My husband... the Oral Surgeon !!!

Well, a couple days before we left for Boise for Christmas, Sonny found out that he got excepted to the military's Oral Surgery program! Yay! Even though I knew that he would, I was still relieved. It totally made my day. I knew he would because he's got all the requirements they ask for, plus tons more, that I just knew there wasn't any way they would refuse him. A few seconds after Sonny found out he got in, he told me a very vital piece of information: that those who apply directly out of school, like Sonny, very seldom get in. They tend to pick those that have been in the military longer and who have experience being a general dentists. Kind Sonny, knowing I would freak out if he told me the truth, chose to keep this truth from me the last couple months, which in the end, I am very grateful for. Thanks babe! He saved me a lot of worrying. Anyways, so yep, he got in but we still do not know where. We should be finding out anytime now. Sonny is hoping for San Antonio, Texas and I, I don't know where I want to go, anywhere but Washington D.C.! And hopefully somewhere not too cold (Rigby, Idaho almost killed me over Christmas.)

Hair band, tie, todder uggs, and our first Christmas Tree

So, lately Taylor has noticed the hair bands that I wear all the time and wanted to try one on. He leaves it in for a couple minutes and walks around the house thinking he's real cute. He would have made a really cute girl! It's funny, he also likes to help me put lotion on my legs in the morning.
A neighbor of my parents gave us a cute little tie for Taylor. It's his first. So we dressed him up all cute for church. It's amazing how grown up he looks with a tie. Also that morning, Sonny gave Taylor his second big haircut. He looked up on you tube how to do it. Turned out pretty good! Taylor's hair is really difficult to cut, not because he moves a lot (we give him a popsicle during it) but because it is so thick. We like to keep it sort of long because we love his curls in the back.


I decided to get Taylor some red uggs... just kidding. These are my slippers that Taylor just loves to wear. We're going up to Rigby, ID for Christmas and will probably be walking through a lot of snow there. These slippers will give him great practice; they are probably somewhat like walking through snow. They make you walk kinda weird.
Lastly, I talked Sonny into getting a real Christmas Tree this year. We've never had one, not even a fake one, since we've been married and I thought for our first time, we had to get the real thing. It's a cute little one from Walmart ( It looked so much bigger at Walmart). I realized that I pretty much have no ornaments so we bought a bunch of little cheap things. Sonny and Taylor decorated most of it and did a fantastic job. I'm surprised, I thought Taylor would have knocked it down by now but he likes flipping the lightswitch on the wall to make the lights turn on better!

THANKSGIVING VACATION

Thanksgiving break was a very fun couple of days! We stayed here in Cali with my family and hung out with everybody. My brother Kyle came home from BYU and it was really fun to see him again. He is looking great. On Wednesday, the day that was supposed to be rainy, turned out to be a perfect day for Disneyland! It only rained for about 10 minutes total. The longest line we had was Buzz Lightyear. Taylor had a chance to finally go on the Pirate Ship, the Columbia. It hasn't been working for a while. He was hoping to meet Captain Jack Sparrow in person in New Orleans square but didn't get the chance. Anyways, we had a good time there as usual. Thanksgiving dinner was at my family's house in Glendora. My sister Sarah and her husband Rocky drove down from Orange County to join the festivities. I attempted to make the yams and they surprisingly turned out pretty good. They tasted like candy! We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and had time to just relax and eat... Taylor thankfully slept most of the dinner. He didn't want to try any of the food though after he woke up. He preferred his grilled cheese. But he did love the pumpkin pie! I preferred the key lime pie. We took some family pictures later on in the day. We haven't had one taken of all of us in a long time. Friday the girls all went out to a movie. We saw "Australia" and we all enjoyed it. It was super long but I always look forward to Baz Luhrman's work. He always does neat stuff. It was a fun Thanksgiving break and we are looking forward to Christmas break in Boise.

Buzz Lightyear : a part of the family... sort of

So, sadly our Disneyland passes have expired and Sonny and I have been debating on whether or not we should renew them for another year. We decided to hold off for a while due to the pricyness of them (is that even a word and if so, is it spelled correctly?). Anyways, but we forgot one very important fact. The fact that we know somebody, not just somebody but the most awesome person in the world (and I'm not just saying that so that I could use your passes) that is part of the Disney family! My sister Elizabeth is pretty much best friends with Buzz Lightyear- she works on the ride. And that also means that she knows all the Disney secrets like, for example, did you know that they are making a whole new land patterned around the disney movie "Cars ?" Yep. Anyways, so luckily she can get people in free 16 times a year and she is only working there until next month. So that means that we can go like every week! Maybe twice! Right Bosh (Elizabeth)? Thanks bosh, you are the best! Here are some pictures from last week...

I've been tagged...

Ok, here goes...

5 things I was doing 10 years ago?

1. Having a blast in my sophomore year at BYU Idaho (at that time, Ricks College.)
2. Probably decorating our apartment for Christmas with my awesome roomates, Julie, Melinda, and Kimberly.(I know, super early, but what else is there to do in Rexburg in the dead of winter?)
3. I hadn't met Sonny yet, we didn't meet until January 2000, so I was enjoying hanging out and checking out other cute boys!
4. Suffering through a bad brake to my right leg and wearing one of those ugly, painful boot contraptions the doctor forced me to wear... I took a bad fall off a snow mobile during Conference weekend. I know, serves me right huh?
5. I think it was around then that I did a little experiment. My roommate and I tried to see how long we could go with just eating Malt-o-meal for every meal. It was around the same time that I gained about 15 pounds!

5 things on today's list?

1. Figure out what I'm making for dinner... something with chicken...
2. Crossing my fingers that Taylor takes a nap. As my last blog said, he lost his teddy bear at Disneyland, of all places, and has not been sleeping well at all!
3. Turning in our rent
4. In the morning, go for a brisk walk with Taylor, which I did! Boy, am I out of shape. I need to start exercising more.
5. Clean Sonny's office, what a mess :)

5 snacks I enjoy?

1. A bowl of cereal
2. a giant pickle
3. fruit snacks, preferably fruit by the foot (I know, what am I, 5?)
4. Taco Bell
5. Candy Corn, I got hooked this Halloween...

5 places I've lived from Birth?

1. Layton, UT
2. Fremont, CA
3. Modesto, CA
4. San Jose, CA
5. Glendora, CA

5 jobs I've had?

1. Mom, of course the best but the hardest
2. Laboratory assistant and Courier at both Foothill Presbyterian Hospital and Westcliff Medical Laboratories
3. Medical Records Clerk at both Orem Internal Medicine and Pomona Valley Family Clinic.
4. Records Clerk in Student Services Center at Loma Linda University
5. and the worst, some fast food jobs like the Bagelry, Flying J restaurant, and the Cannon Center at BYU.

Ok, now I tag all of my dental wife friends, you know who you guys are...

Taylor's costume... of course a pirate!

So, we didn't get very good pictures of Taylor's costume this year. He would never face forward long enough to get a frontal view. Anyways, most of his costume was clothes that he already had. I kind of just put the vest together last minute... using scissors and duck tape. hey, it worked and he looked really cute! Of course, he wouldn't keep the hat and eye patch on though. I decided that I would be a pirate too. The night before my parents had a pirate themed Halloween party so I just wore the same outfit. I'll have to post some pictures of it later. It was pretty authentic looking. My dad actually built a sail looking thingy on his porch in the back yard and also put together a steering wheel. And Sonny (the party pooper, ha ha ha) was supposedly a fisherman. Because of the whole lost teddy bear thing, we didn't go trick or treating or anything but I wish we would have tried it this year. By the way, the bear is still lost and the company Sugarloaf is having a hard time finding a duplicate in their warehouse. We got it so long ago that they don't have anymore. I think Taylor is slowly but surely forgetting about it, I hope anyways. I'm just trying to use one of his other stuffed animals to take its place and see if that works. Wish me luck!

Lost Teddy Bear

On Thursday, a really really awful thing happened... and it's all my fault and I feel so guilty about it. My mom, sister, Taylor and I went to Disneyland. In the midst of all the chaos and crowds, I lost Taylor's most favorite possession, his teddy bear. He has a habit of tossing things out of his stroller very often and I usually see it happen but for some reason, I didn't see him toss out his teddy bear. I knew it was bound to happen one of these times. When he has his teddy bear with him, I usually watch him like a hawk because I'm so deathly afraid of it getting lost. And so, it happened. And me being the worrysome, anxious person that I am, I had a cow, and am still having a cow. We all tried looking, I know he dropped it somewhere in tommorrow land, but what are the chances of finding it? Pretty much no chance at all. So i've been calling the lost and found there like every hour but have had no luck. So Sonny and I have been frantically searching around town and on the internet for a second teddy of the same kind. It's a Sugarloaf teddy bear, light blue, and wears a diaper. I have no idea who even gave it to us, somebody at the baby shower I guess. And even worse, we found out that it most likely came from one of those crane vending machines that have stuffed animals, the ones you see in arcades and stuff. So anyways, we've had no luck and Taylor since Thursday has been skipping his naps and not sleeping well at night at all. He has to have this little bear to sleep. We had some activities planned for Halloween, like parties and stuff, that we've had to skip because of this. So if any of you know of where I can find another one of these bears, let me know. Attached is a picture of it. It's interesting, I think in a way, I sort of became attached to it as well. It's funny how something so small and seemingly trivial can make a huge difference in your children's life.