Old Pictures

Things have been so busy. I found some of these pictures on my computer that I never posted.

Something historic

Right now I am working on the laptop and watching FOX news. Something historic just happened. Am I mistaken or are the people that we elect supposed to be OUR voice. How are they so out of touch with the American People. It doesn't take a genius to look at other countries with national health care and see how they are financially in ruins and have to have a national sales tax to even cover some of the costs.

And... WHAT... why is a total Student Loan overhaul allowing Washington DC to take full control of student loans doing in a health care bill. Again, WHAT?

Yes, this is Historic... Historic Mistake.

Meet Mitt Romney... CHECK!

Mitt Romney wrote a new book called, "No Apology" and was having a book signing at Barnes and Nobel in Costa Mesa last Friday. I am a TOTAL a Mitt supporter and fan. Brian and I made lists of the top 5 people we would like to meet and Mitt Romney was at the top of my list.

It was soooo cool... I am not that star struck for movie stars, but I really admire Mitt Romney for so many reasons.

I look forward to read his book.

iPhone HELP!

I need some help with my iPhone. Does anyone know how to get the videos off of the phone? I tried tonight but the file is .mov and it not compatible with anything. I need to stick a video I took for work into a PowerPoint presentation but the .mov file will not let me. Can I convert it.

Any help would be great.

Thanks,
Kelly

Work Stuff

A lot of great things have been happening at work.

1. I was asked to serve on Experian's Consumer Council. It consists of 12 national personal finance experts. It was an amazing experience sitting around a round table with experts I have looked up to for so long. While I was sitting there I thought, 'I have quoted at least 6 of you in my last literature review." It was a surreal feeling acting as their peer.

2. I got a cool letter from Senator Lou Correa last week. I am being honored as the recipient of the 2010 Women Making a Difference award. Tomorrow night is the awards ceremony and reception.

3. Every year there is a National Financial Literacy Poster Contest for local high schools, middle schools and elementary schools. This year a student for our region won the National Competition. I was ecstatic when the National office called and informed me of our winner. I called the student and his mom. The mom screamed on the phone and began to cry. They both get a free trip to Washington D.C. and will be honored at the National Financial Literacy Gala. It was a very touching moment, and I couldn't be more happy for him.

4. Lastly, I was interviewed for an AOL money article. Here is the link. I was very happy with the article.

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/03/13/money-college-credit-cards-debit-cards-the-key-differences/

She's WALKING all by herself!

Savannah just started taking steps without holding onto anything! It was exactly 14 months.

Hanging out with Grandpa and Grandma

The other day my parents came into town to take care of some doctors appointments. Although they have to drive all the way into Orange County to see their doctors it's a bonus that they get to spend the day with Savvy! My Dad has an iPhone and is constantly taking pictures of Savannah and emails me all of them. It's nice to see a picture pop into my inbox while I am working. This one was particularly cute. Bekka picked out this outfit at the Gymboree outlet and I love it!

Savannah... NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Savannah in a new dress from Grandma. SO cute. During sacrament last Sunday Savannah chocked on a fishy. She chocks a lot, but this time it was really bad. I rushed her out of sacracment and as soon as the fishy cam up so did the rest of them... all over my shirt!

So, Savannah added another word to her vocabulary- "No". She repeats it every time I say it to her or anyone else. I started to realized I say it quite often- especially since Savannah tends to repeat no two or three times after I say it. I have been trying to focus on other ways of saying "no". "Savannah, you cannot touch that", "Savannah, you need to share, she was playing with it first", etc instead of just jumping in with "NO". Once I started doing this I felt like Savannah was understanding me so much more.

This leads to my story of the day. Every morning Savannah takes a bath with all her toys. She loves brushing her teeth and making lots of noise. Since our bathroom is so small I am able to brush my teeth or put on lotion while sitting next to the tub on a stool. After about 10 minutes and her body and hair were washed and smelling good Savannah stopped making loud noises. Her face started turning red and I immediately knew what was happening. To my horror Savannah started pooping in the tub!!! In that split second I didn't know what to do. She had never done this before. I jumped off my stool and shouted, "Noooooo!" and picked her up out of the tub. She was dripping wet, but I couldn't set her down and I could only hold her under her arm pits. I ran her over to the changing table to get her cleaned up and the entire time I was carrying my dripping, messy baby to the changing table she was saying, "No, No, No, No, No, No, No". I spent the next 30 minutes bleaching our tub, washing her toys all off and her toothbrush went in the trash. What a morning!

Here is a short video clip of Savannah and Lily. Sorry the TV is so loud, we were watching the CPAC confrence.

A couple weekends ago Savannah and I went to my parents house. We had a fun time playing on their thick carpet- our house has wood so it is a nice change.

When I showed up to my parents house they had a great gift for me!