I need your help...

I am turning into a "stage mom" and entering Jonathan in a competition to be on the cover of Parenting Magazine and Good Morning America, along with a whole slew of other prizes.

Don't judge me!!

The picture I submit has to have been taken within one month of submission and I realized I had zero recent pics of Baby J! Heaven forbid! So, I'm asking you to choose for me. I need an unbiased opinion. Please let me know in the comments section what your top pic is.

Don't judge me!!

PS~ Don't even THINK about entering your son/daughter because we don't need anymore competition!

PPS~ Just kidding...

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Happy Anniversary!

Today is our 2 year anniversary! It feels like just yesterday we were partying like rockstars at our reception! Man time flies! I am so lucky to be married to my best friend. I was telling Joseph just the other day when he cracked me up for the umpteenth time, "Nobody else gets to see this side of you!" He said, "That's why I married you...You're the only one I want to share it with..." SWOON! He's so sweet and amazing! Happy Anniversary JoJo! I love you!

Dating days:

Going to meet my parents for the first time to celebrate my birthday - August 2006

Dating days: Bowling with friends. I split my pants that night "droppin' it like it's hot!" Hence the jacket stylishly tied around my waist!

Wedding day - Greatest day of my life!

Partying like rockstars!

I've changed my mind...

What I thought was absolutely adorable the other day when Jonathan took off his diaper, is not quite the funny situation when there's excrement involved. Shannon, you totally called it! I put Jonathan down for his afternoon nap and started working on some burp cloths for a friend. Time flew by and before I knew it, he was awake. He was just talking away in his room and I needed to get these burp rags finished so I just left him in there. He's in his crib, nothing dangerous is around him, what's the worst that can happen??? Once Joseph got home a few minutes later he went in to get him and was almost knocked down by the stench! He said, "Jonathan's flung poop from his diaper like a monkey!" Sure enough, there was poop in his hair, on his hands and feet (who knows if he sucked on his hands at any moment during this escapade!), smeared on the wall, all over his bed, on the crib rails and little rabbit pellets flung onto the carpet! Grossest thing of my life! And I was just about to leave to get my nails done for the first time in months! Needless to say, baby and bedroom got a full on cleaning with bubbles, disinfectant (for the room, not the baby!)... THE WORKS... Any other fun little habits ya'll can prepare me for???

Modest is hottest!

This is just something Jonathan did that was adorably funny and I don't want to forget it. He was in his crib just talking away and when I finally went into his room to get him ready to go, I walk in to him holding up his diaper. He had taken it completely off and was proudly showing it to me. There was my son, standing there in all his glory just beaming! Just like his mama! Haha - just kidding! Hilarious!

Killer bees

On Wednesday I was in Bed Bath & Beyond with my mom and Jonathan. As we were leaving the store, we saw a family of 6 standing in the parking lot no more than 20 feet away. Just as we were walking out, we noticed them running back into their car frantically and we saw what looked like a big gust of small brown leaves flying in the air over them. My mom and I looked at each other like, "What the..." and as we were about to walk under it we realized it was a SWARM OF HUGE BEES! And these weren't your average bee - they had to be the size of a nickel! I swear there were about 100 of them right over us. My first instinct was to run back to the store so my mom and I start bookin it. By this time they've started swarming around us and I freak that Jonathan is being stung so I stop pushing him in his stroller to check him. My mom just yells, "Keep running!" Once we got inside we started telling everyone not to leave, there were crazy huge bees outside. It felt like a horror movie! Thankfully everyone was ok. The scariest thing was the family outside, the dad was crazy allergic to bees. Tell your friends - killer bees are in the area!

Family secrets

Check out this picture I found of Kristie! She'll probably make me erase it as soon as she sees it, however it's her own fault for taking her own picture on MY phone... It pops up everytime she calls me!

This is the face she makes when trying to act tough... We're all very scared of her... Don't worry - she's getting help.

Refreshing clarity

I found this video on a blog that Heather Ferguson follows. Yes...I'm what you would call a blog stalker! Carrie knows!! :) It is an interview of a 20-year old LDS girl, Rachel Esplin, at Harvard by journalist Sally Quin. She answers every question with such clarity and honesty. I only wish I was as eloquent as she is whenever someone asks me a question. I get flustered and I stutter and it makes me sound as though I have no idea as to what I believe! Bravo Rachel! I definitely learned from you!

PS~ this video is about 20 minutes long but worth the time!

Day of Faith: Personal Quests for a Purpose - 3. Rachel Esplin from Harvard Hillel on Vimeo.