Day 5: A letter to your crush

So based on today’s post, I’m guessing this list was probably made up by some 12 year old girl.  I’ll play along anyway and write a letter to my first real crush (probably when I was about 12 years old).  I probably had other crushes when I was younger, but this was the first crush I remember writing in my diary about.  Be prepared, this might be some juicy stuff!

Dear Spencer,

I used to think you were the cutest boy that ever walked the planet.  I remember seeing you in my Sunday School class and was immediately struck by cupid’s arrow.  You had that long hair, parted down the middle that just made the girls swoon.  Looking back, I think it was probably super greasy and grungy looking, but I guess that didn’t matter to me back then.  I remember that you were slightly mysterious.  I guess I found you intriguing!  You didn’t hang out with the other boys at church and I don’t even know what school you went to.  You probably don’t even remember me because I was so shy.  We might have exchanged a few words in the year I knew you, but I’m not even sure about that.  But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t obsessed.  I would fantasize about holding hands with you (I  know, this is getting a little hot!) and you smiling at me or saying hi to me in the hall.  I remember that I thought you had the cutest smile.  I wonder where you are now.  I guess you must have moved away pretty soon after I met you because I don’t recall ever seeing you around much.  I hope you are enjoying a great life and I hope you learned to shampoo that dreamy hair of yours.

Your 12 year old crush,

Haley

Day 4: A photo of you taken over 10 years ago

 

A scan of an old scrapbook page from my 4th birthday.  Apparently, I got a tricycle and a cabbage patch doll.   I also just realized that I don’t have very many pictures on my computer from more than 10 years ago.  I gotta figure out where they are all stored!

Day 3: Your Favorite Movie

I have lots of favorites.  Here are the ones I can think of right away in no particular order:

K-19

Best in Show

The Sum of All Fears

The Count of Monte Cristo

Casino Royale

Sleeping Beauty

Armageddon

The Sixth Sense

Day 2: A bulleted list of everything that happened in your day

-8:00 wake up.  Adeline let me sleep in!

-8:10-8:30 eat breakfast

-9:05 go to the gym, drop Adeline off at the child care, hurry back to the pool.  I only scheduled an hour of child care, so if I want to get my whole workout in, plus a shower, then I have to hurry.

-9:10 get to the pool and realize that all 3 lap lanes are full, plus one guy is already waiting for a lane.  Plus, the old ladies in the water aerobics are taking up the rest of the pool.  There are a ton of them today!  And to make things worse, the class is so big that they have to take away one of the lap lanes, making people who were already swimming have to get out and wait for people to finish in the 2 lanes that are left.

-9:30 a lane finally opens up for me and I start swimming my heart out, knowing I have 15 minutes to swim if I want to have time to shower before picking up Adeline.

-9:45 rush to get a shower before the aqua class gets over (at 9:55) so I don’t have to wait for all the old ladies.  Apparently, many of the old ladies left the class early and all the showers were full except for the sit down one (gross!).  I had to use that one which is not meant for showering while standing but I made do in the 2 square foot area that you could stand in and took a speedy shower.

-10:00 picked up Adeline just in time.

-10:30 put Adeline down for a nap

-11:00 She finally stops whining and falls asleep (she’s cutting a molar right now and it is causing some problems when its time to go to sleep.)

11:00-1:00 relax!  Its been a pretty crazy morning already.  I mostly just surfed the internet.

1:00-1:30 lunch and doing dishes

2:00-3:00 grocery shopping

3:00-3:30 Put Adeline in the pack and play and turned on the movie “Bolt” so I could get the groceries in the house and put away.  I don’t know who was more interested in the movie, Adeline or Gob.  Gob really liked watching the cartoon dog.

4:00 Put Adeline down for a quick nap.  She had a different idea and screamed for a half hour before I gave in and got her out of bed.

4:30-5:30 Tried to play with a fussy kid. 

5:30 Rob comes home, I start making dinner and Adeline keeps whining.

6:00 feed Adeline while finishing up dinner

6:30 eat dinner

7:00 Rob, Gob, Adeline, and I go on a short walk

7:15 Rob puts Adeline to bed while I veg on the couch.  I’m exhausted!  I read some of my book while Rob surfs the internet.

8:00 I am typing up this list.  Rob and I will probably play a game tonight then watch some Hulu or Netflix (we don’t have cable).  I predict we will both go to bed early tonight because we have both had a long day!

50 Days of Blogging

Thanks for the inspiration Hannah.  I thought this would be a fun list of blogs to post that don’t all center around Adeline or the pregnancy.  I’m sure I’ll mention them along the way, but this will be something different.  Hope you enjoy, and if you’re reading this, I hope you try it too, because I love reading other people’s blogs!

Day 1: Introduce yourself
Day 2: A bulleted list of everything that happened in your day
Day 3: Your favorite movie
Day 4: A photo of you taken over 10 years ago
Day 5: A letter to your crush
Day 6: A list of what you ate today
Day 7: A youtube video you find funny
Day 8: A photo of you taken recently
Day 9: List some of your favorite blogs
Day 10: A letter to a person who has caused you pain
Day 11: Share your favorite recipe(s)
Day 12: Self portrait
Day 13: Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 14: A song from your childhood
Day 15: A letter to someone you wish you could meet
Day 16: Provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes
Day 17: A photo that makes you sad
Day 18: Set or share a goal
Day 19: Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 20: A letter to someone that changed your life
Day 21: Your favorite television program
Day 22: A photo that makes you happy
Day 23: Share one of your favorite tunes
Day 24: Time to face morph (I have no idea what this means...??)
Day 25: Someone you judged by their first impression
Day 26: Favorite books
Day 27: A talent of yours
Day 28: Favorite places to shop
Day 29: Your favorite color
Day 30: The friendliest person you knew for only 1 day
Day 31: Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 32: A photo you took
Day 33: What you're craving right now
Day 34: Your favorite quote
Day 35: A letter to an ex
Day 36: Some hobbies of yours
Day 37: A song that you like to dance to
Day 38: A photo of your parents
Day 39: Zodiac sign and do you think it fits your personality
Day 40: A deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 41: Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 42: A bad habit you have
Day 43: A picture of your favorite place in the world
Day 44: Something that fascinates you and why
Day 45: A letter to yourself a year ago
Day 46: Photos of personal things in your life (pets, family, house, etc)
Day 47: Birthday wish list
Day 48: A photo of you right now
Day 49: Hopes, dreams, and plans for the next 365 days
Day 50: A letter to your reflection in the mirror

 

Day 1: Introduce yourself

My name is Haley.  I am 28 years old (yeah, I had to think about that before writing it).  I am married to Rob, the love of my life and we have a beautiful daughter, Adeline, the sweetest dog ever, Gob, and we’re pregnant with a little boy who is due in December.  I am a “retired” elementary school teacher of 5 years and I now stay at home with Adeline.   I grew up in Marietta, GA, but moved to Utah for college where I graduated from Brigham Young University in 2004.  Rob and I got married in 2002 and we moved back to GA after graduating from BYU.  Rob attended med school at MCG and graduated this spring.  He is now a physician doing his intern year of residency in Newport News, VA.  He starts his radiology residency next July in Charleston, SC.  We are looking forward to living in Charleston, and glad that we’ll still be close to the beach. 

I enjoy reading, cooking (let’s be honest, I love eating even more), playing stupid games on my iPad (they are so addicting!), digital scrapbooking and video editing, traveling, swimming, sewing, and learning (especially about nerdy things like astronomy and how things work/are made).  I also love shopping and eating out (two things which I am having to use a lot of self control with lately).  I would love to go back to school someday and get a master’s degree (not even sure what field I would want it in yet!).  I would also love to go to culinary school…maybe in Charleston :)

So, I Might Have Gained a Few Pounds Since Moving to Virginia…

But its the good kind of weight gain!  Rob and I are expecting our 2nd child on Dec. 19, 2010.  (If you look closely, you’ll see my little baby bump…This was taken about a week ago though, and I feel like the bump is bigger than it looks here!)

Yeah, I know I took my time in making this announcement, but I had a reason (whether or not you think my reason is crap is up to you, but I’m the pregnant one, so I got to call the shots on this one).  I was hoping that by not telling many people, the pregnancy would go by faster.  (Which it has, so far…but that also might be because I am chasing around a 1 year old all day and have hardly any time to remember that I’m preggo).  Then it just turned into a game to see how long I could go without telling people.  I hate being pregnant, and I also don’t like getting all the questions that come with it, so now I can just take care of all of your questions at once….you know, the questions like:

Have you been sick? **not really.  I didn’t get sick with Adeline much either.  I was getting some pretty nasty headaches, but those have seemed to die down.

When are you due? **Like I said before, Dec. 19

How long have you known? **Probably since mid April, I don’t remember exactly.  Yeah, I know, I’m good at keeping a secret!

Was it a surprise? **Surprisingly, no!  We wanted our kids to be close in age.  We were a little surprised when we got pregnant the first month trying though (it took a little longer to get pregnant the first time).

Are you crazy?  **Yes.  When we got pregnant, Adeline was still not even really crawling.  She was so well behaved back then.  Now she is into everything and super needy for attention ALL THE TIME!  I think to myself multiple times a day “How am I ever going to handle 2 of them???”  Adeline and this new baby will be 17 months apart (but still 2 years apart in school…weird how that works out).

Do you know if its a boy or girl yet? **YES!!  We found out today we are having a boy!  We plan to give him the family name, Robert.  We’ll call him Bobby though!  Now to come up with a middle name.

So here are my apologies to anyone who feels out of the loop on this one.  We did tell our families a couple months ago and the few people we know here in Newport News (I couldn’t really hide it from people who have seen me in the past month).  Rob and I are both excited to meet this little guy!

Rewind

So I finally took the time to look through some old pictures and post them.  So here’s what we did before moving to Virginia.  Next post will actually have pictures from Virginia!

Camping with friends at the lake (May)

 

Rob Graduating Med School (May)

Staying at a cabin on the lake with Rob’s family (May)

Memorial Day at the lake with my family

A few other random pics