Rice Family

M is hitting a stage I'm not too fond of....it includes fits over the smallest things, not wanting help--even when she can't quite do it on her own (which creates more fits). She's still adorable, but now, i'm frustrated more often.... yay!! I hope it doesn't last tooooooooooo long. Not much is new with me. I miss my family tons!!! I love you emily, erin , megan, and mama! I want to see you all!!!!!!! OH, by the way...EMILY! MAIL ME MY PICTURE FOR MY TATTOO!!! (everyone nag her about it! thanks.)...(even if you don't want me to get a tattoo...) I don't have anything more to report for now...love ya all!

M LOVES EMILY!!! and grandma jo, and cara, and gillian, and nana and papa, and aunt g, and.....well anyone who loves her.

there is a good chance that I might start blogging more. I have to get on the internet at least 3 times a week. Why, you might ask. BECAAUUSE....I had to switch 3 of my 4 classes to online classes and they require that I log on 3 times a week (more is better, they say) in order to get a good grade. I couldn't find any daycare that I could afford, so it was that or drop out...this seemed to be the better option. Now I babysit for cousin Jessica on tuesday and wednesday mornings so that she didn't have to drop out either - her schedule was not flexible like mine. I found out her schedule was more given to her than chosen by her. There was only that time to take the class, or not take it at all. I think it's a nursing program...and later she has to do clinicals in a hospital. EARLY MORNINGS! poor girl...I have to be here by 7:30, and that's with Patrick staying home late so I don't have to come sooner. THANKS to Patrick! Yay! And the benefit to me babysitt...

So, I haven't put pictures on recently cuz all my pics are on my computer...again - no internet...and so luckily this time I stole a couple of cousin Jessica's pictures so I could post them. These are just before christmas. M and Jody and Charlotte decorated a gingerbread house. Really M just ate all the candy...see in this picture she's taking the candy off. Deceptive picture, I know. Aunt N got them all matching outfits and took christmas photos! It was hard, but we got some good ones.

so, because i'm lazy and am terrible at getting up in the mornings M and my morning routine is not the best, but it works for us. I get up when I hear her yell "mooom. daaaad. mooom. blah blah goober gibber." I get her out of bed, and still sleeping I go to the kitchen grab cereal or left over pancakes, or multi-grain bar for breakfast, put M in her highchair or more often just on the floor with a bowl and instantly she says "tales" and I turn on the one of our veggie tales movies and lay on the couch until my brain is working. well...just the other day it was the same routine, but when the movie ended I watched M disappear around the back of the couch and in a few seconds I see her hand reach up and grab the remote of the back of the couch, walks back around, hands me the remote and says "tales" and looks expextantly at the t.v. It was soooo funny and adorable. sometimes lately she comes up to me and says "remote?" and then "I dunn...

Hello everyone! Long time-no-blog!! I really wish I had the internet at home, but with next to no money, paying for internet is about last on our list. I had a great birthday! Thank you wonderful sisters and mom!! I got to get slushies at Zumo's, go window shopping, get a full-body one-hour massage (probably the best part!), get a new hair cut (which turned out really cute), and got to eat dinner at Ya Ya's (which was pretty fancy) -- all paid for, not a penny out of my pocket!!! wooo hoo!!!! then I had ice cream cake at home, and played some games with my family. It was great. We had a wonderful christmas as well. I missed my family all over the U.S. (crazy people in Alaska, Idaho, Minnesota, and Illinois..what are you thinking??), but I really enjoyed being with our extended family here in Kansas. M got lots of good stuff, and so did J and I. I would give pictures, but my pictures are on my computer and I'm on grandma's computer, so...once again no pictures....