Dum de dum dum dummmmmmmm (fanfare plays)

It's a GIRL!!!!! Yay... um I think ;) I'm excited and a bit overwhelmed (I have NOTHING for this little sweetheart) so, I'm thinking we may have to have a shower. I know, I know, it's my 3rd but it's either a shower, or she'll be running around in her brother's clothes - I'm too poor to buy everything she'll need.

Any sage advice from all you experienced "Girl" mommys would be awesome!!! I'm alll ears!.....

weighing in - Boy or Girl?

Ok, so folks it's about that time; and I for one, am eager to know... will we have another bouncing baby boy or a sweet little girl? (we find out on the 30th) Travis says we're done if it's a girl. He sits me down to explain ALL the reasons why this would be best for us both (yeah, I was thrilled :( ) But hey - I have an open mind and said I'd wait to find out what we are having before I make any crazy decisions.

Truthfully I haven't a clue how to care for a little girl (they like dinosaurs and train sets - right?) For a laugh I went on Old Navy and snatched up some cute girl clothes during a huge clearance sale they were having (9 items for $20, yeah I rock!) Travis saw them and noticed they were distinctly pink-less. I figured if it is a boy, Helga will get an awesome shower gift!

I hope if it is a she - she realizes her first years will be filled with bakugans, ben 10, lightning McQueen and hulk. What can I say - I've never been much for barbies and tea sets :)

So what do you think? Boy or Girl?

phone anxiety

So it is a widely known fact that I do NOT text - in fact I'm downright cell phone challenged. But since I have been home I have revelled in the fact that I do not need a phone; and as such, I often do not charge or even remember to take it with me. Well just around Christmas my little cheap-as-they-come flip phone called it quits, so of course I speedily replaced it.... 4 1/2 weeks later (sorry if you've been trying to get a hold of me:)

My sweet hubby says to me, well we've been thinking about getting a new plan and nixing our land line... so off to Best Buy we go.

We walk in and a sweet young girl name Vivi comes up to greet us (sidenote** she has Definitely NOT had 3 kids) but once I got over my self consciousness, standing beside a size -2 nothing, waife of a sales girl... she kindly starts her sales pitch.....we listened. Right in the middle Travis asks her if they have good plans for texting. She smiles and asks how often he uses this feature. He replies that he hates using it, but his drug dealers wont use any other form of communique. A little embarrassed (we haven't mentioned his job yet) I look up to see her reaction, without skipping a beat she pulls out her brochure and proceed to show us the plans available. Still completely unfazed she shows us some features on a fancy new touch-screen phone, and I kid you not it goes something like this:

"The GPS gives you turn by turn instruction, let me show you. If I type in my home address it will start here at best buy and take me down to center...."

ok I have to say something. Laughingly I mention "you may not want to show complete strangers where you live, especially if they have already divulged that they speak with drug dealers on a daily basis."

Yeah, now I've got her attention.

We only let her squirm for a minute before we let on that Travis is a cop... but hey we got a great deal on our phones and even some free accessories besides... maybe she didn't want to chance it?



Call me on my home to get my new cell - or e-mail me. The home phone will be no more in a week :)

some people just stink!!

Alright so I’m a bit biased but I think my husband is a modern day super hero, last night, on a tip he went to check out a complaint on a marijuana smell coming from a house. He shows up, gets a hunch, follows through – jumping through a TON of hoops I might add,– and gets into the house. Inside he finds a HUGE marijuana growing environment. In fact they had equipment to double their business – unfortunately since it takes 3-4 hours to get a warrant in this state the would-be farmers had plenty of time to literally “flush” the evidence. Luckily it’s enough with traces and equipment to put these boys away.

Successful right?!? Wrong. Take a look at what these comments on KSL have to say about his nights work….

Link to KSL: www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=5318988

Man I cannot believe how incredibly stupid some people can be… they think growing within a school zone shouldn’t increase the offense? Marijuana should be legalized? And this is a waste of tax payer money and police time?

Please say I’m not the only one who knows how dangerous this drug can be… it’s not called the gateway drug for nothing AND they had other drugs on the premises (that’s all I can say the case is open.) These boys weren’t just getting a fix, they were dealing within a stones throw from an elementary school – you think they never saw the convenience? Nationally, marijuana accounts for 81% of drug use. It IS cancer inducing, induces brain dysfunction and is recognized as a factor in many known birth defects as well as a dangerous substance in DUI's. But it's HARMLESS?

Where is this world coming to? I am outraged that my sweet hubby works soo hard to remove dangerous and harmful drugs from the streets and the people of Utah always seem to see the cops as the bad guys – ugh!!!!

pregancy should come with a "get out of jail free" card!

Ok so I’m pregnant… and not the cute kind of pregnant where you have a nice hard little bump, positively glow and nice strangers hold doors open for you. No – I’m the yucky pregnant where every smell makes you dry heave, you face reminds you of the surface of the moon – craters and all, and strangers look at you side ways as if to say, “just say no to a doughnut women, you’re a cops wife – not a cop!!”

So it should come as no shock that I have been staying a bit cooped up lately, possibly even a bit anti-social. But I was a bit shocked when I finally made it to all 3 sessions of church and found almost everyone in arms length welcoming me back like an apostasized member. All right, alright I admit I ducked out on the Christmas party and what not, and I had to call the relief society pres. to asked what my visiting teaching assignment still was – but I can still take the sacrament – right?! Come on don’t pregnant ladies get a little slack or should I be repenting for missing out on our daily family scripture study etc?