Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Biology Student of the Year
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Too Quick:
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Eden: 4-8-10
Kael's Mischief
Time is passing too quickly. Derek might think otherwise with graduation around the corner. I want time to slow down at home and class time for Derek to speed up.
Updates:
Derek: School has been very hectic and crazy trying to throw everything in at the last minute before graduation. He has 4 presentations this next week and then finals right after. On Wednesday night we went to an Honors Ceremony for the school and Derek was awarded Biology student of the year and he will be graduating with Honors of Magna Cum Laude. He will be getting his announcements for graduation out next week, so look for it in the mail.
Sharice: I’m busy being wife and mom. I’m working in the mornings again for my brothers and love playing with Kael all day and Eden all night. Our anniversary was April 15th and we weren’t planning anything because of our crazy lives, but Derek still managed to make it fun and special for me. He took me and the kids to breakfast and then he had to go to school, but when he got home he took us all to the park. Eden got some sunshine and Kael learned how to go down the slide all by himself. It was so fun and I couldn’t have asked for a better day!
Kael: The kid never slows down. He is always getting into everything and trying to figure out new things. (Things Kael gets into: trash, diapers, wipes, baby powder, lotion, toilet, toilet paper, plants, etc etc.) He has been so fun lately showing how smart he is. The kid LOVES to dance and sing. His new favorite movies are Alvin and the Chipmunks 1 & 2. His first favorite movies were Finding Nemo, then Ice Age 1,2,&3. It is so fun to see his little personality and it’s fun when he starts shimmying his shoulders and then stomping his feet in place. He came up with his dance moves on his own and it is hilarious! At bath time I’ve started trying to teach him body parts, and so we’ve been singing a lot of head shoulders knees and toes and he is getting so much better at pointing to body parts. He can say eyes now too which is cute. And he is the only kid in his nursery class that doesn’t cry. He hasn’t cried once and last Sunday when Derek went to check on him all 6 or so kids were crying and Kael was just playing, but he looked sad because he couldn’t understand why everyone was crying.? I mean, come on there were so many fun toys what is the need to cry? Kael loves his sister and wants to make her happy. He always wants to touch her, but doesn’t know how so he stands by her and just starts shaking his hands crazy. It’s cute. He is such a good kid and we love him to pieces! He is my joy! He teaches me to be a better person each day and to see the joy in life. Love you kiddo!
Eden: She is now 5 weeks old. Where did the time go? She still has a really hard time sleeping at night. She still burps better than Kael did. However, she now spits up just as much as Kael did, which is A LOT. Her hair is thinning out except she still has this super cute patch of hair at the very bottom back of her head. It is so soft and I love it. I love her dark hair and blue eyes. She loves to be swaddled still, but really loves to sleep on her tummy like Kael did. She has survived being dragged off the couch by Kael and pestered by him. She didn’t even cry much when he pulled her off the couch. She is a sweet baby and still has an ear piercing scream when she’s mad. We love this little girl to bits and she is so precious and we love every minute with her! I can’t get enough of both of my kids and there needs to be more time in the day to spend with them.
Time is passing too quickly. Derek might think otherwise with graduation around the corner. I want time to slow down at home and class time for Derek to speed up.
Updates:
Derek: School has been very hectic and crazy trying to throw everything in at the last minute before graduation. He has 4 presentations this next week and then finals right after. On Wednesday night we went to an Honors Ceremony for the school and Derek was awarded Biology student of the year and he will be graduating with Honors of Magna Cum Laude. He will be getting his announcements for graduation out next week, so look for it in the mail.
Sharice: I’m busy being wife and mom. I’m working in the mornings again for my brothers and love playing with Kael all day and Eden all night. Our anniversary was April 15th and we weren’t planning anything because of our crazy lives, but Derek still managed to make it fun and special for me. He took me and the kids to breakfast and then he had to go to school, but when he got home he took us all to the park. Eden got some sunshine and Kael learned how to go down the slide all by himself. It was so fun and I couldn’t have asked for a better day!
Kael: The kid never slows down. He is always getting into everything and trying to figure out new things. (Things Kael gets into: trash, diapers, wipes, baby powder, lotion, toilet, toilet paper, plants, etc etc.) He has been so fun lately showing how smart he is. The kid LOVES to dance and sing. His new favorite movies are Alvin and the Chipmunks 1 & 2. His first favorite movies were Finding Nemo, then Ice Age 1,2,&3. It is so fun to see his little personality and it’s fun when he starts shimmying his shoulders and then stomping his feet in place. He came up with his dance moves on his own and it is hilarious! At bath time I’ve started trying to teach him body parts, and so we’ve been singing a lot of head shoulders knees and toes and he is getting so much better at pointing to body parts. He can say eyes now too which is cute. And he is the only kid in his nursery class that doesn’t cry. He hasn’t cried once and last Sunday when Derek went to check on him all 6 or so kids were crying and Kael was just playing, but he looked sad because he couldn’t understand why everyone was crying.? I mean, come on there were so many fun toys what is the need to cry? Kael loves his sister and wants to make her happy. He always wants to touch her, but doesn’t know how so he stands by her and just starts shaking his hands crazy. It’s cute. He is such a good kid and we love him to pieces! He is my joy! He teaches me to be a better person each day and to see the joy in life. Love you kiddo!
Eden: She is now 5 weeks old. Where did the time go? She still has a really hard time sleeping at night. She still burps better than Kael did. However, she now spits up just as much as Kael did, which is A LOT. Her hair is thinning out except she still has this super cute patch of hair at the very bottom back of her head. It is so soft and I love it. I love her dark hair and blue eyes. She loves to be swaddled still, but really loves to sleep on her tummy like Kael did. She has survived being dragged off the couch by Kael and pestered by him. She didn’t even cry much when he pulled her off the couch. She is a sweet baby and still has an ear piercing scream when she’s mad. We love this little girl to bits and she is so precious and we love every minute with her! I can’t get enough of both of my kids and there needs to be more time in the day to spend with them.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The End of the Green Thing
I have purchased probably more than 15 of these in the last 20 months. They get lost easier than car keys... It's probably due to the way they bounce under the car at walmart or behind the couch, or just plain and simply because the little boy has gotten good at hiding them. However, he became attached and could not sleep without it.
Yesterday I did it. I finally decided that no matter how hard it is, it is time to say goodbye to the green thing. Now that I'm busy taking care of Eden during the night I figure it is time to have Kael sleep through the night without me needing to help him.
So, the green thing is officially gone. It has been over 24 hours since it was in his mouth. I hid them all last night and he went to bed. He cried for about 30 min and fell asleep. However not long after that he woke up and cried for over 2 hours straight. Finally, I went in and just sat next to his crib and rubbed his back until he fell asleep. It was so sad because he kept saying een een for bink and then decided to say mamamama which he hasn't said forever, and then he would reach out and say da da.
WOW that was hard. I kept thinking all this crying can end by giving in, but then I would think, if I give in then he cried for the last hour for nothing... So Derek and I stuck it out and he did it! The whole night without the green thing! He did cry out a couple more times through the night, but not for long, and fell asleep on his own.
He went right to sleep for his nap today and has done great all day without it.
Now, hopefully he won't try to borrow the little girl's PINK thing... So far so good.
Also, so frustrating, my big Easter video wouldn't load. Oh well. If anyone knows how to load a big video let me know because it is too big to email to my parents on their mission.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Easter Sunday
It is so hard to get Kael to look at the camera now! Very frustrating. Derek is so much better at it than me. He just has so many more interesting things to do than to look at Mom. 
Kael and the Easter Bunny.
We had to keep asking him to give us eggs for him to look at the camera. It was too funny and he got so frustrated that we wouldn't take the eggs after we asked for them. Half the pictures had a really disgruntled look. What a trooper putting up with us.
Easter was so much fun this year. It lasted a total of 15 minutes, but those 15 minutes were well worth it! We decided to have Kael look for his eggs after his morning nap because that is when he is the happiest. Well he got up and knew exactly what to do! It was awesome! He just started grabbing the eggs. The video shows it all. He was too fun. I can't help but love this kid. He is getting so smart and too big way too fast. We definately enjoyed our Easter and hope you all enjoyed yours. We don't have cable, so we weren't able to watch conference. It was always on during nap time and well lets face it I'm not getting much sleep at night, so I took naps during conference. Derek's and my goal for family home evening is to listen to one session once a week. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm really actually looking forward to listening to conference and I can't wait to get started.Enjoy the videos.
The Many Expressions of Eden and Kael
This is why he isn't allowed to play in the front yard anymore.
Because I have to chase him down the road.
He is finally tall enough to reach the door bell on his own. I had to hold him up during Halloween. He is growing so fast.
This is how he runs everywhere! It is rediculous... Head down so he can't see what's ahead and arms behind his back. Silly boy.
Always picking dandilions. I love outside time and warm weather and so does Kael. We really will miss St. George when we move this summer.
What's up?!
Still picking those dandilions... Unfortunately the lawn guys came today and mowed our back yard. No more dandilions, but hopefully no more bees. He has been so curious with the bees. He LOVES them. He tries to reach down and grab them or step on them, and I'm terrified and make him come inside. It's hard to be so innocent.
Call me K. ;)
Let me think about that...
Let me think about that some more. 
Yup, I don't like this hair bow...
She always has a fist at her mouth. It is too funny. We are getting some pictures taken tomorrow of our sweet girl and I am super excited! Can't wait to see how they turn out.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
2 weeks
I think Derek did an awesome job updating this blog when we were at the hospital. So far in the last 30 minutes of me trying to update this blog I've had one child poop in the bath tub and the other scream like a (well there's no comparison, she is a screamer... ) Anyway, I'm hoping to use the blog to stay better updated on how fast my children grow. So beware this is long and about my kids, and here it goes.
Time sure flies when you're having fun. I can't believe our little girl is 2 weeks old today. She is so precious and you can't help, but love this little girl. She is so different from Kael, yet it is fun to see her do something that reminds me of Kael when he was so little.
So far Eden is such a good baby. I think when I get discouraged or think she is too fussy I'm mostly just tired and am having to chase an almost 20 month old around on top of having a newborn. I love every minute and can't imagine life without 2 kids now. She had her first bath today. I think she liked it. She wasn't screaming at me, so I imagine it wasn't too bad for her. I love her dark hair. It is so weird seeing Kael's blonde and then how dark her's is. I imagine in the next couple of months it will fall out a bit and she'll be pretty bald, but that's ok. She handles wearing cute little bows so far pretty well. I mostly have hats on her head at home to keep her head warm, but I love the bows.
It has been so much fun playing dress up. I love getting to pick out a new outfit every day. I'm terrible at cordinating colors and matching, but I figure I have a couple years to get better at it before it really matters.
Eden can't decide if she likes her binky or not yet. Sometimes she can't live without it and others it makes her just so mad. She gets the hiccups everyday just like Kael did. Usually she gets them about 5 times a day. I used to get them everyday until about high school and I imagine my poor children will be the same way.
Eden also is a screamer. She doesn't cry, oh no... She is either perfectly content or screaming/squealing. It is quite terrifying and makes you run to the room to make the aweful noise stop... It does make me laugh though because you wouldn't think that noise is possible from something so precious.
She eats about every 4 hours then is awake for an hour and then sleeps until it's time to eat again. I think Kael was about every 3 hours for the longest time, so this is awesome!
The other night she was doing her squeals in the middle of the night and she has a Moses Basket that Kael slept in until he was 4 months old and Derek reminded me to swing her basket like I did for Kael. I had completely forgotten that I used to swing Kael's basket for like 20 minutes to get him to fall asleep when he was tiny... It had completely left my memory. I can't imagine how though because my arms would get cramps from swinging it so faithfully every night and I wanted to cry to sleep cause my shoulders hurt so bad... It's weird how I forgot that. The old trick worked though and the little girl fell asleep. Unfortunately it was only for about an hour before she woke up. So far she doesn't like sleeping in her bed. She has been sleeping pretty good in her swing at night though and that's ok with me.
As for Kael, he is getting use to having a lump around to poke. He just can't help himself. I'm surprised he hasn't taken her binky and put it in his mouth. He always grabs it and just hands it to me. Mostly he just tries to pat her, but doesn't know how to be gentle yet, so Eden gets a good smack here and there. He is curious about her and bugged by her at the same time. He gets a little jealous when he walks in the room and I'm holding the baby, so he tries to sit on my lap, which is holding a baby, so thus the baby gets squished. He really is doing quite wonderful though and I'm so proud of him for being a good big brother. I can't imagine having to be an older sibling and put up with the younger one so to all 6 of my older siblings, thanks for putting up with me. ;)
I love my kids so much and time is going by too fast. I'm enjoying every moment and wish I was better at taking pictures to remember each moment forever. I NEVER want to forget any second with these kids. They are too amazing. I'm so grateful to be their mom and I love my little family so much.
Time sure flies when you're having fun. I can't believe our little girl is 2 weeks old today. She is so precious and you can't help, but love this little girl. She is so different from Kael, yet it is fun to see her do something that reminds me of Kael when he was so little.
So far Eden is such a good baby. I think when I get discouraged or think she is too fussy I'm mostly just tired and am having to chase an almost 20 month old around on top of having a newborn. I love every minute and can't imagine life without 2 kids now. She had her first bath today. I think she liked it. She wasn't screaming at me, so I imagine it wasn't too bad for her. I love her dark hair. It is so weird seeing Kael's blonde and then how dark her's is. I imagine in the next couple of months it will fall out a bit and she'll be pretty bald, but that's ok. She handles wearing cute little bows so far pretty well. I mostly have hats on her head at home to keep her head warm, but I love the bows.
It has been so much fun playing dress up. I love getting to pick out a new outfit every day. I'm terrible at cordinating colors and matching, but I figure I have a couple years to get better at it before it really matters.
Eden can't decide if she likes her binky or not yet. Sometimes she can't live without it and others it makes her just so mad. She gets the hiccups everyday just like Kael did. Usually she gets them about 5 times a day. I used to get them everyday until about high school and I imagine my poor children will be the same way.
Eden also is a screamer. She doesn't cry, oh no... She is either perfectly content or screaming/squealing. It is quite terrifying and makes you run to the room to make the aweful noise stop... It does make me laugh though because you wouldn't think that noise is possible from something so precious.
She eats about every 4 hours then is awake for an hour and then sleeps until it's time to eat again. I think Kael was about every 3 hours for the longest time, so this is awesome!
The other night she was doing her squeals in the middle of the night and she has a Moses Basket that Kael slept in until he was 4 months old and Derek reminded me to swing her basket like I did for Kael. I had completely forgotten that I used to swing Kael's basket for like 20 minutes to get him to fall asleep when he was tiny... It had completely left my memory. I can't imagine how though because my arms would get cramps from swinging it so faithfully every night and I wanted to cry to sleep cause my shoulders hurt so bad... It's weird how I forgot that. The old trick worked though and the little girl fell asleep. Unfortunately it was only for about an hour before she woke up. So far she doesn't like sleeping in her bed. She has been sleeping pretty good in her swing at night though and that's ok with me.
As for Kael, he is getting use to having a lump around to poke. He just can't help himself. I'm surprised he hasn't taken her binky and put it in his mouth. He always grabs it and just hands it to me. Mostly he just tries to pat her, but doesn't know how to be gentle yet, so Eden gets a good smack here and there. He is curious about her and bugged by her at the same time. He gets a little jealous when he walks in the room and I'm holding the baby, so he tries to sit on my lap, which is holding a baby, so thus the baby gets squished. He really is doing quite wonderful though and I'm so proud of him for being a good big brother. I can't imagine having to be an older sibling and put up with the younger one so to all 6 of my older siblings, thanks for putting up with me. ;)
I love my kids so much and time is going by too fast. I'm enjoying every moment and wish I was better at taking pictures to remember each moment forever. I NEVER want to forget any second with these kids. They are too amazing. I'm so grateful to be their mom and I love my little family so much.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Home Again Home Again
I will continue from the last post....
Sharice was finally able to get a little bit of rest once we were in our new room and everyone was all cleaned up and fed. She felt much better after, puking a bit, having a nap, eating, and was no longer nauseated. Around 6PM I left to go help with Kael, who was being watched by my mom, Kael's Grammy. My mom had driven down from SLC around 2:00PM to take over watching Kael from our neighbors the Copes. Sharice was able to get a long nights rest utilizing the nursery and Eden breastfed really well every 3 or 4 hours through the night. She's a much quicker eater than Kael was, thank goodness for Sharice. Kael had a ton of fun at our neighbors house playing with their little boy who is his same age, but had even more fun with his Grammy at home. At little side story that's rather sad. The afternoon of the day that Sharice's went into labor Kael had been playing very happily outside but managed to trip and face plant it on the sidewalk. He also bit all the way through his lip. I was at school so Sharice called me and I came home and we took him to the doc. We felt really bad for the little guy and he had a rough night with the pain, us leaving to deliver a baby, and not being able to be with his mommy for more than a day, so in the pictures you can see we got him a big popsicle and have been giving him extra attention :-). Anyways, baby story continued.... next morning things had gone well, Sharice was feeling great, minimal bleeding and so we checked out right around lunch. There's a picture of Sharice and Eden finally wearing non-hospital clothes right before we checked out. Kael was way happy to see his Mom! He was a little leary of Eden and her cries but he seems very happy and is going to be a great older brother to Eden. Everyone is home, my Mom is helping out, and things are going really well. We want to thank you all for your prayers and just want to say we love you all! Here are a couple more pics and I will probably get some more posted tomorrow.
Mommy, Eden, and Kael just chilling while watching a movie. Kael was very happy to be with his Mom again!
Eden and Sharice finally out of their hospital gear :-) What a relief to be on our way out!
Kael with his giant popsicle and loving it, nice and cold on his bit through lip
Our little angel Eden Marie!
Eden already being a cutie! It's going to take me a little while to get used to all of this PINK, but still lots of FUN!!!
Sharice was finally able to get a little bit of rest once we were in our new room and everyone was all cleaned up and fed. She felt much better after, puking a bit, having a nap, eating, and was no longer nauseated. Around 6PM I left to go help with Kael, who was being watched by my mom, Kael's Grammy. My mom had driven down from SLC around 2:00PM to take over watching Kael from our neighbors the Copes. Sharice was able to get a long nights rest utilizing the nursery and Eden breastfed really well every 3 or 4 hours through the night. She's a much quicker eater than Kael was, thank goodness for Sharice. Kael had a ton of fun at our neighbors house playing with their little boy who is his same age, but had even more fun with his Grammy at home. At little side story that's rather sad. The afternoon of the day that Sharice's went into labor Kael had been playing very happily outside but managed to trip and face plant it on the sidewalk. He also bit all the way through his lip. I was at school so Sharice called me and I came home and we took him to the doc. We felt really bad for the little guy and he had a rough night with the pain, us leaving to deliver a baby, and not being able to be with his mommy for more than a day, so in the pictures you can see we got him a big popsicle and have been giving him extra attention :-). Anyways, baby story continued.... next morning things had gone well, Sharice was feeling great, minimal bleeding and so we checked out right around lunch. There's a picture of Sharice and Eden finally wearing non-hospital clothes right before we checked out. Kael was way happy to see his Mom! He was a little leary of Eden and her cries but he seems very happy and is going to be a great older brother to Eden. Everyone is home, my Mom is helping out, and things are going really well. We want to thank you all for your prayers and just want to say we love you all! Here are a couple more pics and I will probably get some more posted tomorrow.
Mommy, Eden, and Kael just chilling while watching a movie. Kael was very happy to be with his Mom again!
Eden and Sharice finally out of their hospital gear :-) What a relief to be on our way out!
Kael with his giant popsicle and loving it, nice and cold on his bit through lip
Our little angel Eden Marie!
Eden already being a cutie! It's going to take me a little while to get used to all of this PINK, but still lots of FUN!!!Thursday, March 18, 2010
Eden Marie Bradley
Eden Marie Bradley
Born March 18th 2010 at 12:22 PM
Born March 18th 2010 at 12:22 PM
7 lbs 15 oz, 19 inches
The delivery went really well! It took about 11 hours. Sharice tore a little and had to get a few stitches but that was much better than last time. Eden came out really quick and well. She's a little angel and was able to breast feed her very first shot just fine. Sharice is doing well, but very tired and quite nauseated from hormones and drugs so has been throwing up. Overall things went way more smoothly than last time. Kael now has a little sister to take care of! :-)
Baby On the Way
Well everyone . . . . Baby Eden is on the way! 
Sharice's water broke at 1:30Am today. This time we had a little better idea of
what to do (time constraints) so Sharice was able to take a shower, we got all packed, got our neighbor buddies to come watch Kael, and then we went to Denny's at 3:30Am, got a quick breakfast! We have been at the hospital since 4:00Am and things are going pretty good. Sharice's veins wouldn't give any blood and they tried doing her IV 6 times, so that really stunk. They blew two veins and one of the IVs was infiltrated (not in the vein) and her arm started to swell. I felt way bad for her cause that was the part she was most nervous about, IVs hurt! I persuaded Sharice to get her epidural a little bit earlier than last time (last time she waited too long in my opinion because she was hyperventilating, had to go on oxygen, and kept jumping every time the anesthesiologist would try to poke her), so she got her epidural at 6:30AM, which went very well better than the IVs for sure, and now she is just resting. She's contracting normally and all is going well so far. We will keep you posted!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
ACCEPTED
Why do we now have a reason to pick between BYU and U of U?
DEREK GOT ACCEPTED TO...
DEREK GOT ACCEPTED TO...
We just became Ute fans!!!!!!!!
Derek will start medical school in August, and we are SO SO SO excited! Can you tell by the exclamation points? No baby yet, 2 more weeks, but that is SO ok with me. :)
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Pregnant me, and Derek's Motorcycle
Eden: 36 wk 4 days
Kael: 37 weeks
This is suppose to be a post about Derek, but I'm throwing in pregnant pictures to get them out of the way. It will hopefully be the last one for a LONG while. Just wanted to show a comparison from Kael and Eden. I think I carry Eden a lot lower than Kael. Kael was always in my ribs, but Eden is always on my bladder. Can't decide which is worse...
Some of you know Derek got a motorcycle, Kawasaki Ninja, a year ago in January. Well it was very useful on saving gas etc. However, Derek said when he got on the freeway it felt like the wind was going to blow him over because of its high center of gravity. In my mind, NOT cool and not safe. So, we sold the Ninja and we looked around for a while and found a lower riding motorcycle. This is Derek on his new motorcycle that we bought around August if I remember right... It is a Kawasaki Vulcan Drifter for anyone more technical than me. :) I'm glad we were able to find something that he felt safer on. It is a lot heavier bike than the last motorcycle he had and it runs great and saves us gas money and miles on our car. Depending on where we go to medical school we will probably end up selling it because of snow. It works great here in St. George where it snows once or twice a year, but we won't be here much longer. So if you know anyone wanting a motorcycle somtime in the summer let us know. It runs AWESOME.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
The Nursery Boy
Love love love this kid. He needs to slow down on the growing up though, it is going by too fast.
Nursery
Kael went to nursery for the first time today. Whoa. Big. Scary. Awesome. Don't know what to do with myself. I decided last night that I should at least meet his teachers and see how many kids were in his class today. Scope it out, see how he might do. Well, turns out that both Kael and I did pretty good. He has 2 amazing, awesome sisters who teach his class. There are normally about 7 kids in the class and can be up to about 10 max. Today there were only 5 kids. I went in and the teachers were so nice and so reasurring that he would do great. I really needed the reasurrance for me. As soon as Kael saw toys he took off immediately and didn't need me at all. Weird. All the kids were right about 18 mo just like Kael. I stayed with them for about 10 minutes. Kael just did his own thing and played and had fun. It didn't even phase him when I left, he just kept right on playing. I thought I'll just leave him for the first hour and see how he does. Of course I peeked in the door once to see him playing away happily. After the first hour I went in and everything was still good. I changed his diaper and he was soo excited and wiggly. When he went back to class they were getting snacks ready and I just waved and said bye and off Kael went. I stayed peeking through the window and Kael looks up at me and just waves and smiles and off he goes again. I checked on him one more time after that and he had a cracker in hand and was busy.
Silly Mom... He was having so much fun. The teachers said he had this toy egg he wouldn't let go of, and became pocessive of, and that it was quite funny. No need to worry about this little boy. Whew. I had no idea what to do with myself through 2 whole hours of church. I guess I should start bringing my scriptures again now that I have my hands free. It was a bizarre day for me. Probably a bigger day for me than Kael, and I'm glad we both had a great time.
Hopefully, next week will be just as great. I'll probably be just as worried though. I'm certain I'll get used to it, hopefully by the time this new baby gets here. What a day.
Silly Mom... He was having so much fun. The teachers said he had this toy egg he wouldn't let go of, and became pocessive of, and that it was quite funny. No need to worry about this little boy. Whew. I had no idea what to do with myself through 2 whole hours of church. I guess I should start bringing my scriptures again now that I have my hands free. It was a bizarre day for me. Probably a bigger day for me than Kael, and I'm glad we both had a great time.
Hopefully, next week will be just as great. I'll probably be just as worried though. I'm certain I'll get used to it, hopefully by the time this new baby gets here. What a day.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Janice Tagged Me
The rules are: Post 10 honest confessions about yourself, then tag 5 people to do the same.
1. I also am not a fan of chocolate. I can eat a little tiny bit occasionally, however, I can't even finish a candy bar usually.
2. Derek was my first kiss. He knew that and he wanted it to be special for me and refused to kiss me. About a day after he found out that I wanted to kiss him, I made sure he couldn't wait any longer. ;) Love ya babe!
3. I have a terrible habit of putting my fingers in my mouth and just sucking on them. And I touch my face way too much. Gross I know.
4. My personality changes quite frequently... Meaning, sometimes I'm way shy, but most of the time I'm bubbly. It's weird I know. I'm usually always happy inside though, whether my face shows it or not.
5. I LOVE starbursts, skittles, sour patch kids, Mike and Ikes, sour patch straws, and anything that is simply sugar. Mmmmm.
6. That candy makes my teeth hurt.
7. I hate talking on the telephone. It is a REAL phobia. I'm ok with it now, but in high school I thought having to talk on the phone was the end of the world.
8. I am not a morning person, however, since having Kael, going into his room and seeing his smile has made me a morning person. I LOVE mornings, I still don't like getting up, but I now know it is SO worth it.
9. I wanted to be a pediatric emergency room doctor since the 9th grade after watching ER and seeing my mom work. After volunteering in the emergency room at 17, confirmed I loved it, but now being a stay-at-home mom is who I am and want to be more than anything! Maybe someday in the far future I'll help Derek as a doctor in some way, but I have no desire right now anymore. I absolutely LOVE being able to stay home with my kiddo.
10. I have an awesome family who supports me and my family anyway they can. Huge thanks to my brothers who let me work at home so Derek can get ready for medical school. I wouldn't be where I am today without my family, and as odd as we are 7 red headed kids, and 2 crazy red headed parents, I'm so grateful to be a part of this family, and now to have my own crazy little family has made me realize how grateful I am to family, how important the family is, and how I want to be the best wife, mom, sister, friend etc.
I tag my brothers: Joshua, Jacob, Jerris, Jonathan, and my brother-in-laws Dwayne, and Brian.
(I'm curious...)
1. I also am not a fan of chocolate. I can eat a little tiny bit occasionally, however, I can't even finish a candy bar usually.
2. Derek was my first kiss. He knew that and he wanted it to be special for me and refused to kiss me. About a day after he found out that I wanted to kiss him, I made sure he couldn't wait any longer. ;) Love ya babe!
3. I have a terrible habit of putting my fingers in my mouth and just sucking on them. And I touch my face way too much. Gross I know.
4. My personality changes quite frequently... Meaning, sometimes I'm way shy, but most of the time I'm bubbly. It's weird I know. I'm usually always happy inside though, whether my face shows it or not.
5. I LOVE starbursts, skittles, sour patch kids, Mike and Ikes, sour patch straws, and anything that is simply sugar. Mmmmm.
6. That candy makes my teeth hurt.
7. I hate talking on the telephone. It is a REAL phobia. I'm ok with it now, but in high school I thought having to talk on the phone was the end of the world.
8. I am not a morning person, however, since having Kael, going into his room and seeing his smile has made me a morning person. I LOVE mornings, I still don't like getting up, but I now know it is SO worth it.
9. I wanted to be a pediatric emergency room doctor since the 9th grade after watching ER and seeing my mom work. After volunteering in the emergency room at 17, confirmed I loved it, but now being a stay-at-home mom is who I am and want to be more than anything! Maybe someday in the far future I'll help Derek as a doctor in some way, but I have no desire right now anymore. I absolutely LOVE being able to stay home with my kiddo.
10. I have an awesome family who supports me and my family anyway they can. Huge thanks to my brothers who let me work at home so Derek can get ready for medical school. I wouldn't be where I am today without my family, and as odd as we are 7 red headed kids, and 2 crazy red headed parents, I'm so grateful to be a part of this family, and now to have my own crazy little family has made me realize how grateful I am to family, how important the family is, and how I want to be the best wife, mom, sister, friend etc.
I tag my brothers: Joshua, Jacob, Jerris, Jonathan, and my brother-in-laws Dwayne, and Brian.
(I'm curious...)
Crafts, Flowers, and The Boy
Crafts:
Flowers: My wonderful husband got me these for Valentines Day. He spoils me even though it is his birthday...
The Boy:
First, I want to say thank you so so much to all of my family who have given me things for this little girl. Whether it is hand me downs, hand made stuff, etc. I am SO VERY appreciative, and can't wait to see her use the stuff she has!
This first picture is the necklace and flower my sister-in-law Janice made for Eden's blessing. I can't wait until the blessing to show it off because I'm too excited. This is the first piece of jewelry the little girl will have. LOVE IT.
Janice also made this super cute holder for all of the flowers and clips. Janice made like 5 flowers on there and I made 4. There are small clips on there too.
Flowers: My wonderful husband got me these for Valentines Day. He spoils me even though it is his birthday...
The Boy:
Kael got his 2nd hair cut yesterday. Before 
After
I just love his face! He is ALWAYS drooling. He has been drooling since he was 2 months old. Kael had a fever of 103 for the past 3 days. Today is it is finally running around in the 99's, but he is still really struggling. I think he had some bug and now is teething... Poor kid can't catch a break. He still tries to be happy even though he is miserable, which makes it more sad when he is sick. I can't believe he is 18 months old. We haven't been to nursery yet with baby blessings, out of town, and sickness, so hopefully we can get him used to it soon. Some of his favorite things are bubbles, balls, and all the Ice Age movies. This last weekend we have watched a LOT of Ice Age at our house from him being sick.
I am now 35 weeks and start my weekly doctor's appointments next Monday. Wahoo! I think I'm about ready for this girl now. I have everything washed and ready I think. I still need to organize quite a few things and pack a hospital bag, but other than that I can't wait to see what she looks like.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Diapers.com
Gotta love a good deal! Just saved $11.50 on pampers swaddlers at diapers.com. I'm way excited, which is why I'm posting this on my blog.
Use this referal code (SHAR0611) and you can get money off. Spend $50.00 and you get free shipping.
Referral Code is SHAR0611. Any new customers who enter your code (or your email address) when placing their first order at Diapers.com will get $10 off their first diaper order (*$49 minimum).
You can even use your manufacturers coupons on the site for extra discounts.
http://www.diapers.com
I know anyone with a kid in diapers could use a good deal, and I hope this helps someone out there. I'm nervous for 2 kids in diapers, so it was nice to get started off right.
Use this referal code (SHAR0611) and you can get money off. Spend $50.00 and you get free shipping.
Referral Code is SHAR0611. Any new customers who enter your code (or your email address) when placing their first order at Diapers.com will get $10 off their first diaper order (*$49 minimum).
You can even use your manufacturers coupons on the site for extra discounts.
http://www.diapers.com
I know anyone with a kid in diapers could use a good deal, and I hope this helps someone out there. I'm nervous for 2 kids in diapers, so it was nice to get started off right.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
ONE FOR YOU AND ONE FOR ME
This video is too cute. We had a fun visit with Jon and Janice the other day and Kael LOVED playing with his cousin Kaylee. I really need to set up more play dates for him, so if anyone with kids his age wants to play with Kael let's get together!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Flower and Vermont
Ok here is my finished project. I didn't know I could make a flower. It was super easy and I love it! It could actually be this huge 3 layers, but I made it my own, and I'm happy with it.I'm really going to love crocheting a lot more stuff now that I've figured out a little.
Derek left this morning for his medical school interview in Vermont. I know he is going to do great, but I can't help but be nervous. His flight is loading right now, so already that is better than his flight to Virginia. Any prayers our way would be appreciated. I'm excited, but I will feel better when he is home and all of this interviewing is done!
March will be a HUGE month for us. We will find out where we are accepted to medical school and get a baby girl. Whew. Can't wait.
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