What is wrong with me? Honestly.

On my second day of being a vegetarian, I asked for a chicken burrito from Taco Bell. I was about to eat it when it occurred to me that chicken burritos have chicken in them. (I gave it to Jon)

On my third day, I had a distinct desire to eat pepperoni pizza. (I didn't)

Seriously, what is wrong with me?

I'm going to assume they were flukes, and continue on.

On a totally unrelated note, I am making a cake today for Aimee's half birthday. It was last week, but she won't care. And I'm trying some new frosting again, so I'm excited! Pictures are sure to come.

Becoming a bit crunchy

I am going to be eating a lot more of this:

And no more of these:

Just so you know, I didn't just wake up this morning and decide. I've been eating less meat recently, and more often just the thought of eating it makes me sick. I stopped eating cow meat a long time ago, and I actually tried being a vegetarian then. It doesn't work out so well when you are young and don't like vegetables.

So I may go back, but I'm going to try being meatless and see how I feel. I'm hoping it will inspire me to eat healthier in general.
And in case you are worried about Jon, he is good with it. He will still go get hamburgers every once in a while, but he's okay eating what I cook. What a nice husband.

The other thing I am doing is not using shampoo anymore. I wash my hair with baking soda and water, and rinse with apple cider vinegar. So far so good.

I also was reading up on homeschooling. I still don't think I'm going to do it, but I really think now we're not going to do preschool.

Also, if (when) we have another kid, I'm going to do it naturally. That is the plan.

So now that I've over shared I am obligated to follow through (my weak point)
I'll let you know how it all goes.

Things Aimee says now

Aimee talks so much now. It's so cute. This is a list of things she says now. It's probably only interesting if you're a female and related to her, but I wanted to write it down so I don't forget.

Aimee at 18 months says:

1. Mommy
2. Daddy
3. A-ki (Katie)
4. kiki (dog, cat, pretty much anything)
5. mama (llama)(also she thinks horses are llamas)
6. sheep
   
7. mine
8. no-no
9. yeah!
10. saw-see (sorry)
11. thank you
12. please
13. book or booky
14. fow-uh (flower)
15. up
16. down
17. bebe (baby)
18. bug
19. cookie (cookie and cracker)
20. pay (play)
21. cheese
22. nana (banana and Nana)
23. happy
24. day
25. help
26. happen? (asking what happened)
27. amen
28. bonk
29. owie
    
30. go
31. uh oh
32. sock
33. shoe
34. toes
35. hair
36. eyes
37. ear
38. chin
39. cheeks
40. neck
41. mouf (mouth)
    
42. mess
43. bah-boo (any drink)
44. mulky (milk)
45. e-ca (erica and jessica)
46. woo-sy (Lucy)
    
47. bock (block)
48. hi
49. bye bye
50. night night
51. sassy (pacifier)
52. side (outside)
53. walk
54. poon (spoon)
55. nack (snack)
56. fan
57. ite (light)
58. sop-y (stop it)
59. gah-gone (all gone or all done)
    
60. f*** (not sure why, but she says it a lot. we try to ignore it)
    

Things that are making me happy right now (Update)

1. Jon. I just love him.
2. Katie is playing with her cousins here, and they are having fun!
3. We had a dance party. I'm glad no one else saw me dancing.
   
4. Aimee is asleep.
5. I ate Gazpacho for lunch, and it was SO GOOD! Seriously might be my current favorite food. Thanks to Pioneer Woman for reminding me it existed.
6. It's sunny and not too hot. My favorite combo.
7. Pandora Radio. It's like they know me :)
8. I'm making cake. That's always good.
9. I'm going to try making Burnt-Butter Icing from Conversations with a Cupcake. I love trying new things. Update: It was delicious. Pretty it was not. But note that half the cake is already gone.
10. I've crossed off everything but one off my to do list today. It's laundry, and I might just skip it.
11. Aimee wakes up from naps happy and wanting to be held. And wanting a Bah-boo.
12. Katie's made up stories.
    
13. Aimee likes to say no no in her cute tiny voice.
14. Drinking cold water.
15. My headache from this morning is gone now. I like the feeling after headaches when you just feel normal, but it feels so good.
16. I like photoshop. I miss it when I'm away from it too long.
    

I love this guy:

I've been having a rough week. Mostly, the cause of it was that Jon and I were disagreeing on something, and we were both upset. Jon and I never fight, because Jon just doesn't fight. And we weren't even mad at each other, we just weren't agreeing on a pretty big decision. It was only a day, but it was one of the worst I've had recently. We both cried, and tried to talk it out, but nothing was working.
The next day, Jon came up with a different idea, which happened to all work out, and we were happy again. But I've been thinking about it a lot.
I like to think I'm a pretty good wife. I doubt my motherly abilities sometimes, but marriage comes easy. This is mostly because Jon is such a good husband. He is so nice to me. He is my best friend, he loves me just the way I am, but he also inspires me to be better. Not because he wants me to be better, but that I want, more than anything, to be with him forever. I'm so lucky and grateful to have him, and I just wanted to publicly state that.
I've been pretty emotional ever since, and kind of clingy, but Jon has just been so nice. I've been having a kind of possessiveness about him and last night I even said something like I kind of wanted to eat him up, so I wouldn't have to share him, and he wasn't even creeped out. That's how I know he loves me back.

Talented Girls

Look what Katie can do:(She did this for the primary talent show)


And what happens when you give Aimee chocolate pudding: