Headband and Digital Scrapbooking

I've got some pictures of Sydney in a headband that I tied a bow onto. It lasted a few seconds. Also, we went outside on a sunny but windy day in our nice big yard. The previous renters have left their plastic slide outside for now so we had a little fun. And then a digital scrapbooking page I did. It is really fun! I have found some cute free packets on the internet and have just been playing around with them. Sorry to make my blog spot a "brag spot".

New Header

I made a new blog header. This is my first attempt at digital scrapbooking. What do you think?

Scrapbooking

I took pictures of most of the pages I have scrapbooked for Sydney's book and posted them on our gallery website. You can view them here. Sorry that a lot of them are not focused and have strange colors. I was in a hurry to take the pictures. There are so many and taking your scrapbooked pages in and out of the protector sheets is annoying.

More pictures

Here are some more pictures from Easter in Montana. Aunt Janae!

Easter Morning The double-handed thumb suck.

Decorating Easter eggs.

And Sydney playing with Dad.

Montana Easter

So I know I am the LAST person to post pictures and updates from Easter. Sorry! Brian and I went up to Montana for Easter. This is the third year in a row. As long as Aunt Janae is willing to invite us, we'd like to come up if able! Sydney got to meet a lot of her second cousins and we all had a wonderful time with the beautiful scenery of mountains and just being out of Rexburg! Brian's cousin Wendy took some professional photos for us and they turned out wonderfully- at least the pictures where Brian was not scowling, you think we were killing him asking him to pose for some pictures..






As much as Brian and I wanted to participate in the Easter Egg Hunt and claim we were there on Sydney's behalf, we withdrew graciously. But it was a really fun time! As it always is when we get to spend the holidays with family.

On a side note, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!! Does anybody have any business contacts? Brian and I are willing to move ANYWHERE! So, if you know someone who is hiring, please let us know! Unless, you don't want us living near you :( Brian graduated in Business Management with a Supply Chain emphasis which means he would like to work in purchasing, inventory, warehouse, etc. Any entry-level position. Thanks.

6 months and counting...

Wow! Sydney is getting so big and she is so much fun! She is now army-crawling across the floor and has 2 teeth coming in at the bottom! She is so talkative, giggly and just energetic! I could definitely use her energy! Brian and I made homemade applesauce this last week (don't worry, it was just apples and water) and were so excited to get her to try it but she gave us some faces. You'll see them below.

Not liking the applesauce too much.

Rocking out with Dad....sort of.

6 months old!

She sits up really well, too.

That's all, folks!

What I do

Well, I know lots of you already know about the business Brian and I own and some of you don't, so I thought I would explain. On the right side of this blog, there's a list titled "Our Other Blogs/Websites". At the bottom of the list is "Our Board Game Store." Clicking on that will take you to a blog with game descriptions and prices. Also, you could go to our store front, Tuck's Media where Brian is working on building the website so you can order games from us using Google checkout. We started the business last August when we decided that all the games we love were very popular and growing with popularity especially with our friends and thought we could get good business in this area. We started with just word of mouth but we have had booths at the Rexburg Unplugged and Some Guy's Flea Market local events. We're learning all about owning private businesses as we go and it's been fun. We sell games like Settlers of Catan, Bohnanza, Carcassonne, Killer Bunnies, etc. Most of the games are international ones that have been translated and came to America. If you haven't played any of the ones I have listed, you are really missing out. Monopoly, Life, Guesstures... these classics are fading as new wacky and exciting genres of games are stepping into the limelight. You can always come over to our house and try some of these games out for yourself.
Now, on a side note about the other blogs. I don't update them as much as I should but I have two other blogs. "Star Mapping" is my blog for connecting movies that a certain actor has been in. If you're like me, you are always saying, "What else have I seen that actor in?" or maybe you didn't even realize that person was in that movie. Most of the time, it has been a while since you watched that movie and the actor is more famous now then when they were in that movie. Anyways, I just like making connections.
And my third blog is called "That's Special". This is a saying Brian and I use when we are saying nothing because there is nothing nice to say about these weird phenomenon. Every now and then, I come across something on the Internet that falls into this category. Hopefully this blog will induce a laugh sometimes.
So, there you have it. My blogs and our business.

Flea Market Success

So the flea market yesterday went great! We sold 3x as much as the one before! It was excellent for our business. Brian did our bookkeeping yesterday and said we are finally in the black. Yeah! We got a lot of our stock depleted yesterday so we will probably be ordering again soon and hope to be able to sell that stock. We wish we had better booths next to us, though. The man to our right was trying to get people to work for Melaleuca. At one point, he turned to me and said, "When you get tired of selling toys, you should start selling Melaleuca." Woah! Good thing I am a nice person. Some of you are laughing right now. I'll just ignore that.

Sydney has teeth coming in! I told myself that if she didn't get teeth for a while that would be just fine seeing as I am nursing her, but it would be nice if there was a reason for the crankiness. And lo and behold, last night I put my fingers in her mouth and there are hard bumps! No picture because you can't really see them, just feel them. But I was way excited!

6 months pictures coming later this week! - Love, Meagan, Brian & Sydney

Updates

Sydney is doing well but she is definitely CRANKY! We really think she might be teething but we have not seen anything yet.

Brian and I set-up a table at the "Some Guy's Flea Market" at the school. It went pretty well. We sold about as much as we did at the "Rexburg Unplugged" event last September. Bohnanza is still our #1 biggest seller. I wish the bigger games like "Settlers of Catan" were our bigger sellers but oh well. We are going to be at the flea market again this Saturday. We hope it goes as well if not better than last Saturday.

Sydney's beginning to push herself forward.



Dad playing peek-a-boo with Sydney.


Still no jobs on the horizon for Brian. We're just trying to stay positive and faithful. It can get stressful but overall we still feel at peace that something will work out and whatever does it is God's will.

Inappropriate use of the nebulizer

I thought Sydney hated her nebulizer. Turns out she does like the oxygen tubing.
This is just one of the many ways Sydney happifies our lives. (Happifies is my new word since Joseph Smith used it.)

Five Months Old

Sydney is now 5 months old! And despite being sick she really enjoyed the day- she seemed to be feeling a lot better because she was smiling and laughing like she hasn't the last few days. It was great to see her on the mends. Thank you everyone who showed care and concern for her.

Updates: Cakes and Nebulizers

Well, I haven't posted in a while because it is has been very exhausting around here. Sydney has had a lot of downs lately. Right as we started giving her foods, she seemed to be so cranky and it also appeared that she was teething. Her scalp became a lot drier as well. So, we stopped the new foods for a while and worked on her teething pain and dry scalp. Once that started to get better, she developed a cold and it has just gotten worse. She coughs and hacks all day and is so congested. It is very difficult for all of us to sleep at night. You feel so sorry for her because she can barely cry. We took her to the doctor on Saturday and they had us rent a nebulizer for 3 months with albuterol treatments to give to her every 6 hours. She absolutely hates it.We've had a couple of cakes lately. I had my birthday on Feb. 18th and Brian made me this lucious yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Then the following week was Mardi Gras. I really miss this holiday since moving from Louisiana, the king cakes, the parades- my family would get a spot along the parade's route to rent all day and we would play games until the parade came by. Mardi Gras in northern Louisiana is a family event and very good, clean fun. I thought I decorated this cake well.We appreciate all the love, care and support we have received from our family and friends and feel that now is especially the time to trust Jesus whole-heartedly.

And this is just a little performance by Brian and Sydney.

First Food

So, we decided it was time to try out giving Sydney solid food! Today's menu item of choice- Avocado!