Latest Update

Well for the latest update on our little family.
This past Saturday Byron had the Lasik surgery done. He didn't qualify for the newest kind of lasik because the Dr. said his cornia was too thin, so he did the older type. Which they say is actually safer. The bad part about the older type is he can't drive for a week. So I have been taking him to work and picking up, which he shouldn't even be going to, but he is stubborn as a mule and won't listen to me. I only hope this doesn't slow the healng process down or ruin his eyes. He was apparently in a lot of pain yesterday. But again, my stubborn little mule won't take the pain meds because he says he likes pain, it lets him know he's healing.
The mean ole wife that I am acutally left him this past weekend to go to my parents house. So his mom had to take care of him. A cousin of mine was in town from Texas and all of us cousins were going to get together. But it is his own fault, he knew I was going to Show Low before he scheduled his surgery. Landen sure did miss him. When we got home last night, every time Byron left his site, he got upset.
Landen is so much fun. His personality is so cute. He is into everything. Every room we go into, he destroy's. I call him my little tornado. It is so amazing to me how fast they learn and pick up on things. They are truly little sponges. He likes to play with my broom. He will try to sweep my floor and then he gets the dust pan, sweeps the fake dirt into the dust pan and then dumps the dirt into the trash can. He loves cords and outlets. Luckily I have the plastic plugs in all the outlets or he will find a cord and try to plug it in. He sure is a chatter box too. I love to hear him talk. He is also letting me know through body language when he wants something. If he is hungry, he goes and stands by the fridge and makes a sound like huhuhhuh. Or he points at things that he wants, or when he is tired sometimes he will grab my hand and take me to his room and lay down on his bed. It is so cute.
I am now only 9 weeks away from delivery. I am hoping she will be early like Landen was, even though my mom would like me to have her on her birthday which is on the 6th of December. So we will just have to wait and see when she comes. We are still undecided on a name for her. She sure is moving around a lot. She kicks me all the time in the ribs and doesn't let me sleep sometimes at night. It is so hard to get comfortable. I guess she is preparing me for when she comes.
Well that is our family in a nut shell.

New Design

Thank you Katie for this cute new design. I love it.

High School - GO COUGARS!!!!!

Fill this out about your years in high school! The longer ago it was,the more fun the answers will be!!
1. Who were your friends? Well every year it changed. I had the most friends my Freshman year and every year after that a few dropped off. So my Senior year I only had a few. I mostly hung out with Mindy, Cammy, Sam, Ammon, Kara, Jaida, and Carissa.
2. What sports did you play? Cross Crountry 3 years, they didn't have it my Freshman year or I would have done it then also. Track for 2 years.
3. What kind of car did you drive? Toyota Camry
4. On a Friday nights what were you doing? Football game, then just hanging out
5. Were you a party animal? nope
6. Were you considered a flirt? nope
7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Band. I played the flute
8. Were you a nerd? No
9. Did you get suspended/expelled? Suspended for having too many detentions. This was all my brothers fault. My Freshman year I had to ride to school with my brothers. Well they were always late everyday so my mean teacher gave me a detention everytime I was late. And when you get a certain amount of detentions, you get suspended.
10. Can you still sing the fight song? nope
11. Who was your favorite teacher? I don't think I had a favorite teacher.
12. Where did you sit during lunch? At my house or a friends
13. Name the school full name? Show Low High School
14. School mascot? Cougars
15. School Colors? Green and Gold
16. Rival high school? Blue Ridge
17. Did you go to Prom? Yes.
18. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Yes! I'd do lots of things DIFFERENTLY!
19. What do you remember most about graduation? It was a really windy day outside (we had our ceremony outside. The first class to actually succeed without running inside during the middle of the ceremony due to the rain)
20. Where did you go senior skip day? I honestly can't remember. I know I did ditch though.
21. Favorite memory? Just hanging out with my friends at school.
22. Were you in any clubs? Does student council count as a club.
23. Where did you go most often for lunch? home.
24. Have you gained some weight since then? Of course I have. I was in cross country and track. That kept me in shape. Now I sit on my bum all day.
25. Who was your Senior prom date? Junior prom - Toby Gilmore, Senior - Trenton Arney
26. Are you planning on going to your 10-year reunion? of course
27. Who was your home room teacher? I don't remember having a home room teacher in high school.
28. Who will re-post this after you? I don't know
29. Who was your high school sweetheart? I didn't have a boyfriend in high school.
30. Do you still talk to people from high school? Of course.
31. Did you win prom queen or king? No I didn't win. But at least I made it into the top 10.
32. Where did you work in high school? I only had summer jobs - Public Library, some pizza place I can't remember the name of, City Hall and Sonic.
33. What were your grades? B average
34. What was your dress style? Ugly. My Sophmore year I was having body image issues so I wore big baggy shirts a lot, which only made me look bigger. Otherwise it was always jeans and a t-shirt.
35. What year did you graduate? 1998

Anniversary

Yesterday was our third anniversay. I can't believe we have been married for three years already. And to think, we will have two kids. Crazy. I am so thankful for Byron and all he does for me. I love him so very much and I love him more everyday. So, sorry we didn't make it to the swim party at Aunt Lydia's last night. Sorry I didn't get to see you Sariah. I hope you enjoyed your stay here.

1 YEAR OLD

He is upset in this picture because he touched the candle wick after I blew it out, so it was still a little hot.

Well my baby turned a year old on Tuesday. We had a party for him Wednesday night at my parents house. He sure did love eating his cupcake. And I forgot to put his bib on. Oh well. He sure did enjoy his little treat. My older two brothers and their families and my friend Mindy and her family came over to celebrate with us. He loved all the new toys he got for his birthday. My poor baby was in desperate need for big boy toys. All the toys he plays with are his baby toys.
Landen is walking all over. Now that he walks, he rarely crawls unless he has to. It only took a short while for him to really get the hang of it. His top two teeth finally came through. It took forever for them to come in. I was beginning to worry if they were ever going to come in.
He had his year old Dr. appointment on Tuesday. I know, what a mean mom taking my baby to the Dr. on his first birthday. He had to get two shots. Poor thing. Luckily he hasn't been sick from them. He weighs 20 lbs 7.5 ounces and he is 30 inches tall. He is still in the 10th percentile for weight but continues to be in the 50th percentile for height.

BOY OR GIRL???????

Well this morning I went and had my ultrasound. I am 20 weeks along and the baby weighs 11 ounces. Everything in the ultrasound looks good. And to find out the sex of our little one..............It's a GIRL! We are so excited. Now we just have to come up with a name. We can't agree on one. Everyone I like, Byron doesn't. So we will have to brainstorm.

Family Update

WOW! I haven't written in a very long time. A lot has occurred. We have been very busy this summer.
To begin, my youngest sister Shauna graduated from High School at the end of May. My mom is very sad to see her move out at the end of the summer.

Then in June, we took a weekend trip to Roosevelt Lake with my family. It was lots of fun. I was only able to ride on the boat since I am pregnant, but Landen and I had fun riding the boat. Everyone else rode a tube behind the boat or they rode on the jet ski's.




In the middle of June, all of my side of the family took our annual trip to Rocky Point. That was a lot of fun. We went to a resort this time. The beach we were at wasn't as good as the beach we have gone to in the past, so we mostly swam in the pool.
















In July, Byron's family had a reunion at Mormon Lake. It was really nice there until the lightning started a forest fire. So the smoke just about killed us. And that was only the second day we were there. The first day, luckily we were able to ride our quads and go out in the woods. The rest of the time we just had to make due and find something to do. Landen loved it while we were there. He loved playing in the dirt and getting dirty and eating it. Ever since Rocky Point, Landen has been a lot more attached to Byron. Yeah for me to get a small break every once in a while. Sadly, while I was at Mormon Lake, Sherry went through the temple to take out her endowments. I wish I didn't miss that, but there was nothing I could do about that.


















This past weekend my sister Sherry was married to McKay Mills. The wedding was very beautiful and of course Sherry looked very beautiful.













On Saturday, I went with my parents and brothers to my cousin Ronnie's "Little Red" Cabin near Vernon. We rode four wheelers and lots of the group went crawling into a dark cave. I would like to go in there someday when I'm not pregnant. I think it would be fun.



So now I am back home after a very busy two weeks. I have only been home for one day since the 3rd of July. However, you know what that means now. Time to clean, clean, clean. Except one problem, Landen now has a fever and all he wants me to do is hold him all day. Poor baby.

Pictures!!!!!

My birthday picture - 27 years old

Eating my crackers

Playing x-box with my Dad

I found the candy stash! Yummy, suckers!

Me and Great Grandma

I'VE BEEN TAGGED!!!!

Like Aunt Connie, I'm too lazy (have limited time between Landen's naps) to write out the directions to this game. So read someone else's blog to get the directions for this game. Also, somewhere it went from writing seven facts about ourselves to eight.

1. I, like Bailey have a few OCD issues. I have to have all of my books, CD's, and movies alphabatized. I also arrange my clothes by color, length of the sleeve, and the season. I have to have my clothes and towels folded a certain way. If someone else is folding my clothes and it's not done right, I will re-fold them.

2. I always wished I could sing and dance. When I was a little girl, my Dad had a trailor parked on our street. After school, I would use the trailor as my stage and sing and dance on it.

3. I hate being pregnant. Pregnancy is just no walk in the park for me. So sorry to those of you who love to be pregnant. I know it isn't supposed to be easy, but I just don't like it. But I do LOVE the end product.

4. I love to organize also. When I was in college, I would always go home and organize my mom's cupboards for her. That is how I got started in scrapbooking. One Christmas break I was bored and started going through all of my mom's pictures and decided to organize them in certain categories.

5. I have to have a water bottle with me all the time. People always call me a camel cause I drink so much water. However, for some reason when I'm pregnant water makes me sick. So I can only drink a sip at a time.

6. I love babies. Before I had one of my own, I always wanted and was more than willing to hold one. Now that I'm a mother, I realize I probably drove a lot of mothers crazy always wanting to hold their baby.

7. I like to collects things, especially elephants and care bears.

I believe everyone by now has been tagged already.

9 Months Old

Today, my little baby is 9 months old. I can't believe it. He is so much fun. He loves to talk. He just babbles on and on sometimes. His little personality keeps coming out more and more. He likes to stand and hold on to you and blow air on you, maybe they are his versions of kisses. He can be so sweet sometimes and so onry(spelling?) Last night we were eating dinner and I gave him a few bites of my potatoes and then they were all gone. He wanted more. When he couldn't have anymore he threw the biggest fit I have ever seen. He threw his arms up and down and screamed. It was so funny.
He is crawling now and cruising along the couch. He loves to stand and walk with us. So now that he is crawling, he can follow me around, which is good sometimes. Especially, now that I'm pregnant again. When I have to lay down, he can just crawl over to me or over to whatever he wants.
He had he well checkup today. He weighs 18 lbs 1.5 ounces. Which puts him in the 10th to 25th percentile. His height is 28 1/2 inches. 50th percentile. Since he isn't gaining very much, due to no longer being breastfed and won't take a bottle, the Dr. said I have to start feeding him rice cereal and make it with formula and add an extra scoop of formula to the cereal so he will be sure to get all of his nutrients. It isn't like I am starving him. He still eats like a pig. He eats 6-7 little containers of baby food, plus crackers, plus whatever I'm eating that he wants to eat and is able to eat. There for a while, I had to give him water in a medicine dropper. Just barely he is learning to drink out of a sippy cup. I have tried to give him formula in a sippy, but he just spits it out and continues to spit. That is funny to watch. He's like, Mom, why are you feeding me this disgusting stuff?" So I will have to continue to experiement with him to try to get him to drink more liquids.
Otherwise, we are doing well. I'm not near as sick with this baby as I was with Landen. Thank you everyone for your prayers. So now people think it is a girl. I guess we will just have to wait and see. Our insurance is going to fix our truck luckily. So hopefully it will be done by the time we go to Rocky Point at the beginning of June. And good thing they cover a rental car for 30 days. Byron is doing well. He continues to work hard all the time.