It was August 2008 when I got my first iPhone 3G. Yes, you read that correctly...I said 2008! When I was eligible for a new phone in 2010 they had just released the iPhone 4 and I was going to get that but my phone was working fine and Scott was a year behind me on his upgrade so I figured I could wait. Well January came around and my phone was freezing up all the time, would run out of battery, would take forever to pull up an app (I mean minutes) so I couldn't really use most of my apps at all. It was a good time. At that point though I was thinking the new iPhone would be coming out in June, so I could wait 6 months. June came and went and then the rumor was August then September then October. When would it end? It's like I didn't even know what a phone could do anymore at a high speed.
Finally my wait was over. I actually set my alarm for 11:55pm to preorder. Yes, I was that fool. Preordering was supposed to open at midnight, but it wasn't actually available until 12:35a. Yes, I was at the computer for that long waiting and waiting. Then due to demand I kept waiting. I got to a certain screen several times (mind you I needed to order 3 separate phones and go through the entire process 3 times) but it just kept loading and loading. So, I ultimately went to the AT&T site to preorder. I got there and got an error. What?!?! It was now about 1:45am. I was exhausted, would be waking up in four hours, and already wasn't feeling fabulous. And now I couldn't preorder the new phone I so desperately needed. Resigned, I went to sleep.
I woke up right at 6:00AM and went back to the AT&T site to find the number it told me to call. To do this I had to go through the preorder process again because I didn't have the number in my phone and with my corporate discount I am a premier customer. Yeah, I'm a pretty big deal. Anyway, as I was going through the process again to find the premier number it actually went through!! OMG! I was so excited. Must have been an error due to so many people preordering. So, I preordered all 3 phones and could only hope that they would arrive on the release date of the 14th!
I can't even tell you how fast I moved when the doorbell rang at precisely 12:47pm on Friday afternoon. I got my phone all set up and ready to go within 15 minutes. It's truly amazing how fast it works. I'm so not used to these speeds and I can't stop looking at it and going to apps. I can actually go to apps now. Plus I have Siri which is awesome. I've asked Siri so many questions, set reminders, set calendar appointments, replied to texts and more. It's so fun. Siri did talk back to me once though. My mom was in the car with me Friday afternoon and she hadn't been able to set up her new phone yet, so I was asking Siri to set me a reminder to take out the trash when I got home. Since Siri uses GPS she just knows these things. This is how she answered. "I'm sorry. I have no idea who you are. In fact, I know nothing about you." Yep, as I'm trying to show off she just talked back to me. Needless to say I made sure she knew who I was going forward. And when I set my reminder again it worked!! I love my new phone. It was well worth the wait.
Our community put on a fun event for everyone and it included snow, bounce houses, Santa, and hot chocolate. Keira had fun looking at her first snow but didn't really care to hold it as it was quite chilly in her hands. She's still too little to go in the bounce house but that just moved up our time with Santa. YAY! She was totally fine with him, but we couldn't get her to crack a smile at all. She was too busy staring at him and gnawing on her finger to smile. She then opened her gift and proceeded to eat the paper as that was a lot more interesting than her new Fisher Price camera. We also had some hot chocolate and then Scott threw it away even though I was only halfway finished. It was sad, but I survived. Overall we had a great time!
So, Scott and I had the day off and we took a day trip to Sedona. The main reason was because I broke my most favorite coffee mug and needed a new one that they sell at an amazing breakfast place there. Off we went to the Coffee Pot to enjoy a fabulous breakfast and buy me a new coffee mug. While we were there we went and checked out the red rocks and took some photos. It's so beautiful there. We will definitely go back again when it's a little warmer for a nice hike. We will likely go in the Spring.
Climbing over displaced toys to make sure they're all there
Making sure this strand of lights work
The birthday girl, Bradley!
...and bobbing/eating for duckies with the star
Snuggle buddies!
We absolutely love Halloween in our house! It's so fun to have a home that we can decorate outside (even though it is kind of a pain in the butt), but it's so fun to see how cute and creative all the trick-or-treaters are. This year since it was Keira's first Halloween it was even more fun. Of course she goes to bed early, but she still got to enjoy the night. She was the cutest smurf in town, and of course Scott and I got in on the action. You're never too old to dress up. Plus, I trick or treated at one house because they were handing out candy apples (it's what they do for a living as well). We then just walked the neighborhood and met some neighbors (finally) and then came back home to put the little missus to bed and hand out candy. Overall, it was a good night!
Look who's 7 months old! Okay, so it was a couple weeks ago but I just got around to posting this picture. She just loves her Spongebob. They are best buddies.
We had such a fun time at the MacDonald's Ranch Pumpkin Patch. We had an entire week off, so we went during the week and there weren't a lot of people at all which was nice. We had a semi-private hay ride to the pumpkin patch, didn't have to wait in any lines for any type of photo opportunities, the petting zoo wasn't busy at all, and Scott was able to go through the hay maze all by himself. It was a blast even though it was a little bit warm.
One of Scott's high school friends invited me to her Mommies & Monkeys group, which has been a lot of fun. It's been great to meet some other moms and get out of the house so Keira can play. we meet once a month and since we thought the weather was going to be a little cooler in mid-October we planned to meet at the Railroad Park with a Halloween theme. Well, it was 98 that afternoon. We still had a lot of fun even though it was hot. Keira got to play with Cooper, Bradley, Brooklyn and Rory. She had a blast as a ballerina!
Ready for our train ride!
It was August 2008 when I got my first iPhone 3G. Yes, you read that correctly...I said 2008! When I was eligible for a new phone in 2010 they had just released the iPhone 4 and I was going to get that but my phone was working fine and Scott was a year behind me on his upgrade so I figured I could wait. Well January came around and my phone was freezing up all the time, would run out of battery, would take forever to pull up an app (I mean minutes) so I couldn't really use most of my apps at all. It was a good time. At that point though I was thinking the new iPhone would be coming out in June, so I could wait 6 months. June came and went and then the rumor was August then September then October. When would it end? It's like I didn't even know what a phone could do anymore at a high speed. 
This little lady is old enough for daycare! We've actually been extremely lucky that we haven't had to take her to daycare until now. In actuality the daycare center we wanted to take her to wouldn't actually take her until she was six months so we were in quite a bind on what to do. My mom very graciously devoted several days a week to watch her on her days off work. A really great family friend, "Grandma Diane," also graciously devoted one day a week to watch her, and then we had a babysitter come in the other day so I could actually do my job.
Here's the little lady enjoying playing some guitar with her daddy. She actually climbed into his lap to get like that so she could be in on the action. So cute! How could you not love that face.
