Green Jello with Carrots

My sister told me about this website. It is run by a mother daughter team and they make file folder games, handouts, and other fun LDS related items for all ages. Check it out!

Nesting

Now that we know It's a Boy!, I'm trying to give into the nesting instinct so that little Baby Boy Beck has some things to use when he comes home.

• Bryan and I bought our first package of diapers on Saturday! Size 1. I've been told by several wise mommies that it's not really worth buying a ton of newborn size diapers, since most babies grow out of them so quickly. And, knowing my family history of babies, our little boy will probably be a pretty good size (my guess is around 8 pounds).


• I found a pattern online for a chair sling http://crafts.sleepingbaby.net/chairseat.html that looks pretty easy. I haven't made it yet nor have I ever used one, so this is not a testimonial. If anyone reading this has used one, please let me know if it's worth it or not.


• We visited my sister-in-law Tara and her family last week, and she generously gave us a HUGE bag of baby boy clothes and shoes, a baby swing, and a boppy pillow. Thanks Tara!

Okay, so maybe I'm not yet into the full-blown thralls of mommy nesting, but it's a start.

What else do I need to be doing now to be ready when the baby comes? Please share your advice and helpful hints. Thank you!

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A boy!!! Wow, that means that the boy cousins will soon outnumber the girl cousins in my family. Not keeping with Eynon tradition at all. Bryan and I are really excited. If you have any good ideas for boy names (our criteria: must be more than one syllable, nothing made up, and we tend to like more traditional names, but nothing too terribly popular) please let us know. Merry Christmas!

XX or XY? Oh, the hype!

Christmas is almost here, and the gift I'm most anticipating is in a small, white envelope. Bryan and I went to the doctor's last week for an ultrasound to see if we are going to welcome a little girl or a little boy into our home next spring. It was rather hard not to peek as the ultrasound technician waved the magic wand over my baby and weird alien images appeared on the screen. Sorry, baby--they really weren't weird alien images. There were some definite human looking feet and arms and other body parts, but the technician had been carefully informed beforehand that we didn't want to find out the gender of the baby quite yet, so she wouldn't let us look whenever she was going into potentially revealing territory. She gave us the non-revealing pics of the little 'un to show to our adoring family and fans, and she said that the baby was very cute. (Aww...I bet she says that to all the parents, but it made me feel good.) She also said that the baby was very active and cooperative and so she was able to tell very quickly the gender. She claimed that there was no doubt about it; she could tell with 100% accuracy. All incriminating pics were placed into the aforementioned sealed white envelope to await a joyful opening on Christmas morn.

Let me know if I'm getting too excited about such a trivial thing. I'm a little giddy.

I'm betting on a boy.

Mandy's Monday

Hey y'all. Hope your Monday is goin' well. I'm feelin' kinda laid back and slang-y today, hope ya don't mind.



I noticed that some people DO check this blog occasionally, so I wanted to let you kindly folk know a little about my job, since you asked so nicely and since that is what takes up the bulk of my time these days. I work at a small (3 full-time, 10 part-time employees), non-profit company near my home (yeah for the 10 minute commute!) that helps people with disabilities to obtain employment. My official title there is Program and Services Director. As part of my job I travel all over the world, from London to Tokyo to Reykjavik to Sydney and back again. Wait. I mean I wish I got to do those things. Back to reality--I work in an office in West Valley and I oversee the operations of the company: supervising, hiring, accounting, payroll, training, marketing, and all that other one-man-band kind of stuff that they let you do in a small company. I do get to travel to exciting destinations in the lovely state of Utah, including but not limited to Ogden, St. George, and Provo. The job started out a little rough, but I do like it now (most of the time), especially since I just got an assistant to help me out in the office, so I have more time to devote to my golf lunches. I am currently looking to hire a few people as part-time job coaches--people who work directly with our clients to help them find jobs, write resumes, fill out applications, practice for interviews, and then learn the job skills they need to be successful once they obtain employment. It's a challenging but very rewarding job. If you know of anyone in the SLC area who might be interested, let me know...



Until next time, have a wonderful day! (week!) (month!) (year!?!)

My new job!!!

Hello everyone. I have a NEW JOB. This is very exciting, as I have been without a job for quite some time--longer than I ever expected.

More to follow; lunchtime is almost over, and I have a lot to get done. Thanks to those 2 people who still occasionally check this mostly-dead blog o' mine. Cheers!

Twenty-two days and counting...!

Hello world! A quick update on my life since my last post, over 3 months ago(?!) I am engaged to a wonderful guy named Bryan, and we are getting married in the Salt Lake Temple on May 8th, just a little over 3 weeks from now. I'm still working at West Ridge Academy for a few more weeks, and I am still going to school--my last final is three days before the wedding day. We are sending out announcements this week. Here's a pic from our engagement photo shoot. See you in three weeks!