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New Blog Site

2008-06-11T11:23:00.001-07:00

This is hard. www.ejfarmer.blogspot.com, we have had some great times together. So many memories. I remember the first time I posted and the exhileration I felt. Everything was so new and exciting. The thing is, I have changed and I don't feel like we have much of a future. I have needs that you can't meet. I think you are a great website, but it just isn't working out. I hope we can still be friends.

Check out our new site!
www.ejfarmer.com

Great fun at the...

2008-06-07T14:14:00.001-07:00

Random memories from Duck, North Carolina:

~Logan's first beach experience (he was pretty scared, but warmed up on our second trip) ~Cooper telling everyone that we would be right back when he stuck his face underwater in the swimming pool and then coming back up and saying,"I'm back" ~Jayden's CUTE little strut and shimmy ~Eric being Adrienne's best friend/jungle gym ~Logan getting sick our first day there and spending a lot of time with mom cuddling on the couch ~Great food ~Boys in their matching PJ's and bathing suits ~Ryan killing everyone in Mafia ~Climbing the Currituck lighthouse steps ~Family pictures with Logan crying most of the time because he felt sick ~Logan jumping into the pool without anyone there to catch him (don't worry, he thought it was great fun) ~The Aquarium and Logan's new stuffed turtle ~Adrienne pushing Logan's stroller all the way up the hill and the Wright Brothers Museum, and back down ~The crabbies at the beach ~Logan loving the "OH-SHEEN" ~Burying the kids in the sand ~ Cooper "What do you do with a dirty sock? You SHOVE IT IN THE CLOSET!"~Eric kicking butt in the "Iron Man Competition" ~Matt "I HAVE TO HAVE IT" (a squished penny at the aquarium) ~ Jaxxen beating up all the other kids ~Cooper "The beach is CLOSED!" ~the magic closet (elevator) ~One of the best vacations EVER!

Pics from the Reunion

2008-06-07T13:41:00.001-07:00

so many announcements!

2008-05-21T07:25:00.000-07:00

So we have had a BUSY week! I guess we will go in chronological order. Last Friday we moved in with the Smith family while their parents are off enjoying Hawaii. There are five kids and with Logan, we have been watching six kids all week! I have a whole new respect for all those strong women out there who are trying to raise teenagers and 3 year-olds at the same time! I am totally exhausted! Logan is having a blast though! he loves playing with all the new toys and making new friends. Here is a picture of him with Michael and Ty watching Thomas the train.

Then on Monday, we found out that Eric passed the CPA exam! Now all he has to do is some paperwork and an ethics exam and he is official! We are so excited and glad that it is all over with.

And last but not least, we had our ultrasound yesterday and found out that we are having another boy! Logan is going to love having a little brother! He was super cute! He was pretty shy though. He kept covering up his face with his arm but after a while he finally let us see his cute face. It is finally starting to feel real. :)

Well, we are off to North Carolina and Washington DC on Saturday for our Waite family reunion! I will post lots of pictures once we get back!

MMMM...Food

2008-05-12T10:34:00.000-07:00

I love food. Unhealthy as it may be, there are certain foods that just provide comfort and satisfaction that nothing else can. So I am taking a moment to share some of my loves.

Let's start with a healthy one. I love these Soy milkshakes for breakfast. I recently ran out of it and the only place you can get them in the big containers is at Sam's Club (there isn't one around here) or Amazon. So I just got my stuff today from Amazon. Happy day! All is right in the world. I am not a breakfast person but I look forward to my soy milkshakes every morning. Sad, I know.

Now a close second and terribly unhealthy. I LOVE a good burger with french fries. And I have really been craving them since I have been pregnant. We won't go into detail, but i love them.

For all the other meals, I want to endorse this cookbook. It is awesome! My mother-in-law got it for me for mother's day and I haven't actually used it yet, but I spent 20 minutes looking through it and sticking little post-it notes on all the recipes I am going to use. They are easy, fast and it is all stuff you usually have in your fridge anyway. My new love.

Well, that about covers my current cravings. Maybe I'll post about some new ones tomorrow. I have really been liking pickles lately too...

Cousins and Soccer Balls

2008-05-08T14:49:00.000-07:00

I finally got some pictures of Logan with his cousin Natalie. He didn't really know what to do with her, but I think the fact that they both have binkys has bonded them for life. Then, today Logan decided to express his undying love for the world's favorite sport. Or maybe he was just bored of being in the car. You decide.

Family Fun

2008-05-05T09:48:00.000-07:00

Can I just say, warm weather rocks! Yesterday we went to Tri-Cities for our niece's, Natalie Rose Farmer, baby blessing and it was the most gorgeous day yet of the year. The blessing went great and then we went to the house for lunch and we just sat in the yard under a beautiful flowering tree (I already forgot what kind it was). It was a perfect day! Logan loved running around and playing with the other kids. I didn't get a picture of Logan with his new cousin but is one with her uncle Curtis that I liked and one in her blessing dress. Isn't she adorable!? I forgot how fun it is to hold a new little squishy baby! Thanks Tyler and Rose-Ellen for a great day!

March for Babies

2008-04-26T16:30:00.000-07:00

The company where Eric works, Moss Adams, is really involved in community stuff so we decided to participate in the March of Dimes Walk for Babies this morning. It was really fun. All the people from Moss Adams had matching t-shirts and hung out together. It was a 5 1/2 mile walk on a gorgeous spring day. It couldn't have been more perfect. My feet are a little sore and my butt will hurt tomorrow, but overall it was a great experience. Logan loved pointing the the river that runs along the path and saying "water" and playing with his "bayoon."

Finally some pictures!

2008-04-25T10:10:00.000-07:00

Ok, I have finally figured out how to upload pictures on our new computer. So here is a collection of pictures from Easter and of Logan sitting in front of the TV watching "Cars." He will only watch the first big racing scene, and then he is off running around, but for that scene, there is no distracting him. It is pretty funny.

yippee! spring!

2008-04-22T14:35:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been a while. We have just been trying to survive the last couple months. First of all, this pregnancy is kicking my butt. Ok, I can't really say that. I have been really lucky becuase I have only felt sick a couple days and just fine the rest of the time. That being said, I have had NO energy at all! So no new blogs. But I am happy to report that with spring came the blessed second trimester burst of energy! Halleluiah!

In addition to that, it seems that our whole lives were put on hold during Eric's busy season. But April 15th finally came and i have a husband again. :) It has been great. We went on a "recovery vacation" to Utah last weekend (just Eric and me) and we feel like life is finally back to normal. Eric is working a normal 8 hour day instead of 12 hours plus weekends. Anyway, it is a relief to have that overwith.

So enough with my excuses. Life here is good. We are trying to figure out what to do with our yard. Right now it is all dirt but we are planning on getting a fence, sprinkler system and lawn in the near future. We are also looking forward to our big Waite famly reunion is North Carolina at the end of May. I can't wait. We have rented a super cool beach house so we can all hang out together. I can't wait to see Logan playing with all his cousins. Now all I need to do is get ready. :)

Well just wanted to give you a quick update. I will try to do better about posting and pictures will be coming soon!

Latest News

2008-02-27T09:24:00.000-08:00

Alright, the moment you all have been waiting for! Drum roll please..............We are having another baby! YIPPEE! I'm prego (as Jami so delicately puts it). I am due Oct. 15th so we are having another October baby. As you might expect, We are SO excited! I am feeling pretty good so life is great. It hardly seems real right now. :)

Sicky

2008-02-15T16:29:00.000-08:00

So Logan has been sick. Last week we found out he had double ear infections an broncholitis. Then, for an unknown reason, on Tuesday he started throwing up like crazy. But he got over that so we thought we were through, but last night he started getting a rash and then today, when he woke up, he was just red and splotchy from head to toe. So we spent most of the day today running to and from the doctor's office (waitng to get a urine sample from the little guy. I will leave that to your imagination). They say it is just a viral symptom so he should be back to normal in a couple of days. Although it could be that he is allergic to penecillian (just add it to the list I say. For those of you who don't know, Logan is also allergic to peanuts). He has been great through the whole thing though and although the pictures don't really do him justice, here is a look at our spotty boy. Ahh, isn't life great?

2008-02-14T09:51:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

2008-02-14T09:13:00.000-08:00

Logan got some flannel pajamas for Christmas and he loves to wear the shirt like it is a jacket. He will come up to me wanting to put it on, no matter what time of day it is. I just had to take a picture of him in it this mornign becasue it looked so terrible! He looks like a miniature used care sales man wearing footsie pj's!

Also, I am including a really funny video of Logan doing all his new "tricks." He loves to say his colors and dance. I think you even get a little bit of sign language in there. He is just a super smart kid and is learning things so quickly!

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2007 Year in Review

2008-01-17T15:22:00.000-08:00

Ok, I know I am a little behind, but I thought this was cool.

What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? A few things. Bought a house, wakeboarded, went snowmobiling in FRIGID temperatures, cleaned poop off the wall of my son's room, took my son to an emergancy room, edited a book and got paid for it, and a whole lot more that I won't bore you with now.
Did anyone close to you give birth? yeah! My two sisters-in-law, Katie and Kamry, and a few friends.
Did anyone close to you die? Stephanie Kortsen, a former young womens leader and family friend.
What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? patience
What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? The day we moved into our first house for obvious reasons :)
What was your biggest achievement of the year? Ummm, my VERY active one year old is still alive. For any of you who have spent much time with Logan, you will understand that this is quite an accomplishment.
What was your biggest failure? I would agree with April, not loosing all the pregnancy weight. Although I think after a year, you can't use that as an excuse anymore...
What did you get really, really, really excited about? Buying a house!
What song will always remind you of 2007? "Hey There Delilah" Plain White T's
Compared to this time last year, are you: much happier, richer, nicer? Definetly happier, a little richer (thanks to Eric's new job and not having to pay tuition), and you will have to ask Eric if I am nicer. I hope so.
What do you wish you'd done more of? Stopped to realize how good my life is.
What do you wish you'd done less of? Worry, the answer to that question is always worry.
Did you fall in love in 2007? I fell more and more in love with my two boys. :)
What was your favorite TV program? Chuck. I am sad that it might not be coming back
What was the best book you read this year? Harry Potter 7! It was the end of an era...
What was your greatest musical discovery? I was forced to rediscovery country music because there are no decent radio stations in yakima. I don't know that that is a great discovery.
What did you want and get? So as not to repeat the new house answer, I will say, a better perspective on life. :)
What were your favorite films of this year? "Dan in Real Life", "Bourne Ultimatum,"
"Hairspray" and "Licence to Wed"
What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 25 and I spent the day here in Yakima putting a down payment on our house and picking out carpet and cabinets and tile. It was pretty fun.
What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? At the risk of sounding like 80% of Americans, I wish I would have lost some weight. Not just that, but I wish I had started earlier in the year running so that I would be a lot farther along than I am now.
How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007. Jeans and a t-shirt, maybe an a comfortable sweater. I am all about comfort. Oh! Except I did discover ballet flats this year. I love them!
What kept you sane? Eric. Always Eric. He is so steady and grounded so when I am freaking out about something, he can help me realize that it is usually about nothing.
Who did you miss? I miss all my girlfriends. There is just something about having a girlfriend nearby that makes you feel good. I miss having someone that I can call and say, "Hey I am craving orange chicken from Panda Express, wanna go with me?"
Who was the best new person (people) you met? All the poepole ini our ward here. They are great!
Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007. I think I have started to learn some of what I am capable of. I feel like I have been blind to some of the possibilities that are out there waiting for me to grab them. Also, I have learned what it feels like to be willing to give you life for someone else. Motherhood does that to you. I was too new to the whole motherhood thing last year to really understand that.
What are you most excited for in 2008? the suprises that always come. New possibilities
What are you least excited for in 2008? Spring cleaning. Yuck.

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-31T10:09:00.000-08:00

OK, sorry it has been so long since I have posted. We have been so busy but I know many of you are just as busy, if not more so, than we are.

So, I got a job. That is one of the reason for not posting. I work from home as a copy-editor for a marketing firm in Draper, UT. Don't ask how I got the job, it is a long story. Anyway, I LOVE it! It pays pretty good and I can do it on my own time. It is stuff I love to do. Right now I am helping to edit a book on real estate and it is really interesting. It is just perfect for our situation right now.

OK, on to the Christmas report. This year, we spent Christmas with Eric's family... in MONTANA! It was so much fun! Eric's parents rented a house just outside of Yellowstone and we spent that last week snowmobiling through some of the prettiest country I have ever seen. We spent a whole day snowmobiling through Yellowstone. It was absolutely freezing, but a ton of fun. We saw a lot of buffalo and even a glimpse of a wolf. Back to the freezing part. When we woke up that morning, it was -9 degrees outside! It warmed up a little during the day but with the wind chill factor, it felt like -29 degrees! That isn't an exaggeration either. I have never felt that cold before. Wow, it was cold, but wonderfully beautiful.

Christmas day was so fun. Logan seemed pretty oblivious to it all though. He was more interested with throwing the presents down the stairs than with opening them. His Uncle Curtis ended up opening most of his presents for him. We spent the day just eating and napping and opening presents. We had so much fun. All of Eric's brothers and sister were there so we had a great time. Eric's big present this year was a 37" flat panel TV. He opened it before we left for Montana because we couldn't fit it in the car but he loved it all the same. I think his favorite part was setting it all up. He is so cute!

We just got back last night and are in serious recuperation mode. Our kitchen is a mess and we are all exhausted. Guess you can imagine what we are doing for New Year's Eve. Going to bed early! We are all partied out!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Let It Snow!

2007-11-29T15:40:00.001-08:00

Well, we had a huge snowstorm last night so I took Logan out today and we played in the snow! He absolutely loved it! He had fun eating the snow and then laughing at me when I spit it out. I took him out for just a minute, not bundled up, just to show it to him. Then when I took him back inside, he threw a fit! So I bundled him up and took him outside. He mostly just crawled around. Then, I think his knees got cold and he crawled over to the door. He was ready to go in! It was super fun. Hope you all like the pictures.

what a mess

2007-11-20T12:18:00.000-08:00

Maybe I was niave or I just never spent much time around little kids, but I did not know that a one year old boy could make such a mess within a matter of minutes. Seriously. I was on the phone with my mom and by the time I got off, Logan had pulled everthing out of my purse, emptied two cupboards and 3 drawers. He also pushed a chair around the kitchen. How does a little boy do that? Maybe has some super human power or something. Then I just had to get a picture of him in the middle of his completed work. He may be a little monkey but he is still dang cute. :)

Also, I wanted to add a picture of Logan playing on the rocking horse that his grandma Sharon got him for his birthday. He really loves it and has been known to put is teddy bear on it so he can have a ride too. It is pretty dang cute.

new look of the farmers

2007-11-18T21:39:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to give a huge THANK YOU to Kamry Waite for her super cute improvements to my blog! She is very gifted in a scrapbooky way (something I have never had the eye for)and was willing to share her talents with her uncreative sister-in-law. Thanks again Kamry!

Can I just say that I am SO excited for Thanksgiving! I guess last year that I was still caught up in the whole new mom thing that I didn't really take time to enjoy the holidays. But this year, I am totally into it! I started listening to Christmas music about two weeks ago and I have been fighting the urge to get a head start on shopping for about a month(waiting for the Chritmas sales and all). And to top it all off, It started snowing this evening! Our first snowfall of the year! To all my friends living in the Phoenix area, I am sorry that you don't really get to experience this. But then, I will be wishing that I lived in AZ come February and March when we are buried under a mountain of snow for the 5th month. :) Oh well. So tonight I am sipping hot chocolate and watching last week's Heroes episode (ok, it's not exactly "It's a Wonderful Life"), snuggled up with my husband and watching the snow fall. Tonight, I love my life. Now that is something to be thankful for.

2007-11-15T08:48:00.000-08:00

So Logan is just overcoming a bout of teething and after being super grouchy for a couple weeks, he just woke up and was suddenly his happy self again! It is so nice to have my happy little boy back. Now he just smiles all the time and laughs at the funniest things. For example, yesterday I was doing a little yoga in our living room and apparently I looked pretty funny doing it, because Logan was cracking up. So he started laughing which made me start laughing and my yoga pretty much went out the window. :)

Besides keeping up with a super happy kid, my big project the last couple of days has been tamales. My friend Ann Marie and I have spent a couple of days cooking and assembling HUGE amounts of tamales. We learned how when a lady from the Spanish branch up here gave a demonstration at Women's Conference. The recipe yeilds about 7-8 dozen tamales and they can be frozen, so we figured we would do a full recipe each. Now I am think we were a little overzealous. Hopefully they will turn out ok, otherwise we will have a freezer full of terrible tamales. :) If they turn out good, all of our friends may be getting some for Christmas!

growing up

2007-11-11T19:49:00.000-08:00

OK, I am still trying to figure out how to do this blogging thing. Kamry has promised to help me whenever I finally find the time to call her. :) So until then, please be patient with my mediocre attempts at blogging. Maybe someday mine will look cute and have all the cool links that all of yours do.

Anyway, we are doing great here in WA. Since my last post Logan has turned One Year Old! I can hardly believe how fast time flies. There are days when i just want to hold him tight so that he won't get any bigger or change at all. I just want him to stay exactly the way he is. But, as all of you moms out there know, time continues to fly. Logan has started walking this week. He toddles around and gets so excited and pleased with himself. He looks up at me with the biggest smile on his face and just throws his arms up in the air like there is now better feeling in the world than being able to walk on your own. It is the cutest thing I have seen him do yet. :) He has also started talking more (although nobody but Eric and I would really understand him). He says "Momma" and "Dadda," "Bear"and "peekaboo,"and our favorite,"Uh-Oh". He also points a lot. He knows where his belly button is and the light switches. I can't get over how adorable he is and how much I love being his mom. It is so amazing.

Also Logan was a turtle for Halloween and discovered that he is in love with Dum Dums(we can thank his grandma Terri for that one). He was so cute but didn't really enjoy the ward halloween party much because he was too tired. But he managed to get a little trick-or-treating in.

Well, Eric and I are doing well also. Nothing really interesting to report. I will try to better in the future at being more consistent here.

giving into peer pressure

2007-10-10T09:53:00.000-07:00

Seeing as everyone seems to be starting up blogs, and my general nature as one to follow trends, we have joined the throngs of would-be editorialists and started a blog of our own. Besides, this seems like fun. And away we go.