Chaos

The first picture of all 6 cousins together since Graham and Katie were born. This is the best we could get with all 6 kids being under 6. I think it's pretty good considering...

The Baby Whisperer

Feeding Katie cheese. He shoved a little piece into her mouth with his grubby little fingers and said, "Mmmmmm." He fed her the exact same way he feeds Gunner, our pitbull.

Elmo & Friends

Elmo is Jonathan's new best friend. He was so pumped to see this painting and was upset when we moved on. He made his way back a few more times through the course of the day and kept pointing and saying, "Elmo."

LA Fitness

Yeah baby! I am the newest hip hop instructor at LA Fitness! I just got back from completing my new hire paperwork and touring the gym. I actually got the job two weeks ago but couldn't do my paperwork until I was CPR certified, which I am as of today! So yay! The coolest part is not only do I get to teach again, get to dance again, get paid to do what I love and get a free membership, but it's also free babysitting AND Joseph can work out for free! I heart free stuff! Not to sound like a cheapskate but things have been tight and I'm always down for a deal. I don't know exactly when I start because the schedule hasn't been approved by my boss' boss but I know I'll be teaching Monday nights at 8:00. I'm also going to contact the gym in Highland Village and see if they'll add me to their schedule also. You can never have too much exercise. :)

New boots

I need new black boots. Anybody have amazing, can't live without them, drop dead gorgeous boots they'd like to share with me? These were my old ones and they were amazing, can't live without them, drop dead gorgeous but I've had them for 4 years now and need a change. Plus, they are tow up! (That's ghetto speak for torn up)

So... LET ME KNOW!

Picture courtesy of Victoria's Secret's website www.victoriassecret.com

WARNING: READER BEWARE

This post uses words like sick, vomit, throw up and the like. If you have a weak stomach, please DO NOT READ. You've been warned...

Oh man! We have been a sick house this past week! Last Tuesday, Jonathan woke up vomiting and did so a few more times the rest of that day. Can I just say how proud I was I actually got Jonathan to the toilet twice? Poor kid didn't know what was going on - I'd swoop him up and repeat over and over, "Don't throw up. Don't throw up. Don't throw up" as I'm running to the bathroom and then push his head into the toilet, only to make it just in time. This was only after he threw up on my bed with nothing to catch it but the comforter, sheets and mattress. Needless to say, laundry was a B that day!

Then he had a low-grade fever all Wednesday. Poor guy - we just sat around the house and did nothing at all. It's very hard to get housework done when all you want to do is cuddle your little sick-o. I thought we were homefree by Friday. No more pukies, the house was disinfected. Things were good.

Then, I got majorly ill late Friday night/early Saturday morning. I haven't been sick like this since I was pregnant. I threw up from 2:00 AM to 10:00 AM, every 40 minutes to an hour, like clockwork. It was the WORST! After that, I stopped but was achy and sore and had that sensitive flu-like feeling the rest of the day so I pretty much slept the day away. Joseph was fantastic taking care of Jonathan. He even cleaned the house while I was asleep and I woke up to a gleaming kitchen. That made me feel ten times better. I hate a dirty kitchen, especially when I'm sick. It grosses me out in a bad way.

Sunday brought better symptoms. I was still way tired, probably from heaving so badly, but I actually ate some toast and drank Gatorade trying to replenish myself. We watched General Conference Sunday and bummed around all day. Did anyone else hear President Monson say my last name (okay, former last name) a billion times during his talk in the Sunday morning session? Totally awesome! And we got to see Jim on TV which was equally awesome. For those of you who don't know, Joseph's uncle Jim Martino is a member of the Seventy. He's incredible. Plus, how AWESOME was Jeffrey R. Holland's talk? I was like, "YEAH!"

Anyway, Sunday evenings normally bring us to my parent's house or Joseph's parent's house for dinner and this week it was Joseph's parents. He went, Jonathan and I stayed home. Joseph called me on his way back home saying he thought it was hitting him now. Next thing I know, Joseph walks through the front door and immediately makes his way to the bathroom. I don't think I need to go into detail. You get the idea. This went on all night for him too, bless his heart.

This brings us to the present day, Monday. Everyone is home, feeling better but not 100%. We've watched more movies than we can count and are all caught up on our shows. Jonathan and I ventured to the library today to check out some more books for him, but that's about it. We're taking it easy.

On a lighter note...by no means am I advocating bulimia or anorexia, but this is the smallest and flattest my stomach has been since before I got pregnant. Now it's just a matter of keeping it this small. As soon as I start eating again, I'm sure things will change. Until then, "HOORAY FOR VOMIT!"

This and that...

So, the video below was removed from YouTube because the person who posted it didn't have the correct copyrights. Too bad, since it was awesome.

On another note, I have a tryout on Friday with LA Fitness to be one of their aerobic instructors. I'm totally nervous. I'm actually trying out to be a hip hop instructor. The gym already has one and the lady said she's not sure if there is any room for another class, unless I just WOW her supervisor. So let's see if I can WOW her.

The girl who teaches the class now is terrible with a capital T and I will be listing the reasons why I don't like the class. Unfortunately, it is the ONLY hip hop class offered at the gym so I keep going hoping it gets better. I guess beggars can't be choosers, but this is my blog and I have the right to gripe...

1. I completely understand how hard it is to teach dance, especially to middle and upper class white women with no booty shakin' rhythm, however I feel it extremely important that the instructor themselves should be able to keep an 8-count. This girl cannot! It is SO frustrating when she tries to get us started. Instead of saying 5-6-7-8 like you should, she says, "OK GO!" really fast and that's normally after we should have started a particular step in the first place!

2. Also, she'll repeat a step (which is good - repetition is key) but one time she'll do it for 8 counts, the next time she'll do it for 4 and then the next she'll do it for 12. How in the heck is someone supposed to follow that?!

3. Another thing is her music has cussing in it. I know that may not be a big deal to some, but I feel like you should never use music with anything inappropriate while at a place of business. It's just common courtesy in my eyes.

4. Also, nobody wants to do pelvic thrusts for an entire song! Mix it up a little!

5. One of the most annoying things she does is she gives too many water breaks. I'm there for an hour cardio workout. Don't stop the music and say "Water break" right when my heart starts pumping. Not only is it ridiculous but it's bad for you. Keeping your heartrate up is the only way to burn calories! So while everyone else gets water, I run in place. You'd think she'd notice.

6. And lastly, don't show up at 5:44 when the class starts at 5:45 and then have trouble hooking up your miked headset...EVERYTIME! I understand if it happens once, but when it starts being a consistent problem, something needs to change. The last time I was there, she spent 15 minutes of class time trying to figure the stupid thing out instead of just starting class and talking loudly. Really lady?!

OK, this has turned into an unanticipated vent session. So wish me luck with my tryout. It's on Friday at 11:30 a.m. and I'm freaking out! I haven't tried out for anything since UNT Cheer tryouts in 2002! Ahhh!

On another note, is anyone watching The Biggest Loser? Oh my these people are bigger than ever! I'm totally excited for this season. I just watched the first episode and already bawled my eyes out. That Abby is one strong cookie! I cried everytime she started talking about her personal tragedy and then she would say the most inspiring things afterward. I don't know how I would deal with the death of my entire family in one fell swoop, but I can pretty much guarantee I wouldn't be half as capable as Abby has been. She's a real trooper. Since we don't have cable, I have to watch it online which is normally no big deal since most episodes are online the day after they air. However, The Biggest Loser likes to be different and they don't air the episode until a week later. I thought it was NBC doing that, not The Biggest Loser, but I was wrong because we're able to watch The Office the very next day. I have no idea why it's different with The Biggest Loser. So, if you're watching, don't spoil it for me and say, "Ooh! Can you believe so-and-so was voted off?!" because I'll have no idea and then I'll be forced to slap you. You've been warned...