Oh No!!

These are Jack's new favorite words

Notice anything about our apples? Yep...... they each have little boy bite marks in them.  He has 12 teeth now with 4 more that just popped through the surface, so he loves to bite into things like apples.  At least its something edible and actually healthy!  

Triathlon

I know I've been needing to do a new post, but the truth is there hasn't been anything real exciting happen lately.  So I was brain storming post ideas yesterday when John told me he couldn't believe I hadn't posted about our triathlon, so i thought i would post about that. So here it goes!

A couple of Saturdays ago, John and I did a triathlon!!  It was my first one ever, and John's second one.  It wasn't a hardcore one, just a sprint triathlon.  It was a 500m swim (10 laps, or 20 lengths of a pool), a 12 mile bike, and a 3.1 mile run.  I am pleased to say that i did it! I did the whole thing without stopping (besides transitions of course), which i never thought i would be able to say.  This was another part of my last effort quest to get into at least semi- shape before baby #2 comes along and takes over anything and everthing left in me.  The triathlon was the "Beever Freezer" triathlon at Oregon State's campus, and John and I definitely learned why it is named that...... it was 45 degrees outside during the race!! The swim was in a pool so that wasn't too bad, but my transition times were super slow, because i had to put on running tights over my suit, and a long sleeved shirt plus a shirt over that.  Then, i forgot to bring gloves for the bike, and by the time i finished the 12 miles my hands hurt sooooo bad and were sooo numb i thought i was going to start crying.  And that made it seriously impossible to undo the clips on my bike shoes, and then i seriously couldn't tie my shoe laces on my running shoes because i couldn't feel my fingers! That was definitely the most miserable part of the race for me.  Once i started running though I warmed up pretty quickly and finished off the race!  John did pretty good too.  He is a lot tougher than I am, so he didn't have as much trouble with the cold.  We are just both proud to say we did it! It was actually pretty fun, and I am excited to do more in the future- most likely not anytime soon though! :)  And since we didn't have anyone with us at the race we left the camera in the car so it wouldn't get stolen, so sorry, no pictures!  

And for those of you who care or even know anything about them, here's our times: ( and like i said- it was my first one ever and a learning experience, so don't expect a great time )

John-  overall: 1:22:54  swim: 00:09:00   Bike: 00:45:39   run: 00:22:41

Steph- overall: 1:42:54   swim: 00:10:37    Bike: 00:51:13   run: 00:30:03

Finally Tagged!

Well it happened..... after all the different tags I've read on other people's blogs, John's cousin, Jennifer, finally tagged me! I think its kind of fun because since we have been in Eugene, we've been way busy with school, work, Jackson, watching someone's kid, and managing apartments, which means our social life lacks a ton and so not too many people know that much about us.  So here goes this tag and maybe when I have more free time I will do another one that's more about john and i just for fun!  Oh, and you'll probably notice Jennifer that i added a few categories :)

Four jobs I've had:
1. Cold Stone Cremery ice cream scooper! (the only way i didn't gain like 50 lbs was b/c i was in like 3 diff. sports)
2. Being a Nanny- to multiple kids (i've been doing it for about 4 years now)
3. Baton Teacher/Coach in CA and in Springfield for the after school elem. programs
4. Managing Apartment complexes
I've had more jobs and have kept busy, but am looking forward to just being a mommy starting in July!

Four movies I could watch over and over:
1. That Thing You Do (remember b-day parties Hayley?)

2. Sweet Home Alabama
3. Father of the Bride - Part I and II
4. Our Wedding DVD- cheesy i know but we just had so much fun that day and we have a great dvd from it!

Four place I have lived:
1. Orange, California- born and raised!
2. Rexburg, Idaho for school
3. 4 different apartments in Eugene, Oregon
4. Portland, Oregon- well, moving there this summer! :)

Four TV shows I love:
1. Extreme Makeover Home Edition- i cry every time!
2. Survivor
3. Biggest Loser
4. Lost -we just got into it and we just finished the 2nd season so don't ruin it for us please! :)

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Mac & Cheese
2. Ruby's or Red Robin guacamole hamburgers
3. Cereal
4. Fresh Chips and Salsa

Four sites I visit daily:
1. Gmail
2. My blog and friends' blogs
3. Cheap flights websites to look for miraculous price cuts on tickets to southern cali.
4. jcrew and banana- not to actually buy, but just to covet all the clothes i wish i had and would buy if i were rich

Four places I've vacationed:
1. Maui, Hawaii
2. San Francisco
3. Bend, Oregon and Eagle Crest
4. Michigan when i was little to visit my gparents who were mission presidents there 

Four things I did today:

1. Taught sunday school class at church

2. Took a 3 hour nap- i was really tired and Jack actually slept that long too! :)

3. Cuddled up with Jack and watched part of Father of the Bride

4. This tag

Four things i plan to do this week:

1. Spin classes at UofO (love them!)

2. Organize apartment managing stuff to get ready for the lease season- exciting, i know

3. Send Reagan her b-day present

4. If the sunshine continues, take Jack to the park as much as possible

Four places I'd rather be right now:

1. Hawaii
2. Southern Cali. to visit the fam. and lay out on the beach
3. in Portland already!  Less than 3 months now!!! (can you tell im excited to move??)
4. Austrailia

Four bloggers I'm tagging:
1. Hayley
2. Shannon
3. Sienna
4. Lindsay Bowerman

The sun is out!!

The sun finally came out today!! It was beautiful weather, so after Kellen went home, Jackson and I went to the park!  It was so nice to actually spend time outside and to feel the warm sunshine..... we just hope this weather keeps up!  Jack really liked the swings and the slide.  Also, tonight we went to John's cousin's son's 1st b-day party at Roaring Rapids Pizza, which has a merry-go-round inside.  Jack loved the merry go around and didn't want to get off.  It was a fun day!

Jackson Says....

Since my parents live in Southern Cali., they get to see a lot of pictures of Jackson, but only once in a great while, since we are still poor starving students and plane tickets down there are always rediculously expensive, they actually get to see Jack in person and hear his cute little voice.  So I thought it would be fun to get a video of Jack saying some of the words he says now-a-days, and also I just really wanted to make sure I kept a little record of what he is saying at what age.  He was kind of being a little stinker and wouldn't say much every time I put the camera on him, and of course he would say stuff as soon as I stopped video-ing.  But I did catch a few of the words, so here they are:

And just for my own record/journal sake, at 16 1/2 months Jackson is saying these words:

mama, dadda, more, head, apple, no, nana(banana), yeah, nigh night, yep, bath time, hot, hey, shoes, hi, shake, bye bye, elmo, out, up, and what's dat? (which he learned from his cousin Reagan who was here not too long ago) :)

One more random bit of info..... I think Jack needs a haircut? What do you think?