Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
DISNEYWORLD
Well Brigham and I just got back from Orlando, Mikey stayed there for a "work" conference :) He played golf today and will play again tomorrow, then its off to work.
We left last Sunday, and boy was it an exciting flight!! Brigham hadn't flown for a while, and definitely not since he learned how to walk. He did not want to sit on our laps! But 4 hours later we made it! I love Orlando! We rented a condo through Joann's timeshare thing (which was awesome) It was 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a full kitchen! We were going to share it with Mikey's co-worker/friend and his 5 kids but they decided to get their own condo, which worked out great! The night we got there Brigham decided he didnt want to go to sleep til midnight!! I had to rock him to sleep! We have been so blessed to have him be such a good sleeper! I need to keep reminding myself that. We were planning on hitting Disneyworld the next day, but Brigham slept for 7 hours and was up!! He usually sleeps 12-13 hours. We relaxed around the condo, bought tickets, and bought him a pack and play. we figured he doesnt like hotel cribs :) Such a diva!
That night Trevor (coworker) and his family came over for dinner and swimming. We had a blast! The kids loved the pool! The next day we got up bright and early and headed to Magic Kingdom, which was probably my favorite of the parks. The kids were so excited, Brigham loved seeing all the parades and rides, and the adults had a great time too. I wasn't feeling very good so I usually stayed with Brigham while they went on rides, but I did get to ride Splash Mountain and Dumbo!! Oh and It's a Small World, thats a classic!
Tuesday we went to Universal Studios, mostly just for the Wizarding World Of Harry Potter. I'm not a huge fan but the town was awesome!! Went on a couple rides there and I was DONE!
After those 2 days with Trevor and his family we went our separate ways, we hit Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Epcot is awesome, but Hollywood Studios was kind of lame!
Friday we relaxed again, caught up on sleep and ate at the lake by the condo.
Saturday we went to Animal Kingdom! I was sure Brigham was going to love this one, we went on the Safari and what does he do? Falls asleep for the whole ride! Silly kid!
Sunday Brigham and I flew home, since the first flight was not very pleasant we decided to use one of our free flights and get Brigham a seat, he did SO much better! We had 2 flights and on both he took a nap and was a happy boy. We had a great week but we were both ready to get home! When we got home Brigham ran straight to his favorite toy, his new car! He just missed his toys.
Some other news...I found out about 2 weeks ago that I have hyperthyroidism. That explains the 40 pound weight loss, dizziness, heart pounding, muscle weakness, and fatigue. Thats the main reason I wasn't able to ride as any rides. They have me on all sorts of medication that has made my symptoms even worse. I go in to do a thyroid scan this Thursday to see where the problem is centrally located and from there they will be treating it with radioactive iodine! Sounds scary! I willl keep everyone posted on how the scan goes.
Mikey has the camera in Florida still so no pictures to upload :(
We left last Sunday, and boy was it an exciting flight!! Brigham hadn't flown for a while, and definitely not since he learned how to walk. He did not want to sit on our laps! But 4 hours later we made it! I love Orlando! We rented a condo through Joann's timeshare thing (which was awesome) It was 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a full kitchen! We were going to share it with Mikey's co-worker/friend and his 5 kids but they decided to get their own condo, which worked out great! The night we got there Brigham decided he didnt want to go to sleep til midnight!! I had to rock him to sleep! We have been so blessed to have him be such a good sleeper! I need to keep reminding myself that. We were planning on hitting Disneyworld the next day, but Brigham slept for 7 hours and was up!! He usually sleeps 12-13 hours. We relaxed around the condo, bought tickets, and bought him a pack and play. we figured he doesnt like hotel cribs :) Such a diva!
That night Trevor (coworker) and his family came over for dinner and swimming. We had a blast! The kids loved the pool! The next day we got up bright and early and headed to Magic Kingdom, which was probably my favorite of the parks. The kids were so excited, Brigham loved seeing all the parades and rides, and the adults had a great time too. I wasn't feeling very good so I usually stayed with Brigham while they went on rides, but I did get to ride Splash Mountain and Dumbo!! Oh and It's a Small World, thats a classic!
Tuesday we went to Universal Studios, mostly just for the Wizarding World Of Harry Potter. I'm not a huge fan but the town was awesome!! Went on a couple rides there and I was DONE!
After those 2 days with Trevor and his family we went our separate ways, we hit Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Epcot is awesome, but Hollywood Studios was kind of lame!
Friday we relaxed again, caught up on sleep and ate at the lake by the condo.
Saturday we went to Animal Kingdom! I was sure Brigham was going to love this one, we went on the Safari and what does he do? Falls asleep for the whole ride! Silly kid!
Sunday Brigham and I flew home, since the first flight was not very pleasant we decided to use one of our free flights and get Brigham a seat, he did SO much better! We had 2 flights and on both he took a nap and was a happy boy. We had a great week but we were both ready to get home! When we got home Brigham ran straight to his favorite toy, his new car! He just missed his toys.
Some other news...I found out about 2 weeks ago that I have hyperthyroidism. That explains the 40 pound weight loss, dizziness, heart pounding, muscle weakness, and fatigue. Thats the main reason I wasn't able to ride as any rides. They have me on all sorts of medication that has made my symptoms even worse. I go in to do a thyroid scan this Thursday to see where the problem is centrally located and from there they will be treating it with radioactive iodine! Sounds scary! I willl keep everyone posted on how the scan goes.
Mikey has the camera in Florida still so no pictures to upload :(
Monday, December 27, 2010
Brigham's first birthday and Christmas
We made it a whole year!! YAY! I can't believe how fast it went! Brig is such a cute little guy!! He learned how to say santa last week, just in time for Christmas. We had a pretty relaxed party for him, had him open presents, eat a cupcake and just hung out. He wasn't really into opening presents or eating the cupcake so I shoved some in his face :)
For Christmas we headed down to David's house in Phoenix and spent the night there with 2 of Mike's brothers. We had a great time! Dave has 2 dogs and James has 2 dogs, so Brigham was in HEAVEN!! He would sit on the ground and Dave's dogs would run by him and lick his face and Brigham would crack up!! It made me sooo nervous but he had a great time!
Brig got a few pairs of pajamas and a ton of toys!
Mikey got some new jeans, a shirt, some outdoor speakers, and some grill tools.
I got a down comforter, a kinect for the xbox, a puzzle (it's soooo hard!!), 2 purses, a wallet, and a book Mikey made of Brighams first year, it almost made me cry! I had to hold back the tears cuz I was around Mike's family :)
Wearing the dogs antlers
I shoved the cupcake in his face
Being a sissy
Laughing at grandpa
Yummy cupcakes
For Christmas we headed down to David's house in Phoenix and spent the night there with 2 of Mike's brothers. We had a great time! Dave has 2 dogs and James has 2 dogs, so Brigham was in HEAVEN!! He would sit on the ground and Dave's dogs would run by him and lick his face and Brigham would crack up!! It made me sooo nervous but he had a great time!
Brig got a few pairs of pajamas and a ton of toys!
Mikey got some new jeans, a shirt, some outdoor speakers, and some grill tools.
I got a down comforter, a kinect for the xbox, a puzzle (it's soooo hard!!), 2 purses, a wallet, and a book Mikey made of Brighams first year, it almost made me cry! I had to hold back the tears cuz I was around Mike's family :)
He is opening his Christmas Eve jammies
Wearing the dogs antlers
I shoved the cupcake in his face
Being a sissy
Laughing at grandpa
Yummy cupcakes
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
November
Well it's been a long time since I last posted, November was a crazy month for us. We celebrated our 3 year anniversary, I had a couple of procedures done, "someone" killed my car :) We bought a new truck, I went on my first vacation without Brigham, Brigham is getting 3 new teeth (1 molar by the way) right now, and he took 3 steps yesterday! He is growing up so fast! I can't believe he is almost 1!
The 18th I had wave lithotripsy done to get rid of a stupid kidney stone that wouldn't go away. Everything went well and I passed it easily and had very little pain.
The 30th was our 3 year anniversary, so we decided to go down to Phoenix and do a session at the Mesa temple. We dropped Brigham off at Pete and Angie's place and went to the temple. Of course he cried the whole time...sorry Ang! They even kept him overnight so we could enjoy a night in a hotel. We had a sweet hotel room, too bad we didn't stay there too long, I had to wake up at 4:00 the next morning to fly up to Portland. I got there, luckily I didn't die on the FREEZING plane! Sarah picked me up and took me to get Steve's car to drive to all my appts. I had a root canal done that afternoon and that went great! Steve recommended I go up there to a great endodontist and I am glad I did! He said my roots were so twisted it was going to be pretty difficult, but he did it and I feel great. The next day I had an appt with Mike's uncle who is a dentist to go over all the stuff I need to get done, I didn't know my teeth were that bad. :( After that I headed up to James and Lisa's house to help out with Lisa's Christmas show, she sells so many awesome things! I think she was getting sick of me finding things I liked and buying them (since they have to load them up and drive them to AZ for us) We bought an armoire, a table, a cute sign, and a little snowman decoration thing, he is soooo cute!! She did an awesome job and it was so fun to help out with the show. I had a rough time being away from Brigham, but it was definitely needed.
Brigham is sick right now, not sure if it's from teething or not, but he isnt sleeping very well and is not himself, although I still think he is the cutest thing in the world still.
Because I am so sick of getting kidney stones I have stopped drinking as much pop as I used to, and surprise surprise I have lost 26 pounds!!! WOW!!
Lisa's awesome truck, and beautiful daughter Mady!
Mike cooking our fantastic Thanksgiving dinner
Just chillin
Curly hair, and daddy was in the middle of cutting his hair so he has a mullet
Crazy hair
It's COLD!!
The 18th I had wave lithotripsy done to get rid of a stupid kidney stone that wouldn't go away. Everything went well and I passed it easily and had very little pain.
The 30th was our 3 year anniversary, so we decided to go down to Phoenix and do a session at the Mesa temple. We dropped Brigham off at Pete and Angie's place and went to the temple. Of course he cried the whole time...sorry Ang! They even kept him overnight so we could enjoy a night in a hotel. We had a sweet hotel room, too bad we didn't stay there too long, I had to wake up at 4:00 the next morning to fly up to Portland. I got there, luckily I didn't die on the FREEZING plane! Sarah picked me up and took me to get Steve's car to drive to all my appts. I had a root canal done that afternoon and that went great! Steve recommended I go up there to a great endodontist and I am glad I did! He said my roots were so twisted it was going to be pretty difficult, but he did it and I feel great. The next day I had an appt with Mike's uncle who is a dentist to go over all the stuff I need to get done, I didn't know my teeth were that bad. :( After that I headed up to James and Lisa's house to help out with Lisa's Christmas show, she sells so many awesome things! I think she was getting sick of me finding things I liked and buying them (since they have to load them up and drive them to AZ for us) We bought an armoire, a table, a cute sign, and a little snowman decoration thing, he is soooo cute!! She did an awesome job and it was so fun to help out with the show. I had a rough time being away from Brigham, but it was definitely needed.
Brigham is sick right now, not sure if it's from teething or not, but he isnt sleeping very well and is not himself, although I still think he is the cutest thing in the world still.
Because I am so sick of getting kidney stones I have stopped drinking as much pop as I used to, and surprise surprise I have lost 26 pounds!!! WOW!!
Lisa doing her thing! It was so crowded in there I could hardly walk.
Since I am so tall and strong :) she had me help get things down for people they couldn't reach or didnt want to break, I didn't break anything though, I was so sure I was going to.
Lisa's awesome truck, and beautiful daughter Mady!
Mike cooking our fantastic Thanksgiving dinner
Just chillin
Curly hair, and daddy was in the middle of cutting his hair so he has a mullet
Crazy hair
It's COLD!!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
I love my baby!
Today I watched Oprah, Marie Osmond was on there talking about her son who committed suicide earlier this year. I normally don't watch Oprah but wanted to see what Marie would say. I couldn't stop crying, and am crying right now as I write this. I don't know if it's because I have a son of my own or what but it really hit home. Having battled depression all my life, and more now than ever, I just know how it feels to get to the lowest point in life and I feel for their family. She said one thing that hit me hard and that was 'tell your kids they aren't a burden in your life' her son felt like he was a burden and wanted to get rid of that for her. I know I get frustrated with Brigham but I love him more than anything in this world and don't know what I would do if anything happened to him. I hope he doesn't ever have to go through depression like I do and hope he is a happy, healthy boy.
I know that we are given these trials to help us and if anything ever does happen to Brigham I know we are sealed and we will always be a family. I can't imagine going through life not knowing about eternal families and that you will see your loved ones when we die. I'm so grateful I have that knowledge.
Everybody please give your kids an extra hug tonight!
I know that we are given these trials to help us and if anything ever does happen to Brigham I know we are sealed and we will always be a family. I can't imagine going through life not knowing about eternal families and that you will see your loved ones when we die. I'm so grateful I have that knowledge.
Everybody please give your kids an extra hug tonight!
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