Boyd's Famous PB Cookies

Eric and I have had a thing with peanut butter cookies since we got together. He brought me lunch one day at work while he was visiting in Vegas and for dessert he had peanut butter cookies. These things were not only delicious, but they were all perfectly shaped and symmetrical, too! I wouldn't believe him that he made them until we got back to his momentary abode and there was a gigantic heart-shaped cookie on the counter (and it was the first time he said the three magic words).
Since then, we've continued our courtship with PB cookies. We've even "perfected" the recipe and have marked out the one in my cookbook with our replacement recipe.
I finally felt like cooking something last night and made cookies. They were not the prettiest things (we're not sure what happened, actually), but they still had that great taste. Eric took five to work with him for lunch and ended up giving all his co-workers a half-cookie. He's currently preparing more cookies as they all demanded he bring more tomorrow...and all promising to pay for them, too!
So, the Boyd's Famous PB Cookies strike again!!

Never Ending Soup Bowl

We were invited to go to dinner with the Dixon's tonight. There was a new restaurant opening and we thought we'd check it out. It's Vietnamese food: Pho ("Fa") Saigon Noodle House. Eric ordered some fried roll/noodle/pork dish while Ryan, Stef and I all ordered the Pho, which is the "chicken noodle soup" of Vietnam, as Stef puts it. They had large bowls and basically finished them. I had the small bowl and by the end of my continuous eating for nearly an hour, it looked like I had the same amount as I began with. It was good and I seriously ate, but I didn't make a dent in my food! It made me think of Elijah and the widow's cake. Too bad rice noodles don't keep...I probably could eat that all week before finishing it!!

Granddy

Emily has been asking for Eric's dad all week. They were gone this past weekend for their anniversary, so she was really bummed when we went to church and there was no Granddy. They called when they got home, so we threw Em into the car to drive over and see them for a few minutes. She got to see her Granddy and Granddy made her feel all grown up as he let her drink out of a "real" cup with a straw. Of course, he also upset her when he righted the cup before she spilled it on the floor. How dare he interfere in her big-girlness!

Emily's Day

Eric had the day off yesterday and we milked it for all it was worth. We went to the park in the morning and met Stef and Caleb there. When we got home, we ate lunch and Eric changed the oil on his car before we got ready to go swimming. Lori and her family invited us up to their pool and it was amazing! Such a great pool! Em was in 7th heaven with the "wattie". She has no fear of anything. She loved the slide and wanted to go down by herself (uh, no thank you, my dear...you really don't know how to swim nor hold your breath is you go under the water). Eric put her up on the side of the pool to let her jump into the water to him and she'd try to jump to the side of him. Of course, when I tried to do it, Em tried to reach my hands before attempting to jump. There's something she doesn't trust me about her and water (and this spans over to baths, even!!).
It was a lot of fun, ending with us grabbing dinner on the way home and Em falling asleep in the car. (She didn't stay asleep the whole night, just took a nap at that point but still went to bed as usual). Today we are all a bit sore and wanting a pool so we could be in better shape. Seriously, we didn't actually swim but just played in the water with Emily and we're this sore!!
Thanks for the pool invite, Garretts!!

Last Minute

I got a phone call Tuesday night asking Eric and me to sing a duet (and they had a specific song they wanted sung) at the Mission President and wife's Farewell event held by the Stake this Friday evening. Of course I said yes, but it also makes me laugh that this was done so last minute. Thankfully, we have a wonderful pianist who can learn a piece of music the second he looks at it and helped us to learn it last night (yeah, I ditched my YW's duties). Thank you, RYAN!!

A Nap

Emily has been great with taking naps...that is, until this past week. She decided that she no longer needs a nap and not only fights me on it, but has proven that she can stay awake all day.
Yesterday I took her down to a friend's house to play. We were only there for a couple hours, but when we got home, she was extremely tired. She quickly fell asleep on my lap and let me put her in her bed. I was so glad she decided to take a nap again! Of course, after about 45 minutes, she got up and came to have me rock her again. She went right back to sleep and would have slept a lot longer than I let her, but nature calls sometimes. =)
Now, if I can get her to take another one today because I REALLY need one myself...and it's not even 9am!!

Tired of Waiting

I'm tired of waiting. I'm mean, I've been to the doctor twice now, so....WE'RE EXPECTING!! We were trying to wait to get through the first trimester to make any big announcements, but I just can't wait anymore. Our second child is on it's way and should arrive sometime around January 7th, 2009. Eric has hopes for a New Year's Eve baby (you know, tax break and all), but I seriously doubt it.
Yesterday the doctor had a hard time finding the child to listen to it's heartbeat. It actually started to worry me the way they continued searching but couldn't find anything. Finally, the doctor told the nurse to go get the ultrasound machine. Just as she was about to exit the room, he called her back as he'd finally found the heartbeat. SIGH of relief! Good, strong heartbeat at 160. Let's see...that's supposed to mean a girl...but the doctor couldn't find the child until the doppler thing was way, way low...and carrying low is supposed to mean a boy...trends of the family have been two girls together and a boy...but, we are both predicting a boy this time. We'll see, won't we. Of course, I thought Em was going to be a boy, so my "intuition" is a bit off.