Layla my asian "daughter"

Where do I start at?

So This weekend has been a real adventure for me.

So I am taking a class in school called Adult Roles and we have been learning about marriage and families. To teach us how hard a baby really is they are having us take care of an electronic baby. I just got to say it's been really fun and stressful at the same time taking care of the "baby"

I got her Friday after school and at 3pm she officialy turned on. We were in the car on our way to walmart when she first went off. She wanted a bottle and so it wasn't that hard to feed her a bottle while still in the car since I wasn't driving. She took about 15-20 minutes to "eat". While we were in Walmart she was good when I was holding her and either rocking her, feeding her a bottle, or burping her. She probably cried about 3-4 times during the 30ish minutes that we were at walmart. Later on that night when I was eatting my dinner she decided that she wanted to cry. I don't know if she knew I was eatting or what but it was kinda hard to eat and take care of the baby at the same time. But I did figure it all out and was able to finish my dinner while taking care of her.

There was also a basketball game that night that some friends and I decided that we were gonna go to since it was the last game of the season. Of course I had to take Layla with me and that was pretty interesting. I dressed her up in one of my Lehi shirts that way she can show her school spirit it for her "mommy's" school. She did really good at the game till after half time. Then she sharted to cry. She needed to be rocked which took awile to do and I ended up going out into the hall with Kellsie to rock her. We were able to get her to be quiet to get back into the game to finish watching the game. It was a really great game. Then as we were leaving she decided that she needed a diaper change so as we are standing right outside of the school Kellsie dug in the diaper bag for the diaper as I took her diaper off of her while standing up and holding her then we put the new diaper on her as fast as we could.

My first night with her went okay I guess. She woke up a total of 4-5 times during the night. Most of the time she just wanted to have a bottle but there was one time that she wanted a diaper change.

Saterday was my 2nd day and the full day I had with her. She did really good throughout the whole day. She didn't cry that much and the day went really good. There was one part when I was at the dollar store with some friends that I got a really rude comment(s) from some lady who didn't seem to believe me that the baby was fake and for a class and she said some things she really shouldn't have said to me and she jumped to things that she shouldn't have and even though all the stuff she presumed and yelled at me about isn't true it still hurts on what she said to me. It may not be a real baby and she didn't say anything about the baby. She just said things to me about teen parents and then made assumptions on things about me as a person and on my own personal life that isn't true and she don't even know me so she doesn't know my personal life. I really don't understand why some people have to be so rude and just jump to things without even knowing things at all.

Oh well...moving on....

Later on that night I got to babysit for a family in my ward(church) and that was a great experince that I got. It was really easy since Layla was good for me and I got to learn how to do things while holding a baby.

Last night (the last night with her) was really nice and easy. She only woke up twice really. She woke up at 5 am wanting a diaper change then a bottle oh and also to be burped. She then woke up at 7:30 which is the time I needed to get up at anyways for today.

She did really good at church today. She was on quiet time but she did cry once and that was during sacrment meeting. She did a loud scream and just wanted to be rocked. She calmed down really quick so that was nice. She was quiet for the rest of church till church got over and then she cried after church wanting a diaper change.

She is now off. She turned off at 3:00 pm today and I'm kinda sad she's off but yet I'm glade that she is. It was a great learning experience. I learned that babies are not that easy as you may think they are and that they need to be taken care of when they cry and you never know what it is going to be for. I know that I won't be having a real baby for a long time. Not till I've been married for awhile and both me and my future husband feel that it is the right time to start having kids. They are a big responsibility and you don't always have someone there to help you out when you need the help. I have learned a lot from this assignment and I feel as if there are not enough words out there to express how I feel from this assignment and all of what I have learned. I recommend that if you want to learn how hard it is without really having a baby to get a hold of one of these electronic babies and to take care of it for awhile just so that way you know truly how hard it can be.

That is all I have to say for now.

Till next time


PEACE!!!!

xoxo
Rae

Hair Cut!!!!!!!

So for like EVERRRRRRRRRRR I've been wanting some kind of bangs and recently I decided that NO one is gonna stop me and that I'm gonna find a way to get them cut and as I was asking around for places that wouldn't charge to much to get it done, one of my friends (Shaundi) said that she could do it. So toward the end of class we went off to the bathroom and she started to cut my hair how I wanted it :) and it turned out to be REALLY cute!!!! I think I'm going to stick with this hairstyle for awhile now. :) (No Cathy I'm not gonna bob it like u say I should  :P)

And I'm sure I've said it a lot already but Thanks Shaundi!! You did an AMAZING job!!!!


Now I'm debating on if i wanna get my highlights redone and if so if i wanna go the same blond or do a brown that is darker then my hair. Ya'll will have to comment with your opinion on what I should do on that.

Well I guess I really don't have much other things to say right now so yah.

PEACE YODA

~Rae

P.S comment on what ya'll think of the hair :)

New Years

So I'm sooooo sorry this is SOOOOOO late but So far this year has been ehh okay. We can say last weekend wasn't the best and Friday was SOOOOO NOT my day! Saterday and Sunday didn't seem to get any better either and I ended up getting sick. pooo. But things are better now!

Now back to what this blog is on....

New Year!!!
So since this is my year, the year of my class, year of my graduation, whatever you wanna call it, I've decided I wanna make it a good year(even though I've already had a bad weekend it's still not to late to make it good) Here's somethings that I'm gonna do this year...

• Watch what I eat
• Eat healthyer(if that's even a word)
• Work out more(gonna start doing yoga man!)
• Keep my grades up and pass every class so I can graduate!
• Ask for help if I need help on something
• Learn better ways to photoshop/edit pictures
• Learn new takes on taking pictures
• GO TO COLLEGE!!!!!

Those are just some of the things I plan to do this year. I have a TOOOOONNNNNN more planned. 

For now...

PEACE YODA!!!!

Life is good...

Life is good like dark chocolate. Not that cheap kind everyone gets (like hersey's that stuffs just gross)  but that nice rich mmmm sooo good dark chocolate like dove...but even better then dove is Lindt or Ghirardelli. Now that is some GOOD chocolate!

I could probley live off of Dark Chocolate. Okay probley not but you get that point. It's that good and I'm really wanting some right now or have been for awhile.

Another great thing is Trix Cereal...No not the round piece kind the ORIGINAL!!!! That stuff is soo good!

"Silly Rabbit Trix are for kids" pshhh whatever! As soon as i find that rabbit I'm gonna share a bowl of Trix with him.

Now I'm really hungry yet I don't own any of this at my house. Oh well a girl can dream.

Peace and Love
~Rae

Thankful

So I'm a little late on posting this but here is what I'm thankful for.

1. all the common things in life that people are thankful for
2. My friends for making life so great
3. my hair for being so awsome
4. there are many things i'm thankful for but the thing i'm most thankful for is my health 

As many of you know me and my friend Ashley run a non profit organization "Country Fans 4 a CURE" ("like" us on facebook if you haven't already) to raise awarness about childhood cancer. It's something that we both love to do and we hope that one day there will be a cure for cancer but all we can do right now is raise awarness for it and to donate to childhood cancer research. Here are some facts about childhood cancer...

• Each day about 46 kids are dignosed with cancer
• About 7 kids a day die from cancer making that about 2,500 kids dying from cancer a year(it did say day before but that was cause i was half asleep when i wrote this)!
• Cancer remains the number one disease killer of children; more than genetic anomalies, cystic fibrosis, and AIDS combined.
• On the average, 1 in every 4 elementary school has a child with cancer. The average high school has two students who are a current or former cancer patient.

There is many diffrent kinds of Childhood Cancer to name a few...

• Neuroblastoma
• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Mesothelioma

Ashley and I probley wouldn't be doing what we do if it were not for two very special little girls who really touched us. We never really personally knew them but we feel like we knew them. The two girls are Layla Grace (Layla Grace Foundation) and Ellie Potvin (Life Up Foundation Inc) I'm very thankful that we both found out about these two special girls and that they have touched us in many ways. There are many other kids who have also touched us and I'm very thankful of that. They have inspired us to go into photography and to mainly specialize on children is what we want to do. I'm thankful for that. 

I'm thankful for all that has happened in the past year. Thank you everyone.

And if you could please when you get the chance go and purchase the song "Hey Ellie" by Dusty Hughes. It was written for a little girl named Ellie who got her wings this year after a long battle with Rhabdomyosarcoma (cancer). The song is only .99 on itunes and 100% of the proceeds will go to the "Lift Up" Foundation Inc.

"Hey Ellie" by Dusty Hughes

I'm listing to this song as I write this and all I got to say is it's worth it not only because it's good but cause it goes to a good cause. 

Much love. 

Rae

Wha Wha WHAT?

Hey hey hey!!

It's me peeps!!

I'm pretty much that rad. :)

So as many of ya know Friday night I got to go on my first official date! :) It was a totaly awsome night! Sadies was soooo much fun! and I had a great date!

Life is amazing!

So I really don't know why but for 2 weeks now I have been wanting a Hot Fudge Sundae from Dairy Queen...but I don't want to go to Dairy Queen and get it. I want to call them up and have it delivered....is that asking for to much? I think NOT! I'm pretty sure ya'll will agree with me that Dairy Queen should deliver! How awsome would that be! To be able to have Dairy Queen ice cream WHENEVER you want! I'd probley die of happyness!!! That would like make my life! Now if anyone wants to go get me something from Dairy Queen and deliver it to my house, feel free to. I'm not gonna stop ya. I just want Dairy Queen delivered to my house. so yah...if you can arrange that, taht would be totaly awsome!

well i'm gonna go now

PEACE YODA!!!

Helloooo Worllldddd

So I'm feeling pretty awsome...

I went to take a nap last night and well lets say what was suppose to be a 20 minute nap turned into an over 8 hour nap. Pretty awsome I know!

So I feel like i haven't blogged in like FOREVER!!!!!
and I really have no idea what to say. oh well.

Oh yah so my shoulder has been hurting alot latly...idk if u know or not but over a year ago (oct 11, 2009) i was laying on my bed (i had a bunk bed at the time and I was laying on the bottom bunk) and out of nowhere the top bunk fell down and landed on my shoulder. We think that it fell because the ppl who put it togehter for us didn't tighten the bolts all the way. But i don't have to worry about that bed anymore cause we got rid of it and I got a new white metal framed bed :) that i LOVE :) besides the fact that it makes noise when I move on it but oh well it's not a wooden bed! So yah. that's all i guess?

peace homies!