I have no pictures to post because we've been rather tied up at the hospital again. Briggs had to be admitted into the hospital for a few days. Man, he's had a rough winter. I have to say that I am getting pretty tired of hospital beds and hospital food. I took him into the ER and he had a fever of 105. His white blood cell count was so high and they had to hurry and start him on IV's. He hates those things. I still can't sit in the room and watch them try to get them into his little arm. Last time it took them 2 hours but this time it only took about 20 minutes. It makes a mom cry to hear their baby screaming forever. They also found a little pnemonia as well. It took a few days to get his blood count normal. I hope that we are done with the hospitals now! It's good to be back home and I hope that it stays that way for a while.
Other than that, nothing much has been going on at our house. My mom and dad took the other kids for a few days. I have to admit, it was kind of nice. It's hard not having any family that lives in the same town as you. I sometimes wish that we lived closer to our families. I'm grateful that they are always so willing to help even though Jon's family and my family both live away from us. The kids love both Grandma's homes. I sometimes think that they would rather be with their grandparents than their parents. That's a good thing though, right. I remember being that same way and I thinkt that I lived at my Grandma's house.
Anyway, I'll post pictures soon.
March 23, 2009
March 7, 2009
The BIG "3"
Our Brooke turned three and I can't believe it. It seems just like yesterday that she came into this world. She brings such JOY to our house and it seems like there is never a dull moment with her around.
This is how her life started out. I don't think that I'll ever forget that moment that they took her away and life-flighted her to Provo. I think that is the worst feeling ever to have your baby taken away and you don't know if they are going to be o.k. or not. I cried and cried and this is what we found when we got to the NICU. She was on life support for a while and gave us quite a scare.
It didn't take her long to bounce back from being early. She was a very good baby. I loved all of her black hair and she had the biggest, bluest eyes.
This is one of my favorite pictures because it shows those big, baby blues.
Things that We love about Brooke:
I attempted to decorate her birthday cake. All she wanted was pink so we found some cute butterflies to put on it too. It took me forever but we did it. I'm no pro like my cousins but hey, it's worth a shot, right. All that she wanted for her birthday was pink. We couldn't get anything else out of her until the day before her birthday.
Say Cheese!
She then told us that she wanted a real pink horse. (Sorry to say we couldn't pull that one off.) She ended up getting a lot of clothes from her gandparents, lightbright, a horse puzzle, a pink hat, and some new shoes. She loved everything! She is very easy to please, thank goodness! We love our Brooke and we are so grateful that she is a part of our family!!
This is how her life started out. I don't think that I'll ever forget that moment that they took her away and life-flighted her to Provo. I think that is the worst feeling ever to have your baby taken away and you don't know if they are going to be o.k. or not. I cried and cried and this is what we found when we got to the NICU. She was on life support for a while and gave us quite a scare.
It didn't take her long to bounce back from being early. She was a very good baby. I loved all of her black hair and she had the biggest, bluest eyes.
This is one of my favorite pictures because it shows those big, baby blues.
Things that We love about Brooke:* Her Smile. *Those big blue eyes. *She always wants to go shopping. *Her laugh.
* She makes us laugh. *Her sense of humor. *She is VERY curious. *She loves the outdoors.
*She has a mop of hair that is natural curly, we wish that we all had it. *She is a great helper.
* She likes everyone. *She always wants to go. It doesn't matter it it's to the doctor, daycare, the dentist, she is all about being anywhere but home. *We LOVE EVERYTHING about her!!!
We LOVE ya Brooke!!
We LOVE ya Brooke!!
I attempted to decorate her birthday cake. All she wanted was pink so we found some cute butterflies to put on it too. It took me forever but we did it. I'm no pro like my cousins but hey, it's worth a shot, right. All that she wanted for her birthday was pink. We couldn't get anything else out of her until the day before her birthday.
Say Cheese!
She then told us that she wanted a real pink horse. (Sorry to say we couldn't pull that one off.) She ended up getting a lot of clothes from her gandparents, lightbright, a horse puzzle, a pink hat, and some new shoes. She loved everything! She is very easy to please, thank goodness! We love our Brooke and we are so grateful that she is a part of our family!!March 5, 2009
WINNERS
Logan and Maddi both entered the creative arts contest at our school. I can't believe that they both won. Logan got lucky and won two trophies. They both took 1st place in the writing category and Logan took 2nd in the visual arts category. We'll post their entries when we get them back. The theme was "Our Beautiful World Inspires Me To..." Maddison wrote about how there are lots of people who inspire her to be nice to others. Logan wrote about how he wanted to build houses for those who didn't have homes and for dogs who didn't have a doghouse. (We had to laugh at that one) Logan drew a picture of him building houses. He even added all the little tools that he would use. The best was the air compressor and nail gun. I think that he's helped his dad a little and knows how it all works. Maddison also drew a cute picture about her helping others. Good job kids!February 25, 2009
The Good Old Days
So Cher and Shayne both did this tag and it brought back the good old days of Bryce Valley. I couldn't resist so here we go.
1. Who was your first Prom date? Chance Stewart
2. Do you still talk to your first love? Nope
3. What was the first time you drove like? Pretty wild, it was when I was 13. Me and Tahnee paid for that one.(Remember)
4. What was your first job? Bussing tables at the Pines
5. What was your first car? The Black Beast (1984 Monte Carlo) My first car that I bought was a brand new Eagle Talon. (loved it)
6. Who was the first person to text you today? No one, I don't text
7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning? My kids
8. Who was your first grade teacher? Mrs. Buckingham
9. Who was your first best friend and do you still talk? I would have to say my sisters first, then Bowdie, we did everything together. I would have to say Tahnee, Laycee, Kami and Kayce too. I talk to my sisters almost every day and I talk to Tahnee quite a bit.
10. Where was your first sleepover? Grandma Twitchell's (I loved sleeping over at her house)
11. Where did you go on your first airplane ride? Alaska
12. Who was the first person you talked to today? Brooke and Briggs, they got up at 5:30 and I don't remember who I talked to first.
13.Who's wedding were you in for the first time? I served in my 2nd grade teachers wedding.
14. What was the first thing that you did this morning? Had a shower
15. Who was the first concert that you went to? Sawyer Brown
16. First tattoo? Don't have one
17. First peircing? My ears, I was 10.
18. First foriegn country you have been to? Mexico
19. First movie you remeber seeing? Snow White, it was in the old Panguitch theater. I was only five.
20. When was your first detention? I don't think that I ever had it. I did have to clean the drivers ed car once because we sluffed for an hour.
21. What was the first state that you lived in? Utah
22. Who was your first roomate? My sister Shantel and Tahnee
23. First Funeral you attended? My Grandma Rich
24. Who was your first kiss? Clayton Johnson, 9th grade
25. What is the first thing you do when getting on the computer? Check my email and my blog.
1. Who was your first Prom date? Chance Stewart
2. Do you still talk to your first love? Nope
3. What was the first time you drove like? Pretty wild, it was when I was 13. Me and Tahnee paid for that one.(Remember)
4. What was your first job? Bussing tables at the Pines
5. What was your first car? The Black Beast (1984 Monte Carlo) My first car that I bought was a brand new Eagle Talon. (loved it)
6. Who was the first person to text you today? No one, I don't text
7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning? My kids
8. Who was your first grade teacher? Mrs. Buckingham
9. Who was your first best friend and do you still talk? I would have to say my sisters first, then Bowdie, we did everything together. I would have to say Tahnee, Laycee, Kami and Kayce too. I talk to my sisters almost every day and I talk to Tahnee quite a bit.
10. Where was your first sleepover? Grandma Twitchell's (I loved sleeping over at her house)
11. Where did you go on your first airplane ride? Alaska
12. Who was the first person you talked to today? Brooke and Briggs, they got up at 5:30 and I don't remember who I talked to first.
13.Who's wedding were you in for the first time? I served in my 2nd grade teachers wedding.
14. What was the first thing that you did this morning? Had a shower
15. Who was the first concert that you went to? Sawyer Brown
16. First tattoo? Don't have one
17. First peircing? My ears, I was 10.
18. First foriegn country you have been to? Mexico
19. First movie you remeber seeing? Snow White, it was in the old Panguitch theater. I was only five.
20. When was your first detention? I don't think that I ever had it. I did have to clean the drivers ed car once because we sluffed for an hour.
21. What was the first state that you lived in? Utah
22. Who was your first roomate? My sister Shantel and Tahnee
23. First Funeral you attended? My Grandma Rich
24. Who was your first kiss? Clayton Johnson, 9th grade
25. What is the first thing you do when getting on the computer? Check my email and my blog.
February 20, 2009
Call Me Crazy
O.K. Call me crazy or whatever but I'm still having a heck of a time figuring this whole blogging thing out. I've had a few people tell me that they can't comment on my blog and I'm sorry! I didn't even know that I could control who could leave comments and who couldn't. I'll figure this whole thing out someday, maybe. Our house has been a little boring lately with not a whole lot happening. (You'll see that from the pictures) Although Briggs has finally learned how to walk. He just turned 15 months today and just started walking a few days ago. I can't believe that it's been that long ago since he was just 6 pounds and now we are almost hitting 30 pounds. He has changed so much, including hair color.
So I came home from Young Womens the other night and this is what I found. The girls decided to play beauty shop on their dad. You can probably see that Jon was not loving life. (especially when I broke out the camera) They were so proud of their work. You gotta love being a dad with girls running the house, right.
So I came home from Young Womens the other night and this is what I found. The girls decided to play beauty shop on their dad. You can probably see that Jon was not loving life. (especially when I broke out the camera) They were so proud of their work. You gotta love being a dad with girls running the house, right.February 13, 2009
TAG
I was Tagged by Natasha.
Seven Things I Can Do:
1. Shoot a gun.
2. Bake bread.
3. Stay up all night to read a book. (Jon gets so mad)
4. Still smile after being with 25 seven year olds all day.
5. Rope a calf.
6. Clogging (I catch myself remembering steps all the time. I just have to bust out a move every now and then)
7. Use coupons (It took me a while but I'm not embarassed any more)
Seven Things I Can't Do:
1. Sew
2. Change a flat tire.
3. Eat mushrooms (they freak me out)
4. Touch a snake.
5. Whistle
6. Sleep soundly (I hear every little noise)
7. Empty a mouse trap (Thank goodness for husbands)
Seven Things I Say Most:
1. Hurry
2. Listen
3. Let's Go
4. Love you!
5. "Those are going to be mine if you don't pick them up."
6. Let's try to be nice.
7. Goodness Sake
Seven Goals for the Year:
1. Loose weight!
2. Be more patient.
3.Read my scriptures more.
4. Keep up on my laundry.
5. Get caught up on my scrapbooks.
6. Practice the piano.
7. Spend more time as a family.
Seven Reasons that I fell in Love with Jon
1. Hard worker
2. Dang Cute!
3. His sense of humor.
4. He's the most honest person that I know.
5.We had the same dreams and goals in life.
6. He thinks the world of his mom.
7. He can fix anything.
Seven things I love to Eat!
1. Homemade cookies
2. Garden Tomatoes
3. Homemade rolls
4. Sweedish Fish
5. Cheese
6. Tomato Mac
7. Venison and dutch oven potatoes
Seven People I TAG
1. Trista
2. Megan
3. Cher
4. Shayne
5. McCall
6. Candice
7. Janice
Seven Things I Can Do:
1. Shoot a gun.
2. Bake bread.
3. Stay up all night to read a book. (Jon gets so mad)
4. Still smile after being with 25 seven year olds all day.
5. Rope a calf.
6. Clogging (I catch myself remembering steps all the time. I just have to bust out a move every now and then)
7. Use coupons (It took me a while but I'm not embarassed any more)
Seven Things I Can't Do:
1. Sew
2. Change a flat tire.
3. Eat mushrooms (they freak me out)
4. Touch a snake.
5. Whistle
6. Sleep soundly (I hear every little noise)
7. Empty a mouse trap (Thank goodness for husbands)
Seven Things I Say Most:
1. Hurry
2. Listen
3. Let's Go
4. Love you!
5. "Those are going to be mine if you don't pick them up."
6. Let's try to be nice.
7. Goodness Sake
Seven Goals for the Year:
1. Loose weight!
2. Be more patient.
3.Read my scriptures more.
4. Keep up on my laundry.
5. Get caught up on my scrapbooks.
6. Practice the piano.
7. Spend more time as a family.
Seven Reasons that I fell in Love with Jon
1. Hard worker
2. Dang Cute!
3. His sense of humor.
4. He's the most honest person that I know.
5.We had the same dreams and goals in life.
6. He thinks the world of his mom.
7. He can fix anything.
Seven things I love to Eat!
1. Homemade cookies
2. Garden Tomatoes
3. Homemade rolls
4. Sweedish Fish
5. Cheese
6. Tomato Mac
7. Venison and dutch oven potatoes
Seven People I TAG
1. Trista
2. Megan
3. Cher
4. Shayne
5. McCall
6. Candice
7. Janice
February 4, 2009
Hospital
Briggs has spent the last few days in the hospital with pneumonia. I got a call from Daycare that he wasn't doing very well. By the time that I got him to the hospital his oxygen levels were very low so they made us stay there. He was there for four days and I thought that we were going to go crazy. He was so ready to get out of that room that he finally started to walk. When they let him go on his walk they made him wear a mask. He thought that he was pretty cool stuff. The ladies at the hospital called him the Lone Ranger.
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