Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Funny Gavin
A couple weeks ago Gavin didn't have a nap at the babysitters house, so we went to Costco after work. On our way home after Costco and dinner, this is how I found Gavin. He was tired. He loves looking at this picture of himself sleeping funny!
Monday, July 29, 2013
Buckle Fracture
It has been a busy weekend. Yesterday was Mike's drill weekend so I was with myself with the boys. We were getting ready to go to church and I was finishing the stuff I needed for my lesson in Young Women's. We went outside, I remembered I needed to get pictures, so we went back inside. I thought I had everything and so I opened the garage door for us to go back outside, and out the boys went. I remembered there was another picture I wanted in the dining room so I turned back to get it and heard crash, screaming and crying. I thought at first it was Greyson, but then nope, it was Gavin. We came inside, I got mad at him for rushing down the stairs because that is when people get hurt, gave him some Tylenol and we relaxed on the couch for a minute. He just kept complaining about it. I called Mike on my way to Church and asked him if he could come home after telling him what had happened. We went to Church and he was still sad and saying it hurt. He told me he just didn't want to feel his hand anymore. Right before my lesson started, Mike showed up and took the boys home (Thank goodness)! When I got home from Church Mike said we needed to go get it checked out. We got the the ER about 5:15ish and went the rounds with them. They were actually pretty busy. We got a "room" and Gavin went back for an X-Ray and flirted with the X-Ray tech telling her "You are cute." Oh my, what a ham! We got the X-Ray back and he has a Buckle fracture right on his right wrist. They splinted it and said he has to wear it for 4 weeks, nonstop. At least it will be off before Preschool starts :) So he is on lots of Motrin for the pain, the splint and rest for 4 weeks. Hopefully it heals properly. And no more running down the Garage stairs.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
24th of July
On the 24th of July this year Mike had the day off, but I had to work. When I got off work, Mike said that we got invited to a neighborhood BBQ, so we went and hung out. Gavin took these pictures of us.
Another Family Update?
Well, I don't mind if I do... Another Family Update - I know it has only been a month, but a lot has happened.
Greyson - Still talks awesome...and is starting to make up his own words and put them into his sentences. Crazy kid. He does good with his ABCs and counting. He still doesn't know colors, but we will get there. Still doesn't eat good, but will eat Sausage, Pancakes, French Toast, and any other Breakfast food you give him, but doesn't like really anything else. He has serious stranger danger and doesn't like going to nursery, unless I am there with him. He is still on Miralax, but what else is new? He likes to watch Shawn the Sheep and Phineas and Ferb. He loves to listen to music and dance to it. He has become very independent and wants to do everything himself with no help. All in all, he is growing and learning and we love him.
Gavin - Can't wait to go to preschool in September. Will start Soccer next month (Hopefully). Loves hanging out with the babysitters and doing fireworks. We are trying to teach him how to ride a big boy bike with training wheels. He fell off once and won't get back on. He loves to walk around the neighborhood and go shopping with us. He loves Sundays and going to church. He loves his Sunbeam class and teachers. He likes to watch Phineas and Ferb and also to listen to music. He asked for a Vacuum for Christmas so he can help clean. Crazy kid. He gets himself dressed everyday and in jammies every night. We love Gavin and are so glad he is in our family.
Mike - Same old, same old. Still working. We are trying to come up with money to carpet our downstairs room, then we can finish it and move down there and get room for this new baby. He has been working on the downstairs to get it organized. He is still working on deciding what he is doing with the Military and what he is going to do about getting an A&P License. Still doing monthly drill weekends.
Me - I got moved from Mia Maids to Beehives. I miss the Mia Maids, but Beehives are so much less dramatic (So far ) :) Of Course...Pregnant. 14 weeks 2 days today. Still feeling sick and tired all the time. I don't eat very well because all the crappy food is what sounds good. Still working like mad, and getting ready to start Fall semester with 13 credit hours. I will be going crazy come September. Pregnant, 2 kids, Husband, Full time job, going to school full time, calling...
Other than that, we are trying to sell some more stuff and make some more room for all the baby stuff we already got rid of to be ready for the new baby. Everything is going good and we are surviving. Love you all!
Greyson - Still talks awesome...and is starting to make up his own words and put them into his sentences. Crazy kid. He does good with his ABCs and counting. He still doesn't know colors, but we will get there. Still doesn't eat good, but will eat Sausage, Pancakes, French Toast, and any other Breakfast food you give him, but doesn't like really anything else. He has serious stranger danger and doesn't like going to nursery, unless I am there with him. He is still on Miralax, but what else is new? He likes to watch Shawn the Sheep and Phineas and Ferb. He loves to listen to music and dance to it. He has become very independent and wants to do everything himself with no help. All in all, he is growing and learning and we love him.
Gavin - Can't wait to go to preschool in September. Will start Soccer next month (Hopefully). Loves hanging out with the babysitters and doing fireworks. We are trying to teach him how to ride a big boy bike with training wheels. He fell off once and won't get back on. He loves to walk around the neighborhood and go shopping with us. He loves Sundays and going to church. He loves his Sunbeam class and teachers. He likes to watch Phineas and Ferb and also to listen to music. He asked for a Vacuum for Christmas so he can help clean. Crazy kid. He gets himself dressed everyday and in jammies every night. We love Gavin and are so glad he is in our family.
Mike - Same old, same old. Still working. We are trying to come up with money to carpet our downstairs room, then we can finish it and move down there and get room for this new baby. He has been working on the downstairs to get it organized. He is still working on deciding what he is doing with the Military and what he is going to do about getting an A&P License. Still doing monthly drill weekends.
Me - I got moved from Mia Maids to Beehives. I miss the Mia Maids, but Beehives are so much less dramatic (So far ) :) Of Course...Pregnant. 14 weeks 2 days today. Still feeling sick and tired all the time. I don't eat very well because all the crappy food is what sounds good. Still working like mad, and getting ready to start Fall semester with 13 credit hours. I will be going crazy come September. Pregnant, 2 kids, Husband, Full time job, going to school full time, calling...
Other than that, we are trying to sell some more stuff and make some more room for all the baby stuff we already got rid of to be ready for the new baby. Everything is going good and we are surviving. Love you all!
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Preschool Graduation
On May 15th, Gavin graduated from his first year of Preschool and is eligible to advance to his second year of preschool. YAY. His last day of Preschool was Friday, May 24th. It was excited about it but I am sure it will sink in soon that he isn't going to school for a while and will start to ask when he can go back. Thank goodness for Church so he can see his teacher. He learned so much this year. When he started, he didn't even write anything, didn't get the L,M,N,O,P in the alphabet quite right and wasn't very good at his colors. Now, he says his alphabet like a pro, can write and say all letters of the alphabet and even the sounds they make. He can say the full Pledge of Allegiance. He does so good.
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This is what we made for a Thank you for Miss Ashley, Gavin was so excited to give it to her.   |
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Pregnant Girl Problems
Before I even told anyone at work that I was pregnant, I bought all this stuff for lunch one day. I am surprised they didn't realize. I have seriously been so hungry all the time this pregnancy! I had to take a picture of what I was buying...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Baby #3
*WARNING, this post contains TMI*
I know, I know. It has been said and written here on the blog that we are done having kids and two was good and enough for us...
Let me set the stage for you:
January 2013! We go out to Lunch with Mike's mom for his birthday. We are talking about heirlooms and I said to her, that I wouldn't have a daughter to pass on something that she wanted to pass on to me, but that maybe I could give it to one of my son's wives or something to pass it on, and my Mother-in-Law said, "you never know, you could still have a girl." And while she was saying that I was thinking, no, I won't have a girl because we are done having kids. Then on Sunday at church in our class I was holding my friends little girl while she was getting some stuff out of her bags, and Mike was having a field day with her, playing with her and loving on her. That night our friends came over to the house to bring us cookies, and Mike got out their little girl and was cooing her and playing with her and my friend said something about "Maybe you will have a girl next," and Mike was like, you never know. And again, I am thinking, what is going on here? We are done having kids.... Then on Monday I went to work and my coworker started asking me questions about am I sad that my baby is almost 2, and how they lose that baby smell and that triggers something in the parents about wanting a new baby. I told her I was okay, and that we had decided we were done. After that conversation, I decided it was time to talk to Mike about it. Where was all this baby talk coming from? We talked and he said he thought there was another baby up there for us. I was shocked. We had sold a lot of our baby stuff! So we decided to take a couple days and decide if this was what we both wanted. We then decided I needed to get my IUD out. The day that I got my IUD out, there was a lot of mixed emotions. Mike and I were both freaking out. I was freaking out so bad, my Dr. even said he wouldn't take it out because he was worried I was freaking out. Well, I got it out. We then decided that we would protect and go from there. If I hadn't gotten pregnant by the time I turned 31 we would go get the IUD back in and call it good. In February we even decided that we weren't going to try, we put so much pressure on ourselves and we both just felt so much better letting it go. We went to the Temple in February to see if we could get an answer, but neither of us received anything, so we just moved on with life.
Fast forward to April, I haven't started yet, and since I got my IUD out I had been regular. I bought a Pregnancy test but Mike kept saying, you are fine, we are not pregnant, you are going to start next week. Sure enough I did start the next week. Then May comes. I still have the unused pregnancy test and it is in the back of my mind. I though I was supposed to start on the 21st of May, but upon further examination I should have started on the 14th. I thought that I wouldn't take the test until June 1st to give my body plenty of time to start, but I was having all these weird things happen...My stomach was bloated feeling, I was nauseated, my cravings have been crazy, having to pee all the time, just all these crazy things happening. So, just out of the blue on Thursday the 23rd I decided to use that pregnancy test and see what happens. It was a + - one and it literally changed right to +. So then the real freak out begun. We took another pregnancy test on Friday (A digital one) and of course it came up (Pregnant!). So here we are. Pregnant with baby #3. I guess we are ready for another wild ride on this journey!
I know, I know. It has been said and written here on the blog that we are done having kids and two was good and enough for us...
Let me set the stage for you:
January 2013! We go out to Lunch with Mike's mom for his birthday. We are talking about heirlooms and I said to her, that I wouldn't have a daughter to pass on something that she wanted to pass on to me, but that maybe I could give it to one of my son's wives or something to pass it on, and my Mother-in-Law said, "you never know, you could still have a girl." And while she was saying that I was thinking, no, I won't have a girl because we are done having kids. Then on Sunday at church in our class I was holding my friends little girl while she was getting some stuff out of her bags, and Mike was having a field day with her, playing with her and loving on her. That night our friends came over to the house to bring us cookies, and Mike got out their little girl and was cooing her and playing with her and my friend said something about "Maybe you will have a girl next," and Mike was like, you never know. And again, I am thinking, what is going on here? We are done having kids.... Then on Monday I went to work and my coworker started asking me questions about am I sad that my baby is almost 2, and how they lose that baby smell and that triggers something in the parents about wanting a new baby. I told her I was okay, and that we had decided we were done. After that conversation, I decided it was time to talk to Mike about it. Where was all this baby talk coming from? We talked and he said he thought there was another baby up there for us. I was shocked. We had sold a lot of our baby stuff! So we decided to take a couple days and decide if this was what we both wanted. We then decided I needed to get my IUD out. The day that I got my IUD out, there was a lot of mixed emotions. Mike and I were both freaking out. I was freaking out so bad, my Dr. even said he wouldn't take it out because he was worried I was freaking out. Well, I got it out. We then decided that we would protect and go from there. If I hadn't gotten pregnant by the time I turned 31 we would go get the IUD back in and call it good. In February we even decided that we weren't going to try, we put so much pressure on ourselves and we both just felt so much better letting it go. We went to the Temple in February to see if we could get an answer, but neither of us received anything, so we just moved on with life.
Fast forward to April, I haven't started yet, and since I got my IUD out I had been regular. I bought a Pregnancy test but Mike kept saying, you are fine, we are not pregnant, you are going to start next week. Sure enough I did start the next week. Then May comes. I still have the unused pregnancy test and it is in the back of my mind. I though I was supposed to start on the 21st of May, but upon further examination I should have started on the 14th. I thought that I wouldn't take the test until June 1st to give my body plenty of time to start, but I was having all these weird things happen...My stomach was bloated feeling, I was nauseated, my cravings have been crazy, having to pee all the time, just all these crazy things happening. So, just out of the blue on Thursday the 23rd I decided to use that pregnancy test and see what happens. It was a + - one and it literally changed right to +. So then the real freak out begun. We took another pregnancy test on Friday (A digital one) and of course it came up (Pregnant!). So here we are. Pregnant with baby #3. I guess we are ready for another wild ride on this journey!
Friday, July 5, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Family Updates
I haven't blogged in what seems like forever. I still need to get the Preschool Graduation blog up and maybe go through my pictures to see if there are anymore blogs I can post.
We have been busy, but Mike and I with Work and the boys just hanging out at home with a couple Young Women Babysitters this summer. But they love them and are having a great time, so I think it is going good. I have no idea what we are going to do come August :/
Greyson is still talking up a storm. It surprises a lot of people and they mention it to me all the time about what a good talker he is. We are to the point now if he refuses to eat his dinner, I have to make him try a bite, and 9 times out of 10 he likes it and will continue to eat it. Little bugger. He is still sleeping good at night and trying to be like his big brother. He started to show some interest in Potty Training, but I don't know if I am ready for it. We will see what happens in the next month or so...
Gavin misses Preschool. He is excited for Summer because it means we go out a lot more. He loves Sundays because he gets to go to Primary. He is not very nice to his brother most times, but they do get along a lot. He is very independent and wants to do a lot of things on his own. He gets so super mad at you if you try to help him and he doesn't want your help. He loves to sing with the radio and quotes a lot of different songs or quotes on Phineas and Ferb. He is still doing great at the Potty Training thing and has got it down day and night.
Mike has been working away still at K&S Automotive in Lehi. He is trying to decide if he wants to go back to school to get his A&P License to work on Airplanes. He had drill weekend this last weekend and found out that he can get his A&P License through the Military if his changes his rate to that, and it will transfer to Civilian jobs as well. We are looking at a lot of different options when it comes to the Military because they are starting to change some things around. He really doesn't have to do anything for his calling, but he is just there.
I have been busy Working my full time job, then I go home to take care of my babies (and myself!) We have been doing a lot of Young Women stuff lately so that has kept me busy, and away from my family :/ Sometimes I think it will calm down a little bit, but every season is the busy season with Young Women haha! Other than that, I took the summer off school because I couldn't get financial aid in time, and we have been busy hanging out, shopping, playing outside, and doing some crafts.
We have some big stuff coming our way again soon...Keep in touch :)
We have been busy, but Mike and I with Work and the boys just hanging out at home with a couple Young Women Babysitters this summer. But they love them and are having a great time, so I think it is going good. I have no idea what we are going to do come August :/
Greyson is still talking up a storm. It surprises a lot of people and they mention it to me all the time about what a good talker he is. We are to the point now if he refuses to eat his dinner, I have to make him try a bite, and 9 times out of 10 he likes it and will continue to eat it. Little bugger. He is still sleeping good at night and trying to be like his big brother. He started to show some interest in Potty Training, but I don't know if I am ready for it. We will see what happens in the next month or so...
Gavin misses Preschool. He is excited for Summer because it means we go out a lot more. He loves Sundays because he gets to go to Primary. He is not very nice to his brother most times, but they do get along a lot. He is very independent and wants to do a lot of things on his own. He gets so super mad at you if you try to help him and he doesn't want your help. He loves to sing with the radio and quotes a lot of different songs or quotes on Phineas and Ferb. He is still doing great at the Potty Training thing and has got it down day and night.
Mike has been working away still at K&S Automotive in Lehi. He is trying to decide if he wants to go back to school to get his A&P License to work on Airplanes. He had drill weekend this last weekend and found out that he can get his A&P License through the Military if his changes his rate to that, and it will transfer to Civilian jobs as well. We are looking at a lot of different options when it comes to the Military because they are starting to change some things around. He really doesn't have to do anything for his calling, but he is just there.
I have been busy Working my full time job, then I go home to take care of my babies (and myself!) We have been doing a lot of Young Women stuff lately so that has kept me busy, and away from my family :/ Sometimes I think it will calm down a little bit, but every season is the busy season with Young Women haha! Other than that, I took the summer off school because I couldn't get financial aid in time, and we have been busy hanging out, shopping, playing outside, and doing some crafts.
We have some big stuff coming our way again soon...Keep in touch :)
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Youth Conference
I have to blog about Youth Conference. It was such an amazing, spiritual, fun experience. And I didn't even go on the bike ride. I hope all the kids at least learned something and felt the spirit the 2 days we were doing stuff!
Friday we met at the Round about at 6:30 and hung out there until about 8 talking about the weekend and stuff we would be doing. The kids got water bottles, a For the Strength of the Youth" booklet and a passport so they knew how they were doing. We first took off to Welfare Square. We picked up garbage around there and the first group went to serve and the second group went on a tour. It is an AMAZING place. And it is huge. And...the food they make their, so good. The cheese and chocolate milk...yummy! Our group then went to serve and we were just moving pallets of clothes to the DI from the Bishop's Storehouse. It was quite fun.
After Welfare Square, we ate lunch and headed to Temple Square where we met up with the cutest sister missionaries ever who talked to us about why they decided to serve missions and played a video for us about standing in holy places and if you are doing what you should be, no matter where you stand will be a holy place. They also did some role playing with us acting like missionaries and asking our friends to come to church with us. After that, they split us up in groups and we went on a tour around Temple Square. They then took us to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and we watched the powerful Joseph Smith Movie. Holy...What a tear jerk-er ..and it is not just because I am hormonal (More on that later...) What a spiritual movie, and such an account of his life, told by his mother. It was inspirational, and motivational, and moving. If you didn't know the gospel was true before that movie, wow...It is a powerful movie.
After the Movie, we went to the South Visitor's Center on Temple Square and looked at the replica of the Salt Lake Temple and what is inside. The Temple is beautiful. We then went back to the Hotel we were staying in and checked in to our rooms and relaxed for a hot minute for Dinner to arrive. We ate dinner then the girls got ready for the Temple. The whole time we were together the boys and girls had "partners" so they were with a "partner" most of the time. The partners walked to Temple Square and dropped off the girls for Baptisms. It was a fun experience being in the Salt Lake Temple with the girls and watching them preform these ordinances that spirits on the other side are waiting for. I remember the Temple Worker who was talking to us before the girls did the Baptisms said that if you get a tingly feeling that person was ready and waiting for this ordinance to be done for them. During one of the Baptisms, Ashley turned to me and said she was hot, but just got the cold chills, and I said, that person must have been ready for Baptism! It was a neat experience. After the Temple we went to get Ice Cream then back to the Hotel for a night devotional and BED TIME! I was exhausted.
Saturday morning we woke up, packed up, got ready, ate breakfast and then got on the bikes and in cars to make the journey back to Eagle Mountain. They rode back to Temple Square then "started" from there and went to the Jordan River Parkway Trail. We had lots of stops on the way, some spiritual thoughts and lots of encouragement. They finally rode into Eagle Mountain at about 8. And EVERYONE MADE IT! That was an awesome experience. I am so proud of our youth and all they did and accomplished last weekend. They are amazing people and will do amazing things and I hope this experience only strengthened their testimonies.
Friday we met at the Round about at 6:30 and hung out there until about 8 talking about the weekend and stuff we would be doing. The kids got water bottles, a For the Strength of the Youth" booklet and a passport so they knew how they were doing. We first took off to Welfare Square. We picked up garbage around there and the first group went to serve and the second group went on a tour. It is an AMAZING place. And it is huge. And...the food they make their, so good. The cheese and chocolate milk...yummy! Our group then went to serve and we were just moving pallets of clothes to the DI from the Bishop's Storehouse. It was quite fun.
After Welfare Square, we ate lunch and headed to Temple Square where we met up with the cutest sister missionaries ever who talked to us about why they decided to serve missions and played a video for us about standing in holy places and if you are doing what you should be, no matter where you stand will be a holy place. They also did some role playing with us acting like missionaries and asking our friends to come to church with us. After that, they split us up in groups and we went on a tour around Temple Square. They then took us to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and we watched the powerful Joseph Smith Movie. Holy...What a tear jerk-er ..and it is not just because I am hormonal (More on that later...) What a spiritual movie, and such an account of his life, told by his mother. It was inspirational, and motivational, and moving. If you didn't know the gospel was true before that movie, wow...It is a powerful movie.
After the Movie, we went to the South Visitor's Center on Temple Square and looked at the replica of the Salt Lake Temple and what is inside. The Temple is beautiful. We then went back to the Hotel we were staying in and checked in to our rooms and relaxed for a hot minute for Dinner to arrive. We ate dinner then the girls got ready for the Temple. The whole time we were together the boys and girls had "partners" so they were with a "partner" most of the time. The partners walked to Temple Square and dropped off the girls for Baptisms. It was a fun experience being in the Salt Lake Temple with the girls and watching them preform these ordinances that spirits on the other side are waiting for. I remember the Temple Worker who was talking to us before the girls did the Baptisms said that if you get a tingly feeling that person was ready and waiting for this ordinance to be done for them. During one of the Baptisms, Ashley turned to me and said she was hot, but just got the cold chills, and I said, that person must have been ready for Baptism! It was a neat experience. After the Temple we went to get Ice Cream then back to the Hotel for a night devotional and BED TIME! I was exhausted.
Saturday morning we woke up, packed up, got ready, ate breakfast and then got on the bikes and in cars to make the journey back to Eagle Mountain. They rode back to Temple Square then "started" from there and went to the Jordan River Parkway Trail. We had lots of stops on the way, some spiritual thoughts and lots of encouragement. They finally rode into Eagle Mountain at about 8. And EVERYONE MADE IT! That was an awesome experience. I am so proud of our youth and all they did and accomplished last weekend. They are amazing people and will do amazing things and I hope this experience only strengthened their testimonies.
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