Smanksgiving

It was a good Thanksgiving. Jake and I left for Idaho Falls Thursday morning. Of course we made pies. That is always the best part. Erinn made the turkey in a pressure cooker. I had never thought of that before, but it turned out good. We thoroughly enjoyed Black Friday. It was much quieter up North than in Salt Lake. Jake got me a pair of boots. They are ugly ugg like shoes, but they keep my feets nice and warm. Later that night we went on a sleigh ride. It was pretty fun, but very cold, but Max and his cousin Mya toughed it out. The Blizzard that everyone freaked out about blew over so fast that it almost never even happened. Class was canceled on Wednesday because of it so now our teachers are scrambling to get everything done. I can't believe the semester ends in just 2 weeks. I will be so glad. It will be nice to play with Max a little more and to get some stuff done that I can't normally do. Oh and BYU lost to the University of Utah last Saturday. Go Utes.

NOVEMBER!

November is already here! Unfortunately we had a bad start. Last Sunday someone broke into our car and stole Jake's IPod. Obviously they were super desperate, but they also bashed in our window which set us back $150.00. Then we received a couple of obscene phone calls later that night so that's why Jacob changed my phone number. Other than that, things have been going fine. Max loves playing with his friend Alena, every time he sees her he just lights up. I've noticed he's way more friendly with girls than boys. He's a little flirt. We found a big pile of leaves on Friday so I threw him in the center of it, he so loved it, and he was quite sad when I had to pull him out so they could gather them up. We went to Olive Garden with some of the Giometta clan. It was nice, but the best part was when Max snatched the chocolate mint out of my sisters hands and had his way with it. Chocolate was everywhere! Then Jake put him on his shoulders as we were leaving and max threw it all up on him. Classic Max.

Halloween

Lazy, Rainy, Saturday

It has been a cold rainy day. However, I'm glad to see that Fall has finally arrived. Max was decked out in his warm winter clothes today, and I can wear a jacket. I will look for any excuse to wear long sleeves and long pants. Jacob and max are recovering from the flu. They both are doing well, except their appetites are still minimal. Max was vomiting most of Thursday night. It scared me, I had never seen anyone through up that much in such a short period of time. It came out to be seven times in one hour. We had a lot of laundry to do that I'm still trying to catch up on. But he is doing great now and is back to his old self. Jacob didn't go to work on Friday, and I was busy with school work and cleaning up the house. But it was nice to have a little extra time together, even if it was the effect of a virus. I finally got Jake hooked on Law and Order and yesterday we had a SVU marathon. That's what you do when your laid up.

Midterms

Oh how the semester is flying by. Max is getting huge and he's starting to climb over stuff. One of his favorite past times is opening and closing doors. when he sees me open the fridge he crawls over faster than lightening to he can close it. He enjoys being around other babies, especially when their backs are turned to he can head butt them. He's a head butter. He will head butt anything like the couch or my shins. Ouch! anyways, it's midterms time and I have a couple of tests spread out over the next few weeks. I'm doing good in most of my classes except for hearing Science, I got a C on my last test so i really need to buckle down in the class. I have to get a B- or better or I have to retake it. It's one of the programs requirements. I'm pushing hard to graduate next Fall! It may or may not happen. I might have to wait until the spring just because it might be too much work to cram in in such a small amount of time.

Many of you may have already heard the Grandma Boots is thinking about moving to Salt Lake. Then the whole Giometta clan will have migrated out West, with the exception of Jason who now lives in Austen, Texas, which is more South West. I hope he can still come for Christmas this year!

Jake has been working so hard in his classes, and I'm so glad he will be done at SLCC this year. than we can move on to the next phase of his education. Now he must decided, once he gets accepted which school he wants to attend. I'm hoping he will stay at the UofU just cause I don't feel like moving right now, but we will find out the beginning of next year what he decides.

Vegas! I forgot to post this forever ago.

Last weekend was really eventful. Max did a great job on the car ride down to Vegas. We were stuck in traffic so it took a little longer than usual to get there. The baby cried the past thirty minutes before we got to the strip, but I couldn't blame him. He was so excited to see everyone, and so were they to see him. We spent a lot of time eating out and eating out some more. man I'm totally not use to that anymore. We took the baby to the strip and hung out mostly at the Venetian and of course the mall! If Jake's not around I know it's my time to to shop without anyone asking me "when are we leaving?". Max got to go swimming with with Aunti WaWa and uncle Nathan. Also He and uncle Jason enjoyed watching new episodes of Jersey Shore. Jason let him play with my phone and max somehow dialed 911. That was fun explaining to them that the screaming child in the background wasn't injured or sick. Max did extremely well on the way home and was so excited to see Jake. We even left early on Sunday to get there.

This week has been totally crazy. I have three tests this week and one more this weekend. Yesterday Erinn and Patrick stopped by while they were in town and we went out to dinner. it was good to see them and little Mya. The two kids had fun together. At least Max did. I think Mya was ready to go so max would leave her alone.

5K

Saturday I ran my first 5 K. I usually go running a couple of times a week, just to change up my work out routine, not because I love it. But I was determined to do some kind of marathon, even the shortest one out there. I got started about 5 minutes later than the rest of the runners, but that was nice cause i didn't want to run around anyone. The important part was that I finished without stopping. I don't think I've ever run that long in my life. Now I can check that off my list. Max has been growing like crazy. His hair is getting so long, I'm not sure if we should try to cut it just yet. his top teeth are starting to come in so he takes any chance he can get to bite on to something. This includes my toes and ankles. I have to keep them on the couch so he doesn't attack me.