Too Funny

So I received a letter a little while ago that I wrote to myself my senior year in highschool in a Humanities class. I thought it was such a crack up and since it talks about some of you in there I thought I would include a little blurb from it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!

The letter:

Dear Melissa,
Well you should be getting this when you are about 22 or 23. It's so weird to think that as of right now (my senior year) I haven't even kissed someone, but I might be married in 4 years. I'll either be married or on a mission or just graduating. If I'm married I better not have any kids and if I do I've broken all the promises to myself about waiting until I've graduated from college. Your husband should be a nerd or at least smart and sweet. You should be married in the temple. The order of my friends getting married: Christine, Kim, Jennie, Ashley. Brittney, Erin, Annette. I wonder if Adam and Erin will get married. ..... Julie will be married, maybe Jeff??? She would have such cute little kids with him. Alicia and Garth will be married by now and maybe even have a kid. Robert and Rebekah will have 1 maybe 2 kids. Brian and Elise will probably have 3 kids and still live in South Carolina. Jake and Angie will finally have a kid.
I hope that you will have gone to all 4 years of college. You will probably still be close friends with Kim and Erin and you will have helped each other through thick and think. Right now your major is Math Education maybe in 4 years I'll be a psychologist. I hope you still have a strong testimony of the church and if you don't you should get back on the rigt track. Good luck on that first kiss (if it ever happens) and I hope it goes well for ya. Be a nice mom.

Love Melissa as a senior.

I was right on with my family (except Robert and Rebekah) and WAY off with my friends, I thought it was really funny to hear the voice that I had in highschool. I'm wondering how I could write another letter to myself so that I get it in 4 more years. Maybe I could do a timed email...any ideas?

PS: Apparently I was a little obsessed about getting kissed...I did get kissed eventually... by Zac my one true love!

To Christine and Brittany---Did you guys get your letters back? Were they funny?

Eight days and Counting...

I've been working on packing up Teag's room and it was fun to sneek a peek at the outfits from my shower that he's yet to grow into. Thus, the pumpkin costume in August. My mom got it for us (Thanks mom!!) and I was afraid that the costume wouldn't fit at Halloween so I had to put it on him and take pictures. He hated it at first, but I acted like a goofball to get him to smile for at least a couple pictures.



Teagan is such a trooper! He is cuter than ever and he follows his schedule like a champ! We love him to pieces!
Moving is so stressful. I want to have a garage sale since we are getting rid of so much so that we can make a little money instead of just giving everything to D.I., but it seems like it will be so much work! I'm trying to go through everything we have as I pack, trying to get rid of what we don't need. The problem is that I get rid of too much! I get into the zone and I loose all sentimental attachments. Zac has to stop me from getting rid of heartfelt gifts from people. I just hate junk, and if I don't use something at least once a week I feel like it's junk. I still have 8 days until we pull out so hopefully everything is packed by then.

Little Book Worm

Today I put Teagan in this little basket and he was so cute! At first we just played peekaboo, but then I gave him his favorite "Discover the Day" book. It has flaps and then you can push buttons to hear different sounds and songs. He kept pushing the buttons on accident and he was really into looking under the flaps. So cute!

A few Firsts

This weekend was Teagan's first camping trip and I got the first pictures of his first two little teeth (you might have to click on it to see it). I'm afraid that the top ones are now on their way, but at least the first two teeth are out of the way! Thanks for all the great advice, it really helped get through a couple of really rough days!
The camping trip was really fun! It was with Zac's mom's family and we went up to Green canyon Friday night and Saturday. Zac's parents let us use their camper which was SO much better than sleeping in a tent and I've decided that campers are totally the way to go if you're going to camp! Zac and his brothers and dad got to go golfing Saturday morning for FREE at Teton Springs in Victor. Jesse (little bro) works there and so they got to go to the fancy course and enjoy a little luxury. Zac won and was very proud of himself (I'm proud of him too). Me and Sheen got to spend some quality time with each other, and some of our cousins and we braved green canyon without the hubbies. Teagan and Taylin loved swimming and so did I! All in all it was a fun weekend and we'll really miss having our family so close when we leave!

On the way there we were STOPPED in the Rigby construction for 20 minutes and it took almost an hour to get through the whole thing. Teagan was getting mad so we let him ride in the front with Zac, he LOVED it!

Teagan was really excited for the picture! I know what you're thinking---I'm lookin a little rough, but I was camping so did you really think I'd do my make up and hair?

Teagan and Taylin are buddies now. They kind of share, it's more like they take turns taking toys away from each other, but they get along so well. He will miss having his cousin so close by!

Happy Birthday Kurt! It was Zac's dad's birthday Saturday so we got to have cake and sing to him. He turned 25 as you can see by the candles on the cake. :)

My little Prodigy

This morning i was playing with Teagan before Zac left for work and i held out my hand and said "give me five" to Teag, not at all expecting a response. Well he looked at me and then at my hand and then he hit my hand! At first I was skeptical but I did it 5-10 times and Teagan kept hitting my hand! We would clap and cheer each time and you could tell he was so proud of himself.

Then this afternoon I thought if he can give me a five what can't he do. I was holding him in the bathroom looking in the mirror and I started waving to him and said "wave Teag" and he did! He would only repeat like 4 times before he decided it wasn't that fun.



I am so thrilled, he probably won't do it again for a while, but it helped me realize how smart he really is. He picks up on so much and he's only 7 months old. Tomorrow I think we'll try walking, there's no use in crawling first. If he can wave, then he can walk.



I love my special little boy, he is such a joy! (Especially now that his teeth came through, I'm working on getting a picture, but it is harder than you'd think!)

Here he is playing copy cat with his daddy~his laugh just melts my heart. I can't believe I have a little boy who is so wonderful. I know this post is a little braggy, but can you blame me for being a proud mom?! :)

Golfing in Rexburg

Saturday we went golfing with Zac's parents and little brother in Rexburg. My favorite part was that my main duty was to drive the cart around. I like to golf, but not every time. Sometimes it's nice to just watch and enjoy the afternoon and beam at my husband's superior golfing skills. Not to brag, but he is a super star golfer! It was such a fun afternoon golfing, Teagan loved being outside and playing with grandma and grandpa Daniels. We won't know what to do with ourselves once we move away from family. :(

At first we planned to push the stroller, we hadn't even gotten past the first hole before Zac's dad got the idea to attach the stroller to the cart...it looked a little scary, but Teag loved it!

What a handsome bunch. Notice Zac's wristband. I was going to put it into our garage sale pile and he is trying to convince me how much he loves it by wearing it everywhere we go. :) He is a man on a mission!

We look like a checkerboard with all that red and white, how sweet...hehe

He looks like a pro-golfer, the funny part is that this hole took 7 tries. :)

This is Zac's celebrations dance for when he gets par or under, I apologize for the PDA, but I couldn't resist putting the dance up!

Teething is so sad!

Friday I got so excited because I felt that there were some bottom teeth starting to come in on Teagan. They aren't all the way through and it seems like they're stuck. The last few days have been so sad. He has had a fever and he just has the saddest cry. The smallest things will make him wimper and pout out his lower lip. He'll try to smile, but then he just gets sad again.

I'm not gonna lie, it is really stressful to have a baby that cries a majority of the day, but I have to think positive. He still has been sleeping through the night and if I hold him he just cuddles and doesn't cry. I'd hold him all the time but he weighs over 17 lbs and I am too weak, plus I still have to get things done.

I left my little mesh food chewing thing at my parents and I'm dying without it. I wish I could just put frozen fruit or vegies in there and let him chew away. Any other suggestions? I have a teething ring but he doesn't like it.

Well I'll keep doping him up with Tylenol and teething tablets and giving him lots of loves and cuddles. I'm all ears for any suggestions or advice on how to make him feel better.