Holy freakin ADDICTION

Hello, I'm Pamela, and I'm a caffeine addict. BIG TIME. Caffeine in coffee, caffeine in tea...sometimes (okay, a lot) I'll take an excedrin...yep, caffeine. Daily amounts of the addicting substance. The other day I had a not-so-brilliant idea to quit the stuff. I mean, all this caffeine cannot be good for ya in the long term. The stuff rots your bones! Plus, when I found out I was pregnant I just stopped cold turkey. It wasn't too bad. I figured all the pounding headaches and chills were due to the first trimester. Um. No. Once I had Audrey, back on it hardcore.

First off, I would like to apologize to all the people I was around yesterday at work, the day I decided to not have any caffeine...I was a raging biotch! I sat in my pod, dreaming about caffeine. My head never hurt worse. My body ached. I felt irritated. Now I feel weak as a person as I sit here and drink my daily pot of good tarry black stuff....MMMM..Okay, I dont feel so bad anymore. I'll never stop. Its a pretty intense addiction. Guess I'll just have to take extra calcium and Vit D to rid myself of osteoporosis. Thats my solution.

Look what I found on Wikipedia about my caffeine disorder...

Caffeine tolerance develops very quickly, especially among heavy coffee and energy drink consumers. Caffeine withdrawal cause the blood vessels of the head to dilate, leading to an excess of blood in the head and causing a headache and nausea. Reduced catecholamine activity may cause feelings of fatigue and drowsiness. A reduction in serotonin levels when caffeine use is stopped can cause anxiety, irritability, inability to concentrate, and diminished motivation to initiate or to complete daily tasks; in extreme cases it may cause mild depression. Together, these effects have come to be known as a "crash".

Withdrawal symptoms — possibly including headache, irritability, an inability to concentrate, drowsiness, insomnia and pain in the stomach, upper body, and joints^[99] — may appear within 12 to 24 hours after discontinuation of caffeine intake, peak at roughly 48 hours, and usually last from one to five days, representing the time required for the number of adenosine receptors in the brain to revert to "normal" levels, uninfluenced by caffeine consumption. Analgesics, such as aspirin, may relieve the pain symptoms, as may a small dose of caffeine

Holy shiz balls! Caffeine is a serious addiction! (okay, not as serious as heroin or alcohol...or meth or nicotine...but you get what I'm sayin)

 Audrey was very very ill last Monday. She required a trip to Primary's with a temp of 105 and severe dehydration. Little peanut butter got better and so on Friday night we had a Mommy and me pedicure night!

Hey mommy! Can I have some french braids and a pedicure?

Some fine looking braids...

And some fine looking blue toes...She picked the blue out of all the colors...I encourage individuality in this household :)

This was after a fun bath of course, complete with her new bath toys she recieved from Santa Mom...

I wish I could blog about all of my snowshoeing experiences. They are pretty bad ass and very very beautiful. I have quite the posse that I go along with as well. We went to Snowbasin last week. It was a blizzard! I was hoping Audrey would sleep on the drive up there...but she was too excited so by the time we got to the spot she was pretty fussy.

The group

So, after listening to Audrey screaming in my ear for eternity, I decided she wasn't having it that day (and neither was I) so we stopped in the lodge for a beer. Look at the little kid eyein my beer...

I haven't seen A Christmas Story, but everytime I take miss Audrey Jade out snowshoeing she gets compared to this Randy character...so I had to look it up...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....I think I peed my pants a lil when I saw that picture.....It reminded me of a picture I have of myself in my snowsuit as a young child...

The best part of my snow suit was my really fashionable blue cap. Thanks mom!

Wanna see some awesomely awesome cute pictures? Okay! Here they are!

Here is another picture that deserves a freakin frame. She loves her mama...

Audrey still loves to brush her teeth. She has about 5 different toothbrushes and she is learning how to actually brush them well. I'm so proud

Audrey loves to hit me in the face. I promptly tell her no..she likes to laugh at my 'no'.

For those of you who don't know...I love Audrey. The end.

Merry Crebsmas!

Merry Crebsmas!

Yes, every year for christmas I decide to dress like a Santa and go caroling for my neighbors

Phew. The holidays are over. Thank god. It ended up being a pretty good time off of work and I got to do all that I needed and wanted to do. I can sense that 2011 is going to be a very busy year for me and Cheeserface.

Keeping the tradition alive, we went Christmas Eve bowling. And guess who was in town???

Uncle Jared!

He comes to town about twice a year so the last time he saw Audrey was August. She loves her Uncle JarJar

Christmas Eve bowling rocks. I think almost half the valley also has the same tradition since the alley is packed. And tell ya what else. Real bowling is harder than Wii bowling. Just sayin...

Somehow my father got out of posing with his ball this year.  

Audrey was fun this year for bowling and christmas festivities. She ran around and had to be constantly entertained.

Kisses for Mommy

I think she was constantly entertaining us and that was the best part. She's so silly, she wakes up every day so happy. Every day is Audreys best day ever. I want my new years resolution to be that. Wake up happy every day like Audrey. Be more like Audrey.

Not only do I hike with Audrey attached to my body, I also bowl with Audrey on my hip. It takes talent I tell ya

We didn't do so bad.

Wanna see what we bowled?

My dad bowled a 246. Yes, a 246. FREAKER! He had 9 strikes in a row or somethin like that. It was nuts.

So after Bowling we had to rush to make it to Childrens mass. Yes, MASS. I havent been to church in...Hmmm....10 years? But Audrey goes every Sunday with Grandma and Grandpa and she had to wear the purty dress I bought her for such the occasion

 The infamous Duck Face

 We of course had to sit up in the balcony. That was Audrey could run around and scream all she wanted

 Singing along with Grandma. I will admit. Church was booooring. Sorry, I was just having such a hard time not falling asleep on the pew. That may have looked bad.

Audrey promptly fell asleep in Grandpa as mass was ending. Everyone in that church absolutely loves Audrey. They were coming up to me like...Oh, so you're the mom...

Christmas day was awesome. We got up early to go open presents at my parents place

I've decided that Christmas is all about Audrey. I never realized how much better holidays are with kids. I just love watching her excitment with her new toys and how much fun she has being with everybody.

The dress Audrey is wearing was my dress when I was her age. I have so many outfits that my mom saved and gave to me when I had her

Out of all of the gifts that Audrey recieved, her dolly and stroller set were by far her favorite. She literally squealed with excitement

 She immediately started kissing and hugging her dolly and feeding it and putting its binky in its mouth. It was so cute I almost cried. Seriously. I'm such a pansy sometimes

kisses for dolly

In a way it kinda made me sad, how much she loved that dolly. Audrey loves babies. I mean, LOVES babies. She hugs and kisses them and I know that one day she will make an awesome older sister. I just dont know when that will be. Thats why it makes me sad.

So, after breakfast Jared and I went on a christmas snowshoe!

 Jared is from the sunny, humid state of Texas and I forgot how he isn't used to the altitude. Oh well, he handled it well

We ventured off into the Spruces up Days Fork Trail

So to end this awesomely awesome Christmas we decided to play some fun family games. One problem. I took all the games to my place so we had to pull out a really old game from the basement that was covered in dust...

Any of ya remember this game from back in the day???

Mouse trap!

Ut Oh!

I don't know if you have ever played Mouse Trap...its confusing as all hell! After reading the 20 pages of directions we sorta kinda figured it out. Sheesh

Well. 2010 was quite the year...Bring on 2011!