Never going to the grocery store again...

Our nearest grocery store is about 3 miles away and it's an Albertson's. To get to the grocery store that is cheaper it's about 7-8 miles away. But, today David & I went to the Farmer's Market. It CHANGED MY LIFE. Yes, this is what it is really like. The picture doesn't feature the vendors begging you to sample their fruits. We had almost a complete breakfast of FREE fruit.
Good thing we're going out of town in 4 days or we would have spent a lot more.

This was our loot. We got it all for $18.00. And I'm pretty sure we only spent about $.50 on gas getting there.

So this is a shout out to all you Dallas Folks. Why aren't you going to the Farmer's Market? And if you have been - WHY HAVEN'T YOU TOLD US ABOUT IT?

I can't believe we've lived downtown for 2 years and this is the first time we've been. I'm resting calmly that we'll be able to take advantage of this for another blessed 2 years. YUM.

Now I'm off to eat my waffles with fresh strawberries!

Cholecystectomy

So about a month ago I had a stomach ache one night. I joked with David that I was dying... but then it got progressively worse to the point that I was clutched over on my hands and knees trying to breath. It felt like labor and I kept trying to convince David that I was not being over dramatic; that I did the whole labor thing without drugs and I was certainly not a wuss. Well, when an hour later I was still having trouble breathing and I wasn't getting any better, David knocked on our neighbors' door so he could stay at our place while we went to the hospital. While we were at the ER the nurse told me I wasn't dying and that I was going to have to wait for a room. Thank you downtown ghetto Dallas - I realized then that the ER serves more as a homeless shelter than it does as an actual hospital. After about 45 minutes of waiting my stomach felt a little better and I decided we certainly could not afford any more hospital bills so we headed home. About 30 minutes after that I started throwing up my dinner (sorry to gross you all out) so I chalked it up to a bad case of food poisoning. I then told all my friends the story, THOROUGHLY embarassed that I had gone to the ER for food posioning. Fast forward to a week later in Disneyland. Of course I ate everything fried ever made those 2 days... and had another run in with this same type of food poisoning that seemed to last 4 freaking hours! I told my mom in the morning what had happened and she knew right away that it was my gallbladder.
After one more attack on vacation I finally get home and see a doctor - they do a sonogram and sure enough they find 10-12 GALL STONES which apparently is an enormous amount. Go big or go home is what I say! So while waiting to get in to see a surgeon I looked up everything I could about gallbladders and have decided I'm having these attacks because I'm either 1. secretly a 40 year old woman or 2. severely overweight. After meeting with my great German surgeon he hears that I have had 3 attacks and feels awful (apparently he's heard how bad they are) and informs me I am not 40 or severely over weight but that it's Ashton's fault! YAHOO! You can imagine my delight to be able to blame this on something other than my love for food! He said sometimes when gallbladder disease runs in families and when you're pregnant, the crazy pregnancy hormones can cause the bile in your gallbladder to crystalize and become gallstones. I was also informed that if you go to the ER with a gallbladder attack they'll do an emergency surgery and take it out right then or hop you up on morphine to get you through the rest of the attack. What did the nurse do for me?? A whole lot of nada!!!
Anyway, so after hearing all this news we scheduled a surgery for yesterday. This is pretty much what they did to me - even though I don't have a man's body!

It was oh so much fun to "go under" and to be in an operating room. And the recovery hasn't been terrible at all.
Moral of the story - if I EVER have to go through pain like that again (now that I'm gallbladderless) I'd better be 9 months pregnant and about to push!
Did you learn everything you wanted to know about gallbladders and more in this post?

Father's Day!

Father's Day is tomorrow.
I'm not going to get sappy on the web about my amazing Dad and how much I love him and how glad I was to be born into the Ashton family. or my husband who is already a wonderful father. or the awesome new Dad I got when I married into the Jacobson family.
Instead I'm here to share the video Ashton helped me make for David.
I had to cut in half one of my favorite songs but I think it came out pretty decent....
That is if you can stand watching a whole 2.5 minutes of the joys of my life!

Lately at our house...

Now that Ashton has more hair he is waking up with some serious bedhead. I LOVE it!

You can't go wrong with the spikes.

He also got his shots on Tuesday. Poor kid.

So we gave him a teething biscuit and he was happy.

And I ordered his Halloween costume early b/c I found a great deal. I figured I better beat the fall rush. I've recently watched all of the Star Wars movies for the first time and I'm a big fan. We got it in the mail today and made him try it. I couldn't wait to post the picture because he is just the most adorable Yoda ever! Don't worry it'll still fit him in 5 months.

Stay tuned. In October David & I will be Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.

That's all for this week.

Happy 26th Birthday!!

Normally I never do the "tags" but it's David's birthday tomorrow so I figure it was a good little spotlight for those of you who don't know him. This is my FAVORITE picture of he and Ashton.

1. What is his name? David Jacobson

2. Who eats more? David is seriously a garbage disposal. He is always hungry.

3. Who said I love you first? During our 1st serious relationship talk we were talking in general about getting married and he said, "So does this mean you love me?" I still make fun of him for doing that. He was under the impression that girls were supposed to say it first.

4. Who is taller? David

5. Who is smarter? That's a no brainer - David is one of the smartest people I know. Seriously I've never seen someone retain so much information.

6. Who is more sensitive? I am.

7. Who does the laundry? I do, but he'll switch the loads for me.

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me.

9. Who pays the bills? Me. But David audits me sometimes.

10. Who cooks more? Me.

11. What meals do you cook together? David helps with almost every meal if he's home. He does little side tasks to help out.

12. Who is more stubborn? We're both not very stubborn when it comes to eachother.

13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Me but he is always quick to say "no, it was my fault." I love that!

14. Who has more siblings? Me -7 David- 5

15. Who wears the pants in the family? David usually gets the final say but we try to come to a compromise before that.

16. What do you like to do together? Playing games, watching movies, going on walks, talking, road trips, hang out with our families, swimming and making Ashton laugh.

17. Who eats more sweets? I do. I believe chocolate should be a dessert for every meal.

18. Guilty pleasures? David's are video games, a good book, or any of his favorite foods.

19. How did you meet? We were next door neighbors at BYU. I used to stare at him during ward council too in our BYU ward.

20. Who asked who out first? I asked him to come over and help me study. But then he asked me out to the Senior Bash at BYU.

21. Who kissed who first? It was all a big accident. He was walking me to my car with his arm around my shoulder and he said he was about to kiss me on my cheek and that very second I turned to tell him goodbye so we kind of smashed faces awkwardly and tried to pull it off as a kiss. I thought it was a horrible kiss. He didn't fess up until after we were engaged that he was not trying to kiss me.

22. Who proposed? He did. Awww.

23. His best features? His smile I love it when he laughs so hard he cries and can't breath.

24. What is his greatest quality? He's my perfect match. He's so humble and willing to do anything for his family. He rarely puts himself first. I'm not going to make this even cheesier but he's the BEST!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!!

David's Sunday Dinner

David's obsession with stir fry started a year and a half ago, the night I took out the stir fry in a freezer bag we bought at target with a $2 off cupon. When I showed him how you just dump it in a frying pan and basically thaw and sear it he decided he would take over. He did a great job with the ready made stir fry and even added some of his own seasoning. During dinner that night he kept saying how amazing his dinner was. I then mocked him and said he didn't have to even pick up a knife and that surely he did not actually cook this dinner. He got a stubborn look on his face and said "I'll show you. I'm going to make a stir fry all on my own and do all my own chopping!" I started to laugh and said have it. 2 weeks later he began to experiment. And over the last year or so his stir fry has evolved into this. Take a look.

You must use ALL of these ingredients or it will not turn out just right. Asking him how much of what would be an insult - he does it all by taste.

And David does ALL of his own chopping. He won't even use the cooking scissors for the meat because chopping, "makes him feel like a chef".

He fills up the wok completely! But it will feed us for 4-5 days.

I think he has a right to be proud of his famous stir fry. I mean that is a beauty.
And yes, I do regret a little the comment I made. Because my $6 Tyson bag with the cupon has now turned into a $35-40 affair.