Round Two Teen Jeopardy

Remember this post? Well my cousin Will is getting another shot as a wild card in tonight's show. He scored high enough in last week's competition to be chosen as a wild card for this week. So watch him tonight on Jeopardy on NBC. He has already made $10,000 for making it this far. Way to go Will!

Hopefully tonight he won't be bombarded with High School Musical questions like he was last week. Once again, he'll be squaring off against two girls. Check out the lineup here.

*L*O*V*E*

This afternoon as I was sorting laundry, the doorbell rang. A woman from The Flower Shop was standing there. She said, "I have a delivery for you, and it's the largest one we've made all day!" I said, "oh really?!" She quickly ran to get the beautiful bouquet of long stem roses (see picture below), and when handing them to me said Happy Valentine's Day Maureen!

Shoot, if only my name was Maureen and not the lady's upstairs!Due to 'technical difficulties', I'm having to change what I was originally going to do. All my pictures are on our laptop, but I happened to have a few on this computer.

Here are some of my favorite wedding pictures (it's all I've got to pull from).....

Happy Valentine's Day To All I LOVE!

Panic Attack

I'm home alone, having a panick attack. As my husband left for work this morning, he casually mentioned that our laptop was experiencing some technical difficulties and the screen was blue. I said, you mean the "blue screen of death?" He responded, "yes." Not sure if you've ever had a computer experience that before, but it basically means you're toast and so are all of your files. I am a picture FANATIC and have documented every minute of my soon to be 4 month old son's life. Right about now, I'm FREAKING out....all alone. My husband, told me that's not necessary since if they're gone we can't do anything about it, and if they aren't gone, then we're okay. Comforting words on this Valentine's Day.

I'm praying extra hard this morning that our laptop is okay and so are my precious picture files. A word from the unwise....back up all your pictures!

Hopefully I'll be writing a "Happy Valentine's Day" post later on today....it was in the plans until the "blue screen of death" came a knockin' on my door. I also have plans to change my template because I'm not feeling the brown. Also, I put spaces in between my paragraphs and then when I go to publish, it takes the spaces away, does anyone know how to fix that problem? It annoys me on a daily basis.

Laughter, The Best Medicine....Zantac, The Worst

I realize that watching a video of someone else's baby laughing, isn't all that exciting (but I love it), so watch at your own discresion. Also, I realize the noises I'm making are VERY, VERY annoying, but he seemed to like it. He's wearing an outfit that our friend's gave him. They live in Florida, and so this is for them. Notice the shoes are still too big....hopefully when he walks they'll fit.

The Reflux medicine that we have to give him is DISGUSTING (we tested it), and he hates taking it. Whenever we get the dropper near his mouth he closes his lips up tight, and puts up a good fight. I'm very impressed with his abilities to resist. When we finally are able shove it down his throat, he pools it in the back of his mouth and spits it out...just when we think he's actually swallowed! I know some of it is getting into his system because we are experiencing some major runny diapers. If it's not one thing, it's another!

*****Don't forget to watch Teen Jeopardy tomorrow night on NBC at 7:30 PST.*****

Jeopardy Teen Tournament-February 11-22

Have you heard of 17 year old Will Casper from Basin City, WA? Will is my cousin, and if you haven't already seen him featured on the front page of the Tri-City Herald, in the Deseret News , or other publications for that matter, then you still have a chance to see him this coming week on Jeopardy for the Teen Tournament. He will first appear on Wednesday the 13th, and if he does well, he will be on the following week for the finals. Will has grown up idolizing Jeopardy, and watching it nightly. I remember on more then one occassion calling the Casper home around 7:30, and being told that they would call back after Jeopardy was over. Will is a smartie pants. He scored a whopping 35 on his ACT...and I used to wonder who actually got that score, well I think he's my second cousin to achieve that. For those of you that don't know, Teen Jeopardy is very competitive, and he was chosen from THOUSANDS of contestants after taking a test, doing an interview, and who knows what else (I think they even had to go down to Cali for tryouts). There were a few minor setbacks such as Alex Trebeck having a heart attack, Will's team making it to the state football tournament, him almost missing the deadline to enter by literally minutes...just to name a few. This really is a dream come true for him and his family, especially his mom!

Will has already been to California for the tapings, but he and his family are keeping their lips zipped as to how he did. Make sure to tune in next week to see if Will takes home the $75,000 prize!!!!! (He already made $5,000 for making it this far) To see Will's video interview, go Here.

Here is a pic of Will shoving Alex T. up a shark in Universal Studios, can you believe they let him do that, no wonder he had a heart attack? Hahah

Bad News, Good News

Bad News: I finally decided to take the little guy back into the doctor today. I knew that the amounts he's been puking were NOT normal, and I can tell he's been in pain lately. What I wasn't expecting, was for him to have LOST weight. Seriously annoying, especially since I'm nursing him. Just kind of feels like a lost cause! I wanted the doctor to see how much he throws up, and sure enough, he puked all over the place. The doctor confirmed my suspicions that he has Acid Reflux Disease (GERD). We're starting him on Zantac ASAP, and hopefully my little guy will start to chunk up and his tummy will feel better. I know that I hated heartburn when I was pregnant and it wasn't even that bad.

Good News: We finally know what's wrong, and we have modern medicine to take care of these things.

Bad News: The doctor thinks that this active little boy will be walking by 8 or 9 months? Excuse me, did I hear her correctly? Not ready for that......

Shoot, I've been tagged!

My baby is rolling over! He's actually been doing it for two weeks now. He's a strong little guy. I almost don't want to post this in case it jinxes it, but he's also been sleeping through the night the past three nights. I'm not holding my breath, but oh boy it's been nice!!!

In other news....

Andrea tagged me, so looks like I have to play along

10 years ago

I pulled out my journal to see what was going on in my life at 15 years old in 1998 (most of it I can't share becauses, it's that embarrassing...what was I thinking???!!!)

My sister, our friend, and I, went to the Gap and bought a friend of ours some new jeans. His jeans were terrible, and we thought it would be nice to buy him some new ones for Valentine's Day. They weren't cheap, but we were really excited to give them to him. He was a recent convert, and only wore really tight, high-water jeans, with huge holes in them. We had someone in one of his classes give it to him for us. We were told that as he opened them up he yelled, "somebody loves me." We were thrilled that he loved them. We were less then thrilled (alright we were ticked), when we found out he took them back to the Gap and kept the money. I had forgotten about this story, and it makes me mad just thinking about it.

5 things to do on my list today
1. Make bread (it's baking as I write this)
2. Give my baby a bath when he wakes up

3. Laundry

4. Vaccum
5. Make dinner

Snacks I enjoy
Lately I can't get enough string cheese. I love that stuff.

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire

Live it up

3 of my bad habits
1. Eating too much string cheese

2. Rushing my husband

3. Staying in my PJ's for too long

5 places I have lived

1. Moses Lake

2. Rexburg

3. London

4. Provo/Orem
5. Pasco/Burbank

5 jobs that I have had
1. Potato Harvest-Piler worker

2. Pruning Apple Trees/Nursery work
3. Hay Baler/Blue Grass Swather

4. NuSkin Public Relations
5. Enhance/Marchex-Sales

5 things people don't know about me (you probably do know actually)
1. I have had a parotidectomy (I dare you to watch the vidoe), and have a large scar

2. I can flatten my neck completely....thanks Mom for passing along that traight
3. We made $3,000 when we had our baby, of course half of it went to pay off the hospital

4. I used to love matchmaking and have had a marriage come from a blind date I set up

5. I weighed in at 123 on my wedding day. If only now!

Sheryl, Ali, Kashann, Sunny, Alysia....you're it!