sure it has nothing to do with his surgery and not walking everyday at work). Little Girl Land, here we come.
Old Wives Tale #9: Morning Sickness
If you had a smooth pregnancy with no morning sickness, it’s a boy. If you were sick or felt really nauseous during your pregnancy, count on a girl. Since morning sickness is what clued me in on being pregnant in the first place, I think it's safe to say that this one points to a girl.
Old Wives Tale #10: Names
It is said that when you can only think of specific names for a boy or a girl, you will have that particularly baby. We can only agree on girls names, so we’ll see how accurate this one is.
Old Wives Tale #11: Store bought gender test
This was supposed to measure the level of testosterone in your body and tell you if you're carrying a boy or a girl. I took the test, read the results and it said boy. Then I looked on the side of the cup for a girl and that one said it was a girl. I even had James come in and verify that I wasn't crazy. So we spent $30.00 to be told that we're either having a boy or a girl.
Well, it looks like the consensus of Old Wives Tales tell us we're having a girl. That will be a disappointment to my nephew, Dodge, and to my mother (who wants to see a little James), but I'd be thrilled with a girl. Hopefully by the end of the day, this conundrum is solved.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Just use your imagination
Last weekend, we took James's parents to see our new home.
They had to use their imagination, and so will you .
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| Family room in the downstairs |
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| Great Room (looking from bedrooms) |
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| Great Room (looking from Kitchen) |
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| Master bath--notice the jets? |
We are set to close on the house on May 9th and we think it's coming along spectacularly.
We have been having fun picking out flooring
and counter tops
and paint
and a million other things
to make our house a home.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Another surprise
A few months ago, James and I realized that our two bedroom town home wasn't going to be big enough for our growing family. We began looking at houses and realized that what we wanted is currently out of our price range. I've always wanted to make sure that we could pay a mortgage payment with only one income in case something ever happened to one of our jobs and our dream houses just didn't fit that. We decided that the only way we'd ever get into a decent house was to save up a huge down payment. Now that sounds easy enough on two incomes, but with student loans, it's rather hard to save large sums of money that could go to paying off those pesky loans.
We decided the answer to our housing problem was to wait to purchase a house and in the interim to purchase a four bedroom town home about four doors down from ours. This seemed like the perfect solution: we'd have a bit more space, it was cheaper than a house, and we'd be able to save for a dream home. The only snag was that we found out the Bishop of our ward wanted to purchase the same town home. He has two kids and actually needs the space whereas, we just wanted the extra space. James and I were unsettled. We were doing what was right financially for our family, but I felt so guilty.
Last Sunday, I started looking at properties. I'm not even sure why I started looking, but as I was perusing the website, James suggested I ask a friend of ours who was building their home. I texted her and she called me back pretty quickly to tell us about a house that's being built in their subdivision. I looked it up and it was perfect. Four bedrooms, three baths, a formal living room and a downstairs family room, a two car garage, and half an acre of yard. The real selling point was the price. With what we have to put down, the mortgage will be the exact amount I was willing to take out. I got very excited about this home.
The next day, I emailed the realtor and James and I ended up meeting with the builder and the realtor that evening. We spent a couple of hours going over the plans while the builder answered all of our questions. James and I got very excited about the plans and what the builder was doing with our home. We decided to drive by the house that night. James HATED the yard. There were too many trees and a steep hill in the backyard. I was so disappointed because everything about the house sounded so good.
We decided the house was worth a second look in the daylight so on Tuesday night we drove out during my lunch break. The property looked a lot better in the daylight. There weren't that many trees and the slope of the hill was much gentler. James wasn't convinced yet but he was getting closer.
We spent all week praying and trying to decide what to do. Finally we ran out of reasons not to purchase the property. The only drawback we couldn't change was the fact that the house is in Iowa. James had a very hard time accepting that he could live in Iowa. The house is about 5 minutes from Omaha and will only add about 10 minutes to our commute times, but it is in Iowa.
On Friday, we were pretty sure we had an answer, but decided to look at one finished house just to make sure. We didn't get to look at our specific floor plan, but we did get to see the kind of work that the builder does and hear about another person's experience. Everything about the house and the neighborhood felt right, so we followed the real estate agent back to her office and signed the purchase agreement. And like that, we're buying a house.
I know it seems rash to decide to purchase a property within a week's time and without looking at other properties, but when something is this right, it just falls into place. We're so excited to move and enjoy a much bigger space with our very own yard. We close May 9th and hope to be all moved in by June 1st.
James and I feel so blessed to have this home almost fall into our laps. We can't wait to start our family in our new home. We have plenty of room for visitors, so feel free to stop on by!
We decided the answer to our housing problem was to wait to purchase a house and in the interim to purchase a four bedroom town home about four doors down from ours. This seemed like the perfect solution: we'd have a bit more space, it was cheaper than a house, and we'd be able to save for a dream home. The only snag was that we found out the Bishop of our ward wanted to purchase the same town home. He has two kids and actually needs the space whereas, we just wanted the extra space. James and I were unsettled. We were doing what was right financially for our family, but I felt so guilty.
Last Sunday, I started looking at properties. I'm not even sure why I started looking, but as I was perusing the website, James suggested I ask a friend of ours who was building their home. I texted her and she called me back pretty quickly to tell us about a house that's being built in their subdivision. I looked it up and it was perfect. Four bedrooms, three baths, a formal living room and a downstairs family room, a two car garage, and half an acre of yard. The real selling point was the price. With what we have to put down, the mortgage will be the exact amount I was willing to take out. I got very excited about this home.
The next day, I emailed the realtor and James and I ended up meeting with the builder and the realtor that evening. We spent a couple of hours going over the plans while the builder answered all of our questions. James and I got very excited about the plans and what the builder was doing with our home. We decided to drive by the house that night. James HATED the yard. There were too many trees and a steep hill in the backyard. I was so disappointed because everything about the house sounded so good.
We decided the house was worth a second look in the daylight so on Tuesday night we drove out during my lunch break. The property looked a lot better in the daylight. There weren't that many trees and the slope of the hill was much gentler. James wasn't convinced yet but he was getting closer.
We spent all week praying and trying to decide what to do. Finally we ran out of reasons not to purchase the property. The only drawback we couldn't change was the fact that the house is in Iowa. James had a very hard time accepting that he could live in Iowa. The house is about 5 minutes from Omaha and will only add about 10 minutes to our commute times, but it is in Iowa.
On Friday, we were pretty sure we had an answer, but decided to look at one finished house just to make sure. We didn't get to look at our specific floor plan, but we did get to see the kind of work that the builder does and hear about another person's experience. Everything about the house and the neighborhood felt right, so we followed the real estate agent back to her office and signed the purchase agreement. And like that, we're buying a house.
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| Upstairs floor (if you click it, it should be bigger) |
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| Downstairs floor |
James and I feel so blessed to have this home almost fall into our laps. We can't wait to start our family in our new home. We have plenty of room for visitors, so feel free to stop on by!
Sunday, January 22, 2012
A Poem
First comes love,
Then comes marriage,
Then comes the baby in the baby carriage.
Baby Polson ETA: July 13, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Surgery
On the 6th of January, James had a total hip replacement. We were so excited for this surgery because of the pain it would relieve for James. It's amazing how one surgery can fix a lifetime of pain and suffering.
The day of the surgery, James was in a lot of pain and could barely sit up on the side of the bed, but by the second day, he was up and walking around.
Two weeks later, James is doing awesome. He's still on the walker, but is becoming very proficient at daily tasks. He can even help with the dishes (my personal favorite) and is a master of the stairs.
I can already see vast improvements in James's gait and his pain level is down. I'm so excited for his full recovery. There will be so much he can do and experience that he's never been able to do. According to the Surgeon, he will even be able to ride a horse. I'm sure we can at least get him on one, but riding one may be a different obstacle.
James still has a long road to recovery. He'll start physical therapy soon and in about three months, he should be in tip top shape. But for now, the biggest obstacle is the boredom (There's only so much on daytime TV). But he's battling through that with the help of Netflix and Call of Duty. So, if you're ever up to whooping some poor rehabilitating guy on Call of Duty, give him a call. I'm sure he's up for the challenge and would love the company.
The day of the surgery, James was in a lot of pain and could barely sit up on the side of the bed, but by the second day, he was up and walking around.
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| James at his sexiest. |
I can already see vast improvements in James's gait and his pain level is down. I'm so excited for his full recovery. There will be so much he can do and experience that he's never been able to do. According to the Surgeon, he will even be able to ride a horse. I'm sure we can at least get him on one, but riding one may be a different obstacle.
James still has a long road to recovery. He'll start physical therapy soon and in about three months, he should be in tip top shape. But for now, the biggest obstacle is the boredom (There's only so much on daytime TV). But he's battling through that with the help of Netflix and Call of Duty. So, if you're ever up to whooping some poor rehabilitating guy on Call of Duty, give him a call. I'm sure he's up for the challenge and would love the company.
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