Mills Family

3 Years Old

2012-02-27T15:02:00.007-08:00

Okay so I am the biggest slacker when it comes to blogging so here are a few things we have been up too!
The boys just turned 3 and I can't believe how time flies its sad to see them grow up so fast but this is also the cutest age and lets be honest a very challenging age LOL! I think 3's are by far worse then 2's.
So we took them to their 3 yr old dr. appt and they are doing great.
Caleb is still in the 5th percentile for weight he weighs 26.6 lbs and is 37 in. and 3/8 in height.
Ayden is 27lbs and 38 in. 3/8 in height so they are both doing great, all they do is talk we never have a quiet moment at our house unless they are sleeping hehehe and those naps are coming to an end and its so sad I enjoyed my 2 hrs a day of some piece and quiet hehehe oh well!
The boys have been wanting a big truck or jeep or tractor to drive around in so this is what they got for their birthday they love it:

So on their birthday pat took the day off for his bday also and we took the boys to a movie and lunch it was fun and we just had some cupcakes that night and then we had their birthday party on saturday with all their friends and cousins, we had cake and ice cream and did gifts and then we all headed over to Kangaroo Zoo so all the kids could just run wild it was great! Here are a few pics of their birthday: Of course we couldn't just have one party we had to have to different ones, Ayden is really into Mickey Mouse Club house right now and Caleb is into Tractors so that is what we did!
After Kangaroo Zoo a few of us came back to our house and got pizza and the kids were all wiped out so they sat on the couch and played with either their phones or mobigo's so it was nice and quiet for a bit LOL! I just can't believe another birthday has come and gone anyways they had a great birthday so thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with them.

Halloween

2011-11-08T16:01:00.001-08:00

So Halloween turned out to be alot of fun this year the boys were so cute and loved going trick or treating! I struggled on what they were going to be this year because nothing was really jumping out at me I wasn't a fan of any of the costumes so I decided to just have them be plain old cowboys and I am so glad I did because I thought they ended up being 2 of the cutest cowboys I have ever seen!
Anyways we started out our day going into pat's work and went trick or treating around there and wow we could have just hit there and been done for the night the boys got so much candy I couldn't believe it they made out.
After that we headed over to Shane and April's house for some little activities and dinner and then we headed out with all the kids around my brothers neighborhood we had 5 kids 3 and under and they were so cute they all just thought they were so big and they have been doing this for years it was hilarious! Anyways here are some pics of our day and night!
Oh ya so when I ordered the cowboy costumes I didn't want them to wear the same one but I couldn't find another cute one so I one of them was called the yarn baby cowboy or something like that so it came with this hat that was kinda scary but the boys thought it was hilarious so I got them in their outfits a couple of nights before halloween just to make sure we had everything we needed well once they were all dressed they wanted to wear the raggedy ann/chucky hat LOL and this is how they looked:
Good thing I bought normal cowboy hats at the fair this year, cuz the ones the costumes came with were hideous!
K so of course us parents love halloween to so we had to get all dressed up like the little kids do and go out that weekend, mindy came up with the best costumes this year for all of us that she made and it was simple and cheap and I think they turned out so cute:

Things we have been up too!

2011-07-21T10:38:00.000-07:00

I am such a slacker when it comes to blogging and taking pics my camera isn't working right now so I have to use my phone and its not the easiest to take pics with so I only take them here and there.
Anyways we haven't really been up to much just hanging out going to the park alot and playing inside the house alot because its so hot right now. They actually just built a splash pad right next to our house so I took the boys there the other day just to check it out we didn't get in it or anything we just wanted to see what it was all about and wow was it crowded but we are going to go back hopefully tomorrow or next week sometime so I will take some pics when we do.
K so we took the boys to CherryHill the water park part of it on saturday and they had a blast once again I didn't take many pics but they had this fun little kiddie pool there with a waterslide and caleb loved it Ayden liked it as long as daddy was going down it with him here are the 2 pics I got:
so then we decided to take them on the big dragon water slide so we got over to it and got in line and pat said ya there is no way I am taking ayden on that he will freak so they went down to the bottom to watch us come out so Caleb and I and Mindy and Sammie went up to go on it well those of you who know me I am so afraid of waterslides I hate them growing up whenever we would go to Raging Waters with all of our friends I would just watch them all go down the waterslides and I would hangout in the wave pool so I thought well I will be brave this time and take caleb it cant be that bad right. Oh wow it was hilarious so we got up to the top and it was our turn and I started to panick and saw how fast it was well anyways we had to sit on this matt thing and so I got all situated and I said to the girl is this really fast and she said ummm No its not really so I said you are so lying to me right now and she laughs and then I said am I going to drowned and she said with a laugh its only 2 ft of water at the end you will be fine just hold him up when you come out then I freaked even more she thought I was very weird hehehe anyways we start going down and I am freaking and then I lose control and fall over on to my back/side and couldn't get up and then we go through this big dark blackout tunnel and I was crying cuz I was scared and caleb was traumatized because I was freaking out anyways we finally get to the bottom and I was on my back and all I could think was hold him up so he doesn't go under and as soon as we got done Caleb says mommy I don't want to go on that ever again it was funny, so needless to say I will probably not be going on any waterslides anytime soon unless they are the little kiddie ones LOL!

K so the other day it was really windy and so hot and going to rain but the boys wanted to go and have a picnic at the park so I said how about we have a picnic here in the living room and read some books and then play candyland so they said okay and they thought that was fun, my boys love to play candyland that is all they want to do every night and Ayden always has to be Yellow and Caleb has to be Green and of course they told me I have to be Red and Pat has to be Blue so we play that game alot I need to go and get more games because I am so over Candyland hehehe. They play it so well I told them from the start that we could only play this game if they played it the right way and waited for there turns and played by the rules yes this game takes us forever to play because I wont let them cheat but you gotta teach them sometime to play the right way right, I am thinking of reconsidering that decision hehehe! Anyways here are a few pics of our picnic and playing candyland!

Utah Valley Provo Marathon!

2011-06-20T15:29:00.001-07:00

So I ran my first Full Marathon a couple of weeks ago and it was such a awesome accomplishment. So I started my training back in Feb and from Feb 7th til June 11th I ran a total of 458 miles leading up to the marathon so over all 484.2 miles I ran in alittle over 4 months wow that is alot of running. Anyways during my training I said I will never run a full marathon again but once I finished I changed my mind and yes I will for sure run another full marathon just so I can beat my time LOL!
K so I ran my Marathon in 4hr and 9 minutes so my minute mile pace overall average was 9:32 minute miles so that wasn't too bad for my first marathon I was hoping to come in at 4hr exactly but I guess 9 minutes over isn't so bad. K well here are a few pics of the marathon. I ran it with one of my really good friends Martin and it was so nice to have him there with me we helped motivate each other so it was nice. Thanks mindy for taking some pics for me.Thanks to everyone who came out to support us that was awesome!Pat also ran the 5K that morning he did awesome way too go babe!

A Day Out With Thomas!

2011-06-01T14:54:00.000-07:00

I guess the heber creeper does a day out with thomas once a year so we thought it might be fun to take the boys up there to spend the day out with thomas and they loved it so of course I forgot my Camera so this is the only pic I got with my phone, mindy took some pics with her camera but she hasn't emailed them too me yet so once I get them I will add them on.
We got up there and got checked in and we had to wait for 45 minutes before our train ride so we took the boys around to all the little things they had going on like thomas tattoes, so when it was there turn to get there tattoes they would not let that kid that was doing them come near them so grandpa had to put them on them it was pretty funny then we went over and let them run wild in the hay maze, after that it was time to catch the train the kids loved it we went up there with sammie and jaxon and grandma and grandpa it was a little 25 minute train ride but they all enjoyed it after that we went over to the gift shop and bought them a few little prizes and of course grandma had to buy all of the grandkids a shirt we were going to try ang get a pic of them all wearing there shirts but that didn't happen. My boys have been asking to wear there shirts ever since we went up there so I put them in them today and that is all they can talk about thomas the train here are a few pics:The boys love to play together so this is them being silly and eating there Otter Pops!
Then we took all the kids to the Aquarium on sunday but once again I didn't take my camera so I didn't get any pics of them there but they had fun except when all the kids were standing over by the shark window area and all the sudden this shark came out of no where and it was right up by the glass so right by Ayden's face and yep I bet you can only imagine what happend next oh he let out the biggest scream and started crying so hard it was hilarious I wish I would have had my camera hehehe!
So pat bought a bike trailer so he could start taking the boys on a bike ride while I am out running so here are a few pics of the boys with their new helmets and going for a bike ride they love it!so I haven't blogged in awhile so I am just kind of blogging about somethings we have been doing and some of the things the boys love to do, so they love going out on the deck and just running around and sitting out there to watch the airplanes fly by so here are a few pics of them hanging out on the deck:
and they love it when sissy mav comes to visit them:The boys are getting so big I just can't believe how fast they grow up they can count to 12, they sing their alphabets to me all the time and they can both spell their names its so cute and they are both just little talkers thats all they do is talk we can't get Ayden to hush up most of the time its funny both their personalities are so cute but so different.

Our 2 little helpers!

2011-04-05T08:15:00.000-07:00

Oh my these 2 love the vacuum so anytime pat gets the vacuum out they are both right there by his side either turning the vacuum on and off or trying to help dad push the vacuum around its hilarious and so annoying at the same time, ecspecially because there are 2 of them so they are either fighting over who gets to push it or turn it off or whatever they can find something to fight over yep already fighting at 2 years old, now instead of just being able to vacuum and get the job done in a matter of time it now takes him all day to vacuum with these 2 little best helpers ever. It just cracks me up how much they love the vacuum they ask me everyday mommy can we get the vacuum out and vacuum they are so funny and so freaking cute this age is the best oh and the worst they never stop.Well the other day we actually had some nice sunny weather warm enough to get the jogger out and take the boys out for a run and stop and play at the park they were loving it, they just love being outside so I just wish the weather would stop teasing us one day its 70degrees and then the next day its snowing again....ugggh! Anyways so here are a few pics of them getting excited to go for a run, I forgot to take some pics of them at the park but believe me they had fun, I couldn't get them to leave:

7 Weeks of Sickies

2011-03-24T09:40:00.000-07:00

This is how Ayden looked for about 6 weeks off and on he was miserable:
So we haven't really been up to much since the boys birthday except being sick so the boys ended up sick a few days before there birthday with a horrible cold around Feb 10th so we figured thats all it was so we just went on about our business and a week or so went by and Caleb started getting better but not ayden, then Ayden started having fever's and he had them for about 4 days and then he started saying his ears hurt so we took him into the dr and he had a fever of 102.6 and he had 2 horrible ear infections and a horrible sore throat but it wasn't strep, so they put him on an antibiotic that they said was a pretty strong one so it should do the trick so he was on that for the full 10 days and he was acting so much better and then all the sudden after the 10th day of the medicine he started coming down with fevers again he had them for about 3 days so we took him back and they tested him for strep again and the flu this time and nothing and his ears looked great so they couldn't figure out what was up with him and all his fever's that he kept having so we took him home and 2 days later his fever broke that was on a thursday, he was fine all through the weekend and then come monday of last week he started getting fever's again this time they were in the 103's so we watched him for 3 days and then he started saying his ears hurt again so we took him back and sure enough he had a horrible sore throat again this time full of Puss and horrible ear infections again and a fever of 103.6 and he was so out of it he would just lay there so they felt that they needed to put him on this 3 day shot called Rosefen(however you spell) OMG that was the worst thing I have ever had to experience with my kids oh it was awful that shot was the size of my Progesterone shots that I had to have for 10 weeks in my hip and that long oh it was so sad they had to put it in his leg and because he is so skinny they couldn't even get it all the way in cuz it would have come out the other side ya it was awful, Ayden screamed bloody murder and then he couldn't walk or move his leg for like 2 or 3 hours after and he had to go through that hell for 3 days, well he is now doing better but we went back in on tuesday for their 2 year check up finally ya I know it was like a month and a week late. Anyways they checked Ayden and needless to say he was traumatized from the moment we pulled into the parking lot he started screaming and didn't stop until we left it was horrible, anyways they checked him out and he still has lots of fluid in his ears and they are still pink but not red and it looks like the infection is going away but they are concerned that he might have to have tubes because that fluid could be doing damage to his hearing, so we have to go back in 3 weeks to see how things are going and then decide from there if he will have to get tubes or not.
It just sucks because he went 2 years with no problems never sick and then all the sudden he has been so sick 6 weeks out of the 7 and luckily Caleb has been fine he had a fever on sunday and was pulling at his ears but monday he was fine and the dr. checked him out and said his ears look great. Anyways other then that they are both doing good.so the one weekend Ayden was actually doing okay mav and Danielle took them to the Aquarium this is the only pic she gotThe Dr. said Caleb is very small but doing good he only weighs 22lbs 8OZ and he is only 34 inches and a quarter so he is only in the 30th percentile for height and in the 10th percentile for weight but he eats all the time so he just has a great metabolism.
Ayden is in the 60th percentile for height he is 35 inches and a quarter and he weights 23lbs 8OZ so he is exactly 1 inch taller then Caleb and 1 pound heavier then Caleb, Ayden was always the lighter one but now he is bigger then Caleb, which is so weird because if you looked at them you would think Caleb weighed more cuz Ayden is so skinny but I think he weighs alittle more just because he is a bit taller anyways they are both growing like they should and doing great.
So the one nice day we got the boys had to take their jet ski's outside and ride them up and down the driveway they love their jet ski's that their sissy mav gave them thats what they call her is sissy:
Sorry for the novel

2 Years Old!

2011-02-24T15:42:00.001-08:00

Yes I am a slacker when it comes to blogging, so I apologize for the long post anyways the boys just turned 2 a couple of weeks ago, and it was pat's b-day also so he took the day off so we could spend the day with the boys and just hang out so we took the boys to get their haircuts and then we took them bowling:The boys totally bowled the same score, yep they are definitley twins and then to lunch and then we went back home to get ready for their little birthday party, we just had a few ppl over for some Cake and Ice Cream nothing big this year.
So we did a Barney theme this year because they absolutley love Barney we watch it 24/7 along with Toy Story and Cars so that is what we are watching at our house everyday all day long good times LOL!
so here are some pics of the boys birthday:So for the boys birthday we got them my first trampoline and they absolutely love it, so the reason I am posting so many pics of them jumping on the trampoline is because everytime they get in it Caleb yells mommy get camera to take a picture so here are all the pics that I had to take of them jumping because Caleb wouldn't stop asking until I took lots of pics he is so funny he loves having his pic taken now, but only on his terms Anyways the boys got alot of nice stuff from everyone lots of clothes and more toys so thanks everyone for all the stuff they got, after we did gifts we sang to the boys and then had some cake and Ice cream, me being the slacker planner mom I totally forgot to order the boys a cake that had Barney and friends on it til it was too late so I just had to make a couple of cakes and they turned out pretty okay for those of you who know me and my wonderful cooking skills LOL, they were actually editable hahaha.Both the boys were not feeling too well on their b-day so they didn't really have any cake or ice cream they just sat in their chairs and looked sad and sick:and thanks mindy and josh for dishing up the cake and Ice Cream. Anyways they had a nice birthday and thanks again everyone for coming and I can't believe they are already 2 years old they are both so smart they already know all their letters and a word that goes with each letter so for example they say the letter E and then they say Elephant after it and so forth its really cute and they both can count to 10 and they know what number is what.
So I started running again to train for all my marathons I am running this year so instead of waiting until the boys went down for a nap I decided to try running while the boys were in the playroom/gym and it actually worked out great so now the boys will run upstairs and grab my running shoes everyday and bring them down to me and say mommy run and the reason they want me to run is because they get to run after mommy is done they know what they are doing:Ayden loves to sit down and read books he ecspecially loves the little red hen so when I can't find him I will walk in his room and he will be sitting in his rocking chair reading his book and this is what he is saying out loud Not I said the Duck, not I said the Goose and so forth its hilarious.Caleb loves to wear my shoes don't ask me why but he is always pulling my shoes out of the closet and trying to walk around in them its pretty funnyhe also knows his full name and Ayden's full name and my full name and dad's full name its so cute he will sit there and say mommy's name is Mickele Mills and my name is Caleb Patrick Mills its pretty dang cute.
Anyways they are both smart in their own little ways and I am so thankful to have them they are my world and yes there are days that are so hard with 2 of them being the same age but I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Every night before bed they run in there room and each pick out 2 books and say daddy read us a story: and one day I will get that binki away from ayden and his burp rag but I enjoy my sleep way too much to take it away yet LOL!

The Tour!

2011-01-18T14:50:00.000-08:00

Okay so some of you have been asking me to post some pics of the whole house now that it is done and we are all moved in and settled. Anyways we have been here for alittle over a month now and I love it, before when we lived in the condo I was always finding something for us to do so we didn't have to be home, now I am okay with staying home all the time because I just love my house and I have room to move and its clean and the boys love having all the room believe me they get much use out of the whole house with their toys.

The Boys Room & Bathroom The Laundry room & Playroom/Gym & spear bedroom
The Master Bedroom/Bath

Christmas Day 2010!

2011-01-11T10:44:00.000-08:00

I am finally posting about Christmas because pat got my printer hooked up yesterday so I could finally download my pics to the computer, okay so I found my camera the night before Christmas so I was able to take some pics of the boys on christmas morning. Grandma and Grandpa came over to our house christmas morning to see the boys open up all their gifts so they showed up about 9:00am and of course the boys were not up yet so grandma had to go and wake them up they were not too happy about being woken up but grandma had fun:After they finally woke up they headed downstairs to see all their toys and unwrap presents, they did okay but after opening a few gifts they were done and lost interest and just wanted to play in their tent tunnel thing, so we ended up opening the rest for them, here are lots of pics of christmas:The boys are obsessed with Barney and cars, they each also got a pillow pet, doggie piggy banks, and lots of other stuff!.The boys had more fun playing with the bow back and forth then they did playing with their toys:So after we opened all the gifts shane and april and josh and mindy all came over for breakfast and then we did all the kids gifts to each other, we always have christmas breakfast and we usually do it at my mom's house but we decided to start doing it at our house now that we actually have the room for everyone so it was lots of fun. here are a pic of all the kids after opening their gifts and in their christmas PJ's:
Ayden was so not happy about getting pics taken like always!
Later that night we headed up to my moms for our christmas party that we have every year with the whole fam, it was fun I didn't take many pics but here is what I got:my mom and dad remodel their kitchen and my grandpa was really upset that they were tearing out all the old tile that he put in when he built that house so for christmas my mom and aunts and uncles salvaged the tile pieces for him and made a table out of it for my grandpa he loved it.Caleb and Sammie had the same PJ's it was cute!The kids all in the pj's and ready for bed after along day! The holidays were great but I am glad its over!

Lost Camera

2010-12-22T10:45:00.000-08:00

Okay so I have been a slacker about posting and I have lost my camera somewhere in the move so hopefully I will find it before Christmas day so I can take some pics of the boys opening up their gifts. Oh ya and my cell phone broke so I can't even take any pics on that I don't know what I am going to do LOL! Here are some pics before my phone broke:Caleb loves his bananasBrotherly Love!Ayden loves to cheese for the cameraCaleb loves to sit between his doggies and rock its so cute!Anyways we finally got all moved and once I find my camera I will take pics of the finished house with us all moved in. We are so happy to be in our new home and the boys absolutley love it, everytime we leave to go somewhere they always say bye bye house and then when we get around the corner to where they can't see it anymore and they both cry out house go to house its so cute. They used to call the condo home so everytime we would go out and then get back to the condo they would say home we home, and when the house was being built they would say go to house so now whenever we say do you want to go home when we are out they both say NO go to house its hilarious, but they are doing fine it was a little bit of an adjustment for them at first but they are back to normal and sleeping good again actually they are sleeping longer now, now they are in bed between 9:00 and 9:30 and they sleep til 10:00 now its great, before at the condo they were getting up between 8:30 and 9:00, so I am hoping this will continue hehehe.
K well I will post again soon with pics of the house and hopefully Christmas.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Counter Tops & Carpet

2010-11-12T10:03:00.000-08:00

So we are so close to the house being finished, they just got our counter tops in and our carpet done yesterday so here are some pics:

First Haircuts....Finally!

2010-11-09T09:45:00.000-08:00

So the boys finally had their first haircuts last thursday yep they are almost 2 and just barely got a haircut, what can I say they take after their dad hehehe!
Anyways Caleb was fine he just sat their with this look on his face like mom what are they doing to me but he was so good.Ayden is another story:Yep thats right he cried the whole time...shocker right ya it wasn't just a cry it was screaming bloody murder and snot running down his face kind of cry it was good times, yep thats my special ayden I just took pics and laughed and kept telling the girl I am so sorry, but I think he will probably be like this until he is 5 and she said no worries we have had worse, she said they actually have an 8 year old that comes in and they have to shut the whole store down just to cut his hair cuz it takes 4 of them to hold him down because he is that traumatized. I told her oh don't tell me that because that will probably be my Ayden in a few years LOL!

Updated house!

2010-11-08T15:29:00.000-08:00

So here are a few more pics of what they have done in the house now, it wont be long til we will be closing, we should be moved in around the first or second week of Dec. Yippee!

Family pics

2010-11-02T13:43:00.000-07:00

So mindy's sister came up to do our family pics for us which was so nice of her to do cuz she lives like 3 hours or so away, anyways here are a few of the pics she took, it got dark faster then we thought it would so her lighting wasn't the best so she only got so many that turned out so she is going to come back up and do some more but this is what we have so far and they tunrned out so cute.

Halloween Costumes!

2010-10-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

Okay so the boys Halloween Costumes arrived the other day so I thought I would try them on them to make sure they fit okay and this is what I got the first day:They hated their costumes ecspecially Ayden oh he was so traumatized by it when I took it off of him he was a sweaty mess because he was crying so hard, it was pretty funny, I know what a mean mom I am.
So anyways I thought now what am I going to do they hate their costumes, so I decided that I would just keep trying them on them everyday so this is what I got the second day:Okay so Caleb actually liked it the second day, he was the one that actually brought it to me to put it on him so I did and he walked around in it for about a half hour, so then I said to Ayden do you want to put yours on like your brother and he of course said no, so then I left the room to get them some yogurt and water and when I came back he was letting his sister mav put it on so I thought this is good he is going to like it, ya well once it was all on as you can see from the pic he absolutley hated it still. I haven't tried it on him since but I will try again tomorrow and hopefully by halloween he will be okay with it for at least an hour or so. Ya wish me luck! He is definitley my special Ayden! LOL!

We have Railings!

2010-10-20T10:51:00.000-07:00

Yipee we have our railings in and they look great! I haven't seen them yet cuz of course pat always go down their without me, just cuz its easier to go by himself then having to pack up the boys, but he said they look awesome so here are some pics he took.

update on the house

2010-10-18T10:31:00.000-07:00

So I finally went and saw the house on friday and they have done alot in the last 2 weeks, they are moving right along they are saying they should be done by the 15th of November, so we could actually be moving over thanksgiving weekend yippee!

Windows are In!

2010-10-15T11:06:00.000-07:00

They are actually alot further along then this, I just haven't been down their in almost 2 weeks cuz I have been gone and busy, we are going to go down their tonight so I will take some much updated pics and post soon.

Oh so sweet!

2010-10-07T09:43:00.000-07:00

So this is how I find my boys sleeping most of the time, see who needs 2 cribs when they sleep so sweet together.

The roof is on!

2010-09-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how quick this is going!

Moving right along!

2010-09-23T10:03:00.001-07:00

K so we went to powell for a week and came home to this, before we left it was just a hole, we were shocked at how much they got done in a week.
Then we went back 4 days later and they had pretty much all the framing done, its amazing how long it takes to dig the hole but once they get that done they move right along.Anyways we are so excited to be in our new home we can't wait.

Its Official....We are building a Home!

2010-09-16T10:51:00.000-07:00

We are finally building a house and going to be rid of the condo that is way to small for all of us now! The boys need a yard to play in and a house with lots of room to make bigger messes hehehe!
This has been a long process but we are finally doing it and I can't wait to be in our new home. Here are some pics of our property and the hole they have dug K so I will be posting pics throughout the whole thing for my benefit so bare with me.

Potty Training...I have created a monster!

2010-09-03T10:09:00.000-07:00

Okay so I decided since I have 2 that I have to potty train that I would get a head start, so I went and bought them a couple of potties and just started having them sit on them with their diapers on so they wouldn't be afraid of it then I decided to have them sit on it without their diapers on and we did that for a few days and then Caleb all the sudden went pee in the potty and he thought it was hilarious so after that I couldn't keep him away from the potty so now everytime he wakes up or has his diaper changed he grabs his little peter and says I pee, I pee, I pee until I take him to the potty and no he does not go everytime but we probably sit on the potty at least 8 times a day and he will sit their forever if I let him and just read his book and he only goes once sometimes twice of those 8 times so I guess its at least a start but yes I have created a monster and if I don't let him go to the potty because we are in a hurry to go somewhere or we are out somewhere he throws a major fit and its a struggle to get that diaper on he is too funny and so cute!
Now Ayden is another story he actually could care less if he sits on the potty or not but when he does sit on the potty he does go and he has actually peed and pooped in the potty already and when he did he just sat their and laughed while he was doing his thing it was hilarious!
Anyways I know they are still really young and aren't quite their yet to be fully potty trained but I figure if I just keep doing what I am doing by they time they are 2 they will be fully ready and hopefully potty trained just in time for us to try for another one hehehe!

Canada

2010-08-04T11:14:00.000-07:00

Pat had a business trip to Whistler/Vancouver Canada a couple of weeks ago so we decided to go in a day early and stay a day later so we could kind of see some things while we were there. We dropped the boys off at my mom's on tuesday and flew into Vancouver where we had a limousine tour guide pick us up and drive us all around downtown Vancouver so here are some pics of what we saw, I was so mad at myself because I left my camera at home so I had to rely on my cell phone for pics but it actually took some okay pics:
Then after that we headed up to Whistler which was about and hour and 45 minutes from Vancouver:
Anyways we got settled in and went to dinner and then pat and I went and saw a movie because we never get to do that at home so we went and saw Eclipse it was a great show.
Pat didn't have anything until Later Wed night so we got up and decided to do the Gondala ride it was called Peak 2 PeakWe went from Whislter Mountain over to the Black Mountain and we saw a few bears along the way. On our way back down we rode in the open ski lift and we had a few bears right under us on our way back they were everywhere it was crazyIt was gorgeous up there and abit chilly as you can see there was still lots of snow, they even had a ski area still open for the skiiers it was crazy seeing ppl skiing in the middle of July.
That night we went to Pat's opening Ceremonies and then the rest of the week was just kind of relaxing while pat had meetings.
Then saturday morning we got up and caught the Train from Whislter to Vancouver it was about a 5 hour train ride it was amazingThey had amazing waterfalls along the way.
Then they served us lunch and Tea, Pat was in heaven he had his tea and 2 meals LOL for those of you who know me I so would not eat what they served here is what we had We had alot of fun and can't wait to go back.

They are definitley Twins!

2010-07-14T09:33:00.000-07:00

I think Caleb was just trying to show Ayden up, so we went up to my family reunion this past weekend and my parents brought their trailer and we were all haning out inside and the boys kept going over by the screen door they have such a fetish with doors it drives me crazy, but it was latched and we were sitting right there so they couldn't fall out well then we were getting ready for dinner and a bunch of us were coming in and out carrying things and the door happen to not latch one of the times and caleb went over by the door and as soon as I said caleb get away from the door and went to go grab him out he went, it was awful their was nothing we could do he flew out that door so fast and down all the stairs I seriously thought he was going to break his neck with the way he tumbled it scared the crap out of me, its a good thing kids are so resiliant at this age because if that would have been one of us adults we probably would have broke something.
Anyways he is doing okay he cried for about an hour but we finally got him calmed down so we could get him cleaned up he scraped up his nose pretty bad it didn't want to stop bleeding and he banged up his forehead pretty bad but after awhile he acted just fine like it never happend its crazy to me how little ones forget so fast that they got hurt.
Why is it that once we know they are okay we tend to take pics of there scrapes and bruises I guess so we can show them later on in life the worries they put us through.

Accidents Happen!

2010-07-07T15:34:00.000-07:00

My poor cautious Ayden he fell hard, so I left the room for 1 minute and then I all the sudden heard this big crash and horrible scream so I ran into the room and found him toppled over in his chairhe had pushed his little chair across the room to the stroller and climbed up on it and down he came anyways I called the dr and told them what happend and she said to just keep an eye on him and so far he is fine its amazing how kids just bounce right back and forget all about it, believe me if I had this big goose egg on my head I would be crying about it for days!

Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay 2010

2010-06-22T10:26:00.000-07:00

K so a bunch of us ran in the Ragnar Relay this past weekend and it was alot of fun and very tiring, I had to run 3 legs and I was runner #3 so I had 18.4 miles overall not all at once so that was good I ran a total of 10.5 the first day and 7.9 the second day but oh wow if anyone says that ragnar race is easy they are smoking something because it was alittle rough and I don't mean rough body wise I mean mentally rough, you are out running for 2 days straight non stop with no sleep I think I had 3 hours of sleep total in 2 days and when you have no sleep that so messes with your mind.
K so this is how it all started I got to bed thursday night around 1:30 am and had to be up at 4:00 am so I got all my stuff and headed to shane's to pick him and kelli up then we met martin & mindy in Odgen to drop off my vehicle and that was around 5:45ish then after dropping off the vehicle we headed up to Logan and that is where Shane started us off with our first leg, we had to get checked in and then he started at 8:15 then it eventually came my turn for my first leg and that was fine it all went well I ended up running 5.6 miles in an average of 9:31 minute miles so I was happy with that, then the day went on and it came time for my second leg around 8:40pm and that one was okay also I ran 5.1 miles in an average of 10:00 minute miles still okay with that, then I was done running til the next morning around 8:30 well we still had 3 runners in our van so we finished around 12:45ish am, then we had to drive to this school that was kind of out of the way so by the time we got there it was 2:00am then we had to try and find a place to sleep in the gym with 1,000 of other ppl so we all got ready for bed washed up and all and I think I finally feel asleep around 3:15ish and was up at 5:00am to drive back to the next exchange to start all over again so needless to say by that point I was so tired that I couldn't even function so I was ready to give up, i told my team if my jeep was there I would have went home and they would have had to run my last leg cuz I was done, I tried to get my cousin to run my last leg but my team wouldn't let me give it away they talked me into running it and so I did and I don't know where my boost of energy came from but I made it through my last leg and it was 7.9 miles of hell lots of hills I had to run up the back side of Jordanelle just take a drive up that way and you will see what I ran up but I ran it in 10:31 minute mile pace so i felt good about that and so glad I didn't give up I was just having a moment of a mental break down and once I got passed that and got my second or 5th wind I was fine. Like I say I think this race is alot more mental challenging then it is challenging on your body. Next year I will be alot more prepared for what I am getting myself into and I will do things a little bit different.
We also got to run through some gorgeous scenery!
Well I got home around 7:30 saturday night still with no sleep, so I got showered and got some food and was in bed and asleep by 9:45ish and slept til 9 that next morning oh I was so tired.
Anyways sorry for the novel that was more for my benefit so I will remember this experience and when it comes time to run it again next year maybe I will go back and read this and remember the no sleep and say hell no hehehe.
Here are some pics of our adventure:

Half Marathons!

2010-04-18T22:07:00.000-07:00

So after I had the boys I decided to make a goal for myself and that was to run the SLC half marathon so I trained hard to be ready for it but then I heard about the riverton half and I decided to run that one 3 wks before the SL half for a practice run to be ready for the SL one anyways it was alot of fun okay fun for those who like to run crazy for those who don't hehehe.
So I ran the riverton half in 2hrs 5 minutes and 24 seconds and I ran the SL one in 2 hrs 14seconds so I beat my time by 5 minutes so I was so happy about that so hopefully for the one I am running in July I will beat my time again.
I love running I am not sure why but I do and it is so addicting that I have already signed up for another half in July crazy I know. Anyways I know this is a boring post for most of you so I don't blame you if you don't read it but really this is just for my personal journal and to make sure I always have my times on record so don't mind this post of my times of each mile:SL Half1st mile-8:42
2nd mile-8:46
3rd mile-8:07
4th mile-8:17
5th mile-8:47
6th mile-9:15
7th mile-8:55
8th mile-9:13
9th mile-9:07
10thmile-9:39
11thmile-9:53
12thmile-10:58
13thmile-9:19
so overall time 2hrs 14 seconds average pace 9:09 minute miles
Riverton Half1st mile-8:29
2nd mile-8:56
3rd mile-8:54
4th mile-9:21
5th mile-9:10
6th mile-9:33
7th mile-9:10
8th mile-9:25
9th mile-10:09
10thmile-9:28
11thmile-10:50
12thmile-10:30
13thmile-9:46
so overall time 2hrs 5 minutes & 24 seconds average pace 9:31 minute miles

Game Night!

2010-04-13T10:21:00.000-07:00

So we really haven't been up to much the boys are doing great they love to play together in the pic above they are reading a book together so cute! I have just been running alot and getting ready for my half marathon this saturday. Pat is traveling alot for work right now and we are getting ready to go to Hawaii next sunday for 9 days and we can't wait.
We did have a nice weekend grandma and grandpa watched the boys for us so we could have a night out with some friends so we went to cheryl and taylor's for a BBQ and played some really fun games, mindy and cheryl watch that show minute to win it so they got a few ideas off of that and that is what we played their was this one called on the nose and it was with vaseline and cotton balls so here are a few pics of the night: anyways those are just a few of the games we played we had a great time.
Thanks Cheryl & Taylor for the great food and good fun with friends:

A year old Already! :(

2010-02-22T15:54:00.000-08:00

Okay so I know I am a week late on blogging about the boys turning a year old but I have been a little busy with birthday parties after birthday parties.
Well we celebrated the boys 1st birthday on monday the 15th they turned a year old and I was so sad because they are growing up way too fast. We had a little birthday party at Grandma's house for them and for their dad yep Pat turned 50 on the 15th along with the boys turning 1 man he is old hehehe.
We did a cow theme because the boys love cows and everything is moo every book they see every toy everything says moo so we went with cows it turned out really cute, aprils mom made their little cakes and they turned out so cute thanks again Karla.

We had lots of friends and family show up and the boys got a ton of stuff I am not even sure where I am going to put everything its still piled up in the play room in boxes and I just keep looking at it all and saying wow they are spoiled. Here are a few pics of them opening up a few gifts well more like dad and mom opening up the gifts:

The boys loved eating their cake here are a few pics:

Caleb just dove right in

Ayden was alittle hesitant at first and then he got into it

Anyways the boys are doing great they had their 1 year check up and they are progressing as they should:
Caleb weighs: 19lbs 5 oz and is 29 inches long, he is in the 10th percentile for weight and alittle under average for heigth. He has 4 teeth and still will not crawl unless its on his terms he actually is doing alittle bit of crawling but mostly he gets around by scooting everywhere still not walking and is not even close to it but trust me I am so okay with that. Ayden Weighs: 18lbs 1oz and is 30 inches long, he is in the 3rd percentile for weight he is my skinny minny and right where he needs to be for heigth. He has 2 teeth and still trying to get those top ones to come through they finally cut throught the skin but they just wont come down. He is crawling all over the place and before we know it he is up 6 or 7 stairs and he walks if he has something to push but will not walk by himself he is so scared its cute. Anyways that is how the boys are doing and mom is so sad that they are a year old but so happy at the same time cuz they are so cute at this age and they just love playing together and just being together
and yep they are still sleeping in the same crib but would you move them after how cute they are together when they sleep:

Well sorry for such the long post but thats what happens when you blog every 6 months.

Finally all Better!

2010-01-22T15:57:00.000-08:00

So finally we are no longer sick, pat finally came down with it last week and he got over it pretty quick unlike the rest of us but finally we are all over our sickness and things are much better at the Mills home. The boys are finally back to sleeping at night and I am getting sleep again and I have finally got back to were I can start running again and start training for this half marathon that I am doing in April so life is good.Anyways the boys just turned 11 months old a week ago and it makes me so sad cuz that means only one more month and they will be 1 years old oh how time flies.
Well the boys are doing good now that they are all better.
Ayden finally started crawling over the weekend and now he is all over the place its so cute but he only does it when he wants to not when we want him too if we put him on his belly he just lays there and cries but if we sit him up and he gets on his belly on his own then he is okay with crawling he is so funny, he also has 2 teeth finally on the bottom and he loves to say dada and mama and he loves to tell us that the cow says amooo its so cute.
Caleb has been scooting all over the place for about a month or so now but he still will not crawl its so funny to watch him cuz if any of you have seen Forrest Gump he reminds us of Lieutenant Dan it is hilarious and so cute but my mom just told me that I actually never crawled I just scooted everywhere and then I finally just walked so thats probably what he is going to end up doing. He now has 4 teeth its funny cuz him and Ayden both got there 2 bottom teeth at the same time right at 10 months so I figured they would get there 2 top teeth at the same time but no such luck only caleb has 1 top tooth fully and the other one is working its way through.
Caleb also loves to say mama and dada and tell us that the cow says moooo not amoo like ayden just moo and he loves the cats he says kitty not real clear but its definitley kitty that he is trying to say anyways there is alittle bit about what they have been up too and how big and fast they are growing up soo sad.
So we finally put them in the big tub together and they loved it we didn't dare put them in the big tub because caleb would not stay sitting up he kept flinging himself backward but he now stays sitting up so here are a few pics of bath time so fun:

Sick, Sick & Sick!

2010-01-12T15:22:00.000-08:00

Life in the Mills home is wonderful right now LOL! Yep it is true all 3 of us are sick and it sucks....of course pat is the only one that has not been sick yet so knock on wood for him. Anyways it all started the week before Christmas my boys came down with a cold both of them at the same time of course and that went on for about 2 wks and I figured it was just the common cold and the docs wouldn't be able to do anything for them so of course I did not take them to the dr. so time went on and I caught whatever it was that they had the day after New Years and I have been sick ever since and of course I just assumed that it was the common cold once again so I did nothing about mine, well my boys started getting better but I just kept getting worse then my boys woke up sick again and not eating and just being irratible about a week ago so I took them both to the dr last monday and they were just fine the dr. said they were just trying to get over the cold from about 3 wks ago so away we went and by wed they were both doing great but of course I wasn't my cold kept getting worse and my throat kept getting worse so I told pat if I wasn't feeling better by monday I would go to the dr. so saturday rolled around and Ayden woke up with a swollen eye and all pink and blood shot and filled with goop after goop it was sick, so I called the on call dr saturday night and she called us in a perscription for eye drops and then she said to get him to the dr on monday cuz he might have an ear infection along with the eye infection so we started on the eye drops and by monday his eye was looking alot better but still a bit swollen and he was coughing all over again and snotty nosing again...gross their is nothing worse then a snotty nosed baby hehehe.
K so monday rolled around and I was feeling so horrible so I went to the dr finally and yep sure enough I have a sinus infection, ear infections, swollen throat and lungs so they put me on like 3 antibotics and I started them yesterday and I am starting to feel better finally so then I took Ayden to the dr. again yesterday and sure enough he has a sore throat also and is just full of snot and the dr said that is why he is not eating and gagging on all of his foods because he has so much snot running down the back of his throat poor little guy but at least he did not have an ear infection. Okay so Caleb has been fine so I thought until last night he decided he was going to projectile vomit all over me and my bed yep it was a good night last night, pat was at the jazz game and by the time he walked in I was standing their holding 2 screaming sicky babies and I said oh my hell I am going to go insane I am so glad you are home. So anyways that has been what we have been up too the last month.

What we have been up too!

2009-12-22T11:10:00.000-08:00

So here is alittle bit of what we have been doing and what we will be doing for the holidays I can't wait I know my boys are still to little to realize anything but thats okay cuz I am excited to start our own little traditions with our family.
Okay so Yes I am a slacker and didn't put up a tree again this year I figured I had one more year that I didn't have to put one up cuz after this year its decorations from here on out so I took this year off hehehe so we went over to Mindy's house cuz she is not a slacker mom and we took some pics of the boys in front of her Christmas tree so they got to see their first Christmas tree:

So we took the boys to see Santa Clause out at our friend Heidi and Brody's house a couple of weeks ago it was alot of fun and it was alot nicer then going to the mall to fight the crowds and wait in those long lines to see santa so here are a few pics of the boys sitting on santa's lap:
Caleb & Ayden with Santa
Ayden is trying to pull Santa's beard in this pic it was so cute! Sammy with Santa
Then that night we had our Annual Christmas Sweater Soiree party out at Cheryl and Taylors house it was alot of fun it was just the adults so it was nice to have a little get away from all the kids and get together with a great bunch of friends we had a nice dinner and then we did our white elephant gifts and then we played some Taboo so here are a few pics of the gang:

So then the next weekend we went to mindy's family Christmas party and the boys got to see santa again so we took a few more pics of the boys and sam sitting on santa's lap and this is what we got this time:Ayden was not thrilled about seeing Santa again Oh he finally warmed up and decided santa wasn't so bad! Sammy once again very happy to see Santa or not LOL!
Well now we are just trying to finish up our last minute shopping because yep I am a slacker and we always put it off til the last minute so pat is taking the day off on wednesday so we can get the rest of it done then we are going to go to dinner with my grandma Carol on wed night then we are going to go to Temple Square on Christmas Eve to see the lights with the fam, this will be April's first time to Temple Square to see the lights ever in her whole life that is so crazy to me that she has never been there. Then we will head back to grandma's house to have some hot chocolate and open the boys first Christmas gift yep it will just be PJ's that you know every kid gets to open on Christmas Eve but I am excited it will be fun then we will head home put the boys to bed and get ready for Christmas morning we didn't go all out this year for the boys because they are too young to get it and we have plenty of years for that hehehe but we will get up and open what few gifts we did get them and then head to grandma's house for breakfast and then we are all going to go sledding up at EagleWood for a few hours and that is what we are going to try and do every year from here on out if the weather allows us to so we are excited it will be alot of fun I know the boys are alittle young this year for that but thats okay cuz you gotta start somewhere right!
Anyways that is what we have been up too and I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Caleb just has a big head!

2009-12-02T10:01:00.000-08:00

Okay so we took Caleb in yesterday to PMCH for his ultrasound on his big head/brain and everything is okay he does have a little bit of fluid in their but its normal and as he gets older it will just go away, now if inside the brain would have been hollow and had the fluids then he would have had some type of thing that starts with an H have no idea what it was called anyways if that would have been the case then he would have had to have it drained but he does not have that his brain is doing well and functioning the way its supposed to so the little bit of fluid that he has is nothing to be concerned about unless his head continues to grow rapidly then we will have to have something done but as of now he is totally okay.

K so a couple of weeks ago we had the boys get their 9 month old pics taken and we decided to do a few family pics with the boys along with it so here is a sneak peek of some of the pics we had taken:

We really liked this photographer she did a really good job if anyone wants to check her blog out here is here link www.photobyemilie.blogspot.com

9 Months Old!

2009-11-20T09:50:00.000-08:00

So the boys turned 9 months old on Sunday they are just getting so big its just crazy to me how time flies anyways here is alittle of what we have been up too! So we took the boys to their 9 month appt on thursday and they are both doing well,

Caleb: is now weighing 17lbs 15 Ounces and is 27 3/4 inches long he is in the 12th percentile for weight and the 25th or 50th I can't even remember for height and then their is his poor head yep he went from the 45th percentile to the 96th percentile so they are alittle concerned with the growth of his head so we have to get a ultrasound done on his little head and brain to make sure their aren't any extra fluids or swelling floating around, the dr said I am sure he is okay it is just a percausion that we have to take so we aren't too worried because if you all know Pat big heads run in his fam so my boys were just lucky and got their dads big head hehe!
We go on the 1st of Dec so I will let you all know how it goes! The dr. also told us that Caleb will probably be popping out a couple of teeth in the next few weeks he said he is getting pretty close so thats going to be fun hopefully we will not have any sleepless nights over it LOL!

Ayden: is now weighing 16lbs 14 ounces and is 28 1/4 inches long he is in the 5th percentile for weight and the 50th for height I think I was still concerned about calebs head that I forget what percent for height so I will just go with 50th for Ayden and his head is definitley big also but not as concerning because he was in the 60th percentile for his head last time and now he is in the 90th so they are not as concerned with his little big head so we do not have to get an ultrasound on his head yet, unless something comes back abnormal with Caleb's then they will have us get Ayden's checked. Ayden still has aways to go before he will be popping out any teeth says the dr.

Other then that everything is going well with them they are still not crawling and really not even close but they are finally rolling all over the place now and both sitting up on their own so the dr was happy with that and he said not to worry about them not crawling yet every baby is different so thats good.

So yes I still have them both sleeping in the same crib and I know I probably should get them in their own cribs but first off we don't have alot of room for another crib and I think they will be so sad if I seperate them because they are just so cute together they play so well together in the crib when they wake up in the mornings I will just let them stay in the crib for about a half an hour after they wake up cuz its so cute to watch them on my video monitor and I like to lay in bed for another half an hour hehehehe.
Anyways here are a few pics of them over the last month:

Halloween!

2009-11-03T09:25:00.000-08:00

Okay so how times have changed every halloween usually us adults are dressing up and going out to celebrate halloween well this year was alittle bit different but it was a good different. So friday evening we took the boys to get their pics taken in their halloween costumes along with their cousins Jaxon and Sammy it was alot of fun: Here is one of the pics that the photographer posted:
we had some group shots of all the kids together also but I have to wait until I get the pics back to post them so here is one for now.
K then saturday we all met up at my mom's and took some pics of our own with all the grandkids in their halloween costumes they turned out so cute but I can't posts those yet either because of course I didn't have my camera and so I have to wait for my slacker friends and cousins to upload the pics to send to me get on that would ya you slackers...you know who I am talking about hehehe! After that we enjoyed some yummy food and just hung out for a bit and then we took the boys in to sizzler to see their sister Mav at work and after that we headed home and got the boys to bed they were wore out it was a long day for them. Anyways we had lots of fun doing kid stuff this year! I can't wait until next year when we take them all out trick or treating that will be fun!

8 months old today!

2009-10-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

So my boys are 8 months old today wow they are getting so big but I love watching them change every day they are so cute, they are both saying dada no mama yet, they are both kind of rolling Caleb will roll one way only so he ends up all the way over to the door and gets stuck and can't go back the other way its cute! Ayden on the other hand will roll over to his belly and just stays their he will not roll back over so he is happy for awhile that way and then gets really mad because he can't roll back to his back so we have to help him, its really not a good time when he does it in the middle of the night and he will sleep that way for a bit but then when he wants to roll back over he can't so he screams until mom wakes up and comes to save him he is my little turd hehehe but I love him. I am sure they will not be crawling until they are 2 but thats okay, I believe Sam will be crawling, sitting up and walking before mine will be and she is 3 months younger, they are just taking their sweet old time but I am so okay with that the less mobile the better for me right now LOL!
I have some video's of them that I will post when I figure it out one day on how to do it.
Anyways they are both doing well and getting so big, Caleb has passed Ayden up big time, Ayden was quite sick for about a week or so and he lost a bit of weight so he is my skinny boy and Caleb is my chubbins so cute. They are both still really good eaters they love their vegetables so that is nice I just hope that will continue as they get older, they also love their fruit k that is all I have for now so here are a few pics of them:
Mav & the boys

Caleb

Ayden

7 months old today!

2009-09-15T14:14:00.000-07:00

Wow how time flys it makes me so sad that the boys are 7 months old already I just want them to stay little forever, because the years to come worry me. Well things are good the boys love their solids so far they have loved every vegetable we have given them well except sweet potatoes it took them a couple of days on that one but other then that they are really good eaters so that is nice I just hope it continues cuz we do not want them to end up like their mom LOL! We are going to finally start then on some fruits starting next week so hopefully they will still like their veggies after that. K here is a couple of pics of my 7 month olders so sad!:(

What has gotten into me....

2009-08-25T13:19:00.000-07:00

I know I know I am blogging again wow....okay so I decided to blog about somethings we have been doing now instead of in 2 or 3 months from now lol!
So the boys are 6 months old now and we started them on their first solids last thursday so I thought I would post some pics of their first time eating peas....ummmm yummy(gross). Okay so here are a few pics of them, they loved them:

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We will be starting them on Carrots next, probably tomorrow so I will let you know how it goes with those. I am hoping that they like all their vegetables and eat like their dad and not their mom otherwise we are in trouble LOL!

K so then on friday night we decided to go bowling, pat and I and mindy and Josh and of course all the babies wow was that an experience. We got there around 7:00 and decided to bowl 3 games(we should have only bowled 2) so we first fed the boys there peas and rice cereal when we got there and that was okay, then we started bowling and ate our dinner while we were bowling and all the babies were being good just hanging out in there car seats then about 45 minutes into bowling they all started fussing so of course we have to get them out and hold them so remind you pat and I have 2 kids so we have to pass then back and forth between the 2 of us that was fun so I held both then he did and that got old quick, so then it was time for a bottle and we are still not done bowling only into our 2nd game by this point so we start feeding them and mind you its really loud there and the lights are out with laser lights and loud music so by this point all the babies have had enough so it usually takes about 15 to 20 minutes to feed them a bottle ya this time it took an hour oh wow okay so needless to say we probably wont be doing that again hehehe.
So saturday night we had tickets to toby keith so we dropped all the babies off to grandma & grandpa's house and went to the concert with mindy and josh and that was alot of fun and then mindy and I talked the boys into going dancing after the concert since mindy and I never get out anymore they were nice to take us and put up with us having to dance all night it was alot of fun and I can't wait to do it again probably next year hehehe.

Then we got up sunday and headed to jamison's b-day party, it was the boys first birthday party, jamison turned 4 years old and it was alot of fun we went to the rec center and had pizza and cake and took the boys swimming they had fun for a bit until this little kid jumped into the pool right in front of Ayden and he got splashed all over his face that was it for him he through a fit so we were done swimming, anyways here are a few pics of all the kids swimming:
Grandma & the boys

Caleb & Ayden

Mindy & Josh & Sammy

Ayden

Caleb

Sammy

Gianna

Okay so their you have it that is what we have been up too!

6 Months Old....and I am a blog slacker!

2009-08-20T14:48:00.000-07:00

Okay so I am so not a good blogger, anyways I just wanted to let you all know that the boys are doing great they had their 6 month appt on tuesday and they are moving right along. Caleb who was my smallest when they were born is not my biggest he is now weighing 15lbs 5 oz, and Ayden who was the biggest is now the smallest he is weighing 14lbs 11oz, but he is taller, Ayden is 27 inches long and Caleb is 26 inches long, and yes they both still have big heads hehehe. They had to get their shots and that is so not fun because then they are hating life the rest of the day, but they do get over it quick. You know i think that is why they give so many shots to them while they are babies because they forget about the pain really quick and move on now if it was me getting the tetna shot I would be crying for 3 days in pain LOL! Okay so here are a few pics of them getting so big and growing up too fast
The boys playing in there walker & Jumper

The boys eating there Rice Cereal

Caleb & Ayden:

Well we haven't really been up to much this summer, pat and I went to Sun Valley Idaho for 5 days for a convention that he had for work and that was hard leaving the boys for the first time with Grandma & Grandpa but it was actually really good for me to get away and have some R&R and it was good for them to spend some time with grandma & grandpa because they are with me 24/7 and they are definitley mama's boys!
Then we went to tabby for the 24th of July and that was fun the boys did really good they are still sleeping through the night about 11 hours and I thought they would get off there schedules by me leaving them for 5 days and then going camping for a weekend but they didn't they slept really good for grandma & grandpa and while we were camping so I am just lucky and I knock on wood everyday that it continues.
Alright that is all I have to talk about for now and plus the boys are waking up from their nap so computer time is over.

4 months old already!

2009-06-16T11:41:00.000-07:00

Well it was Caleb and Ayden's 4month appt yesterday, they did really good except when it was time for shots it was so sad they screamed there little heads off and mom cried too, man that is hard to see them have to go through that and they were pretty miserable all day yesterday they are doing alot better today.
Anyways Caleb is now 12, 11 and 24 inches and Ayden is 12, 12 and 24 & a quarter. Caleb has finally caught up with his brother and we think he is going to pass him up by there next appt. They both have the same size of head though there heads are big but that dr says that is good cuz it means there brains are growing well hehehe.
K that is all for now.
Here are a few pics of mav's graduations:

Whats been going on!

2009-06-09T11:08:00.000-07:00

Well its been awhile since I have updated sorry I am just not a good blogger anyways here is what has been going on for the last month or so, k first off the boys are doing very well they are still sleeping through the night so I have to keep my fingers crossed that it continues they go to bed around 10:00pm and sleep until 8:30 am so it has been wonderful, they are such good little sleepers so far lets all hope that continues.
Okay so the boys were blessed back in May on May 3rd to be exact, Pats brother Bill blessed them for us, thank you Bill it was a very nice day after the blessing we all headed up to my moms for some yummy food here are a few pics of the boys in there tuxes they are so cute, they were not very happy that day because church ran longer then usual and they were starving by the time we got to grandmas so pics were the last thing they wanted:

Okay then we had mav's graduation to get ready for, I can't believe she has graduated it just seems like yesterday when she came to live with pat and I and she was 14 years old now she is 18 and graduated from Highschool, it was a nice day we went to mav's favorite restaurant for dinner Tepenyaki it was pat and I and mav and melica and monica, I have pics of her graduation night but have not downloaded them yet so when I get that done I will post some.
Okay other then that we haven't had much going on, I am loving that mindy is home on maternity leave for a couple of months cuz we have been going on walks and its been great, I did get myself a new stroller cuz i hated my other one so here are a few pics of the boys in there first stroller that they were not a fan of and then a pic of them in there new stroller that they love....well caleb does anyway hehe:
First Stroller: If you know of anyone that needs a double stoller let me know its for sale:

New Stroller:

Well that is all we have been up to for now, nothing much we are pretty boring these days. The boys have there 4 month appt next tuesday so I will post about there progress after that.

The New Arrivals!

2009-05-07T12:26:00.000-07:00

Okay so we have had some exciting couple of days, so mindy was admitted into the hospital on monday because of her high blood pressure and high protein in her urine so she stayed from monday til wed and they told her she could go home wed morning so she got up and dressed and ready to head home and the dr. came in and said mindy I am so sorry but I have some bad news you are going to have this baby today and mindy was freaking out because her actual due date was not until June 2nd well sure enough she had her baby last night finally at 11:10PM. She went through a long day of labor and then had some complications so they ended up taking her by C-section but both mom and baby are doing great. Samantha Lauren was born on May 6th at 11:10pm and weighed 6lbs 1oz and was 19 1/2 inches she is so cute, she also had her on emily's birthday now those of you who know emily she does not like to share but she told mindy that she would only share with her, well the sad news is that emily was due before mindy and she still hasn't had her baby and it could be another couple of weeks, so keep your fingers crossed for em that he comes soon. Here is a pic of Samantha Lauren:

Alright for the next arrival, so as all of you know Melica and Mindy were both due on the same day June 2nd, well Melica has been having some complications since wk 34 and has been dialated to a 4 for the last wk or more and finally last night she couldn't take the contractions anymore so her and Jay headed up to the hospital to see whats up and the dr. finally said we are just going to break your water and deliver this baby because for the last 3 wks or so they have just been sending her back to nephi having major contractions but they would do anything about it but they finally did last night and into today so Melica had her water broke around midnight and she had the baby about 4 hours later she had a beautiful baby boy Kaden Estes was born May 7th at 3:54AM and he weighed 7lbs 15oz and was 21 inches long both him and mom are doing great. Here is a pic of Kaden Estes:

So emily had samantha born on her birthday and I got to have Kaden born on my birthday how funny is that, they were both due the same day and they pretty much had them the same day they were like 5 hours apart how funny is that, that they were both born early and emily still hasn't had her baby!

First night in their Crib!

2009-04-20T15:46:00.000-07:00

Okay so saturday night was a hard night for me, you know sometimes I wish I could be the dad because they have it so much easier its like things do not affect them the way it does for the moms. Anyways my boys are now 2 months old and doing very well so we decided that it was time to move them out of the bassinet and into there own room and crib. Well of course I kept toying with the idea all day, I kept saying okay should we really move them into there nursery yet, maybe we should wait for a couple more weeks, cuz you see pat is going out of town this week for 4 days and I kept saying I think I need to have them in my room with me since he is going to be gone it will just be easier for me well anyways saturday night came and it was time to move them in there and up until it was time for bed I still kept saying oh maybe I am not ready, but I think I surprised pat and myself because I went through with it and yes it was really hard saturday night I didn't get a whole lot of sleep because I kept waking up and going into there room to check on them and yes they were doing great and of course Dad was out like a light snoring logs. Well we kind of got them to bed alittle bit late on saturday night it was about 10:45 but they actually slept clear until 6:15 so it was actually really good for them because when they were sleeping in our room in the bassinet they would sleep from about 10:00until 3:00 or 4:00 am so they slept a couple more hours so it was good for dad hehehehe. Well sunday night we got them in bed at there normal bedtime it was around 9:30 and they slept clear until 6:00 am again so they are doing great so far sleeping in there crib. I have to say Pat and I are pretty lucky because even before we moved them into there crib they were sleeping at least 5 or 6 hours so now they are sleeping about 8 hours and mom did alot better on sunday night, I only got up once during the night to check on them instead of 3 times.
The next morning after a good nights sleep
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2 Months Old!

2009-04-17T15:07:00.000-07:00

Okay so I know have been a slacker, but lets see you try and get anytime to yourself to get on the computer and post about things when you have 2 screaming babies that want to eat all the time and get there bums changed hehehe.
Anyways we had there 2 month doctors appt on wed and it went really good,here is a pic of them on there way to the dr. office all bundled up:
they are both doing really well except they had to get there shots and it was really sad they screamed there little heads off and mom started crying also. I have never been such a boob until I had kids. Pat had to hold there little hands down while I stood in the back cuz I couldn't watch them get poked they both had to get 3 shots in the leg and then drink some kind of stuff but they loved the drink so that was good.
K Caleb weighed 5'5 when he was born and was 19 inches long he now weighs 9'4 and is 21 and 3/4 inches long so yes he is growing he is becoming a little chunk he is so cute: here is a pic of him getting so big and sitting up in his bumbo chair:

K Ayden weighed 6'2 when he was born and was 19 1/2 inches long he now weighs 9'13 and is 22 1/2 inches long he is definitley growing also he is a little chunk you would have never knew he had complications when he was born cuz he is doing amazing.
here is a pic of Ayden just hanging out:
K well both boys and mom are doing great, things are finally starting to get a little bit easier, or maybe its just that mom is finally cooping with things hehehe.
K well here are a few more pics of the boys from the past month:

Mav and her little brothers she loves taking pics with them:

Casey on easter holding the boys he was afraid:

The boys watching the Jazz game with there dad:

Caleb & Ayden

2009-03-12T15:12:00.000-07:00

Okay so I really don't have much to update, we do the same ole stuff just a different day, I am kind of living in ground hog day right now, get up feed, change diapers, lotion up babies and get them dressed for the day and then its time to feed again and change diapers and do laundry hehehe, but I do take lots of pics every day so here are some new pics of the boys:

Ayden(with his little Fohawk)

Caleb(with his little Fohawk)

The boys were over mom taking pics!

They love there binks!

Ayden

Caleb(our little monkey)

Okay I wont torture you guys with anymore for now hehehe!

Finally an Update!

2009-03-03T16:17:00.000-08:00

Okay so I know I have been just horrible about blogging these days, but I have a great excuse now, lets see you guys try and find time to blog or do anything for yourself with 2 boys it is not easy anyways okay so I know melica and april both did an update for me when we had the boys so thanks guys well now I am going to tell all!
K well Pat and I had 2 beautiful little boys on Feb 15th Pat's B-day what a great b-day babe. Anyways we arrived at the hospital at 7:30 and was supposed to have the boys around 9. Things were a little delayed with my dr. assistant so it was alittle longer but they finally arrived Caleb was born at 9:56 weighing 5lbs 5oz and 19 inches long and Ayden was born at 9:58 weighing 6lbs 2oz and 19 1/2 inches long. I had a C-section so I did not even get to see my boys when they were born they were both sent to the special care nursery right away to make sure they were okay, so after that they got me put back together and got me settled back into my room and about and hour after delivery Caleb was brought to my room, but not Ayden well come to find out Ayden had some respitory problems and had to be put on oxygen and hooked up to some IV's and all so I actually did not get to see him about 10:00 that night for the first time, but I was the first person that got to hold him, his dad didn't even get to hold him until 2 days later so that was cool. Anyways Ayden ended up staying in the special care nursery the whole time we were in the hospital, we were there from sunday to thursday and we were told that he was probably not going to be coming home with us and that he would have to stay a few days longer. So thursday came and we were getting ready to go home and the dr. came in and told us the good news thatb Ayden was doing much better and he had a wonderful night and that he was going to get to come home with us I was so happy.
Well we got home and started trying to find our routine...yep we are still trying to find that hehehe, anyways I am finally starting to recover I went through alot more then I was planning it to be but I am finally doing much better and starting to get back to my normal self, no more bauling over every little thing, and I am enjoying the heck out of my boys. I find myself just staring at them constantly and never wanting to leave my room just so I can be right by them at all times, but I am getting better about coming out of my room now and taking the monitor around with me so I can get things done that need to be done.
K so I am not sure what its like to just have one kid, but holy hell it is crazy with two, I feel like all I am doing is changing bums and feeding and burping and doing loads and loads of laundry and never sleeping good times.
Well I just want to say I would have never made it through these last 2 wks without pat he has been the best throughout this whole thing, I could never ask for a better guy and a better dad, while we were in the hospital pat had to do everything cuz I was down for most the time and I couldn't do much so pat was going back and forth between our room and the Special care nursery to feed Caleb and then feed Ayden(once he was able to eat on his own) Pat was amazing and I love him so much. Thanks Babe!
Well lets just say things are much better now and we have finally got the boys on a good schedule and they are sleeping about 3 1/2 hours to 4 hours in between each feeding so thats been kind of nice so pat and I are getting at least 4 to 5 hours of sleep a night so I guess that is pretty good with twins.
K well we went to there dr. appt today and both boys are doing very well, Caleb has gained 11oz he went from 5lbs 2oz to 5lbs 13oz and 19 1/2 inches. Ayden went from 5lbs 10oz to 6lbs 5oz and 19 3/4 inches so they are both gaining weight and growing and just both cute as ever. Okay well sorry for rambling on but I just thought I would update you all on what it has been like for us for the last 2 wks.
Also just wanted to wish Mav a happy 18th B-day and tell her how much I appreciate everything she has done for her dad and I to help out with the boys she has been the best help throughout this whole ordeal she is a great big sister. Love ya Mav.
K here are a few pics of the boys!
Ayden & Caleb

Caleb

Ayden

Caleb

Ayden

2009-02-17T18:01:00.000-08:00

Caleb after his bath

Ayden in the special care nursery

me and Ayden after feeding him(I have to wear a mask cuz i am sick!

Only 5 more days....Yay!

2009-02-10T14:48:00.000-08:00

Okay just a quick little update, so a couple of weeks ago we went to the dr. and she told me that I was actually doing pretty well for having twins and that my tests keep coming back okay, they keep going up but only little by little so she decided that we could push me to 37 wks and have the babies on the 20th of Feb. I was so not happy with that news because I was so ready to be done then at 34 wks, but I knew the babies needed to cook alittle bit longer so I knew I was going to have to be miserable for at least a few more weeks, but I still wasn't happy about it and pat really wanted to have them on his Birthday the 15th of feb, so I told pat the week of his birthday that I was going to walk up and down our stairs many times or get on the treadmill and we were going to have sex since we were told we couldn't since the first of Dec. hehehe I figured that would put me into labor for sure. Well anyways we went to our next appt with the dr. last thursday and she told me that my tests are getting higher now and my bloodpressure is staying up higher then she would like so she put me on Bloodpressure medication and she said she is going to up us a week on the delivery so we asked if we could have them on the 15th of Feb...pat's b-day and she said that would be a perfect day, I will be 36 wks and 1 day, so there you have it only 5 more days from today and we will be having babies and I so cannot wait I am counting down the days every morning that I wake up I say oh yes 1 more day down.
We are scheduled for Sunday morning at 9:00 am, so by this time sunday we will have our 2 little boys Caleb Patrick and Ayden Eugene. I can't wait.

I am such a Slacker!

2009-01-27T14:34:00.000-08:00

Okay so everyone keeps yelling at me about updating my blog, I know I am such a slacker these days but I sit down to update and I don't even know where to begin, so here goes.
Okay first off No I have not had the babies yet we are all still hanging in there, but here is what has been going on for the last month or so. Okay it all started around 28 weeks which was the saturday before Christmas, k that weekend I ended up having some blood in my Urine(I know gross)anyways I kind of had it throughout the weekend so on monday I was pretty worried so I called the dr. and they told me that they wanted to see me right away so I got up there about noon that day the 22nd of Dec and I had to do all of these blood tests and urine tests and what not anyways my tests came back pretty okay there was just a little trace of blood but nothing to alarming so then they checked my blood pressure and it was 152/102 and it just kept staying really high so they decided that I needed to have an NST done(non stress tests) on the babies, well during those tests I was having 1 to 2 minute apart contractions so they were scared I was going into labor, so they sent me up to the Hospital, I arrived there at 3:00 and was not let out of there until 8:00 that night.
K they hooked me up to all of these monitors and IV's cuz they thought I was dehydrated, and for those of you who know me that is impossible with as much water as I drink but whatever they pumped me full of 2 bags of fluid and ran all these horrible tests on me and could not come up with anything, no infections no open cervics everything was coming back fine except the little trace of blood in my urine but nothing major, so they just decided that my contractions were from my high bloodpressure and I was going to be okay so they let me go home and they put me on BEDREST....good times!
K well that night I had to start this 24hr urine test and blood work, so not fun well since then I have done 4 and I am on my 5th one starting today yep it sucks but they just have to be cautious and watch me close cuz I could have these babies at anytime now.
So needless to say the last month has been alittle bit crazy, I see my dr. almost 3 times a week right now and do 24hr urine tests and blood work each week, I guess I have something in my urine called Creatinine and if it gets any worse I could have a stroke, or kidney failure or other complications so that is why they have to watch me so close, so my dr. has told me to just have my bags packed and in the car and ready to go to the hospital at anytime, well she told us last wed that we were going to the hospital on friday so to come with my bags, but when we got there she told us that my test results actually came back better then she thought they were going to so she let me stay home for another week, so I start my next 24hr urine tests today and go back tomorrow for blood work and then go back again on friday to get the results and to see if we are going to the hospital or if we can hopefully hang in there for 1 more week. So anyways that is what has been going on in our world for the last month.
Well I have NST's every week now on the babies and they are doing so great, its just mom that is struggling. Well they are both weighing in right now at 4lbs 5oz and 4lbs 2oz give or take a little from the ultrasound they are not exactly accurate but close. So needless to say I am carrying around an almost 9lb baby in here and miserable as hell just so you all know, but thats okay as long as they are doing well and keep doing well I will stick it out as long as I can.
K sorry for the novel but there you have it. K well I will try to keep you all posted hehehe!
K here are a couple of pics of our little 3D baby aliens:

This is baby A, with Baby B's feet kicking his brother in the face!

Baby B taking all the room with the membrane cord over his face!

Anyways I can't wait to meet our little guys!

Finally an Update!

2008-12-07T12:53:00.000-08:00

Hello, alright so I know I have been a big slacker on updating my blog so anyways here is a little update on how things are going. Okay so I have had 2 Ultrasounds so far and everything is looking good, the babies are growing like there supposed to be they are actually a little bit ahead of schedule which is good for twins, my last ultrasound was on November 26th and I was measuring at 24 wks and 4 days and the babies were measuring at 25 wks and 4 days so they are definitley growing. Baby A weighs 1 lb 12 oz and Baby B is 1 lb 10 oz so they are doing well. As for mom I am doing good also I had a little rough couple of weeks the last few weeks because I got sick with a really bad cold so when I went to my appt back on the 25th my blood pressure was up quite high 140/95 so my dr. put me on a semi bedrest for the week and then I had to go back and see her a week later and I was starting to finally get over my cold so when I went back on thursday my blood pressure had come down to 138/80 so she took me off the bedrest and told me I could go back to my normal activities so that was good news. The bad news was that my glucose test came back high so needless to say yep I had to go and do the 3 hour glucose test where they draw my blood every hour for 3 hours and I have to drink that horrible stuff and I can't eat that whole time, so we got there at 9:30 in the morning and I was not done until 2:00 by that time I was weak and so starving I was ready to eat a Cow. I will not have the results back from that test until tuesday so I will keep you posted on that but if all of you will keep your fingers crossed that I do not have the Gestational Diabates that would be great, because if I do have it I am in trouble. You see for those of you who know me and what my diet consists of I am going to be a loss cause if they have to put me on some nutritional diet I have no idea what I am going to eat because Vegetables and Fruit are so not a part of my diet just bread(that is very high in carbs)and that is white bread not wheat...Yuck and chicken oh yeah I can finally eat chicken again yippee.
Anyways that is what has been going on with me and the boys, so, so far everything is looking good. K here are a few pics of the boys at there last Ultrasound and believe me they are definitley boys hehehe!

Baby A(if you look close you can see he is sucking his thumb so cute!)

This pic shows I am A Boy!

Baby B

This pic shows I am A Boy!

Halloween!

2008-11-05T10:35:00.000-08:00

Okay so since my kids aren't here just yet to play dress up with on halloween, we decided to be kids ourselves and dress up and go out, it was fun we love Halloween. Pat was the killer clown and I was Goth Ann(raggedy Ann)but dark.
So we headed over to mindy and josh's after my cute little nephew came over to see us in his tigger costume he was so cute, april I need pics!
Once we got over to mindy's house she did all of our makeup and everyone showed up and then we headed out to the Halloween Block party that my cousin casey was putting on for the radio station at Lumpy's and a few other places in the block, it was fun, but let me tell you I haven't been up that late in a long time so needless to say I was pretty tired when we got home at like 2:00 in the morning. Anyways here are a few pics of our costumes:

They cooperated!

2008-10-27T15:39:00.000-07:00

Okay so I know it has been awhile since I have blogged, but I just have not been in the mood, so anyways just wanted to let you all know that I am finally feeling alot better. Most of you know the issues and hell that I have been through and it was a big pain in my ass and I mean literally hehehe well it is finally better and as long as I take my nauses pill B6 and Unisom the best thing ever then I am not hugging the toilet which has been nice, I have had a few ups and down days but other then that I am feeling great. I have even been able to exercise again and that has been nice. Okay so I am not quite back to normal just yet, I still can't bring myself to eat a plain piece of grilled chicken, but I have been adding some chicken in here or there either in a fajiatta or mixed in something else just not a plain piece yet.
Okay so we finally went to the dr. again today and had our 20 week ultrasound, and it was about time since I haven't had one since 7 weeks and yep we found out the gender of them, but first I just want you to know they are both very healthy and right on schedule and that is all that matters.
Okay so yes we are having 2 Boys and Pat is so freaking excited its cute! Don't get me wrong I am excited too, but I was really hoping for a boy and girl but oh well I am just grateful that they are doing okay and that I am pregnant so I guess it doesn't really matter what they are and pat needed a boy or 2 in his world because having 3 girls and a very needy wife can be very rough on a guy. I have pics but I will post them later.
Alright that is all you are getting from me for now.

Cute little Jaxon!

2008-09-11T10:45:00.001-07:00

Jaxon and I are having fun today and taking some really cute pics so I just thought I would share some of them:

I am still alive!

2008-09-11T09:45:00.000-07:00

Okay so I know I have not blogged in awhile, but I just have not been in the mood for anything lately. Anyways just wanted to let you know I am alive and the babies are doing good, mom's not so good but the babies are, K thats all I have for now, when I am feeling back to normal I will tell you all about my lovely pregnancy, all I know is its a good thing I have 2 in here....cause never again!

Baby update!

2008-08-07T11:38:00.000-07:00

Okay so sorry I have been such a slacker, but I have not been in the mood to do anything, so this is what has been going on. Pat and I went back last thursday a week ago for our second ultrasound and it went really well, we are for sure only having 2 yay! They are both doing very well, I said before that Twin B's heartbeat was very faint the first time we went, well its amazing what a week can do because this time both TwinA & TwinB were alot bigger and we got to finally hear both of there heart beats it was so amazing, TwinA was beating 149bmp and twinB was beating 145bpm so needless to say they are both doing well, and all those other follicules that they thought could be more baby sacs are just big follicules and hopefully will eventually go down.
Okay here are some pics of the babies: 1st pic is TwinA and TwinA's heartbeat. Second pic is TwinB and TwinB's heartbeat. 3rd pic is both of them.

Okay so on another note mom is not doing so hot, I am so sick and throw up everyday 2 or 8 times a day just depends on the day and it sucks but I will survive. Also the dr. said to me well you have 2 in there so you get double the fun, double the sickness and double the weight isn't that just lovely I thought so. He did say with me throwing up that, that is a good thing because it means the babies are doing well so I guess that is good but it is not fun for me.
Okay so those of you who know me and my eating habits know that my diet consists of chicken and chicken and more chicken, well when all this envitro started and I had to stop exercising I went on a strick chicken diet, not that I didn't eat alot of chicken before but I was eating nothing but chicken, 1 piece of grilled chicken for lunch, and 1 piece of grilled chicken for dinner grilled chicken for a snack, well it worked for awhile and I dropped 6lbs in those 3 weeks of just eating chicken. K well my last day of eating chicken was on July 5th and now I can't even look at chicken otherwise I will throw up and it sucks because now I have nothing to eat because there is nothing that I like believe me it has been rough. So now all I want is a cheeseburger or Taco Times bean & cheese burritos yep thats all I can keep down everything else comes back up. I try to eat bananas and apples and even the fruit baby food but no such luck it wont stay down. Also I am so not a pop drinker I used to just drink water and that was it, well now all I want is a sprite or a coke and that is so not good cuz coke is so not good for you but I want it so bad it is so weird.
Next wed, we go and see my actual OBGYN my dr. for our 10 wk visit so I am going to see what she can give me so I can stop throwing up and maybe actually want to eat because right now I hate food and nothing sounds good.
Anways sorry for all the complaining but I am so entitled to it, I have decided and poor pat he has to put up with alot right now, but he is so good to me I couldn't ask for a better guy I just love him.
Anyways thats all for now, I will update again soon.

How we told my parents!

2008-07-24T10:00:00.000-07:00

Okay so pat got home from work and had this great idea on how to tell my parents how many we were having, so we went to fred meyer and got these 4 little booties 2 pink ones and 2 blue ones and 4 little bags to put them in 2 blue and 2 pink bags:

Then we had a card for them that had 3 little kittens on the front, so first when my parents saw the bags and booties they were shocked they thought we were having 4 my dad just kept holding up 4 fingers and mouthing the word 4 with this very shocked look on his face and my mom kept saying no Doug this has to mean 2, 2 for you and 2 for me but just 2 total and then she thought okay are you really having 4 so then they opened up the card and saw the 3 little kittys and my mom was like oh my gosh Doug they are having 3 yeah they are having 3 and then they opened up the card and read this:
No matter how much you mix or match them, No matter how hard they looked, No matter how hard we looked we could only see 2. So from having no grandkids a few years ago you are now going to have a house full.
Love Pat and Mick.
So needless to say we really had them going, pat came up with the best idea ever and then Ann and Kathy and Donna and Ann's kids and my grandpa came over and the first words out of everyones mouth was OMG you are having 4 it was hilarious.
Anyways sorry we forgot to take a pic of the card but there you have it, that is how we told my parents and everyone else who showed up at there house.
So then my mom had to have her friend Kathy come up and paint her front window, which we didn't take a pic of either we really suck at this, anyways and it said.
CONGRATS: 1+1+?=
Don't ask me why they put that, but they want to confuse ppl and when we really know for sure next thursday they will change it.
K thats all for now, sorry but I had to share my funny story.

Time to play a Guessing Game

2008-07-23T14:27:00.000-07:00

Hehehehe, hey everyone pat and I just got back from the Dr. and we know something that you don't so now its time to play the guessing game, guess how many we could be having, I will check back later to let you all know who is right and who is not. Hehehehe thanks for playing.

Okay I guess I will tell you now, thanks for those of you who played along with me, anyways most of you guessed it right we are having twins for now, let me explain what I mean about that, so when we were at the ultrasound today they were able to find Twin A(that is what they are calling them) really easy and twin A had a really strong heart beat, well then they came across Twin B and it was really hard for them to find him or her, so they made me get up and walk across the hall to the bathroom and drain my bladder again and then they tried again and this time they were able to find Twin B easier and we finally saw a heart beat but it was very faint, well along with all of that I have alot of follicules that are still very enlarged from all the fertility meds that I was on so they said that we were about 5 days early and that they want to see me back next thursday morning so they can see things alittle bit clearer and that it is still a possiblity that in all of those follicules that are so big right now could be another sac with a baby, but thats not likely, but they can't weigh that out yet, because its so early and they are wanting twin B to have a stronger heart beat so as of now yes we are having twins and I am so excited, and I really believe that is all we will be having I really do not think there is a 3rd one in there but you never know, so I will let you all know next thursday.

Bend Oregon

2008-07-18T11:07:00.000-07:00

So we just got back from Bend Oregon on wed night we had a good time, we had to go there for Pat's work he has this Surplus Lines convention every year so we get to go to different places every year its kind of fun. Anyways we had to fly of course and for those of you that know me I get very sick on a plane motion sickness big time, well I called the Dr. to make sure it was okay for me to fly and to see if it would be okay if I still either took my 3 dramamine(however you spell) or if I could wear my patch well of course they said I could not do either so I just had to suck it up and be sick, well let me just say I will not be flying again until I can either take something or until after the babies hehehe are born cuz I am so not going through that sick feeling again it was the worst thing ever and then I am sick for the rest of the day yeah so not fun. Anyways we got there on sunday afternoon and we stayed at a place called Sunriver Resort it was a really nice place we stayed in a little condo type place it was nice, well I of course couldn't do much so that was kind of a bummer, cuz you could rent bikes and go on all these cool bike trails and they had a river raft right there at the resort that you could just rent the tubes and run the river and then they picked you up at the bottom and they had a fun ATV ride(not that I would have gone on that anyway)but there was lots to do and I couldn't do any of it, so I just layed out by the pool everyday and read my book while pat and mav went on a bike ride. Anyways it was a nice relaxing little trip, until the plane ride again back home that was awful.
Oh yeah and our rental car was a convertibile and Mav thought that was the coolest thing ever so she had to have the top down every where she went.
Right before we were getting ready to check out we saw some deer sitting right outside our back door they were so cute it was a mom and her little babies.
K well here are a few pics that we took, we were kind of bad and didn't really take any pics so here is what we have:

YAY...... I'AM FINALLY PREGNANT!

2008-07-10T10:48:00.000-07:00

Okay so pat and found out on tuesday that we are going to have a baby, I am so excited I can't believe it I have waited so long for this that I can't believe it has finally happened to me.
so we went up to the dr. on tuesday morning and I had my blood drawn and they said we will call you around noon to let you know the news so I was like wow thats going to be the longest 3 hours of my life waiting to hear the news, so pat and I left and went to breakfast and after that I was taking him back to work and as we pulled into the parking lot my phone rang and I said oh my gosh its them already this has to be good news with them calling this quick, I had my blood done at 9:00 and they called us at 10:00 so only an hour and so I answered and the nurse said I just wanted to give you the good news you are PREGNANT, and I just started bawling I was so excited I couldn't believe it. Then she proceded to tell me something about my levels and I was so overwhelmed that I wasn't paying much attention so all I heard was that they wanted my levels to at least be at 100 and she said and yours are at 1000 they are very strong and looking really good, and just so you know there is a high chance of you having more then one, and I said right now I am okay with having however many cuz I am just so glad to be pregnant, I have been waiting to hear those words now for 2 years and 8 months and it has finally happend.
So pat and I just sat in the car and bawled for a bit and did the happy dance and then I called my mom and told her and she cried too. Then my mom got off the phone with me and couldn't help herself she had to call and tell everyone cause she was so excited and I didn't care cause I wanted to scream it from the roof tops so it was okay that she told everyone.
Then I talk to april and she told me what they were talking about with the level thing and then she did some research and found this study that they did and this is what she read.
If the level was between 300 and 600, the ongoing pregnancy rate was 40% (10/25). If the hCG level was greater than 600, the multiple pregnancy rate was 100% (7/7). CONCLUSIONS: These data support the hypothesis that hCG levels greater than 200 mIU/ml on 14 days post-ET are more likely to have ongoing pregnancies; hCG levels greater than 600 have a high likelihood of a multiple gestation pregnancy
Okay so what that is saying is I could definitley be having more then 1, with my levels being at 1000. I just said to pat uh oh.
Actually I hope I am at least having twins I think it would be alot of fun okay and alot of work but I don't even care. We will find out in a few weeks how many we are having so I will keep you all posted.
Well then I had to come home and of course pee on a stick just so I could see that positive sign, because you don't even know how many negatives I have had, so I just had to see it once and I saw it and it was so great I started crying all over again.
Anyways I just wanted to say thanks to all of you that kept me in your thoughts and prayers and for putting up with all my blogging about what I went through and you know what in the end it has all been worth it. I still have to continue the progestrone shots everyday until the 15th of August and let me tell you they are so not fun, but I am okay with that.

4th of July weekend

2008-07-07T09:55:00.000-07:00

Okay so we decided to go up to Tabiona for the 4th of July with my fam and some friends, for those of you who do not know what Tabiona is, it is where my grandpa's cabin is, its really nice and relaxing up there. Anyways my grandpa and his girlfriend were up there so that was fun we got to spend some time with him and then my mom and dad and shane and april and jaxon and tre and his friend were there also and then mindy and josh went up there with us and then Cheryl and Taylor came up saturday afternoon so that was fun. So we got up there friday afternoon and got settled in and then just sat around and played some games it was fun, me, mindy and april were playing a game called nurtz its a card game really fast card game and april got really aggressive and almost tore mindy's hand off it was pretty funny, anyways you see I usually lose at this game because it is way to fast, but for some reason I was on a roll this time and kicked there butts it was pretty funny. Then we had a really good dinner and cleaned up and played some crib and then went to bed we were all pretty tired that first night so we were all in bed by 10:30 I know lame huh. So we got up saturday morning and saw part of the parade go by, had some breakfast and got ready and then we headed up to my cousin reed's cabin that he is in the process of building wow this cabin is huge 4000 sq ft. anyways its going to be really nice when it is all finished then we headed back and played some more card games and cheryl and taylor showed up and we all played some more games and then had dinner and then we headed over to the fireworks, we were all excited to see the fireworks and for a small town they usually put on a really good show well not this year, I don't know what happened but it was terrible, then we headed back to the cabin and hung out for awhile and then went to bed, like i said it was a pretty nice relaxing weekend. then we got up the next morning packed up and headed home. I will post some pics later when I get them download.

Good News!(sorry for the Novel)

2008-06-23T10:40:00.001-07:00

Okay so here is an update, I went in on thursday for my ultrasound and more blood work and they said everything was looking really good and that they would probably remove them on sat., but they still had to wait for my bloodwork to come back and that they would call me. Well they called me on thursday afternoon around 1:00 and told me that my estrogen levels were at 3000 and that I am good to go for saturday morning at 8:00 am and that I had to take my HCG shot at 8:45 pm on thursday night so that is what we did, i was so excited that I was ready because if I really had to go one more day I really don't know if I would have made it, I was so blotted and miserable it took me 10 minutes just to get myself up out of a chair it was rough. Anyways so pat gave me the shot at 8:45 in the hip/butt area and the actual shot wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be considering how big and thick the needle is, well i was fine until the next morning when I tried rolling over on to my side that the shot was given and screamed because it was very sore and bruised, so needless to say the shot wasn't to bad but the next day is. K so then they told me that i was going to be shot free for a day and I was so excited so I didn't have to get anymore stomach shots, actually I am done with all the stomach shots for the rest of the time yippee, but I did have to start a little green pill on friday night and now I have to take that twice a day for the rest of the time until the transfer.
So saturday morning we got up and headed up to the Andrology place where the retrieval of the follicules(eggs) was taking place, so we get up there and into one of the rooms and the nurse comes in and takes my vitals and all that fun stuff and then she said okay change into the little white hospital gown and another nurse will be in to put in your IV, I freaked I hate IV's anyways she came in and tried my right hand and it popped out, then she tried my left hand and it popped out so then she tried putting it in my left arm where it bends and it worked so needless to say I have a few bruises from the IV, I was in tears it hurt so bad.

Okay so then the dr. came in and kind of explained what he was going to be doing and I just started crying, I was so excited but so scared at the same time. Anyways I am not going to go into any detail of what I went through but lets just say it was the hardest thing I have ever been through, luckily I was somewhat out of it and pat kind of filled me in later on what happened, I do remember bits and pieces of it and it was rough. Anyways on a better note they did end up getting 17 follicules(eggs) so that was a good thing. So I guess while I was out of it pat thought he would be funny and take a picture of me so here is how cute I was hehehe.

So then I woke up and ate a few crackers and had some water and I felt like I was doing okay so I got dressed and they wheeled me out to the car and I got in the car and thought oh no I am not doing so hot so then my mom called and wanted to talk to me and I said to pat I can't talk to anyone right now because I am going to throw up so just leave me alone so I closed my eyes and tried to sleep until we got home, okay so we were so close to home and I couldn't hold it anymore so Pat had to pull over by Su Casa in Bountiful and I got out and puked behind the dumpster yeah that was a good time. So then we got home and I went right to bed and then I remembered that I had to have my progestrone shot so I got up for a minute while pat gave it to me, same big needle as the pic above and I actually felt nothing but I think it was because I stilled had some of the anistesia(however u spell) in me because sunday morning it hurt like Hell and mondays did to, and I also found out that I have to have that progestrone shot every morning for 10 more weeks OUCH!, My hip/butt is so sore on both sides but oh well it will all be worth it. Well I have been on bedrest for 3 days now and in alot of pain, but today(monday) I am finally feeling alittle better enough to get up and walk around a bit but I am still not up to par yet.

So then I got a phone call this moring from the embryologist and he told me that they were able to get 10 out of the 17 eggs to fertilize and they are dividing like they are supposed to and doing well so he said he will call me on wed to let me know how they are still doing and to set up my time for my transfer appt on thursday. So needless to say everything is going well and I am hanging in there. K I will update you in a few days to let you know how the transfer went.

Sorry everyone for the novel, but thanks for all your support and all your comments it means alot to us to know you are all pulling for pat and I.

IVF Update...

2008-06-18T18:03:00.001-07:00

Okay so Its been awhile since I have posted about my progress so here goes. Alright so 2 weeks ago this Monday I had to get 2 more shots along with my Lupron shot that I have been doing the whole time and they all go in my stomach, we just bumped the Lupron down to 5c instead of 10c but I still had to get it, so I was doing a total of 3 shots for 3 days and then it went down to 2 shots for the rest of the time.
Lupron Shot: Follistim Pen shot:We also had to do a shot called Repronex (this shot was only for 3 days) and thank the lord for that because it was a very painful shot, pat had to mix this one with water and then into the powder, so this is the needle he had to use to mix it with and then after it was mixed he put the little needle back on to give me the shot and it was a thicker substance so it took longer to give...so not fun, Anyways here is a pic of the before needle while mixing and then the after needle: So those are the shots that I have been getting for the last 2 weeks. Okay so monday we had another ultrasound to see how these shots were doing, and things were good but not exactly where they want me to be so we had to go back tuesday morning at 7:45am (way to early for me) to have another ultrasound well things were looking better so they had me do my bloodtest of my Estrogen to see if I was ready for the big HCG Shot on tuesday night and then we would have went in for the retrieval on thursday morning, well my estrogen levels were not where they wanted them so we had to go back this morning(wed) for another ultrasound and more blood tests to see how things were, still not there so yep that means we have to go back again tomorrow(thurs.) for another ultrasound and more blood work. Well my Dr. did say that he is sure I will be ready tomorrow so, tomorrow morning should be my last set of stomach shots and then tomorrow night I will get my HCG shot right in the hip area OUCH, and then we will go in on saturday morning for the retrieval and then about 3 to 5 days later we will be going back in for the transfer of putting them back in. In the meantime I will be recieving new shots called Progestrone and those are also in the hip area in the muscle OUCH again.

Okay so there you have it that is my update for now. I will let you know how things go at my ultrasound tomorrow.

MOAB

2008-06-14T10:03:00.001-07:00

Well I know its been awhile, but here is what we have been up too! So we went to Moab 2 weekends ago for Pats family reunion, it was alot of fun I have never been to moab and never really cared to go because I am not really a climb the rocks in my jeep type of person or really much of a hiker, but I had a blast who knew hiking up to the arches would be so much fun I loved it and I am already planning another trip back. Anyways here are a few of the things that we did: We got there on thursday afternoon and then we went to dinner that night and after that over to the grocery store to get our groceries for the 3 days, we stayed in a 3 bedroom, 3 bath condo that was so nice and plenty of room for all of us. So we got up friday morning and headed up to Dead Horse Point that was really neat here are a few pics:

It was really cool up there and really windy, it was pretty scary when you got up to the top and looked over the edge it was along ways down.

Okay so then that night we got ready and had the family BBQ over at our place, because there was more room where we were at: it was fun we all ate and then watched a video that pats sister penny put together from the last few years of reunions it was really cute. Then we took a few pics of course:

Okay so then we got up on saturday morning and headed over to the Arches. We first went to the delicate Arche that was about a 3 mile hike, 1.5 miles each way it was a pretty good hike:

Well we finally made it over to the arch:

Then we headed back to the car to head over to some of the other arches, like the Firey Furnace and the Double Arches, and as we were driving over there to do some more hiking Pat kept saying to the boys, lets go see the parade of elephants and he kept saying it over and over and melica and I were like what are you smoking there are no parade of elephants and sure enough we pulled up and there were some really cool rocks that looked like a hurd of elephants

Then we hiked up to the double arches:

k those of you that know me I am so not a rock climber and I was hiking up this mountain of rocks and when I got to the top were mav and melica were this is what I saw nothing but the edge of the cliff and believe me I was freaked out I had to take a moment before I could move to get back down:

After that we went back to the condo did a little barbaqueing and hung with the fam for a bit and then went to bed and got up the next morning and went to breakfast and then headed home.

We had alot of fun spending time with the boys, they are so cute and such good little boys. Melica and Jay are wonderful parents, I have never seen such good kids, we did alot of hiking that day at the arches and they never complained once they hiked the whole time and loved every minute of it and they are only 6 and 3. Anyways I can't wait to go again. K so that is what we have been up to sorry about all the pics but we took alot so I had to share.

My First Ultrasound!

2008-06-04T11:07:00.000-07:00

So yesterday I had my first Ultrasound and everything looks good, so we are right on schedule.
Then after my ultrasound we had to meet with the nurse so we could go over my next set of shots and what not. Yeah that was alot of info to take in, I just told pat make sure you are paying attention because I can not look at those needles, he has been great through this whole thing, his new name is Dr. pat so he thinks. Anyways I start my next set of shots on monday and they told me by wed I am going to be very bloted and swollen in my stomach and that my pants are probably not going to fit isn't that great I guess I am just getting a taste of what it is like to be pregnant already hehehe.
Well they also told me that I can no longer exercise starting on monday so for those of you who know me not being able to exercise is going to kill me, I love exercising I know call me crazy but I do. I golf in a league on Tuesday nights and I can't even do that after next Tuesday I can only do a light walk(meaning really slow) and they said I probably wont even want to do that, so for the next few weeks I will basically just be sitting around in my lazy chair eating bon bons and getting fat hehehe, but thats okay because this will all be worth it in the end. Okay well there is a little update for you all!
So I apologize now for all of you that have to keep reading about this on my blog, but really that is all I have to talk about right now hehehe. K so bear with me.

Yay, I Survived.....

2008-06-02T11:18:00.001-07:00

Yep thats right I made it through the first week of shots, and only 8 more weeks to go. There were a few rough ones throughout the week but other then that I survived.
Okay so one more week of just one shot a day and then after that I start getting 3 shots a day, I am so not looking forward to that, I will have to let you know if I survive that week, cuz I am not so sure I am going too! Anyways that is just a little update on how things are going, I go in for my first UltraSound tomorrow morning to see how these Lupron shots are holding up, so I will keep you posted on how that goes tomorrow.
K well I just want you all to feel my pain hehehe so here is a pic of the needle that I have to have for one more week, then I will post a pic of my next set of needles next week hehehe, probably you all do not want to see this but I just need to feel like you are all here with me Loving it like I am hahaha!

Okay for those of you who are just tuning into my blog, I am taking shots for Invitro, not for other reasons hehehe!

Memorial Weekend!

2008-05-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

Alright so we headed out to Vegas for memorial weekend, it was one of Pats really good friends from Minnesota's 40th b-day and so they were all meeting in vegas to celebrate, we toyed with the idea on even going because of all of the fun stuff we are starting so we can have a baby, anyways we ended up pushing our Envitro back a few weeks because my dr. was not going to be available and I did not want to go with another dr. So that is why we decided to go to vegas and mindy and josh came with us, we had alot of fun, we didn't win any money so that was a bummer but oh well you can't win them all right!

K so some of the things we did in vegas this time

was pretty fun, saturday we got up and headed over to the mirage and went through the Dolphin Exhibit and the Secret Gardens with the lions and tigers it was pretty neat, and then that night we went to a show at the mirage called Love its the beattles Cirques Ole show, it was a really cool show I suggest seeing it. Then we got up sunday and headed to St. George, we stayed in mindy's parents condo it was nice. Then we went golfing that afternoon at the ledges were one of our good friends work so we got a great deal on golf but then they had the sprinklers on the greens from hole number 5 on so we didn't get to finish I guess thats what happens when you get a good deal, but that was okay cuz it was freezing anyway. The whole weekend was cold, vegas was cold and rainging the whole time so that was not fun. Here are a few pics of the trip:

Okay so while we were down there I had to start my first set of shots of Lupron, so pat and I went to our Lupron class last week and I walked out of there so terrified I started bawling before we even made it to the car and pat was like why are you crying you haven't even had a shot yet, and I said because I am so scared, did you not see those needles oh wow, well needless to say my first one was on sunday morning and I just closed my eyes and told pat to get it over with so then he said k are you ready and I said don't say that just do it, anyways he did it and it really wasn't that bad...I survived, so these first couple weeks of shots I think I will be okay, its when the big one starts I am going to lose my mind. Anyways enough on that, I will keep you updated as we go along.

AJ's Kindergarten Graduation!

2008-05-28T11:12:00.000-07:00

So here is just a little update on what we have been up too! Well AJ's kindergarten graduation was last week, pat and mav headed down to nephi to go to his graduation, they said it was really cute. I had them take lots of pics for me since I had to miss it. Anyways here are a few pics, he is so cute and growing up so fast!

Race 4 the Cure!

2008-05-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

So I had a pretty good weekend, friday night pat and I and Mindy and Josh went golfing and yeah I so sucked it up I definitley need to practice a bit before mindy and I start our womens golf league next tuesday!
Then Saturday morning Pat and I got up bright and early and ran in the 5K race for the cure our team name was the Breast Savers it was pretty cool I could not believe how many people were there they said that there were about 16,000 people that registerd. Anyways I ran my best time, jackie and I ran together and we helped push each other along we ended up running the 5K which is 3.1 miles between 28:06 and 28:25 the times were alittle off because we had to start quite a bit behind the starting line because of all the ppl, we had alot of fun.
Pat and mindy and randee ran the race also and they did really good for it being there first 5K ever, they ran it in about 35:00 minutes good job guys.
Then later that night a bunch of us went to dinner and then out dancing for mine and Em's b-day it was fun, man I am getting old I just turned 32 Wow thats old hehehe.
Well here is a pic of our Breast saver Team:

Mindy, Randee, kelli, Me, Pat Lana, Jasmine & Jackie

Mav's Prom

2008-05-05T10:11:00.000-07:00

Okay so we had a pretty good weekend, Friday night shane and april came out and all of us went out to dinner, out to Su Casa, we took April there a couple of weeks ago and now she is hooked they have the best Fajaittas ever, she told shane they are going to have to come out to eat once a week, like they used to do when Casa Melinda was around hehehe.

Then saturday we got up and went shopping for some last minute stuff for Mav's prom, yep she got asked to prom and it was on saturday night, so monica and melica came over and we all helped her get ready and she looked amazing, monica did her hair it was so cute!

Then she put on her dress and she lookes so freaking cute, so we had to take some more pics!

So then we all waited around(including mindy and josh) for her date to come and pick her up so we could meet him and give him the 3rd degree hehehe, so then we took a few pics and saw them off.

Then we headed over to cheryl and taylors for dinner and then we played a few games and then came home. Then on sunday pat and josh left town to go down to the ranch to do a little turkey hunting(boys) so mindy and I decided to go and run the track and do mile bleachers yeah sometimes we are so not that bright hehehe but we felt good after we were all done. Alright that was my weekend for ya, k I will post again soon!

2008-04-28T14:27:00.000-07:00

Okay so today is my second monday to have jaxon and we are just having so much fun, so before I had talked to april, i had only changed Jaxon's poopy diaper once so i thought yay we are doing good today, compared to last monday. Well then I talked to april and just got done feeding him and he decided he was going to show me for saying anything and yep he decided to poop all over the place and all through his clothes, luckly mom brought an extra pair of clothes to change into so we had to change his whole outfit, I guess that is what I get for opening up my mouth, I spoke to soon hehehe. Well after we got him all cleaned up and his bum was changed he was so happy so we decided to take some pictures, he loves the camera. Anyways here are just a few of the ones I took.

First day with Jaxon

2008-04-22T11:13:00.000-07:00

Okay so yesterday was my first day to have jaxon and it was wonderful, he is so freaking cute and he was so good for me, well except when I had to change his poopy diapers try like 6 times yep that kid is a pooper! Well I took a couple of pics of him but I can't seem to download them from my phone so as soon as april emails them to me i will post them, but for now you can see them on aprils blog. Well I can't wait until next monday to watch him again. He is so precious.
He is thinking really hard about where his mom is!

He got tired of thinking!

Nascar Weekend

2008-04-09T11:57:00.000-07:00

Okay so I thought I would write alittle bit about my weekend. So a bunch of us went to Dallas, TX for Nascar.....I know very white trash, but it is alot of fun. So it seems like every year that we go to Nascar wether it be in Vegas or somewhere else someone always gets hurt and ends up going to the clinic or emergency room, well this year it was Cheryl and Seth that ended up there, we all went out one of the nights and we all decided that we were going to be cool and ride the Mechanical Bull, and out of the 6 that rode it 5 of us ended up getting broken thumbs or broken nails and bruises all over.

Well Cheryl and Seth ended up messing up there thumbs really bad so they made a trip to the clinic and this was the results:

Seth & Cheryl

But at least we had alot of fun!

So the next day we shopped alot and I bought alot of new shoes then we took it easy that night, then the next morning we got up early and headed out to the race, we were stuck in traffic for about 2 hours. We finally made it there and watched the race, it was pretty boring this year because they didn't have enough wrecks hehehe.

2 Thumbs down for the Race!

After the race we all did some tailgating, we cooked up some hamburgers and hotdogs to let the traffic dye off and then we headed back to the hotel and took it easy again because we were all wiped out from being out in the hot sun all day.

Then the next day we got up early and headed to the airport to come home. We all had a good time with a good bunch of friends.

The Good News

2008-03-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone,
Okay so most of you all know that Pat and I have been trying to have a baby for about 2 years and 4 months now and obviously nothing is happening. Nope sorry guys my good news isn't me being pregnant, that would be REALLY good news if that was the case hehehe. Okay but we do have some news about that. K so Pat and I have been through alot these last 2 years, alot of poking and proding and test after test and still nothing. We have done the clomid for months and we have done about 5 artificial inseminations, we have also tried so hard on our own hehehe ecspecially last month we wanted to at least go into this saying it wasn't because lack of trying, but no such luck, so we made a decision to stop all of that and to go straight to the big IVF(Envitro).
Okay so we had our first doctors visit yesterday to get all the info and believe me pat and I walked out of there so overwhelmed it was alot of info to take in and i am still lost hehehe. Well we had our first ultrasound yesterday and so far everything looks good with me so we can take the next step. Yes it is going to be a few long months for Pat and I, I will just give you a little break down of what we are going to be going through.

Okay first they will put me on the pill(birth control) for 3 weeks, and while I am on that pill I will be giving myself a shot called Lupron 2 times a day for a few days and then only once a day. Then i get off of the pill and still do shots of Lupron and then I start another shot called FSH(a shot with lots of hormones) I apologized to pat in advance, I said to him on our way home I have a feeling that I am going to be a basket case for the next couple of months, and he said you already are, being on the clomid so then I said well you should probably times that by 10 and he said so your just warning me now and I said yep pretty much hehehe.

Then while I am giving myself all of these shots, okay just kidding while pat is giving me all of these shots, we have to go in pretty much every day for 2 weeks and have ultrasounds done just so they can see the progress the shots are doing, after that when I am ready i get the big shot and that will make all my eggs drop and they will go in and remove them and then do there thing for 3 to 6 days depending on the Embryo's, then they will transfer them back in and we wait for 2 weeks to take a pregnancy test, but in the meantime pat will still be giving me more shots, this time it will be a shot of Progresterone and even after we find out we are pregnant we have to continue the shots of progresterone for about 3 weeks. So needless to say when this is all said and done they told me I will have probably given myself over 100 shots. Oh yeah and Pat will be taking medications also throughout this whole thing, 2 times a day for about 2 months.
I am so excited and scared all at the same time. Anyways there you have it, a little bit of info on what we will be going through. Sorry for the novel.

Okay so I am asking for all of you to pray for us and keep your fingers crossed and think nothing but good thoughts for us.
I will keep you all posted as we go along.

Stay Tuned...

2008-03-20T19:05:00.000-07:00

Okay so yes I know I am the worst blogger ever, I saw Mindy E. on saturday night and she was telling me that she checks my blog every day and there is nothing new to read about, thats because you see I don't have a whole lot to write about at this time, but stay tuned because I will have something to write about on Tuesday the 25th of March.
Alright that is all your going to get for now so I will chat with all of you later hehehe!

I Know I Am A Slacker!

2008-02-24T11:16:00.000-08:00

Okay so I know its been awhile since I have updated my blog, but I really haven't had much to write about.
K so Pat's daughter Monica and her husband josh got married in the Ogden Temple yesterday, they were already married but they finally went through the temple like monica has always wanted to do. We are so happy for her and Josh, it turned out really good yesterday, Pat and I and my mom and dad and Melica and Jay all set up the church and got the food ready for the lucheon, then we tried to make it over to the temple before they came out, but we were too late, they got done early so we missed them so that was kind of a bummer, so we headed back to the church and celebrated with them there. Then we all cleaned up the church and headed home and then we went out to dinner with mindy and josh to Texas Roadhouse it was really good.
Then we came home and just relaxed and watched alittle TV and went to bed, it was a pretty mellow day.
Okay thats all I have to write about for now, I will write again soon.

Yay! I am an Aunt!

2008-01-29T15:29:00.000-08:00

Alright so I know it has been a while since I have last wrote, but I really didn't have much to write about until now. Okay so I recieved a phone call saturday morning about 4:50 in the morning from shane saying that april's water had broke and they were on there way to the hospital, I was so excited that I could not go back to sleep, finally I dozed off again about 7:00 and woke up at 9:00 and got ready so we could head up to the hospital to be with them. It was really neat to spend the day with them and kind of get to see what april went through, it made me understand alot more and what I have to look forward to, I cant wait to experience all that.

Okay so anyways April had little Jaxon on saturday night about 6:33 and he weighed 6lbs 13 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long and he is so freaking cute, I just love him. I got to hold him right after he was born and I was just in ahhh, I didn't want to give him back hehehe.
After that we left and went home and then we went out dancing with some friends to celebrate for Shane and April it was fun.

Then sunday morning I got up and got ready and we headed back up to see Shane & April and baby Jaxon. I could just sit and hold him for hours, I just cant get over how cute he is and how much love I feel for him. I am so excited to finally be an Aunt!
Here are a few pics of my little Nephew!

Auntie Mick & Jaxon!

Cousin Mav holding Jaxon!

Aunt Mindy & Jaxon!

2008-01-05T16:29:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone...okay so I haven't been on here in awhile, I guess I have been a little busy with the holidays and all, so here is a brief summary of what we have been up too. We had our Couples game night with all of our good friends on Dec. 22nd at Cheryl and Taylor's house and it was alot of fun, we had dinner and played some games and passed out gifts and pretty much everyone was able to make it, I hope that we can continue to do this every year with everyone, and make it a new tradition with the next generation.

Good times with Good Friends!

Christmas Eve!

2008-01-05T16:22:00.001-08:00

Then on Christmas Eve Pat and I and my mom and dad went up to Monica and Josh's to see the grandkids Mason, Alex & Joslynn and have Christmas with them, because they were not going to be able to make it to my moms on Christmas. That was alot of fun watching the kids open there gifts and playing with all there new stuff. On our way back we were caught in the big snow storm and that was not fun trying to drive back home, and my mom had some road rage with a guy. If you remember next time you see her ask her to tell you the story its pretty funny coming from her.

Christmas Day!

2008-01-05T16:11:00.000-08:00

Alright then there was Christmas day, first we wake up and open our gifts from one another which it was just Pat and I this year cuz mav went down to her moms so we did that and then we headed up to my parents house to see them and shane and april and have breakfast and do our gift opening with them, then we rush back home cuz AJ & Brayden(the grandkids) were coming over to open there gifts , then we had to get ready so we can head out to see the grandparents then we rushed back home to meet mav so we could do gifts with her.

Then we headed back up to my moms for the evening to see everyone for Christmas and that was a good time its always fun spending time with the fam. My cousin Will was in town this year so it was good to get to see him. Anyways needless to say christmas is a very busy day.

Most of the Cousins on Christmas!

Janeal & Jay and Jackie & Greg, decided to leave early way to go punks!

New Year's 2008

2008-01-05T15:12:00.000-08:00

Okay so then there was New Year's, once again we had a party up at my mom's house.....and can I just tell you my mom loves it when we ask if we can celebrate New Year's at there house every year hehehehe, okay so maybe i am stretching the truth a little...but they just can't tell me No. I love my mom and dad they are the best! Well i hope everyone's holidays were great, and I hope you all have a wonderful year for 2008.

A Few Pics. of New Year's 2008

Mav's Photography

2007-12-06T15:13:00.000-08:00

So, mav is taking a photography class in school, and today she brought home her pictures that she took of the boys a few weeks ago, they turned out so cute, so I thought I would show them off, she does a great job.

Brayden & AJ

AJ & Brayden being goofy

Brayden was mad at mav for making him cross the bridge

AJ (isn't he so cute)

I have been Tagged by Mindy E.

2007-12-04T11:51:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Mindy I have been tagged, so lets take a little walk down memory lane.....
How long have you been together? 8 years on April 30th 2008.
How long did you date? 5 Years on the day we got married.
How old is he? Old heheh 47 wow!
Who eats more? Oh i definitly do hehehe i love food!
Who said I love you first? Pat did I had a hard time with those words, now it just comes easy thanks to Pat.
Who is taller? Pat.
Who sings better? Oh definitly me just ask everyone who went karaoking with us they would say I am a great singer hehehehe.
Who is smarter? Oh that would have to be me, don't you know I am a Bawden I know everything LOL!
Who does the laundry? That would be me, there is no way i am letting Pat or Mav get near my clothes cuz if they did everything would be shrunk.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Pat
Who pays the bills? I do, I like to be in charge hehehe.
Who mows the lawn? Well if we had lawn to mow Pat would, but we live in a condo so its nice no yard work.
Who cooks dinner? Oh that would be Pat, are you kidding me cook...No Way!
Who drives when you are together? Pat, I hate to drive.
Who is more stubborn? Me-by far, Pat is so good to put up with me.
Who kissed who first? Pat kissed me first.
Who asked who out? Pat asked me.
Who proposed? Pat did after i finally told him it was okay to ask me hehehe.
Who is more sensitive? Pat is usually, unless i am on Clomid(the fertility pill)LOL!
Who has more friends? That would be me hehehe,
Who has more siblings? Pat, I only have one, Pat has 5.
Who wears the pants in the family? Well yep its true that would be me, I am a brat and pretty much have to have everything my way.

K April, I am now tagging you!

2007-12-04T09:46:00.001-08:00

Well today is Tuesday the 4th of Dec. and my page looks very blank so I thought I would just write and say hi, and tell you about my weekend, friday night we had my sister in law(april)'s baby shower, it turned out really good, she got some really cute new underwear I will post some pictures later hehehe. Then Saturday night we all went out Karaoking, it was alot of fun, we went for my Aunt Ann and Uncle Brents birthdays, we had a blast. Then later I drove everyone home, yep I was playing the role of April by being the DD, April I'll have you know I had to take everyone to Mcdonalds also, whats up with all the drunks always wanting Mcdonalds after.Anyways that was my weekend, k I will write again soon, and I will post some pics. when i figure out exactly how to do it.

Karaoke Night

Singing it up at Maggie Mcgee's

Ann, Colleen & My Mom

Cory, Casey & Jason singing there hearts out!

Mills Family

2007-11-30T11:46:00.000-08:00

Okay I have joined the club and created myself a blog, I am not sure what i will blog about yet but, I will think about it and get back to ya.