Saturday, November 17, 2007

So I've been tagged...

I've been tagged by a few friends, which means I'm supposed to tell you six things about myself that you might not already know...

1- I have a major sweet tooth, actually sweet teeth, 'cause I think my mouth is full of them. I love just about anything that is sweet. I believe it is hereditary, but I think that's just my way of blaming my four root canals on other people (yes, four). Ever since I was young I think I've had a candy sensor and always knew where I could find candy. My mom could never find a good enough hiding spot, and I think she gave up trying. And well my grandma, besides the open candy dishes throughout her house, her secret stash was never really secret.

2- When I was younger leaving home for long or short periods of time for that matter was never really appealing to me. At twelve years old I went to a basketball camp in Utah for a week and could hardly even handle it I got so homesick. When we moved to Colorado we decided we wanted to be near at least one grandma and grandpa and since California is too expensive we decided to move back to Idaho. Good thing my California husband doesn't mind the cold, 'cause that could have been a problem. I guess you could say once a home body always a home body. I do admit however, that if Colorado was little closer to home it would be tempting to live there.

3- I am not a huge fan of speaking. Large groups or small, I'd rather not, thanks anyway. In college, we were required to do lots of presentations. I got out of the actual presentation by offering to put together the entire slide show for the non-speaking part of the presentation. I am slowly overcoming this fear by teaching the young women in our ward every now and again, which I'll admit can actually be kind of fun.

4- Some namesake facts: As if it isn't obvious I have indian blood running through me :) That would be because Pocahontas, yes the Pocahontas around the river bend is my 15th great grandma. Also, I apparently didn't know what my middle name was until I was 8 years old. On my 8th birthday I got a set of scriptures with my name engraved on them. As I examined the cover I read aloud, "Kacie "Camel" Holman?" Instead of Camille.

5- I am somewhat of a clean freak. I can't stand my house being messy. I even try to avoid buying Cooper toys that have lots of small pieces that could end up strewn around the house. I like things to be in their proper places. Jake sums it up when he says I, "run a tight ship". Good thing I have him well trained.

6- Since the holidays are close I'll admit I love almost any holiday. Valentines, Easter, St. Patty's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas they're great. Holidays are just something to look forward to, to decorate for, and a good reason to celebrate. I like to carry on traditions, and have even had family members call me the Christmas Queen. (As long as Queen is in the title I really don't mind.)

Well, there are six facts about me, that you may or may not have already known. Oh, and tag you're it to all of you on my friends and family list who haven't been tagged.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Drum roll please...

Is drum roll one word or two? Oh well. I do have an announcement for those of you who don't already know. I am expecting #2, and since Car got some flack for waiting 'til 22 weeks I decided to let you all know at 20 weeks. I thought it would be another boy, but the Dr. suggested it may be a girl at an ultrasound on a Tuesday, but to not buy girl clothes yet. Then the next day on Wednesday which was Halloween, I went to the hospital and since my mom works in the x-ray department she had the ultrasound tech take a quick peek. "Oh yeah, I can tell you it's a boy." It was pretty obvious to me that it was a boy, but what do I know. So for right now I think I'll wait until the next ultrasound before I say for sure what it is...but I think it's a boy.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Happy Halloween


Halloween is great, especially the candy...(Yes, I have major sweet teeth). I was so excited that Cooper was old enough to go trick-or-treating and get some candy for me, I mean him. Actually, we only went to a few houses and to grandma and grandpa's work, but ended up with an acceptable stash. Cooper loves bananas and I sometimes call him monkey, so I thought it was suitable that he dress as a monkey for Halloween. He got the hang of trick-or-treating after the first door or so, but would say, "trick-or-treat" and start opening the door himself. I think he enjoyed all the kids coming to our house. We had quite a few, and luckily we handed out most of the candy so there wasn't too much left staring me in the face.

Birthday #2!



Holy cow! I can hardly believe my little guy is already two years old, and what a fun two years they have been. We celebrated Cooper's birthday with pizza and presents the day before his birthday. At the pizza place grandpa Holman taught him how to say delicious and as he was sipping his fruit punch he said, "mmm, licious" it was pretty funny. We made him open presents in the car on the way home so he would stay awake because he didn't take a nap. It was one enjoyable car ride (Mickey Mouse singing all the way home). The next day we enjoyed balloons and cake. I always wonder what we ever did for entertainment before Cooper was born; he entertains me 24/7 with his new words and "sentences", funny faces, and explorations.