A run in the Dark

- Lance typing - So Saturday night was the women's conference. Samantha and Jade went with Grandma Nielsen to go watch it (and left Daddy all alone). What does daddy do when he is all alone? He cuts the sleeves off more old t-shirts to use them as gym shirts and jumps on the tramp. The girls got home around 8:30 pm.  Samantha went back to her parents house to get her gym cloths so we could go to the gym while Grandma watched her.  We were still in the drive way ready to head to the gym when Grandma calls my phone and all we can hear is "waa, waa, waaaa" Jade had woken up and she was not into the whole gym idea. So, Samantha went back in and fed her and calmed her down.  The gym closes at 10 pm on Saturdays so by the time we got there now, we'd have only 10 minutes to work out. So, instead of going to the gym we went for a run in the dark.  We ran up to Park Lane elementary school and did a bunch of pull-ups and push ups on the play ground.  Samantha is super silly cuz as we are getting ready to start our run she says, "Don't leave me." (K so Samantha thinks that I'm in really good shape or something and I guess when I run she is afraid that I'll hit some silly speeds and just leave her in the dust to be picked up by some dude in a painted van) yeah right, my side cramps up as soon as we make it to the first hill and Samantha is just talking away during our run and going on and on about her fitness goals and I can't breath, she'll ask me questions and my responses are "Eh huh" and  "Nn's" (more Nn's and less Eh huh's as the run went on, Eh huh took too much oxygen). It was fun though.  Samantha is quite impressive, she has only been de-babied for 3 months and she can do 6 pull-ups.  Props to that crazy asian woman :) Well there you have it, our run in the dark. It was awesome, for sure we'll have to do it again.

A Mini Date Night

The hubby and I haven't had a date night in forever! I didn't realize how much we needed one until we ended up getting one...totally unplanned.

So Daniel is on a mission (in case you hadn't noticed from previous posts) so we decided we needed to send him a little missionary care package. On Friday night we left Jade with Grandma Nielsen so we could go purchase some stuff for Dan's box. We only had about an hour so we whizzed off to Target. . . 

Okay, so an hour doesn't sound like a whole lot of time for a real date...but we had a lot of fun! Just the 2 of us. . . it's amazing how much faster you can get in and out of a store without a cute little wiggly baby being toted around. 

We had fun trying to decide what funny Halloween decorations and candy we should send Dan AND we made a spontaneous decision to buy a half gallon of soy chocolate milk and drink it all by ourselves.   The drive home was entertaining as we jammed to music, sampled some of Dan's treats and drank our milk. :) I probably looked ridiculous trying to drive and chug a large carton of milk at the same time. . . but that's ok! 

Our 'mini date' was just what I needed to recharge. I think we need to make more random errands into 'mini dates' because it was great!

On a side note . . . here is Jade trying to sample Dan's treats. (Sorry Dan if your candy bars are smothered in baby drool when you get them!)

Jade's First Giggle

Jade giggled for the first time on Sep 14!
I missed it, but Lance was able to get some of it on camera. Since then, Lance is the only one that has been able to get her to giggle and it usually always happens after she gets her bath. :)

3 Months Old!

I am a little late with this post but....Jade is 3 months old!

I can't believe how fast the last 3 months have gone by. Jade is getting so fat! I love her chubby thighs and her double chin. She doesn't like to be in one place for very long, so I constantly have to move her around. She likes to be able to see everything, so when I carry her I have to have her situated so that there is nothing obstructing her view. She can almost roll over all the way.... she just hasn't figured out what to do with her arms yet. Jade has been drooling so much! It is kind of funny. I've started putting bibs on her because she has been soaking her outfits with her drool. 

Once upon a time, Jade was sleeping a good 4 hour stretch and then a 3 hour stretch at night. That was when I was putting her to bed at midnight. lol. Then I thought I should do a bedtime routine and try getting her to sleep earlier.... that backfired on me. Now she only sleeps 2 hours at a time. Oh well! At least she is good about going straight back to sleep when she wakes up at night. 

My favorite thing is when Jade wakes up in the morning and gives me a big smile!! I love it! I also love how much she babbles. I'll just lie down next to her while she goes on and on, telling me some kind of story. She has the cutest little voice! 

Passport Picture

We ordered Jade's first passport! Here is her picture....isn't she cute?!? haha 

Cirque du Soleil Auditions

Guess what everyone?

My brother in law, Tyce, just auditioned for Cirque du Soleil in LA over the weekend and.....he made all the cuts!!!

My understanding is that now we wait for headquarters to watch his demo video and then hopefully we'll hear back from them that they are putting him in a show!

check out his tramp wall demo:

Voodoo Darlings Water and Dive Show

Lance, Mary and Tyce just performed in a water and dive show for Voodoo Productions. Mary performed on corde lisse and Tyce and Lance performed on russian swing and 3 m diving.

Lance in the rafters taking things down

Lance-russian swing

Tyce - Russian Swing

Lance- russian swing

Mary performing on corde lisse:

Russian Swing: