Amy has been feeling too sick to post anything; so it is up to me to pick up the slack. There hasn't been a whole lot going on. So I thought I would post a day-by-day list of the things that Amy is eating during her pregnancy, because it is just plain freaky. I'll expect Mike to do the same, if he is half the "Sweetie" that Steph claims he is. So, here is the rundown:
Thursday, August 16: I returned from a business trip in Alabama to find the cupboard stocked with Kit-Kats, Licorice, and other Candy Bars. There were four different bags of chips in the pantry (including two different brands of barbecue potato chips--you tell me). In the freezer I found Haagen-Daaz chocolate ice cream, and two different flavors of Pillsbury Toaster Strudels.
Friday, August 17: I got home from work and Amy wanted to go to Wingers to get some wings for dinner. She and the kids had already been to McDonalds where Amy had eaten a Sausage McMuffin for breakfast, and Cafe Rio, where she had eaten a salad for lunch. On the car ride home from Wingers, where she had consumed about 8 wings and a bowl of tortilla soup (that looked to me like vomit), she turned to me and in that desperate Amy voice said, "Okay, I need a Ding Dong right now."
Saturday, August 18: She ate alot of candy bars throughout the day, followed by a filet and a yam for dinner. At the movies, just as the previews were starting and after I'd asked her on the way it if she wanted anything, she demanded popcorn and a Sprite to go along with the bag full of candy she had smuggled into the movie. The Bourne Ultimatum was excellent by the way.
Sunday, August 19: She started things off with a Kit-Kat because, "I didn't want to wait for my toaster strudel to finish." She then ate three bowls of "Trix" cereal. I came home from church to find her lying in bed with a half-eaten loaf of bread next to her. She followed that up with a Subway sandwich and a couple of bags of salt and vinegar potato chips.
So, there you go.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Thursday, August 9, 2007
New York, Baby
From August 3 through 7, Josh and Jake, Grandpa D. and I went to New York. We stayed with Mike and Mel, who have been living there for the summer while Mike completes an intership with Citigroup. It was a crazy trip that involved dozens of subway rides and miles of walking. We had a blast and managed to see a Yankees game, Grand Central Station, Times Square, Lincoln Center, Central Park, FAO Schwartz, The Museum of Natural History, Riverside Park, The Empire State Building, The Statue of Liberty, Grimaldi's Pizza, the Brooklyn Bridge, Ground Zero, Wall Street, Federal Hall, and probably a few other things I can't remember. Thanks to Mike and Mel for showing us such a great time. The boys had a blast with Tyler, and it was great that we got to do the trip with Dad. Here are a few of the highlights.
First things first, A-Rod was stuck on 499 career home runs for about 10 games before we went. I snapped this picture during the first swing of his first at bat of the game--money. This is number 500. You can see him finishing his swing, the pitcher finishing his motion, and the ball above the pitcher's head. It was great. The boys loved it, and we made friends with total strangers in the celebrations after. Sorry PJ, we didn't make it to Shea. We can see minor league ball here in SLC.
The cousins at Times Square.
At Wall Street.
Catching fireflies in Riverside Park. The boys loved this.
After having pizza at Grimaldi's, we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge back to Manhattan. Josh probably asked 500 questions about the bridge on the way. We covered such topics as the engineering of suspension bridges, why suspension bridges are best for busy waterways, gothic architecture, caissons, caisson disease, and on and on and on.
Don't think I wasn't just making answers up by the end. We went back to the apartment later that day and looked some of his questions up on Wikipedia. After the walk, Josh said that New York was a better place to vacation than Disneyland and Hawaii because, "Everything in New York is special and rare." My 9 year old son. He and Jake took the two pictures on the right; they turned out to be pretty good ones.
The cousins in front of the Museam of Natural History. Jake loved it. He wanted me to take pictures of everything inside. He was so well behaved on the trip. We must have walked at least 5-10 miles every day, and he never complained.
In Central Park
FAO Schwartz
First things first, A-Rod was stuck on 499 career home runs for about 10 games before we went. I snapped this picture during the first swing of his first at bat of the game--money. This is number 500. You can see him finishing his swing, the pitcher finishing his motion, and the ball above the pitcher's head. It was great. The boys loved it, and we made friends with total strangers in the celebrations after. Sorry PJ, we didn't make it to Shea. We can see minor league ball here in SLC.
Here are J., Josh, Tyler and Dad at the subway stop outside Yankee Stadium.
At the Stadium. Notice Jake's hair. That kid can sweat like no one's business. And it was hot.
The cousins at Times Square.At Wall Street.
On the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty
On top of the Empire State Building 
With Mike, Tyler and Dad at Riverside Park
Catching fireflies in Riverside Park. The boys loved this.
Josh ordered this giant hot dog at Grand Central Station. I told him I'd give him $20 if he could eat the whole thing. He ate all but an inch of it and spent about 1/2 hour in the bathroom later than night on the verge of vomiting it up--classic.
After going to church at Lincoln Center we wait to catch the subway back to Harlem.
After having pizza at Grimaldi's, we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge back to Manhattan. Josh probably asked 500 questions about the bridge on the way. We covered such topics as the engineering of suspension bridges, why suspension bridges are best for busy waterways, gothic architecture, caissons, caisson disease, and on and on and on.
Don't think I wasn't just making answers up by the end. We went back to the apartment later that day and looked some of his questions up on Wikipedia. After the walk, Josh said that New York was a better place to vacation than Disneyland and Hawaii because, "Everything in New York is special and rare." My 9 year old son. He and Jake took the two pictures on the right; they turned out to be pretty good ones.
The cousins in front of the Museam of Natural History. Jake loved it. He wanted me to take pictures of everything inside. He was so well behaved on the trip. We must have walked at least 5-10 miles every day, and he never complained.
In Central Park
FAO Schwartz
Friday, August 3, 2007
Latest news
I don't have any pictures for this post, and it's the fourth time around so it's probably not really big news to any of you, but Jeff and I are very excited! We are officially announcing that I am pregnant!
Some other big news......we have put our house up for sale. We don't know for sure if we are moving or not. We need to sell for a good price and we just heard on the news yesterday that the market has started to slow down in Utah...so we'll see.
Some other big news......we have put our house up for sale. We don't know for sure if we are moving or not. We need to sell for a good price and we just heard on the news yesterday that the market has started to slow down in Utah...so we'll see.
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