Sorry that it's been so long again. Things got totally crazy around here. As you probably know, we've been trying to find a new place to live. Mainly because we just couldn't afford to live here anymore, but also surprise...she's selling the house. So yeah, we kinda need to go. We found a nice town home in American Fork, about 5 miles from here. It's a bit smaller, but we'll be saving around 450 a month on rent and utilities, so we don't care. It's a nice place, but we are going to have to downsize our furniture a bit. The entertainment center has to go, cause it's just too big, and our desks as well. We're losing a bedroom, going from 4 to 3, which is why our desks need to be downsized. Uh, we're getting rid of our table and chairs as well because we NEVER use it, and it's just a place for us to stack stuff...which is the last thing we need.
So yeah, I've been busy first trying to find us a place, and now that we have one, trying to get everything ready for our 8th move in 3 years....YAY! NOT! Packing is the not fun part, but at least when we unpack I can babyproof from the beginning. Which is good because...drum roll please....Braxton has started crawling! And boy is he fast!
Okay, so to update everything else, we went to my mom's for the 4th of July, and had a lot of fun. We saw her garden space out at Adam and Marnell's, it's way nice. She's finally able to have a bit garden again, but not have to do all the work by herself. She also painted her bathroom, which looks nice, a little green for me, but it works well. She's working on getting the rest of the house ready, especially her bedroom which has a bit of water damage going on. She's going to bring Aura down to live with her because unfortunately, my grandma isn't able to live with just one person to take care of her anymore. She's being put into a nursing home because she really needs round the clock care.
Um, let's see what else...Oh, Chris went fishing with his dad this last weekend and had some good luck. He brought home a nice size trout. He had a good time and I was glad for him that he was able to go. He's working on a new project with some people in Boise, on his own time. He's contracted right now for 40 hours, and in exchange he's getting some shares in the company. He's pretty excited about the opportunity. It's a little bit of an inconvenient time with the moving, but oh well.
As for Braxton, he's doing great. At his last checkup, which was his 6 month, done on July 6th, he weighed 18 lbs 2.5 oz. And was 27 inches in length. That puts him in the average percentile range for weight, and the 95th for length. He's crawling now, and babbling lots, knows Mama, Dada and Nana (which is his name for Anna). He's signing for milk, mommy and daddy, and is loving his new high chair. His favorite snack is crackers, he loves to munch them. He has a tooth or possibly 2 coming in on the bottom, and has been chewing on everything he can get his hands on to help with that.
He's using the sippy cup really well now, and loves to have juice, which he also signs for, but uses the sign for milk because he can't really tell the difference yet. I'm looking forward to moving into a place with a fenced in yard so that he can go outside and play a little. There is also a playground right outside the gate, so that will be wonderful too. He's been having big boy baths in the tub because he outgrew his infant tub, but I haven't had the chance to get him a bigger one yet. That's next on my list after we move.
I think that's everything. I hope you all are doing well and that everything is going great for you. Have a wonderful week (or possibly 2 hehe) and I'll see you again soon.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Anniversary
Well, Monday was the worst morning we've had in a long time. We got caught in horrible traffic on the way to the chiro, then when we finally made it out of there, on the way to work with Chris, we almost got into a head on collision because some idiot was driving the wrong direction on the road. Then, we got a voicemail from the pediatrician's office saying that the doc was sick and so Braxton's appointment had to be rescheduled. Sigh. After I had gone all the way in with Chris and was hanging out at work. So we decided to come home, but Chris wanted me to call the dentist first because he was having SERIOUS pain with his extraction sites. So I gave them a call, even though they were on vacation. The dentist wanted to meet us at 11:30, so we bailed out on work and went to see him. Found out that Chris had dry socket, which was causing the pain, so the dentist gave him some stuff to help and some higher dose percocet and sent us home. Thankfully the rest of the day went just fine.
Tuesday was a normal day, not much happened, we just kinda hung out. Chris stayed home while recovering from the dry sockets and we watched a lot of tv. Wednesday he was back at work, and Braxton and I had a normal day. However, Wednesday was also our 3rd anniversary, so we had a special dinner of wild lobster tails and steak.
Thursday and Friday were also normal. though we did have lunch with Wyatt on Friday, which was wonderful. He's doing great and it was really nice to see him. On Saturday we went and viewed 3 houses in our never ending search for a new place to live. I was getting really discouraged because it seemed like either every place was too expensive, didn't allow pets, already rented by the time I called, or nobody ever emailed me back. And when they did email back, it was a scam, they just wanted me to send them money. I was starting to really wonder if we'd EVER find a new place.
We got lucky on Saturday and actually found a place that we like. It's smaller than here, but not by too much. It's also a bit of a fixer upper, but we can deal with that. One nice thing about it is that it has an option to possibly buy it. So we filled out an application. Hopefully we'll get approved and I can stop searching.
Today we decided was our day to really celebrate our anniversary, so we had Anna babysit, and we went out to a movie and dinner. It was great! We saw Transformers 2, which rocked! It was awesome and we were so glad we went to see it.
Then we went to dinner at Olive Garden. Yummy as always. Though dessert was a Black Tie Mousse Cake thing that almost put me into sugar overload. LOL. It was yummy though.
Anna said that Braxton did fine, wouldn't eat much and only slept for 20 minutes, but wasn't too fussy. He was glad to see us and we were glad to see him too. I go through baby withdrawals if I'm not around him. I think that's because I'm so used to having him with me every minute of every day. It's nice to have a bit of a break now and then though.
Well, that's all our news for now. Hope you all are well. See ya soon.
Tuesday was a normal day, not much happened, we just kinda hung out. Chris stayed home while recovering from the dry sockets and we watched a lot of tv. Wednesday he was back at work, and Braxton and I had a normal day. However, Wednesday was also our 3rd anniversary, so we had a special dinner of wild lobster tails and steak.
Thursday and Friday were also normal. though we did have lunch with Wyatt on Friday, which was wonderful. He's doing great and it was really nice to see him. On Saturday we went and viewed 3 houses in our never ending search for a new place to live. I was getting really discouraged because it seemed like either every place was too expensive, didn't allow pets, already rented by the time I called, or nobody ever emailed me back. And when they did email back, it was a scam, they just wanted me to send them money. I was starting to really wonder if we'd EVER find a new place.
We got lucky on Saturday and actually found a place that we like. It's smaller than here, but not by too much. It's also a bit of a fixer upper, but we can deal with that. One nice thing about it is that it has an option to possibly buy it. So we filled out an application. Hopefully we'll get approved and I can stop searching.
Today we decided was our day to really celebrate our anniversary, so we had Anna babysit, and we went out to a movie and dinner. It was great! We saw Transformers 2, which rocked! It was awesome and we were so glad we went to see it.
Then we went to dinner at Olive Garden. Yummy as always. Though dessert was a Black Tie Mousse Cake thing that almost put me into sugar overload. LOL. It was yummy though.
Anna said that Braxton did fine, wouldn't eat much and only slept for 20 minutes, but wasn't too fussy. He was glad to see us and we were glad to see him too. I go through baby withdrawals if I'm not around him. I think that's because I'm so used to having him with me every minute of every day. It's nice to have a bit of a break now and then though.
Well, that's all our news for now. Hope you all are well. See ya soon.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
6 months!!
Well, Braxton is officially 6 months old today. It's crazy how time flies. He's so big now, though I don't know exactly how much he's grown yet. I will on Monday at his appointment. I'll post again after that so you all know how big he's getting.
I'm doing well, just hanging out and taking care of the family. Getting a little annoyed with the search for a new place. I haven't had much luck so far. All the places are either too expensive, don't allow pets, trashy, or the people never email me back. Chris keeps reminding me that we don't HAVE to move out of here by the end of July, cause our lease goes month to month, but I just don't think we can afford to keep living here anymore. I'm combing craigslist several times a day for both Provo/Orem and Salt Lake trying to find anything worthwhile. I've had a few leads, but like I said, people don't ever email me back. I'm keeping my fingers crossed though and hoping.
Chris is doing fairly well, he had his wisdom teeth extracted on Thursday, so he's still recovering from that. They gave him percocet, which makes him sleepy and groggy. He's recovering well though, except for some aches in the jaws. He's been working some long hours trying to get the website done, but they have finally gone back to normal. We're so glad.
Unfortunately, his grandpa Tom passed away on Wednesday night after a battle with cancer and pnuemonia. We're happy that he's not suffering and in pain anymore, but we'll miss him.
On a brighter note, we're planning a quick trip down south to see mom and all our friends down there over the 4th of July. We hope everyone will be around. I'd love to see all my school friends and show Braxton to them.
Then the next weekend Chris is going to go fishing with his dad. It'll be just Chris going because we're poor and can't afford 2 trips in a month for the whole family, so yeah, just Chris.
Well, I think that's everything for now but I'll post again on Monday after the appointment.
I'm doing well, just hanging out and taking care of the family. Getting a little annoyed with the search for a new place. I haven't had much luck so far. All the places are either too expensive, don't allow pets, trashy, or the people never email me back. Chris keeps reminding me that we don't HAVE to move out of here by the end of July, cause our lease goes month to month, but I just don't think we can afford to keep living here anymore. I'm combing craigslist several times a day for both Provo/Orem and Salt Lake trying to find anything worthwhile. I've had a few leads, but like I said, people don't ever email me back. I'm keeping my fingers crossed though and hoping.
Chris is doing fairly well, he had his wisdom teeth extracted on Thursday, so he's still recovering from that. They gave him percocet, which makes him sleepy and groggy. He's recovering well though, except for some aches in the jaws. He's been working some long hours trying to get the website done, but they have finally gone back to normal. We're so glad.
Unfortunately, his grandpa Tom passed away on Wednesday night after a battle with cancer and pnuemonia. We're happy that he's not suffering and in pain anymore, but we'll miss him.
On a brighter note, we're planning a quick trip down south to see mom and all our friends down there over the 4th of July. We hope everyone will be around. I'd love to see all my school friends and show Braxton to them.
Then the next weekend Chris is going to go fishing with his dad. It'll be just Chris going because we're poor and can't afford 2 trips in a month for the whole family, so yeah, just Chris.
Well, I think that's everything for now but I'll post again on Monday after the appointment.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sorry!
Hey all, I'm so sorry that it's taken me so long to update. We had some events going on that caused me to not have much free time. My birthday was great, I got the Twilight books from Anna, and some other books that I've wanted from Chris. He made dinner and homemade cookies as well. It was a really fun day.
Unfortunately right after that, we heard that his grandpa had gotten sick and was in the hospital, so we made an emergency trip up to Boise and spent some time with him. We were there for 5 days, and then we headed home. It was a hard trip, but we got to see everyone and Braxton did really well with all the traveling.
Then the week after that, Chris ended up working SO much to make up for missing the week before. He was getting up a 7 am to go in, and then getting home at 3 or 4 in the morning. He worked a whole week on a few hours of sleep a night. He ended up crashing pretty hard on Saturday.
The last few days he's been working a lot too because they are trying to get the website done. I've been doing a lot of parenting by myself, and I have to say...I did NOT sign up to be a single parent and I don't like it at all! I'll be glad when I can have my husband back and Braxton can have his father back.
Well, let's see, what else. Oh, Chris has a dentist appointment in mid july to FINALLY get those teeth fixed so that they will stop bothering him. We're looking forward to that. But before that, we've got Braxton's 6 month checkup and vaccinations. I know for a fact that he's over 17 lbs because I weigh him every week at the chiropractor. We've also got a fishing/visiting trip in the beginning of July. Chris is going fishing/camping with his dad and uncles and Braxton and I are going visiting in the city.
It will be great to see everyone. Then we'll be coming home and moving! I think I found a house today, we're gonna set up a time to go see it. But I feel really good about this house and I'm hoping we can make it work.
Anna is still living here, and will be for as long as she wants to. We're working on getting her into school full time since she just lost her job. She's wanted to go to school for years, but hasn't been in a situation that allowed her to until now. We're happy we can help her get there.
I think that's everything for now. I'll update again soon. Love ya!
Unfortunately right after that, we heard that his grandpa had gotten sick and was in the hospital, so we made an emergency trip up to Boise and spent some time with him. We were there for 5 days, and then we headed home. It was a hard trip, but we got to see everyone and Braxton did really well with all the traveling.
Then the week after that, Chris ended up working SO much to make up for missing the week before. He was getting up a 7 am to go in, and then getting home at 3 or 4 in the morning. He worked a whole week on a few hours of sleep a night. He ended up crashing pretty hard on Saturday.
The last few days he's been working a lot too because they are trying to get the website done. I've been doing a lot of parenting by myself, and I have to say...I did NOT sign up to be a single parent and I don't like it at all! I'll be glad when I can have my husband back and Braxton can have his father back.
Well, let's see, what else. Oh, Chris has a dentist appointment in mid july to FINALLY get those teeth fixed so that they will stop bothering him. We're looking forward to that. But before that, we've got Braxton's 6 month checkup and vaccinations. I know for a fact that he's over 17 lbs because I weigh him every week at the chiropractor. We've also got a fishing/visiting trip in the beginning of July. Chris is going fishing/camping with his dad and uncles and Braxton and I are going visiting in the city.
It will be great to see everyone. Then we'll be coming home and moving! I think I found a house today, we're gonna set up a time to go see it. But I feel really good about this house and I'm hoping we can make it work.
Anna is still living here, and will be for as long as she wants to. We're working on getting her into school full time since she just lost her job. She's wanted to go to school for years, but hasn't been in a situation that allowed her to until now. We're happy we can help her get there.
I think that's everything for now. I'll update again soon. Love ya!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Moving...again
Well, this one will be just a small update. Our lives have been pretty normal the last few days. Mom left the day before Mother's Day after a really great visit. Then on Mother's Day we pretty much just spent time as a family. Chris and Braxton got me a great card and made me a wonderful breakfast.
I'm looking forward to my birthday on Friday, it should be pretty fun.
This last week we've just been going about business as usual. Though I finally did something yesterday that I've been wanting to do for years, I made my hair curly. I'll post a pic when I get some taken. Other than that, the only news is that we're gonna have to move again because we can no longer pay rent at this place, it's just costing us too much. So we have to downsize a bit. We have no idea where we're moving to yet, but we know when. Our lease here is up at the end of July, so we'll be moving the first part of August.
That's all for now. Have a wonderful week!
I'm looking forward to my birthday on Friday, it should be pretty fun.
This last week we've just been going about business as usual. Though I finally did something yesterday that I've been wanting to do for years, I made my hair curly. I'll post a pic when I get some taken. Other than that, the only news is that we're gonna have to move again because we can no longer pay rent at this place, it's just costing us too much. So we have to downsize a bit. We have no idea where we're moving to yet, but we know when. Our lease here is up at the end of July, so we'll be moving the first part of August.
That's all for now. Have a wonderful week!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Swimming!!!!
Well, let's see, this last saturday, we helped Anna move in because she was having some roommate issues. So far, things are working out great. She works odd hours, so we don't see much of her during the week, but it's nice having someone else around. The rest of the week was pretty much normal. We saw Dr. Kristina on Monday and got adjusted. We started sweet potatoes, which he likes well enough, and avocado, which he also likes well enough. Bananas are still his favorite. We're gonna start carrots soon, then pears.
Yesterday my mom drove up and got to meet Braxton for the first time. We took him over to her hotel for a few minutes before bed last night. Well, today, Braxton and I went over there at 9 this morning and we spent the whole day with her. We started out at Wal-Mart, mom got Braxton some clothes, swim diapers and got me some pants.
We then drove into the city and went to South Towne Mall. We went to the Children's Place and bought Braxton a bunch of really great clothes. He had almost NO 6-9 month clothes, and what he did have were all more winter appropriate. So we bought him a bunch of summer clothes. 7 shirts, 3 pairs of shorts, a pair of pants, some overalls, a hat and some shoes. They are all really great and I'm glad that she did it.
After that we were all pretty tired, so we went back to the hotel where Braxton took a nap and we rested for a while. After his nap, we took him swimming for the first time. OH MY GOSH! He was SO excited. He kicked up a storm from the first second he was in the pool until he fell asleep in the car seat on the way home!
I laughed so much because he was trying his hardest to get out of grandma's arms and SWIM! We're gonna take him again tomorrow. But wow, did that tire him out, he fell asleep on the way home, and it's a 5 minute ride. Tomorrow should be another full day, we're going to see Dr. Kristina again, then mom, Braxton and I are going to do more shopping. Then some swimming.
Chris has been working some crazy hours and I'm hoping they will be over soon. He hopes so too.
Well, that's all for now, we hope everyone has a great weekend, a great Mother's Day and a wonderful week.
Yesterday my mom drove up and got to meet Braxton for the first time. We took him over to her hotel for a few minutes before bed last night. Well, today, Braxton and I went over there at 9 this morning and we spent the whole day with her. We started out at Wal-Mart, mom got Braxton some clothes, swim diapers and got me some pants.
We then drove into the city and went to South Towne Mall. We went to the Children's Place and bought Braxton a bunch of really great clothes. He had almost NO 6-9 month clothes, and what he did have were all more winter appropriate. So we bought him a bunch of summer clothes. 7 shirts, 3 pairs of shorts, a pair of pants, some overalls, a hat and some shoes. They are all really great and I'm glad that she did it.
After that we were all pretty tired, so we went back to the hotel where Braxton took a nap and we rested for a while. After his nap, we took him swimming for the first time. OH MY GOSH! He was SO excited. He kicked up a storm from the first second he was in the pool until he fell asleep in the car seat on the way home!
I laughed so much because he was trying his hardest to get out of grandma's arms and SWIM! We're gonna take him again tomorrow. But wow, did that tire him out, he fell asleep on the way home, and it's a 5 minute ride. Tomorrow should be another full day, we're going to see Dr. Kristina again, then mom, Braxton and I are going to do more shopping. Then some swimming.
Chris has been working some crazy hours and I'm hoping they will be over soon. He hopes so too.
Well, that's all for now, we hope everyone has a great weekend, a great Mother's Day and a wonderful week.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Bananas!
So far this week has been pretty normal, we went to the chiropractor on Monday morning and everyone got adjusted. We've seen a huge improvement in Chris over the last few months, his care has been the most intensive. But I'm also making good progress. The adjustments have helped Braxton so much as well. He's no longer spitting up except on very rare occasions. He's also much healthier and stronger because of the treatments.
We started mixing some banana in with Braxton's cereal at the beginning of the week and so far, he's loving it. He likes the cereal okay by itself, but loves it with the flavor in it. I can't say that I would like flavorless mush all that much myself. I've got some sweet potatoes, carrots and butternut squash all ready prepared and frozen for him. We'll start sweet potatoes next week after the 4 day rule is up for the bananas. He's adjusting to the solids very well and seems to look forward to his next feeding.
I've enjoyed watching him over the last week, he's growing so fast and getting very strong. He's still interested in sitting up all the time, but he still wobbles from side to side if he's not on my lap. He's also been talking a lot more, and has started squealing and growling along with the other sounds he makes.
I've been working my way through JAG (Judge Advocate General) on tv the last few days. I can't really read much anymore because if Braxton is awake, he's grabbing for the pages and if he's sleeping, it's generally sprawled out enough that I'm pretty much incapacitated by it. I'm lucky to be able to reach the couch which is right next to my chair.
I talked to my mom yesterday and she said that everything is going well for her, she's planning a trip up here to see Braxton and I around Mother's Day. That should be a lot of fun. Chris has some stuff planned for my birthday, which is the 15th of May, and I'm looking forward to that.
It looks like Anna will be moving in for a while as she's had a bit of a setback with her roommates. We told her to come and stay with us because she didn't really have anywhere else to go and we have an extra room. We're looking forward to having her here.
Chris is doing well, he's been working a lot. I guess they've been having some issues with their servers at work. So he's been putting in some extra hours trying to get it all resolved. We're hoping it will calm down a bit so that he can start up his martial arts classes again.
All in all it's been a pretty normal week, so I think I'm done now. I'll update again over the weekend. See ya!
We started mixing some banana in with Braxton's cereal at the beginning of the week and so far, he's loving it. He likes the cereal okay by itself, but loves it with the flavor in it. I can't say that I would like flavorless mush all that much myself. I've got some sweet potatoes, carrots and butternut squash all ready prepared and frozen for him. We'll start sweet potatoes next week after the 4 day rule is up for the bananas. He's adjusting to the solids very well and seems to look forward to his next feeding.
I've enjoyed watching him over the last week, he's growing so fast and getting very strong. He's still interested in sitting up all the time, but he still wobbles from side to side if he's not on my lap. He's also been talking a lot more, and has started squealing and growling along with the other sounds he makes.
I've been working my way through JAG (Judge Advocate General) on tv the last few days. I can't really read much anymore because if Braxton is awake, he's grabbing for the pages and if he's sleeping, it's generally sprawled out enough that I'm pretty much incapacitated by it. I'm lucky to be able to reach the couch which is right next to my chair.
I talked to my mom yesterday and she said that everything is going well for her, she's planning a trip up here to see Braxton and I around Mother's Day. That should be a lot of fun. Chris has some stuff planned for my birthday, which is the 15th of May, and I'm looking forward to that.
It looks like Anna will be moving in for a while as she's had a bit of a setback with her roommates. We told her to come and stay with us because she didn't really have anywhere else to go and we have an extra room. We're looking forward to having her here.
Chris is doing well, he's been working a lot. I guess they've been having some issues with their servers at work. So he's been putting in some extra hours trying to get it all resolved. We're hoping it will calm down a bit so that he can start up his martial arts classes again.
All in all it's been a pretty normal week, so I think I'm done now. I'll update again over the weekend. See ya!
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