Sickie

Elena is sick....she has had some congestion for a while now and the other night she just kept coughing so I thought I would stay home with her so she could get some more rest becuase lately we have had to wake her in the morning to get her ready to go to the sitter's and I hate having to do that! So yesterday I wasn't at work and she woke up at about 8ish and I think that helped a lot and we also got a humidifier. Later on in the day she had a really long nap and that was good, she seemed to feel a lot better in the afternoon. I hope it goes away soon though!

I was able to get some cleaning done so that was good too! (not so fun though)

Fun pic

This is a little random, but I'd like to start adding some pictures fo the other kiddos. This is Shannon, age 9, flying through the air after going down the slide. The kids had a blast swimming in my sister's pool in St. George.

Pictures

It finally happened! We had picture day for Elena last night and her appointment was at 5:20pm. It took forever to get in! By the time we got in Elena had already lost her silliness for the day. It went well anyway she was still pretty happy and the picture turned out so cute! They gave us another free 8 x 10 because we had to wait so long, so that was cool. Todd had to meet me there because I went there straight after getting Elena ready at the sitter's house so while we were waiting for the picture slide show to select our favorites Todd and Elena went home because we had no idea how much longer it would take (especially choosing our favorites). I ended leaving there at 7:35pm!

Well worth it though!

Now I just have to plan getting family pictures done! All six of us! I want to do them in February when Elena is a year old. That is going to be hard I think but fun.....I hope.

Long Break but not Long Enough

We had a good break! Thursday we just hung out, we wanted to go to McD's for breakfast and it was closed so we ended up going all over the place searching for somewhere to eat! We finally found a BK open in Spanish Fork just when we stopped looking. We ended up going there anyway....



We went to Kmart and Macy's (the grocery store) and bought a few items. Later on in the evening Todd and I went to Chuck-a-rama cuz we were starving and we left Elena with my parents. I had made arrangements with my parents to go shopping Friday morning...we decided that I would pick them up at around 3:30am.



I ended up going to bed Thursday night at about 12:00am because we were busy watching the lastest Die Hard movie and I wanted to finish it. I got up at 3:00am hurried and got dressed and ready to go (and no I did not do my makeup cuz I think it is just dumb when people do that, no one cares!) Todd and Elena stayed home and had their little day together. So I go over to my parents and see that the lights are all out except for downstairs so I go and knock on the door and sure enough they had slept in! They were all worried that I wouldn't get there on time, they felt silly. At least it didn't take them long to get ready.



First stop....Jc Penney's.....quite a few people there, grabbed a few things for Elena and Todd, afterwards we were off the Macy's and on the way there we stopped at IHOP to get some breakfast and it was a good thing my mom noticed it was open because there was hardly anyone there so we didn't have to wait forever. THEN we went to Macy's....again quite a few people but not too crazy. Bought some stuff for Elena and my niece and some stuff for myself and for Todd. Then we went to Mervyn's and man it was crazy there! A bunch of people all over the place making lines that never seemed to end. Again I got more stuff for Elena and one more item for myself, then we headed home.

I got home showed Todd all of the stuff I bought jumped in the shower and got all the last minute things ready for our trip to St. George. I was exhausted and fell asleep in the car!

We had a good time in St. George, we always do, we just weren't there for very long but still worth the trip!

Day Made!

Today I received beautiful roses from my sweet, sweet and loving husband! They are so beautiful!!! I totally wasn't expecting it!

I was having a sort of rough week I guess and had a bit of a melt down....

I will have to take a picture to show them off!

Didn't Happen

I am sad to say that yesterday's picture day did not happen....for one thing Elena was all sleepy AND I could not find all the accessories I needed for her. I was pretty upset about it but hopefully I can make another appointment soon.

Sorry to all those who were excited along with me!

Picture day!

Today is picture day for Elena! I love picture day (not for me though). She is going to wear these cute little over-alls that my sister bought and it has a little jacket, (all denim of course) and it has little pink and orange type flowers on it, so cute! I bought her a long sleeve half turtle neck type onsie for her to wear underneath. I think this time I can remember to take the stinkin' care bear! The photographer chick told me to coordinate with Elena so that I can be in a few picures with her so that she can feel at ease. I didn't plan on anything like that so I really don't have anything to wear. She did tell me that I don't have to buy any of those pictures anyway. I probably won't because I really don't think they will turn out that great with me in them....maybe I would think differently if I were skinnier.....oh well we will see how they turn out.

I know Elena will just look perfect!

Crawling!

Elena is crawling!!! She has been teasing us pretty much this whole month! Finally yesterday she decided to give us a show and started crawling with more little steps, by the end of the day she had mastered it. It is so cute to see her move around her big butt up in the air, so funny!

Thyroid

I have an appointment on the 21st to check out my thryroid and my doc told me to get my blood drawn a few days before the appointment so they could have it all ready. I decided to do it a whole week early just to be safe so I went on the 14th, the next day I get a call from the doc's office and the nurse told me they got the results and it showed that my thyroid is underactive, meaning I have Hypothyroidism (the one that makes you gain weight). So they put me on some medication to try and control it. When I had gone in the first time it was overactive (I was losing weight). Basically it is an experiment because when I go for my appointment on the 21st they are going to check it again to see how the medication is working and if it needs tweeking. So really it could be an up and down situation which doesn't sound fun.... :(

Anniversary!!

Yesterday was our anniversary!! (11/5) We went on a weekend getaway to Brian Head we had BaBy CaKeS with us but that was ok I thought she was way too small to be without us over night, so I guess it was more of a family getaway. We had a good time in the condo just relaxing and watching movies and of course eating a bunch of junk food.

Last night we went out to dinner (just the two of us) we went to Mcgrath's and it was delicious. My parents and my sister got us a present it was a sun wall ornament it is totally awesome. I've wanted to get something like that for a long time, we appreciate it very much!

We have been married for two years now and I am very happy that I am married to such a wonderful man! He means everything to me and I cannot imagine my life without him, he has done so much for me in the last 3 years that I cannot think he could possibly do more. I think of my life before I ever met him and I ask myself "how did I ever survive before he came into my life?" You know the saying "you don't know what you have until it is gone" ? Mine is "you don't know what you were missing until you have it".