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2010-09-29T19:55:00.000-07:00

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2010-08-08T11:52:00.001-07:00

Working on the blog... for the first time in quite some time. New posts to come soon!

Jennie Lynn Photography

2010-06-07T00:57:00.000-07:00

So I have recently decided to start my own photography business. I am pretty excited about it. I'm always the person that has the camera in hand because I love catching those precious moments that you can't get back other than through photographs. I'm going to be doing families, children, newborns, maternity and engagments. Hopefully in the near future I will move into weddings. I want to take my time over the next year and learn as much as I can and get as much practice as I can in. If you or any of your friends need pictures done please refer them to me. They can go to my blog at www.jennielynn-photography.blogspot.com to see my portfolio in progress :-) I have quite a few shoots lined up over the next month so check them out as they are posted. Thanks

EaStEr BunNy

2010-04-06T18:27:00.001-07:00

Yes we went and saw the Easter bunny. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa. He made a stop at the South Towne Mall. Sky didn't want to sit on his lap, but he was okay with sitting on the bench. And of course Aaliyah probably thought that he was warm and cuddly. Their cousin Rylee was also with us because she was shopping for her birthday present.

AduLt NigHt Out

2010-04-06T18:24:00.001-07:00

Well I think it was just about time for me and Ty to get out of the house and have some fun without the kids. We went one night with our friends to the Westerner to ride the mechanical bull and hang out. And the other night we went back to the Westerner, but to see Tracy Lawrence in concert. We had such a blast both nights. I danced so much at the concert that when I woke up the next morning I realized that I had enormous blisters on both of my feet from my boots. But they were well worth it.

The Zoo

2010-04-06T18:19:00.000-07:00

We decided to get a zoo pass this year for the family. It is super cheap and is good for 365 days out of the year. I think that it is going to be a great activity for me and the kids to do on our days off together. It'll be a free activity in other words. We have already gone 2 times and Sky has loved it. I think it will also help him learn his animals a lot faster.

Painted Nails

2010-04-06T18:15:00.000-07:00

Look at the painted nails.... I love when they are sleeping. They are so precious.

GiRlie GirL

2010-04-06T18:08:00.000-07:00

So as I mentioned in the previous post... Aaliyah got her ears pierced. We had to wait until after her 2 month immunizations, but then we did it. We went to the Piercing Pagoda at South Towne Mall and they were so good with her. They recommend not doing both of them at the same time because the liklihood that they do it at the same time is slim and she may jerk. I'll admit she cried as they pierced them, but as soon as I cuddled her she fell right asleep. Even ask my mom :-) She looks so cute with them done and she doesn't even realize that they are there.

My LitTle GrowiNg WeeD

2010-04-06T17:56:00.000-07:00

Well with my baby girl coming 5 week earlier than I expected, I guess you can say that my life has been thrown into a whirlwind. Schedules have been almost impossible. The first week of her life she spent under bili lights because her liver wasn't quite mature enough. It was really hard leaving her under those lights. All I wanted to do was hold her. Well once she was off the lights... that is exactly what I did... hold her. NOW all she wants is to be held. Which is okay with me. Because they grow so much, as you can see from these pictures.

I decided to take off 12 weeks of work for maternity leave and it is going way too fast. I cannot believe my baby is 2 1/2 months old. She is breastfed, likes a binky sometimes, is starting to coo, and is also starting to smile (not just when she has gas). She LOVES to eat, but pukes every time because she eats too much. Don't worry though, she is keeping enough down to gain weight. She was 10lb 8 oz on her 2 month check up. So Dr. Shakula says she is well fed. I think we can all agree that she is a spittin image of her mama (lucky girl). But I may not win the most favoritest award if it is up to her daddy. Tyler is so in love with this little girl and it is the most precious thing to watch. But that's not the only boy that is in love with her in this house (Skylar and Kayden adore her too). She is going to have it rough when she is old enough to date.

Well she is our little jewel. She has an overly stuffed closet of clothes, bowes and headbands of every color, pierced ears with flower earrings, and manicures with nail polish every 4 or so days. I love watching these kids grow... I just wish it didn't go by so fast.

Here is a picture of Aaliyah from today. I just can't get over how beautiful she is (is that vain because she looks like me? ha hah aha ha) But really. Love you baby girl.

Aaliyah's Newborn Pictures

2010-02-11T14:49:00.001-08:00

My friend from work, Kim, approached me a few months ago about taking my baby's pictures after she was born. She is learning photography, so I said why not? I just didn't realize how good she was until I got my pictures back. Good job Kim. You are doing great.
We started out with the tutu pic's. I made Aaliyah this brown and pink tutu and she hated it. It was itchy and cold. But I loved the pics.

They were all so precious.

I love this scrabble name that she does. So cute.

And that's all folks. I had to do the wedding rings again. I just loved it when I did them with Sky. Thanks Kim again. I think that you will do very good in photography. PS, her link is to the left if you wish to have her do pictures for you.

Baby Aaliyah is HERE!!!

2010-01-22T09:22:00.001-08:00

So I'm lying in bed yesterday after making Skylar breakfast and after showering... And I was thinking to myself "I wonder what baby Aaliyah's birth story is going to be". Well lo and behold... I felt wet all of a sudden. I didn't cough, sneeze or anything else. Believe me, by this time in the pregnancy I know what it feels like to pee my pants. LOL. So I get up, with a super adrenaline rush and call my mom. I said... "I think my water just broke!" Of course in the back of my mind I think that I am over-exaggerating, that is why I called mom first. Tyler might not believe me LOL. So she said she would come get me and take me to the hospital to get checked. So I decided to get all ready before we go and more and more water keeps coming. So we take Skylar to Auntie Taryn and go to Riverton Hospital. They admitted me right away and got me all settled. As the contractions got worse and worse, I started to cry. They anaesthesiologist came in and placed the epidural, which for me was such a bitter sweet experience. Epidurals just scare me and on top of it all, he had me in the worse position. I had the bottom of my feet touching and I was slouched over. I had snotsicles coming out of the nose and I was drooling. My loving husband just kept wiping them away and said so sincerely "I love you, this part will all be over soon" I really got a good one you know. After the epidural was placed, I was good to go. My doctor was doing hysterectomies at St. Marks so I didn't think that he was going to make it. I was dilated to a 10 and the baby was on her way out. We decided to wait the 1 hour for my doc and he got there right in time. I pushed once and she was out. She is so precious and I feel so blessed to have her here early, and most importantly healthy. Love my little girl. I will post more pictures later.

New Year's Eve 2009

2010-01-01T15:58:00.000-08:00

This was quite the uneventful New Year's Eve this year. Between skylar not napping all day, Me being 8 months pregnant, and kayden and Tyler also tired, we weren't quite the exciting crowd. But that is okay. The kids were exhausted by nine o'clock so we decided to trick them with New York's countdown on the news and pretended it was midnight. They went and laid down shortly after and were OUT!!! Then all Ty and I did was watch the countdown on tv, give eachother a New Years smooch and we went to bed. See... pretty uneventful.

I worked New Year's Day, so Tyler took the boys sledding. He was a good boy and took lots of pictures for me. It looks like they really had fun.

Christmas 2009

2010-01-01T15:49:00.000-08:00

Well 2009 proved to be a very spoiled year for all of the boys in the Sorensen household. Santa brought both of the boys their very own four wheeler!!! Skylar was ecstatic. Kayden was more excited over daddy's present, a Play Station 3. His expression in the top right picture tells it all. We thought he was seriously going to pee his pants when he unwrapped it. They were very spoiled, but it was so fun watching them get their presents.

We then got up that morning and went to my dad's house.... where they were spoiled again. These kids have it so good and don't even realize it. We had breakfast, opened presents and then, unfortunately... bounced. Kayden had to get to his mom's so we went home and played with all of our new stuff.... after a nice nap of course. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for everything.

Here is skylar for the first time riding his 4-wheeler. He get's the gas part and the turbo part, but not the steering yet. I was actually really surprised how well he did. He will be just like his brother on a bike before you know it.

And then later that night we went to nana and pop's for yummy dinner and presents again. The big kids all played the new wii games and i played with my son and his cool new little people car set. I don't even know where to put all of these toys that these kids got. I guess we'll have to figure something out. Oh and ty and i got a big screen for our bedroom!!! So excited about that one. Now we have more than one hang out area in our house... no kids allowed!!! ha ha, yeah right.

It was a great Christmas all together. Next year we will have 3 little turds to celebrate with. Can't wait!

Christmas Eve 2009

2010-01-01T15:08:00.000-08:00

This was a busy Christmas Eve.... WOW! I was talking with my mom and phil about Skylar not seeing Santa this year and they made me feel really guilty for not taking him. Luckily we had to go to the grocery store... and guess who was there? SANTA!!! So we had to take a picture with him. Skylar wasn't even scared of him, he just wanted the dang candy cane out of his pack. And yes I am glad that I have this picture now.

Every year I try and make gingerbread houses with the kids, and this year I almost skipped out on the tradition. Luckily my husband walked out of the grocery store with two kits for the boys to do. I think this pregnancy has made me a little lazy and I the boys almost missed out. This year was fun because skylar could actually put candy on his own house. Of course OCD mom had to help... Ooops. And Kayden did a great job on his too. THe boys are growing up so so fast. And I have to admit... kayden is an excellent big brother. He shared all of his candy, didn't get mad, and even made sure he helped him.

The last part of the night we went to my brother's house to have our traditional Christmas Eve pizza and we also let the kids open their presents to eachother since Kayden wouldn't be there on Christmas night. Then the last stop was Grandpa Gary's Christmas party. We kind of got there at the tail end, so we let the kids much some food, get in their Xmas jammies and then we went home to finish up the night.

AND FINALLY... the end of the night. We came home, made Santa cookies and cut up carrots for the reindeer. We wrote Santa a note to thank him for all of the presents he would be dropping off and then read Twas the Night Before Christmas that Grandma Debbie sent us. It is pretty neat, her voice is recorded so she actually read it to them. They loved it. Then brusha brusha of the teeth and goodnight!!!! Oh the best part about bedtime was (another example of Kayden being a great brother) how Kayden helped his brother go to sleep. We have the big boy bed and the crib in Skylar's room right now, so Kayden asked to sleep with his big brother. Of course we agreed being Christmas and all. Skylar was screaming and crying when I left the room and I told Kay he didn't have to stay in there. I shut the door and me and Ty sat outside the door for a minute. Kayden told him he would get any boogy monsters if they came and gave him one of his stuffed animals to sleep with. He also told Sky that they had to go to sleep for Santa to come. A few minutes later Sky was calmed down and they were asleep. It was really a precious moment.

Gram and Papi's Christmas

2010-01-01T15:03:00.001-08:00

Every year we are so lucky to go down to Scipio and spend time with Tyler's family for Christmas celebrations. It is the weekend before, so it makes the run-around much easier on Christmas day. We all get together, have good eats, and then open presents. Although I have to say that I love get re-stocked on my chapstick each year from the goody basket. The kids were well taken care of. Kayden got a remote control car and a nerf dart gun. Skylar got a little einsteins piano and a hammer/nail toy. And then they both got a sleeping bag blanket with their names embroidered on it. Spoiled little guys. It was super fun and we always love seeing his family.

Friend Christmas Party

2010-01-01T15:00:00.000-08:00

This year we had a surprise visit from Tyler's sister Rachael, so we decided to do a friend Christmas party last minute. We had a good turn out and had a good time. Sorry I'm behind on blogging...

Growing up too fast!

2009-12-18T21:29:00.000-08:00

So I decided to start the transition from the crib to a big boy bed a little early. I didn't want to have to worry about the transition after Aaliyah is born. My mom found him the cutest little twin bed on KSL. I haven't gotten all of the decor for it, so I will post pictures later. But we set it up today and he was so so excited!!!! Just look at that cheeser grin...Well tonight he fell asleep in the car ride home, so I brought him in his bed and changed his diaper. He woke up and looked around, when he realized he was in his NEW bed he gave me the biggest smile. He said "mommy, mommy, mommy". And then puckered up his lips and gave me a kiss. He then continued to look around and give me more kisses. It was seriously the most precious moment ever. I tried to get a pic of him sleeping but the flash was too bright...Okay okay okay. Of course I had to keep walking in there and stare at him sleep. Is this normal? So I finally got a picture of him sleeping. So precious.
I'll have to let you know how it goes in the morning. I hope he wakes up happier, warmer, and more refreshed.

Family Pictures '09

2009-12-12T16:38:00.001-08:00

Baby girl at 30 weeks...

Kayden 6 years old, Skylar 21 months old

Me and my hubby.

It was quite a stressful foto session... but I think that they turned out good. Kayden was the hardest, which was a surprise to me. Man them older kids have that fake smile down!!! You have to work hard to get a real one. LOL Christmas cards will be in the mail MOnday... I know I'm a slacker. That's why they say happy holidays instead of merry christmas :-)

Baby Girl's Fetal Echo

2009-12-01T12:58:00.003-08:00

Well today was the un-anticipated fetal echo at Primary Children's Medical Center. They say that most times congenital heart defects are very rare to show up in more than one child. And that most times they are just flukes. Well, unfortunately in our family, this isn't the case. The echo showed that our baby girl has the exact same heart defect that our little sky sky had. A ventricular septal defect right next to the valve. I get to go back on January 8th for a follow up echo and we hope that the defect will be closed. If not, we will do all of the appointments for echo's, ekg's and dr. appointments that we did with sky. They will give her 6-8 months to close it on her own. If it doesn't close, well then we know what happens. She will have surgery and everything will be all better. I mean... honestly... look at the little terror in the pictures above. You would never guess that he was a heart baby. He is happy, healthy, and a STUD!!! And she has one thing that he didn't have... an amazing older brother who knows exactly what she is going through. I think that they will have a special little bond that will get her through whatever lies ahead. Wish us luck.

Snakes and Santa!!

2009-12-01T12:58:00.001-08:00

So this past weekend we went to a Sub for Santa party at one of tyler's work buddies house. It was pretty fun. There was Santa that came and a reptile girl that came. There were tons of snakes for the kids to see... and the grand finale was a 150 lb snake. Skylar really liked that one. He played with it and then sat on it and bounced!!!! YIKES. I hurry and grabbed him and we left. I didn't want that snake to turn on him. But before we left I put him on Santa's lap... that lasted about 0.2 seconds. All in all, it was fun.

20 Months Old!

2009-11-04T12:44:00.000-08:00

I can't even believe that my baby is 20 months old!!! Where did the time go? He has been so much fun since the day he was born. We went to the OB doctor appt today and got to hear our little girls heartbeat and everything is going good. I remember going to all of the doctors appointments for him, wondering what he was going to be like or look like... and now I know. I know that 3 1/2 months seems far away now, but before you know it... I'm going to be doing our little girls 20 month old post. I'm trying to soak up as much of every single moment as I can. Sky is talking so much more everyday. And yes there are actually words that I understand. His two newest words are "dank-ooo" = thank you. and "Bayyyyy-B" =baby. He can also say I don't know, mama, dada, nana, baba (bottle), candy (thanks to halloween), uh-uh (no), and of course YEAH! Every morning he wakes up screaming to get out of his crib or screaming MAMA! Then he gets up, grabs a pair of shoes, and we go down stairs to have a bottle of milk and a bowl of cereal. He is also obsessed with brushing his teeth and doing his own hair. What else? So far his favorite toy is his pony and cowboy hat. He rides it at least once a day and always wears his cowboy hat sideways and pulls it down as far as it will go so that he has to tilt his head to see. He seriously has so much personality and is so fun to have around. I can't imagine life without him and cannot wait to see him and his little sister together. Seriously feel blessed...

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T10:13:00.000-08:00

This year for Halloween we went to Adam and Taryn's again so that the kids could go trick or treating together. This was our year to have Kayden, so he was also able to go. Skylar was a sailor, Kayden was a GI Joe, Carson was a Power Ranger, and Rylee was a bee. They were all super cute. Me and Ty also dressed up as a Geisha and a Scary Butcher. And Adam and Taryn dressed up as their classic scary clowns. It was a fun night. The kids passed out in the car on the ride home and that gave me and Ty the opportunity to watch a scary movie together. We watched Friday the 13th 2009. It was good. I actually went to bed scared and asked tyler to go get my phone charger downstairs. Of course he called me a baby, I called him a choice name, and I built up the courage to go get it myself. He's the man of the house. This requires him to kill spiders, lock doors at night, check out scary noises in the house, and GET ME MY PHONE CHARGER WHEN I AM TOO SCARED TO MYSELF! Goodness, obviously he didn't read the rule book. I guess we have to work on this. :-) All in all... a good Halloween. Oh I forgot to mention how hilarious it was to watch Skylar try and keep up with the big kids running from house to house. If he asks, it wasn't me that told you all that he kept eating it every so many steps. He kept saying "Feet don't fail me now, Feet don't fail me now!"

1st Grade Parade

2009-10-29T13:11:00.000-07:00

He's getting big! Today we went to Kayden's 1st grade Halloween Parade. He was GI Joe... I guess I'm not down with the whole "new age" GI Joe, because I would have never guessed that. Either way, he made it look good. And of course my little sky sky was a sailor and was so adorable. Had to keep my eye on him, I think some people wanted to steal him jk. He actually wore the costume that my brother adam wore when he was his age. So there is a fun fact. Can't wait for Halloween day...

Thriller with the Girls

2009-10-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

Last night I went out with the girls to see Thriller put on by Odyssey Dance Theatre at Kingsbury Hall. Can I just say, What a fun night! We started off at the Pie, which doesn't always cooperate with my tummy and then went to the show. It was pretty funny how they had scary people walking around the theatre and my friend Stacey was freaking out. She would cover her face and they would come and target her of course. I think even one of them sniffed her hair. LOL. The show was great. We said we were students and got 2 for 1, so got the 45 dollar seats and paid less than what we were planning on. So great deal. All of the dances were so fun and even the improv's in between were funny. We all had fun, but I think my baby had the most because she was dancing the entire time in my belly. Well the show is on until October 31st, so I suggest you go see it. Here is the link to watch their promotional video....http://www.odysseydance.com/flashindex.html. Click on the play sign to watch the video. It actually is a great preview to the show.

Cornbelly's 2009

2009-10-24T17:03:00.001-07:00

Okay so I think that we are making it tradition to go to Cornbelly's out at Thanksgiving Pointe with grandma and grandpa Sanchez. It is always so much fun. The weather even cooperated with us today and we didn't even have to wear jackets. There was so much stuff for the kids to do from corn mazes, to tractor rides, to bounce houses, and even a little face painting. I could go on and on about the activities, but the only thing that matters is the kids had fun, we wore them out, and they had good naps afterwards. Thank you so so much Grandma and Grandpa Sanchez for such a fun day and for continuing this new tradition. Oh and P.S. Is this a preview of what our little girl is going to look like (look at sky with a wig LOL)

Our 2 Year Anniversary!

2009-10-14T19:21:00.000-07:00

Well today was our 2 year anniversary... I know, I could barely believe that it has been two years. I have got to say that I totally understand why they say the first few years of marriage are your hardest. There are so many new adjustments to be had, especially when there are children involved. We have had our fair share of ups and downs, but I really think soon things are going to just be on the up and up. Tyler and I really have a special connection and love eachother so much. Look at how many obstacles we have already overcome. I feel so lucky to have him in my life and I love him lots and lots. To many more years together, even if there are some bumps, I'm up for them as long as they are with you. Mwah!

P.S. We're celebrating when Ty gets back! Woohoo.

Fall Baseball

2009-10-10T19:46:00.001-07:00

I guess I can also do a post for Kayden's fall baseball. He has been playing for the past few weeks and has only a few more games left. It is actual baseball this year, not t-ball, so he is a beginner. I think that we need to take him to the batting cages so he can learn to not be afraid of the ball, but this will all be in good time. He is the youngest on his team and many of the other boys have played before. Practice practice practice. Skylar is a handful at the games. He tried to run out on the field, so we are chasing him constantly. But it is all good fun. Way to go kayden!

Tractor Ride, Maze and Pumpkins Oh My!

2009-10-10T17:41:00.001-07:00

Today the fam decided to go do a fun fall activity, so we went to Wheeler Farm! We were able to ride the tractor around, feed the ducks, see the farm animals, find our way through the maze, and finally pick out a pumpkin. Skylar was free, so he didn't get a pumpkin... PSYCHE! We snuck him one... oops did I say that out loud? I think that we will be carving them tonight, so I guess I will have to post pictures of that. That is one thing that is great about wood floors, is carving pumpkins. It's an easy clean up. Wish us luck.

Sports... Sports... Sports

2009-09-27T19:37:00.000-07:00

So this Fall is going to be SO SO busy for our little man Kayden. He has been signed up to do baseball and flag football. His baseball falls on Monday, Wednesday and Saturdays. And his football falls on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. Let's just say that it is busy for everyone... and unfortunately we are unable to make it to all of his games. Which really makes me sad, because I always said I would never miss my kids stuff, but when its 5-6 days a week, you really have no choice. Anywho. He is really doing a good job. I have gone to a football game and I think he really enjoys it. He can stay involved constantly and doesn't have to sit around and wait his turn. He'll be really good if he sticks with it. The biggest thing we are working on is running the right direction LOL. Baseball he is also doing really well. He is the smallest guy on the team and it's his first year, so there is a lot to learn. But he tries his best and puts his all in it. It's really quite cute to see him grow up and start to get involved in team sports. I think that they are important to keep kids out of trouble and to meet good friends. There are 7 more weeks of chaos... so wish us all luck, but mostly Kayden.

Update On Our Little Girl

2009-09-27T19:29:00.000-07:00

So last Wednesday I had my ultrasound with the doctor's office. I was so nervous that I was going to go and they were going to say it was a boy. That would have been fine, but we have gotten ourselves so excited for a girl. Well they didnt, she is definately a girl.... And everything checks out. She has fingers, toes, healthy heart, brain, spinal cord, etc. I think that I could even tell that she has my sloped nose. I can't wait to meet her... and I know that tyler is even more excited than me. Today he went to the store and bought her an outfit, jammies, and a blanket. He was never this excited for his little boy... I think that this little girl is going to make his heart melt. Other cute things that he does is say bye to her, rubs my tummy in the mornings and always ask me "are you excited?" His excitement makes my excitement even higher. I can't wait to bring her home... okay I can. Because I still want some alone time with my baby boy for a little longer.

New Port Beach Vacation '09

2009-09-27T19:19:00.000-07:00

So a few weeks ago... yeah I am a procrastinator at blogging lately.... we went to Newport Beach California with my mom's side of the family. It is our 2nd year going and we hope to have many more. We left on a Saturday and didn't get home until the following Sunday, so it was plenty long. We were able to do a lot of fun things this year. We did less theme parks this year, because last year was a little chaotic. We went to Knottsberry Farm for the first time and that was a blast for everyone.... but me. It was fun seeing everyone ride the rides... but I wanted to ride too. Instead I stayed off the rides and kept brewing us a baby girl. Next year. The other theme park we did... of course was DISNEYLAND! That one is my favorite because my baby... well both babies can ride almost all of the rides. Sky really liked the Dumbo ride. It is so fun to see him having fun. Tyler and Kayden were off riding bigger and scarier rides. I believe they enjoyed Indiana Jones... Splash Mountain... and I can't remember other names. Oh and P.S. Me and Sky went and saw Little Einsteins live... he thought it was the coolest thing ever! Aside from going to theme parks we went to Laguna Beach. Here we basked in the sun, swam in the ocean, and did a little shopping. It's nice to see an ocean for a change. Although I don't like to swim in them... yuck! They make you stinky, sticky and dirty... and not to mention your hair goes gross. But of course the boys liked it (tyler and kayden). Other than that, we just hung out at the resort. And when I say just hung out, there is a basketball court, sand box, playground, swimming pool, hottub, life size chess, gym, and arcade to name a few. It was a great vacation. Thanks nana and pop!

It's a Girl!!!

2009-09-07T14:22:00.000-07:00

We went back to fetal fotos today and got the great amazing news. It's a girl!!!!! I can't even tell you how excited we are. I already have plans to buy flowers and bows and paint her nails... and yes I don't care what some people think... I'm getting her ears pierced with tiny little diamonds. I have always had my ears pierced and I think little girls look so cute. Tyler I think was in shock. He has two boys... so a girl is going to be quite an adventure for him. One of the first things he said was "You are going to have to change the diapers." LOL. I think he is afraid of girlie parts, guess he is going to have to get over that. Well I can't wait for her to get here. Anywho. Here are some pictures.

Our Precious Bun in the Oven...

2009-09-07T09:21:00.000-07:00

So we went to Fetal Fotos on Saturday... but no luck on finding out the gender. My sweet baby is just like its mother.... modest LOL! It has already proven to be a lot like Skylar... a mover. The problem wasn't getting the baby to move, it was getting it to open its legs. But good news... The heart is beating and there are 10 fingers and toes and 2 arms and 2 legs... of course connected to a body with a head and neck. I felt like a little bad that my mom, pop, kaylee, the boys and tyler all came and we didn't find out the gender.... BUT we are going back and 1130 today to try again. So what am I doing to prepare? Well I am up and about, ate a good breakfast (lucky charms and toast= lots of sugar for movement), and I am going to drink a glass of OJ just before the appt. So this baby is going to bouncing off the walls and won't be able to keep its legs shut. LOL. Well I'll let you know how it goes... wish us luck. Here are a few ultrasound pics of our new addition...

Summer Catch-Up...

2009-08-22T13:31:00.001-07:00

I've kind of been slacking on blogging, so I thought I would just do a really big blog and try and include the highlights.

So the first one, my family decided to go to the Salt Lake County Fair a few weeks ago. It was pretty fun, not as fun as the Utah State Fair, but still fun. It was also freakin expensive, to the point of ridiculousness. But the boys enjoyed themselves and that is really all that matters when it comes down to it. Kayden rode the bull and pulled quite the crowd. Sky got to ride a REAL pony. But ma forgot to dress him in his new cowboy boots... woops! And then Kayden made sure that he took his little bro-ha on a ride so they did the baby boats. It was pretty dang precious. Sky loved ringing the bell over and over, and of course big brother showed him how. It was pretty fun. Unfortuneatly we didn't go the demolition derby because I didn't think Sky would last, hopefully next year!

Okay I have to add this picture, because I just love it. We went to Jeanna's (an old friend) birthday party at Murray Park and her dad gave Sky a piece of watermelon. I didn't think that it was that good of an idea at first, but I thought, what the heck, let's see what happens. He LOVED it and ate it all the way down to the green part to where I got him a new one. He is getting so big! I can't even believe it. And did I mention HANDSOME. He's going to be a heart breaker.

We also went to the cabin for Kayden's birthday last weekend. It was pretty cold and crappy weather, but we still had a good time. I got to catch up on some sleep. The boys played with the bb gun and rode the four wheelers. Sky was a little grouchy, who am I kidding, REALLY grouchy. He is getting his last few teeth in and these ones must be really painful. Poor guy. Kayden got an ipod and a guitar for his birthday. I think that he had a good time.

Okay one more pic. This 24th of July... yeah like a month ago, we went to my brothers to watch some fireworks. Sky got to do his first sparkler and loved it. Although I would say that poppers are his favorite. It was cute and fun to see him experience something new.
Well California is coming up in a few weeks, which is becoming our new end of summer tradition. We are really excited to go to Disneyland, Knottsberry Farm, hang out at the beach, see my favorite cousin, and see some of ty's family. Yay! I'm excited.

Our Little Peanut

2009-07-17T12:08:00.001-07:00

Today was my first doctor's appointment... but it was nothing like last times. I did the usual vital signs, weight (less than last time, go me!), pee in the cup, blood draw, and meet with the nurse. When I saw the doctor he kind of scared me. He felt my uterus and had a weird look on his face and then looked for a fetal heart tone. He couldn't find it anywhere... So then he really got concerned. I've never had anything go wrong, so my heart just dropped. He was the only doctor there today so he was extremely busy and behind. But this is why I continue to go to Dr. Merrill because he is always there for me and always remembers me. He took the time to go over to the ultra sound room, warm up the machine and do the ultrasound himself. Their ultrasound tech was not in today. THANK GOODNESS we saw the baby and its little heart beating away. How many doctors would really do that for their patients. I just LOVE Dr. Merrill. He put me at ease and also printed off a few of the pictures for me to take home. The reason he couldn't find the heart beat is because I am only 8 weeks and 5 days along about. I had calculated 11 weeks... oops. I guess I don't ovulate when I think I do. So here is the first picture of our little peanut. God love it! So if calculations are correct, I am due February 21st, 2010.

Primary Children's

2009-07-15T21:51:00.000-07:00

So today we had Skylar's 6 month cardiology check up. I really thought that it would be no big deal... boy was I in for a treat! When we first arrived Skylar was just fine. We were just hanging out in the waiting room. Then they called our name and we went back to the echocardiogram room and the memories must have flooded back because he started throwing himself around and screaming bloody murder. I felt SO SO bad. And to top it off... mom left the dang bottle in the car. So I had to leave him with a stranger... a staff member... to run (literally run) out to the car. I didn't have any help today... all by myself. SO that was another new experience. Anyways. So we kept trying to warm sky up to the echo machine, but he wouldn't have it. We sang Pat-a-cake, Little Bunny Foo Foo, and Sunday Morning... once those were over.... He was back to throwing a fit. The echo tech finally said enough is enough. I thought they were going to have to do a sedated echo, but luckily we got enough pictures to see what Dr. Mart wanted to see.

So then we went to the room to wait and see the doctor. They had to do a 12 lead EKG on him and he didn't like that either. Wow, but she started blowing bubbles and that seemed to be the trick. The blood pressure cuff... what were we thinking? There was no way he would let us do that, so they didn't get a BP.

Needless to say, after all of that, everything looked GREAT! I am so so so so so happy. There were no funky heart rhythms. The hole that was present right after surgery had been sealed shut. His heart function was excellent and his growth was excellent. I am so pleased and so grateful that they were able to fix my babies heart. Technology these days just blows me away.

One last thing. Since my first child had a heart defect, every child thereafter is considered high risk for congenital heart disease. So once I am 6 months pregnant, so about three more months, I will have to go to Primary Children's Medical Center for a fetal echocardiogram and ultrasound. This is bittersweet. I think that it will be pretty neat to see my baby's heart function inside of me in such detail, but at the same time, I don't want to know if this baby has the same defect because it will just stress me out. Of course we are hoping and praying that this baby is perfect, which they will be right? Anywho. I'll keep you updated when we do that. Sky also has a check up again in 6 months. He's a champ!

4th of July

2009-07-06T20:53:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July we went to Murray Park and BBQ'd and watched fireworks. Last year we were at the lake, so this was Skylar's first time seeing fireworks. He thought that they were the coolest ever. The finale scared the crap out of him, but other than that he was walking back and forth pointing at the fireworks and babbling. I swear he was saying "look ma, what the, fireworks, lights in the sky, boom, big boom!" Ha ha, some kind of babble right? It was a fun night. Wish I could just get feeling better....

There's a Bun In the Oven!!!

2009-07-06T20:11:00.000-07:00

Yes it is true, Ty and I just recently found out that we have another child on the way. We thought that it would take a while to get pregnant, but call it luck, pregnant on the first go around. That makes me about 9 weeks pregnant and puts me due at the beginning of February 2010! We are really excited!

So how's this pregnancy the same/different from the last? Well I actually get to SLEEP all through the night... and since my nausea is so bad, Ty gets to shoot out of bed at night when Skylar screams.... what a saint. The nausea is definately the same... although this time they prescribed me zofran. Can I just say that zofran is my savior?

SO boy or girl??? I really have no idea! Not even an inkling one way or the other. Some days I think that it is a boy and other days I think that it is a girl.... Which do I want? Either... really! As long as they are happy, healthy, and arrive safely, I will take them. Every little baby is a blessing.

Anywho... We will be finding out the sex of the baby, but not until 16weeks. So I'm saving my pennies to go to Fetal Fotos again... that was so cool!

Tyler is also very excited... he got me a present...

Father's Day

2009-06-23T23:20:00.000-07:00

Father's day this year was just like any other. We started off at my dad's house and had some good breakfast. My dad has just recently remodeled his basement and put darts and a pool table down there. So now all the guys do is battle it out. My dad is pretty much unbeatable on the pool table... but let me just say that I did beat him in darts. Ha ha ha. It was fun. I think everyone really enjoys going out there. After all... he is grandpa gary. Happy Father's day pops! You're a great father... and an even greater grandpa. We love ya.

And then later that day we went to my brothers house for yummy dessert. We had better than sex cake and a yummy grasshopper ice cream pie. Believe me... I didn't need that. We gave Pop his presents and then headed on home. I have to give phil a shout out too... you are a great step-father, father-in-law and grandpa. We love you to pieces too :-)

And last but not least... ALL day we celebrated tyler being a father. I really got lucky on this one. He is so great to these boys. He may be a little too soft hearted some times, but really, I think that he always does what he feels is right. We love you Tyler and are so happy that we have you as a part of our family. Hugs and kisses....

A fun-filled busy DAY!

2009-06-23T23:05:00.000-07:00

Like I said... I'm a little behind on this blogging thing.

So last week... or the week before, My mom and I took the kids to Jungle Jim's and then Liberty Park. Taryn was there, but then had to leave for other things. I thought that Liberty Park was the highlight of the day, but then again that is my favorite park to take the kids. Carson and Rylee have never been there before so they thought that it was pretty cool. You get a little bit of wild life, the fair, and a huge playground all at one place... not to mention the 1$ sno cones there too. We had a pretty good day. Skylar would probably say that his favorite was sitting on mom's lap and swinging. Okay okay, that was mom's favorite, but I bet he liked it. The kids had a lot of fun and so did I. I think that hanging out with a bunch of kids almost lets you be a kid again to. The life of no worries... got to love it.

Like brother.... like brother.

2009-06-23T23:01:00.001-07:00

Now that Skylar is getting older, we can really see how much kayden and skylar are really alike. I think that skylar thinks that kayden is just about the coolest thing that has ever walked the face of this earth. To hear skylar yell kayden's name... or at least what we think is kayden's name... is just about the cutest thing. He wants to be right by his side all the time.

A week or so ago we decided to get out the 4-wheeler. Big brother wanted to take sky on a ride and show him what the 4 wheeling life is all about. Of course we put it on the grass... that's all we need is sky getting another bonk somewhere on him. He was laughing and loved every minute. Looks like I have to boys that are ALL boys!

Off to 1st Grade...

2009-06-23T22:56:00.000-07:00

So I decided that I am EXTREMELY behind on updating my blog. Ever since I graduated from school, I really have no reason to get on my computer at home. So let's throw a few updates out there...

A few weeks ago we went to Kaydens elementary to watch him graduate from kindergarten! Yay. He has done so great this year and we are so so proud of him. He has had many girlfriends and even got in trouble for a girl kissing him... ha ha. Not to mention, he has learned all of his letters, his seasons, how to read small words, and lets not forget.... well I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot. Those little turds stay pretty busy in school.

SO next year we start the grades... first grade! We know that he will just sail on through it...

San Diego May 2009

2009-05-26T12:32:00.001-07:00

So for Memorial Day weekend we decided to be spontaneous and go to San Diego to visit Tyler's family. With my mom and brother on a cruise, the babysitters were scarce, so we packed up and left. It was such a great trip. The first night Rae, tyler's sister, had to work, so we took his mom down to Ocean Beach, which was about 5 minutes from Rae's house. It was really beautiful. I guess the peir in the background is the 2nd longest in the country or something. The next day we went to LegoLand. It was... well... intersting. Everything was made out of lego's basically. There was a really cool part, the heart of Lego Land that showed all of the big cities made out of lego's. It was actually very impressive. There was Vegas, New Orleans, New York, Georgetown, etc... OH!!! and SLC... ha ha just kidding. That would be cool to see a temple out of legos though, I must admit. So if you are wondering if we recommend LegoLand... no we don't. It was pretty boring and expensive!

The next stop on our trip was a night of some sight seeing. We went to Coronado Island and walked out on the dock and then drove to downtown San Diego to look at a huge war ship that they have turned into a museum. There was a statue of a nurse and a sailor kissing that Ty and I had to re-inact. It was pretty cool there. I would have to admit that I would LOVE to move there.

We liked the sight seeing so much that we spent the entire next day goin to see places. We started off at Cabrillo National Monument, which is where the european settlers first landed. This is also a huge military base and home of a huge military cemetary. The cemetary was cool to see on memorial weekend because there were literally thousands of gravestones and each one had an American flag on it. From this monument you could also see Mexican islands... that is how close we were to the border. I didn't want to get too close, they may not let me leave ha ha!

We ended our day at Mission Beach, which is just next to Ocean Beach and hung out with Tyler's uncle brian and his friends. And later that night Tyler's family came over. His Grandpa, step-grandma, Uncle brian, Younger Aunt Amanda. Debbie didn't make it because she was ill.

Our last day we went to Seal Beach. This is a beach that has a bunch of seals... go figure. It was neat to see the seals, but it kind of stunk there. LOL. But another neat place to see. I think that Tyler has turned me into a sight see'er. I really enjoyed the entire trip.Since Debbie was sick on Saturday night, we had to make sure that we stopped by her house before we left. It is craziness there. They have 14 cats, 2 dogs, and about 20 birds.... not exaggerating. But the kids loved seeing all of the animals, and of course their grandma.
The last night we stayed in Mesquite because we were exhausted to say the least. We woke up and swam and then drove home. We are doing this again in September, although that time with my family in Newport!!!! yaya

Mother's Day

2009-05-14T13:09:00.000-07:00

I guess we can say that the night before we celebrated with our friends, not really, but I have some pictures to share. We had some of our friends over for a barbecue, 3 weeks in a row, I know. We really are going to take a break. We've got some great friends, hope you like the pics. The actual day:

So anyways, I know that this post is a few days late, but I still wanted to do it. AND I really didn't take any pictures, weird... I know! I was a slackin' Anywho, Mother's day was really good this year. This was my 2nd mother's day and my family really did make me feel loved and appreciated. We started off at my dad's house for breakfast, where unfortunately we had a bad doggie experience. Rex attacked my step-sisters little puppy and cut its eye. I felt so bad. Rex, Rex, Rex... Luckily Tucker is okay and we put some neosporin on him, sorry bud.

Later we went to my mom's for dinner where we had my chocolate foutain going again. It was so so yummy, but some of us got a tummy ache later. RY RY was not affected though :-) Well let's end this post with saying that I have a lot of great women in my life. Taryn had put this on her post and gave me the idea to also do it on mine. I just want to tell you all thank you for helping me become a mother and thank you for being such great influential women in my life. Know that I think you all are great and tjat I learn a lot from you. Loves.

A Day At The Park

2009-05-09T13:20:00.000-07:00

So the other day me and a few of my favorite girlfriends went to Liberty Park to let the babies play. We planned on going to Tracy Aviary, but I ruined it for all of us when I brought my poochie Foxilynn. They were really good sports and we just went over to the playground instead. I think that this actually ended up being better because they got to ride the Merri-go-round and go on the slides. I thought that some little hoodlums were going to steal my dog when we were on the ride so I hurried and unbuckled Sky and was ready to bolt if they made a move. I don't know what I would have done if they would have grabbed her. What do you do, drop the kid and run or run with him LOL. Just kidding. I think that this is some of my most favorite times when I can just have some girl to girl interaction. Thanks ladies for such a fun day. Love ya.

Graduation Hoo-Rah!

2009-05-03T12:37:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday was my graduation party at my house. We had lots and lots of friends and family over. Wow, two weeks in a row of partying, can we say my house has had it! It was so great though to see everyone. I have to admit it made me feel special since everyone showed up. The food was also great! Thanks to everyone that helped my family plan this. I have really made a lot of great friends this past year. Let's just say I needed it. Love you and and can't wait until we get together again.

I Graduated!!!!

2009-05-01T21:57:00.000-07:00

For those of you who are close to me, you all know how LONG I have been going to school. I guess you could really say the last time I had a break was when I was 4 years old. WOW! So today I graduated with my BSN in nursing. There are no pay raises with this degree, but hey I get to put BSN on my badge at work now. So now when my patients ask "How old are you?" with a concerned face, I can say I'm 23 and have my BSN. Whoot! Whoot! I do plan on going back for those of you who were wondering. I threw around the idea of going straight into the nurse practitioner program, but decided that I was setting myself up for failure. I am SO burned out on school right now. I also want to have a few more kids, so needless to say, I am going to just focus on my family. I think that they deserve at least that much. When my kids want to be with their friends more than me, that will be my cue to take some time for myself again and go back. But for now.... Go Tyler!! because he is registered for this fall. I personally know what it takes to be able to get through these years, so I will make sure that I am there for him every step of the way. No tyler I won't do your homework!!! LOL.
Anywho. Thanks to my family who were there with me today to celebrate. I know that it is hard getting away from work to drive an hour North. But it really meant the world to me. I love you all and thank you so so so much for your love and support. And thank you tyler, kayden and skylar for putting up with me when I was a stressful wreck. Love you.

April Birthdays

2009-04-27T15:07:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday we had quite the party. We celebrated 3 birthdays. Tyler turned 26, Cole turned 28 and Michole turned 24. We decided to do a joint party at the park with volleyball and ice blocking, but the weather permitted us from doing that, so we decided to switch it last minute to our house. I think that everything came together pretty great though. We had an awesome turnout, about 60 or so people. I don't think that I have ever had that many people in my house at one time... ever! It was good times though. I hope they had a great birthday because they had a lot of people there that loved them. Mwah!

We also had a teenage mutant ninja turtle cake with custard and frest strawberries. It really is to die for. It is also tradition for my family to get it on birthdays. Yum. The sucker seriously weighed 30 pounds and I am NOT exagerrating.

Thanks to everyone who came out. You really made it a fun birthday party. Remember we are having a repeat next week for ME!!! And no I am not sharing the spotlight with anyone. ha ha. It's my graduation. La La La La Yeah!

The Sand Dunes... Again!

2009-04-20T23:30:00.000-07:00

Well I think that it is safe to say that this weekend at the sand dunes was so much better than last. We really wish that Mickey and Jared could have made it out, but we still had a lot of great friends there with us. We got there Friday night and just hung out by the fire. Boy was it cold... burrrrr!!! Our friend Steve put on some jams, and I wish I had my video camera, because Skylar was jamming out. It was hilarious. Saturday was pretty fun. Chantell, Andy, Logan, Dayton, Heather, Kaylee and Dayne all showed up. It was time to ride! Kaylee and Dayne had never been to the dunes before so it was all new to them. I think that they had a really good time. Kaylee was a lot more brave than I was with her first ride. Yikes!

Other friends that were there were Cole and Stef and their kids, brandon, steve, and Cj. I think my favorite part of camping is just hanging out with nowhere to be.

Saturday night was when the crazies came out... Ha ha. We put all of the kids to bed and had some adult interaction, which can be really nice from time to time. Sometimes i think that I may forget how to hold a conversation that consists of more than "huh?", "baba", "a-boo!", etc. LOL.

Needless to say the next day we were all actually feeling pretty good. We woke up, made breakfast burritos, went on a few rides, and soaked up the rays from the sun. Tyler got a little too much sun on his arms, as did I on my lips and face.

All in all, it was an excellent trip. We have really great friends that really mean a lot to us. Thanks guys, we love ya!

Oh yeah. This was also Kayden's weekend with his mom, but he decided to come and visit our camp quite often to come and play with the kids. P.S. Sorry guys, Kaylee is off the market... I think for good too :-) yeah! And we like the taker ha ha.

Easter 2009

2009-04-14T07:41:00.000-07:00

My family had a great Easter this year. We kicked it off by dying Easter eggs with Nana and Adam's family. It was pretty funny when we gave skylar one, he tried to eat, realized it wasn't any good and threw it. Silly kid... you have to take off the shell first! On Easter we started at our house. Kayden got a new bike and Skylar got some cars. At my dad's house we had breakfast and an Easter egg hunt. That was fun, but Skylar's were the hardest to find :-) And then we ended it at my brother's house with yummy dinner and another Easter egg hunt! Great times.

The Dunes

2009-04-11T14:38:00.001-07:00

Well this year for Easter weekend we went to White Sands to ride our four-wheelers. Friday was extremely warm. In fact, we had to hang out in our friends camper just to stay cool. Kayden decided to stay riding though. I kid you not, that kid road his four-wheeler from 8am until 7pm. He stopped twice to stuff his mouth, and then off he went again. We also got skylar a helmet and he loved riding around camp. What a stud!
Besides Skylar going on small rides, he LOVED playing in the sand. He would scoot backwards down "flat" hills. It was hilarious. In his head he thought they were steep like stairs. Kayden also showed us that he could do Brody's. He is better on a four-wheeler than I am. Although, to my defense, he has been riding them longer. He even road a 250cc in the dunes, which we were not too thrilled about, but our friend Scott let him before we were aware of it. Not again! Too dangerous, but I'll admit he handled it well.
Finally that night we made hobo dinners. YUM! I never thought that I would say that, but they're my fave. We also roasted some marshmallows and made smores. They were really really yummy! Can I just say that I love camping with family and our best friends Mickey and Jared. We had a good time together, too bad we had others that shared the campground that made our trip a day short. Oh well, what time we did have was great.

The Fear of Connection

2009-04-07T18:14:00.000-07:00

I have an assignment this week that has me analyze a poem.... What initial understanding do you have of this poem after you read it? I'll post my response after I hear yours. I don't want to influence any thoughts.... just do it!

The spirit within connects us all, but the thought of that scares me because if it is so, I can no longer blame you for the things that trouble me so.

If could almost imply that I am part of the things that annoy me the most. It could almost imply that I am the cause of those things you do that upset me.

To think that you are a reflection of me causes distress I cannot bear. I do not do the things you do; I do not say the things that you say; How could all if us be connected?

But if it is so, then what should I do to change the things around me? It calls me to change the world that I see by changing not you, but what’s inside me.

By Bonnie Wesorick

Celebrating 13 Months

2009-04-03T22:35:00.000-07:00

Well my baby is 13 months old today!!! I can't believe how fast time goes by. I can honestly say that kids complete you. I compiled a group of pictures over the last 13 months. Of those of you who know me and how much I like to take pictures, this is really just a small amount of the pictures. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Radio Flyer

2009-03-30T12:58:00.000-07:00

So for Skylar's first birthday, Brandon got Skylar his first radio flyer scoot bike. While I was at work this weekend, Tyler put his bike together. He loves the little thing. Today he got it out all by himself and jumped on. I don't know if it is the scooting part that he likes most, or the bell that he can ring. I think I would have to go with the bell! By the time I got the camera, he was already off. But I still thought the pictures were precious. Also, he is not walking yet. He took five steps yesterday, and a few today, but not full on walking yet. I bet he does it when we're all not looking LOL. Other than that, if he has his fire truck or his tractor walkers, he runs with them across the room. This age is so fun!

Mischief while Mom's at Work...

2009-03-30T12:54:00.002-07:00

So I have been working a lot of weekends lately because that is the easiest way to give my mom a break! So I was looking through my camera today and found some pictures that were taken at work. It seems like dad is doing a good job while I'm gone. I thought the picture that caught Skylar in the act of "hitting" Kayden was hilarious! But of course I would never let Sky know that. We are trying to break him of the biting and hitting habit. I kind of feel silly putting a one year old in time our for one minute, or getting mad. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm open.

Random Updates

2009-03-25T12:44:00.000-07:00

So I haven't updated my blog in a little bit, and my mom said it's getting boring, so I guess I better shape up and do some updates. So lately I have been super self-conscious about being the best mom that I can be. I've read a few baby books and am actually learning a lot from them. Although I do slip up sometimes. Skylar has been having a really hard time going to sleep lately and when he wakes up in the middle of the night, he wants me to either rock him the rest of the night or bring him into bed with me. I know it's not good to bring him in with you, but honestly.... a woman needs her sleep too!!! So at 7am this morning I brought him in with me. I had to get a picture of it. He looked so sweet. He slept until 9:45am, hallelujah! And woke up so happy. He is so funny in the mornings... I love it.Well I know that you are all always wondering about foxilynn, so I thought I would update you on her :-) I decided to shave her again.... I just can't deal with the hair and she gets so darn hot. I am getting better and better at this grooming thing. And it is saving us a lot of money. Go me! I am still intimidated at the nail trimming, I haven't quite mastered that. Also she is best buds with CoCo, my moms dog. About a month or so ago we put her mom to sleep, she was 17 years old. She just isn't the same without Foxy there. So Foxy has had a lot of sleepovers at nana's.

For St. Patricks day I worked until 3pm. So Skylar spent the day with my friend Megan. She took him to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. And then that night we had Cole and Stef and the kids over for green pancakes, eggs and juice. It was fun.
Alright I have also learned that my son is ALL boy. He loves to play in the dirt like no ones business. I can't keep him out of it. He is also starting to get scratches on his legs from playing outside. Mom doesn't like that, but I guess I'll have to get used to it. I am such a worry-wart mother. Boys are so fun!

And finally. My mom, taryn and I took the kids swimming a few weekends ago. We went to Dimple Dell. It is such a cute swimming pool, but boy is it cold!!!! My poor little boy turned purple, so we had to leave :-( We went to Mickey D's and got some lunch instead. Sky sure loves his cousins Carson and Rylee. They are great friends. Also thanks nana for getting in the pool, so I didn't have to ha ha. Burrh!

Other than that we are all doing good. We are looking forward to Easter so that we can just get away and enjoy ourselves.

Thieves

2009-03-19T13:47:00.000-07:00

So yesterday was quite an interesting day. It started out with a bang! Ty woke up and got ready for work. Lucky me, I didn't have to go today. He went and warmed his car up at 6:01am and then went back in the house to grab kayden and leave. He was back out at 6:09am and his truck was gone!!! Of course he loaded it with his wallet, two phones, computer, and prescription sungless(expensive may i add). They didn't know that he had GPS on his truck, so Ty hurry and called his boss to track it. They were up in the parking lot of Liberty Heights apartments behind our house. They unloaded the car for 24 minutes before they abandoned it. The cops, just so you know, have shift change from 5:30-6am, so they took forever to get there. So needless to say, they were gone before they got there. Ty later found his printer and planners in the complex, but nothing else. Damn thieves. I didn't realize how awful those apartments are up there. There is a lot of crime up there. And luck us, they have a rock set up to hop the fence and come through a fenceless yard 5 houses up from us. I just feel very violated. I felt sketchy going out to my car this morning with sky, so I had ty come with me. It just really sucks that people have to violate other peoples property and space. So now we are very careful with our stuff. We keep our garage closed, cars locked, and DO NOT warm our cars up ever again!!! So please learn from our mistakes and misfortune. LOCK UP!!! Because it sucks to have stuff stolen, and sucks even more to have to replace all of your cards, phones, computers, glasses, etc. Peace out.

Best Friends

2009-03-12T21:12:00.001-07:00

Alright, so I just wanted to do a post about me and my son. We have decided that we are best friends. We can hang out and do nothing and still have so much fun together. I was off of work yesterday and we just sat home and played. I bought him a cars foam chair and he loves it!!! He watched an entire episode of Little Einsteins sitting in it and eating a sucker. And then he pulled all of the movies off of the rack. I kept putting them back and he would just throw them down again. I remember back to before I had him and sitting home was so dull. Days like this make me realize how incredibly lucky I am to have such a great son. He gives meaning to my life. This sounds kind of corny, but I knew that I would love my baby, but I never imagined that I would love him this much. He's definately a joy. He is also a very lovey little boy. He is constantly hugging you and laying his head on your. It's pretty special.

FoxiLynn is SeVeN!!!

2009-03-09T14:03:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my little pomeranian Foxilynn Sanchez is 7!!! I got her when I was a junior in high school living out at my dad's. Boy we've moved a lot, but she has always been my baby. She's definately a great companion and helped me get through a lot of hard times. She isn't too fond of Skylar, gosh I can't figure out why LOL. I caught a pic right when she got mad at him. It was hilarious!!! She wouldn't ever bite him. It's like sibling rivalry. Happy birthday baby, hope you enjoy your raw hide!!! I'm such a dork.

Skylar's First Birthday Party

2009-03-07T07:53:00.001-08:00

For Skylar's first birthday, I wanted to do something that he would enjoy and that would accomodate a lot of people. So, may I add 3 months in advance, reserved the Cottonwood Heights Rec Center Splash Zone. It is their kiddie pool that has slides etc. I think that everyone had a great time. We got him an awesome Little Einsteins cake and my cute dad made him a Little Einsteins banner. I think that if Skylar could remember it, he would say it was fun.
It took Skylar a minute to realize what we were letting him do, but then he got it, and made a MESS!!! We had to finally take the cake away because I was afraid he was going to get sick.

Lots of both sides of the family showed up. I think that we had a great turn out. But of course it couldn't be free of incident. Poor Gram and Papi's truck broke down and they didn't make it until the very end. But the important part is that they made it.
Lots of our friends also came. Unfortuneatley lucky ones missed their snap-shot. Oh well, we know who they were :-)
Overall I think that it was a great party. I may be cut out for this mommy thing after all. All I know is that it is way fun learning and seeing him grow.

We didn't open presents at the pool because everyone was swimming and because, Mommy didn't feel like opening them all. Skylar was pretty pooped from his day, so we opened them later that night. They were all pretty cool. Although Daddy and Brandon won the present prize. He loves his 4 Wheeler and Radio Flyer. The little turd. He's going to be just like his brother.

Skylar's Birthday is Today!!!

2009-03-04T19:57:00.000-08:00

So today has been pretty uneventful. My entire household is very very sick. We have had the cough, runny nose, and dizzy/weak symptoms. I'm so glad it was his first birthday, because he was content with laying on the couch and watching Little Einsteins all day. We also made a cake and he loved licking the beaters. And then later we went to my mom's house for stuffed peppers and cake!!! Yumm. We were all sick so we all hung out together. I can't believe that he is one!!!

And So It Has Begun

2009-02-27T22:05:00.001-08:00

This post is for you Grandma Debbie. Skylar's presents arrived and he was so excited. He spent all day tearing at the bows, that we finally just let him wrip them open. Thank you so much for all of the great clothes!!! They were just as good as toys. He played a game where he tried to fit everything into his hands at once and then he would throw them up in the air and laugh. It kept him occupied for like 20 minutes, so thanks :-)

It's ONE-derful to be ONE!!!

2009-02-24T14:01:00.000-08:00

Today we went to Kiddie Kandids to get his one year old pictures done. It's a little premature, I know. But I had to get it done while I could. His birthday is March 4th. He is such a big big boy. I didn't realize how big he was until I went and saw Brandon and Jeanna's baby girl who was born yesterday. I don't ever remember him being that small. Anywho. I think that they turned out great. He is such a little stud. Family, you'll be getting your copies at his birthday party on Saturday. Hope to see you all there.

I think this one of him in the chest is so darn cute. He is going to be such a heart breaker

And we finally got him to stand after many failed tries. He was so over pictures. I really think that he could walk, he's just not ready to show us.

Photo Tag

2009-02-15T17:16:00.001-08:00

I was tagged by my friend Megan to post a picture and tell about itHere's the game:

1) Go to your picture folder, or wherever you store your photos on your computer

2) Go to the sixth folder and pick the sixth picture

3) Post it on your blog and tell the story that goes along with the picture

4) Tag four friends to do the same

This picture was taken at Kayden's Christmas performance this year. We were getting ready to leave and Tyler was making Skylar laugh. Despite the fact that I wanted to kill Ty at this second, I thought that it was priceless. Don't remember why I was feeling hostile, but that's not completely out of the norm for me. Ha ha

I tag Taryn, Katrina, Heather, Lacey, Ginger, and I think that's it.

Happy Sumo

2009-02-08T10:18:00.000-08:00

So last night I had a long awaited GIRL'S NIGHT!!! Yay. We went to Happy Sumo and had some sushi and wine. We decided that we need to make this at the very least, a monthly thing. I've got some great fun friends. Thanks girls.

11 Months Old!!!

2009-02-08T10:15:00.000-08:00

So Skylar hit the 11month mark on the 4th, so yes I am a few days late on this post. He is getting so big!! Since his surgery he has gained THREE pounds. Forward facing car seat here we come! He is starting to show signs that he wants to walk, but still hasn't quite got there. He looks like an ape because he will be on all fours "walking" Pretty soon he will straighten his legs. He still only has 6 teeth, but oh so cute. Oh and he says "mama" still and his new one is "da". Ty is pretty excited about that. Well we are moving right along and before we know it, he will be ONE!!! His party is on the 28th of February, so watch for your invites.

Sky Update

2009-01-27T18:26:00.000-08:00

So tonight my son was just cracking me up so I had to take a few pictures. As you can tell, he was taking a bath. He had mac and cheese for dinner and he was a MESS!!! But he has this new thing where he puckers his lips and breathes really fast and loud through his nose. It really is just the funniest thing ever. I'll have to try and catch it on video. I guess I really haven't done an update lately on sky's development, so to say. He is trying to walk with a walker toy. He actually does pretty good. But since he has mastered crawling, he would much rather just do that. He still hasn't said anything other than mama or huh, but all in time. He has 6 teeth, with more coming. So finally he can eat some real food, which is really nice for us!! He can go up and down stairs. He is so much fun and I love watching him learn new things every day.

Shain and Katie

2009-01-22T18:21:00.000-08:00

This past week our good friends Shain and katie came in town from Chicago. We went out to eat A LOT. The funny thing that they get so excited about is Carl's Jr. Not exactly my favorite, but it's okay. We tried the restaurant Epic finally!!! It was absolutely amazing. Everyone should go try it out. We also went to Sundance up in Park City, and no we didn't see any celebrities. It was a really good trip, we just wish that they lived closer.

All Better!

2009-01-12T19:32:00.000-08:00

So the other day Sky and I went to Primary Children's Hospital for his 3 week check-up.... Can you believe that it has already been 3 weeks??? Crazy that it is all behind us. Anyways. The murmur is all gone by stethescope, but the echo still shows a leak in the patch. We are hoping that the tissue will grow over the leak, but even if it doesn't, it won't matter. He will go back in 6months, then every year, then every other year, then every 3 years for the rest of his life. I am so proud of my baby and feel so blessed that he was born in a time where he could be fixed. Love love love my son!

Kinda Creepy

2009-01-03T14:53:00.000-08:00

So when my brother was little, very little, he had to wear my cousin's frilly pink swimsuit because he didn't have one. Therefore, my family nicknamed him Tootsie Sanchez. Well... it looks like we have a Tootsie Sorensen because Rylee, just because she's an easy target, wanted to dress up Skylar in her dress up tutu's and wings. I think really my mom, taryn, and I were bored. But it was hilarious and Tyler wasn't there to stop us. These are going to be blackmail pictures when he gets older. Also Rylee got a Hannah Montana guitar for Christmas, so she dressed up and rocked out. It was the cutest thing I've ever seen. "You get the best of both worlds..."

New Years Eve 2008

2009-01-01T11:30:00.000-08:00

We had an awesome New Years surrounded by our best friends and children. We decided to play it safe and stay home this year. So Michole and Jared and their two kids, Cole and Stefanie and their 3 kids, Me and Ty and our two kids, Jeremiah, and Kaylee all came to celebrate.

We did a pot luck to make it all a litttle easier on our pockets. Then played Chicks vs. Dudes with the adults and the big kids all played out in the snow.

At the strike of midnight we all celebrated and the kids had their sparkling cider. Definately a great start to a new year.

Christmas Day 2008

2008-12-27T10:30:00.000-08:00

What a busy day!!!! We were able to wake up at 8am... I guess we better appreciate that one ha? Pretty soon Sky will be waking us up. We didn't have Kayden Christmas morning, so it was just the three of us. It was kind of nice for me and Ty because we were able to exchange eachothers gifts and have kind of a 1st "our" christmas. Sky didn't really care about the whole thing. He like the wrapping more than the actual presents. The little turd.

Then we went to my dad's where the kids were over spoiled. I don't think that there isn't one toy, outfit, or jammy that they didn't get. It was fun to see them all go wild opening the presents.

Then we went to our house to do Santa gifts with Kayden. I think that this will be the last year we do Santa gifts at our house for Kay when he doesn't sleep there. Santa goes to one house. Not fair to the siblings. But that just means that all of his gifts will be from Daddy and Jennie. Spoiled lil' man!

No we're not done yet! We then went to nana's. We ate yummy dinner, prime rib, opened presents, and played the Wii. It is so funny to watch the boys box. It was such a great Christmas all around. I wish that these kids understood just how lucky they are... Next year we are going to do a sub for santa so the kids can see how good it feels to helps others. And also my mom and I are going to do a Christmas Tree for Festival of Trees in name of Skylar's heart surgery. It will help raise money for Primary Children's. I will also be out of school so that I can put my focus into fun projects like these.

As many of you know, Christmas also dumped snow! So Kayden and Ty came home and shoveled. They had a blast! And yes I decided to lighten up and not worry about Kay getting sick. Although not with sky, he was stuck inside with me. He kept hitting the sliding glass door to go outside. Next year buddy.

Christmas Eve 2008

2008-12-27T10:08:00.001-08:00

The Holiday season is ALWAYS so so busy, but we love all of the quality time we get with our families. At the beginning of our Christmas Eve we went to The Utleys house to celebrate. This is all of my step mom's family. This side of the family has had a tough couple of years. They have lost a son a few years ago and their father a few months ago, with grandma also having her own health battles. Luckily we all have such a great family and support system. We had a lot of fun over there. Tyler is a chatter butt and can mingle with anyone. Love his guts.

Then at the end of the night we went to my mom's for the traditional pizza and presents. Every year we used to get pajamas on Christmas Eve, so I have decided to carry on the tradition in my family. We didn't have Kayden this year, so that is why he is missing. Also nana and pop got a Wii for the family. There are a few picture of my mom and phil boxing. FREAKING hilarious! I kept winning, until my brother came along. Boy am I sore. It is a great workout... Wii Fit here we come!

Family Date Night

2008-12-24T14:34:00.000-08:00

So daddy has been working quite a bit of overtime the last week, so he decided to surprise us with Tepanyaki and Christmas lights. Dinner was amazing as always. This time we went to the Lehi location. We were going to go to Thanksgiving Pointe afterwards, but the line was awfully long, so we decided to go drive around by our house and look at lights. There is a house called Christmas Utah (google it) that has lights set to music. It is kind of a tradition now for us to go see it. Skylar that it was pretty cool. As you can tell by his expression. It was a good night out with the fam, makes me feel grateful to have them.

Gram's Christmas Party

2008-12-22T08:07:00.001-08:00

This weekend was our Christmas Party at Gram's house in Scipio. We have decided that it is much more fun and easier on the boys if we spend the night down there. We stayed up pretty late playing Tony Hawk on the Nintendo 64, but of course Ty and Kayden couldn't beat me. ha ha ha. Then on Sunday everyone arrived and we ate, sang, played bingo and dice, and finally opened presents. It was a good weekend. The boys made out pretty good. Even got money jars that count for you... It is also such a small world and our good friend mario was down with his girlfriend visiting their family. Our party was at the same time their's was, so unfortunately we didn't get to go sledding with the Clidesdale (spelled wrong I'm sure) horses. Maybe next time. Thanks for such a great weekend Gram and Papi.

KayDen'S ChRistMAs ProgRaM

2008-12-19T17:20:00.000-08:00

Today we went and saw Kayden's kindergarten class sing Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer and Jingle Bells. He did so good, he didn't do the hand motions, but at least he sang. He has his daddy's shyness. It is so crazy to realize how big he is getting. He is also getting very good at sounding out words, I'm sure that reading is right around the corner. No more spelling things out in front of him, because now he will U-N-D-E-R-S-T-A-N-D.

He is middle row, seventh in from the left

And We're Discharged...

2008-12-16T18:49:00.001-08:00

So Skylar was doing so good we got to come home yesterday. We had an echo before we left yesterday and everything looked pretty good. He still has an insignificant hole between his ventricles, but nothing to worry about. The surgeon said that sometimes it is impossible to get every leak. We go back for a check up in 3 weeks and then every year for a few years and then every 3 years for the rest of his life... just to make sure everything is still okay. Hopefully he will never have to go through this again. On another note, his pain is pretty well under control. He was having a bit more today so I called and got a lortab order just in case. He is also having nightmares and also had a night terror today. I can only imagine the horrible things that are going through his head when he sleeps. Poor baby. He had to sleep with mommy and daddy last night... His incisions look great and hopefully his scar will be minimal when he gets older. We are so proud of our strong little boy and are so grateful to still have him in our lives. The surgeons, cardiologists, nurse practitioners and nurses were so great up there. In fact, we had such a great experience that mom has decided to change her career path and go work up at Primary Children's Hospital, probably in the Pediatric intensive care... but we'll see. I love the great attitudes and the innocence of all the children up there. You don't get that very often with adults.

Causing trouble...

2008-12-14T22:03:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe the 180 that Skylar has done within the last couple of hours. He is just back to his good ol' self. I almost thought... maybe we should give him a little something to make him go to sleep LOL. Just kidding. It makes me so so happy to see him causing trouble. I never thought I would say that. Enjoy the videos. Sorry they are bad quality.... Believe it or not, I have almost finished 2 and a half tapes of recording stuff here, so if you weren't able to come up, I have it all on camera :-) Hopefully we will be home tomorrow if all continues to go well.... we have yet to transition to oral pain meds, so that is our last obstacle.

My StRonG Lil' MaN

2008-12-14T11:43:00.000-08:00

So today we got the chest drain out and the pacer wires. Boy was that hard to see my son go through that much pain. Especially since they didn't remove all of the sutures before they tugged. Oops! But he lived. He is so strong and I am so proud of him. It took about 4 or 5 hours, but he is FINALLY feeling better now. By 630 he was crawling, standing up and playing with Aunt Kaylee and his cousin clarissa. We even got some smiles out of him. It is so good to see him finally happy. If he transitions well over to oral meds and if he starts eating better we may be able to go home tomorrow. He also has an echo tomorrow to make sure that the heart function is good. It's only up hill from here....

Finally to A Room

2008-12-13T16:28:00.000-08:00

Well at about 1pm today they gave us a room... well kinda. They are completely full up here, but they put us in a procedure room on the surgical unit. Can't complain though, the room is huge! It's so nice to be out of the ICU because we can watch movies, eat in the room, have multiple visitors, and we can take him out of the room!!! Today we put him in a little radio flyer wagon and wheeled him over to the playroom with his brother. Of couse he didn't play, but at least it got him out. His pain is getting more and more under control and his little personality is starting to shine through again. He smiled a little and said mama a few times. It makes me so happy to see him get better. Here are some pictures from this afternoon.

PoSt Op DaY #2

2008-12-13T09:44:00.001-08:00

Well we had a pretty rough night. Skylar doesn't do well with the lortab, he threw up 3 times... once on mama. Poor baby. Mama finally collapsed last night and got some good sleep. The nurses were great last night and got me a couch to sleep on since there weren't any beds on the floor. Poor dad stayed until 3 am since I was asleep and then went home until 9am. We are hoping to have a room this afternoon so that he can get some good sleep. Home monday...

Post Op Day #1

2008-12-12T19:40:00.000-08:00

Well today went very well overall. Skylar got his interjugular IV out, his ART line out, his catheter out, and is able to eat!!! OH I forgot the most important part, he pooped!! Unfortunately he had to get a new IV, and they missed the first time, but we got it the second time. We were suppose to move to a room on the heart floor, but there weren't any beds available :-( This made me really sad because I was hoping that I would get to sleep tonight. NO I haven't slept yet... going on 36 hours... woot woot! Not. Anyways, we are hoping tomorrow morning that they will transfer us. Also it was exciting today, the Jazz players came and visited. They signed a basketball for him, he was still pretty out of it so he just stared at them. Everyone has been so good to him up here and we are so grateful for all of them.

Our night in PICU

2008-12-12T10:33:00.001-08:00

Wow! What a night we had. Yes mom has still not slept... okay I lie, I fell asleep for about 45 minutes at 9 this morning. Well we got the breathing tube out at 1am and he did so well that he had his oxygen taken off a few hours later. They have already pulled the urinary catheter. Although he will keep his pacer wires and chest drain for a few days. The only problem we have had is keeping his pain under control and keeping him comfortable. He is a belly sleeper and of course cannot sleep on his belly. He is so resilient to this surgery that he gave us a scare last night. He decided quick to roll to his belly and almost pulled out his central line, chest drain, and ventilator. Talk about my heart dropping. Well I think that we are out of the woods and we will be transferring to the heart floor around 4pm today. Then we won't have visitor restrictions and mom will have a couch bed, yay! But most importantly Skylar will have peace and quiet. As many of you probably don't know, the PICU is a completely open unit with about 43 beds. Kids crying, alarms beeping, and people chit chatting. It will be nice to have a private room. Feel free to come visit him.... only if you are well!!!!

P.S. Take a close look at the small small pictures. Breast milk galore!!!! Go healthy skylar :-)

Out of Surgery

2008-12-11T20:22:00.000-08:00

Here is my lovely family and friends waiting with me. I don't know what I would do without you.

Well Sky got out of surgery at 7pm. He is doing really well. He has a chest drain, IV's, a catheter, heart monitors, IV drips, oxygen monitor, and is still on the breathing machine. As scary and as sad as it looks, he is doing really good. He has tried to wake up a few times, but not all the way yet. As soon as he does, the breathing tube will come out. Mommy and daddy have a long night ahead of them. I will update you again tomorrow. Thanks for all your support.

Here is a video of my baby sleeping peacefully. Just press play and make sure you mute the music on the side.

Surgery Day

2008-12-11T16:06:00.000-08:00

So yesterday we went and did skylar's pre op, unfortunatley they did not get enough blood so we were back up to Primary's at 8pm last night. We decided to read books, Sky likes to just destroy the books. Shhh... don't tell..

And then when we arrived today we had to wait FOREVER. Our surgery time bounced from 6am to 12pm to 11am to 1230pm and finally to 4pm. Wow what a roller coaster ride. My poor sky was so tired and hungry it was so hard.

Once pre op finally came we were so relieved, but just to find out that the other surgery was having complications and we would still have four more hours to wait. Please tell that to a nine month old who hasn't eaten since 8am. They finally gave in and let him have a bottle of apple juice, mainly because he was litterally scaring the shit out of the other kids... literally. Think about it :-) That made him happy and he fell asleep for a few hours in the wagon...

The collage below is of sky sleeping in the wagon... what a good sport. I love you baby. My mom, dad, bestie(kaylee) and my hubby were all waiting with me and Sky.

And now came the hard part... saying goodbye. I honestly felt all of the lights dim around me and realized that I really had to let him go. I don't know how I didn't collapse to the floor. Of those of you who know me well... I don't cry, but I bawled when the doctor took my baby.

Well is in surgery right now. He is in the hands of the best and most expensive baby sitters that one can buy. Good luck my love and I will be with you every single minute when you get out. Breathe....

I will try and keep you updated every few hours. Since I have time on my hands.

Ready or not...here we go!

2008-12-10T17:36:00.001-08:00

So today we went and did all of Skylar's pre-op for his surgery tomorrow. We got blood drawn, TWICE, chest xray, and had a history and physical. Poor daddy passed out when Sky got his blood drawn. It was somewhat humorous since we have both been overly stressed. He has his surgery at 730am tomorrow at Primary Children's Hospital. We will be arriving at 6am though. It is going to be a hard hard day. If anyone would like to come see him, all we ask is that you don't bring anyone sick. The best days to visit would be Saturday-Tuesday, since we won't have restricted visitors and he will also have a lot of his tubes out. Thanks for everyones support. We love you all and know that he is in your prayers.

GinGerBreaD HouSes 2008

2008-12-09T19:53:00.000-08:00

So I have this tradition in my family to do gingerbread houses every year. With Skylar's surgery and finals this semester, I didn't have time to make my own. So I resorted to the expensive store bought ones. Whether they were home made or not the kids had just as much fun. In past years they just wanted to eat the candy. Carson and Kayden are finally to the age that they like to be creative and decorate them. We had a lot of fun. Thanks to Taryn and Grandma helping, the houses turned out great.

FeStivAl oF TreeS

2008-12-06T16:28:00.000-08:00

On Friday I was able to go watch my adorable neice perform at the Festival of Trees. Her little dance group performed and she was the bravest of them all. She got up on that stage, waved to everybody and did her dance. Some of the other girls just stood their because they had stage fright. But Rylee is a natural born star. Ry Ry don't ever stop dancing. Also if you get a chance, you should all go to the Festival of Trees. It benefits Primary Children's Hospital, which you know my family owes much gratitude to. And the trees are all very beautiful and get you into the Christmas spirit. Don't forget to watch the video at the bottom of Ry Ry dancing. Make sure you pause my music on the side first. It's to die for cute.

Skylar's First Word

2008-12-03T19:24:00.000-08:00

I am so proud to say that Skylar's first word is MAMA! Yes you got it MAMA. I think tyler is a little jealous LOL!!! Watch how adorable he is. Love you baby sky.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=47650758

Grizzlies Game 10

2008-11-30T10:15:00.000-08:00

Last night our friend Nick Moss offered us VIP tickets to the Utah Grizzlies Game 10. It was so much fun. Definately the best seats with a baby because he could crawl around in the suite and their were couches and all. We also took our friends Mario and his girlfriend Sha'Lee. It was a super fun night. Adam and Carson.... you're next to go!

Thanksgiving at Grams!

2008-11-28T13:28:00.001-08:00

Well this was the year that we got to go down to Gram's for thanksgiving, since we go every other year. Since she lives in Scipio, we decided to spend the night. It was great to see the boys be able to hang out with their great grandma and grandpa.

There are a lot of grandkids on this side. And they all love playing together.

Gram loves her grandkids.

It was a great holiday. I am so thankful for the wonderful family I have on both sides. Thanks gram for a great holiday!

Sky's 1st Hair Cut

2008-11-22T14:43:00.001-08:00

And boy oh boy did he need it. Our poor little guy was getting called a girl with his cute little curls he was growing, so we decided to give him a BOY hair cut. He looks like a little stud now. Dad definately had some skills cutting his hair. And YES, I kept his hair. My little man is getting so big.

Fall Fun

2008-11-18T17:35:00.000-08:00

So yesterday me, ty and sky decided to work on the front yard. It seems like there is never ending leaves everywhere. Sky was having so much fun crawling around on the grass, I had to capture a picture of him. Look at how cute... Don't tell nana, but he almost choked on a leaf... oops!

Vote 4 SKY!!!

2008-11-17T14:15:00.001-08:00

I entered Skylar into a photo contest just for fun. He wins money if he wins though, so here is the link to go vote.

P.S. YOU CAN VOTE ONCE PER DAY!!!

This link should take you right to his picture. Thanks friends.

http://www.protecttoothy.com/smileContest/photoDetails.aspx?photoID=757

Utah Grizzlies

2008-11-08T08:40:00.000-08:00

Last night my family and friends went to the E Center to watch the Utah Grizzlies. Let me just say it was a blast! The kids loved to watch the game, and for the 5 year old and 9 year old, they stayed hooked until the end. The Grizzlies even won! They went into overtime and tied, so they had to do a shoot out. The Grizzlies ended up scoring to win it all! I haven't quite decided if hockey is a good thing for the kids to watch because they beat the crap out of eachother and we cheer them on. Is this teaching them bad things??? LOL. Also this night they were all wearing pink jerseys and the rink was pink to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. What a great night. We will definately be going back. Here is a picture of a fight... priceless!!!

My Baby is 8 Months TODAY!

2008-11-04T20:10:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to do a post about my little baby Skylar today. He was born 8 months ago today. Time has flown by so so fast. He is just growing like a weed. Ty and I really could not imagine life without him and truly believe that he is the most handsome and beautiful baby eva LOL! But seriously. New things that he learned this past month was pulling himself to a stand and climbing stairs. The cardiologists thought his defect would slow him down, boy were they wrong. He still babbles mamamamama. I'm his favorite... but don't let ty know, it might hurt his feelings :-) We are patiently awaiting his surgery. We love him so much and know that he will bounce back like a champ. Love you baby.

Halloween 2008

2008-11-02T10:28:00.001-08:00

My family had such a fun Halloween this year. Since Kayden started kindergarten we went to his school parade that morning. We didn't have kayden this year, so this is the only picture we got of him. He decided a the last minute to be a vampire because he couldn't wear his motocross mask at school. Skylar was a giraffe during the day, which was Carson's first costume, because the spider was too warm.

That night we went to my brothers house to go trick or treating. Taryn and pop were insane clowns and scared the crap out of all the older kids. Taryn got such a kick out of it. We wouldn't let Sky look at them because it would freak him out.

Here is a picture of "part" of my cute family. I was Little Red Riding Hood, Tyler was Dr. Seamore Busch Gynecologist, and Skylar was a spider. I think that Tyler pulled off the hot doctor quite well. Although I don't know about really being married to a gynocologist... AWKWARD lol.

Then later that night we met up with some of our friends and went to the Huka Bar. We had a lot of fun dancing and celebrating until the wee hours...

Kaylee was a sexy little postal worker...

We had a lot of fun with our friends. It's good to get out once in a while and let loose. Thanks nana for letting Sky hang out with you.

The End!!!

The Pumpkin Bash

2008-10-30T22:12:00.000-07:00

Well I didn't think that we were going to get to carve pumpkins this year, but we did it last minute. It was really fun too. We carved at Taryns house. Taryn and Ry did a bat, Tyler and Kayden a fish, Me and Skylar a baby's 1st pumpkin, and Nana and Carson an old fashioned original pumpkin face. We managed to not be too messy too. Which is amazing considering we had four kids 5 and under. Well.... Happy Halloween!

Primary Children's Echo

2008-10-30T21:50:00.000-07:00

Today we went for Skylar's cardiac surgery work-up. He had a sedated echocardiogram, electrocardiogram, and a chest xray. One of the techs explained these tests well. If you were to consider a house, the echocardiogram is the plumbing because you look at the blood flow in the heart. And the electrocardiogram is the electricity, because you look at the electrical conduction in the heart. And the chest xray is just to see how much his left side has enlarged. Well everything went as expected today. It was so sad seeing him cry after getting an IV. And was so crazy to see him get medications that made him drunk. It was so funny though, he was all loopy and I said "hi baby" and he gave me this drunk chuckle. After all of the tests, we met with our cardiologist. The surgery is to be during the first or second week of December. We need to get mama through finals with school and then they will do it. Otherwise I think I may have a nervous breakdown LOL.

I guess some of you are wondering how they are planning to repair this defect. They will go in through the chest and put his body on cardiac bypass. His heart cannot be moving when they repair it because he would bleed out through the incision, so that is the reasoning behind the bypass. Then they will make an incision through the right atrium (the right upper chamber of the heart) and go through the tricuspid valve and sew a patch over the hole (VSD). With the PFO they will just throw a stitch to close it because it is so small. From start to finish, the surgery will probably take at least 6 hours. When he comes out, he will be in the pediatric intensive care and will have a nurse that has only him as her patient which I am extremely happy about. He will be on a ventilator, have chest tubes, arterial line to constantly monitor his BP (which is just a huge IV line), a central line (which is an IV that has tubing go straight to his heart), peripheral IV's, and all of the monitoring equipment. He will be in the PICU for about 2 days and they will slowly take everything out as he gets better. The ventilator will probably only stay in for a few hours. So if you come to see him, have this picture in your head so that you aren't scared or shocked. This surgery sounds very scary, but just know that they get better very fast and live normal healthy lives. He will have to go to a cardiologist for a work up every 2-3 years for the rest of his life though. Have any questions, let me know. We'll let you know as soon as we know the date...

Skylar's "echo" Blessing

2008-10-30T21:41:00.001-07:00

As you all know, Skylar is getting very close to his heart surgery. My family decided to give him a blessing the night before his echo that he had today. My brother and everyone else in my family are such great support. Thanks Adam, Grandpa Merritt, Dustin, and Cory for blessing Skylar. It was a great experience and I truly believe that Skylar has lots of angels looking over him at this time.