GOOD NEWS..... SHE'S DEAD!

FINALLY! I got to go see Wicked, I have been wanting to see this show for a few years now. My Mother in Law got us all tickets for Christmas. I LOVED IT! It was so amazing, Elphaba was played by Donna Vivino and Glinda was played by Katie Rose Clarke. Both of them did an excellent job it was very inspiring to see such great talent. I have been singing all the songs around the house and driving Patrick nuts. My Mom and Angie went to see the same show and so my mom decided to make it a girls weekend. We stayed in the Hotel Monaco and relaxed and ate the most delicious food. Market Street Grill and the Melting Pot, yum, S'more fondue.. oh goodness!

I have always loved singing and dancing. Ever since I was a little girl I have loved to entertain people. I was in a singing group called the Starbright Entainers. I used to steal the microphone from whomever I was standing next to and sing loud. Watching the performers in Wicked kind of rekindled that flame for me. I wish I would have had the guts to do musicals in school. I tried out for the Jr High play in 7th grade, but it wasn't successful. I had prepared and practiced all week. Then when it came time for me to go in front of Mrs. Minor, she asked if I had a song and skit prepared and I said NO! So she kind rolled her eyes and said can you sing Mary Had a little lamb and so I sang it in this little tiny voice and quickly left the room. What an idiot! I have always regretted it! I'm probably one of those people on American Idol that think they are good and are really horribly hilariously bad!

Speaking of Wicked....

It was my Great Grandma Blanches 90th Birthday. Here are some more pictures from her party at EL Matador. Notice how they get all dark and scary when its time to blow out the cake and when she is done they get light again. Hmm..




I don't know who put the 90 candles on the cake but the waiter at El Matador was nervous we were going to set off the fire alarm and sprinklers. Thanks to the pyromaniacs in the family (Angie and Gramdpa Floyd) the flaming ball of fire or otherwise known as the cake was lit up in no time. I'm kinda surprised Grandpa didn't bring his trusty tennis shoe full of gas, he must have run out of old tennis shoes. Oh well maybe next time!

Chloe loves her cousin Sydie! Syd fed her frosting and so now they are best friends. Here are some cute pictures of them.



Poor little Chloe, she has a fever! She is such a trooper though. She doesn't really cry she just looks at me with her little eyes. We took her to the Doctor and she has an ear infection. I hate when she doesn't feel good, it makes me sad.

Easter

My Mom bought Chloe the most darling Easter Dress. It's a little big, but that means she can wear it all Summer! She loved wearing it, you can tell in her pictures that she thought she was a Princess.

This is Patrick's favorite picture

I love Coco's little face

She is such a happy little girl.
She is so glad to be here on the earth,
I think she must have been waiting a very long time.

We ate Easter Dinner at My Grandparents and it was yummy as always, I love hanging out with my family and catching up on everyones lives.

I have fallen into the Facebook trap, I've pretty much been addicted to it since October. Now Im starting to think its lame.

I am so excited for summer, I love Barbecuing. We need to invest in one. Does anyone know of an inexpensive BBQ that is good quality? Maybe I should look on KSL. Well enough of my randomness but I will definitely be trying to keep up on my blog.

Dear Camille

Dear Camille,
Today you came to my house to hang out with me and I got to play with Chloe, whom I love. You used my computer while you were here. I got on the said computer to check my blog and low and behold you were still signed on! If I were a mean sister I would post some blackmail pictures from back in the day, but since I am the best sister in the world I have decided to do a Top 10 List instead! Here it goes:

Top 10 Reasons I Love Camille

10. She brought me lunch today...thank you!
9. She has a wicked sense of humor!
8. She can make me laugh and tick me off in the same sentence!
7. She "took my lickins'" as a kid...mostly because I blamed everything on her and because she was semi naughty to begin with everyone believed me!
6. She made Jr. High very "entertaining!"
5. She always has a "good idea" like sliding down the stairs in sleeping bags, climbing the walls in our bedroom, and making up chair dances in grandma's backyard!
4. She use to read my journal while in the bathtub for her personal enjoyment!
3. Finding "I hate Angie" all over her journal when trying to get her back!
2. The four little scars on my back from where she stabbed me with a fork during Sunday dinner!
And the #1 Reason I love Camille:
Even after all of this we can still grow up and be as close as ever...probably because we eachother so well!


I love you...you are an awesome mom and sister and wife and aunt and daughter and ect, ect, ect.!

(P.S. Sign out next time.)

Its a Miracle!

Can you believe it! I am actually posting again. There were so many fun things that I wanted to post about but I was lazy and didn't. So I'm gonna try a little recap on some of the fun things we have been up to.

We celebrated Lexie's 9th birthday at Chuck-e-Cheese's. I used to love that place when I was little and would beg to go there probably once a week. I would like to think I was like 8 or 9 but it was probably until I was like 15. ha ha! Hey I liked the games and the creepy dogs that played the banjo! I think it kinda reminded me of Disneyland, and we all know how much I LOVE DISNEYLAND!!!
I think Pat and Shelby liked the games the most. Pat was pretty proud of winning the highest prize on deal or no deal. Way to go honey!


Allie went to her first High School dance.  She looked like a princess, probably the prettiest girls at the dance.  She let me do her hair it was fun, it turned out to be one of my favorite hair styles Ive done.  (sorry about the quality of the photos, they are from my phone.) I  was going to post some more pictures but my computer doesn't want me to and neither does my baby.  At least I got a post in today, though it wasn't as much as I planned.  Oh wow! I just found the burp cloth I have been looking for all day, apparently I stuffed it down my hoodie.  Haha!!

Americas Next Top Model

Today Chloe had her first Photo Shoot. Aunt Lindsay took these super cute pictures, I love them.





Thanks Aunt Lindsay!!

Chloe Nicole Stratford

Baby Chloe is 4 weeks old today. She is becoming more and more alert and interested in her surroundings everyday. These last few weeks have been very the best and the hardest at the same time. When I was pregnant moms would tell me that and I guess you really have to experience it for yourself to understand. When we were getting ready to take Chloe home from the hospital, a nurse in the nursery thought that she turned blue and called the pediatrician and because of a few things they sent her to the NICU. They thought she might have an infection, I was so scared! I'm not a cryer but I really couldn't stop crying from the minute I saw her with an IV in her head. She really was a trooper and didn't cry very much, she hated those monitors all over her and every time I would go to feed her she would rip them off. Chloe was in the NICU for two days, the longest two days of my life. I didn't take any pictures of her in the NICU because I really didn't want to remember it. But I kinda regret that now. Chloe is doing fine now and they never found an infection. For the first couple of weeks at home I was so nervous every time she made a peep. I'm pretty sure I had a bad case of the baby blues too. I did not feel very good and I had no appetite, needless to say my milk never really came in. I wasn't giving her enough nutrients so after we found out she was losing more weight I decided to feed her formula. Being a mother is so stressful! Thankfully the last week has been much better, I am getting used to being a mommy and things have not been so stressful! I love my baby and feel so blessed to have been able to have a baby, and I enjoy being able to take care of her.