What's up, doc??

Josh and I have just bought a collection of Looney Tunes DVDs! It has been our best purchase in a while haha I have always been crazy about Looney Tunes. They are soo funny and so clever. I am loving watching them and I know Giles and our future kids will love them as much as we had when they are older.

I recommend them to all! I think it's a must have. Great, original, hilarious, smart, innovative. Complete complete classic!!!

LOLZZ

We spent some time with our good friends Luke and Jerry this past weekend. They always turn us towards hilarious YouTube stuff, because we don't go on YouTube much. They showed us this 'Autotune the News' duo and it is HILARIOUS!!!! haha I was dying laughing.

See both videos. The first one is the real newscast. The second one is the autotune.
NOT that I in any way want to make fun of the situation that the woman was in, on this news story. It's just her ghetto fab brother and the autotune song that just KILL ME. Hahah if this ever happened to me, heaven forbid, I hope my brothers would step up for me on the news and hunt down the perpetrator! haha

as promised....

Here are the shots of my glam photoshoot that I promised.

Just got them in the mail today! Said they would take like 6 weeks, but I guess they just had to say that to cover themselves if it took forever. But yeah it was only a week!

Obviously these aren't like real images of the shots. They're me taking pictures of the pictures. Going to go soon to get them properly scanned in and printed up. So sorry for the horrible blurry grainyness of these!


If you haven't read about my crazy photo experience yet, see below.
xx

babababrriitttnneeeyyy

Everyone knows that I'm a mad Britney Spears fan fo lyfe. Through thick and thin! So, I trudged through a layer of thick crap last night to watch Britney on the show, Glee.

Crap indeed! Haha reaaalllyyyy don't like the show. But the Britney episode played in England last night so I had to watch. Britney talked on and on about her Glee episode for months it seems, on her Facebook and all that (yeah, I'm her number 1 friend :P) so I had to see it.

Brit was only on for like 2 minutes or less, so that was not good! I need my Britney! And even though I despise people who get famous off of other people's songs, some parts of these Glee Brit songs were okay. But I need to say that the main girl, don't know her name, she STINKS to high heaven. OH my gosh. Her voice is terrible high chipmunkish and she is just not purdy. And all this hype around her is so annoying. Ok I know everyone loves this Glee poo and I'm treading dangerous waters saying this haha but there you go.

Well bottom line is, I watched it, I saw my girl, and that is the end of Glee and me. I love Britney for life and no matter what crazy things she's done, she has had some KICK BUNZ moments in her career and she is just a rock star. She is so fab and I know she has many more fab moments to come.
x

art is life!

I've reallyyyyyy been missing university lately. I LOVE SCHOOL! I always have. And I absolutely loved my course at the University of Manchester. I studied art history, and the course was so great. It was so challenging and presented so many interesting debates, and intricate views of artists that aren't readily available. I miss being immersed in art and having it roll around in my head all day long.
I absolutely love motherhood. My life is not the same in a good way, I love Giles more than I can ever describe. I can't wait, though, to do a course again in the future. I love learning and I hope I can instill that in my children as well!

Here's some images of my favorite pieces of artwork.

lately

Giles Spencer:

He is talk talk talking away. All sorts of sounds now! Baba, dada, ti, ta, gada, but no mama yet, hah.
He can sit up perfectly! It's so adorable to see him just sitting there like the big lump that he is! Where did my tiny baby go??!
He rolls but can't roll back over onto his back haha. How does one go about teaching him that?? We're trying hah but yeah he's not interested in putting in that much effort yet haha. He still LOVES to stand but yeah not too much rolling around yet!
We've given Giles rice cereal for a while now, but we've just started on proper purees. We've done carrots so far and we're on peas now. He LOVES food haha, I can't shovel it in fast enough. It's so cool seeing him grow and eat real food now. But there's a huge downside, real poops! UGH! Not sweet baby poops anymore haha, so that's been gross!
Giles, like any kid probably, loves to watch other kids. He loves all of his British cousins so much, and we've just recently been blessed with a new cousin, baby Isabella!
Giles raises his arms now when he wants to be picked up, or when he wants mama to hold him instead of dada haha! It's adorable, I love it.



As for Josh and I, we're praying so hard for this visa to come through. It's been in the final stages for nearly 2 months now. We're just waiting for them to give us a dang interview at the embassy, and then it should be all squared away after that!! We would soooo appreciate all of your prayers so that this visa can come through and we won't have to be separated as a family (as I'm dying to go home! And my UK visa runs out soon anway!)



^My sisters-in-law, Charlotte and Holly, with all of my British nieces and nephews, minus Javen. This pic shows Evelyn, Sammy, Hyrum, Isabella, and my Giles.

vogue...strike a pose...

So yesterday I had my hair did and mah makeup done. And I had a professional photoshoot. Yeah. Fo realz. Haha

Why did I do such a thing, you ask?? Well, for my birthday last year, my in-laws got this makeover-photoshoot thing for me as my birthday gift. And about 9 months later, I finally used it haha.

It took me forever to use it because, well, to be truthful, I really didn't want to! Hah no offense to my good ol' in-laws, but they got me this gift when I was fat and pregnant. I also had permanent bags under my eyes then because I was finishing university and about to graduate, running my fat self around working as a waitress, and I was still Young Women's President at the time. So yeah, I definitely in no way shape or form was physically or emotionally ready to feel confident in front of a photographer.

And then, had my lovely baby Giles. And I admittedly have some baby weight still lurking on my body. And I hate it. And I DEFINITELY don't feel sexy or worthy to be photographed in any way. So I was putting it off.

But, alas, it expired at the end of January. So I trudged off to the studio in Manchester yesterday.

Got my hair did first. Was too poofy, so when no one was looking, and when the girl who did it was no where in sight, I frantically tried to tame it a bit. Then got my makeup done. They CAKED it on. And I know they have to do it so it makes you look flawless in the pictures under the studio lights. But next day I have 4 huge zits from it. So THANKS a lot lovely sweet gay guy for giving me these mt. everests on my face!

Then got into the photo studio. The photographer was a really nice young woman, probably just a couple years older than me. The studio had a few props, but it mostly consisted of chunks of wall paper everywhere that served as the different backgrounds. Some of the backgrounds were nice, but they had some HORRIBLE ones like fake brick and huge red roses and stuff like that.

The photo session wasn't too horrible. The girl made me feel pretty at ease and I tried hard to not make awkward, fake smiles hahah.

Then later, I was brought to the viewing room and saw my pictures. I got to choose one free one with the gift that my in-laws gave, but of course they try to sell you others like mad. And, I admit, I actually did give in. The pictures actually looked really nice! And the woman gave me a good deal. So I got 2 for 1, plus the free one.

Although I was dying not to go, it actually was a nice experience. I wouldn't want to do it again probably. It is so nice and fun when you're with people, but getting like full on glamour shots on your own just feels so weird to me. I'm not that person really. Maybe I was in high school, when my body wasn't completely transformed after baby-ness. But yeah, it actually was a great time and I thank my parents-in-law so much!

Can't show you pictures yet, as they're arriving in the mail in 6 weeks ish (if we're still even in England then! hah) but yeah. Just wanted to blog about this unique and weird experience! haha

pleasseeee don't grow up

Giles is growing up. Next thing I know, I'll blink twice and he'll be getting baptised. Another blink and he'll be a teenager with zits, who hates me. Then I'll blink a few more times and he'll be getting old, and he'll be admitting me into a nursing home. :/

I despise time! It goes way to fast :<

I am writing these melancholy thoughts over, I'll admit, a very minor occurrence. But it still tugs at my heart. Giles is not sleeping in our room anymore. He's in the next room and he's in a big boy cot instead of his little newborn swinging crib that he's had.

I won't be able to hear his little happy sounds he coos when he wakes up. I won't be able to hear his snoring or his dreaming sounds. I can only hear when he's screaming when he wants me to finally know he's awake and to come get him.

Well, I can't hear those things now. I don't have baby monitors. But I am friggin getting them because I hate this already.

Ok I PROMISE that I won't be one of these psychotic moms that babies their child so crazily till they end up living at home till their 40 or longer, having no friends and being completely maladjusted. I WON'T! Haha but I'll probably definitely have to fight off silly feelings like these for the whole of my children's lives.

Don't get me wrong, I am so happy in the now. Giles is growing and doing so many new things. He sits up soo well, he only topples over occasionally. He rolls over well and likes being on his tummy now (although he can't really roll back over onto his back yet! haha!). He has just starting bursting out with new sounds, baba, dada, bada, all sorts (not mama yet). He rolls arounds and screams and smiles at EVERYONE and laughs all day. He is SO lovely. And I do love the now! BUT I definitely miss the past. I miss his tiny tiny self.

I am terrified of him growing up and making mistakes and getting into trouble, and just basically living in this wicked world!

Maybe that is why I am crying over bygone days already. :/

Ok I'm sorry for this post haha it was very depressing. I should be celebrating! I should be saying WOW! My baby is 6 months old in 2 days! WOW he's in a bigger bed, he's growing and THANK HEAVENS he's healthy! That's what I should be saying. AH I'm ungrateful aren't I??!

:P