Prop 8 protest

Can you believe this?? People are actually protesting at the LA Temple against Prop 8. Okay...for one thing, it's done. The voting is in...it passed. There isn't anything you can do about it. And they are using the argument that the church has donated 15 million dollars toward the Yes on 8 campaign. Ooh...this really gets to me. I'm like so mad about it. I've never been the kind of person to get so involved with something before. I actually have an opinion. I never knew that I did. I get so emotional about this. When my mom called to tell me about the protest happening right now at the temple, I wanted to cry. My eyes teared up, and I tried so hard not to cry. How can you blame the church for it? Church members in the state of California make up 2% of the population. Yes, just 2. Where did the rest of the 55% come from? They are saying that we changed the wording to deceive people to say yes. Come on. The way it was written on the actual ballot made it totally sound like it was a bad thing. Seriously when I looked at it, I almost questioned it. It was pretty deceiving itself! And that was the ballot itself! Jeez...it's just ridiculous to point the "blame" on the church. We stand for something, and that's a good thing. If we don't stand for something, we'll fall for anything, which is exactly what these protesters are doing. A comment was made on the article that I have linked that reminded people that the church may have made contributions, but what "famous" person in Hollywood endorsed the Yes on 8? How many people publically, over national television, promoted the No? Anyway...enough of my rant. All I have to say is, we won. What are you gonna do about it?

Under Construction...

If you couldn't tell, I'm trying to figure out how to make my blog different. It's under construction right now, as I don't have the time to just sit here and do it! It's taking me longer than I had thought! And so...if it looks weird, don't you worry, it'll look better soon! I decided on a Christmasy theme! Yes...it's not for a while, but I figured if I'm taking this long to make this stupid thing, I might as well have it up for a while! And I like Christmas, in fact, I'm debating on actually decorating my house for Christmas...better now than with a newborn! I don't think Adam is keen on the idea, however. We'll work on that. Anyway, just remember, under construction...

Baby Update

Okay, so you all know how much I want to have this baby. I've blogged about it before. I'm ready. I bought the diapers...and he still didn't come. I ran out of prenatal vitamins last night. And I have no baby today. So all of my predictions as to when I'll have the baby haven't proven true yet! But, I did go to the doctor today. I had an ultrasound just to see where the umbilical cord was. And everything was fine. But, when we went back into the regular room for the regular check up, the doctor said he was shocked as to how low the baby's head was. He asked my due date, and I told him what the other doctor in the office had told me, and this doctor, said that he wouldn't be surprised if I went much earlier. And because the head was so low, he decided to check my cervix. And what do ya know...I'm dilated to a 3! Yeah...a 3. Things could be happening sooner than we thought. Maybe more along the lines of my original due date of November 29th. My house is pretty clean today, however...maybe that's the next sign that the baby will come!! Until then, more waiting...

It passed.

Finally...it's done. Prop 8 passed. It was pretty close, however. And our county ended up with a No vote. But, in the end, it worked out. This guy is pretty excited about it, and should be! Go Prop 8!

Blog background

So, I needed a change from my blog. It's been the same for a long time now. Everyone else always changes theirs...so I thought now was the time. But, everyone else's blogs are cute and all...but I don't want to be the same. I want to make my own. How do I do it? I don't want anything fancy...just a simple background, but I'm blog dumb, I guess. Any suggestions??

Election Day

It's done. I voted. The Presidential vote was a bit tough. I didn't know who to vote for. But to avoid any conflict, I'll just keep it to myself! ;-) But I think I voted No on a Proposition 8, or something like that. Just kidding. I'm proud to report that I did indeed vote yes on Prop 8! Keep your fingers crossed for California that this will pass! And if you haven't voted, go. What are you waiting for? Go now.

My seamstress adventures...

I just got a sewing machine about a year ago. It was killer deal at Walmart. Open box...no box, really...and they sold it to me for 30 bucks. All of the attachments and everything. I was pretty excited. I made curtains for every room in our old house. I sewed Macie a Halloween costume last year. She was Tinkerbell. It was my first pattern experience. Which I learned that I'm not a good pattern sewer. I just like to look at things and figure out how to make it. But, then I sewed Macie a few skirts. Made a few blankets. My lines are getting straighter. So, I decided I would venture into actual dress making. I found this tutorial for a peasant top and decided to give it a go. I made it into a dress and changed the top a little bit. But it turned out pretty well, I think, anyway! It looked a lot like a mu mu at first, but with a little ribbon and making it shorter, it changed it. {In the first picture, she looks very sad. She was very tired, and was mad that I took the purple sweater off.}

It was pretty easy to make the dress, and I can't even sew, really. And it was very cheap. I already had the elastic and thread, and the fabric was on sale for $2.50/ yard. You can't beat a $2.50 dress! I'm going to attempt to make her a Christmas dress now. Without a pattern...we'll see how it turns out. I'll post the pictures of it, if it works, that is.

 

Only 5 weeks left. Hopefully sooner, however. My original due date was November 29th. I think I'll stick with that, which only leaves about 3 weeks. I can handle that. I had myself convinced that I would have a Halloween baby. Halloween came...and then went. And no baby. Everything is all ready for him! His bed is put together. His clothes are all clean and organized. I haven't gotten diapers, however. That's it. That's the reason he's not here. He knows I don't have diapers. That's the first thing on my list for tomorrow...and then we'll see what happens! It's almost the time that it's okay for him to born...like physically, I think. I have a doctor appointment on Wednesday, I guess I'll find out more then! I feel huge. I thought my belly had dropped, but I was just comparing pictures, and maybe not so much. I was just being hopeful, I guess. Those last weeks are killer though. I can make it through. I may get very little to no sleep, but I haven't finished the 6th Harry Potter yet, and now is my chance to finish it! I guess good comes from everything, right?

Prop 8

So this is the last weekend before the election. And I'm sure that people are sick of hearing about Prop 8! It's been the big topic of conversation among many Californians and non Californians, as well...just everyone! But, it is a big deal. I don't usually get involved in anything political. And to be honest, I probably wouldn't have gotten into this had it not been for Adam. As soon as it all started, Adam was the first to volunteer to help. I admire that. He spent many many hours going to door to door to different precincts and asking all of the registered voters what their vote on the proposition would be. He's a people person, so it was easy for him. I would have been scared to death! But, he spent a lot of time on that. And then he headed up a thing today. He was put in charge of the door hangers that are going on all of the people's doors who were undecided. The "mushy middle" people. There were 4500 door hangers that needed to go out today. And...people showed up to do it. I was a little skeptical that they would take them, but they took stacks...multiple stacks of about 150 each, and did it. Talk about support! This is important, and it's so cool to see our ward stepping up and helping out like they have. It's amazing. People are just so willing to help. They were even at our house this morning...the day after HAlloween, at 8 AM to pick up their door hangers and routes they were supposed to complete. It's great.

And then, yesterday I was driving. On a busier intersection in Santa Maria, there were youth out on the corners with "Yes on 8" signs. I guess they have been doing this around the area, getting the youth involved with everything. One of them had a handmade sign that said "Honk if you support Prop 8." This may seem silly. And may prove how pregnant and hormonally emotional I am, but there were a lot of cars honking. I was a stop light for a pretty long time, and heard so many cars passing and honking. And...I got teary. Not just teary, I cried. I guess I just realized that what we are doing is being heard. The church has done so much to organize this coalition to help protect marriage in our state. And, since the actual proposition on the ballot is worded kind of funny, with the help of all those who have volunteered, it's clearer and more people are supporting it.

On the flip side of everything, the yard signs get stolen, vandalized, and/or torn up everyday. Some people replace them everyday. Most have been advised to bring them in at night to avoid any further destruction of the signs. There are people are so against it, and are very vocal about it. Instead of helping out their own cause, they just try to destroy ours. They aren't doing much good for their side by just tearing down a sign. Which brings me to this picture that we got from Adam's mom.


We support this cause. It's important to us. Our prophet has issued a plea for us to do all that we can do to help. It's important to our Heavenly Father for this to pass. It is His plan for a man and women to be married. It's the only way for us to return to him. And right now is the time for this to be saved. Like, Samuel, we are and will get persecuted for it, but if we stand up for what we believe, despite everything else, we will be blessed.

I SUPPORT PROP 8! And I love you, Adam, for everything that you are doing to help this cause. It really means a lot.

Buzz and the little witch.

Noah and Macie had so much fun at the ward trunk-or-treat! Macie loved the fact that people just kept giving her candy. She just walked up to them, they gave her the candy, and she was on her way to get more. It was great! Afterwards we took them out for a bit around the neighborhood. Not many people had lights on, however. But for a 4 year old and a 2 year old, they got a good sized loot. They don't need much anyway! In the morning, Macie was playing with some black tulle fabric that I had. And I came up with the best idea. I decided to make her a black tutu to wear as a "day" costume. Just over her black pants with her Halloween shirt. I just folded over the tulle and put spiders inside of it, and sewed it together. It turned out cute. She wore it all morning.
Macie was supposed to be Belle. The costume was already made. Got it for a good deal at disneyshopping.com, so it was done. But, no. She didn't want to be Belle. She wanted to be a witch. Luckily, I had ordered a costume for next year for her, that was a black and purple fairy. But, no. She didn't want to wear that. She wanted to wear the tutu I had just made her. I'm telling you, this girl is ALREADY high maintenance! And instead of fighting with her, I agreed. But, I thought the tutu needed some alterations. As she napped, I folded the tulle yet again to make it shorter and denser, and added more spiders. And Macie's costume turned out to be pretty darn cute! She had a little witch had with a spider on it, to go along with the whole spiders in the skirt thing.

Noah was Buzz. He loved it. He wanted to be something more scary, but after all of the reactions from people about his costume, he decided Buzz was an alright choice. His costume I got at disneyshopping.com as well. It's a very well made Disney Store costume. A heck of a lot better than even the ones they sell for 65 bucks at Disneyland. It's made out of this vinyl stuff, so very durable. It had detachable wings, and then the goggles, it was a very cute costume. And the goggles lit up. That was his favorite part.

We didn't have a theme, as I have noticed that many of you have. But it was fun. They looked very cute! Macie may end up being a witch again next year...if I can find some striped tights. Yeah, it's that cute. The pictures don't do it justice! Halloween is just fun. Noah was so excited for it to come, and then it came and went. And he was asleep by 9:30! I was shocked that the sugar high didn't last longer. But very grateful! First thing this morning he asked if we could do it again, and then he asked where his bag was. We'll see how long the candy lasts. At least Daddy doesn't know where it is...