Out of the Mouth of Babes

"I don't want you to come to my house again with Hayden because he always bugs me and just always gets my stuff."

This is what my three year old niece, Megan, just said to me. I can't say that I blame her. Hayden keeps messing up her toys and knocked her play house over three times.

It's Too Early

Hayden doesn't seem to understand vacation. He woke up at 5:00 this morning. He looked at me and started signing "food." Doesn't he know that when you go on vacation you are supposed to sleep in?

Hayden usually goes to bed at 7:00 pm, sleeps through the night and wakes up at 7:00 am. We have been in Chicago for three nights and he has woken up every night. But at least he has woken up happy instead of grumpy.

Getting to Know Your Friends

1. What time did you get-up this morning? 6:00 am
2. Diamonds or pearls? diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Horton Hears a Who
4. What is your favorite TV show? Law and Order SVU
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cereal
6. What is your middle name? Susan
7. What food do you dislike? anything that lives in water, tomatoes, mushrooms and lots of others. I'm kind of picky
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Jon Schmidt
9. What kind of car do you drive? 2004 For Escape
10. Favorite sandwich? turkey, avocado, sprout
11. What characteristic do you despise?
12. Favorite item of clothing? white shirt and jeans
13. If you could go anywhere in the world, on vacation, where would you go? Austria
14. Favorite brand of clothing? Anne Taylor
15. Where would you go to retire? I don't know
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? 2007 Joe planned a party with kid games because I turned 29 and it was my last chance to play games because next year I will be really old!
17 . Favorite sport to watch? football
18. When is your birthday? November 26
19. Are you a morning person or a night person? morning
20. What is your shoe size? 6 1/2
21. Pets? No way! I'm teaching Hayden I'm allergic
22. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? I'm in Chicago
23. What did you want to be when you were little? a mom, and a teacher
24. How are you today? Tired
25. What is your favorite candy? Take Five
26. What is your favorite flower? Snap Dragons
27. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? July 13; Hayden starts nursery
28. What is your full name? Jessica Susan Anderson Young
29. What are you listening to right now? Hayden hollering "dada" from his bed
30. What was the last thing you ate? Star Burst jelly beans
31. Do you wish on stars? sometimes
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? yellow
33. How is the weather right now? cloudy and breezy
34. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Joe
35. Favorite soft drink? Water
36. Favorite restaurant? Asian Star
37. Hair color? Brown
38. What was your favorite toy as a child? Emily
39. Summer or winter? Neither, I like spring and fall
40. Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate
41. Favorite cereal? Froot Loops
42. The last time you cried? yesterday
43. What is under your bed? Extra mattress cover and a body pillow
44. What did you do last night? visited with my sister
45. What are you afraid of? needles
46. Salty or Sweet? equal balance of both
47. How many keys on your key ring? 5
48. How many years at your current job? 1
49. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
50. How many towns have you lived in? Including my mission-7. Not including my mission-2

Fun Friday

My dad was out of town on Friday so my mom decided to play hooky from work in the afternoon. We went to the mall, and Gardner Village.

Since Joe and I have been banned from wearing our contacts Hayden has decided that glasses are way cool. He is always picking up Joe's old glasses and trying to put them on. I told Hayden that I would buy him some sunglasses. I bought him a black pair and red pair from Children's Place for $5. He seems to really like them and I think he looks adorable.
At South Towne mall they have a little dinosaur play place with slides and other toys to climb on. We let Hayden play for a bit until some older kids came and were way too rowdy.
When we went to Gardner Village we got our sample of fudge, of course. And as you would suspect, Hayden wanted more. We took him to the bakery and bought him a slice of bread and my mom and I shared a cinnamon roll. We sat on the lawn and enjoyed our treat.
The ducks were playing in the stream and I asked Hayden if he wanted to feed the ducks. A man gave us a roll to feed to the ducks but of course Hayden thought it was for him to eat. By the end of the roll however, he had figured out how to throw the bread to the ducks. He didn't want to stop feeding them.
It was so fun to have such a care free day and just enjoy being together.

Difficult Day

This is a wonderful book!

Today is the day I was scheduled to have a C-section to deliver my baby. Instead, Scott Leland Young was stillborn on December 28, 2007. When I woke up this morning I realized I had been dreaming about Scott and the series of events that have taken place since his passing. The day started off very melancholy.


Joe took the day off from work so he could be with me today. Even though I am sad it has been a good day. My sister, Rachael, called bright and early to see how I was doing. A little while later my sister-in-law, Erika called me, too. It means so much to me to know that people care.

My friend Candice tended Hayden so Joe and I could go to the Salt Lake Temple to do sealings. I feel so close to my little Scotty when I am there. We weren't able to do sealings after all but we were able to sit together in the Celestial Room for a long time. It was wonderful to be there.

When Scott was born the hospital made molds of his hands, feet, and face out of plaster. I was afraid of them breaking so I had Stan Watts at Atlas Bronze Casting cast them in bronze for me. After weeks and weeks of waiting and calling multiple times they were finally ready for me today. My mom tended Hayden so I could pick them up this morning.

I couldn't have asked for anything better today. Since I didn't get to have my baby today at least I have his sweet molds. I will cherish them always.

He was so tiny but so perfect. He even had little finger nails.

He had such long fingers. I'm sure he would have been a great piano player.

He looked so much like his big brother, Hayden.

He curled his toes just like his daddy and big brother do.

I am so grateful for these wonderful treasures.

A Woman's Work is Never Done

The last few days I feel that I have been very productive and domestic (or domesticated as my friend likes to say). Tuesday I bought tons of strawberries and sugar and made my first batch of strawberry jam. I haven't tasted it yet, but I hope it is good.



Yesterday, I began scrubbing my house at 8:00 am. I washed all the blinds downstairs, all the baseboards, vacuumed (I even did the edges with the attachments and the stairs), I polished all the furniture, scrubbed the kitchen and bathroom, got on my hands and knees and scrubbed the floor. My house smelt like bleach when I was done. I washed about six loads of laundry, and stripped the sheets of my bed.

I finally showered at 3:30 and then left a little after four to run some errands, go to an Enrichment meeting, and back to my mom's to get Hayden. It was after 9:30 when I finally got home. When Joe and I went up to bed and there was a huge pile of laundry on the floor and I hadn't put sheets back on the bed. Joe walked into the room and said, "Isn't this a welcoming sight." I was ready to hit him.

It just goes to show it doesn't matter how hard you work or how much you get accomplished, there is always more to do.

I Take it Back

After reading the comments about my Fairy Tale Love post I guess I need to change my ideals. No one seemed to agree with me.

That really isn't why I take back what I said. The real reason is that some people thought I was not satisfied with Joe. That couldn't be farther from the truth. I have a wonderful, sweet husband who is actually way more thoughtful and romantic than I am.

When Joe and I had been dating about three months I had my birthday. He gave me a card that said we were going to dinner at Biaggi's (we went there on our 3rd date) and to Beauty and the Beast at PMT. I was way excited. Then before he left my house that night he told me he had something else. I was shocked because I knew he had already spent a lot of money for my birthday. He went out to his car and brought back a bouquet of...

BROCCOLI!

That is my favorite food.

Yesterday was our 2nd anniversary. Since we went to Las Vegas last month we said we weren't spending money for our anniversary. So, I didn't. Joe woke me up with breakfast in bed and a card. He bought me flowers. Not just any flowers. It was a beautiful bouquet of snap dragons like I had for my wedding bouquet. He took me on a date to Trafalga to go miniature golfing. That is where we went on a date the night he ended up proposing to me. We went to dinner at Bombay House, we went on a date there when we first started dating.

What did I do for Joe? NOTHING! I didn't even get him a card. I am a big jerk!

Joe doesn't only do sweet things for the events that people expect gifts for. He surprises me with cards and flowers and treats all the time.

For the past two years Joe has surprised me with the "annual weekend for Jessica." This is three days dedicated completely to me. Out to dinner, concerts, professional massages, new clothes etc.

Believe it or not he does burst into song too. When we were dating, he would call my cell phone after he left my house at night and leave me a message. Often times it was him singing "I Just Called to Say I Love You." He even made up a song that he still sings to me frequently.

I guess I really do have a fairy tale romance. But poor Joe certainly didn't get a sweet princess.

I couldn't ask for a better husband.

Hayden 15 months

Hayden is growing up way too fast. He thinks he is so big. He is really working on communicating with people. He signs a few words, eat, drink, more and again. He says, Dada, Mama, down (as in down came the rain), ashes (from Ring Around the Rosie). He thinks I'm Dada. If he wants you to do something he comes to you and takes your hand. Once you start to go he lets go of your hand and expects you to follow. He turns around a few times to make sure you are still following. If he doesn't get what he wants he stiffens his entire body and starts to yell at you. That drives me crazy.

He loves to play Ring Around the Rosie over and over again. He is getting very good at Itsy Bitsy Spider. A week ago all he did was "down" but a few days ago he learned how to move his little hands for the spider. When he does "up came the sun" his hand only come up to his eyes. Hopefully one day he will do it on command and I can get it video taped.

One of Hayden's other favorite things to do is to put on his finger puppets and scare people. All of his finger puppet animals says "roar." At work he has been taking drink holders that have a little hole in the bottom and putting them on his fingers to scare people, as if they were finger puppets.

Hayden loves to vacuum. To bad I don't have his enthusiasm for the activity. Whenever he sees the vacuum he wants me to get it out. He knows where his Grandma Young keeps the vacuum and he tries get people to get it out for him all the time.

He loves outside more than anything. Most days he stands at the front door at 7:30 am crying because I won't let him go outside. I can't wait until we consistently have nice weather so he can play outside every day.

As far as eating goes he still has his favorites, chocolate, chocolate, candy, oranges, and more chocolate. He doesn't really like meat. He will eat chicken nuggets, hamburger in soups, and today he had fish sticks and loved them. He won't eat vegetables unless it is in soup. I gave him green beans the other day and he looked at them, picked one up and pulled a funny face, then he gave it to me to eat. He would not even taste it. He really wants to feed himself. He is really good eating with a fork but there are somethings I just hate to let him feed himself, such as yogurt and oatmeal. He gets so mad at me if I try to feed him. Hayden loves to sit on the kitchen floor to eat. He also likes to feed me bites of whatever he is eating, unless of course it is chocolate.

I really enjoy being able to be with Hayden everyday. He brings me so much joy.

Fairy Tale Love

Let me start this post by saying I love Joe so much. He is a wonderful husband. This post in no way, shape or form is intended to make you think otherwise.

But...

I am currently reading (listening to) The Choice by Nicholas Sparks and this afternoon I watched Enchanted. I absolutely love Nicholas Sparks' books. If he is as romantic as the men in most of his books, his wife is really lucky. I wish love was really like a fairy tale where everyone bursts into songs about "true love's kiss" or like in movies when everything is so passionate. In Enchanted the guy says to the princess multiple times, "that's not reality." Why can't "real" love feel more like the love of a "fantasy."

Maybe I can get Joe to read Nicholas Sparks' books and tell him to take notes on all the romantic things the men say, think, feel and do.

Bored

I am so bored!!!

I think it should be against the rules for Joe to have school on a Friday night. Usually if I am bored I can go hang out with my family but Rachael went back to Chicago, my parents are in Moab, and Brea is sick so I don't want Hayden to be with her. I called Jill to see if she and Erin wanted to come over but she had plans and Erin isn't coming down from Idaho until tomorrow. So not only am I bored, I'm a little bit lonely too. After I put Hayden to bed I made hair bows. Then I decided to make cookies but I didn't have all the ingredients. There is nothing good on TV. So here I am...blogging about nothing.