Tag

I have been tagged by my cousin to play this game, so here I go!

Rules: Tell 6 truths or habits, then tag 6 other friends (I may just do a couple) on their blogs. Those tagged have to do the game and tag other friends.

1- Habit: I read msn news almost everyday, not all of it, truthfully I focus on the important parts like celebrity gossip

2- Truth: I once hit my brother with a two by four... on purpose. I was 9.

3- Truth: I think I like the name combination of Grace Julia Larson the best so far

4- Truth: I am making most of the Christmas presents I am giving out this year from scratch and I really want to post pictures but the only ones who read this blog are the recipients

5- Habit: I am OCD when it comes to keeping the kitchen sink clean, I have trouble falling asleep if there are dirty dishes.

6- Truth: While pregnant I had a dream I had twin boys. One looked like my side of the family and the other looked like Neil's side.... I loved the one more that looked like a Wagner! How is that for twisted narcissism!

Halloween!

This past weekend has been pretty busy. On Friday night our ward had a trunk or treat party. Since I grew up in a colder area of the country I had no idea what that was. You decorate your trunk, park, and then kids come to each car "trunk or treating". It was really fun. Neil and I dressed up as scare crows and decorated our trunk like a farm. We won a cutest couples award but the next day at church a picture of us was posted right in the middle of the bulletin board and I look HUGE! I certainly look pregnant now and the fact that I am wearing one of Neil's hugely unflattering shirts does not help matters. Don't worry I will sacrifice my vanity and post them here. On Saturday my primary class came over for a party. We had to sing a duet for the primary program and I promised them if they memorized the words we could have a party. Neil was great, he helped with the games as I prepared a nutritious lunch of pizza and fries. Tonight we are carving pumpkins for family home evening and I can't wait!

LDS Urban Legends

Check this out
http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/12627

The First Day of Fall or Adios FLip Flops!

Now I know the "supposed" first day of fall was August 23 but here in Houston it was yesterday. I went outside and there was a delicious bite in the air, it was the first day it would have been silly to go to the pool. Outside the grocery store the crisp wind brushed my face and I was in heaven! I love cool/cold weather which can be a problem when you live in a land of eternal summer. Sweaters, jackets, and scarves just call to me. It could be a nostalgia thing. I don't remember a Halloween growing up that didn't involve a coat over my costume. I just hope the cool weather keeps up. In honor of the first day of Fall donuts and cider were offered to all in the house of Larson.

I heart Taco Bell and other things of the utmost importance

I use to be able to smugly say, "I haven't thrown up for a decade." All this ended yesterday. I woke up feeling rather out of sorts. I'm not sure if it was the smoothie or the vegetable soup from the day before but something was having a painful party in my tummy. Suffice it to say I had a rather miserable day until dinner time. Then a miraculous thing happened. Neil asked me what I wanted for dinner. My head told me I wanted a soft taco from taco bell but I wasn't sure my body was in agreement. I decided to go for it. Three tacos later and I was healed by the astounding culinary skill of a teenage fast food worker. Nauseous no more!

Lately I have started to worry about naming our little girl. I couldn't sleep last night because the naming responsibility was stressing me out. Before we were even pregnant Neil and I decided we liked the name Kansas Larson for a little girl. But now that there is an actual child I'm not sure if that is too weird. Like naming a child Apple for example. We also like Lily Larson and have talked about Julia. I was reading the baby name book this morning and Kira sounded cute and then I thought of Kira Knightly and I am not her biggest fan. I can't even think about middle names yet without breaking a sweat! Any ideas?

Guess what! I am 19 weeks pregnant- Next week I'll be half way done, hurray!!!

The Day of Fun

This morning Neil went to go play basketball and when he came home he brought two bunches of tulips. One for me and one for the baby! It was really sweet. Then we went on a picnic by a lake and ate tasty fried chicken. And the day of fun did not end there. At the mall we window shopped for baby clothes. Neil was really excited but thought pink was over used. We then went to go see The Seeker, Darkness is Rising. I enjoyed the movie but I did have to hide my head at the truly corny end speech of the main character. Instead of hiding his head Neil just laughed and openly mocked. My favorite scene was when the kid is at the mall, before he knows he is the illustrious seeker, and some security guards tell him he has to come with them. Guess what... they are not security guards but truly frightening creatures made up of ravens! AHHHHHHH! For dinner Neil made delicious steak! It was a wonderful day!

Dancing Queen

When we had our ultra sound Brenda gave us a few different pictures. I was looking at them closely and discovered that our baby may indeed be a dancer. Not only was she contorted into a pretzel (great flexibility) but, she has one leg extended with the toes perfectly pointed. It just screams ballet! I'm not sure the picture will scan well, but here it is.