Monday, June 20, 2011

Little Love Letters

Dear Sophia...

We can't wait to meet you! Even that is an understatement. You couldn't come soon enough. I don't know if you are aware of how loved you already are. I'm excited to see who you come out looking like, what color your hair and eyes are, and to hold your little body close to mine. 27 weeks and counting. We're getting close.

Dear Salt Lake City...

You're beautiful. Especially in the mornings as the sun shines through the canyons and out onto the valleys. I quite enjoy your beauty, warm summer weather, and canyons so close. I enjoy my morning hikes, even though my ears freeze some mornings, the shade of your trees, and getting into my toasty car after it's been sitting out in the sun.

Dear Pool...

I dream of you every day as I try to find the perfect day to come and visit you. One day soon. I'm just waiting for the perfect temperature.

Dear Changing Body...

I am finding certain aspects of you quite amusing and others not so much. Some days I find myself trying to poke my belly button back in. It never seems to work to well. Other aspects, which are much more immature and at times disgusting, I have gotten a good laugh out of. Thanks for that at least.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Summer Fun

It has been quite a while since we last posted anything and we have had a few people ask us to update it. So, here it is.

I have been thinking a lot over the past few weeks about things I have wanted to accomplish and do this summer. Those ideas have stayed swirling around in my head and I figured it was time to write them down. I should have started this list earlier so that by the time the beginning of summer rolled around I could get started. Unfortunately I have not been that on the ball. So, here it is. So far.

1. Go to the pool
2. Hike
3. Make it to Bob's Brainfreeze
4. Make a quilt for Sophie
5. Keep my house decently clean
6. Sleep in
7. Take a walk
8. Read a book or take a class on breastfeeding and childbirth
9. Read a good book
10. Make homemade ice cream
11. Pick a middle name for Sophie
12. Take a camping trip
12. Canoe
13. Ride my stationary bike a bit more
14. Have a picnic
15. Take a walk at Sugarhouse Park
16. Window Shop at the Gateway
17. Make and devour tinfoil dinners
18. Tie Dye some onesies for Sophie
19. Take more pictures
20. Memorize "The Living Christ"
21. Take a drive
22. Start up our food storage
23. Put together and make a 72 hour kit
24. Start up couponing
25. Pick an in-law to get to know better
26. Make a polar fleece blanket
27. Get to the temple a little more often
28. Watch a sunrise
29. See a good sunset
30. Enjoy the stars
31. Blog more
32. Sort and throw away the things I really don't need
33. Roast marshmallows up the canyon
34. See a dollar movie
35. Take our Jackson Hole trip
36. Make a few desserts out of our dessert cookbook
37. Eat George's Specials one morning for breakfast

This is my list so far. Hopefully I'll be able to get most of it, if not all of it done.

--McKaye