Our Forever Family

x-mas and other stuff

2012-01-18T17:17:00.001-08:00

Well these pics are a little out of order, but all well. We bought these awesome pajamas off of old navy. I absolutely love them! Later that day when I tried to show them off they were sold out. I love to dress him in awesome clothes, and these are awesome.

We tried rice cereal for the first time. He didn't like it too much, so we waited a few weeks and tried again. He didn't dislike it. He almost ate the whole batch/bowl. I say almost because I think more came out than went in. He gets it in his mouth and then tries to do a sucking motion. I am sure with time he will get the hang of it. I thought I would hate the mess of feeding him, but I honestly love it. For some reason things that normally gross me out I find endearing on this little one.

O'Ryan snagged this one the other day. He can now roll from back to belly, but not belly to back. He does it really well and almost immediately. He was playing with what we call his play gym and he rolled over, started sucking his thumb, and quickly fell asleep. I was sleeping from working the previous night. O'Ryan said he didn't sleep for very long, but what a great pic.
I love this. Hopefully LuJean doesn't get mad. A few weeks ago we actually both had the night off. Grandma Jeanie offered to babysit for us and we went and saw Sherlock Holmes. The movie was great! We came home to this on our couch. They were both passed out. I love it!
We had an awesome x-mas. Here are a few of the things we got. My parents bought this for Gabe. He isn't tall enough to sit in it yet, but we hold him in front of it and he loves it. The great thing about it is the chair comes off so they can use it as they get older.
This is what santa got for Gabe. He is a little to young for it still, but he will get bigger.
He loves this snail. It sings and says stuff when you hit it.
We got an ice-cream maker from my sister.
I finally bought O'Ryan a new phone. We have had the same phones for years and years. I upgraded his.
We also got some toys for Gabe and a lot of books. Grandma Jeanie made him some awesomely cute blankets. My sister got O'Ryan some of the great shirts he is always wearing, and even got some matching for O'Ryan and Gabe to wear together. I worked the night before and after x-mas so we did a small breakfast with just us when I got off work. Overall it was a great holiday. I loved spending time with my boys.
In other news O'Ryan is still in school and working like a crazy person. It is hard to not see each other so much, but it's what is best for our little one right now. We can't wait until he gets a job with a police department, then he will only be working one job instead of two.

Santa pics. : (

2011-12-22T10:55:00.000-08:00

Well today was going to be the day. We were going to go see Santa and get some pics taken. Unfortunately little guy is sick. He has his first cold/virus. He is being a trooper, but as much as I wanted to get Santa pics done.... I wouldn't want to go do it if I didn't feel good, so I am not going to make Gabe do it either. We will just have to do it next year.

3 month/ x-mas pics

2011-12-15T11:56:00.000-08:00

We found this fantastic photographer. She did Gabe's newborns and has a great deal where she does every three months. Check her out at ambergoddardphotography.blogspot.com

Here are some of Gabe's 3 month pics. We absolutely love them.

Thanksgiving and baby blessing

2011-12-11T15:07:00.001-08:00

This is his elf pajamas.
Last week on Sunday we did Gabe's baby blessing. I just love the outfit we got for his blessing. It was perfect!

More elf pajamas. I'm not the best at loading my pics on here. They get mixed up sometimes. The flash was a little much on his face, but the outfit is still cute. If you can't tell I really like to have a snazzy dressed little one.

Lol this was his thanksgiving outfit. O'Ryan says I am obsessed with things on his butt, but come on how could anyone resist these pants.

He is such a great baby! He is really calm for the most part. Nothing is more rewarding than seeing this little guy smile and laugh.

We are done with this semester of school Woo Hoo!!! Only a hundred more to go, not really but it feels like it sometimes.

Coming soon.... x-mas pics and santa pics. : )

teddy bear baby

2011-11-17T20:48:00.000-08:00

These are his cow pants.
I love this thing. My mom bought it for him to keep him warm on excursions outside. The awesome part is we have a winnie the pooh one that O'Ryan's brother and his wife gave us, but he is not quite big enough for that one. He will go from being one bear to another bear.

He is starting to hit and grab at things. They learn so fast!

Halloween and update

2011-11-06T15:11:00.000-08:00

The pediatrician said we could start taking Gabe out and about, so we took him to church last week. This is him all dressed up for it.

He was a tiger for Halloween, it seems kind of silly that we bought him a costume even though he didn't go out for Halloween, but it was really cute and I couldn't resist.

I went back to work on Friday. BLEH! I feel like crap. I still work graveyards, and I had a physical with my doctor before work. Needless to say I didn't get a nap before going Friday night, and with getting up every few hours to feed Mr. Hungry Mungry didn't get much sleep between shifts the next few nights. Also as anyone who has ever worked graves will tell you it takes a while to get used to them, and having not had to do them for 12 weeks, I will need to get used to staying up all night again. I'm sure the headaches will eventually go away.

In other news I am starting to train for a 5 K next spring. I know it seems silly to put it on here, but if I write it down for everyone to see I will have to do it. I am starting off with walking for now, but will be running it in May to benefit breast cancer research. I have never ever been a runner. Swimming, yes, running, no. I am excited to be trying this out.

Not much else to report. O'Ryan is still in school, as am I. Although I am only taking one class now, and then one more next semester. I got accepted to the U of U BSN program, but put it on hold since I was having Gabriel. I will reapply, but I think I am going to wait for O'Ryan to finish his degree first, especially since I won't even get a raise for getting my BSN. We are both exhausted and looking forward to the day we can all sleep through the night.

Pictures and other news

2011-10-27T20:49:00.000-07:00

I finally got some pictures with him smiling really well. He has smiled since the first day he was born, but I haven't been able to get pics of him doing it yet.

So these pictures are kind of random and some of you might be wondering WTF??? well the story behind this is... I had to make a sculpture out of things that were recycled/found. After wondering the D.I. this is what I came up with. I know it is horrible. But our cat decided she needed to eat it, so my husband had the statue "attack" our cat. Not really attack, he just kept putting it next to her.

This is just to show off our fancy dressed little guy.

O'Ryan put Gabe in the boppy to give him a command center. This is how it looked. He actually kind of likes it.

Pirates and monsters

2011-10-03T14:58:00.000-07:00

I just loved these outfits! he is so cute!

Right now he is being mr. picky sleeper. We had to buy a recliner so we could sleep holding him. And for anyone who thinks this is bad, my pediatrician says that is how she slept with all her kids. We are hoping to transition to the bed soonish.

We sure do love and adore him.

Newborn pics

2011-09-27T09:49:00.000-07:00

We had newborn pics done a few weeks ago. It has just taken me a while to get them up here. There were more than this, these are just some of the highlights. He is so strong. He lifts his head up really well already, although not for super long periods of time. I am looking forward to sleeping through the night, but that probably won't happen for a while still. We are so in love with this little guy. I am so lucky to have so many wonderful boys in my life.

2011-09-05T16:00:00.000-07:00

A couple of him sleeping and hanging out with Dad.

O'Ryan was "watching" him while we were still in the hospital so I could shower.
The above is him asleep on the bili blanket. It was small and went on his back. You can't even see it.

Well we have been home over two weeks. It has been great. Gabe's bilirubin was a little high so we did some bili lights for a few days that first week. We both are starting to get the hang of breast feeding. Those videos in the hospital make it look so easy, but it took us both awhile to get good at it. He smiles a lot, but I haven't been able to get a good pic of it. I need to be better at taking pics.

Introducing Gabriel John

2011-08-21T17:21:00.001-07:00

Getting love from mom.
Getting love from dad.
Before his first bath
All cleaned up.
Big stretches. Gabriel was born Sat. August 20th at 10:25 am. He is 19 1/2 inches long and weighed 7 lbs 15.8 ounces. He is healthy and beautiful. We couldn't ask for more. Will post more pics later.

Happy Birthday Michael!

2011-08-07T20:32:00.001-07:00

Today would have been Michael's 2nd birthday. We sure miss that little man. We sent all our love to heaven today.

I wonder who this baby belongs to?

2011-07-25T20:59:00.000-07:00

Could he belong to me? With lips like that it is hard to tell. We did another ultrasound today. Most of the pics are really hard to tell what it is, but this one was really clear. He kind of has his head tilted with his nose on the right and his lips underneath. Everything still looks great and everything is measuring right on.

1 and a half months

2011-07-07T23:41:00.000-07:00

Well I have about one and a half months left. I am ready, but Gabriel is probably not. Seriously though, I am thoroughly exhausted all the time. I can handle that... the thing I am having serious problems with is the leg swelling. I truly have cankles right now. This is no joke. My ankles are almost as big as my calves. All well, nothing to do about it but put my feet up and try to hide them.
On the bright and awesome side everything looks great with the pregnancy. My fluid checks are right on, and he is measuring great thus far. I only have four more weeks of school and then I can prop my feet up and wait for this little guy to be big enough to come meet us in person. Then I get twelve blissful weeks off of work to spend with him. (Not that I am excited or anything.)
Well that's all to post for now. I am meeting with my ob every two weeks now, and as things get closer we will look at dates for delivery, although I am not sure I am going to share these with anyone, it should be a surprise for some people right?

New ultrasound pics

2011-05-28T17:33:00.000-07:00

Earlier in the week I met with the high risk ob/gyn again and we did another ultrasound. Everything still looks great. Gabriel is measuring at a little over 2 lbs. He still has a due date of late August.

I am starting to feel really pregnant. I can't breath... I mean literally I have to stop in conversations sometimes to catch my breath. Gabriel is sitting much higher than Michael did. On the flip side of that it doesn't put as much pressure on my bladder. : ) I am Also starting to get the foot swelling. Soon I will probably need to put on yet another layer of clothes and wear some ted hose.

He is definitely a mover and a shaker. He likes to wiggle worm the most when I am trying to fall asleep. I love every little bump and kick.

No other news to update for now, but I will keep everyone posted.

Cardiac echo, and other news

2011-05-11T21:12:00.000-07:00

Well I will put the biggest news first. We had our cardiac echocardiogram at primary childrens. Everything looks great. As of right now they can't see any heart defects. The cardiologist made sure to tell us that doesn't mean something won't develop at birth, but everything is good to go right now. Gabriel was really good and even though he moved a lot he kept his arms and legs out of the way so they could get some really great pics.
In some other news we both start summer semester on Monday. Bleh is all I have to say about that. The less than two week break was simply not enough for me. In case you haven't heard O'Ryan is also going back to school. He is seeking a degree in Criminal Justice. Luckily some of the classes we have to take overlap. So we are taking them together so we only have to buy one book. : ) books are way overpriced in my opinion. He will probably be able to get his entire associates degree online, then he is planning on going on for his bachelors which will also probably be online. The only thing he will probably have to go in for is to test out of some of the classes, and the boot camp type thing. I know that's not what it is called but I can't remember the name right now (something about all my blood flow being in my uterus instead of my brain.) Anyways it's the physical part of the training. He is pretty excited about it.
No other news to report right now. Everything with Gabriel looks great. In a month or so we will check for gestational diabetes. And shortly after that we will be down to our every two week checks. At the end of Michael's pregnancy we were going in twice a week for ultrasounds. As much as I like my OB I don't want to see her THAT much. We will just have to see how things progress.

ultra sound pics

2011-04-14T11:54:00.000-07:00

Well we went and had our 20 week ultrasound. Everything looks good thus far. We are still definitely having a boy. Some of the pics are from our last ultrasound in March. He is a wiggle worm. Starting to feel little kicks, O'ryan can't feel them yet, but sometimes he just pushes out and then he can feel the pressure. Everything is going well for the most part. I am generally exhausted, but I am throwing up a lot less, and usually only first thing in the morning.
A lot of people are asking so here's the answer, we don't actually NEED anything for this baby. We still have all of our stuff from Michael. This hasn't stopped me from buying cute stuff in the store of coarse. This will be one well dressed little kid.
We are getting our cardiac echo next month. At the risk of offending people with this next statement... Please stop asking me about that! To be completely honest I don't want to hash it out with everyone over and over again. When it happens I will post the results. Until then it gives me stress to talk about it, and I am trying to be as stress free as possible. : )
No other news to post right now.
Oh in case you were wondering.... This little guys name will be Gabriel John.

2011-03-21T13:23:00.001-07:00

It's a boy!!!!!! Will put pics up later.

Grandma Joan's Creations

2011-03-16T07:55:00.000-07:00

Close up of pooh bear's face.
The whole blanket
A swaddle with matching hat.
Another swaddle with matching hat.

These were all hand crocheted by Grandma Joan. (For those that don't remember that is my best friend Teresa's mom.) She is so freaking awesome. I love everything she does for me. I had to post the pics to share with everyone. (Don't mind my wrinkly sheets.... sometime I don't fold my laundry right away. all well they are sheets right. they are at least clean.)

Anyways we find out next week what we will be having. I don't plan on calling everyone so if you want to know check the blog.

I am going to die!

2011-02-10T10:52:00.000-08:00

Truly. I don't know when, but I definitely know how. I am going to have a massive heart attack or stroke. Do I have high cholesterol you might be asking. No I do not. Then how, you are wondering, do I know that this will do me in. Well I will tell you. It has been rumored that a certain restaurant was coming to Jordan Landing. (This is with in walking distance of my house, if I so desired.) I didn't believe it. I couldn't believe it. Yet today I saw it with my own two eyes.

THERE IS A FIVE GUYS RIGHT BY MY HOUSE!!!!!!!!!

It will be the death of me. Honestly. I love this place. We hardly ever go because the closest one is at South Towne and we usually don't want to drive that far. I am so excited. I just have to accept the cholesterol and do my best to control how often we go there.

1st ob appointment

2011-01-31T18:43:00.000-08:00

Today I went to my first ob appointment for this pregnancy. It was actually pretty eventful for a first appointment. We did an ultrasound of the baby. He/She is measuring at about 2 cm or 1 inch. There was a great heartbeat. According to measurements my due date is actually about September 2 instead of August 27th, so not that much different. It is just crazy to me how fast they grow from 2 cells to a figure with a head and body! Next appointment is at the end of February. That one probably will be fairly uneventful.

Just because everyone keeps asking. I feel pretty good. Of coarse I am nauseated almost all the time, but there is nothing to be done about it so I just try to ignore it for the most part. My hips are already shifting and putting my back out of alignment. (I know this because before I got pregnant I went to a back doctor who showed me what to do to realign my hips from a car accident years ago. I am now getting the same pain I got before I went to see him.) Overall though there is nothing to complain about.

We are not hoping for any specific gender. A boy would be nice ONLY because we already have a lot of boy clothing. We will be ecstatic with a healthy baby boy or girl. We should find out the gender sometime in March.

Last thing is how we are doing otherwise. I am in school and am CRAZY busy. O'ryan is working a ton with security and teaching tkd at the high school still. Needless to say we are both extremely exhausted all the time. (what else is new right?)

Expecting!

2011-01-11T17:43:00.000-08:00

Well here is the news. We are expecting our second baby. We are due on or about August 27th. We will know as it gets closer what the exact date will be (since it will be another c-section.) We are very excited. So far nothing out of the ordinary to complain about. Haven't been too sick. Can't wait for a heart beat, movement, and finding out if we are having a boy or a girl. Will update with the important things. : )

New year

2011-01-06T21:22:00.000-08:00

So it's a new year. I have a feeling this year is going to be very different from last year. First of all O'Ryan closed his tae kwon do school. It was definitely last on the list of things he wanted to do, but lets all face it, the economy sucks right now and it's one of the first things people cut when money is tight. He got a job as a security officer. I wasn't sure what to think about it, but it's what he wants to do and he enjoys it so far.

Second I am starting school next week on Monday. Bleh. I still don't know how to feel about this yet. When I got my nursing degree I swore I would never go back to school, but it feels like the right thing to do right now. I hate going to school. I feel like it's just jumping through a lot of hoops, but what are you going to do. I have decided and I will see it through.

There is nothing else new going on for us right now, other than we have both been sick. O'Ryan last week and then me this. I think I got it worse than him. thanks for the present honey. All well, I could have easily caught it from one of my many patients who thinks nurses liked to be coughed all over and don't cover their mouths, and also they wait until you are leaning down with your stethoscope right in front of their face to do it. So thoughtful. I know I sound bitter. I actually do love my job but there are certain parts of it I could do without.

Crafts I made

2010-11-23T07:16:00.000-08:00

This is a hooded towel. The stitched part goes over the head and then the towel wraps around baby.

Baby bibs
I thought this would be cute to hang on a doorknob or on the wall to remind everyone to be quiet.

As a general rule I don't hand make items for people when they have babies anymore. It is a lot of work. I am very particular about what I will make for others and more importantly whom.

Crafts

2010-11-14T17:39:00.000-08:00

sock monkey with boy and girl outfit
crochet kittys

bath mittens for kiddos in the tub.

All of the above were made for me by Grandma Joan, also known as my best friend Teresa's mom. She is so talented. I bought the books with the patterns and she did the work. She is by far the more invested of the two of us. I absolutely love them all and needed to share their adorableness with everyone. I have been working on some stuff of my own lately but as they are gifts and have not been given yet I can not post pics. I will post some soon though.

2010-11-06T20:46:00.000-07:00

Holy crap it's almost thanksgiving! Then right around that fun little corner it is Christmas. Where does all the time go to.

Well I thought I would make a little post since it's been a while. Hmmm.... what's going on with us. not a whole heck of a lot. Working, working, oh and more working. Sometimes I think that's all we do anymore.

It will soon be our 8th anniversary. Can anyone believe we have been married 8 years! It's definitely had it's good and bad times. I'm glad I had an awesome shoulder to cry on through the bad, and someone to cheer me on through the good. I couldn't have married someone better. I have to work on our anniversary and much around it, since it is so close to thanksgiving and people don't take the holidays off from being sick, so we celebrated early. We went and saw RED, which was way funny. Then we spent the night at the anniversary inn. That was fun. We have never been there before. We stayed in a cabin type looking room. It was worth going, and we will probably try and do it again sometime.

I have recently started training to run. I am not training for a specific race just getting healthier. I have never been able to run ever. Not even when I was super fit and swimming 2+ hours every day. So the plan is I get on the treadmill and run when I can and walk briskly in between. I will build up from there. It is slow going and I am not even willing to post how little of it I actually run, but it's getting better. I am teaching myself to not hyperventilate and breath a little slower. Instead of one breath with every single step I am trying to breath like I did with swimming where it's in for a few, out for a few. Harder than it sounds for me but we will see.

Not much else to report. I can't believe anybody will actually read all of this.

school

2010-09-18T03:58:00.000-07:00

So apparently I have decided to go back to school to become a smarty pants. I am still torn on how I feel about this. I am not the biggest fan of school, but feel it is the right thing to do in my life right now. I call everyone who is a nurse going to school a smarty pants. I only need a few classes to get in to the baccalaureate program at the u of u. Then it is a year and a half of online classes. I figure since it is only that much more schooling I might as well get it out of the way so I can eventually be a super smarty pants and get my master's degree in something. (that would be a long way off)

On another note everyone keeps asking me when we are going to start trying to have another baby. On one hand I feel that this is nobody's business, but I also understand that people just care about us. So if you were wondering we are thinking about trying sometime in the nearish future. I am not going to disclose exactly when because there are some other factors involved.

We are generally doing very well. I will be spending the next few weeks applying at slcc and the u of u. sending my transcripts, etc. Meanwhile O'ryan started back up a paradigm high in the mornings and continues to teach nights at wasatch. Things are going well with both programs.

rainstorms and butcher paper

2010-08-22T23:05:00.000-07:00

So I work graveyards, therefore I sleep during the day when I can before I work. Sunday I went to sleep after church because I needed to stay up all night and work. It was raining. In our back yard we have a covered patio. I believe it is aluminum or something similar. When the rain falls it makes a pitter patter noise. Today in my half asleep nonsense I ask O'Ryan, "why are the neighbor's playing with butcher paper?" This makes no sense. I was picturing the neighbors outside with long rolls of butcher paper waving them around making the noises.

one year

2010-08-07T05:15:00.000-07:00

Well our little Michael would be one year old today. I'm not going to lie, it really really sucks. There is not a day that goes by that we don't think about him, and wish we could hold him, change him, see him grow, hear him cry. Just posting some pics of our three months with our little man.

I don't know that a wound like this ever really heals. I try to usually be upbeat in the blog, but I just can't do it today. You find yourself wishing you could have done more. Been at the hospital all the time. You hate yourself for every minute you couldn't be there. I know Michael is waiting for us and is in a better place. I just hope it's somehow easier for him waiting for us than it is for us to wait to see him. We love and miss you baby.

Awesome song

2010-07-21T11:15:00.000-07:00

check out lower post. it's awesome. saw it on one of my websites I frequent often.

Mommy Rhapsody (Mother's Day Opening 2010)

2010-07-21T11:10:00.000-07:00

Oh the freaking excitement.

2010-07-13T03:47:00.000-07:00

Well last night we bought a new stove/oven and microwave/range. Are we remodeling you ask? no. Did we have a lot of extra money sitting around and wanted to spend it? no. The reason would be a small kitchen fire. My sweet sweet husband was cooking for me while I was sleeping, and turned on the wrong burner. The burner he turned on happened to have the noodles he was getting ready to cook as well as the tupperware he was going to be putting it in. It caught on fire. He put it out very quickly and the only damage was to our stove. (now unusable since the knobs melted off and the buttons were charred so much you couldn't read them) and the microwave/range above the stove.

After the insurance adjuster came we went to R.C. Willey's clearance center and got an awesome deal on a scratch and dent oven. We looked and looked and couldn't find a scratch or a dent on it anywhere. We also bought a new microwave. They are both black which doesn't totally match our kitchen, but hey the price was right and it's not like my house is all matchey matchey anyways.

O'Ryan will be picking up our new stove tomorrow. The top is one of the ceramic flat tops. The reason we picked the one we did is it has like 5 burners on top. one is a warming zone and keeps things just below a simmer. The front two have two different sizes depending on which way you turn the knob. One is small and the other is large. Also the oven has a convection option. I have never used that before, but the sales guy said it makes things cook more evenly because it circulates the heat so you don't have any hot and cold spots in the oven.

That is it on the excitement for now. Hopefully we don't have anymore for a while.

The movie we have been waiting for.

2010-06-28T08:13:00.000-07:00

And no it is not the next twilight movie. The Last Airbender (or as I like to call it, The real avatar movie) is coming out this weekend. It is based off of the nickalodeon tv show avatar the last airbender. We are so freaking excited. We own the entire series of the show and m. night shyamalan is making the movie. How much better can it get. I encourage EVERYONE to go out and see this movie.

Vacation

2010-06-20T21:37:00.001-07:00

This is O'Ryan on the ship at the merritime museum. We went there on our last day they have all these really cool old ships, and some submarines. He is definitely too tall to have been a Russian sailor. He could barely fit through the doorways.
We went to La Jolla cove on our last day. They have this walkway that goes around and you get right by all these seals (i think that's what they are) They are so funny. They bathe in the sun and then the water starts to splash them. Instead of getting up and walking they just bounce. it's hilarious.
I think we got the white and black one mid bounce with this picture. there were some swimming in the ocean with some scuba divers also. It would have been fun to be one of them.
On the walkway going around to the seals.
This was at the San Diego zoo. it was overcast and cooler this day so the animals were playing more. The zoo lady said that the cat's are very active when the weather is cooler.
the jaguar. he came right up against the fence.
We caught two of the rhinos "playing" they played pretty rough and i think we saw some blood on one of them.
The tiger.
The peacock strutting his stuff.
Us measuring against a gorilla at the wild animal park. this was the only day it was truly hot.

Story about the porcupines. the pic related is lower down. as we walked by this exhibit the first time one of them was climbing on the gate up and down and up and down. it was so cute. we had to walk by the exhibit on the way back just a minute or two later and they were getting fed. the zoo keeper says they do that when they here her cart pull up. it was funny.
an awesome pic of the condor.
see he's climbing the gate. it's funny.
This guy walked right into the pool of water as we walked up. it was a great view.
They had three newborn elephants if you look you can see the 3 week old one hidden behind the tree a little bit.
This lion was right up against the glass it was a great view.
in the same exhibit. we laughed because i've gone out to my car and found little kitty paw prints before.

This was the seagull show at sea world. i can't believe they give them a show all on their own. j/k we were waiting for the dolphin show and i thought it was funny.

anyways we had an awesome time. we relaxed a bit and slept in and just had fun. we need to do this more often than every 8 years lol.

On a last note Happy Father's Day to O'Ryan. We went and saw the A-Team which was actually pretty good.

Vacation update a few pics in no particular order

2010-06-10T08:47:00.000-07:00

Us comparing to the wingspan of a condor. This was at the wild animal park we got some awesome pics of different animals but i don't want to take the time to upload all of them. look for them after we get off of vacation.
the dolphin show at sea world. i know you can't see the dolphins in this one.
How O'Ryan measures up to a polar bear... i think the bear would win.
This was at the hotel we stayed at in vegas there is a pool with a slide and the slide goes through a shark tank. it was pretty cool. I also learned that the slot machines hate me. I lost a whopping 20 bucks. didn't make a cent. we were playing the nickel slots. Teresa on the other hand turned her 20 into 140 or so. We are jealous of the winner. j/k it was fun. well we are off to the san diego zoo. will post more later.

Sooo close

2010-06-03T16:11:00.001-07:00

Tonight is my last day of work till we go on vacation! I am so excited. We need it. So the plan is work tonight, sleep tomorrow and clean the house/catch up on laundry. Saturday going grocery shopping and packing. Then Sunday morning we are off!

I will try and post pics while we are on vacation, but i make no promises.

2010-05-19T21:26:00.000-07:00

So I haven't blogged for a while. I did my breast cancer walk. I can not believe how many people were there to run and walk. It was literally thousands. It was awesome and fun. Harder than I thought it would be but fun

Also better late than never O'Ryan had his birthday on the 12th. He is getting old! j/k babe. He says he had a great birthday. I had to work so we didn't celebrate until the weekend. We went and saw Iron Man 2 and went to Johnny Carino's for lunch. He got a bunch of stuff for his psp. Not any surprises though.

And last but not least this is my little note for anyone going into the hospital. I am currently at work, and I am taking care of a patient who has coughed on me at least 6 or 7 times and i still have 9 hours left in the shift. Why do people think that nurses don't care. I promise we do. Cover your mouth regardless of where you are. It is still disgusting even if the person you are coughing on doesn't get grossed out easily. thanks.

I'm walking a 5 k

2010-04-26T02:03:00.000-07:00

I know it's not like running a marathon, but lets face it it's not like I'm in the best shape in the entire world. I do weight watchers and their thing for the summer is to walk a 5 k. My best friend Patti and I have chosen to do the Susan G. Komen race for the cure in SLC on May 8th. We are excited and it goes towards a good cause. The way I figure it (here comes some fantastic statistics) everyone either has breasts or knows someone with breasts and therefore will know someone that gets breast cancer. So here's my challenge to people that read this. Race for the cure yourself, you can also sleep in for the cure, or even just donate some money. Like I said it's going towards a great cause. Just visit this web site for details.

http://www.komenslc.org

I am not usually big on causes but it's a good one.

In other news we are going to Cali in June. We are super excited. We have been married now for about 7 and 1/2 years and have never been on a vacation. I know, I know. It just seemed like we always had other things going on. But after the last year we had we feel like we just need to get away. So thanks to uncle sam's tax return we are going to sea world, san diego zoo, and san diego wild animal park. I'm sure we will spend a few days just vegging on the beach as well. We are driving there with my other best friend Teresa and her kids. We will be spending the night in las vegas on the way! I can't say how super stoked I am. Will definately post pics. If anyone knows of some great inexpensive places to see in San diego for us while we are there please comment. This includes awesome beaches where we can just sit and read a book and go swimming. I want to have a lot of fun.

lost in the move

2010-04-05T16:23:00.000-07:00

How do things get lost in a move anyway. You pack everything up and unpack everything. This weekend I noticed I was missing some of my vast collection of undone cross stitches. We tore the entire house apart. (which is now a mess yay!) We even searched my sister's house thinking we'd left it there. My cute hubby says, "I'm sure it's in the crawl space." Well my friends it was not in the crawl space. The answer to this dilemma was "under my husband's crap in the garage" who knew? needless to say one messy house and a lot of time later i am very happy to not have to try and replace these items since most of them are now out of print.

I know a meaningless story but i hadn't posted for a while and thought i'd give everyone a laugh because we've all been there.

what i've been up to lately.

2010-02-07T20:07:00.000-08:00

This one the pic was kind of blurry, but the one below the flash is right on Eyeore's face

We put this one up in the nursery.

So I've been doing these and a bunch of little cross stitches. Trying to keep my mind occupied. It works, most of the time.

Funny story. O'Ryan and I went out of town to a resort Sat. night. They have an indoor pool. There are signs everywhere that you need to shower before you get in. So I went to the doors for the bathrooms/showers and walked in one. There's this cleaning lady inside giving me a very strange look. Then I here my husband say, "Um... babe. Why'd you go in the men's room." I laughed and went in the ladies. There was luckily no one but the cleaning lady in there. It's nothing I haven't seen with my profession, but I'm sure some guys would be embarrassed. I later said to O'Ryan, " I couldn't figure out why she was giving me such a weird look, now it all makes sense." LOL.

2010-01-02T07:47:00.000-08:00

Well not much to post about. We are hanging in there. I finally wrote thank you cards for people. I am sure I have forgotten people that have done things for us. If I did I apologize. Please know that we truly appreciate all the love and support we have gotten from everyone.

pics

2009-12-01T18:22:00.000-08:00

these pics were done by a photographer that pcmc set up for us. I love them!

baby blessing pics.

2009-12-01T17:29:00.000-08:00

I tried to post all the pics. Here is an update.

It took a few days for it to hit, but man it hit hard. I'm doing better know, and so is O'Ryan. We are trying to take things a day at a time and not dwell to much.

We will always miss him.

Funeral

2009-11-13T17:23:00.000-08:00

We had an absolutely beautiful service for our Michael. There are some fantastic picture frames and other things that were done.

Give me a few days to get my head screwed on right and I will post pics.

Thanks to everyone for their love and support!

link to online obituary.

2009-11-11T20:53:00.000-08:00

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=michael-tatton&pid=135772357

chase bank account

2009-11-11T07:59:00.000-08:00

It was posed as a question how do you donate? We were told that you could go into any chase bank and do it. The account is under my name. Rebekah Tatton. Michael and O'Ryan's names are under the foot notes. It should not be a problem.

We appreciate all the support and prayers we have gotten throughout this whole thing. Especially now.

Viewing and Funeral

2009-11-10T15:11:00.001-08:00

The viewing will be Thursday November 12, 2009 from 6-8 pm.
The funeral will be Friday November 13, 2009 at 11:00 am, with a short viewing from 9:45- 10:45.

Both will take place at Goff Mortuary 8090 south State St.

Some people have asked us how to donate for funeral expenses. On the advise of some family members we are setting up an account at chase bank for that purpose.

Our little angel!

2009-11-07T20:40:00.000-08:00

Its been a long three months, but today our cute little man finally decided he was too tired to fight any more. We will miss him so much, but the time we have spent with him is priceless.

....

2009-11-05T23:37:00.000-08:00

I don't even know how to type this. We are to the point where there is nothing more that can be done. This might come as a surprise, but I have tried to stay very upbeat on the blog. Our son needs heart surgery, but to do that he would need to go on a heart lung bypass machine. He is in kidney failure and even people with normal kidneys have a hard time with that. His kidneys can't get better and he also has lung issues.

We are going to spend some time with our son and then pull the life support. We have not decided when we are going to do this. We will update with viewing and funeral dates.

Thank you to everyone for all your support.

another holiday, another hat & bib

2009-11-02T12:48:00.000-08:00

Not much different to update. We are still trying to get all the swelling off of our little guy so he can go to surgery. We got him this cute thanksgiving stuff to wear. He is still the cutest guy at primary children's hospital.

On an unrelated note. Stacie should get a kick out of this story. A few weeks back we were coming home from a not so stellar day at the hospital. It was 2 in the morning. There was this sandy police man in his cruiser. We were both stopped at a light in west jordan. The light turned green and we headed off, he took his sweet time going. There was NO ONE except us and him on the road. We were going 43 mph. the speed limit is 40. He shined his bright light at us so my husband pulled over. Then he turned on his flashers and came to the window to talk to us. It went something like this.
Officer: "Do you know how fast you were going?"
O'Ryan: "I was going pretty close to the speed limit."
Officer: "Well I was following behind you at 40 and you were gaining on me. I'm sure you want to be compliant with the law. You need to get your calibration checked. Can I have you license, registration and proof of insurance please."
We gave it to him, and while he was checking that all of our stuff was legal and current O'Ryan is saying what a jerk this guy is and how it's not our fault that he doesn't want to go home to his wife.
Officer comes back and says: "Well I know there aren't very many cars on the road, but you still need to go the speed limit."

WHAT A FREAKING JERK!!!! He had the rudest tone the entire time he was talking to us. And maybe he needs to get his calibration checked. WE were soooooo pissed off. Stacie we hope your husband isn't this kind of cop, we know they have to do there job but seriously 3 miles at 2 in the morning!?!?!?!?! ridiculous.

pics

2009-10-20T22:10:00.000-07:00

I had to put the bibs on him even though they are way too big still. Nothing new to report, still trying to wean meds and get better for heart surgery. Probably will be the status quo for a while.

Update on Michael

2009-10-18T23:40:00.000-07:00

First I finally finished some of his bibs. Here are the pics. I will get some with him wearing them. I got feeling better and finally went up to see him, but we forgot the camera : ( We will get some cute pics soon.

Medical update. Wow a lot has happened in the last few weeks. Here is the shortened version. We got the pulmonary hypertension specialist to look at the heart cath results. He says the interpretation of the numbers is not as bad as what the other cardiologists said. (They weren't taking certain factors into consideration.)
So the new plan is: Michael is off of the flolan. He was on a lot of medications to help support his blood pressure while he was on it and that wasn't good for his kidneys. They are weaning the medications he was on to support his blood pressure. They are also waiting for his kidney functions to get better. (Medications are damaging to the kidneys, so it's just a matter of time before they function better, hopefully.) Then they will take him to the OR to close the hole in his heart.

Hope that all made sense. He is so adorable! I wish I had brought my camera today. His hair keeps growing. We gave him a bath and put it in a faux hawk again and man is that spike getting high.

Thanks to everyone for their continued support and prayers.

Crappiest days of my life!!

2009-10-13T17:30:00.000-07:00

I have been sick. I started spiking low grade fevers on sunday. I don't care so much that I don't feel well, but I haven't been able to see my Michael. It is the most frustrating thing. I know the best thing for him is for me not to visit, but I miss him terribly. Hopefully I can kick this soon so I can go see him! Just had to vent a little bit.

Still the cutest!

2009-10-08T13:17:00.000-07:00

Here's a big update for everyone who wants to read.

Our son has pulmonary hypertension. This was found out when he went to the cath lab. The pressures in the blood vessels around his lungs is too high. Meaning that the vessels are too constricted. The right side of the heart that pumps to the lungs is not meant to pump against high pressures. This is causing a lot of his problems. He has a lot going on right now that are all interacting with each other.

We are starting a medication called flolan. This will go into one of his many iv sites. The idea is that we can get his blood vessels to dilate. We hope this will give him an opportunity to make new blood vessels and the one's he already has bigger.

There is no guarantee at this point. It depends on how he reacts to the medication. He will be on the medication for at LEAST a few months. Then he will still need another open heart surgery to correct his VSD.

We will be in the ICU at primary's for this entire time. Please continue to pray for our little guy.

Cute halloween pics

2009-10-01T22:32:00.001-07:00

I know the hoodie is way to big. I promise it's a 1-3 months though...

He is very swollen right now. The doctor's think it's from the hole he still has in his heart. We are going to the cardiac cath lab again.... He might need another open heart surgery but we won't know till after the cath lab.

He's still our little man with personality. We couldn't love anything more than we love him. We will keep everyone posted.

On another note for all my co-workers who have been worried. I finally got my c-section stitched closed. For those who aren't knowing what I'm talking about my incision opened up and had fluid collections. We were packing it and doing dressing changes twice a day for many weeks. It's stitched up now and is doing good.

Keep our little man in your prayers.

Cute pics.

2009-09-22T21:15:00.000-07:00

Not to put words in his mouth. But we always think he's thinking "what the heck is going on? what is this place?"

2009-09-20T20:26:00.000-07:00

Sleeping with momma.

Well he is a snuggle butt. He loves being held especially by his mom. It's because to him I smell fantastic!

Anyways. We need to make this little guy a chunky monkey. He has not really gained weight since birth. His body prioritizes and it wasn't at the top of the list apparently. The doctors think he has not gained enough mass and muscle to cough effectively and this led to his failed extubation. We are going to try and fatten him up so we can get rid of the breathing tube.

As frustrating as it was to get it put back in everyone is confident he will do well once we get him bigger. It may be awhile. (doctor said at least a few weeks) We will just have to see.

Michael is such a joy to us even with his breathing tube. He will wake up and just start to wiggle. I keep telling him he's dancing. We love to dance. Dad keeps saying he's kicking. We are already training for Tae Kwon Do. : )

2009-09-19T06:53:00.001-07:00

Well we lasted about 14 hours breathing on our own. We are now re-intubated. Not sure why he pooped out. Will update when we know more.

Big Update!!!

2009-09-18T21:35:00.000-07:00

A lot has happened in the last few days. First of all his umbilical cord FINALLY fell off. Before they life flighted him they started iv's in the veins in his cord. That's why it took almost 6 weeks for it to fall off, but I was happy when it did.
Pictures from yesterday. He has the greatest eyes.

Sucking on a pacifier.
For those who didn't notice we took out the breathing tube today!!!!!! As you can see from his expression he's not quite sure how he feels about breathing for himself since today is the first time he's had to do it for more than a few hours. As of the time of this post it is going well. He is our little trooper. This was a huge hurdle to get over. We still have more to do before we can bring this little guy home.

Update

2009-09-15T20:52:00.001-07:00

He's such a cuddle baby.
We love when he's awake. He spent so much time laying on his left side his cheek is more swollen, so it's harder for him to open that eye, but we think it's cute.
Trying so hard to stay awake.
Bright eyed and bushy tailed. Ready to take on the day, or at least the little bit until he falls asleep again.
Wrapped up tight.

We are working on getting him ready to get the breathing tube out again. He does things at his own pace so we will have to see when he is ready.

We are so attached to this little man. He lights up our world. Can't wait to bring him home.

Holding our baby

2009-09-09T22:18:00.000-07:00

Our first family pic.
Giving Dad Michael.
Dad was so happy to finally get this little guy in his arms. I think Michael liked it a lot to.

Mom holding Michael. I was at the hospital by myself when this happened, so there aren't as many pics of me holding the baby. It was the absolute best feeling in the world. I cried of coarse.
He loved being rocked. He was totally relaxed.

What has happened this week. Well he got rid of his central iv lines which means we can now hold him. It is an ordeal but definitely worth it. Also we tried to take out the breathing tube. I got to hold him for a few minutes while it was out. But for reasons that are way to complicated to go into here he went back on.

He is still improving a little every day. We will get there. It is the most amazing thing to hold your baby in your arms. We waited a month to be able to do it. I never wish that on anybody.

Keep him in your prayers still. We still have a long road to go down.

more pics

2009-09-06T09:50:00.001-07:00

We saw this car on the way to the hospital. We both think the lift kit is ridiculous. lol

WARNING: reader beware. some of the pics below are heartbreaking. It shows our adorable baby with his closed chest incision. Look at own risk.

Our baby is still the cutest baby in the whole hospital. Also we have upgraded in the last week to "not the sickest kid here" that's what the nurse said. We will take it!
Cute head shot.
He'll impress the other kids with these battle scars.
my hubby made me put this one up.
Still so stinking cute. Just waiting for things to get better. He's definitely doing it at his pace. We are down to just one chest tube now. He's working on all the other stuff.

2009-09-04T08:04:00.000-07:00

We love this look he does. He totally has personality already. The nurse yesterday gave him a bath and she said afterward his eyes followed her around the room giving her the "evil eye" He is so adorable. Still waiting to hold him, but everyday he gets a little bit better.

Closed our chest incision today!!!

2009-08-31T21:39:00.000-07:00

hanging out in our dinosaur hat before hand, notice how big the dressing on my chest is.

After we closed the incision. the dressing is much smaller. we changed hats also.

As some of you will notice he has what appears to be a new tube in his nose. He actually switched it for one going in his mouth to his stomach. We are getting ready to feed him!!! all that pumping will finally go to use. We are so excited. Closing the incision in his chest was a huge step. Everything went great with it.

Now we just have to keep weaning off the medications and oxygen. But we are definitely on the right path.

new hat

2009-08-30T21:01:00.000-07:00

We got some cute hat's at target. It's a little big right now but that's ok. The flash is too bright almost on this pic.

Even hooked up to everything he is still absolutely the cutest baby that has or will ever exist. (i'm not biased) Not a whole lot to report. They are slowly trying to wean him off of medication and oxygen. We will take any baby steps we can get, but we are still a long way out. Today was a good day. The nurse let me pick him up, about 4 inches, just so we could switch some of the sheets underneath him. I will take anything i can get.

For those that don't know... after heart surgery he was really really swollen. Because of this they have left his chest open with a special barrier to prevent infection. The doctors think he is getting really close to closing it. Possibly tomorrow. We are excited. Every step closer to bringing our baby home. He is progressing slowly, but it is expected.

Today we hung out together, we got him a womb teddy. It is a teddy bear that plays sounds like what your baby hears inside the womb. We think he likes it. Mostly i got to sit at his bedside and hold hands. I can't get enough of this little guy, and neither can my hubby.

Thanks to everyone for all the support. Keep the good thoughts and prayers coming. We appreciate it.

more of my Michael.

2009-08-26T11:57:00.000-07:00

We loved this! he's just hanging out holding his ET tube. Just so long as he doesn't pull it out.
Just lazing about.
He opened his eyes for a bit on sunday. It was the first we had seen his eyes and they are gorgeous. The picture doesn't do them justice.
I was informed by my friend Teresa the I needed to post these pics. because his hair is so cute. this is how we did his hair the first time we washed it. then they came and ruined it with ultrasound goo. He is so precious.
We came off of the ecmo machine!!!!! It will be a very rocky few days for him, as i understand it. He is very critical and in the icu still. It is crazy how instantly i fell for this little guy. Next step will be to come of the ventilator, but that will probably still be awhile.

I know I say it every post but keep praying for him.

Update

2009-08-22T19:48:00.003-07:00

This is our sweet baby after his hair got done. I washed it today twice. We did it once and then they came and did an ultrasound of his head so we got to wash it again. We went for a nice Sunday best hair today.

We love him soooo much!
Me washing his hair.
Why we washed his hair. He gets a lot of ultrasounds of his head and they leave goo behind. He is still so sweet and adorable.
Daddy holding his hand. Up until today they have had either an iv or an oxygen monitor on his hand. So this was the first time we got to hold his hand and have him hold it back.

What has happened this week. We are still on the ecmo pump. On Thursday our little guy had open heart surgery. They think they fixed the problem and we are just waiting for him to heal and recover before we try to get him off the pump. We are looking forward to that day, but we'll have to keep waiting to see when it is.

The big thing on his forehead is on oxygen sensor, and the dressing on his chest is from the surgery. Please keep sending him good mojo and prayers.

2009-08-17T12:13:00.000-07:00

This is the pump, read more info below.
This is the scary breast pumps in the pumping room. I used my own pump. I can't decide if it's a torture device or they think we are a bunch of cows.
He's still adorable!!! He is doing well. On monday the 10th we went on ecmo. don't look up pics. This is what the two big tubes of blood coming out of his neck are. Basically it pumps the blood out of his system and into a big machine that oxygenates his blood for him. He has been weaning down from it and we are hoping to get him off of it tommorrow Yeah!!! He is swollen, it's normal we are told. He is a lot less swollen than what he was before. The nurses and doctors say he is doing very well for a baby on ecmo. They think the root of everything is some pulmonary hypertension ( high blood pressure in the blood system from his heart to his lungs) and pulmonary stenosis (narrowing of a valve leaving the heart) After he gets of the ecmo he is going to the cath lab for a balloon procedure to fix the problem. We love our little guy so much. We can't wait to be able to hold him.
Also i love his hair. some of the nurses have been brushing it into this faux hawk and i LOVE it. i think it is so adorable. Keep praying for our little guy. I know we are.

Introducing Michael Ryan Tatton

2009-08-09T20:59:00.000-07:00

Look at all that hair

Our sweet baby hooked up to all this equipment.

His cute little ears.

Our sweet baby came into this world via cesarean section on August 7, 2009. My amniotic fluid was a little low, so after discussing our options with the doctor we optioned to have a c-section instead of enduction. Due to some various complications our baby was life flighted to primary children's hospital. He is doing ok. He is intubated and has a lot of iv lines and medications going. He is definately the cutest baby I have ever seen. He will probably be at primary children's for a few weeks, and maybe longer. Everyone is optomistic and doesn't think there will be any permanent problems. Please keep our little Michael Ryan in your thoughts and prayers.

Sooo close

2009-07-28T17:00:00.000-07:00

Delivery date seems so close, yet so far away. I finally broke down and am washing all of our baby clothes. Good thing they are so small and can fit a ton in a load. We are trying to do all the last minute things, but I'm sure the baby will get here and we will realize we forgot some stuff. Next ob appt on thursday. Hopefully I've dilated more. The more I do before labor, the less I have to in labor right.

more bibs

2009-07-14T16:05:00.001-07:00

These are the last set of bibs I made before I start my baby's stuff. I hope everyone that got them likes them.

We are currently taking Lamaze and birthing classes. It's been a long time since nursing school. It's a good refresher for me and great for my hubby. We are hoping to go natural, but we will see what happens. Our next ob appt is tomorrow and then it's every week for us. It is getting so close. I can't wait to not have my hips and butt hurt. (pinched off nerves are fun : ) ) it's worth it though.

I have decided there is absolutely no way that anyone is putting up a mirror for me to watch my baby get pushed out. I know it shouldn't bother me, but it freaks me out. I want it to happen and then see my baby afterwards. As my husband keeps saying, "there are some things in nature that just aren't natural." you gotta love him. at least i do. He has been so great to put up with all my complaining and not feeling good. I couldn't have done even the pregnancy without him. Hope he keeps it up for the labor :).

Paintings in the nursery.

2009-06-07T21:19:00.000-07:00

Eeyore, sitting to the side of the crib.
Piglet and Pooh above the door as you are leaving the room
close up of the bees
close up of Pooh looking at bees.
Pooh and the bees wrap around the crib, I know, the crib is barren still
On the wall opposite the crib by the window. I love them. We are still going to add a map of hundred acre woods, but it is more complicated. So we have this for now. I think it looks great! Thanks honey!!!

Still not my bibs : (

2009-05-25T19:25:00.000-07:00

I made these for another friend/coworker who is also expecting. I haven't posted pics of the last few sets I did. I forgot. But here they are in all their glory. I have one more set of bibs to make, and then I can start working on my stuff. I have bibs, an afghan, and a quilt I will be making for my baby. We are super excited!

99

2009-05-12T17:57:00.001-07:00

Less than a hundred days to go if he comes on time, although I'm not really counting on that. He kicks and moves like crazy. It still seems really surreal.

It's my hubby's b-day today. Happy B-day O'Ryan!!!!! I got up early and made pancakes for breakfast before he had to go to work and we are going to dinner tonight. He is getting soooo old.
: P not really. We went and saw the wolverine movie over the weekend as well. Not our favorite movie but what are you going to do.

I get tested for gestational diabetes in a few weeks. I'm not scared about the test or the results really because if I have it I will make adjustments. I am not looking forward to drinking that stuff they make you drink. (For some of you who had kids awhile ago it is now standard protocol to test every pregnant woman at around 28 weeks, regardless of age, weight, and other risk factors.) Back to the point though, I am the biggest baby about taking medication I can taste. Give me a shot or start an IV anyday over tasting things. blech.
I have heard it is not medicinal tasting though just really sweet. Here's hoping.

2009-04-16T22:18:00.000-07:00

I seem to know exactly where one of these is at all times. Thanks for all the extra bladder pressure Mr. T. In all seriousness though he is kicking a lot stronger now, I think if we timed it right my hubby could feel it.

Head, shoulders, knees, and toes

2009-04-05T23:54:00.000-07:00

And everything in between. According to the ultrasound we had done this week our baby has all of his organs and everything looks great! I am feeling him move a bit here and there, my hubby always misses it, but i don't think it's strong enough for him to feel yet. Hopefully soon.

Graveyards : (

2009-03-25T16:37:00.000-07:00

I have recently decided two things about my job.

1st.... 12 hour shifts are way way way to dang long when you are pregnant.

2nd.... working all night long while pregnant also sucks.

Working graveyards makes a person very tired, being pregnant makes a person tired. put the two together and i feel chronically exhausted. Good thing my sweet hubby lets me sleep as much as i want to on my days off to try and catch up. : )

Next week is the big ultrasound to check all the baby's toes, fingers, and everything in between. If everything is going well it will probably be the last time i see my baby before he is born.

We have started painting the nursery, we need to add the details, will post pics when we do, it will be so cute!

Also we are planning a baby shower in June, and are registered at target for anyone who wants to know. The nursery has a CLASSIC winnie the pooh theme. not the disney version. I have never been so excited for something in my entire life.

Still no kicks yet. hopefully soon.

Mr. T

2009-03-13T16:14:00.000-07:00

I will not be sharing the name we have picked out on the blog yet. But my sweet sister in law pointed out to us that his initials will be Mr. T. We think it's hilarious, but the name is great so we are not changing it.

I am still waiting for those first little kicks to be felt. I know he's moving because in the gender check ultrasound he was moving all over the place. I can't wait to feel him for myself.

first baby clothes

2009-03-11T06:24:00.000-07:00

These are the first clothes we have bought/been given. I love it! They are sooo cute, I can't wait to put them on him.

We had some blood work done that the ob's to check for certain disorders and everything came back negative. We go in the first week of April for the BIG ultrasound where they check all the limbs and organ's. The one last week was just to check a certain appendage, or lack there of. And most of you probably already saw that it is a boy. We are so excited. We would have been happy either way, but it's fun that we can pick stuff out now. We put our crib together, it is sooo cute. Also we bought paint to redo the nursery. We just need to clean it out and tape off so my hubby can paint. (Probably next week.)

quick gender post

2009-03-04T17:21:00.000-08:00

this cracks me up

2009-03-02T08:26:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3QStM2UwU

We saw this when we were at the movies the other day. It is freaking hilarious. I love when the one is on the railroad track and starts running faster. lol

2009-02-08T15:06:00.001-08:00

I finally went to my hubby's school with the camera and took a pic of the buddha. Here it is for everyone to see. I am still working on bibs. some are finished, will post pics when more are done. Sorry some of the pics are a little blurry, but you get the general idea. And that's not a drawing for those who don't know, I cross stitched it and then we got it framed. This is the first thing I haven't framed myself. I love it! It looks a lot more professional. Everything is still good with the pregnancy as far as I know. I figure as long as there is no cramping or bleeding in between appts. everything is great!

Our first ultrasound, really this time.

2009-02-02T22:23:00.001-08:00

The head is on the right. This is by far the coolest thing ever!

I think this one is a little bit clearer. They were not going to do an ultrasound AGAIN, but I was sneaky and said I was worried it might be twins, and since they can't really tell that with a doppler they sent me down for an ultrasound. We are so excited. It's nice to have some confirmation that it's really there. The heart beat was great and every thing looks good so far.

2009-01-28T07:10:00.000-08:00

My poor hubby has strep. He swears it's the first time he's ever had it. I say no one goes through childhood without getting it at least once. I had it a ton of times. Anyways, he feels like crap. He is on antibiotics and is feeling better than he did a day or two ago, but still really crappy. He's so funny, when he first got diagnosed he said, "you should go to the doctor to because you are pregnant." My reply was , "if I get a sore throat I'll go right in, but I'm fine." He is so overprotective of me, especially now. It's cute.

Head cold + Pregnancy = suckage

2009-01-15T14:12:00.000-08:00

So apparently having a head cold and not being able to take anything for it really really sucks. On the plus side my baby moved from alien to normal on my header!!! I just keep thinking, "You're baby has fingernails." If you've ever seen Juno you'll get that, which by the way is a cute show.

So I'll just keep blowing my nose like crazy and hopefully it will pass soon.

2009-01-12T19:06:00.000-08:00

There seems to be some confusion about my ultrasound. I did not have one. They said it was too early to even check for a heartbeat and did not do one.

My next appt is early in feb. and hopefully we will get one then.

My first ultrasound

2009-01-09T07:30:00.000-08:00

Or Not. I feel very disappointed with my first appt. Apparently it was way to early to even check for a heartbeat or anything like that. : ( le sigh. I was getting really excited for it to. So I just feel violated from the Nurse Practitioner, j/k. seriously though as if my boobs didn't hurt enough already we have to check for lumps! Everything seems good though, and the lady that drew my blood said, "congrats it's a boy." She says it's boy season. We'll just have to wait and see on that one. My nausea seems to be subsiding for the most part, I still get it when it's been a while since I've eaten something. But overall I guess I can't complain.

Almost a new year

2008-12-31T21:14:00.001-08:00

It seems like only yesterday it was almost 2008. O'Ryan had nose surgery on the 18th and is doing great! He got his stints out and says he is breathing a lot better than before. His surgery was not cosmetic, it still looks the same he just had a deviated septum, a really bad one. I told him the next time he has surgery lets try and not have me pregnant at the time. I can't believe how tired I am. Luckily I have not had to bad of nausea. I get it sometimes but have still kept everything down. Next week we go see my ob for the first time. I am so excited. I'm also so impatient. I want to be able to see everything on an ultrasound already, but I know that's not going to happen.

We also went and looked at cribs, changing tables, play pens, etc. today. There is a lot of really cool stuff out there. We just have to decide what type of things we want for the nursery. I hope there will be an easily findable heart beat at this appt. but my understanding is when your not very far along sometimes it's really hard/impossible to find one. It's weird being pregnant and not feeling anything other than sick and tired. I'm so excited and can't wait till I can feel the baby moving. (It is the baby for now since we don't know gender, and I am not going to start calling it a him or her till we know for sure.)

August 20th

2008-12-14T08:41:00.001-08:00

My hubby and I are expecting our first baby!!! we are so stoked. The due date according to last period is August 20th. I was going to wait to tell O'Ryan until christmas but just got way to excited. I made reservations at Johnny Carino's and arranged for the waiter to bring a x-mas gift bag full of this stuff with our appetizers. It was great!

At first he had this look on his face like "what the hell?" then his eyes got really big and excited and he asked "are you" and i said yes. It was great. He then told me he was thinking, "why is she giving me baby stuff.

Later we went and told his mom with flowers and an x-mas card. Inside the card it said "Merry christmas" and i wrote " oh by the way you're going to be a grandma again." She of coarse started to scream and jump up and down.

Everyone is very excited, but not as excited as we are.

For those of you interested in my crafts this means I need to hall ass and get everyone else's bibs done so I can do my own. Also I will be cross stitching a birth announcement for myself. That is a cute picture with the baby's name, birthdate, pounds and ounces, and sometimes length.

Whoops!

2008-12-01T08:23:00.002-08:00

As you can all see the post below this one says no I'm not pregnant. This was supposed to be followed by what I'm about to write, but i accidentally hit enter, and it posted. lol.
Anyhow, I'm not pregnant but all of my friends at work are... So as some of you know they all get to enjoy my craftiness with some home decorated bibs. This is how I've been spending all of my spare time lately. I also recently finished an awesome cross stitch for my hubby's school which is now getting custom framed. I will post pics when we get it back.

There is an adorable cow that goes with the pig. I try to do the bibs in sets of two that go together. I'm still working on the cow, and will post pic when it's done.

No I'm not pregnant!

2008-12-01T08:23:00.001-08:00

My vent about bras

2008-10-23T17:03:00.000-07:00

So I went to Lane Bryant the other day. This is the only place that I buy bras. When I was a lot younger I did not care what bras I bought as long as they were really cute. (Which is kinda funny because no one ever saw my bras.) But after joining the D + size club you care a lot less about what they look like and how they support you. Well there is one specific type of bra that I buy. It looks like it has under wire and supports like an under wire, but there is no wire to dig into your ribs all freaking day. Also as the bra starts to wear out there is no wire poking out the side. Anyhow as I was looking I asked one of the ladies there where they were. She said, " I'm not sure, I'm new." and asked another lady. Long story short THEY ARE DISCONTINUING THEM!!!! This really makes me mad because they are the only bras I have worn for YEARS. So the point of this vent is for all the ladies that may read my blog.... I need to find new bras that I Love. I don't really care what they look like, but they must be supportive and not give me uniboob. If anyone has suggestions please post. I am not in a crisis need... yet.

TKD kicker

2008-10-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

So this is the inside of O'Ryan's school. As you can see he has done an excellent job painting a kicker on the wall. I guess he is going to paint some mountains behind it, but I think it looks fantastic. The kicking bars are also up. These are used to improve kicking technique so one doesn't have to worry about balancing. Contrary to what that sounds like it doesn't make it any easier on your legs. It's easier because you are not flailing around (ok so maybe only I flail around) but your muscles definately feel it. One of O'Ryan's students put the bars up and they also look fantastic. The school looks so classy. I can't wait to get some of my cross stitches hanging back up on the walls.

Nada.

2008-09-29T11:26:00.000-07:00

No pics this time. Just posting for the sake of posting. O'Ryan's school is going great he is by a lot of dance studios and is getting people stopping by for their sons. I'm still working a lot at the hospital and thinking about starting a second job picking up some agency shifts here and there. (For those of you who don't know what that is think temp work that pays great) So things are status quo. I am very grateful that the road construction has finally finished and I can ride my bike to work now. I don't do it all the time but it's nice to have the option.

The school is open!

2008-09-18T16:59:00.000-07:00

The city finally approved everything and O'Ryan's TaeKwonDo school is now open for business. These are some pics I took before we had everything set up. It is so great. It is located on Redwood Road just north of 10600 south next to the post office. Next time I go I'll take better pics of everything set up. Yay!!!!

2008-09-08T19:36:00.000-07:00

First post. This is O'Ryan doing what he loves the most besides me. Tae Kwon Do. We are hoping to open at his new location this week. We are sick of waiting for the city to finish approving everything so that the spot can get finished, but what do you do. I started back up with it last week and boy are my legs feeling it. You don't realize what muscles you don't use until you start using them more. Well that's it for now. I will slowly try to get more posts and pics up for everyone, but mostly for Stacy so she stops harassing me about it at work.