Blizzard....again....again

So we are experiencing our 3rd blizzard in the last 7 weeks (that is what the news reported)

Yesterday was pretty much sitting around the house waiting for it to start. As it started I decided to document the snow fall this time. They were calling for 10-20 inches of snow from Tue to Wed night.

So here is Tues or what I like to refer to..the beginning
Now this is Wed morning.

I tried to be all creative to show you how much snow we got. The first pic was the snow still left from this last weekend's blizzard, and then the pic on the right what this storm will drop.

Even though another 20 inches would be INSANE I am excited to see if it will actually get that high!

What I do 'cause I'm Snowed in

Snow Storm Of 2010...Day 1

(Don' Worry, Brenton Told Her To Look Terrified For This Pic)

It's Still A Toss Up If It's The Snow Or The Leopard Print That She Is So Pissed About...Either Way She Is Too Dang Cute!!

Where is all the bagged salad???

We're due to have a great big snow storm starting tomorrow and going on pretty much until July.

20 inches they are calling for

I realized that I am all stocked up for the weekend (my birthday weekend if you were interested!)
But I do not have chocolate chips...I always want to bake when I am stuck in my house for multiple days, so I ventured out to the store (that will probably be closed all weekend!)

Everyone was there, buying whatever they thought they were going to need to get through this weekend....and apparently they all thought bagged salad was going to be their saving grace!

For me it was a bag of chocolate chips, a canister of Ghiredelli baking chocolate, Oreo's double stuffed Golden (in case I don't make cookies) and candles for my cake.....

Now let the snow fall!!!

Lena's Way of Saying She Needs A New Bed

Oh and the Big Smile You See At The End Is Because Brenton Walked In Behind Me...She LOVES her Daddy
(and the bottle he was carrying!)

Oh Hello 2010 it's nice to meet you!

One down, 364 days more. I can do it, I can do it!

This is my very first year starting off as a mom, and what better way to start off that year then with my little one going mobile. That's right, we went from just laying there, to rolling to now having to actually monitor where she is at all times. This is that responsibility thing everyone told me about.

I trained Chloe to go to her pillow on command, and I seriously thought about trying to train Lena.

Now 2009 was a good year, well it was a GREAT year. I started the year in the Mountain Time Zone and about this time last year we were in our second month of snow. Now I am in Eastern Time zone where everyone said, "Oh we don't get that much snow...and I just went through my first blizzard! Did I know I was going to be in Maryland last year? H-No, so who knows where I'll be next year.

2010 will bring good things and probably with that some bad things...for example, I will turn an age where if you were rounding, you would round to 3o, I am no longer young, youthful, spring chic. I am going to be older, wearing a pair of mom jeans, and trying to figure all the ways to get rid of these stretch marks.. (TMI??? )

On the good side, this year will bring me my 4th year mark with my love biscuit, that's almost a whole hand worth! I get to celebrate a 1st B-day with Lena,(we are already discussing cake flavors!) And this summer I get to actually go out into the sunshine and lets everyone say it together...GET A TAN!!

I love starting the New Year, and the only resolution I will be working on is trying to locate all the brain cells that I lost in '09. Hollar at me if you found any of them!

Good luck to you all...LET THE GAMES BEGIN

7 months old and a Merry Christmas to all

Ms. Lena on her 7th month anniversary of life! And not a day goes by where she doesn't give me her judgmental face....bless her heart I think she gets it from her father!

Even though there were just two of us, doesn't mean we didn't get to feast. Brenton continued on his father's Christmas dinner tradition with Lasagna Italian style (with a white sauce) and a whole pan of rolls!! Merry Christmas carbohydrates, merry Christmas!

Even though it's hers, the high chair is actually a Christmas gift for me. No more fighting her in the little chair thingy!

I love the high chair! I can just stick her in it while I make dinner, instead of letting her wonder around the room and then having to play, "where is the scream coming from?"

There is a Mexican Grandmother laughing right now with this picture! This is her prized new trick, the raspberry!

Well that is it for now, Ya'll come back and see me ya hear??

Snowed in Day 2, 3, 4......the last week

I don't understand why I can't remember to write in here more often. I wanted to do a day 2 of the blizzard, and I even got some pictures, but alas I forgot and now the effect is gone..sad.

To sum up the storm:

We got about 21.2 inches of snow, the average snowfall for the season is 18 inches!

Next time a blizzard is coming I am going to buy a shovel and/or ice skates because I was sliding around for a week!

The Brenton and I had way too many baked goods, impossible as that sounds, it's true!

Apparently when there is snow on the ground, other pet owners feel that it's ok to have their pets "mess #2" right on the sidewalk and they don't need to clean it up...Oh how wrong they are!!

I had come to the conclusion that I was too spoiled with my Utah snow removers, and if any of those snow removers would like to come to MD I have a great apt complex who needs some education on how to plow snow and lay down salt!

Today we have had rain come and wash the snow away, I can see grass and sidewalks again...Happy Days!

Snowed in....Day 1

Well it was mid week when the news of the big storm started circulating

"Are you ready for the 6-9 inches of snow this weekend?" Mind you the last storm that had 2 inches people were very uneasy.

By Friday the number of inches of course only increased....10-12" then the best 20 INCHES!! No one was Christmas shopping on Friday, they were all at the grocery store, all the milk, toilet paper, eggs, and butter were off the shelves. (Snow freaks people out over here)

I tracked the storm on weatherchannel.com and it said that the snow was to start on Dec 18th around 9pm...and they were right. It snowed ALL night!

I had to work Sat morning so I warmed up Sheila and we headed out on our 20 mile drive to work. Now I would like the Maryland Department of Transportation to please contact the Utah Department of transportation and have a little chat about HOW TO CLEAR A ROAD!!! Poor Maryland I know you don't have to deal with snow a whole lot, but it would help when we are supposed to get double digit inches of snow if you knew how to use a snow plow!

So after only a few hours of work, (because everything in the state of Maryland shut down!) we headed back home, and home we stayed. I was so ready to get my bake on....meaning ask Brenton to whip up some of his cinnamon rolls, but sadly we didn't have enough eggs! Ugg talk about not being prepared.

So after a full morning and afternoon of snow and blizzard warning, I took Chloe out for a little snow adventure..aka Potty Break.

This is what our apt parking lot looks like. Most of these cars didn't move since the snow started, so you can really see how much we got! Sheila got recovered after I got home from work, poor girl I bet she is cold!

Oh Chloe...if she would smell something she would bury her whole head into the snow, weirdo!

Overall it was a fantastic day of fires in the fireplace, cooking, and we started our card game tournament, we played Phase 10 ( I don't want to talk about it)

Get this...Church has already been canceled for tomorrow.I love the concept of snowing means go home and you don't have to do anything, unlike the previous state I was in..>UTAH....where snow meant just get on the freeway earlier and get your butt to work...LAME!

Tomorrow is Day 2 of being snowed in and I am excited!!! Now if a dozen eggs would end up on my door step tomorrow!!

My Thanksgiving...Dedicated to Lena

Well we did it...we survived 6 wonderful months with this beautiful little girl
You know what I say to all those women who are against having the "mom"label?
Foo-ee and Hockey Puck...that's right, hockey puck!!

These last 6 months...well last year I guess it started when I found out I was pregnant, I have had this overwhelming joy that is just...indescribable . There is nothing better then to hold your baby in your arms and think...I grew you! I like to look at her feet and hands and think, " here is all the spaghetti ( I LOVED LOVED spaghetti with this girl)that I ate!. And for some people to think that a career in the business world would be more fulfilling, well I say...Hockey puck!

Being a mom rocks...and to all of you who are reading this and are not yet moms, I am no way meaning to rub your face in it, so please keep reading. My purpose here is just to express my thanks to my little darling Lena, so here it is, the

Thanksgiving List Personalized for Adalena:
From Conception (yes I just said it) to 6 months

• Thank you for announcing yourself to me in the form of severe cramps for 4 weeks, it prepared me for how pushy and bossy you are
  

**Note some "thanks" are sarcastic, but I promise some are serious**

• Thank you for making anything sugary and sweet taste horrible during the 2008 Holiday season (this is a serious one) because I would have eaten enough for 4 babies
  
  
• Thank you for never kicking my bladder hard enough and causing me to piddle uncontrollably
  
  
• Thank you for giving me an easy pregnancy, you were the test run, and so yes you will have siblings
  
  
• Thank you for coming early and allowing some healing time before we had to move across the country, that was very nice of you..oh and THANK YOU for sleeping while we crossed the country!
  
  
• Thank you for sleeping through the night at 7 weeks!! (Yup, totally bragging!)
  
  
• Thank you for bringing such joy and happiness to my Brenton, the first 45 min of your life were spent in his arms, and I am pretty sure the smile hasn't left his face since
  
  
• Thank you for waking up every morning with a smile (even though you have chosen this last week to wake up screaming) but for the most part thank you for waking up happy to see me!
  
  
• Thank you for getting good use out of your newborn clothes...even though you really ought to think about growing out of them by now, you are 6 months for Pete sake!
  
  
• Thank you for teaching me patience (sound familiar mom)...I can be like those mom's I'd see in the store. Just off in their own shopping world while their child is screaming in the shopping cart
  
  
• Thank you for allowing me to have the ultimate excuse when I have poor body image thoughts..."Well I did just have a baby..." and then I feel better
  
  
• Thank you for teaching me that a good day is if I get a shower AND brush my teeth
  
  
• Last but not least, THANK YOU for choosing me to be your mom.
  
  

I don't know how I did it, but I have 2 of the world's best people right here with me! I am a truly blessed woman!!!

Our Rejected Holiday card

Stay Tuned for more....

My Weekend of Firsts

First time I flew from coast to coast
First time Lena flew in an airplane
First time I flew by myself with a baby
So...basically my first panic attack!


First time all my siblings were all married *Congratulations Jake and Brenda*






















First time in 3 years that I saw my Ashley



First time Lena met Kingston and Lincoln, I am pretty sure one of them will be her husband!













First time it took 1 hr and 14 min to fly from Sacramento to Salt Lake (it used to be 1 hr 45 min)

First time we didn't have the green binki (Lena threw it out the stroller in the Salt Lake airport bathroom, there was no way I was even going to try and recover that!)

First time I had to sit 2 hrs on an airplane just waiting...And trying to keep Lena quiet!!

First time the airplane I was in didn't have enough oil

First time the airline comped the $2 headsets to make up for the inconvenience, but still charged $6 for snacks?????

Saw my first Christmas commercial of the season while on the flight, thank you Crayola
First time a flight attendant slammed into my sleeping baby's head while walking by

The first time Brenton had his little girl back in his arms

And the last time I am ever doing that again!

How do you Spell Slacker??

If you spell it J-A-Z-M-I-N-E well good, so do I. My blog is a slack slackie...Holy cow, if I could use my "I just had a baby" card then I am going to, because since I had Lena, I just don't have any creativity to share on the blog!

But okay, here we go giving it a try again.

The life of a 5 month old must be amazing...okay so she is not 5 months just yet, but she will be in 7 days...can you believe it? 5 months, my little peach ring. If you are wondering where the food is, it's in her cheeks, she is saving up for the winter.

Here we are doing our photo shoot. Brenton was at work and she was BEGGING me to take pictures. She has been working on her "faces", this is her serious "what is that camera in my face?" face.

We made it through the 4 month vaccinations. She was more upset about being on the table than the actual shots...

She is a 10lb 10 oz. and 23 in. long.. where is my little baby?

She is by far a daddy's girl. She doesn't have to see him. but all he has to do is call out here name, "Stinky!" and she just lights up. I get the screaming, puking and everything else, but he gets the smiles.
at least I still have Chloe.

I cried

You have to watch the entire 5 min if you want a good laugh!!!!

What it's like

Since I am a west coast gal, and Brenton is a west coast boy, living in the MD (it's my version of the OC) has opened my eyes to a new way of living

For example:
West Coast thrives on customer service. I mean if the hostess/check-out clerk/secretary doesn't so much give you a WARM over the top friendly smile, well then it's common to complain or vow to never return because you just didn't feel all warm and bubbly.

Well over here you are lucky if they say "hi how are you?" Because they don't care, No honestly, they don't, and get this...IT'S OKAY!!! No one complains, no one thinks to themselves "How rude!" or goes to the manager. As long as the job gets done, we are happy! :)

On the subject of rude: Okay so I have had east coaster's themselves tell me that east coast people are rude, so it's not just overly sensitive me. They know it. It's not like they are outright rude, it's mostly that everyone keeps to themselves and tries not to interact with anyone...EVER
I mean, some guy was blocking the walk way with his bag and I was coming through with the stroller, he moved it, I THANKED him, and he looked at me like I just kicked a kitten... I guess I was just supposed to keep walking....dang my manners!!!!

Lets see...oh merging lanes?? What did I just say, yes merging lanes. Do they have them here... umm No...well kinda. There is a road that goes to merge onto the freeway/highway, but the second it touches the freeway the lane ends and you then YIELD?? What?? The best is when you come to a line of cars trying to merge on the freeway, so you go from a dead stop to freeway speeds...WHO THOUGHT OF THIS??!!
Oh and they also choose not to give you those nice warning signs of when your lane is going to end, the only clue you have are the short dashed lines on the freeway. If you don't pay attention to those, bad things can happen!

The wildlife out here is crazy, anyone ever see a woodchuck standing on the side of the road?? It's CREEPY! It's like a mutant rambo squierrel the size of a medium dog.

Ahh...okay other than that. It's beautiful out here. The trees out here are like 5 stories tall and there are just mini forests everywhere. (Did you hear that Utah...TREES! EVERYWHERE!!)They are starting to change colors, and I am s-t-o-k-e-d for fall.

I promise now that I am settled and I think my brain is starting to work, that I will get some awesome pics of this place up here soon. For now...enjoy the woodchuck

Freaking-A

So last night The Brenton and I were having a little dialog

Brenton: So what do you want to do tomorrow?

Jazz: Uh..I don't know, you want to go to the gym?

Brenton: Yeah, we can go to the gym

Jazz: (takes two steps out of the bathroom) and BAM SMACK CRUNCH...I immediately collapse to the bed and then curl onto the ground

Brenton: What happened??

All I could say, well not so much say, but more of cry was : MY PINKY TOE!

Yes,I kicked the "foot" of the baby co-sleeper and so help me I wanted to die. It caught just between the pinky toe and the toe next to it. The pain, the throbbing, lasted the whole night, I contimplated cutting my pinky toe off to stop the pain!

I didn't break my toe, but I very much jammed it.

Needless to say, we did not go to they Gym....

instead I ate double stuffed golden oreos...

Happy Labor Day Everyone!!!

Another reason to Gush over her

This morning while on our bed, she threw her arm over her eyes and fell asleep. I guess I better go get her an eye mask so she can sleep now.

For the Grandmas

Just 3 days shy of being 3 months old!

We are wearing our "Girl Outfit" today

You're Welcome!!!

Sweets for your Sweetie(s)

Okay so this Sunday, August 23rd is

Make a sweet for your sweetie(s)Day

This Sunday, it's the day to say to your loved ones,

"Hey I love you, have some dessert!"

Some of you might be thinking..."NO I can't, my diet" well then pick something sweet that works with your diet. Like Angel Food Cake Berries and Whip Cream! Or Sugar Free Jello and Whip Cream (can you tell I love Whip Cream?)



Take the rest of this week to plan for Sunday dessert, make it good!

I am a Flasher!

If the art preserver people here noticed that the Declaration of Independence looks a little destroyed more today... well that is because....I Did it!!!!

I FLASHED the Declaration today. COMPLETELY on Accident


Okay see on the right of this picture the arm of a Security Guard, well I was busy talking to him, asking if he has a specific pose when people take pictures of the Declaration, because I wanted to get that pose. He was real nice.



Well when I turned on my camera I forgot the flash is automatic unless I turn it off, and again I was so excited to get a picture of the posing guard that I forgot to turn it off....and it WENT OFF

See the hands and camera of another lady taking a picture?? Yeah, she gasped...it's not like I ripped the Declaration or something


I apologized, and the guard said the rule is I can't take any more pics....but then he did a nice sales pitch for the museum store saying that I could buy a replica at the museum store ( DUh I watched National Treasure!)

ehh o-well I got what I wanted, and that is a distant picture of a piece of paper in a glass casing