Sarah needs....

So I stole this from Alida, but she stole it from someone too so I guess it wasn't really her idea in the first place!

What you do is you google your name with "needs" after it. These are the results I got:

"Sarah needs a cold shower, self esteem".....
hmmm..... I am pretty sure that I have plenty of self esteem and I got more than my fair share of cold showers in El Salvador. 18 months of nothing but cold water... yuck

"Sarah needs to hand him one of those weapons that went off without warning".....

Ha ha ha ha!!!!!! That is so funny! I have no idea what that is even talking about, but regardless that is funny


"Sarah needs to kick him in the nuts. (You know who you are. And I know who you are - and I know you don't read this blog, so you'll have no warning!)".....

I'm not kidding, these are the ones that came up! Jeesh... why is Sarah so angry!??!?!?!?!


And finally....


"SARAH NEEDS TO BLOG MORE"....

That is the only one that makes sense. Especially if you were to ask Alida, in fact I think that maybe she wrote that.....

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Monday was my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!! I love birthdays. I don't even care about getting a year older, I just like having all the attention on me! So much so that I extend my birthday out for 3 days. I have my birthday eve, my actual birthday day, and then my birthday aftershock (which is the day after my birthday). I just hate the feeling of my birthday being over and having to wait an entire year to get another one. So I celebrate the day after my birthday as well to help with the transition.
Monday for my birthday Andy got his mom to babysit Talan and we went on a baby free date. It was the first time in a long time that we were able to get away just the two of us. It was so nice!!!! We took these pics right before we left:




We went to a cute little mexican place downtown called The Blue Iguana. Then we went bowling and I kicked Andy's butt for both games. Poor kid didn't even break 100 so I beat him by like 30 pins each game! LOL He's never been much of a bowler.

I still haven't gotten a gift from Andy. He claims that he ordered it online and it is just taking a long time to get here. But I don't mind. I'd rather get a late present so I feel like my birthday is still going on. Can you tell that I really love birthdays???????

Teething baby = Cranky mommy!

Well he is almost 11 months old but Talan is finally teething! I feel so bad for him. He is SO cranky and just wants to be held all the time. So my house is a mess and I'm exhausted. Last night he woke up almost every hour. I felt like I was a mom to a newborn again... it was great birth control! LOL
Andy and I were so exhausted for the constant waking up to screaming fits that we both slept through Andy's alarm at 6:30 so Andy missed class. And we slept in till 9:30!!! I feel like such a horrible mother because Talan was awake and just hanging out in his crib when we woke up. He usually is up before 8 so who knows how long he was in there!
I am learning that one of the biggest lessons you get as a mother is compassion. I think I've always been a kind person that cares for others, but there is nothing like watching your child struggle or be in pain!!!
On a lighter note we spent the day today at the park and the Aviary. Talan got his first real swing ride! He loved it!!!









Then at the Aviary for some reason all he wanted to do was crawl, but only on the sidewalk. We tried to let him crawl around in the grass and he threw a fit. He is so spoiled!!!