Forever Young

Life away from Home

2011-08-23T03:44:00.003-06:00

I really should be more faithful to my blog and dedicated about posting stuff, but I'm not. Because I am just too busy to even get around to it these days. Life has been in the fast lane since we moved to Connecticut. This past year has been quite the challenge for my sweet Adam and my marriage, because of all the stress we have been under. Don't worry though Sean and I are still going strong and Adam is doing better then he was before. I will kind of sum up the past few months in reverse, so bear with me. This past week my poor sweet boy fell off the bottoms of the stairs and broke his clavical. He cried for about an hour in a half and I felt the need to take him to the doctor's and sure enough he had a fractured it. He is doing better, but is still in some pain and that makes it tough. He sure is my little trooper though and is being tough. Also, he has a smile on his face by the end of the day and that lets me know he is surviving.

Sean has been busy with school and has finals this week, so he is super stressed and having to deal with Adam means no sleep for both of us really. Audrey is doing really well and will be starting Pre-K this fall. She will go to school five days a week for half the day and I am a little sad about it. At the same time I am not sure what I am going to do with myself, just having one kid home. I think it will be a time for me to focus on Adam a little bit more and have mommy-son time.

As for me I am working as a Gymnastics coach and helping out with the competitive team, so that has kept me busy. I really am just trying to get by with life right now. It has been all to challenging lately. If it is not one thing it is another thing and it feels like I can't catch a break.

Adam is going to be my child that gives me gray hair, because of all the health issues he has had this past year. We have been in and out of the E.R. several times, had hospital stays, surgeries and numerous doctor visits that I can't even keep track of. He is going to see an Immunologist in about two weeks and we will see how that goes. I will have to blog about his health record later though, because frankly I am tired and need to catch some shut eye. I really hope life can show me a little bit of sunshine soon, because I need some positive rays right about now.

A quick update of our lives

2011-05-06T18:18:00.007-06:00

These pics are from last October when we had are last family pics. We are due for some again soon. I will post some more updated photos of kids hopefully next week.

I have a lot of catching up to do with this blogging. I have lots of updates about the kids coming soon and lots of pictures. We are now living in Connecticut!! Anyways, I just wanted to post something for my husband and kids. I love my family dearly!! I am glad that I have them in my life and cannot picture my life without them. I feel so blessed to have such a dedicated husband who is a hard worker, who loves me and understands me for who I am. Lately he gets me presents each holiday and without fail he will get me something from Victoria Secrets Online Catalog, which I think is super sweet. I really like there clothes and think it is even better that they come to me in the mail, so he can't go wrong there. The clothes are always a perfect fit too! It is just nice to know that he thinks of me and remembers how important it is to make me feel special as an individual. Thanks, babe I love you!!

My kids are doing great!! Audrey is still a very spirited young girl and is my little miss sass with spunk. She loves to play with barbies and horses. Lately, she has been interested in watching spiderman which is funny to me because she is such a little princess. She will be five in October and will start Pre-K at the elementary and attend school five days a week, for half the day. It will help prepare her for full day kindergarten the next year. For her fifth birthday she wants to learn to ride a horse, so it will be so fun to see because she loves horse a lot.

Adam is now 20 months old!! I can't believe he is nearly two and how much he is already acting like he is in his terrible two's. He really has such a sweet spirit to him and always gets a smile from anybody he sees. I don't know if it is his contagious smile, or his spiky mohawk hairstyle that gets more attention. He is starting to say lots of words like, hi, hello, bye bye, da da, me me for (mommy). He can also, says turtle, fish, shoes, car, ball, flower, tree and others I can't think of right now. It took him a while to really start speaking a lot, since he had constant ear infections and his hearing was muffled until he got tubes in his ears at the end of December along with his adnoids out. He has had a lot of health problems in the last few months, but has been such a trooper through it all. Just in March he had his tonsils removed and that was such a hard surgery for him to recover from. I love my little man and his cute personality.

As for me I am taking each day one at a time and trying to make it through the challenging times in my life. Connecticut definately has been an adventure so far, because of the all the trials we have been through as a family. I think it has been one of the toughest trials of my life with having a husband in school full time and dealing with a child who has had health problems, which has not given me much sleep at night. Also, being away from home and not having family around has been tough, because I miss them so much! I know I will make it through this and will grow from my trial. Sean has had a rough go as well and I hope he know how much I appreciate him dealing not only with his trials, but for helping me through mine. He is a such a strong person and helps me through the hard times in life. I only hope to do the same for him and be supportive like he has been for me. I love you hun, forever and for always. :)

Anyways, here is some pictures. Hope you enjoy. After this post I may blog about a lot of the past, so I can remember sweet things in life.

5 years and still going strong

2010-10-14T10:32:00.002-06:00

It is our 5 year anniversary today!!! I can't believe how quickly time flys. Marriage so far has been great and Sean and I are very happy. We are going to Connecticut next week to go find a place to live. It is amazing the steps and leaps we are taking in our lives and it only gets more exciting each and every year of are marriage.

similac recall

2010-09-26T00:44:00.001-06:00

Tonight, I just found out that the similac product we have been feeding Adam is a part of a huge recall and to make things worse he has been drinking this formula for over a week, or two. Apparently, their was beetle and possibly beetle larvea in the containers that had the formula in it. This is so gross!!!! Not only is this gross but it causes the babies that were drinking it gastrointestinal discomfort and among other symptoms. I've notice over the past week, or two that Adam has been extremely fussy and he has not been sleeping well and has been moaning/groaning nearly all night long. What would we do to comfort him, give him a bottle and change his diaper. I feel awful that I did not resolve this problem sooner. Adam has not had a huge appetite either and is just all around irratable. I know he is not teething, no teeth surfacing right now. I have officially taken him off of the formula and hope he will take to real milk better, since he is old enough now. I spoke with a representative from the similac hotline on the phone tonight about the container I had that is apparently infested/contaminated with beetles. She said that I should return it immediately and that the company will reimburse me once it has been received. I asked her about symptoms, or if it could cause a greater health risk. She said that it usually only causes gastrointestinal discomfort, fussiness, no sleep, loss of appetite and that it should clear up as soon as I take my baby boy off of it. Which I have already done. The thing that bothers me is what if his symptoms persist and what if it possibly causes a greater health risk to my boy. I may be overreacting, but I feel like them wanting me to return the product is to protect there hyneas from any lawsuits, because then they will have the evidence of the contaminated product. Especially if someone's child were to get some other illness, or disease from the beetle that was found in the formula. Why not, just tell us to throw it away. I guess it would defeat the purpose of the recall and reimbursement.... I called the doctor's office and the medical assistant told me that it should not be a problem, unless symptoms persist. As if they haven't been going on for the past two weeks I had told her!! Just wait it out, for a couple days she tells me. At this time I was fuming and still am a little disappointed with how the whole situation with the recall is being handled. Because the lady at the doctor office said it is probably some other virus. I read another story about a lady who had an infant on similac that had been throwing it up, and that the doctor's office said the baby was probably sick with something else. We concerned parents are just being pushed aside since this is such a big recall! 5 million cases of formula are being called back and similac is expected to lose 100 million dollars from the outcome. Why doesn't the company tell us what kind of beetle that was found in the formula and also, if it may carry some kind of disease us parents should know about. I am just a worried mother right now and for all you mothers out there you know that is what we do best when it comes to taking care of our children. I don't worry all the time, just not pleased with this recall at all. Anyways, if you read through this whole blog about the recall, bless your heart for listening to me rant and rave about it. I am sure other people feel just as frustrated though. ....

Funny stuff about the kids

2010-07-09T09:52:00.002-06:00

Okay I decided my last blog was a bit dramatic, so I wanted to lighten the mood on this one.
Funny thing that Adam did about a week ago, he is playing with the phone and I noticed that someone was talking on the other side. I just hung it up. I noticed the number he had dialed was 9111111. After I hang up immediately someone calls back on caller I.D. it said it was the Layton Police. I answer the phone and they said that someone had dialed 911. She asked if we needed any help and if everything was okay, before I had a chance to speak. I told her that my son had been playing with the phone and that we were all just fine. She asked me my name. But she could at least chuckle with me about it when I said my baby had done it, but still how embarrassing. Now it is just a funny story and a reminder for me not to let him play with the phone. =)
Audrey in the past couple of weeks has been asking me where her tooth has gone and has actually gotten upset about it on occasion. I kept telling her that she had all her teeth and that she was not missing a tooth. The other day she was sitting in the sink in the bathroom looking at her teeth and I realized why she thought she was missing. She got all upset about it again and said the Dr. took my teeth I need it back. Come to find out she was upset about her gap in her front teeth and thought she was suppose to have a tooth there. Funny girl I just laughed at her and told her she just had a gap in her teeth and that she was fine. We are going to see the Toy Story 3 movie tonight, Yay for movie nights. Anyways, that is all of the funny stuff I can think of for now.

Overwhelmed

2010-06-14T23:47:00.002-06:00

Okay, I am just venting to myself and typing is a nice way for me to release my stress and frustration with my own self. I have been selfish and unfair to my family for the past couple of months. I have been putting myself in a position where I work so many hours during the week, where Sean is coming home early three times a week to watch the kids, so I can go into work... Really I have been self involved! The kids, my poor kids have been dealing with my nonsense and complete chaotic schedule for the past couple of months. I have been tense, stressed and am finally giving up my crazy schedule to spend more quality time with my family. I am going to get myself a more manageable schedule and only work a few hours a week. Instead of working nearly a part time schedule that is scattered all over the place. Also, I am going to stop doing so many favors for people because people never seem to return the favors to me and kind of take me for granted. I am one of those people that has a hard time saying "No" but when it comes time for me to ask a person for a favor they don't seem willing, or eager to help me. So I have decided to say "No" more often because in the end it will be more healthy for my family and I. I guess what started all this craziness was me wanting to feel more self-reliant on myself and to have a life besides being a stay at home mom. I mean for all you mom's out there I am sure you know what it feels like to stay at home all the time and want to lead some other kind of life. Well I kind of tried to be in two places at once to often and it burdened me and my family. I love my kids and husband and I want to be a wife and mom who is there for them and someone they can rely on. Over the weekend I was able to go stay with my sister in Idaho for a night and two days and when I came home my husband told me that he could not be a mom. Really woman are meant to be the nurturers and not the provider, because men obviously don't have what it takes all the time to stay at home with kids and be a mom. Don't get me wrong I know in today's society that both husband and wife have to work in some families just to make ends meet. Plus there are some Men out there that are great and can stay at home and take care of kids, but if I had to trade it around I feel like I could be the provider and my husband could be the nurturer of the family, because it is not easy to be a mom. We moms put up with a lot constantly and for all you mothers out there try and stay strong for your kids and husband. I could just be a stay at home mom, but I choose not to because I feel I need to have a balance in my life and if working just a couple of hours a weeks helps me do that, then that is what I am going to do. I am so thrilled to cut my hours back, it will be nice to lift that burden from my life. Anyways, if you read this far into my overwhelming nonsense I appreciate your putting up with my venting. My goal for this next week is to cut my hours back to two nights a week and one morning a week. Instead of three evenings a week, sometimes four and two mornings..... Plus I am going to make my husband dinner to come home to all of next week. He will be thrilled. Oh did I mention I think I might have a stress fracture in my ankle from jogging the other day. I am going into the doctor this week to find out, because my ankle keeps on bothering me and I am praying that it is not a stress fracture. If it is there is always a possibility that someone with a stress fracture has to have surgery to resolve it. I hope none of that is the case. .......

Moving

2010-05-11T23:40:00.003-06:00

We are moving!! Well not right away, but in January 2011 we will be moving to the east coast to Connecticut in just about seven months . Sean got into a Nurse Anesthetist program their that he had applied to last summer and was just made an Alternate candidate for 2010, but the school reviewed him for the 2011 year and wanted him to come there. The school called him up a couple of weeks ago. After about a week, or two thinking it over he accepted there offer to go to school there and is anxious and excited to start. It is crazy how life can change and turn a different direction one day and the next we know we are moving across the country and altering our lives drastically. Seriously, the day before we received that phone call for schooling we were talking about possibly building a house here in Utah and Sean was thinking about doing a MBA combined with a Masters in health administration. I'm so proud of my husband for all of his hard work in getting this far in school and his career it has been such a long road for him and by the time he is done with school it will be eight long years behind him. The exciting thing about moving out there is it will be right on the coast and about an hour away from New York City and there is so much history out there and will be fun to visit some sites. The downside is there is no family, friends and it is not a familiar place to us at all. I know it will be good for our little family to experience this next step in our lives and will help us grow even closer together and rely more on one another, but I am still nervous.

Las Vegas Trip

2010-03-27T01:42:00.006-06:00

We went on a family trip to Las Vegas this past weekend! Now why would we go on a family trip there, because there is a lot to do for free really. I have never been to Las Vegas and we wanted to go on a short inexpensive trip and we were able to do just that. The first day we just drove and got into our hotel and drove down the strip and it was so awesome to see all the creative hotels and different buildings, quite a characteristic town. We stayed in the renaissance marriot hotel and got a great deal through priceline!! The next day was Friday so we went to the secret gardens and dolphin habitat and it was mine and Audrey's first time seeing some dolphins, so it was really neat for us. The trainers had the dolphins do a short show for us and it was so awesome to see these amazing creatures in action. We also got to go see some white tigers and lions that were there, along with some Llamas. The tigers were very intriguing and active for the day time, especially two white tiger cubs which were play fighting. I will post a video of that. After this we decided to go for a drive through the city, because both of our kids fell asleep. We ended up going to the Las Vegas Temple and walking around and taking pictures it is nice to know there is a place to go to feel more peace away from the mayhem of that city. The next day was Saturday and we decided to go to the outlets and go shopping which was a lot of fun!! That following night we went to walk around the strip at night and go see a few free things. We went to the M&M factory and that was a blast! It was so fun to see all the different things the M&M factory had to offer and we even saw the Red and Yellow M&M guys that you see in commercials. Audrey thought they were a hoot! Right next to that was the Coca-Cola factory and they had some really neat stuff there as well. Sean bought himself a shirt with a coca-cola bottle and in the middle of it said: Its all about the package. Yeah he thinks he is pretty humourous!! After that we walked over to the Fountains at the Bellagio and let me tell you how gorgeous it was to see those, I must say it is a must see when you go to Vegas!!
The next day was Sunday, so we decided to get away from the city and go to Hoover Dam. We thought since our GPS said it would only take about 45 minutes to get there that we would be there and back in about two to three hours. Well when we got there we sat in traffic for about an hour in a half just to go six miles to see Hoover Dam. Sean told me that Hoover Dam is considered one of the ten biggest engineering projects in the world and is really popular because of how big it is and how much electricity it generates out to the surrrounding areas. It was really neat to see and to think that before it was built all that was there was just a river.... We stayed and walked around for about an hour and then it took us about another hour to drive home, so it literally took us all day to do that and we were spent by the end of the night and ready to sleep. We went home the next day, but had planned on doing so much more. We wanted to go and see the pirate ship show and circus circus which is a free circus and go to museums and the light show that they have in the old downtown street of Las Vegas, but maybe another time. We enjoyed our trip and were happy to spend some time together as a family. I will say that it was amazing the difference between night and day in Las Vegas, literally night and day. During the day it is much more family friendly and a different atmosphere. At night there is a lot more commotion, crowds, ignorant people, but for the most part people were really good watching out for us with our kids strolling around with us. I saw one guy there that was dressed up as Jack Sparrow off of Pirates of the Carribean and that was pretty funny. The one thing I hated about Vegas is that at night there are guys that make a clapping noise and hand out prostitution cards to people with woman on them. Fortunately for us the men did not try to pass out the cards to us and at least had enough common sense that we were there on a family trip. I later learned though that it is illegal for them to pass it out to people that could be minors, so they have to be very careful and seeing that we have young children probably scared them away. I really really wanted to go see the Phantom of the Opera and a Magic Show that they had there, but it would have been to difficult to do those things with our kids. We hope to go back to see the Phantom of the Opera, I have been dying to see it for years. Anyways, thats how our trip went and we enjoyed it. Now to burn off all those calories I got from the road trip down and back. =) Hope you enjoy the pics!!! My computer will not be download anymore pics for some reason to this blog. Maybe it is to long. More pics to come. =)

My silly kids

2010-03-01T10:15:00.003-07:00

We are all finally healthy!!! Hooray! Sicknesses please stay away and never come back!! If only, that is how it could be...... My sweet kids are so cute together I had to post a little about it. Audrey is always reaching out to hold Adam' s hand where ever we go in the car, stroller and sitting on the couch. Adam is always smiling at his big sister and his eyes light up when she acknowledges him. On the other hand they still have there corks. Adam will pull Audrey's hair if she gets to close and try and eat it, while she says let go of my hair. Audrey tends to think that she is doing him a favor when she takes away his toy and gives it back to him, which makes him a little mad. In the big picture my kids are the best of friends right now and it is so cute to see them play together. As I type right now, Audrey is hugging and talking to Adam while he giggles at her. I hope they can continue to be such good friends as time passes through out the years.
Adam is now 6 months old and weighs in at 16lbs 7oz. He has only gained about a pound in the last two months, but I am not to worried because he is still a lion compared to what Audrey was as a baby. He is 30% of his height, 40% of his weight and 70% head. Adam's growth rate has slowed down, but he was sick on and off the past two months. He is developing quite well and is at where he should be at six months. He can sit up, eating solids, starting to say vowels like aaaaaa, blows bubbles, rolls from his tummy to his back, reaches and grabs for things really well, bares weight on his legs and is a smiley little guy. He really is such a happy baby it is so nice.
Audrey is still my spunky little girl who is growing up so fast. She loves playing pretend and likes playing puppies, horses, dolls and all sorts of cute stuff like that. She enjoys going to preschool and has developed quite a bit from that and she just started a tumbling class about a month ago and loves jumping on the tramps and into the pit and just running around period. She has so much energy, but is learning to channel it into her play instead of just running around in circles like when she was smaller.

On the road to recovery

2010-02-22T12:48:00.002-07:00

I hope it is safe to say that my kids are on the road to recovery health wise at this point. Last week Audrey woke up in the night and literally was screaming all night long, so we took her into the dr. and she had a double ear infection and still had her croupy cough and fever at that time, last Wednesday. The Dr. put her on antibiotics and she is done with those now and seems to be doing a ton better. Well in the meantime, Adam started developing the same symptoms she had with a cough and a fever and seemed very irritable. On Saturday of last week we took him to the dr. office to get checked out because his cough had worsened and was a very wet cough and he seemed like he was having difficulty breathing at sometimes. We just wanted to make sure he did not have RSV. We discovered that he had Brochiolitis. Bronchiolitis is swelling and mucus buildup in the smallest air passages in the lungs (bronchioles), usually due to a viral infection. The Dr. started Adam on Nebulizer treatments and we put a little mask on the little guy about every 4-6 hours and give him albuterol to help the inflammation in his chest. The poor little guy is miserable! At this point we do not want to go anywhere else for the rest of the winter. He will be on these treatments at least for the next week and until his cough clears up and when he does not wheeze while breathing. All the things that have happened in the last week could have been worse, so we are grateful that we have been able to keep Adam home and not have him be hospitalized. We have been to the Dr. office so much lately and want to stay away for as long as possible, but Adam does have his six month appointment coming up at the beginning of March and his follow-up appointment with the Ears, Nose and Throat Dr. Anyways, we are on the road to recovery and hope nothing else comes our way, but when it rains, it pours right.

One thing after the other..

2010-02-15T07:34:00.003-07:00

This past week Audrey developed a croup virus and had a fever for about 5 days, which is typical with croup. She seemed just fine, but her fever got up to 104.3 Saturday morning and made me a nervous wreck. My husband stayed calm the whole time and told me she would be fine, because when I gave her a luke warm bath to bring her fever down, she was playing with her toys and acting okay at four in the morning. I considered rushing her to the Dr. office to see what they could do for me to calm my nerve, but most likely they would have sent me along my way with a lollipop telling me that my daughter would survive. What they would have done for my daughter is what they did for us yesterday. We took Audrey in to see if she had something else besides croup, since the fever had not broke yet and was still about 103. The Dr. we saw was not her regular pediatrician, but he seemed to impress us with his explanatory medical knowledge. He wanted to make sure Audrey did not have pneumonia, so we got a chest x-ray and did an oxygen test just to make sure. The chest x-ray showed just a little bit of fluid and inflammation around her lymph nodes in the lung region, but the pediatrician said that was common with croup and it did not look like she had pneumonia. She did get a steroid shot in her leg and during the shot she kicked her leg up and bent the needle. Yeah Audrey she is like superwoman, but child size. Seriously, right before her chest X-ray the radiology tech had me sit her on a table right in front of the X-ray machine and Audrey literally used her strength and pushed me into the wall behind me. I finally got a good hold on her during the X-ray, but she somehow still weaseled her way out of my grip a couple of times. I told Sean she will be a good gymnast someday, since she has a lot of strength. The reason Audrey had to have a steroid shot was to help bring down the inflammation in her throat, so she could breathe easier and not have a chance of her airway from being blocked. Last night we gave Audrey some motrin and her fever finally broke and this morning she is catching up on some much needed sleep. She still has the croupy cough, but I am glad her fever finally broke. Anyways, Adam is getting a cough now. ..... Hopefully, it results in nothing and he is just fine.

Pictures of Adam's hive.

2010-02-08T23:37:00.004-07:00

This is a picture of Adam a couple of days before hives.

Still my happy little boy, even though he has been miserable most of the day....
If you click on the picture it shows you it a bit closer.

We took Adam to the doctor today and he confirmed to us that he did have an antibiotic allergic reaction and said he has it bad as it gets basically. I took pictures of it, but still he looks much worse in person. Adam was put on antibiotic about a week ago, because the doctor thought it might help clear up some of the congestion that he thought he had and gave it to him as a precaution. But after going to the Ears, nose and throat doctor we discovered that the noisy breathing he was having was from his laryngomalacia, moderate sized adnoids and some acid reflux. If you are wondering what laryngomalacia is, it explains it in the post two previous ones before this one. We kept Adam on his Antibiotic because once you start one you should finish it, but in his case we discontinued use of it. I am glad that his medical problems have only been minor, but the poor little guy has still had to deal with a lot in the past couple of weeks..... The pediatrician said that his hives will clear up in about a week, so we will probably be staying home. I'm sure if we go out in public people would be thinking he is contagious, or something of the sort. I am happy to say that Adam is breathing much better at night now that we turn him on his side and now that he is taking prevacid for the acid reflux.

Hives

2010-02-08T09:32:00.002-07:00

I woke up this morning and Adam was completely covered in hives. It was inside his ears, on his eyelids and even on his toes and among the rest of his body. It is a good thing he can not scratch himself yet, because I sure would be. I am assuming he is allergic to his antibiotic that he got put on a couple of days ago and is allergic to it like his mother and sister. Although, it has already started to disappear slightly since I took off his pajamas I am waiting to hear back from the dr. on how to help it disappear altogether.

5 months old and our cute little three year old.

2010-02-04T12:46:00.004-07:00

Adam is now 5 months old! He now weighs in at a whopping 16lbs and is still thriving. He is such a ball of joy all the time and is starting to eat baby foods and and has become more vocal lately. He now gets mad if Audrey takes one of his toys and cry's until she gives it back, which is within a matter of seconds usually. Adam likes to hold onto toys and will even take his finger and scratch at little details. He likes to hold onto his feet and try's to eat his toes as well and has learned that by holding onto his feet it helps him turn over onto his side better. I am so glad that he is growing and learning. WE have had a few sleepless nights for the last couple of weeks with him though, because during the night he has not been breathing very well. What I mean about him not breathing well is when he sleeps during the night he tends to have little episodes where he will not breathe in and out as often as he should be doing and tends to hold his breath. He will sometimes hold it up to 20 to 30 seconds every other breath and sometimes every three to four breaths while his chest still rises up and down because he is trying to breathe in and out of his nose, but has difficulty and this will last for a few minutes sometimes, or longer and it has been happening quite frequently during the night. He has always been a very noisy breather and sounds like he is congested all the time and his breathing at night has always been a little abnormal. But just in the last week it seemed like it had worsened quite a bit, so we decided to take him to the dr. to see if he had sleep apnea. The pediatrician decided he would put Adam on an antibiotic and get him a BBG machine to see if that would help clear up his congestion and he also referred us to a ENT(ears nose and throat dr.) to see if he may be having more problems like sleep apnea and to see what is going on with his breathing. The BBG machine is a device that helps suck mucus out through the nose, but when we used this device on Adam nothing really came out. We took Adam to the ENT yesterday and found out a couple of different things about him, which is a combination that results in his problems during the night. He has a minor case of Laryngomalacia, Moderate sized adnoids, and said that Adam had some scar tissue on throat and thinks that he may have acid reflux. Also, we showed the ENT a video of Adam sleeping during the night and he said that Adam has mild sleep apnea. The ENT was able to discover all this by sticking a scoping tube down Adam's nose. It may all sound a lot worse then it really is, but the ENT gave us reassurance that he should be fine, but if his breathing at night does not resolve on its own we will probably need to remove his adnoids in the near future. He said that he would not want to remove his adnoids right now, since he is at such a young age. The ENT put Adam on prevacid to see if that will help him breathe better at night if he really does have acid reflux. He said that if the medicine does not help in a couple of weeks then he might not have it, but he said by the scar tissue on his adnoids it is very likely.

Laryngomalacia is best described as floppy tissue (epiglottis and arytenoid cartilages) above the vocal cords that falls into the airway when a child breaths in, so we think this is one of the causes of him not breathing very well at night. He does have a very minor case and the Dr. said he should grow out of it by the time he is 12 to 18 months of age. The ENT told us if we lay him on his side at night he should be able to breathe easier, because it opens Adam's airway more. He said that the worse position for him to be in at night is when he sleeps on his back, because the larynx will not open as much.

Well with the combination of the laryngomalcia, moderate sized adnoids, sleep apnea and most likely acid reflux he actually slept really well on his side last night and hardly made a peep. It is just unbelievable that is all it took! He is usually snoring, or gasping for air during his little episodes, or making some kind of noise. I still was up with him quite frequently last night, just to make sure he was still breathing because he was so quiet....... With Sleep apnea and Laryngomalacia he is at an increased risk for getting cyanosis at night(turning blue from not getting enough oxygen) but the dr. reassured us that he should be just fine. We feel like Adam should be just fine after all that has been going on.

Audrey just started preschool this last month and loves it!! We decided to put her into preschool because she was getting so bored at home. I can already tell that she has learned new skills and developed a ton from it. She has learned how to use scissors, but has not mastered cutting yet. Also, she is starting to trace letters and numbers a little bit and is still working on mastering that as well. Every time I usually pick her up she is so excited and tells me the things they have done at preschool and seems so happy about it all. Thanks, to her preschool teacher who is awesome and makes it so much fun for the kids! Thanks, Lori for referring us to the preschool we love it! Anyways, Audrey just started primary in at the beginning of January and loves to go in there and sing songs and is also the naughtiest one most of the time..... She just likes to run around, or jump up and down and not stay quiet. She is starting to be a little bit better, but I think she just has so much energy all of the time she can not contain herself. We love her though and she has made some progress in primary in the last month and just needs time to adjust to it.

4 month old update

2010-01-10T13:09:00.004-07:00

Adam is now about 4 in a half months old. He is such a calm and happy baby, which is the opposite of what Audrey was. She was always more fussy and more demanding, but sweet at the same time. I have always just considered her my high maintenance girl. Adam has started to hit some of those baby mile stones and it is so exciting. He can roll onto his sides now and from his tummy to his back and is working hard to go from back to tummy. He can sit up for a little while now and I think that is because he just sits on his own chub, but he is really strong as well. He can also stand for about thirty seconds to two minutes when leaning on something like the bath tub, or a table. I took him to his four month appointment the other day and he weighs 15lbs 5oz and is 60% of his weight. I can't remember exactly how tall he was , but he is about 75% for his height and for his head. I told the dr. that he still sleeps a lot, but the dr. said he was not surprised at the rate he is growing and that he is starting to do things a six month old is doing. That made me excited to know he is already reaching some of those mile stones early, because maybe he will walk and crawl sooner. I will post a video of him standing later.=) It is nice having a solid baby this time around, because Audrey was so scrawny compared to Adam and only weighed about 161bs 5oz when she was one, such a difference compared to her brother.

Adventures in Primary

2009-12-28T10:01:00.002-07:00

We just got called to Primary to teach children ages 5-6. Sean had quite the experience for his first day yesterday and his little angels turned out to be little monsters, but in his words little hellions. I will try to quote from his story as best as possible, so here it goes. I let him teach primary by himself yesterday, because Audrey needed to stay home because she has a cough and cold. He said during the primary when all the children were combined the two little girls in his class were perfect little angels. In the back of his mind he thought oh this should be easy, because the girls were behaving so well. Anyways, when he brought them into class the girls started being sassy right when they walked through the door, by saying we are not sitting on chairs. We are sitting on the floor, so they did. Sean said he literally had to ask them questions every five seconds, just to keep them entertained. He said that he had a church video and the girls immediately were against it and said if it was a church video they would not watch it. Sean turned on the video anyways and said that they got through a third of it. He said during class the girls decided it would be funny to have a screaming contest and they purposely tried farting a lot... poor guy, but I can't help and laugh about it. Also, the girls decided it would be funny to give Brother Young a new name. At first they asked can we call you "Brother Poo", he said "No", then the little girls said how bout "Brother Pee" He said No. The little girls said not like Pee, But like the letter P. He said no, but they called him Brother P the rest of class. Oh where has there innocence gone, during those moments you wonder. We love kids, but know they are difficult sometimes and look forward to our year in primary. Hope everyone has a happy new year!!

My beautiful Wife

2009-12-05T10:13:00.002-07:00

I'm not the type who likes any type of PDA nor am I one to freely express my affection (much to the dismay of Megan, who is the total opposite. I'm very lucky). But as my wife and kids still sleep after spending most of the night sniffling, sneezing, coughing, and just being miserable, I decided I would get out of my comfort zone.
Megan is one of a kind. When I met her, she was spunky and very cute. I was a fresh RM and didn't know how to act around girls, but she decided she wanted to be my friend, so I let her. Good choice. It didn't take long before she became my best friend and I realized that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. We hadn't dated long and it really was a leap of faith deciding to marry her because of all the things I really didn't know about her and how our relationship would turn out, but I was stuck with the impression that if I didn't go after this one, I knew I would be looking back years from now thinking to myself how I could have possibly let such a beautiful and fun girl go. So I married her. I often get into conversations with other people who are my age and still dating that I wouldn't suggest doing what I did because of all the unknowns and you really should get to know a person better and for a longer period than I did, because it's scary and it's the rest of your life. I will admit that if I were to go back and do it all over again, I would have dated longer. The chances of divorce, separation, or having a very difficult and sometimes miserable marriage after having only dated for a short time is significantly increased. However, I lucked out. I will admit we've had some hard times. Our first year of marriage was fine, better than we had expected. Our second year was more difficult with having the stress of a new baby, no income, full-time school, etc. But since then, every single day of my life I love her more than I did the previous day. Including today. I could not have found a more perfect fit for me (I don't know if I can say the same thing about me for her). Not only is she gorgeous, a fantastic wife, a great mother (she gave me two really dang cute ones, by the way, as evidenced by the pictures), and fun, the thing that I love about her just as much as anything is that she lets me be me. She doesn't try to change me, she doesn't tell me I can't do the things that I love to do (going fishing, visiting my best friend in Sandy for an entire day to play basketball and just hang out... getting the "me" time, watching pretty much every Jazz and BYU game, and so on). I don't think I am as good at it as her. I try to let her go do things with other people while I watch the kids, but what surprises me is that most of the time, she would rather stay home and be with me. I love that. She loves me, adores me, and puts me first. I'm not sure a lot of guys are as lucky as me. She's all that I could have ever asked for. I love you, Megan. I just thought everyone else should know, for once, how I felt.

Three months old and my silly three year old

2009-11-29T10:41:00.004-07:00

Adam is now three months old and has grown up so much already it is hard to believe. He is such a happy baby and smiles all the time. He has started giggling recently and it is the cutest thing ever. Lately he likes to bat at toys with his hands and suck on his fingers. He can hold his head really steady now instead of it flopping all over the place when he was just a newborn. Also, he can be laying back on a propped up pillow and bring himself to a sitting position for a second. Yesterday, I was holding his hands and he would be sitting down and bring himself to a standing position for a couple of seconds. He is one strong baby!
Audrey is my little miss independent lately. She wants to do everything for herself and if I try to do it she says " no" and does it herself anyways. She is a big Dora fan right now and I just bought her a Dora bedspread yesterday and she has been wanting to lay in bed ever since. Audrey is so friendly and loves playing with kids and seems to make friends everywhere we go. I love that she is not shy and that she is doing really well socially. It will help when she starts in Preschool and Kindergarten in a couple of years.

Here is a cute video of Audrey from Halloween. This is her impression of a whistle. It is pretty funny! So watch it. =)

Happy Birthday!!

2009-11-11T09:56:00.002-07:00

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband Sean! He is 27 today! It is crazy to think he was 21 years old when we first met and all the time that has past. Sean is just finishing up his Bachelors degree in Nursing and has worked so hard to get to this point in his life. I'm so proud of him, for his perseverance, ambition and achievements. Sean is such a good guy and one of the nicest people I know. If you ask him to do something he never says no and just does it and is very helpful. He loves his family and takes very good care of us and makes sure we are happy. I could not ask for a better companion, because he completes me in every way and measures up to more then I ever imagined having in my life. Sean loves and adores his kids and likes to have his one on one time with them, even though life keeps him busy he makes time for them. Thanks, for being the person that you are. We love you!!

Two week old pics of Adam

2009-10-25T11:06:00.010-06:00

Well Adam is now 2 months old and is weighing in at 11 lbs 15 oz! I must say he has quite the appetite... He is 75 % for his weight, 50% for his height and head circumference. Also, Audrey just had a birthday on October 19th and is now 3 yrs old!!!! I will post more about her birthday later. But for now I will just post some pics from when Adam was two weeks old and some of Audrey as well.

These pictures were taken by Sean's missionary friend Travis Richardson. He does an amazing job. His website is Travisjphotographyblog.com. We're planning on getting family pictures soon as, if you take a look, you can tell will be awesome.

One month old

2009-09-28T10:46:00.004-06:00

Time goes by so fast! Adam is now one month old and has grown rapidly. He fits into his zero-three month clothes now and I think he will be in three to six month clothes in no time. He loves to eat and always seems to be hungry!! He is also a great sleeper and that has been really nice when night time rolls around. I have to say that having a second baby is not as hard as I thought it would be and I love having one around. He is such a sweet little guy and even grins at us from time to time. Audrey has adjusted surprisingly well and loves to give her little brother kisses on his fore head, give him his blanket, or put his binkey in his mouth. She gets a little jealous sometimes when I am holding him, but gets over it fast. We try to give her lots of love and attention and play with her all the day long. One thing funny about Adam is he grunts a lot and I mean a lot, for no apparent reason. One thing sad about him is he has clogged tear ducts and his eyes are constantly watery and goopy. Which causes his eyelids to be stuck together and then he cannot open his eyes. I wipe his eyes with a warm wash cloth several times a day and that seems to help for a little while. Audrey had clogged tear ducts when she was a baby, but very mildly and it only lasted a few days. Hopefully Adam's tear ducts will clear up soon.... Besides that we are grateful to have a healthy little boy.Here are couple of pictures from yesterday. More pics to come! Enjoy!!

Introducing Adam 2.0

2009-09-13T09:18:00.005-06:00

So, two weeks ago we had a baby... well, not we... Megan did. My part is long been done. On August 28, Adam Moylen Young came into the world a quiet pink and blue 6 lb 13 oz definite boy. He was quiet because he had some respiratory problems where his alveoli wouldn't adequately open quick enough so they kept him in close watch at the nursery. About 3 hours later, after giving him a bath, he pinked up, breathed better, and was ready to come back to mommy. Megan went about 6 hours after labor induction without the epidural (she thought she could go natural... bad idea). She progressed really slow until after she got the epidural and the doc came and broke her water. Then things moved real fast and she actually only had about 5 minutes of real actual pushing out the baby stuff. Recovery was much better this time around, despite the fact that Megan didn't sleep for nearly 48 hours straight (those dang nurses have GOT to be quieter at night). We were very grateful to family members for helping out with Audrey, especially my sister, Heather, who spent both days and nights babysitting Audrey at home while I stayed with Megan at the hospital. Audrey adores her aunt Heather, so it was a good matchup. In any case, Mommy and baby are doing great, Audrey seems to be adjusting okay, and I am now a little less lazy. I'll post some pics now, since that's what you really opened the blog up for, not this whole great spiel I just put you through.

He is definitely a boy. And definitely one of ours.

Megan looks pretty good for just having had a baby.

This is aunt Heather, our lifesaver.

Audrey. She's cute.

Dad and Son.

This is my cousin, Adam Twede (hence the Adam 2.0 subject line), my life-long best friend to this day. I always knew I would name my first son after him and my cousin is the kind of person that you would be glad to name your child after. I had to convince Megan, though, and did so by agreeing that if we name this one Adam, then I was to let her name the rest of the kids anything she wants. Too bad she doesn't want any more kids anymore.

Adam standing up... kinda... not really...

And finally the siblings unite... almost.

There you have it.

Counting down

2009-08-13T22:24:00.003-06:00

I am so excited that this pregnancy has almost come to an end! I went to the doctor's today and found out that I am dialated to a two. Yay!! It is so nice to know that baby Adam is almost here. I am 37 weeks and 4 days along, so hopefully he will come any time now. According to the ultrasound Adam is doing well and has a strong heartbeat. He is weighing in at about 6lbs 5oz. My doctor says that he is gaining about a half a pound a week, so he will probably be a good seven pounder. I am still really nervous to have a second child, but knowing with time I will adjust helps keep me positive about it.

Pregnancy update

2009-08-09T01:56:00.005-06:00

I am now 37 weeks along, so just counting down the days for the arrival of our son. My last Doctor's appt. was a couple of days ago and the little guy weighed about 5lbs 11oz and looked healthy. Audrey always gets so excited to see my stomach and will kiss it and say baby Adam, so I'm hoping she understands that a baby is coming soon... I keep telling her that baby Adam will be coming soon and she perks up to the word baby, but I still think it will be quite the adjustment for her. Anyways, we are all doing well and I should post pics and longer blog later of our summer adventures and pregnant belly.

Anyone interested?

2009-05-21T22:37:00.002-06:00

I am quitting my job and there is an opening if anyone is interested. I am an on-site manager for a storage facility with two other girls that are considered managers as well.
I work Mon-Fri. 3 hrs and 20 min in the office and I have to do a daily check of my area in the facility, so just about 4 hours a day. Also, every third Saturday the girls rotate turns working a full Saturday and you get Sundays off. It pays for rent, utilities, and a storage unit and you get just a little extra money each month and you would live on site if you got the job. This is a great opportunity if your husband is in school, or if you want to save up to buy a home in the near future. I get to take my little girl to work with me because the company allows it and there is a playroom for her to play in, so very child friendly. If anyone wants to apply, or find out more information let me know. If you know someone that this job might benefit, let me know. I just thought I might get the word out there, because I have been meaning to mention in my ward, but have not had a chance to yet because of so many events going on lately.

100 Days to go!

2009-05-13T10:37:00.004-06:00

I have 100 more days to go according to my babystrology ticker on the side of my blog, Plus a nice hot summer to endure. It still seems so far away, but it helps me to know I still have some time to prepare for baby Adam. We are actually going to be moving at the beginning of June into a townhouse, which we will only be renting. I am so excited though, because it will be such an upgrade from an apartment and it will be nice to have more space. Anyways, we are only moving about 5 miles away from where we are now, so it will not be to far away from everything. Another thing I forgot to mention is that I am going to be switching OBGYN's, because our health insurance has changed and cause my OBGYN stopped delivering a while ago, but I only found that out recently. Does anyone have any good recommendations, because I need to find one an OBGYN ASAP!

Update: We did find an OBGYN and the 100 day ticker was actually 9 days off. Our real official due date is August 30th. We had been told 3 different dates - one being August 21st of which an assistant had told us and of which the baby ticker was based off of, August 30th, which is based off of the LMP, and Sept 9th, which an ultrasound indicated... there... now no more confusion.

Audrey's mothers day surprise

2009-05-10T17:57:00.005-06:00

This mothers day I got reminded of what it is to be a mother and what we endure sometimes with our children. At about three o clock in the morning Audrey woke up and started crying, for some unknown reason. I walked into her room and the next thing I know she starts hurling everywhere...... and for about every fifteen to twenty minutes after that until about six thirty this morning she was still upchucking. Poor little Audrey finally fell asleep for a couple of hours and woke up this morning asking for a drink. Sean thought it would be okay to give her some milk, but that was a big mistake and she had another outburst of up chucking again. Usually it is not good to give milk for up to 24 to 48 hours after a child has been sick like this and I think Sean forgot this detail since Audrey has not had a stomach virus for over a year. Sean had to run to the store and get her some pedialyte and she has kept that down so far today. I'm not sure what Audrey is sick with, but she does not have a fever so that is a good thing. I think it may have been something she ate last night, or she could have a little stomach virus.
Anyways, I think she has already started to recover from the illness she got last night and should be just fine. I'm so grateful to be a mother and be there for my child, even though it is not always easy at times. Sean helped out a great deal as well and I don't know how I would do things without him. He really is such a good Dad/Husband, so I'm glad we have Fathers day to celebrate soon. Thanks babe!
Here is a cute little something my nephew Connor said the other day. It went somewhere along these lines.
He was talking to his mom and said so if there is mother's day, when is Man's day?
Ha ha to cute!
Overall I have had a fine mothers day, even though the day has not gone as planned. It is good just to be able to stay home with my daughter and be a mother to her.
I hope everyone has had a good Mothers Day!!

Terrible twos and happy things as well

2009-04-24T23:53:00.005-06:00

Terrible twos has struck once again, but this time I think it is more of the real thing. I think Audrey goes in spurts, but she sure has thrown me through a loop this time around and made life very difficult. I don't know if it is because I'm pregnant and my patience wears down quicker, but just in the last couple of weeks she has developed a whole new sassy attitude. I guess it is a good thing for her to be independent and be able to state her opinion, but she sure gets sassy.. Lately if she does not want to wear something she does not wear it and will throw a fit if I even make her try. I am starting to learn to just let her choose what she wants to wear, or ask her if she will wear something. If she does not like it she will say No a couple of times, grab it and throw it to the floor and run away. I am trying to teach her to be nicer to her clothes and other such items like her toys, books etc. But she just does not seem to listen until I tell her multiple times in a row to be soft and I even show her how to be with her items. I know she is two and has a very short attention span, but she does not seem to mind, or listen very well lately. She not only throws her clothes to the ground lately, but she seems to be a little more ruff with her toys and gets mad at them. I don't know why this is, but I'm hoping it is just a phase. I think sometimes she is frustrated, because she is two and sometimes it is hard for a child to express exactly how they feel. But Audrey does not have a hard time communicating, because she speaks in sentences very well and has a wide vocabulary and she seems to understand things and she tells me usually what she wants. She always loves playing with her baby dolls and is usually really good with them, because I have taught her to be nice to them, but once in a while she will get mad at them and say no and tap them on the head, or throw them to the ground. I make her say sorry to them and pick them up and if she is still mean to them I tell her that they have to be put away, if she can't treat them nicely.. I really do not know where she picked a lot of this behavior up from lately, but I know sometimes she has little tizz fits with other kids, but not to often . But believe me as parents we are very gentle with her and turn to other forms of discipline, like time out, or taking something away if she can't be nice to it. Also, she has been very picky about what she eats lately as well, when she used to eat quite a variety of foods and now it is quite limited. She will tell me she wants to eat a certain food and I will open it up for her and then she will give me that good sassy "No" I don't want it and then she will say she wants something else, I open that and she will not eat that as well. She has not seemed to have much of an appetite lately either and I have tried giving her favorite foods, just to get her to eat because I worry about her not getting enough nutrition and she even will turn some of her favorite foods down as well. She is not really big on trying new foods and I try to offer her different kinds of foods and she just runs away. It is very frustrating when she refuses to eat and she always still seems to have so much energy for a while. But then seems to have a break down later if she has not eaten and then she will eat.... I do not try and force her to eat, but I do help her eat if she will let me. Sometimes she likes eating on her own, sometimes she just simply pushes the meal away when I put it down in front of her during meal time. She also has that great tantrum throwing down and she is good at it, but I try not to pay attention to her when she throws those, because it just helps her know she can get attention when she behaves like that and that is not what I want her to learn from throwing tantrums. I do try and talk to her at first and ask her what she wants, but she just screams and says her favorite word right now "no'. One other thing she has been doing lately is she will run up to me and just hit me for no good reason... She knows this behavior is not allowed and she will say sorry mommy after I tell her that she is not supposed to do that. But then she comes back a second time and that's when she has to be put in time out... I don't want to say that my little girl is naughty, because she really is so sweet at times as well. I think that she is just trying to test the waters right now and seeing what she can get away with, which is not much when it comes to naughty behavior. I have started reading about discipline and getting a child to behave better and I am using some of those techniques and this past week, she has seemed to be a little bit better. Like if she really wants something that she is not supposed to have, I just simply change the subject to something else and she usually will respond to that. But she does have a good memory and will try and get the same thing later, even when it is out of sight. I don't know who said out of sight, out of mind because Audrey does not seem to forget things for a long time.. Like days, to weeks sometimes. Well enough about all the negative things in my daughter's life I just need to vent, because I have been very frustrated and stressed from her behavior lately.
I will talk about the positive things now, which I'm hoping will be as long as my negative terribly two's post.
I guess I can post about Audrey's Easter experience. This year Easter was a lot more fun, because Audrey seemed to get more excited about what she got and finding things. In Audrey's Easter Basket she of course had candy, which Sean and I ate later on because she does not have much of a sweet tooth. Thank goodness!! She got a big lollipop and really enjoyed that. She got a kite, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, coloring book and crayons and a hula hoop. She really enjoyed flying her kite and had fun trying to blow the bubbles on her own, even though it was kind of a mess. She really is so imaginative now when it comes to coloring, or using sidewalk chalk. She will tell me that she is drawing certain things like a shark, dinosaur, flower, smiley face, butterfly, bird, etc. and just scribbles, but I think it is so cute that she is imagining things and trying to be creative. She knows about sharks, because she watches Nemo sometimes and she plays with dinosaurs at her cousins house. She loves to draw smiley faces and some of her shapes, but we are still working on those. =) Audrey seems to be talking more and more every day and she can really say any word now and has good pronunciation. She speaks in sentences all the day long and sometimes chats my ear off, but really she has a cute high pitched voice and is to irresistable not to listen to. I love just watching her play pretend with her toys and just seeing what she is thinking. She loves to play with play doh and loves to color whenever she gets a chance.
Audrey loves to sing and knows multiple songs now like: Twinkle, twinkle little star, row row row your boat, The itsy bitsty spider, Abc's, popcorn popping on the apricot tree and many other songs I can not think of right now, but really I guess she has known a lot of those songs for quite sometime. She does have quite the little singing voice and I don't think I will ever get sick of it, because it is so cute to listen to her. I am trying to teach her to count to twenty right now, because she has been counting to ten for about a year now, so I decided to start and she is starting to pick up on the numbers fairly fast. I tried teaching her a while ago to count to twenty and she started to mix her numbers up, so we just kept to ten, but now she seems like she is doing better now that she is older.
Audrey loves going to the park to play and she will swing in the swing forever, but loves to go down the slides as well and just run around like a typical kid. I feel so blessed to have such a healthy child who is such a spirited little thing and curious about learning new things all the time. I guess her learning experiences in life have taught me great lessons as a mother and challenges have arised, but we usually seem to get past them. I'm happy to be Audrey's mother and I love her so much and I don' t know where I would be with out her in my life. I posted some picture of her from Easter at the top of this post, so enjoy. I love how her hair turned out that day and I thought her dress was darling. Thanks! To her grandma for buying it for her.

Its officially a ....

2009-04-08T15:08:00.003-06:00

We found out that we are having a BOY and are so EXCITED!!!!!!!

We already have a name picked out for the little guy. It will be Adam Moylen Young.
The middle name will be after Sean's grandpa's name and his first name is after Sean's cousin who is also his best friend. We have discussed this name for about three years and Sean was really set on naming our first boy Adam. We asked Audrey today if she wanted to have a little brother and she said "okay". We know she will be a great big sister and will enjoy having a baby around. I am happy that we now have a little baby boy coming into our family and feel so blessed. Anyways, I don't know an official due date, because my ultrasound said that I the baby would come on Sept. 9th. According to when my last menstrual cycle was the baby will be due August 30th, but before that my OBGYN had told me August 21st. For right now we are just going to stick to August 30th, because an ultrasound is not always precise either. Sean is happy that we are having a baby boy as well and we feel like our family is complete for the time being.

Updates

2009-03-25T23:10:00.003-06:00

Updates on pregnancy
I decided that I need to blog about something because my last post was from when I was pregnant in the first trimester and I was a little sour towards it back then. I am nearly 18 weeks along this Sunday and should be finding out the sex of the baby within a week, or two hopefully. I am feeling much better and happier towards my pregnancy now and have a lot more energy, so I try not to gripe about things as much. I am starting to show a little bit, but my stomach looks more like I have a pooch and not a pregnancy belly yet..... It still does not feel quite real to me that another baby is coming yet, but I think it will once I get a little bigger and I start to feel the baby. =) I don't have any pictures, but I will post some later when I get big which will not be long, because I usually pop out in the 5th month.

Update o Audrey
She is doing really good and is learning and growing more and more each day. Just recently Audrey discovered her shadow and in the mornings she will go and jump on our bed when the light is out and the curtains are still closed and play with her shadow. Usually there is just a little bit of light flowing in, so that makes it perfect for her. She will jump and giggle and touch her shadow on the wall and it is the sweetest, funniest thing. Just the other day she went up to her shadow and said "Hi shadow, It's Audrey! ha ha just to cute. Other things that Audrey has learned out to do so well lately is pedaling on her little tricycle, but she has been doing really well with that since January. She is starting to tell Sean and I when she is ready for bed and she goes down without a fuss, but she has to have a gazillion toys with her..
We are getting ready to put her in a toddler bed, but I am a little nervous for how that will work out. Because she will be free to get out of bed whenever she wants, but she seems ready to move to a big girl bed. Any advice please give, because I don't think this is going to be an easy transition. I think she will like a big girl bed, but I' m wondering if it will be hard to keep her in the new bed at night.
Update on Sean
Sean is doing good these days and seems like he is ready for the semester to end. I think he gets kind of burnt out from all the pointless paperwork his professor's assign him, because he does not feel like he is learning much of anything from it. It will be better when he is in his Master's program and he can have more of a focus point towards what he is going to become in the future. Right now Sean is keeping his eyes open for different job opportunities in the nursing field and we are hoping he gets a job he applied to a week in a half ago. Because it would be really nice because it is salary based, no nights, no weekends, or holidays. We will just keep our fingers crossed and hopefully he will get it. =) He really is such a good husband/Dad and takes such good care of Audrey and I. He is always there to help me when he is at home and does not complain when I ask him for help with something. He helps me clean quite often and does chores, like the laundry, dishes, garbage duty and other things. I can't complain about that at all, but I do appreciate it so much!! Thanks babe! You are such a good husband and Dad. Oh one thing I forgot to mention about Audrey and her Daddy is she is becoming more of a daddy's girl lately, it is really sweet. She loves her daddy so much and asks for him repeatably when he leaves for work, or school and loves hanging out with him when he is home.
Anyways, I guess that almost wraps up everything I have to say. If you are still reading this far and I have not bored you, then I just want to say thanks for reading our blog.

Expecting.......

2009-02-27T22:53:00.000-07:00

EXPECTING!!!!
Well I'm sure you can all guess what that means we are expecting a second child. I am about 14 weeks pregnant and due August 21st. I am actually getting just a little belly, so I figure the people who don't know already will begin to figure it out. At this point I am almost done with the first trimester and I can't wait to get more energy like most pregnant woman do in the second trimester. This time around being pregnant has exhausted me mentally and physically more then it did the first time around. I had morning sickness worse with the first pregnancy, but I got to sleep whenever I wanted.. Having a child already changes that and the fatigue really just wears on me and is making it hard for me to want to do anything really.. I am trying to be excited about this pregnancy, but right now I am having a hard time facing it. I know pregnancy is not always easy, so I am trying to stay positive about it and life. But I admit that I am struggling right now and hope for a burst of energy and to be more happy soon.
Any guesses on what you think the gender of the baby will be? I think that it is going to be a boy. My reason is I feel it and I had a dream about having a baby boy and holding him in my arms and it felt so real. I know people think that having dreams don't always mean something, but with Audrey I felt from the very beginning she was a girl and 3 days before we had her ultrasound I had a dream and even saw that she was a little girl. Well I guess only an ultrasound will be able to give me the final results, so I will keep you posted.
POTTY TRAINED!!!!!
Anyways, besides all that commotion we potty trained Audrey this last week within three-four days she was potty trained and I am so proud of her. The first two days were terrible, but the 3rd day it was like a light bulb clicked inside her head and she has been going ever since and is in little girl underwear. Hooray!! No more stinky diapers, until our next babe is born. Well we still put her in a diaper at night, but that is to prevent any accidents in case she goes in the night. Sometimes she actually will wake up in the night and let us know she needs to go potty. We have been trying on and off for the the last ten months to get her to go potty, so it is exciting that she has finally picked up on it.

Brush brush brush your teeth!

2009-01-20T22:23:00.001-07:00

Audrey loves to brush her teeth, which is amazing to me. The only thing she hates is when I take over the toothbrush and deep clean her teeth for her. It is really cute because I sing a song to her while she brushes her teeth and that makes it a little more enjoyable for her. The song goes something like this "Brush, brush, brush your teeth brush them nice and clean da da da da da brush them nice and clean". I like to sing to her a lot, because she really seems to pick up on things when we sing and learns words really fast. I don't know when I'm suppose to take her to the dentist for the first time, but I hope she has no cavities when we do go. Hopefully all the brushing of her teeth will pay off.

Have a Happy New Year!!!

2008-12-28T23:18:00.000-07:00

I am so excited for the new year! Why? Because a bunch of my favorite T.V. series will be airing in January. I am a fan of Lost, Kyle XY and I am actually excited for 24 as well. Sometimes 24 can be a little to much for me, because it is can get very violent. But I watched 24 redemption with Sean tonight and it just got my adrenaline going to know what was going to happen next. I guess I'm hooked for now. Usually, we can just record our shows with DVR and watch them when Audrey is asleep, so that helps out. Anyways, that is all I am really looking forward to with the new year approaching. I usually don't make new years resolutions, because I never keep to the goals I make. But goodluck to the people that do have goals they are hoping to reach. I hope everyone has a happy new year!! I guess it is a little late to post anything about Christmas, but I can say we had a lot of fun and Audrey loved all the new toys she got.

New Car!

2008-12-17T11:53:00.000-07:00

So, for those of you who know me (Sean, not Megan), you know that I love Subaru's. A year and a half ago, I found a steal deal: A 2000 Subaru Legacy GT Limited edition which has been, by far, my favorite car of all time.

I've had a Honda Accord and Civic of my own up to this point and have driven many other vehicles and none have compared to this beauty.
Unfortunately, on a trip down to pick up my cousin for a BYU game, I was driving on I-15 southbound coming up on Legacy Parkway (appropraite name for my situation). I looked back in my blind spot to change lanes from the far right lane to the middle lane at the same time a truck in front of me was changing the same lanes. As I was in between both lanes, the truck in front of me swerved and by the time I saw what he swerved out of the way of, I was pretty much on top of it: A old Ford F250 spare tire that had dropped off the bottom of the truck. I tried to swerve without totally flipping my car and, well, didn't have enough room to make it out of the way and BLAM! I smashed into the surprisingly very large spare tire on my front drivers side. Ends up it busted the axle and did enough damage in other places (bumper, fender, tire, etc.) to be determined a total loss. *sniff*.
By the way, I didn't get hurt, in case you cared. Nor did I think the car was really that damaged. Stupid...
In any case, I searched and searched and searched for a Subaru similar to mine to replace it and nobody, I mean NOBODY had anything of the sort. I refuse to get another type of car, because as you Subaru drivers know, once you own a Subaru, you never go back. So I broke down and spent a lot of money (with Megan's permission, of course) on a new car. And, I must say, it was worth it.

It's a beautiful 2005 Subaru Legacy GT Limited (the most luxurious and powerful model). It has 23K miles on it, with a 2.5 liter turbo engine, 250 horse power, and a woppin' 0-60 time of 5.2 seconds. Needless to say, this is now my favorite car of all time. I just thought you all might like to know. I did.

Curly Sue

2008-12-14T22:43:00.000-07:00

I curled Audrey's hair this week and it actually turned out really cute! Usually when I curl it her hair just falls out, but this time it stayed. I had to put moose, root booster, and hairspray in her hair and then I blow dried it. Then I curled it and put more hairspray in her hair to make the hair do stay. Poor girl probably had an itchy head. ... I wish I could do this to her hair every day, but I am to lazy.... I know this is not much of a post, but I was really proud of this hair do and I just had to put it up. I can't wait tell her hair gets longer and I can do all sorts of things with it. That is the fun of having a girl, dressing them up and doing their hair. =)

8 Things Tag

2008-11-27T23:47:00.000-07:00

8 T.V. shows that I like to watch......
1. Friends
2. Heroes
3. Fringe
4. House
5. Lost
6. Kyle XY
7. The Office
8. Jon and Kate Plus Eight

8 things that happened yesterday.......
1. I had thanksgiving with my family =p
2. I had the day off!!
3. I went to Walmart.
4. I hung out with my sister.
5. I cleaned my house up
6. Gained about three pounds from thanksgiving... literally I weighed myself before and after.. ha ha
7. Did some laundry
8. Took care of my baby girl

8 favorite places to eat...
1. Chili's
2. Applebee's
3. Olive Garden
4. Cafe Rio
5. Wendy's
6. Chick-fil-a
7. Texas Road House
8. Rumbi

8 things I am looking forward to......
1. Christmas
2. Sleeping
3. I want to try and become Aerobics, Spinning, and Yoga instructor.. But I need to figure out how to get there first.....
4. Getting a new car for Sean
5. Potty training Audrey
6. Shedding some pounds after thanksgiving..=P
7. Being a full stay at home Mom someday..
8. Being pregnant again sometime in the future... not for a while though...

8 things on my wish list......
1. New couches
2. A Piano
3. Sewing Machine
4. Eventually, another kid :)
5. A bedroom set
6. House
7. New Subaru Tribeca 2009 White.....=(

8 people that I tag.......
1. Kelly
2. Terra
3.Loretta
4. Michelle
5. Morgon
6. Alyssa
7. Katrina
8. Maggie
This is just for fun, so......
Whoever else wants to! :)

Our Washington Vacation

2008-11-25T23:35:00.000-07:00

Audrey was done with the trip at this point, so tired.
All the main roads and basically any road you take is surrounded by trees.
It was really chilly up in the mountains
This log in the picture above me was from a tree cut down in 1964 and was discovered to be 600 yrs old!! It was huge and to think that it was that old, just boggled my mind.

Sean all by himself
My Sister Kandra and her husband Mike and Us.
A Family Picture
My Sister Kandra and Me.
Mt. Rainier, it is about 14,000 feet above sea level, if not more and it is an active Volcano, covered with glaciers and is considered to be one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. I actually learned a little geography, on my trip.

We went on a hike to this Waterfall in the picture up above and had such a fun time, it was so beautiful. Even though the skies our always overcast, when the sun comes out everything is so green and vibrant. But really the overcast weather made me a little tired sometimes, but being there for a few days got me used to it somewhat... It was sunny sometimes, so that made up for the overcast weather and the rain.
Audrey's Seal Pal, he was so much fun to watch.

Seattle City

Mommy and Audrey Being Silly.

Us on the cruise Ship

A Lion Fish

An Octopus
The awesome Jelly Fish

A Star Fish, so many little tentacles. It was kind of creepy.

Audrey was so happy to wake up from her nap to find this big aquarium in front of her with hundreds of fish.
The Seattle Aquarium had a scuba diver in the tank and the lady scuba diving was telling the children stories about the fish. It was really neat.

On our trip we were able to do so many things, because my sister lives in the area and knows all the fun stuff to do. We went to the Seattle aquarium and saw Jelly Fish, Octopus, Seals and Otters and a variety of fish. Audrey was in fish central and was having a blast, she even got to pet a star fish; which sort of freaked her out. Audrey also made friends with a seal and the big guy came and saw her three times right by the glass outside and would open his mouth and show its teeth, it was so cute. My favorite part of the aquarium was the Jelly Fish, I was so fascinated by there movement and just the way they floated through the water. It was really neat, because they were in this round glass thing that went in a circle above us and to the sides and beneath us, so really I could have sat there for hours just watching.
We went on a tour of Seattle on a small cruise ship around the bay which was about eight miles and it took us about an hour. It was so cold, but so worth it to see all the Seattle.
Also, we were able to visit Mt. Rainer which is actually an active Volcano, but it is covered by glaciers. It was absolutely breathtaking to see this place and all the nature surrounding it. I went with my sister Kandra and her husband Mike, so those are the other two people that you see in some of my photos. Sorry that I posted so many photos, but I just had to show you some of the neat stuff we were able to do. I would totally recommend Washington for a trip if anyone wants to go and have a fun adventure, like we did.

I have been tagged!!!

2008-11-18T21:52:00.001-07:00

I'm suppose to post the 4th picture in my 4th album, so here it goes..
Thanks, for the tag Kariann!
Well honestly I did not check to see what photo was going to be posted before I uploaded it and it is kind of neat to get this result. This photo was in our miscellaneous album and I was not at all expecting this photo, but I am glad to be reminded of the twin towers and what happened on 9/11. I will always remember this day and the tragic events that took place and the lives that were lost....... so sad. It really makes me so grateful for the soldiers who are fighting for our country to try and prevent something like this from happening again.

I tag Kathleen, Michelle, Lori and Amber. !!!!!
Whoever, else wants to do this tag is more than welcome!!!

Fingerpainting and suckers

2008-11-10T18:43:00.000-07:00

Megan thought it would be fun for Audrey that, instead of writing on the wall or chewing on crayons, she could do some finger painting.

This is the finished product. It really wasn't as much fingerpainting as it was slapping paint all over the place.

As you can see, she is quite proud of herself.

Then later on, Audrey somehow got ahold of a sucker that obviously wasn't for her and decided that her hair was hungry too. She wouldn't hold still long enough to get a decent picture so this is all you get.
And then I just have some random pictures that Megan took of Audrey and her cute hairstyle that Megan spends lots of time doing. It's amazing that she can get anything done with Audrey because she won't sit still for longer than a few seconds at a time. But somehow Megan can sit Audrey in the bathroom sink, give her MY toothbrush to suck on and brush the mirror with, and do her hair. You should see her hair once we pull out all the rubberbands and braids. It's even more amazing looking.

Oh, and Audrey would rather wear moms shoes than her own. Which usually means when she tries on one pair of mom's shoes, she has to try on the other 55 million pairs as well. There's pretty much no chance of organizing her shoes because of this, so there ends up being a mound 4 feet high of disorganized shoes on the floor of Megan's closet. KEEP THE DOOR SHUT MEGAN!

Dangers in blogging

2008-11-04T08:58:00.000-07:00

I decided to write a post about the dangers in blogging and staying safe. This morning I was visiting ksl news website and it talked about the dangers in blogging. I always try to be careful, but you really wonder how cautious you should be, for the safety of your family. It was saying how parents should not post pictures of there children on the internet, to protect them from predators. Also, protecting your information. I am a paranoid person, but things like this are seriously scary and I am just posting this to remind us to be careful about the things that we post. Here is a couple of questions that I thought about this morning concerning things we should think of more often.
Question:Do you know who visits your blog?
Answer: My friends and family and probably people who I do not know.
Question: Do people go around visiting blogs of people they don't know?
Answer: Yes, they are called stalkers!
Question: Do people you don't know visit your page on a daily basis, or even a couple of times a day?
Answer: I have no clue!
I know that I made this blog and that the public can have access to it, but a person can put a privacy block on there page where only friends and family can visit it. Great news!
Google has a certain tool that can track where people are coming from to visit your page, I have not set it up myself. But I will be and I think it will be quite interesting to see where a person is coming from and what they are doing when they visit my page... I know that this all sounds so extreme, but it really is a big deal to me. Because I have had comments from people I do not know and then there is no link to a blog?? Has anyone else had this?
Here are some tips I got on how to stay safe:
-Adjust settings on your blog that protect your identity and make you unsearchable.
-Guard information like your address and make sure none of your photos make it visible.
-How much information is to much? Be careful about posting your whereabouts and places you like to visit often.
-Make sure you have a password to safeguard your information.
I got these tips from the ksl news website, so visit if you like.
Obviously a person can not be completely safe, because it is the internet and people have access to your information, if you do not have a privacy block on your page. I will be getting a privacy block on my page in the near future, because stuff like this bugs me and I do not want to expose my family to much.
I admit blogging is fun and I like to put pictures of our family up, so friends and family can see them, or just see how our family is doing. But the scary thought that occurs to me is dangers like this are all around us, for instance taking a trip to the grocery store, maybe a late night drive by your self , playing at the park with your child. Be ever watchful of your surroundings. Well enough about that, I hope I did not freak anyone out.
I hope everyone is doing good and has fun during the upcoming holidays.

2008-10-31T22:40:00.000-06:00

There are more pics of Audrey from Halloween below this post, so check em out if you want.

Halloween 2008

2008-10-31T22:13:00.000-06:00

Halloween was tonight. Hooray. I'll let Megan tell everyone all about it, but since I took the pictures, I get to decide which ones to post. So this is all you get for now until Megan gets Audrey to bed. Oh, and can you guess what Audrey is dressed up as? You're so right!

Audrey is officially two years old

2008-10-24T00:14:00.000-06:00

Audrey is officially two! I did not post anything on her birthday, because I have been so busy but here are some fun pics. Audrey turned two on October 19th and had a good time at the two b-day parties we had for her. One party was on my side with all her cousins, it was a bunch of fun because I found all this great Halloween party stuff at Target. Some of the fun stuff that I got was a ghost pinata, pin the nose on the pumpkin game, and cupcakes that had some fun Halloween decorations on them and a bunch of prizes and candy. I love that Audrey B-day is in the Fall and around Halloween because it is my favorite time of year and there is fun stuff to get for her b-day. We also had little birthday party with Sean's side and they got her a cake that was from Cold Stone Ice Cream and it was absolutely beautiful looking and delicious ( Thanks!). It was a cookie dough ice cream cake, if that does not tell you how good it was. Audrey was so excited when we sang Happy B-day to her and then she actually blew out the candles on her cake. I was so proud of her for doing that, she actually surprised me because I thought I would be blowing out the candles for her. She is definitely living up to being a two year old, she can throw a tantrum for at least fifteen minutes, it is not pleasant at all. She is talking more and more in sentences these days and says words that I did not even know she knew.... She really takes on to learning and count to ten, knows her shapes, some colors, and loves to sing songs all the day long. We are so proud of our little two year old and love her so much!

2008-10-11T23:41:00.000-06:00

I've been tagged!! This is my first time, so here it is.
List 5 fears, 5 joys, 5 obsessions/collections, 5 surprising facts about you. Tag 5 people.

5 Fears
1. I have a phobic of spiders and I am deathly afraid them. I have hallucinated them before when I was like half asleep, so it was all in my head.
2. I have a fear of someone breaking into my house. Sometimes if it is a windy night and I hear strange noises at the window I get a little scared, because I think someone might be trying to get in to my home. I know I am such a wimp!
3. One thing that does scare me sometimes, is when my daughter has her holding breath spells. She will pass out and literally stop breathing for a few seconds. Sometimes I am scared she will stop breathing and then no oxygen will flow to her brain and that she could have a seizure. Thankfully, that has never happened before, it is a possibility though if she does not breath for a certain period of time.
4. I fear one day having a phone call that my husband has been in a car accident that has severely injured him, or him getting really sick.... I always think of worse case scenarios.
5. I fear of dying young, because I always want to be there for my husband and children. Especially when my kids are growing up, I want them to have there mommy around.
5 Joys
1. My baby girl Audrey is my pride and joy in life. She is such a character and makes me laugh almost every day, because of how cute her personality is.
2. My husband makes me so happy and I am so glad to have him in my life. He really makes me a better person.
3. I love my family on my side and on Sean's side, they mean so much to me and I don't know what I would do in life without them.
4. I feel so grateful to have the gospel in my life, because it gives me purpose and understanding of why we are here and to have that knowledge is so meaningful to me every day.
5. I love to exercise! It makes me feel so good to run a mile, or two and feel that burn during it to know that I am strengthening my muscles. I love, love power tumbling it has been so much fun to me this past year. I like doing yoga, kickboxing aerobics, pilates etc. Speaking of exercise I have been a slacker for two months, but for good reasons. I need to kick myself into gear.
5 obsessions/collections
1. I know this sounds weird, but one thing that I am obsessed with is having a clean nose. I could not tell you how many tissues I go through a day. I can't stand to have a runny nose, or anything in my nose for that matter, but who does.... I will have to use a tissue quite a few times a day, when it is not really that necessary.
2. I have to have clean hands and feet! I wash my hands a lot during the day, because I hate germs, so my hands are usually cracked and dry for that reason. If my feet feel dirty at all I have to go to the bath tub and wash them, it just makes me feel more clean, when my feet are clean.
3. I do not really have any collections, but my husband does. He has been collecting Garfield comic books since he was a kid and he has tons of them and he still buys them to this day. (I thought this is both our blog, so why not share something about him. =).
4. Every night when I go to bed I have to have a glass of water next to me, or I can not fall asleep. I get very thirsty in the night.
5. Well this is really sad I don't have any collections..... I guess I need more hobbies, but I just never have time for anything. Maybe someday.=)
5 surprising facts about you
1. I am still afraid of the dark, have been since I was a kid. I have gained more courage over the years, but I like to flip on a light so I can see where I am going and know what is surrounding me.
2. I can walk on my hands for a couple of minutes.
3. I was a twin when I was born, but my brother died before birth.
4. I am a night owl and I usually stay up until midnight every night.
5. I love to cook and create my own meals, I guess I am creative in that sense. Also, I have such a sweet tooth and I can not pass up sweets at all.
Okay enough about me!
I tag Alyssa, Maczil, Maggie, Morgon, and Terra!

Baby girl is almost two!!! Audrey growing up......

2008-10-06T23:08:00.000-06:00

One fun thing about Audrey when she was a baby, she had four different eye colors. First Ocean blue, green (like in the picture to the side) hazel and then her eyes finally changed to the beautiful brown color they are today.

I can't believe how much my baby girl has grown! Time really does fly by so fast and I'm so grateful for the memories I was able to capture through photography. People always say cherish every moment while your child is young, because before you know it there all grown up and it is so true. I know she will only be two, but really the past two years of her life feel like a glimpse in
time to me. I thought I would put a some pictures of her as a baby to share with you, so you can see how she has developed.

2008-10-01T23:00:00.000-06:00

Bath Time!

Ruby slippers

2008-10-01T22:37:00.000-06:00

Audreys ruby slippers
Can you guess who Audrey will be for Halloween? If the ruby slippers don't give it away. I will give you another hint, she will be carrying a little basket with a dog named TOTO.

2008-10-01T19:51:00.000-06:00

Mommy and Audrey hanging out at home.
This is my very first blog, so I decided to just post some random pictures of the family just for fun. Not a whole lot is going on in our lives right now, so I don't have a whole lot to blog about. Hopefully I will get better at it....... Audrey is basically the highlight of my life every day, I thought it would be fun to add some bloopers about things she has been saying lately. She is so funny sometimes and makes Sean and I laugh, because you know kids can say the funniest things. The other day I put Audrey down for a nap in her playpen and she was laying there for a minute and then I heard her say "Mommy! Daddy! Monster..... and she repeated it a couple of times until I came into the room and she just smiled at me and laughed. Thank goodness, she is to young to realize what a monster really is, because I would be up with her every night if that was the case. Well I actually can not think of any other funny things that Audrey has said recently, but I will post them if she does. Audrey is so cute and is already learning good manners, she will say "bless you" after someone sneezes, please and thank you, excuse me... sometimes, and other cute things. Some of the fun things Audrey likes to do, is dance, play pretend with her baby dolls, read books with mommy, and get into things she's not suppose to.... I am kind of a person that jumps from subject to subject, so I hope you can keep up with me....
I am so excited for Halloween, because my mother-in-law is making Audrey a Dorthy costume from the Wizard of Oz. I love the ruby slippers that she will get to wear and we even have the actual Toto dog in the basket, thanks to Sean's grandma.=) Well that is my first blog ever! Yahoo!

Endlich

2008-09-29T19:04:00.000-06:00

So...we're finally here...woopie.