Christmas and the Current Snow Situation

Well Christmas was good. I think I got everything I wanted this year, and Amy got everything she never knew she always wanted. Needless to say its hard to shop for someone who doesn't know what they want for Christmas (or ever. Ask her what she did with her graduation money...)

So Lucas made out like a bandit, as all newborns do. He probably got twice as many presents as Amy and I combined. His room (which he still hasn't slept in I might add..) looks like we robbed a Toys-R-Us or something.

Or maybe like an elephant gave birth to a litter in there...

So how bout this snow huh? Crazy. I think we are over two feet now. Church was cancelled today due to a broken heater in the building, which is just as well since the road to our building was closed because of snow. (there's a road block and everything!)

Well I guess I should put up a picture for good measure. Happy New Year and Cheers!

Hooray!

2 things to be excited about:


1. For the past 5 nights, Lucas has only woken up once during the night. We'll put him down around 10:30 and he'll sleep for 3-4 hours. Then I'll feed him (usually for around 45 minutes) and we'll put him back down and he'll sleep for another 4-5 hours! I'm really hoping this continues. I can handle having to get up once during the night. It's much better than the first couple of nights home when he was up every 45 minutes and I got a total of maybe 3 or 4 hours of sleep for the night.


2. On Wednesday, just out of curiosity, I decided to try on my pre-pregnancy jeans. I just thought I'd see how long it was going to be before I could even think of wearing them. So, I tried them on, with rather low expectations and.... THEY FIT! Wahoo! One week after having the baby and my jeans fit again. Yay for me!

Current nic-names the kid has earned himself-

1. Tug boat- Because when he farts, he does lots of little ones in a row, and it sounds like a tug boat putting along.

2. Roto Rooter- Because he is always "rooting" around looking for food.

3. Milk o' holic, or Milk drunk baby- You have to see him when he starts to fall asleep eating. He eyes start to roll back in his head so he looks cross eyed, and he starts to leak milk out of the corners of his mouth. So funny.

Welcome!

Lucas James Stafford
November 12th, 2008
9:30 p.m.
8 lbs. 8 oz.
20.5 in.
Cranky when hungry.
Adorable.

When You Love a Woman

Jeff here... Ok, I dont normally do these because I think they are dumb, but this one looked funny. No baby yet, by the way. 11 Days to go!!!! Woooooo!!!

Take out your iPod, put it on shuffle and answer the question with the song you get.

If someone says "is this okay?" you say:
These are the days (Jamie Cullum)

How would you describe yourself?
All eyes on me (Goo goo dolls)

How do you feel today?
Horizon has been defeated (Jack Johnson)

What is your life purpose?
I'm a terrible person (Rooney) Sad.....

What do your parents think of you?
Come downstairs and say hello (Guster)

What do you often think about?
Semi Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind)

What do you think of the person you love?
Buddy Holly (Weezer)

What is your life story?
Freak me out (Weezer)

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Again I go Unoticed (Dashboard Confessional)

What will your wife's occupation be?
In Conversation (The Juliana Theory)

What do you think when you see the person you love?
I'm wondering (Aaron Edson) ...when this baby will be born!!!!

What will they play at your funeral?
Its over (Vertical Horizon) HA!!!

What is your biggest fear?
One year Later (The get up Kids)

What is your biggest secret?
Silence (Mae)

What do you think of your friends?
Cool Song (Jeff Stafford)

What motivates you?
The Secrets in the telling (Dashboard Confessional)

What do you dream about?
The Everglow (Mae)

How would you describe your high school years?
When its over (Sugar Ray) Ha again!

What are your hopes for the future?
Best I ever Had (VH) Nice...

How would you describe the way you look?
Fountain of Youth (New Amsterdams) Cool!

What goals are you currently working on?
Somewhere in between (Life house)

What will the title of this post be?
When you love a woman (Journey)

Happy First Day of Fall and 32 Weeks

Now, I know it's been over a month and a half since we've posted on here, but I couldn't let the first day of fall go by without posting. I love fall. It is by far my favorite season. It appears as though Rexburg got the hint that it was fall and for once decided to display the corresponding characteristics of the season. A few trees I saw today had dropped their leaves, others were starting to change color, and the air was crisp. This was by no means even close to a New England fall (which I'm now missing for the 7th year in a row) but sometimes you have to take what you can get. Someday I'll make it back there during October. Hooray for the color and crunch of leaves, crisp air, apple cider, and hoodies!

And on another note, today we reach the 32 week mark.... only 8 more to go. I still feel like there are so many things to do but I'm starting to think it will always be that way so I might as well just say good enough is good enough. We do have the carseat, stroller, crib, and an assortment of clothes and other essential and not so essential items. There are still a few things I want to make and or get (the most essential being diapers and wipes). It will all come together in the end... and if it doesn't, we'll make do.
By request, here is a picture, taken today, for all those who have missed seeing my growing belly.

And all that jazz..

So I just bought a violin. I don't know why I bought a violin... I use to play in elementary school and I hated it then. (You know how it is... A kid would rather be outside playing then inside practicing.) Well I figured I might want to take it back up now that I am more musically inclined.

It has been OK... (OK I sound like crap.. I'm sure I'm hitting notes that only dogs can hear.)
It is as hard as I remember it being.

So I think I might be a musical pack rat. This violin puts me up to a grand total of 13 instruments. (a drum set, bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, accordion, 5 harmonicas, a djembe, bongos, and of course the violin.) Do they have a group called Instrument-oholics Anonymous?

Today is the Day

Today is the day we find out what we're having. I've decided I think I could be fine with not knowing until we have the baby. I told Jeff that this morning. His response was that he could just find out and then not tell me. I laughed at that and say yeah, then you'll just be dancing around going "I know and you don't, I know and you don't!"
So, needless to say, we find out today. We'll let you know when we're ready for the world to know.

I take that back...

It's now sunny...
but still cold.

Just thought you all should know...

Today is June 12th.
Yesterday, it snowed.
Today, it's raining and hailing.
We may see sun by August.
Welcome to Rexburg.

Electronics...

So we recently bought a wireless router for our apartment. I ordered one online from a trusted source, and brand. Once i got it all set up it worked like a charm... for one day.

I don't know why it stopped working. Maybe it fried, maybe it wanted to be payed. Either way, it was dead. I called up the return hot line and they gave me my money back and told me to just "throw it out." Of course I didn't.

We went to walmart and bought a replacement router that runs like a champ. With a working router in place I thought to myself, "Self.. Now that you have a free broken router, you should at least try to fix it.." I tried every thing short of beating it and nothing worked.

Finally I plugged it in to my laptop, looked at it in a moment of pondering, and then proceeded to beat the crap out of it over my knee.

After about the 10th hit all the lights blinked on.

Needless to say we have two working routers now. Why the beating of machinery can sometimes make it work I'll never know.

Happy National Doughnut Day!

I know, I was supposed to be the one doing most of the posts on here but needless to say... this is why I never started a blog before. I knew I'd be hopeless at keeping it updated.
Anyway... Jeff called me just after I got to work this morning to tell me today is National Doughnut Day. Who knew, huh?
Here and here are a couple links to some more info about it and if you're lucky, you live close enough to a Krispy Kreme where they're giving away free doughnuts today. So, enjoy your free doughnut and Happy National Doughnut Day!

Jeff and his hobbies...

OK, so I'm a sucker for hobbies. I like to create and invent and see the fruits of my labors. A wise man once said, "Never let anything stand in the way of your dreams." (that does not include taking over the living room as a photography studio, or recording a full band in the spare room... Sorry Amy. I'll put our apartment back together soon!)

Through my numerous exploits, and due to a very limited budget, I've learned to be inventive. There are many ways to get professional results, in whatever it is you may do, for a cheap price.

Needless to say my cheap inventions have filled every crook and nanny of our apartment. Maybe it's time to spring clean...

Sometimes we find project attempts that never reached critical mass. Its not that I never finish a project that I start, (*cough*) or that half my projects end up being more expensive than I originally thought (*cough cough*). I just get distracted by another project. I just have too many ideas swirling around in my head, constantly battling for my attention, hoping one day that they will be created...

Crap... My prescription ran out...

Whats new?

Well another conference come and gone. The talks were amazing. The solemn assembly was neat. Overall it went really well. You can definitely tell that President Monson has a lot more weight on his shoulders. He looked nervous.

In other news, it snowed this weekend. For those of you keeping score at home, our first snow of the season cam at last conference. That means we have had 6 months of snow here in Rexburg. Lets see if we can go for an even 8. Ugh... Kill me now!

Not much else is new right now, so keep an eye out for future updates.

The truth is out...

OK.. So we are just suckers for sales. Albertsons had a sale on cereal the other day and I was dubbed the "All holy braver of the crowds" because Amy was at work. The place was a zoo. Circumstances being what they were I was able to make some last minute executive decisions without calling Amy. (Nothing to important. A box of this, a box of that, boxing an old lady who stole my Apple Jacks..) Stakes were high and I knew I needed to act fast. I took all my shopping cart could carry and beat my way to a checkout line. Of course I maintained dignity as I returned kicks and shoves. I felt somewhat like those crazy people you see on TV who won a ten minute shopping spree. It seemed as if all the yelling gave way to a fantasy of cheering and confetti as I raced my bounty toward the finish line with only seconds to go. As I sat in line I was told to tally my winnings. I never knew a shopping cart could hold so much. This being said, I will let the picture speak for it's self. Hey... Its not a bad haul for 20 bucks.

What would you do?

So Amy and I were at the store the other day, looking at the leftover candy from Easter. As we stood there contemplating which candy to get, a man come onto the intercom. "Attention shoppers.. For the next 10 minutes, all Easter candy is 1 dollar. All candy, all kinds!"

We, of course, maintained composure. After all, candy isn't that good for you. Amidst the chaos that afterward ensued, we claimed a humble portion of candy for ourselves. Remember gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins.

yet another family blog...

So what... We have a family blog. Hmm let's see, what’s new with the Stafford family? Not too much. We finally saved up and got a Nikon D80. Amy and I have always loved taking pictures. She, at one time was a photo major before she switched to university studies, and I'm clustering in photography. Pictures will be forthcoming...

My brother Tim just got married so we took the boring trip to Boise… again… (No it’s really not that bad, it has all the pleasant sights and sounds of a four and a half hour coma.)

Im knot aul their wen it kums to riting, so Amy will be doing most of the posts. Well that’s all for now.