It's a Girl!

The news is in! My sister in law is having a girl!! Yay for babies! Yay for Janelle and Lance! Yay for being an aunt! I love it. I'm the oldest in my family and the first to get married so you can imagine how wonderful it was to become an instant aunt by marriage! In fact 3 weeks before our wedding Renee (John's sister) had her first baby Jonus (dun dun dun dun dun dun He's carrying the wheel) and two days before our wedding his other sister Suzie had Zach! I am the proud Aunt of Camille, Greg, Clair, Alexis, Zach, Jonus, Haley, and soon to be baby LeeElle jr. mock (eh?, what do you think Janelle)! I miss them and wish that I lived closer so I could babysit and play with them. I'd like to think I'm the favorite Aunt but let's be honest I've got tough competition. (love ya Alyse, Suzie, Renae, & Janelle)

Thank You Thursday!

Today I would like to thank my dear friend Shannon for jazzing up my blog. She is amazing at blog designs and layouts. I went over to her house last night we had such a good time talking, hanging out, and of course working on the blog (although it really wasn't a we effort on the blog it was more of a she effort). Shannon is really talented! She is a computer whiz, great mom, stellar interpreter, and an awesome photographer (on our next "date" I hope to pick her brain and learn some handy camera tricks). Thanks again Shannon for your help! (Check out some of her photos...I have her link on my blog roll) This is one of my favorite photos of Shannon. Isn't she beautiful? And get this she took the picture!!

Say Cheese!

Here is my new Camera. It is a Sony Cyber Shot DSC-W80. Thanks to my work for the Best Buy gift card, my parents, my in-laws, and my grandparents for the birthday funds that went toward purchasing my new toy. It's so cool, I'm still learning all of its bells and whistles. Hopefully this will aid me in achieving my goal of taking more pictures.

Are you there Blog? It's me Margret.

Confession. Since entering the blog world I have stumbled upon many blogs that I enjoy. My favorites list is getting longer and longer everyday as I fill it with links to people's blogs who "I know" because I was on so and so's blog and checked out their blog roll which led me to this blog etc. I enjoy finding out what's going on in their lives; the births, the purchases, the new skill, their accomplishments, pictures, or enjoyable moments. (Is it just me or is everyone having babies?) I feel like I know some of them now. Will we exchange Christmas cards or go on double dates together? Sadly no. I wonder if ________ had her baby? or I wonder how their move went?

Creepy? maybe. But I can't help it. I've had the desire to leave comments before but never have for fear of being thought of as the weird stalker girl, but hey I can't be alone in this obsession right?..... Bueller?..... Bueller? Maybe I'm looking for justification or reassurance or possibly confidence to admit my "problem" to the authors. I don't know. Nevertheless I really enjoy "meeting" these people relating to them and seeing that there are many passengers in my same boat.

He's Back!

This is a shout out to my BFF John. He is so wonderful! John is in law school and just finished his last final yesterday! Finals at any level/school are long and gruesome however it is my personal experience that law school finals are especially unpleasant(I'm sure some other graduate programs are similar) . John's last day of school was at the end of April so all of May has been devoted to finals. He is a busy man juggling church, the band, me, school, and everything else. John is good about setting aside a little time here and there for us even if it is just a few minutes to talk or cuddle etc. Two weeks ago when I found out I passed my NIC test he took me out to dinner despite his upcoming tests. He has been diligent in his studying and staying at the library past midnight (apparently I can be a distraction!?) last week I think we slept in the same bed and the same time twice...maybe three times, whatever it was it was not cool. I don't know how he can go on so little sleep for so long and when I say so little I'm talking 3 hours or less. I'm glad he's done with finals and can catch up on his sleep and guitar playingand play with me more! I'm so proud of him and all the hard work he's put in this past year. Welcome back sweetie!

Under Arm Flab?? Have a Baby!

Monday morning I woke up and my arms were really sore. I felt like I had done a thousand push ups. As many of you know I am a sign language interpreter by profession which means I move my arms-a lot! It is not uncommon for my arms to hurt especially after a long or strenuous assignment but seeing as I hadn't signed for 4 days I didn't know what was causing the pain. Enter Mateo. He is my little friend. His mom and I work together (we are friends too). I babysat this cute little guy on Sunday. He is adorable coming in at around 11 lbs. You would think that from all the signing/moving I do my arms would have some tone and strength to them-wrong! I actually am getting what I affectionately call Relief Society arms, you know the under arm flab that waves to everyone after you've stopped waving. Needless to say holding/bathing/feeding/tending to Teo for a few hours on Sunday did it!! And I'm not complaining I would do it again in a heartbeat! Here's looking forward to having babies and strong arms!

I PASSED!!!

I have passed my National Interpreting Test!!!! This is huge for me. I'm now a real bonafide interpreter according to RID (the governing board for interpreters). It's an amazing feeling to achieve something you've worked so long and hard for. I didn't even feel this way when I graduated college! But I digress. Woo Hoo!!!