The Hourglass Door

I just read the most amazing book over the weekend, and I wanted to tell everyone about becaues I loved it so much. I think it is going to be the next "Twilight" series because it is that good. It is called "The Hourglass Door" by Lisa Mangum. She says the second one will hopefully out next May. Man I hope I can wait that long! I finished reading the book and just obsessed over it the entire weekend. And when I read another book, it just seemed dull compared to this one. I think all you ladies will really enjoy it. I sure did. I could read it over and over again! And I saw the Proposal last night...also amazing! I laughed the entire time. And it was so cute. Ryan Reynolds is my new celeb crush haha. It was a really enjoyable movie seriously. Just wanted to pass these tidbits on! If you're looking for some great entertainment, there are 2 places to go!

Birthday party!

Brookie turned 1 on June 7th! AAHH!! I can't believe it. She has been the best baby I could ever ask for. She just grows to be more fun everyday. I love her so much. We had a couple of friends over to do the celebratory cake eating party, and boy did she get the stuff everywhere! She just dug her fingers in and started smearing. I don't even think she ate anything. It was so fun tho. We got her a new outfit and a toy and this huge chair-shaped pillow that she loves to snuggle on. I have loved every day of motherhood so far. And I love the intense bond I have with her. She is a doll. I'm stressing out right now because she just got a test vaccine for meningitis on Friday (we are participating in a study for it) and she has almost completely lost her appetite. I should probably talk to the nurse about it, but I'm not sure what can be done really. I have tried feeding her everything in our kitchen, but the only things she eats are applesauce and snack foods. Hopefully this doesn't last more than a week...that's what they predicted...but we'll see. I'm wondering if I should try giving her pedialite in the mean time? Any idea?
Other than that...things have been crazy. I am almost done with my first term. My final is tomorrow. YAY! I have a cold right now, so I don't feel too great. We bought a new car this weekend. We have been trying to get rid of our Mazda, which we leased a little over 2 years ago. We haven't been able to drive it because we used almost all the miles. So we ended up being able to trade it in for a 2006 Hyundai Elantra with only 34000 miles on it. We were so excited b/c the price of the car itself was $6900, but we had to roll in the remainder of our lease, and there are so many freaking fees from the dealership! We ended up borrowing way more than I thought. We did put some money down to try to counteract the negative equity from our lease, but not enough apparently. I couldn't believe how many fees we had to pay. So...I thought we were being all smart, but in the end it didn't turn out as well as I hoped. And the only downside to the car is it smells heazvily of smoke...which we will hopefully get rid of on Thursday!
Oh yeah! Jeff redid our bathroom the other weekend. It looks amazing. We bought new towels and a shower curtain...and that fueled the redoing the bathroom. I painted it, and I am so proud of my work! And Jeff redid the floor with some tile his dad gave him...and it looks amazing. I will have to try to post a picture.
I think that's it for now. I'll post some pictures!