The New Addition to Our Family

Isn't she the cutest thing you've ever seen??? This isn't actually HER, but this is what she will look like. She was just born last week and just barely opened her eyes, so we can't take her home until the end of March. But just ask Jeff... I'm SO excited!

Here's the story...

Jeff and I had both been thinking about what to get each other for Valentine's Day for weeks. And neither of us had come up with anything very good. Friday night (the night before Valentine's Day) we had this conversation:

Me: So... have you gotten me something for Valentine's Day yet?

Jeff: ...uh, no. Have you gotten me something yet?

Me: No. What should we do?

Jeff: I don't know...

So since we were both stumped, that's where it ended.

Later on, I was telling Jeff about the puppies I had seen a lady selling on my way home from work. Jeff asked, "Do you think she's still there?" By this time it was after 8:00. Doubtful. We were discussing what we wanted to do that night and he said, "We could go look at the kitties at PetsMart." (This is something we do for a free, short date sometimes. I love cats.) I said something like, "Like just looking, or to get one?" He said, "Either." So when we both realized that we both wanted a pet, we started looking. PetsMart only had cats. If I'm going to get one, I want it to be a kitten. We drove up to PetCo in Orem, right before closing time, just to find out that they don't have cats there. So we came home and searched online. We found a few options, but it was late so we decided to pursue it in the morning.

So all day during Valentine's day we were driving around trying to find our Valentine's Day present for each other. We drove to two different shelters, looked and called several people we found online and came up with nothing. No one had a kitten younger than six months. To me, that's not really a kitten. We came home a little discouraged. But then, I looked again online. I found a lady on craigslist (love that place!) whose cat just had 7 kittens! So we couldn't get one right away, but we could have her reserve one for us. After several times trying to get a hold of her we finally did. She said we could come to her house and pick one out. So our actual Valentine's Day consisted of:

-Looking for a kitten

-Getting take-out from Macaroni Grill (the best way to do Valentine's Day, so you don't have to wait) and eating it on our fancy china at home

-Going shopping for kitten stuff at PetsMart and Walmart

It may not sound very romantic, but it was fun. I don't need romance all the time.

So Sunday we went up to Salt Lake, picked out a little girl kitten that looks like this one, except TINY, and now we are just waiting to bring her home!

We're still looking for good girl cat names. Here are our ideas so far:

-Emmy

-Ellie

-Koa

-Olivia

Any suggestions? Anything better? We need some ideas! Leave us a comment and let us know!

25 Random Facts

I did this on Facebook, but I thought maybe I could post it here too. Is that cheating? I don't care. It's my blog, and I'll do what I want to.


25 Random Facts About Me

1. I spend my free time looking on craigs list for a new apartment. I am very tired of the one we're in now, and I can't wait to move. Too bad it's 6 months until our lease is up!

2. I can't focus if my house isn't clean, and that's a really annoying trait when you don't have a dishwasher.

3. We have a washer and dryer in our place, which is nice, but the washer's in the bathroom and the dryer's in the shed out back. (What?! Who designed this place?!)

4. I've been married for over a year already... can you believe that?!
5. I share a brain with my BFF, Nichelle.

6. I can quote any line from any episode of FRIENDS. Try me, I dare you.

7. I teach first grade and love it!

8. This is my 3rd year as a teacher. And I NEVER want to go back to being a first year teacher. (SO HARD)

9. My first year I taught 2nd grade in Heber.

10. I made the drive up Provo canyon over 200 times during the massive construction project, but not once since it's been done.

11. I've been in 3 car accidents in my life, once on my way up to Heber, once on our wedding day, and once just a few days ago. (This is not counting the time that Jeff hit the neighbor's mailbox.)

12. I would LOVE to live in New Zealand again some day.

13. I went bungy jumping twice when I lived in NZ. And for those of you that know me, you know that is SO not like me.


14. I also went Zorbing when I was there. SO FUN!



15. Brown is my favorite color. Is that weird?

16. My favorite Christmas present was my Cricut that Jeff gave me. I find any excuse to use it.

17. We bought Rock Band for our 1 year anniversary, and I think I'm awesome at it.

18. I love the band "The Fray" more than anyone else I know.

19. The sound that your car makes when your blinker is on (that clicking sound), has been going non-stop in my car since October. I haven't had the time to deal with it.

20. I love reading all my friend's blogs, and hope that someday I will be a good blogger too.


21. I hate all winged creatures, or anything that can fly at your face. (birds, butterflies, mosqitos, bats, etc.)

22. I am slightly OCD. I have to have the movies in alphabetical order, my white board markers at school in 4 groups of 3 and organized by color, etc. I don't know why, but it has to be that way.

23. I LOVE reading children's picture books. I go to the library about once a month and pick out about 20 books to read to my class. It's so fun. My favorite book right now is, "If You Give a Cat a Cupcake." It is so cute and so funny. The first time I read it I laughed so hard I was in tears.


24. I love cooking when I have the time to do it. Which, most days I don't, but I still cook.

25. If I had all the free time in the world, I would use it scrapbooking. Too bad I hardly ever have free time.