Snow... In April!?

So it snow/rained the majority of this week... what a bummer. Actually I really shouldn't complain because we really need the moisture around here. We're already bound to have crazy ammounts of fires this year and we should be happy with what we get when it comes to rain.

Anyway, All this rain has made it so that Eliza can't go outside to play and after these weeks of free roam of the outdoors she has gone a little stir crazy! Poor baby!

The exciting story of the week: On Friday I was going to my mom's house and it was rain/snowing (basically it was just really wet snow that wasn't sticking cuz the ground was still so warm). Anywho I was driving on some pretty wet roads which normally isn't that big a deal but I happened to be driving on the overpass on hwy 287 at Berthoud and it was pretty wet... but apparently wetter than I anticipated. I was going about 45 mph (the speed limit is 55mph at this location) and I started hydroplaning... I hit the breaks hoping to slow down and instead it locked them up and I kept sliding... and sliding... and sliding, barely missing multiple reflector poles and nearly rolling the car. I finally came to a stop in a ditch about 20-30 yards from the road but in the perfect angle to not be seen by other drivers and in deep enough mud to have NO hope of getting myself out. So before my stomach had a chance to relese my heart that was being held captive temporarily I called my mom to have her come get Eliza out of the car. (as a side note, she didn't even notice that we drove off the road and was only upset when Grandma fell while taking her to the other car.) So after I talked to my mom and told her where I was I called AAA (thank goodness for that and thanks to mom and dad who are paying for it!). They told me that it would be about 75min before someone could get to me... then the tow truck guy called and after he found out that I had the baby in the car he said he'd be there in 30-40 min so that made me happy. THEN I called Ben and told him what happened... He was about ready to come save me when i told him he didn't need to (what a great hubby). ... SO while we waited for people to show up we were pleasently (and guiltily) joined by paramedics, fire, first response, Berthoud police, and the sherif's dept. SO apparently the lady who watched me slide off the road called 911 but didn't bother to stop to see if i was ok... silly lady.

Anywho long story short we got pulled out of the mud, no ticket, and no damage to the car!

SO that was the exciting news of the week... can't really say much of anything else happened cuz it really didn't. ... Ben did get the sprinklers all put together but not reburried so currently the ditches are full of water and pipe... oh well it'll just help pack the ground down right? Speaking of sprinklers here are some pics of Eliza playing in our dirt/yard.

Happy Easter!!!

Ok so this will be filled with LOTS of pictures... sorry for the delay!

In the News this week: it was an insanly busy week... Monday was not too bad. Just some errands here and there, Tuesday was the same... Wednesday was when the fun started... I had a dentist appt to get some cavities filled but after I waited an hr to be seen they told me that they wouldn't fill my cavities because I'm still in the first trimester. The end result of this was me crying because I just wanted to get it over with and I knew there was NO risk to the baby by me getting it done... so long story short I cried and felt much better. (We're completely blaming the tears on hormones so don't mock me!) ;-)

Thursday I had my first OB appt so Eliza stayed with the Mott's (thanks!) for the morning so that I could drive the 30 min away to the dr, and sit in their office getting poked and proded for an 1.5 hrs... the good news was that Eliza enjoyed playing at someone elses house for a while and I got to see an ultrasound of the baby; Who is 2cm long... and they gave me a due date of Nov 12th. Wahoo! They also did lots of blood work and everything cae back normal. Strangely enough I'm not anemic and I thought for sure I was... anywho I'm still suppose to be on a high iron diet according to my dr. So Ben's got to be pretty happy about all the beef we'll be eating!

Friday I went with my mom to Denver to pick up Rachel and Bruce who came to visit for the weekend and that was a blast!

Saturday, Ben rented a trencher and dug all his holes in the back for his sprinklers and that went really quick! after that and a short nap for Eliza we went to Heather and Heidi's play (Fiddler on the Roof). I was very impressed with the incredible job that all those middle schoolers did!

Sunday was Easter... good ol Easter! We went to church, I successfully got Eliza all dolled up (hair in pig tails and everything) after church we came home took a nap and then went to Grandma Waite's house... Eliza had a blast! We just about completely filled her up on, cherry tomatos, pickles, and some fruit before we ever made it to dinner. She was estatic about all the candy everywhere especially the chocolate! she is all girl I tell you, all girl :-)

Now it's time for pictures...Eliza and Daddy watching confrence last weekend... what a couple of cuties! Eliza made some new friends at Heather and Heidi's play and they just couldn't seem to keep their hands off each other! They would run across the room, arms open wide, and plow into eachother in a great big hug!

Happy Easter! in all the Easter cloths that Grandma Merritt got for her! so cute! And this is her hat... the one she plays with all the time and wouldn't wear for love or money on Easter!

"Strike a Pose"

Mommy and 'Liza!Liza's pretty hair, giving daddy a bit of Loves... awww snuggles!What a cute face! How could you tell a face like that "No"?

Chocolate face! Eliza LOVES Easter candy!

Eliza gettin some Lucky love! after we took out her hair (check out that mop)Eliza playing with her new toys grandma got her!

General Conference!

The "Good Health Fairy" keeps missing our house on her rounds... So whomever it is that has captured her and is keeping her hostage, I BEG of you to please let her go so that we could recover over here. pLeAsE!!! SO really it hasn't been so bad. This week was lots of fun. The crappy weather hasn't really worked in our favor but so be it I guess, we really need the water so I can't complain.

Monday Ben got to stay home for the day, He was suppose to work on putting in the sprinklers... But mother nature had different plans and let it snow so that didn't happen. We did finally get our wall re-painted though and it looks fantastic! You can't even tell that Ben had to cut a hole in the ceiling to fix the pipes to the tub! Other than that we didn't really do a whole lot with the day. It was really nice to just relax

Tuesday was again uneventful. Eliza and I ran some errands in the morning and napped in the afternoon. I'm becoming more and more fond of those few hrs of nap that I can steal in a day while Eliza sleeps... It really helps with the exhaustion!

Wednesday we had a great friend in the ward bring us dinner. (Thank you Mott's!) They brought some yummy tacos and such and it was fantastic! Plus it meant that I didn't have to cook so that's a major plus! (as a side note, we did not request this dinner Bethany Mott stoped me on sunday and said that she always needed more help in the begining of a pregnancy than the end, I agreed that i was the same, so she wanted to offer some help for me and it was very appriciated!)

Thursday Eliza and I went to Grandma Merritt's shop to visit for a lilttle while and didn't do much else out of the ordinary.

Friday we went to Grandma Waite's house and the kids were out of school for a teacher work day so Eliza got to play with her Aunts and Uncles for a little while which was fun.
Quick funny story: My parents have this little dauchsund names Lucky and he's just the most patient little dog in the world to put up with the loving Eliza... Anywho, we gave Eliza some doughnut and made the mistake of letting her walk around the house with it. Mind you Lucky is smart enough to not take it from her unless offered (thankfully) and she was so mean! She'd lean down to his level and offer his some and then stand up and run away before he could get any. He would persue with the thought of food and she would giggle uncontrollably. This process continued for a good 10 min before she finally finnished what was left of the food he wanted. It was a total crack up!
So outside of that we ran errands with my mom, Picked some things up at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and Savers... all were reasonable deals so it was worth while.

Saturday was the begining of Conference weekend. (for those who are not members of the church Conference weekend it a time that the Prophet and other leaders of the church address the church as a whole through satalite broadcast! It's a incredible growing experience!) So anyway, we get the BYU channel so we stayed home to watch it and Ben (being the amazing and resourceful hubby he is) draged our futon mattress up from the basement for us to be a bit more comfortable for the 8 hrs of TV we'd be watching in the next two days. And can I just say that it was fantastic to be so comfy and be listening to such inspired men and women within the church! Oh in the evening the Boy's have a seperate meeting at the church and while Ben was at that with his Dad Eliza decided that apparently she didn't feel good and she puked all over her bed, my down pillow (trash now), all down the front of herself, and even managed to get some on the wall... eww. I was very proud of myself because I was brave and didn't call Ben to come home and I got it all cleaned up and in the wash without joining the barf party myself!

Sunday... More conference (4 hrs sat, 4 hrs sun) the talks were great yet again. I feel very motivated to improve my life! After conference we went to the Merritt's house for dinner and just to chill. Eliza loved seeing her Grandparents and I'm quite sure that she was either asking to be held or else being held the majority of the time we were there. (spoiled!) ;-)

So that was a long post... and I'm going to try to get some pictures up here soon! and maybe a video too. We taught Eliza to blow a kiss and it's really funny when she does it because she doesn't know how to make the kissing sound so she sticks her finger in her mouth and *pops* it out to make the sound, therefore blowing a kiss... too funny!