Old (Wo)man Riverrrr

Tomorrow I will be going from this.



To this.

Horrible, huh? Im sure my gift from Zach is a pet toad so I can look identical to this Old woman. Yes Indeed folks, I turn 23 tomorrow. Oh stop the moaning!Who cares if you are older than me. I am one step closer to 25 which is almost 30 and before you know it my life will be ending. 23 is such a boring number besides being OLD. Nothing significant happens. Usually I love to party all week long but this year I just dont even have the strength. My bones are becoming feeble and my mind is forgetting, and Im just tired, ALL THE TIME! Oh you say its because of my baby. You say its because she is walking, Uh hem, running all day long. You say its because she is into everything and my days consist of pulling her away from things she isnt supposed to be in. You may or may not be right. We will never know. Anyways I will lunching with the some of the people I love most. So If I die while eating Crab Chowder, corn cake and a coconut Italian soda, Just Know I love you all.

Its Baaaack!

After being gone for nearly 9 1/2 months , my motivation is back! Thank heavens! I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to come back. I also can make decisions without second guessing myself again. I was going crazy not feeling confident about my decision making.

In other news, 2010 'Get Fit' is in full swing. Zach is not doing as good as I had hoped. In fact, he has done nothing. Every morning( if my baby is not teething, or coughing, or having a runny nose, which therefore makes her VERY needy) Jillian Michaels appears on my TV and with her man voice and face tells me to get down and do Push Ups. Her Favorite. Things are becoming tighter and I am becoming happier. I was really stuck in a rutt for awhile and was having super low self asteem. Thanks again Motivation.

Whats with these bars? They tell you that you wont be hungry after you eat one and I was. I kept eating. I kept eating a lot. It did not curve any of my hunger. False Advertising.

Presley is a walking girl. I tried my hardest to distract her from walking and it didnt work. She loves walking. She is not a professional by any means but pretty soon she will be running away from me. She loves to hold on to your finger and just walk around. She walks on her own about 15 steps, falls down, stands back up, and walks more. I truly cant believe how fast she is growing up. Its crazy to me that in 2 months she will be one and then I will probably remain in bed, depressed. She has started to wave "hi" and "bye". She holds her little play phone, or remote control, or an actual phone up to her ear and says "ey, dada." She stinking hilarious! We love her more and more each day. Or depending on the day less and less. Just kidding.

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New Years Eve

Zach and I spent New Years Eve at my parents. They had planned a get together with The Arnetts and Parkers but it turned out that the Arnetts car didnt want them to get back into town and broke down in Payson. The Parkers rescued them from sleeping in their car and by
10:30 we were all playing games. You might be wondering Where Zach is? Sleeping. He hurt his back about a week ago and has been on meds that make him very sleepy. So I was alone. We played some of the funnest games ever. I finally won $35 dollars after close to a thousand times trying to get a 2 with my dice. We also played a game where someone writes a statement on a piece of paper and you draw it and then pass it on and the next person writes a statement on your picture and it keeps going from person to person. It was hysterical. I was right after my Uncle Alan who may or may not have the hardest handwriting to read ever. The night was very low key and I love it.

2009 Recap

I feel like this year should really been known as the "Year of Presley". Going back through all of our pictures It pretty much was.



January: I was busy looking like a beached whale. Thanks to Annie, we were able to catch it on film. I had a birthday and turned 22. It also was the month after I graduated from college so I was working a lot and Zach and I were eagerly awaiting Miss P to come.

February: My feet and ankles were so swollen! I wish I would have taken a picture but the by time I had any downtime they usually were up with ice packs on them. Also Jami and Christina worked really hard and threw me a baby shower. It was the best baby shower ever!! We totally scored in the gift department. Thanks!!

March: I had been on bed rest twice. My blood pressure was out of control but I continued to test negative for Pre eclampsia. On March 23, I went in for my weekly checkup and my blood pressure was 160/112. I looked at my doctor and started to cry. I was so nervous that something would happen and then something would happen to our baby. He called the hospital and just my luck everything was really quiet. So he sent me (and my mom)to the hospital, I called Zach and he called everyone in his contact list. At 4 pm. they hooked me up to pitocin. The wait began. By 7 I was asking for an epideral, by 11:15 I was pushing and by 12:29 am Our sweet Presley Denise was born 3 weeks early. She weighed 7 lbs and 5 ounces, was 20.5 inches long and was perfect. We instantly fell in love with her. She looks nothing like the 2 of us which we were totally unprepared for. I thought for sure she would have tons of black hair, brown eyes and have olive complection. Much to our surprise she was blonde, blue eyed and fair skinned.

April: Zach and I were busily trying to figure out how to take care of a baby. Presley was busy modeling for Jenny Biggs. We took a trip up to Utah for my cousins wedding that was the first weekend of May.

May: The Deering family invited us to take one last trip as a complete family before Kyle left on his mission. Presley was a fantastic baby at Disneyland. She was stinking cute her first day in our "Disney" outfit and everyone we passed uttered the words, " Look how cute". It was a successful trip which ended with Miss P's very own Mickey Ears. Zach also had a birthday and turned Old Man... uh I mean 26. It was a rough one for him.

June: Presley was blessed by Zach and some other family members. He gave a beautiful blessing and we were so grateful for the family that surrounded us. Kyle left to serve a 2 year mission in Guatemala. We were able to talk to him on Christmas day and he sounds and is doing wonderful. He is slowly developing a spanish accent. So ladies watch out!

July: Presley was eating NON STOP. So I decided to try Rice cereal for the very first time. I think she liked it.

August: Zach and I celebrated 3 years as man and wife( ha ha which movie is that from?). I cant believe how fast the time flies. He is an amazing husband and I am so lucky to have him. He gave me this fantastic necklace from Anthropologie. It broke the next day. lame. And it was sold out everywhere. SO....I just used the gift card from it.

I also caught Presley flirting with herself in the mirror. Hysterical.

September: I got the crafting itch and made yo yo's for practically everyone I knew.




October: Miss P celebrated her first Halloween as Tinkerbell. She was so adorable. I made the costume myself and I loved how it turned out. Zach thought we needed Wings but that was enough for her. I still crack up everytime I see this face. She never cried. I think it was just the " not the camera again" face.

November: Zach and I were able to attend a Murder Mystery night. Seriously one of the best parties ever. I had so much fun. I also love an opportunity to raid my Sister in Law Christinas closet and play dress up.

December: Presley wore her very first Christmas dress. She opened her very first Christmas present under the tree and liked the wrapping paper more than the toys inside. She was also showered by gift from each side of the family. She tried Chicken Alfredo for the first time and after every bite said " Mmmm."

2009 has been good to us. I hope 2010 is just as good. I just need to get started on planning a Mad Hatter Tea Party for Miss P's first Birthday. Its going to be 2010's party of the year. I only have 3 months left to prepare!

Hand raised

I know what you are all thinking... But we are indeed alive. Blogging has become quite hard these days. When I want to be on the computer so does Presley and when she is napping I have So many other things I need to get done... Like showering. Zach has even noticed my lack of blogging and that certainly awards me the worst blogger ever title because he rarely looks on this blog. We are all doing fantastic. Everyone is finally better. Thank heavens. I thought for sure Presley was going to have a cough and runny nose for the rest of her life. I never got sick. Man those superior genes rock! Christmas is almost here and Im done with shopping. I havent asked Zach one time if he would like to open his present early. Which is amazing because I hate present surprises. Im the "super secret keeper" this year. Presley will be *sniff, sniff* 9 month old on Thursday. 9 months old! This seriously has been the fastest 9 months ever. I only wish pregnancy was this fast as well. She still has no teeth but Jami reassured me this had nothing to do with her intelligence level. Whew! Zach apparently didnt start getting teeth until 9 months so Im sure the are going to bust out all at the same time. There are those tainted Vance genes again( Just kidding). She is wearing 12- 18 month clothes at which I am grateful for Zachs superior height genes. She has start throwing fits. Seriously.. 9 months. She will flail her body all over the floor. I die laughing everytime. She loves Pancakes, french toast, cheerios, rice krispies and any other big people food you will give her. My mom bought miss P her very first Christmas dress(which was an 18 month dress) . My favorite part... the stinking bloomers underneath. I was dieing at how cute they were. She was darling. Absolutely darling.

Yah Yah Yah, I know

So did you guys ever figure out who killed Miss Delilah? Its been the post to look at for like a bazillions years. Sorry 'bout that. Well I finally finished decorating the tree( for now, who knows what I will want to add tomorrow) and I made us some new stockings. Which Im totally in love with. Ive been stealing ideas for my Christmas decor from my super talented and most creative person I know Sister in law Christina. Who by the way is now on Etsy and is almost sold out of all her hair accessories after 1 day. Check out madame pumphrey on Etsy!!! Anyways... Here is the final product Christmas tree. Its simple and sweet and we love it. Its also Miss P friendly. Notice how there isnt really anything like a foot or more off the ground? I am in love with my red and white hounds tooth ribbon. I truly want to tie bows all over my house. I made some carnation balls for ornaments and some fantastic sunbursts also by Christina. Like I said I made our stockings this year with help from Roz. She still rocks my world. Totally rocks it. And Im pretty much in love with Rudolph who has taken ownership over my mantle.

As for an update on our little family. Presley has been teething( glorious!) and has had a snotty nose (Awesome!). Zach has been sick (fantastic!) And Im perfectly healthy. I was teasing my sister in law today that I have superior genes and I never get sick. We came to the conclusion Poor Presley has tainted genes now. Nuts!! Have I ever mentioned my dad always says he has superior genes to other people? This is the same man who calls himself Keith the Great. Conceided? Nah. Funny? yes. This is also the man who buys me Chocolate covered pretzels when Im having a bad day, gets my car cleaned because he thinks it looks dirty, filled up my gas tank because it was "Almost" to E. He seriously is the best dad in the world. But since my little family has been sicky, I havent even been able to go meet my new nephew Max. Who in pictures is so precious and Im DIEING that I havent held him yet!!! Presley's nose was MUCH better today and so Im itching to see him soon. As for Zach, he can wait outside. Or just in the other room.

A week or so ago I took these pictures of Miss P. I simply love this little girl. Look at her. Shes darling. And hilarious. She seriously keeps me laughing all day.

Shes been standing up all by herself for a few seconds. I keep praying she wont walk yet. Crawling is enough!!