Hilarious!

The First of Many

Mazee finally experienced the first of many Disneyland trips to come in her lifetime. If you know the Martinez family, you know they LOVE Disneyland. Actually, I think love is an understatement. They've been known to frequent that spot as often as 9 times a year. Yup, that's a lot of Disneyland lovin'. We had such a fun time though and look forward to when Mazee will understand it a little more. We decided to fly, which I was most apprehensive about. My fears were calmed after we landed in Long Beach, she was such an angel. All that worry for nothin'. Well, lo and behold she just bottled it all up for the flight home. She screamed her ear splitting scream for all to hear and the poor Chinese lady next to me was so nice to let Mazee pet her fur coat. Thank you Chinese lady, that was about the only thing that calmed her. She was such a good girl at Disneyland though and now she is a true Martinez!

Here she is with her stylin' sunglasses that her Aunt Meg gave her. She surprisingly left them on for quite awhile. She got so many laughs and smiles, and a couple "Oh, little Miss Hollywood."

A Disneyland trip wouldn't be complete without the "get-up." Compliments of Grandma Karen.

Classic family pic at the front

Whole fam (p.s. the Halloween decorations are sooo cute!)

And of course, meeting Mickey. She wasn't scared by any of the characters, for some reason she was really intrigued with their noses. Silly girl.

All in all, it was a fun and memorable trip. We couldn't have asked for better conditions: perfect weather, short lines, Mazee being a trooper, and good company thanks to the Martinez fam! With the closing of one vacation means looking forward to another. And boy are we looking forward to our cruise in January!!

No Heimlich for me, thank you.

I had to post this because I keep thinking about it and laughing. On Saturday night after Mazee was all snug in bed, Jake and I cuddled up on the couch with our treats (Sour Patch Kids, Chocolate Covered Peanuts, and Tootsie Rolls) to watch Don't Mess With The Zohan, which we ended up turning off halfway through. (Stupidest/Most Pervy movie EVER! Don't rent!) As throats & tongues are known to do, I swallowed. Not my candy or water, just plain old spit. That spit took the road less traveled and holy cow, I could not breathe. I was wheezing and wheezing, barely able to get a cough out. I know you know what I'm talking about, it happens to everybody. I sat up trying to get more air, and within seconds Jake had me on my feet, standing behind me, with fists clenched over my abdomen which = Heimlich maneuver. All the while, I'm vigorously shaking my head trying to get him to understand that I'm not choking on substance, and envisioning my ribs being crushed by Jake's life saving efforts. Finally, he takes notice of my shaking head and lets his hands down. I slowly got my air back and then we laughed our heads off at how quickly and how seriously he was about doing the Heimlich. I feel like I should come up with a song for Jake like, "You know who to call....Ghostbusters!" I might dare say that he could get to you fast enough, I witnessed his lightning quick reflexes. He's a good one to have around.

Udderly HUGE

Here it is folks. 6th picture, 6th folder. To this day I still think those are the hugest udders I've ever seen. Wow. This was at the Utah State Fair in 2005. I remember it so clearly because as we were leaving the fair with my parents, Summer called. As usual she asked what I was doing, I told her, she asked who I was with, I told her, and then she asked, "Mel, are you guys gonna get married?!" Jake and I hadn't talked about that at all. I giggled and said, "I don't know." And also as usual she probed. (I love you Sum. It's true, you know it.) "But, like, you're considering it?" We both giggle. We're such gigglers. "Sum, I don't know. Maybe." After hanging up, Jake wanted to know what we were talking about. I was too embarassed to tell. Funny thing is, it was decided that very night that we were going to get married. How'd you know Sum?

Anyway, I now tag Steph H., Steph J., Mandy, Di, Carly, and anyone else who wants to do it.

Birthday Bash

Here's a few of the pictures from Mazee's party, finally. It turned out great. All the family came and Mazee did really well considering she had the flu. She got some really fun toys and has been playing with them non-stop. Thanks again to all the fam for coming and for the cute presents!

You can see she's not feeling well, but this is her and daddy with her cake. I'm no Betty Crocker, this was the first cake I've ever decorated, so cut me some slack. It's a butterfly if you can't tell.

Mazee LOVED the cake, but I was leery to let her eat too much because I didn't want to have to clean up the aftermath, if you know what I mean.

Me & my favorite niece, Blythe

Have You Heard...

that they changed the opening day of the Twilight movie? Maybe I was the last to find out, but for those of you who didn't know either, they changed it to November 21st. That will be my birthday "weekend," which means I get whatever I want, which means Jake will have to go with me! Yes. Can't wait!!!

I'm still not sure about Edward. Is it just me?

Plagued

We've all been plagued with the flu at our house. We're finally over it, but it's put me behind. Will catch up soon.

And we're leaving for Disneyland with Jake's family in a week and a half, for some much, MUCH needed vacationing. Yay!

Long & Lean

I took Mazee to the Dr. yesterday for her 1 year check up and she is in the 98.5 percentile for height! She keeps getting longer and longer, I can't believe it. Poor little thing got the flu the day after her birthday and has been throwing up and having the "runs," then had to get 4 immunizations at the doctor. She's been having a rough time but has been so, so good. You couldn't ask for a better sick kid. Today she is finally back to herself and eating good again. Yay! Let's just say we will be getting the flu shot!

P.S. Pictures to come soon of the birthday party!