Sometimes I feel like ranting about things that drive me nuts:

1. Nursery - I love kids, they are blessings; however, sometimes other people's kids are not. I get fuming mad when parents drop of their little sweet angels with the following words: "He's in that biting stage" and then smile and head off to relief society. I also hate when people think playdough for 2 year olds is a fun idea. I know I had fun pulling it out of kid's mouths and digging it out of the carpet. How about next week we teach them to juggle knives and then encourage them to take candy from strangers, WWJD?

2. Garbage Men - Granted I am thankful for those individuals who take on the task of picking up our garbage; however is it that big of a deal if my trash cans are not the designated 3 feet apart? I mean really, are they actually measuring? Thank you garbage men for informing me of my crime to society and for leaving my trash can on my doorstep along with a kind post it note.

3. Black Toyota Corollas - I was burdened with a black Toyota Corolla for 4 years that for some reason could only keep 3 hubcaps on at a time. When finally I am rid of the blasted thing, any time since that I've had to rent a car I receive a BLACK TOYOTA COROLLA - this has happened 3 times, and coincidentally I was even given one once that came with only three hubcaps; they must have known I was coming. I am currently driving one due our being rear-ended and although I am thankful for the full set of hubcaps I am so sick of this bloody car if I never see another Corolla again it will be too soon.

4. President-elect Obama - For the love of all things good in this world, can we just get this inauguration over with? Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against him, I just feel like this election has dragged on for years and it will be my eleventy seventh birthday before people will stop remarking on this unprecedented election. I get it. It's an historical moment for our country - now let's move on! And for the record, I dont' give a tiny rat's A what kind of dog their kids get. Be it a beagle, a rottweiler, a chihuahua, or a three legged pomeranian is this really newsworthy material?

That is my rant - I feel better :)

Jeremy and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary by taking a 3 day Mexican cruise. Jeremy was in desperate need of a vacation and I was in desperate need of a night without a baby! Grandma was nice enough to watch Lindsay for the weekend and we flew from St. George to LA and then departed from Long Beach. Before the boat left we were able to stop and take a tour of the Queen Mary ship that transported thousands of troops during World War 2 and is supposedly haunted (I love ghost stories!). We also toured a Russian sub that was used during the Cold War Era. Jeremy is a huge World War 2 and Cold War buff so he was pretty much in heaven - whatever floats your boat, I guess (pun intended).

The cruise was a total blast! I'd never been on one before and so it was nice to not have to worry about a thing; however, I was SO sore afterwards because the water was a bit choppy and you could feel the boat swaying subtley so I think my body was like righting itself constantly and so all my muscles were sore. At least I got a bit of a workout :) The weather wasn't the most cooperative but I didn't care in the slightest. It was just nice to have some alone time with my hubby since we haven't had that much since Lindsay has been born. It was quite cold and since I neglected to check the weather before we left I only brought clothes that sunny weather would warrant so I pretty much wore the same sweat suit I arrived in the whole time. Oh well, what do you do?

It was also fun to dress up a bit for their elegant dinner night. It's a rare occasion that I get super dressed up so it was fun to take some time to look really nice. However, I think some women on the cruise confused elegant with slutty because some of them were dressed more like strippers and showed a little more skin that anyone really wanted to see.

Ensensada was....well....Mexico. We had a fun tour up to La Bufadora which is a really cool area that has a natural blowhole so I was able to get a video of that. We also haggled some prices with the locals and I was able to get a purse, a ring, and some other souvenirs. It did make me glad to live in the United States though - recession and all.

We had a fun time playing in the casino - we even both won a little. Jeremy more than I, but I spent more of his, so I think we're even :)

I was glad to see my little girl when I got back since those were the first nights I'd spent without her but it was so nice to just relax with Jeremy for a few nights with absolutely nothing to do but have fun!

Yay Christmas is here - and extra YAY that it is over! I know, I know - how Ebenezer of me but the Holiday season is just as hectic as it is fun. I feel like the excitement of the Holidays builds up and then a few days before Christmas gets here I'm like, "Ok let's get this bad boy done!" This Christmas was a lot more fun for everyone now that there's a little kid in the mix so opening presents and the whole "Santa" thing is going to be fun to start again. I remember being so excited to see what Santa brought me that we kids could barely contain ourselves until 6 am. Now everyone wants ten more minutes to sleep before they drag themselves into the living room with their blankets and half snooze while pening gifts. I guess as you get older the "Holiday Spirit" takes a little bit longer to show up in the mornings.


We started out our Christmas with our annual family part at my Aunt Gayle's house. We've done it for ages and slowly as we've all gotten older, married, and had kids there's about a billion of us there. We're like the St. George Osmonds! Tracy and I decorated Christmas Tree cakes to bring for dessert and everyone ate til they could eat no more (especially me with the Sausage chowder - It's like manna from heaven) and then played the gift exchange game (I'm sure everyone knows that game). We get really into it since there's so many people - alliances even get formed (If you steal that present from me, I'll take that from him, etc...) It's all about strategy apparently. But once that present has been taken three times, it's out - THE TRIBE HAS SPOKEN :)


We had our own little Cobb Christmas early on Thursday morning and Lindsay got to open all her presents. I'd bought her some cute Christmas jammies and she looked adorable in it. We didn't go out all on her this year since she's still so little but she got some really cute things, including a stuffed rocking horse which we named him Captain Oats. She was so excited to ride on, fell off him, and then was deathly afraid of it for two days (they have since made peace). Then we went to Grandma Seegmiller's for opening presents and had a yummy Christmas breakfast. It was nice to have everyone down again and we had a lot of fun hanging out and playing Apples to Apples (I highly recommend it). Grandma & Grandpa Talbot came over on Friday with Aunt Abi, Kadi, and Brian and we had a Christmas lunch at our house and opened presents and hung out. LJ just loved Kadi and they had a lot of fun playing together.



It was a fun Christmas but I'm glad for it to be done. I took about a billion pictures so I just made a collage of my favorite ones that I took. I hope everyone's Christmas was fun and that Santa brought everyone what they wanted! Here's to the New Year!

I can't figure out how to make this bad boy bigger without screwing up the resolution so I guess just click on it to make it larger than life ;)

Lindsay & Aunt Tracy

Lindsay & Aunt Kelly (All the toys in the background are compliments of Hurricane Lindsay)

The fish I iced look a little strange!

Teacher and student!

The whole family together!

Sleepy child!

We also went to Santa's Workshop at the Dixie Center on Saturday and Grandma bought Lindsay some cute bows for her hair. I wasn't ever into the big bows that most Moms put in little girls hair because I swear it's like they birthed a bow with a baby attached and those huge flowers make it look like the poor child has been working the mines wearing one of those flashlight hard hats! But since Lindsay's head is bigger and she's got more hair the bows looked REALLY cute. Maybe people will stop saying, "Hey Buddy" or "Big Guy" when they see her. I know it's hard to tell the difference when they're little...but come on :)