Perry Family

August

2011-09-01T20:27:00.024-06:00

It has been awhile. I can't go back to my last post and keep going. So I am just going to have to start with July.
Hannah and I both had our birthdays in July. Hannah loved every bit of her birthday.She got a bike that she loves to ride around. She was sad that her dad had to be gone for work. But she forgave him. Her birthday landed on the day they celebrated the 24th. She was so excited and thought it was just awesome that she got a parade, cake, a movie and fireworks on her birthday. She couldn't believe that everyone came to do a parade and fireworks just for her on her day. I remember thinking and being told that when I was little. Funny how it really is not for you. But she can think that as long as she wants.I was proud of the cake that I made for her birthday. I think it turned out so cute. Hannah also got a barbie for her birthday. Grandpa and uncle Luke seemed to really enjoy it. It is funny how much better a 4 year old is then a 3 year old. She has gotten much sweeter, and helps with everything. Now if only Rya could skip age 3. But she sure does love to cuddle. So that makes up for the times that she drives me crazy. We got to spend some time with friends and play in the pool outside. Which lead to our basement flooding. We went bowling with Perry's. Blair's sister came into town. The last time we saw her was when we brought Rya home from the hospital. The girls got to play with her little boy. They loved it. In July we also went to Mount Rushmore. It was a very pretty place.
AUGUST:
Blair is still gone a lot. We did have him home for two weeks. We saw Blair almost the whole month of August. It was really nice. In return for having him home for almost a month, He will be gone all the month of September. He was in Virgina in August. I took a week and went to see him. While I was in Virgina we got to spend some time with his sister who lives in Virgina. We also saw his cousins in Virgina. Blair's brother, Tyler is on a mission in Virgina. We had a dinner date with him. It was great to see everyone. I did find out that I will never move to Virgina or Washington D.C. If you are wondering why, it is because you have never been to either of the places.
While Blair was home for the two weeks we went swimming, went up to our families farm and spent time with family. It was a fast two weeks. Hannah cried when we dropped him off at the airport. We will all be so excited when the job is over in October.
We are a little worried with his job being over in October. Blair is not guaranteed a job back at Wells Fargo. He has to apply for a job. He has been applying and has gotten interviews. But no such luck. If you all could keep us in your prayers it would be great. With Blair not having a job in October we know we can not keep paying rent and bills with no income coming in. So we are moving to Blair's parents basement till he gets a job. We are so grateful to them for helping us out. I am left to pack and move again without Blair. We will be moving the middle of September.
SEPTEMBER:
August came and went and now it is September. I can not believe it. This year has just zoomed by so fast. Hannah started preschool this week. She loves it. She has only had two classes and already can tell you the days of the week. She is so ready and anxious to learn. She is so smart. I cried a little when I dropped her off for her first day. It was great and sad to see her start her life as a big girl. I remember when she was a newborn and I thought her going to preschool would be years down the road. It came so fast. It was really nice to have 2 1/2 hours with just Rya. But we loved having Hannah back home.
Hannah makes us laugh so much. She is so funny with her words. She refers to people as humans. We were driving home from Blair's parents house last week and she said...
Hannah: Mom did you see that?
Me: Nope, What was it?
Hannah: It was a human walking his cat.
I laughed so hard. It is so funny that she does that. She will be playing downstairs or around the house. I will ask her what she is doing. She will say she is pretending she is a human. I have to remind her that she is a human.
Here are some pictures of the months of July and August.

Spring

2011-03-10T12:27:00.007-07:00

I think I must have spring fever. I have had my heater off for 3 days now, and my windows have been open in my house. I am loving it. The girls are loving not having to be stuck in the house all the time. Today I have been going through all the rooms in the house and cleaning and organizing every closet and drawer. Hannah is right beside me helping.
I love the feel of the wind coming in the windows and the feel of a clean house, even if it wont stay clean or warm long.
It has been a long time from posting. I just have been getting on to see if anyone has blogged, but I have not been wanting to play catch up on mine.
We have put Hannah in preschool. She is loving it. She comes home and tells me what letters she has learned and what day of the week it is. It is a little sad to watch how fast she is growing up. She wants to be big so bad. She tells me all the time that she can do everything because she is a big girl. She is a big girl.
Rya is right along with her trying to do everything Hannah does. Rya is our dare devil. It is a little scary at times.
We have been swimming a lot. The girls love it. Hannah has been trying to learn to swim.
Blair is of course out of town. He will be home the DAY AFTER his birthday. But at least he will be home for 3 days. We all can not wait for this year to be over. We can't wait to see where Blair will get a job and where we will be moving and to have him home.
Here are some pictures to catch up.

Blair with the girls relaxing after swimming.
Blairs brother and sister that are standing next to me went on a mission. Taken family picture with them before Blair left and didn't see them for 2 years.

Making Valentine cookies:

Advent Calender

2010-12-03T13:06:00.002-07:00

I have been working on my Advent Calender for a year now. I finally got it finished right before thanksgiving. It took a lot of hand stitching. I love it and am so proud of it.

Cancer

2010-12-02T19:51:00.001-07:00

I have been following this blog of a little boy with cancer. It brakes my heart to read it. I hope you can all read it and pray for this little boy to get better and come home. His mom lost her husband a few years ago and now she is loosing her boy.
http://crystalandskyler.blogspot.com

Before and After

2010-11-17T14:20:00.003-07:00

I wanted to show everyone pictures of how well Blair is doing. I am so proud of him for loosing the weight. We are now going to the gym everyday and toning up. It feels great to work out everyday. Here are some before and after pictures of Blair. ENJOY!!!

Childrens Museum in Tennessee/ Hotel room fun

2010-11-16T14:18:00.008-07:00

When we first got to our hotel room in Tennessee the girls loved to play on the cart.
The girls also loved to play at the Children Museum. Here are some pictures.

Georgia Stone Mountain

2010-11-16T13:32:00.009-07:00

While we were in Georgia with Blair, we stopped at Stone Mountain. We loved it. It was so pretty to hike down.We hike down 1 1/2 miles. It was really steep, but the girls loved to climb down it. Hannah kept telling us she loves to hike.
We were also able to walk around a homestead. We were able to look in some of the houses they had. The girls got to pet some animals. Some of the houses and the slave cabins they say are haunted.

Georgia with Garret and Jocelyn

2010-11-16T13:03:00.008-07:00

Blair went to Georgia for work. We were able to go and play with Garret and Jocelyn for a day. The girls loved it. Here are some pictures.

New Chairs

2010-11-16T12:50:00.006-07:00

So these are my new chairs(kind of). They are about 2 months or so. But I have not posted them yet. I got them at a church garage sale, kind of. Everything was free. This is the before picture...

I took them outside and painted and covered them. I love them. They are great at my bar for the girls to sit at. This is the finished project.

I also got a princess table for the girls to sit on and play with. Hannah got a nightstand, and I got this great sofa table. I love it.

I think I got some great deals.

A message to every Mother

2010-08-30T20:31:00.003-06:00

It has been one of those days where, Kids wont take naps, Kids wont stop crying, Laundry needs to be done, The house is a mess, You don't feel good. Blair has been gone for 2 1/2 weeks and I am ready for his help at home. It has been really hard with him gone. He comes home Thursday and it will be nice to have him home for the help and home is not home without him.
But today has been so hard that I have been so stressed. I thought that getting them to bed would be so easy because they have not taken naps. Not the case. I got the feeling to get onto my friends blog and read what she had to say. This is the message I found... What a strength and a reminder to watch it. It helps push me that extra mile. Of course I cried all the way. It is still so hard but it is nice for the reminder that it is such a blessing to be my girls mother.

When your not looking

2010-08-19T11:58:00.009-06:00

I got in the shower at about 9 in the morning after I laid Rya down for a nap. I gave Hannah some crackers and sent her downstairs to watch a show so I could shower. I got out and didn't notice anything unusual. It was not till about 1 in the afternoon that I went down to her room and found a razor blade knife in her play tent. I looked at her tent and it is slashed all over. I was so mad and scared. Scared that she got into a cu bard and got the knife out, opened it up. I am grateful she didn't hurt herself. She could have been so hurt. I was so mad because she got that tent for her birthday and she loves it. She got in big trouble and got a big talking to.
I look at the tent now and I laugh about it. But yesterday it was not a funny matter. I found the tent after she came and told me she poohed in the sink. :(

2 weeks of crazy

2010-08-19T10:37:00.012-06:00

Blair was home for two weeks before he went back out again for his job. In those two weeks we had a crazy life.
First I cut my finger open and had to get 5 stitches. I was cutting watermelon. It was crazy. While that was healing we took Hannah into the doctor because she had a cough for about 3 months and it was not going away. well to find out, It was pneumonia. Not fun. We ended putting her on medicine for that. Then I cut myself 2 more times. Nothing bad. But still. I guess me and a knife are not friends for a while.
Then the big thing.... We went to our farm with my family. We were having a blast. We were going to go to the Rodeo and the horse pull. WE went to the hoarse pull and we had a blast. The bleachers do not have a front or a back to them and I was so scared something was going to happen. I kept getting that feeling that I really needed to watch my kids. Well we went back to the fair for the Rodeo. We showed up an hour early to get seats. Right before it started, Rya fell down the back of the bleachers about 15 feet and landed on Concrete. I heard Blair yell that she fell and he ran down the bleachers. I looked down and was so worried she might be dead. When I looked back down she was on her knees screaming and bleeding. I ran down to go get her. Blair had her in his arms and the security guys were with him. We ran her to the ambulance and they looked her over. They said with a fall that hard she needed to get her head checked out. We went in an ambulance to Roosevelt Hospital. They put an IV in her. They were so bad with that IV. She was bleeding out of her hand so bad. They looked at her chin and said he would need stitches but they were going to try to glue it first. They did an scan of her head and nothing showed any damage. They ended up gluing her chin back together. She hated anything anyone was doing to her. but I am so grateful that she is alive. She could have been hurt a lot worse. We went back to the farm and she crashed so hard. I said my prayers that night and told of how grateful I was to still have my baby. I got the strongest feeling that it was my Grandma Merkley who helped her get to the bottom with out getting hurt. I believe she cut her chin on the bench on her way down. But I don't think she fell. I thinks he was helped out. I can't tell you how scary it is to think that your child is dead and you can do nothing. To think that that morning everything was fine and then your child can go at any moment. It is a scary scary feeling. But I am so so grateful to have Rya still with us. She is an amazing little girl and I love her so much. We thought the next morning she would wake up sore and in pain. She woke up her normal happy self. We looked over her body and there were no scraps, cuts or bruises anywhere. She is a miracle baby.
The next day after we got back from the farm we had two sick kids. both of there fevers were running about 103.7. It was so bad that Hannah wouldn't move off our bed. She even threw up on our bad. Not something you love to clean up. We took them to the doctors and they said that Hannah pneumonia is gone and it is just a bug they have. They were fine the next day.
Blair can't believe that all that went down while he was home. I told him that we were just needing attention from him.

Sea World

2010-08-19T10:03:00.010-06:00

Blair was in Texas for work and he Flew me out to spend a week with him. It was so fun. It was nice to get away with no kids. We spend one day at a water park. It was a lot of fun. But I think we spent most of the time in lines then we did in actual water. But it was still fun.
The next day we went to Sea World. I love sea world. I love the animals. The dolvins are so cute. I got to touch a few of them. I also love the killer whale show. So much fun.
Texas is so hot and humid. It was so crazy to walk outside and to feel like you did not dry all the way off from getting out of the shower. Your skin got moist so fast.

Bear Lake

2010-08-19T09:57:00.004-06:00

Summer has just gone by so fast. IT seems like we have something going on every weekend.
We went to Bear Lake over Hannah birthday and it was a lot of fun. The girls had a blast playing with cousins and being able to play in the water and the John Deer. Here are some pictures of our time.

so long

2010-07-01T14:59:00.002-06:00

Sorry it has been a really long time. So much has been going on.
*I got surgery on my shoulder. It turns out it was a tumor. It has been a hard recovery. Very painful. I am not in Physical Therapy and doing pretty good. It still kills me to lift anything above 5 pounds. But the pain that was there before the surgery is gone. I am grateful for that.
*We went to Hawaii for a week. That was so much fun. While we were there we sold our Condo. Whaoo!!! It has been up for over a year. It is about time it sold.
* With us selling our condo we moved into my parents house till the end of August. After the end of August we will find a place to rent till the end of 2011. Blair will then be done traveling around and he can apply for a job anywhere in the united states. Wherever he gets a job that is where we will move to.
* Blair is loving his new job. He says he feels like he is always on a vacation. They treat him so well. It is hard with him gone. But it will open up so many doors for him.
* Hannah will be turning 3 this month. I can't believe I will have a 3 year old. What a road it has been. She is growing up so fast. She has such an amazing memory. I better get her learning so many things while she still wants to.
* Rya will be 2 in November. She is learning so much because she gets to watch Hannah all day.
* Blair has lost 100+ pounds. I have lost 38. It is nice to have us both looking better
Here are some pictures of things that have been taken recently.

Grateful

2010-05-01T10:26:00.002-06:00

What a week.
About a year ago I started getting this pain in my arm. It wouldn't go away. I just thought I was sleeping on it wrong. My arm would become weak and I would drop things that I was holding.
I finally gave in and went to the doctor. He said that I had bursitis in my shoulder. He said it was a pocket of fluid. I could either take some Tylenol for 4 months or I could get a cortisone shot. I hate needles. I picked the Tylenol. After 4 months my arm was worse. I was so scared to go in because I didn't want a shot. Finally in February I decided that any shot was better then the pain I was feeling.
I got the shot. It did not hurt at all. My arm felt great for two weeks. I was not feeling any more pain. After two weeks the pain started to come back just a little. The pain slowly came back that the pain is worse now then before the shot. I went in about two weeks ago. He said that he wanted to do a MRI because there was something the ultrasound was missing.
A few days after the MRI I went into the doctor to get the results. I thought I would go in and find we just need another shot.
I was watching Luke's kids that day. I had my two and Luke's. The doctor looked at me and said. Well I want you to stay calm. But I have good news and bad news. The pocket of fluid is gone. But it only revealed a tumor. I was kind of shocked. I was not expecting this at all. He said that it is covering my whole Rotator cuff. He said that he is not sure if it is cancer or not. He wanted to turn me over to a specialist. He said if it is we would need to look into chemo therapy. He said that no matter what I do need surgery because it is causing me pain.
I got put in with another doctor for that Thursday. I went in and he told me that he was not 100% sure it is cancer. He would like someone else to look at it. I got a call that afternoon saying the other doctor doesn't think it is cancer. So because they both don't think it is cancer they think I am in the clear. It is nice to know that it is not cancer. I am still a little worried that they will come back and say it is, just because they both are not 100% sure, only 90%.
Now I just have to figure out what do do about my arm. It is in so much pain. Last night I was in so much pain and wanted to drop things and curl up in a ball and cry. Medicine I take doesn't help. Everyday the pain seems to just get worse.
It will be nice to have my arm back to working order with no pain. If I have to go through surgery to get my arm to be like that it is worth it.
I want to thank everyone for their concerns and prayers. It is nice to know that you have family you cares and loves you.

Grandpa and Grandma Merkley

2010-02-26T20:33:00.004-07:00

Tonight as I sat on my couch in silence. I started thinking about how much I miss my Grandparents. They were the best. I have been sitting her thinking about all the memories I have with them. I remember times that we have cried together, sang together, laughed together, prayed together and even smiled together. I have had some great spiritual moments with my grandma before her death and even after.
I remember a time lying in bed with my grandma and her telling me of how it is going to be the new year and what that means.
I remember watching grandma get ready for the mornings, I would rock in her chair that was in her small room and we would just talk.
Grandma and I would wade in the water, while Grandpa and my brothers would go fishing.
I remember my grandma always singing me to sleep senging "Whenever I hear a song of a bird, or look at the blue blue sky." You know the song that I am talking about.
I remember my grandma always making sure that her grand kids were taken care of.
I really remember the songs that grandma would sing driving in the car. She always had junior mints in her glove box. Whenever we saw that lake I knew we were almost to Grandmas. She would get mad at me when I would go slip and sliding her her green tub in her hall bathroom. I would always make such a mess.
She even told me that eating my fingernails would make me grow fingernails in my stomach.
Most of all I will never forget her sweet spirit the night she died and the day I went through the temple.
I love my grandma.

I love my grandpa. I have a little more memory of him. He was around a while longer. He reminds me so much of my dad. When you look at my dad you can see a lot of my grandpa. My dad needs to be a little bit bigger, But like father like son.
I remember the many times he told us to be careful on the four wheelers. I also remember the many times we got in trouble for walking back to the house because the four wheeler was stuck (Daniel) :).
My grandpa also always had treats in his trucks. We would always get in his truck and eat what he had.
I remember the rides we would get riding in his tractor with him.
I always loved the smell when you pulled up to the house and opened that door. You could smell the cows. I still love that smell.
Every time we would leave to go home, We would stop by the barn to say goodbye to grandpa. He would give us some milk and we would be on our way.
All the grand kids loved to go down to the barn and watch grandpa milk the cows. We would have to be so quite as to not scare them while they were eating. We would have to duck behind the wall and wait for the cows to leave before we could come out.
I wont forget that Grandpa always called me Little Ann. I think I only heard him call me Chelsie once. I loved to be called that. I still love to hear it because it reminds me of him.

I started to think of all these things. I then remembered I have a DVD of my grandpa. I quickly found it and watched it. I cried and laughed. I wish I could copy some of those pictures onto here. But I am not that smart.

I loved them both so much. I love that we all can be together again. I can't wait till that day.

Never....

2010-01-29T14:37:00.003-07:00

You should never take your daughter to the bathroom while you are on your phone.

Hannah was screaming at me, she had to go to the bathroom. I go in with my phone between my shoulder and my ear. lean over to pull down her paints and my phone drops in the toilet. I hurry and pull it out. I am checking my phone over and my girls saw me stick my hand in the toilet so they start playing in the toilet, Not cool. I get Hannah and Rya's hands washed off. I check my phone and the battery is still dry. I pull out my blow dryer and I dry everything else. It is now working fine.
So never ever talk on our phone while your next to a toilet. And Don't let your kids see you stick your hand in the toilet. What a wonderful start to a Friday. :)

On a up note. It is really good to know that I am listening to that still small voice. I thought I lost something that was making me so sick. I was just sitting in my car when that little voice told me it was in the garbage that was just thrown into the dumpster. I went home and leaned over the dumpster and pulled out my trash bag. I open up the bag to see that the thing I lost sitting right on top of all my trash. I am so thankful for the Lord and his willingness to help us all.

Hair cut

2010-01-14T12:43:00.005-07:00

When Hannah was born she only had a little hair across her neck. Well when her hair grew in it looked like a mullet. Nothing was even. Finally yesterday we took her to get her hair cut at cookie cutters. They did a great job. I don't know why I didn't do it sooner. Thank you Robyn for telling me I should cut it.
Well this is our beautiful Hannah now.

Prayers

2010-01-14T08:20:00.002-07:00

I went to put Hannah to bed last night. We usually say prayer before she climbs into bed. I was in a hurry to get her to bed that I forgot. Hannah knelt down on her own by her bed and started to pray. She started rambling and then said. Please Noah, Please Papa, Please Babush (Grandma). Then she started rambling again and said Amen.
She is getting so big. I can't believe she can now say prayers. It was the sweetest thing. I love you Hannah
Hannah calls grandma Babush. In Russia it is really Babushka. But she can't say the ka part. So it just comes out Babush. My mom hates it.

Sacrement meeting

2010-01-13T13:05:00.001-07:00

Hannah decided that during Sacrament meeting she needed to go to the bathroom. Blair took her out. About 5 minutes later Hannah comes running into the chapel and yells "MOM, I WENT POOH" I thought I was going to die. Everyone in our ward now knows that Hannah went pooh. Kids have no problem saying what they want.

Uncles

2010-01-13T08:13:00.003-07:00

I think Hannah has been spending way too much time with her Uncles. Hannah has no learned to pull her pants down past her bear bum and moon people. She walks around the house and will just turn around and moon you. WHAT!!! I can't believe she knows how to do this. The first time she did it we thought she didn't know what she was doing. But after about the 5th. she for sure knows what is going on. Time to put a stop to it.
Aren't Uncles great? :(

Lonely Shoe

2010-01-13T08:10:00.002-07:00

Don't you hate when you have lost one shoe? I no longer have a pair. Hannah was being babysat by my cousins and she fell asleep. I thought it would be easier to just carry her inside. I didn't bother putting her shoes on. I think somewhere from the car to our house I dropped a shoe. I have no clue where it is. I think someone picked it up. Hannah is now stuck wearing her Sunday shoes. She loves it. I have not gone to buy her another pair in hopes that the shoe will still show up.

Potty trained

2009-12-03T08:34:00.003-07:00

I just have to let everyone know. After 3 1/2 months of potty training. Hannah has finally got it down. Hannah has been in only panties and no pull-ups for 2 weeks. She hasn’t had a single accident. Hannah even stays dry during naps and all night. She is so awesome. She will tell me when she needs to go, pull down her pants, and run in the bathroom and go.
I think Rya will be picking it up so much sooner then Hannah did. Rya will already follow Hannah into the bathroom and sit on Hannah’s little toilet while Hannah is on the big toilet.
Hannah we are so proud of you. You are growing up.

MOM LET ME IN :(

2009-11-24T10:40:00.011-07:00

When you become a mom you lose all hope of privacy. When I take a shower, both girls are always coming in, opening the curtain and leaving the door wide open. It makes for a fast, cold shower.
When Blair is home I lock the bedroom door so they can't come in while I am in the shower. It is nice to just be able to relax and enjoy being in the shower. I always wondered how the girls react to not being able to get in. well now I know.

Christmas!!!

2009-11-18T08:59:00.002-07:00

I can't believe Christmas is almost here. I am so excited. I know I need to wait for Thanksgiving to pass. But I want to put up Christmas stuff. I love Thanksgiving. But Christmas has such a wonderful spirit. Everyone seems nicer and they all have the Christmas spirit. I love the smell that is in the air. I love when it just snows and everything is white. I love the feeling that everyone should carry all year round.
Every year, the day after Thanksgiving, Blair's family goes up to the mountains and cuts down a Christmas tree. It will be so fun to take both girls this year. Last year I was not able to go. I just had Rya. Hannah went without us and had a blast.
We might have to decorate the tree from the middle, up. Rya loves to get into everything. We will see how she does. She wont go near it once one of the needles pokes her.
I am also making a cute advent calendar for Christmas. I will post my creation when I am done. It is looking so cute, I am so excited. It is taking a lot of work, but it is so fun to do. Everyone should make one.

Almost a year

2009-11-18T08:53:00.002-07:00

Rya will be a year ont he 25th of November. I can't believe it. She is walking. She started when she was 11 months. She loves it. She is walking more and more and not crawling.
She is always all over the place. She is into everything, and always puts things in her mouth. She is a very happy girl. She is always smiling.
Rya loves her dad. Whenever he comes home from work Rya will loose interest in everyone, and anything she is doing. She will want him to hold her and cuddle her. Rya can sit on Blair's lap the rest of the night and be as happy as can be.
Rya loves her bath's. She tries so hard to jump in,while she is watching me fill up the tub.
Rya has 8 teeth with one more coming in. She is getting so big. She loves to say mom, dad, duck.
Rya loves Hannah. As soon as Hannah wakes up for the morning, Rya's face lights up and she is off to play with Hannah. They play all day together. Sometimes Hannah is a little rough. But Rya will just laugh when Hannah is sitting on her head or rolling over on top of her. We remind Hannah to be nice.
Hannah is also such a good little mom. She will help me out with Rya whenever I need it. She tried to pick Rya up all the time.
they are such great friends.

Halloween

2009-11-18T08:36:00.005-07:00

I know it is a little late to post pictures of Halloween. We got a new camera but I don’t know how to load pictures, so I have to wait for Blair to do it.

Hannah loved Halloween. At first she didn’t understand why we had to dress up. After we started going from door to door and getting candy she was in heaven. She thought it was the greatest thing in the world that people were giving her candy. Hannah would run up to the door, say “Trick or Treat”, grab a handful or two of candy, say thank you and run back down. She would run towards Blair yelling, “Treat, Treat!!!!!” Then she was off to the next house. After a while she got tired of walking and her bucket was getting too heavy for her to carry. We went back to Grandma’s house and she dumped out the candy on the floor and started going through it all. She would have eaten the whole bag that night if we had let her. While at Grandma’s house, Hannah had to make sure she opened the door every time the door bell rang. (So did I. I love to see the kids in their cute costumes.)

Rya spent the night trick or treating from the stroller. She didn’t enjoy Halloween as much as Hannah did but there is next year. Both Hannah and Rya were dressed up as Hula dancers. Hannah already can’t wait to go next year. She still has candy left over but we use them as potty training treats.

Pampered Chef

2009-10-17T10:34:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone. I am having a Pampered chef party on, October 24th and 1:00. It is at my parents house. I would love to have anyone that wants to come to come. If you are not sure where my parents live you can email me and I can give you the address or you can call me. I really hope people will come have some fun.

Real Fast

2009-10-13T08:25:00.002-06:00

I don't know how my days and weeks fly by so fast.
I know I have been slacking in blogging. I have not really been interested in it. By the time I can actually sit down and blog, it is the last thing I want to do.
Hannah is getting to big. Everyday she is saying more and more words. She talks non-stop. She is such a girl. We can never leave the house without a baby. She is always walking around the house in my shoes and a purse over her shoulder. If I am putting on make-up, Hannah is right by me doing the same. Potty training is going ok. Some days she is potty trained, and sometimes she is not. she goes on her own time and you can't tell her otherwise.
Rya is also growing so fast. Rya loves Hannah so much. Whenever Hannah is sleeping she is never happy. She crawls to the room and knocks on the door until Hannah wakes up. She lights up every time she sees Hannah. Rya wants to walk so bad. She now stands on her own. She has taken one step. Rya also loves to copycat everything Hannah does. She follows Hannah around the house all day. Hannah is such a great little mommy. But sometimes Hannah can also be so mean to Rya. I am excited to see them grow up and be best friends.
Blair got a job as a service manager. He loves it. It is so nice to have him moved up in his job. Blair says it is a little weird that now he is the boss.
As for me nothing as been going on. I take care of two kids and love it. It is hard work but I wouldn't ask for anything else. This morning I was getting dinner into a crock pot and I was slicing a onion. I sliced the tip of my finger off. It is sore and is bleeding really bad. That is the highlight of my life. I have been thinking that with winter coming my kids can't go outside as much. It would be fun to get a group of friends together and once a week do a play date and someones house. If anyone is interested and lives close by. Let me know.
We have our house up for sale again. I hope this time it can sell. It would be so nice to get into a bigger place with more room for everyone. If you know of any one that is looking for a Condo that has granite throughout and tile floors. Everything is 2 years old. Let me know.

No AC

2009-08-25T07:48:00.003-06:00

It has been a long time. We didn't have our computer for about 1 month. After we got our computer back our A/C went out. It was so hot in our little place that we could no longer live at home. We moved to Perry's. After a few days of living at Perry's, the girls and I went to the farm with my family. We had a lot of fun. We were able to see Jesse who came in from New York. WE went boating, to the Rodeo and a horse pull.
After the Farm we went back to live at Perry's. A week later we went to the Perry's Cabin at Bear Lake. We were at the cabin for 5 days. We had a lot of fun. I drove up with Blair's sisters, Nancy and Kath. I also took my girls as well as Liberty, Hannah's cousin. Bear Lake is a 2 1/2 hour drive. It took us 5 hours with all of the pit stops we had to make. When we stopped for Liberty we had to stop for Rya also.
We went Boating and just had fun at Bear Lake. It was not very warm. It never got warmer than 70. Friday night we had a really big storm. Blair and his brother went to go take the boat out of the water. They were in waves with 10 to 12 foot swells. If you don't believe me Blair will tell you all about it.
Before we headed up to go boating Hannah ran a fever of 103.7. We took her to the doctor. She had two ear infections. It was so sad to watch her just lay and do nothing all day. After her ear infection went away she got 5 canker sores in her mouth. She screamed every time she would eat or drink anything.
After Bear Lake we were finally able to go home. My uncle Cameron got us a great deal on an A/C unit. I cannot thank him enough. It is nice to be home and to get back in a routine of things. I don't want to vacation for a while.
While we were gone Rya got 2 more teeth. She now has 4. She also started crawling. She moves all over the place. She is standing up and walking along furniture. Hannah is not liking that she can move. She thinks that now she can beat up on her and push her over. She tries to ride her like a horse. Hannah has been getting a lot of time outs.
Saturday I started potty training Hannah. she is doing really well. She is loving it. She will come to me and tell me she has to go. We have only had 2 accidents since Saturday. Hopefully she keeps it up. I will have to post pictures of our time away from home.
I also forgot. At the farm we picked some Apricots. I have been able to make homemade freezer Jam and some fruit leather. The girls love the fruit leather.

Long post

2009-07-06T10:13:00.012-06:00

I know that I have not blogged in so long. It has just been so crazy. Hannah keeps getting bigger and bigger. She is starting to talk in sentences. It is amazing the things she understands. she has learned to jump and have both her feet leave the ground. She is loving it. She also has such curly curly hair. I love doing her hair because it is so cute when it gets done. She loved the fireworks. We had Fireworks at my parents on July 3rd. She loved watching Garret dance around with them. On July 4th we went boating and had a blast. Hannah was so worried when the person skiing would fall down. She wanted to know if they were safe and where they were at all times. It was a long weekend and they were always so tired.
Hannah has found how great crayons are. While I was cooking dinner she took a crayon and colored on every door and wall. I love the Mr. clean magic erase sponge. It took it right off. She also had fun one day coloring all over my legs with a pen. It kept her busy so that is all that matters. I still can't believe she will be two on the 22nd. She is so big. I tried potty training a few weeks ago and she loved it for the first 5 times she went. She now wont go near it. Hopefully she wants to start again soon.
I was doing my hair one morning and I turned off the blow dryer and heard silence. I went into the family room to find that she poured her conditioner all over the family room carpet. She also took her bubble bath and poured about 2 cups all over the bathroom floor. It turned out to be a really really bubbly bath.
Hannah has a hard time going to bed. She will start at 8 and keeps coming out as soon as I shut the door. She finally goes to sleep between 10 and 11. It makes for really long days. I love this girl. even though it is hard work. She is such a joy. She loves life and loves her sister and her parents. We love her hugs and kisses.
Rya is also getting so big. She has two teeth. She is working on another one. I am thinking I will be done with nursing soon. She is starting to bit. She is always smiling at everyone she sees. She just had two really bad ear infections. It was not fun. She had a temperature one night of 102.9. It was a little scary. I was up all night with her trying to comfort her. She has also starting to sit up. It is great to sit her on the floor and just have her play. If she wants to get to the other side of the room she will just fall over and start rolling everywhere. Hopefully she will be crawling soon. AS soon as she does, Hannah will be all over her. Rya loves to wave at people. She gives the best kisses.
The 4th was my birthday and we had a blast. We went boating and had a BBQ and do smores. The next day we went to Blair's parents to celebrate. It was a great weekend.
Here are all the pictures that have been taken.

Hannah trying to put on a swim diaper. She loves swimming.
Hannah and Carl going swimming on a hot day.

Hannah and Rya love bath time. Rya is always all smiles

The girls love to play with daddy.
Hannah thought it would be fun to draw on our legs. We had to get pictures of her art work.
Hannah had to have Rya laying on her while she watched barney
I made this hooded towel. If you know of anyone who wants one please let me know. I am making them and selling them. I love how big they are.
This is how I get dinner done and keep my house clean at the same time.

After I got out of the shower this is how I found Hannah. She got the chips out of the closet and climbed on the couch and relaxed while she ate and watched a cartoon.

Carl and Hannah love to play with each other.
Rya trying a Eclair. I think she loved it.

This is Blair trying to be pretty. He will kill me when he sees I put this picture up.
After a day of swimming I put Rya in the bathtub and she was falling asleep. This is her on the changing table asleep. I love when babies sleep. They are so cute.
I just love this picture of Rya.
She loved to be carried around in this while I put the laundry away.

Family

2009-05-18T09:29:00.006-06:00

Rya is always smiling. She never stopps. She is such a happy happy baby.
This is how we found Hannah sleeping. Such a silly girl.
Hannah loves the slides. Everytime we go to the park it is the only thing she wants to do.
Rya loves her daddy. Rya will just stare at him until he looks at her. As so as he does she will let out a big smile.
Hannah loves to get in the Rya's crib.
Hannah loves her picture taken.

Rya is no longer in therapy. Her head is looking great. She can move from side to side. The therapist said it was keeping her from sitting up and rolling over. Now that she is perfect hopefully she will now be able to roll and sit. I was looking in Hannah baby book. When she was 5 months old she was rolling over both ways, sitting up and she got her first tooth. Rya is doing none of those. She is teething. We will see if a tooth comes soon.
My mother-in-law watched my girls two weeks ago. It was so great because she got Rya to sleep on her stomach. Rya now sleeps amazing. She goes down great and I am getting more sleep at night. Thank you Sue. She knows what she is doing. She had 8 kids.
Blair applied for a service manager job last week. We will find out this week if he gets it. We are really praying he does. It would be great to finally see a close to his second job.
Blair and I are hoping to be taking a trip with his brothers family. We are hoping to go to Hawaii. We love being with his brothers family. They have two BEAUTIFUL girls. The youngest if Hannah age. It will be great for Cousins to play together. We wish to do lots more things with them.
Hannah is into everything. You can tell she is turning 2 soon. She climbs onto everything. I wonder how she got on that or in that. Then I wonder how she will get down. She has no fear. She will find a way. She jumped off the changing table and was fine. Now it is a daily thing to climb into Rya's crib and then up on the changing table and jump down. I am sure I will be in the hospital getting her stitches before long. I hope not. Hannah takes after her dad with the climbing. Blair did that a lot when he was a little kid. He now has scars to prove it.
I can understand everything Hannah says now. It is nice to be able to know what she is saying. She talks non stop. She is doing great with her vocabulary. Hannah was interested in the potty a month ago. now she wants nothing to do with it. Hopefully soon. Hannah loves her sister. she has to show her off to everyone everywhere we go. She is such a great mom. no one can get Rya to laugh like Hannah does. I will have to post a video soon.
As for me, I think my shingles are pretty much gone. It still hurts a little bit.
I have been running morning for 3 weeks now with my sister Rondi. It has been so nice. It is nice to get to know her more. We run 1.2 miles. We both push one of the girls. Hopefully I will be able to see the pregnant fat drop off my body.

Bad Luck

2009-04-29T08:41:00.009-06:00

Last week I had a itch on my back. I went to scratch it and it was in so much pain. I looked in the mirror and didn't see anything. I just figured it was a zit or something starting to happen. I noticed that when I wore clothes it would just kill when it rubbed it. Two days later, I looked in the mirror again. This time there were a bunch of red dots around an old chickenpox scar. My first thought was, it think it might be Shingles. I didn't want to go to the doctor and have it be a bug bite. So I went to my aunt. She is a nurse. She is just as good as any doctor.
My aunt Debbie told me it looked like Shingles. I went to the doctor, she was right. It is Shingles. Blair looked up on the internet and found that only .01% of people my age get Shingles. I guess I am lucky. :) I started taking medication for it that night. At around 10:00 p.m. All of a sudden I felt so sick. I thought it might be just the medication doing funny things. I went to bed. I woke up not being able to move. I told Blair he had to stay home and take care of all of us. I couldn't pick up our kids. I felt better the next day, but I think I over did it. The next day I felt so sick again. I decided to go to the doctor. I then found out I have Strep Throat. How did I get so lucky to get Shingles and Strep in the same week? I am now feeling like myself. What a bad week. :(

We have been up to so much lately. Well not really. It is nice to have some warmth. We have been to the park, foo0000tball games. Monday we went swimming. It was so much fun. Hannah and Rya loved going. Rya kept kicking her feet and splashing her hands in the pool. She loved the water. Hannah couldn't get enough. She would keep jumping off the side into Blair's arms. Even though her lips were purple and she had goose bumbs all over, she didn't want to go home. We will have to go back soon.

Our Easter was great. Hannah woke up to find the Easter Bunny left candy all over the floor. It was so cute to watch her walk out and see it. She fell to her knees and started shoveling candy into her mouth. We have her on video saying "JACKPOT". I don't know where she picked that word up. We have never heard her say it again. But it was very funny.

Rya is getting so big. She still will not sleep all night. She wakes up about every hour or two hours. I have tried to just let her cry herself back to sleep but she is stubborn. She cried for two hours. When I finally gave up and picked her up she was out. Maybe she is still too little. What do you think? Rya is always happy and smiley. She can almost roll over. She is so chubby, I love it. Hannah and Rya love each other so much. They are always smiling and laughing at each other. Rya takes a lot of beating and still loves her big sister.

Hannah is also getting so big. I can't believe how tall she is. She is saying so many words. I can pretty much understand everything she says. She loves to say the words stuck and NO. Oh yeah and mom. I have learned to hate the word mom. She loves to say NO to everything. She can't count to three. I will start counting to three before she gets in trouble. She will start counting with me. I just start laughing. For a while she was so interested in going potty in the toilet. She has given that up. We will try again soon.

Here are some pictures we have taken.

WONDERFUL MOTHER

2009-04-19T23:36:00.003-06:00

I know everyone is used to Chelsie writing the blogs but I (Blair) am writing this to refresh everyone's memory of wonderful Chelsie is. We have been married just over 2 1/2 years. In that time we have had two beautiful girls which Chelsie is wonderful enough to stay home and take care of. Time after time when someone has watched Hannah or spent time at home, church, or just playing around they mention how active Hannah is and how full of energy she is and that she just gets into everything. Chelsie is not only able to watch Hannah and make sure she has what she needs but she also takes care of Rya and keep our home in working order.
There are occasions when I come home from work and the front room and kitchen have toys all over them and it looks like a hurricane. All Chelsie can say is that she cleaned up earlier in the day but as soon as it was clean Hannah tore things up all over again. All I can say about that is I believe her 100 percent. I have been home trying to straiten up the house while Hannah is awake and it is like trying to clean all the dirt off the ground while camping in the Uintas.
Chelsie is wonderful to be so diligent in keeping the house clean despite the previously mentioned obstacle named Hannah. She constantly amazes me with the amount of energy she has. I can tell the girls love her so much. Hannah always wants her mommy to have fun with. I love coming home from work for a few reasons. One reason to love coming home is that means I am not working or at school which is always a plus. That is definitely not the most important reason. The three most important reasons are Chelsie, Hannah and Rya. I love coming home and playing with Hannah and making her laugh. I love coming home and watching Rya smile and listen to her wonderful noises. And last but not least I love coming home to see my lovely wife and to see the look of relief on her face because someone is there to give her a little break from Hannah's seemingly never ending supply of energy.
I LOVE MY WIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fab Five Fun

2009-04-06T09:19:00.001-06:00

Fab Five Fun!

The first FIVE people to respond to this post will get something, handmade or homemade, from me! However there are some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.

2- What I create will be just for you.

3- It will be done sometime within a year from now.

4- You have no clue what it's going to be

5-I have to know you so that I can customize the gift!

The catch is if you choose to do this, you must post this on your blog and be ready to make something for five people too. This will be fun! When you receive the fabulous item I make you, you must post a picture of it on your blog!

been so long

2009-03-25T22:13:00.006-06:00

I know it has been awhile. I just have not been wanting to blog. I don't ever get comments so it is hard to know if people really look at it. My brother Jesse told me I need to post some pictures for him. So Jesse this is for you. We love and miss you.

Hannah loves her sister so much.

Hannah nursing her baby after getting a bath. That is why she has no clothes on yet.

Hannah loves to pose. She thought it was funny to sit in my old barbie jeep.

I love Rya's smile. She smiles with her eyes. Blair also smiles with his eyes. I love this girl

Hannah loves to sit or use everything that is Rya's. I find her in the swing a lot. Hannah will get upset if Rya is in it and not her.
I came out one morning from getting ready for the day. I found Hannah sitting on the floor with a pile of Cheerios and a big spoon. she was getting it off the floor. She just had breakfast ten minutes before this. She makes me laugh.

Every time Hannah takes a bath she finds anything that is around the tub she can pull into the tub with her. This is a towel that I kneel on to give her a bath. When I find the garbage can in the tub I know we will need to have a talk. I am very proud of her. She went in the potty in her potty chair the other day. We are so proud of her. Hannah got a lot of hugs and kisses and a treat. She is growing up so fast.

What a silly smile. I can't get a enough of her. She keeps my life active. She is hard work but so worth it.

Perry Look-alike Meter

2009-02-14T10:09:00.001-07:00

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2009-02-14T10:00:00.001-07:00

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Turning into a big girl

2009-02-10T13:13:00.003-07:00

Hannah has been wanting to be a big girl and do everything herself, so yesterday we took down her crib and changed it into a toddler bed. She was loving it all day. Hannah would climb up and read her books in bed. When it came down for bed she did great. We put her to bed at 8. She went right to sleep. At about 9:30 Blair hears her open the door and walk down the hall carrying her blanket. Blair picked her back up and put her back to bed. This went on till about 10:00. After that, Hannah started just playing in her room. Blair would go back in and put her to bed. We finally got the video tape and recorded her climbing out of bed and going to play. I will have to have Blair put it on tonight when he gets home. Hannah finally went to sleep at 11:30. She again woke up at 1 and came to my room calling my name. I got out of bed and rocked her and told her to be a big girl and go to sleep. She went to sleep till about 7. She woke up crying and still tired. Blair put her back to bed and we didn't hear anything from her. When we went in at 8 she was playing with toys. One day she will get this.
Hannah is now trying to take a nap. I keep going in to put her back to bed. We are going on a hour of trying. When she can get the sleeping in bed we will work on potty training. Wish me luck. If anyone has any advice I would love to hear it.

Rya's Blessing

2009-01-23T14:22:00.002-07:00

The day Rya got blessed we never pulled the camera out. Two weeks after the blessing we got home from church and put Rya back in her dress. Here are the pictures. The blessing was so great. Blair did a great job. He said some wonderful things. Thank you to all who came.

Sorry it has been a long time

2009-01-20T11:37:00.008-07:00

I am sorry it has been sooo long. I have been playing catch up with two kids. I also have not been feeling like blogging. Two kids are great. Hard, but so worth it. Hannah loves Rya so much. Hannah is always having to hug and kiss Rya. Every time Rya cries, Hannah comes running. Hannah is such a big help. Hannah loves to help burp and bath Rya. She will bring me diapers and anything else I need her to bring. She is such a great little mom. Here are some pictures.

Rya is so cute. I love her hair. It wont ever stay down
Santa came to Perry's. Hannah was a little scared at first. She soon came to love him.

I had to get a picture of how little she is. She fits so great in the boppy.

Blair and the girls. Hannah loves to hold Rya.
Wanting to smile but is not sure if she should
Blair enjoying Rya
Hannah and her two cousins at Christmas. They loved playing together. It is too bad they live in California.
Hannah and her funny faces during Christmas. she knows she is cute and makes sure everyone else thinks so to.

Trying to get the girls to take a picture

Jesse is always saying that Hannah doesn't like him. This is what broke the wall between them. Hannah has no problems with him anymore. Jesse almost had her asleep. The wet diaper was keeping her up. We miss you Jesse.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-16T10:49:00.001-07:00

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December 28th

2008-12-08T20:43:00.003-07:00

I wanted all of you to know that we are going to be blessing Rya December 28th. It will be at our ward. I would love for all of you to come. I hope you all can make it. Our meeting starts at 9:00 in the morning. I know it will be hard for you to be there. For those who think they can make it please call me so I can give you our address to our church. 801-927-8710

One Week

2008-12-02T21:11:00.007-07:00

I can't believe it has been a week. It is crazy to think that last week I was having a baby. I still can't believe she got here as fast as she did. We all love her to death. Hannah has to know where she is at all times, if she can't find Rya she will start crying and wants to know where she is. Hannah is always giving her hugs and kisses. She loves to hold her with the help of Mom and Dad. She is a great big sister. I love my girls. Rya is such a great baby. The only time we hear her cry she when she is hungry. Rya has such a beautiful smiles that she shows off all the time. She is so beautiful. I love my beautiful girls. I can't believe we are now a family of 4. Here are some pictures in the hospital and at home. I love Rya's hair. I love that she has so much and that it sticks up everywhere. I am also so thankful for Blair and how much help he has been with two kids. He has been such a great dad to both Hannah and Rya. I love you Blair.

Thanksgiving

2008-12-02T21:03:00.003-07:00

I came home from the hospital Thanksgiving afternoon. We went to Perry's for dinner. We didn't stay long. We just knew that Thanksgiving would not be Thanksgiving without family. Here are some pictures of Hannah showing off her teeth, and cute smile. I love this little girl so much.

The Long Story

2008-11-26T10:57:00.002-07:00

As promised earlier I will tell you all the long version of my adventurous day. It started off with a doctors appointment to Dr. Stowers (who I really don't like as a doctor but that is another story) at 9:00 o'clock. I was dilated to a 3 and 60 % effaced. He made an appointment for me to be induced on December 3rd and told me he would see me next week. I went home and I was having the occasional contraction. I got some stuff taken care of around the house. Blair was home from work all day so he was able to watch Hannah and the other kids that I watch. Both Blair and I wanted to have the baby soon so we tried figuring out what to do. I went to the gym and walked on the stairmaster for a few minutes. I could only climb stairs a few at a time before I was either out of breath or having a contraction or both.
I went home from the gym and eventually made it to my Grandma Deters house to work on some baby blankets. The contractions were getting more intense as the day kept going. I went home from my grandmas and the contractions got a lot worse once I got home. Around 4:00 I called the hospital to talk to a nurse to describe the contractions and try to get an idea if I was in labor or not. My contractions at the time were spaced between 3 and 5 minutes apart while I was standing but when I would sit down they would go to about 10 minutes apart. The nurse said I wasn't in labor and the contractions should be spaced evenly no matter where I was or what I was doing.
I hung up the phone and they just kept going. I didn't want to go to the hospital and get sent home because of false labor. Around 6' o clock pm Blair called his mom and asked her to come up to our house to watch Hannah so we could go to the hospital. Blair's mom was about 30 to 40 minutes away so we called my Grandma Deters and she was there in 2 minutes. We left for the hospital and Blair drove as fast as he could. We were kind of hoping we got pulled over so we could maybe get escorted the rest of the way. That didn't happen. We got to the hospital at 6:45 and went up to labor and delivery. They had me get dressed in the gown. I thought I had to go to the bathroom and I looked and thought I was bleeding. It started freaking me out. The nurses tried keeping me calm but it didn't work very well.
The nurse checked me and I was dilated to and 8 1/2 and was 100% effaced!!!! I had gotten that far on less then 10 hours.I started begging for an epidural so they called the anesthesiologist. The nurses got my I.V. in after 3 different tries and the doctor came in to start the epidural. I WAS DYING BY THIS POINT. I was hurting so badly I couldn't wait for the epidural to start. The doctor got it put in and layed me back on the bed. I felt like the water had broken probably 4 times. After I laid back down my water really broke and I felt like something was coming out. The nurse looked and the baby was crowning. They called the emergency OB/GYN and had him rush up to the room. The doctor came into the room and before he had time to even put on gloves, the baby had come out. No one caught the baby the baby just slid out and landed on the bed. The official birth time was 7:15. Oh yeah by the way the anesthesiologist didn't have a chance to really start the epidural so technically I went all natural. He had the needle put in and ready to start it but by the time they were going to hook it up the baby was out.

More Pictures

2008-11-26T10:53:00.001-07:00

FINALLY!!!!!!!

2008-11-25T21:45:00.002-07:00

On Tuesday November 25th I gave birth to a new beautiful baby girl. Rya Lyn Perry was born 6 lbs 9 oz and 19 inches long. It is kind of a long story but to make it short, this morning I was checked by my doctor and I measured a 3 like I blogged earlier. By 6:45 pm I was at LDS Hospital and being checked by the nurses. The baby was born at 7:15 pm. The gynecologist didn't even have time to put his gloves on before the baby had come out. I will blog more about the whole experience later but here are a few pictures to enjoy until you all can see in person how beautiful she is.

So close but not close enough

2008-11-25T09:42:00.001-07:00

I went to the doctor today. Still no baby. I am dilated to a 3 and 60% effaced. If I don't have her by the 3rd he will induce me. Hopefully she comes before then. We are crossing our fingers.

Mommys little girl

2008-11-24T12:57:00.004-07:00

Grandma Perry found a balloon laying around that was just the right size. Grandma put it up Hannah shirt and we all started laughing that she looked pregnant. We couldn't help but get pictures of Hannah and I together. Hannah was not sure what to think of it all. Hopefully she will laugh when she is older.

Such a babe

2008-11-24T12:52:00.005-07:00

Hannah's great Grandma Bradshaw went to Hawaii. She brought Hannah back a really cute backpack and a jacket. Hannah loved the backpack. She rolled it around for a long while after getting it. I also have to say I love Hannah with her two pig tails in the back. Thank you Grandma. We love it.

Pregnant pictures

2008-11-24T12:48:00.003-07:00

I have had people ask me to post some pictures of me pregnant. Well I hate the pictures but here they are. I know that you probably see me in nothing but comfortable pants. I can't keep maternity pants up. The comfy ones are the only ones that feel the best, and I don't have to pull them up all day.

Hannah loves her daddy

2008-11-24T12:45:00.003-07:00

It is so funny to see Blair and Hannah watch football together. They both look so relaxed. Blair wanted a boy he could play and watch football with. Well he got a girl that loves to do that anyway. Hannah loves to cuddle up to her dad and watch TV with him. I love these two.

2

2008-11-18T13:20:00.002-07:00

I went to the doctor today. He told me I am dilated to a 2. We are excited. Blair is more anxious then I am. I am actually getting scared because I know what to expect. It will all be ok. Blair is wanting me to have this baby this weekend. We will see what happens. But at least we are moving somewhere.

Grateful

2008-11-17T18:22:00.002-07:00

Blair had today off work. It was so nice having him home. Blair woke up and came out of the room closing the door to the bedroom very quietly. I walked in to get all the laundry and he had made the bed. I came back out and he was doing all the dishes. He has been such a great help today. He did more then I did today. He has been so great today. He has done dishes twice, helped me clean, we went to Costco, Blair watched Hannah and he cooked me breakfast and lunch and started on dinner. Thank you Blair. You are so sweet to me. I know you read the blogs once in a while. So this was for you.

To my sister

2008-11-17T14:41:00.003-07:00

Last night the Merkley family got together with the Schmutz family. It was good to get together and see each other. It has been so long. Hannah and I were there without Blair. He was not feeling well. I got a lot of help from my sister with Hannah. Seeing that I am so big it is hard to keep track of her. Even though my sister will probably think it was no big deal, to me it was. It helps me out so much when people help me. Thank you Rondi for getting her off the stairs and carrying her out to the car for me. It was a big help. Thank you so much and I love you.

Waiting

2008-11-14T12:38:00.002-07:00

The doctor called me and told me he wont move my due date to November 22. He doesn't care the baby is big. I do care. I don't want to get her here in December and see that she is 10 pounds. I have been doing jumping jacks. About every 10 minutes for the last day and a half, I will do 30 jumping Jacks. We will see if I can get her to move down. I also drank some Raspberry Leaf tea. Thanks Megan for the tip. I don't know if I can eat dark chocolate. I will keep everyone up to date. It would be great if she came before Thanksgiving. We will see what h appends.

Thanksgiving

2008-11-12T16:42:00.003-07:00

I went to the doctor for a checkup today. He told me that he thinks the baby is not getting what she needs and she might be in trouble. He told me to get a ultrasound right away. Blair and I were getting a little worried. She had to be ok. She moves like crazy, and kicks so hard. I thought for sure she was big because of how hard the kicks were. I also thought for sure that I was dilated or something. I have had contractions for a while. But I found out that no dilation is going on.
We have been worried not knowing if she is ok. We went in for our ultrasound. The doctor was so off. I am due December 7. The ultrasound is showing I am 2 weeks more then what my due date is. That puts me at November 22. The ultrasound is also showing her being 7 lbs 14 oz. WHAT!!! I don't want a big baby. She needs to come now. I am taking advice on how to start dilation and contractions. Any ideas?

What is your guess?

2008-11-08T11:04:00.002-07:00

I want to see what everyone's guess is. I did this for Hannah and it was fun to see who was right.
Take a guess at when you think our baby will be born, what time, how much she will weigh, and how long she will be? It is fun to see who is the closest. So everyone knows. I am due December 7th. If you are also wondering. Hannah was born July 22nd and was due August 3rd. She was born at 9 something in the morning. She was 7 lbs. 11 oz. She was 21 inches long.
I will try to think of a price for the one who gets the closest.

Private

2008-11-05T19:42:00.002-07:00

After watching KSL and seeing what they have to say about blogs, I have decided to make my blog private once again. Please send your email so I can add those that want to be added. You may also email me your email if you are not wanting to put it on the blog. chelsie_m@hotmail.com
For those that think I might have there emails. I most likely do not. So please let me know if you are wanting to be added.

It's nice to get out

2008-10-29T18:24:00.003-06:00

On Sunday Hannah was going crazy being in the house. We thought it would be a great day to let her run. Hannah had so much fun just being out of the house.
After about 20 minutes of running around, Jesse came driving up. He stopped and talked to us. About another 10 minutes, my dad and mom came riding down the street, on my dads motorcycle. We had a little family party on the field. It was a lot of fun. Sundays are the best time to spend with family.

Cousins

2008-10-20T15:09:00.003-06:00

I got the privilege to watch Noah while Megan was on bed rest. Hannah and Noah had so much fun. It took awhile for Noah to warm up. But after while he was great. He was able to find the movies and pull them all off the shelf. He also got his hair combed by Hannah. He was not too fond of her hugs. He kept pushing Hannah away. Hannah loved having Noah around. It was great to have cousins together. I even got three kisses from Noah. He is so cute. I love that little guy. Thanks Megan for letting us watch him.

Who are you voting for?

2008-10-15T11:22:00.002-06:00

Blair sent me this link to watch. It has made me really upset just watching it. I would encourage everyone that reads this to watch this clip. I hope you all know who you are voting for, and make the right decision.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/08/obamas_swift_boat.html

Pumpkins

2008-10-13T13:06:00.005-06:00

Last Tuesday we carved pumpkins. Hannah was not sure what to think of them. She tried to eat the pumpkins. She didn't like the taste but she still kept tasting it. Blair tried to put the pumpkin on her head. She was not sure of that either. The only thing she loved out of the whole thing was turning out the lights and seeing them glow. Every time we are outside she has to show everyone who walks by the pumpkins. She is so cute. Hannah has been saying a few words all the time. She will point to everything and ask "What's that"? It is so cute. The other words she says are a hit and a miss. If you don't hear the word she wont say it again. She loves to look at pictures of Jesus. She will point to him all the time and say his name. It is really cute that she knows who it is. We have never told her who he was. It is amazing to me.

Not a baby anymore

2008-10-13T12:59:00.002-06:00

I got all of Hannah's old stuff out for Rya. I didn't want to be washing it and getting it ready a few weeks before I was due. Hannah loved to climb in and out of it. She thinks she still fits. She is so cute. Hannah is going to be such a big help when Rya comes.
know you all probably think that Hannah is never dressed. I do get her dressed for the day. She either takes her clothes off herself, or after I change her it is too big of a hassle to chase her down and put clothes on her. Hannah loves to be naked. It is a work out to get her to stay dressed or to put clothes on her. I am sorry to all of those that hate that she is never wearing clothes. She does get dressed. Being as pregnant as I am, it is not worth fighting her to get dressed.

Feeling the spirit of Christmas

2008-10-13T12:24:00.001-06:00

To me it has been feeling like Christmas so much lately. I know you are all thinking I am really weird, and Christmas is not for another 2 months. But I can't help it. I am so excited this year for it to come. I have been listening to Christmas music all day. I am loving it. I wish I had a tree to put up and I could decorate. Maybe I am so excited because I will have a new little baby to love. I just had to write and let you all know how weird I was. I will be posting more today with pictures. I have to get my house clean before I can sit down and blog.

Energizer Bunny (Hannah)

2008-09-29T19:20:00.003-06:00

Today was such a frustrating day for me. I thought for sure Hannah was 2 years old. It doesn't matter how high or where I put things, Hannah finds a way to get to it.
We always keep our bedroom and bathroom door closed. If it is left open Hannah finds something to get into.
I was doing Laundry today and was not paying attention to her. All of a sudden one of the kids I watch told me that Hannah opened something up and it is spilling all over. I rushed over to find Blue Finger Nail Polish all over my carpet and her. The bottle was empty. I was in panic. I had no clue how to get it out. I didn't have finger nail polish remover. I called my neighbor. She had a whole bottle. I used the whole thing. I scrub ed for about a hour trying to get it out as much as possible. I can still see where it was. It is very light. Blair was not able to find where it was, so that is very good.
I got my neighbor a new bottle of remover to make up for the one I used. Thank you Becca for coming to my rescue in such short notice.
After I cleaned up the carpet I had to get pictures of Hannah. As mad and frustrated as I was, I had to get pictures of the mess she made on herself.

Weird girl

2008-09-25T21:15:00.001-06:00

This is just for me to remember. Hannah is so funny. Every night Hannah gets a bath. Every time I put lotion on her she loves to eat it off her arm. I am sure it can't taste good, Hannah believes it is. Hopefully she wont get sick from it.

2008-09-20T21:18:00.005-06:00

Yesterday morning Hannah insisted she eat her breakfast with her baby. I tried to put her on the counter so baby would not get dirty. But Hannah wasn't having any of that. She ate everything with her baby in her arms. She is such the girl. She loves the purses, necklaces, bracelets and make-up. She is so funny. I love this girl.

Can't get enough of how cute Hannah is

2008-09-20T21:15:00.002-06:00

I went in my room the other day to fold towels. I walked in and found Hannah sitting in the laundry basket. She thought it was the funniest thing. Hannah is usually pulling the towels out, not sitting on them. She is so cute. I can't get enough of her.

Toilet Paper

2008-09-20T21:06:00.006-06:00

Before I stop Hannah from doing something I have to get pictures first. We had a guy over to give us a bid on windows. I heard nothing but silence and knew it was a bad thing. I went into our bedroom to find this.... A pile of toilet paper and Hannah sitting in the middle of it. The other pictures are the trail that leads to the bathroom and the roll. I just laughed and got the camera. I just put that roll on that morning.

Two Years

2008-09-19T11:42:00.004-06:00

On September 16, Blair and I were married for two years. It has been a great two years. I am so lucky to have a husband like him. We have had our ups and downs, but it has been a great two years. It is amazing to think how much has gone on in two years.
Blair had to work on our anniversary. I made sure that dinner was ready when he got home. After dinner I gave Hannah a bath and cleaned the kitchen. Around 7:30 Blair's mom, Sue came and watched Hannah. Blair and I went miniature golfing. It was so much fun. It was a little hole in the wall place. But it was a blast. It was nice to be able to talk without Hannah. We talked about Christmas and how much more you can love someone after two years. It was a good night.
Thank you Blair for everything you do.

Such a girl

2008-08-27T14:15:00.003-06:00

Hannah put this bag around her waist and walked with it between her legs. Hannah thought it was so much fun. I am sure as soon as she figures out how to put a purse on her shoulder she will be hauling it around everywhere.

Diaper party

2008-08-27T14:12:00.002-06:00

I was in the kitchen doing dishes when I noticed something very unusual around the house... silence. We all know this means the kids and Hannah are up to something. This is what I found.

All the places to hide

2008-08-27T11:01:00.003-06:00

I put up the babies crib last week. Hannah has recently discovered that she can crawl under it and hide. I went in the other day to find her. She thought it was funny to peak under and play peek-a-boo.

Sleeping

2008-08-27T10:55:00.004-06:00

I love to go into Hannah's room while she is sleeping, and see the different ways she sleeps. Here are a few pictures of her sleeping with her legs in the air, and her baby by her side. Blair and I have learned that Hannah falls asleep faster and better with her baby sleeping with her.

Cute little girl

2008-08-27T10:42:00.003-06:00

Hannah loves her bike and her Baby doll. It was so cute to see her riding along with her baby in the back.

Hannah is walking

2008-08-15T11:20:00.002-06:00

For a few months Hannah has been taking a few steps here and there. For about a week now she has really been picking it up. Hannah walks almost more then she crawls. She loves it. It is so cute to watch her. Everytime I get the camera out to get a picture she will fall down and wont get back up. We will keep working on getting pictures. I can't believe how big she is getting. It is interesting to think that she knows what we say to her. We can ask her where something is, or to go get something and she will go find it and bring it to us. She is talking quit a bit. She says yeah all the time. If we ask her if she wants something she will say yeah. It is very cute. She can say Mom and Dad. She mostly says Dad. Hannah loves her dad. As soon as Daddy comes home she wants just Dad. It is a nice brake for me. Hannah also has recently descovered her baby doll. This baby doll is carried everywhere. Hannah has three baby dolls. She only likes the one that Grandma Merkley bought her. The others she could care less. Hannah will rock her baby and give her kiss's and hugs. She will come to us so we will give her baby loves. she gets a little jelous when we kiss her baby, so she makes sure we give her a kiss also. Hannah will be so great when this next baby comes.
Hannah has 11 teeth now. She has her four front top and bottom and three molers. We can't believe how big she is getting. She is growing so fast.

Bats

2008-08-15T11:09:00.002-06:00

So last week I was out on my deck and it sounded like there was running water running inside our brick wall. I have been seeing Wasps going in and out of there, so I thought they were in there flying around. I came inside and told Blair that he will need to spray them tonight. I was really freaked out when I went outside a few minutes later to find out that my neighbor told me she has been seeing Bats fly out of our deck. I couldn't believe it. We went outside that night and watched as these Bats flew out. I counted 26. I called a pest control guy the next day. He told me if I don't go on my deck they wont attack me. Well I kind of need my deck. He also said to wait till winter and they will fly South. When they do that is when I cover up the hole. I didn't like the idea of waiting for Winter. I called a few more people. Critter Control came out to look at them. He is going to wait till September 1st because that is when it will be legal to kill Bats. He gave us a bid of close to $3,000 to take care of them. That is so crazy. It is a good thing HOA covers all that. I told him that we have seen one that stuck to the wall. Blair thought it was funny to flick on the deck light to catch them flying away. The one we saw was Black with a White head. He told me that those kid of Bats are not nice. So they will attack me if I am in there way. I also told him that I thought there were 26 Bats. But the other night I counted 46 and I gave up. But I could still see them flying out. He told me that there were probably around 75 to 100. It is kind of cool to see them fly in and out at night. But it is not cool to have them living in your home. I don't go on my deck. When I do they hiss at me. So I try to stay inside unless there is something I really need in my shed. I will have to keep you updated on what happends. I would post pictures of them. But it is so dark that I have not been able to get a good shot of them.

First birthday

2008-07-29T16:36:00.004-06:00

Hannah is 1. Yeah. We started off the whole day by babysitting the kids I watch. Hannah loves them. She has so much fun playing with them. While they played I cleaned for the party that we were going to have at our house. It was a good day. After Hannah bit through her lip. She was standing all on her own, lost her balance and fell. She started screaming. I thought she just hit her head really hard. After she lifted her head from my shoulder, I saw that her lip was bleeding. I think I have finally been able to get the blood out of my shirt and garments. She still has a little sore. Hannah was so brave. She only cried for a little while and was back on the floor playing.

My sister-in laws, Nancy and Katherine came over to help me with a cake and Hannah. Katherine was a big help. She played with all the kids. She took them out side to blow bubbles. They were out there for about ten min. because they saw a daddy long leg. Nancy and I made Hannah a cake of a Duck. It turned out so cute. Hannah had three cakes. A duck, a free cake from Albertsons and a square one I did in case there was not enough. That is right. Albertsons gives away free cakes for your child's first birthday. It was so cute, and such a nice size cake.

Everyone showed up at our house, We talked and watched Hannah/Me open her presents. Hannah got a lot of clothes. Hannah also got a little bike she can ride or push. I can not forget the box of Twinkies that she got from her uncle Spencer. He figured that kids only like toys for a few minutes and then they are off playing with something else. But I am sorry Spencer. There is no nutritional value in Twinkies so I don't think I am going to give them to her.Katherine also made her the cutest blanket. She will love it when winter comes. Thank you Kath. After presents Hannah started on her cake. She had a hard time at first. She would get a little frosting on her fingers and eat it, then wave to everyone. Hannah did this till Blair took her hand and smashed it in her face. After that she was all for it. She was covered. But she loved every minute of it. Hannah had a great birthday. I can't believe she is one. It has flown by. She is almost walking. She is always standing up on her own. She just is scared to take those steps. She will get there. When she does start walking she will be all over the place. She climbs on everything. She will take after her dad. Hannah we love you. You bring so much joy to our lives. Our lives are so much better with you in them. You know how to put a smile on every ones face. You are loved by so many people. We are so thankful that the lord brought you into our family. We love you.

Thank you to everyone that came to her birthday. The gifts were very much appreciated. We love you all. I do have some pictures of her birthday that I will post later.

It's A.......

2008-07-21T09:39:00.004-06:00

So it has broke. We are no longer keeping it a secret. We want everyone to know. So here it goes. We are having a girl. Yes another girl. We are so excited. It will be so nice that Hannah will be having a sister. I hope that they will become great friends. Sorry to all those who were thinking it was a boy. We are very excited.

Boy or Girl

2008-07-15T09:48:00.002-06:00

So we went in today to find out how the baby was doing and what we were having. The baby is doing great. I am now due December 7th and not the 10th. The baby is almost a pound. It was really cute. He or She would keep thinking about putting her or his hands in the mouth. Every time the thing would rub on my stomach my the feet. The baby would kick it really hard. He or she was moving around like crazy. But they did see what it was. And we are going to keep it a secret till the baby is born. Sorry everyone. We want it to be a surprise to you all. But we are excited to have what we are having.

Such a sweet brother

2008-07-11T13:41:00.003-06:00

Last week was my birthday. My sister Wrote me a text and told me happy birthday. My mom called me so say happy birthday. While I was on the phone with my mom my two brothers, Luke and Garret sang me Happy birthday in Russian and Spanish. The one person I thought would of called or text ed would of been Jesse. I didn't think anything else of it. My dad ended up calling me two days after my birthday and Jesse ended up calling me last night. He felt so bad. I told him it was ok. I really was not hurt by it. Well today My brother came to my house and he walks in with a dozen flowers. It was so sweet of him. I told him thank you and I loved them. What a sweet brother I have. Jesse is so kind to everyone. He has such a soft heart. He is the best brother and friend anyone could ask for. I love you Jesse. Thank you so much.

4th of July/My birthday

2008-07-07T15:09:00.008-06:00

As most of you know my birthday is on July 4th. Blair, Hannah and I went up to Bear lake for the weekend. Blair celebrated my birthday on the 3rd before going up to Bear Lake. I woke up on the 3rd to the house decorated. It was so cool. I looked on the table and saw this great cake. I couldn't help but laugh. If most of you can't tell. It is a pregnant women. Didn't he do a great job? Blair also bought me the DVD Newsies. He also bought me a new phone. I loved my pre-birthday. I have such a great husband.

In Bear Lake Blair's grandma rented a boat for the 4th. Hannah loved it. She ended up falling asleep on the boat. We later played in the water. She didn't mind that either. Grandma Perry was holding her and running in the water as we played Frisbee. She loved the water hitting her legs. Hannah was also very interested in the fireworks. The ones that were to bright to look at she would cover her eyes. she was so tired from the long nights of staying up that she fell asleep while watching the fireworks.

We had such a great time in Bear Lake. For those who have been up there, we all know how much fun you can have. But we also know how sometimes you just have to get out of there before you go insane by some things that are said, or things have to be done a certain way. But for the most part it was fun.

Random Pictures

2008-07-07T14:54:00.007-06:00

Hannah loves to wake up and come sleep with us in bed. I wake up before both of them and I can never help but take a picture of them. They are so cute.

I love to make Hannah's hair stick up while she is in the bath. It is starting to get so long. I love it.

Hannah loves to sit in her chair. I think that Hannah and Blair are sitting a lot alike in this picture.

Last call

2008-06-28T23:06:00.003-06:00

Last chance. I am going to be changing my setting so only those that I allow will be able to see our blog. So if you have not given me your email address please do so now. Thank you for those who have. You will have one more week. You may either comment it to me or send it to me email. chelsie_m@hotmail.com. For those of you who think that I have it and you have not left it in the comment then I do not have it. So leave it or you wont me able to see my blog.

Dry Drowning

2008-06-26T12:27:00.001-06:00

Blair sent me this video about a little kid who died from drowning hours after he went swimming. So scary. I think that all you parents need to watch this video. I hope that we are all a little more careful. I know I will be. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24982210

Email Address

2008-06-24T12:23:00.001-06:00

I need to get every ones email address. I am going to block my blog so only those emails I have will be able to see my blog. I have had people I don't know get on and write comments. It is a little weird. And it is not in English. so if you want to see my blog post a comment with your email address. Thanks.

Random stuff

2008-06-24T10:38:00.004-06:00

So I know I haven't blogged in a long time. I don't know what to blog about. I look at peoples blogs and I see that they do so much stuff during the week. Well my weeks consist of watching kids during the day and cleaning the house. So I guess I could post pictures of me cleaning my house. But I will try to keep a blog once a week. And I guess this is more for me as a journal then it is for you. But it is also for you.
Well we were told that our pool in our condo was going to be up and running for memorial weekend. We were disappointed when it wasn't. We then got told it will be up June 10th. Well it wasn't. We keep waiting because we are hot and we are paying HOA on this pool that is dirty and has scum in it. Well yesterday we found out that they said the pool is clean and it is ready to go. It is not ready to go. I wouldn't even let my dog (if we had one) swim in it. It is so dirty and sick. I have talked to Blair. He is going to call the HOA board and give them a talking to. I wouldn't want to be them. Hopefully it gets going soon. We would love to swim in it.
Yesterday for family night we decided that we would spend our family home evening going to Wal-mart and Home Depot. We needed to get some wasp killer. I have hit down so many wasps nets when we first moved in. One has come back. It is on our patio. It is sad because I don't dare to go out. So now I just need to get up the guts to go spray it at night.
Hannah is going to be a year old on the 22nd of July. I am so excited. It is amazing how much she has changed in the last month. she is acting so big. I am going to attempt to make Hannah a duck cake. That is right. A duck cake. She has a rubber duck that she puts the head in her mouth. It has been her favorite toy since she could put it in her mouth. So we will see how it turns out. This is what I am wanting it to look like.

Wish me luck. I am excited to try it.
On July 15th. We will find out if we will be having a baby boy or a baby girl. We are so excited. Blair and I really think it is a boy. We will see. We are wanting it to be a surprise for everyone when we have it. so we are debating on telling ANYONE what it is. What do you think?
Well I just wanted to let you know what was going on in our little house. Not much but at least I have a recent blog up.

Nice to have company

2008-06-18T09:40:00.002-06:00

I was sitting home yesterday just bored watching the kids I watch and Hannah play. I get a text from my sister-in-law Nancy if she can come over and be bored with me. She came over and we had a blast. Well I wouldn't say blast but she is so fun to be with. She is the nicest person I know. She is always happy. and she loves to talk. I love her. She really is a amazing person. I know one day she will make some guy the luckiest guy in the world. She has so much to give. We love you Fancy Nancy. Thanks for being all that you can be.

No more

2008-06-15T08:43:00.004-06:00

Tuesday night was a long night for me. Hannah just kept waking up screaming because she wanted a bottle. Well I knew she didn't need one. I went in to give her her Binky. She was so mad because it was not what she wanted. So she took it out of her mouth and chucked it across the room. I couldn't believe the attitude. So I turned on the light. This was at 2 in the morning. She was mad that I turned on the light. I gave her the Binky back and turned the light off again. She chucked it again and then started screaming a blood curdling scream. I had it. I shut the door and let her scream. The next morning the bottle was gone. I was not going to have a kid act like that for a bottle. She has not had a bottle sense Tuesday night. Wednesday was a hard night. She decided she was going to scream from 3-7 till she got a bottle. I was not giving in. She finally went to sleep and she has not asked for a bottle sense. Right before bed I give her a glass of milk and that is it. She goes to bed and she has slept through the night ever sense. It is a great thing. But I am proud of my self for getting rid of the bottle at 10 months. YEAH ME!!!

Fun at the Zoo

2008-06-02T14:26:00.007-06:00

Saturday Blair, Hannah and I went to the Zoo with some friends of ours. They have a one year old girl. We had so much fun. Hannah loved all the animals. She really loved the bigger animals. They were easier to see. My favorite part of the Zoo were the Elephants. They were so cool. They built a new place for them. It was fun to watch the Elephants put on a show for us. My second best thing was the White Alligator. It was really cool to see. It just sat there and watched us. As we moved to the other side of the glass you could see it's eyes just following us. We also saw this really big turtle. That was amazing they can get that big. After we were all done we had to see how be compared to a gorilla. Blair is really close. Check out the tigers paw. It is so big. I was so amazed. For those who have not gone in a long time and have kids. I would recommend going. It is really neat. I have not been sense 9th grade. It was a lot of fun. It might not of been as much fun if Hannah wasn't with us. Sorry for the many pictures. But we had so much fun I had to show you most of everything.
Thank you Liz and Sterling for going with us. We had so much fun.

Finally a clean house

2008-06-02T14:18:00.004-06:00

Ever sense we have came home from Aruba my house has been a mess. Hannah got sick right after we got home. She had a runny nose, diarrhea, a cough and a temperature of 103.5 degrees in one night. I took her to the doctor the next morning. The doctor told me she had a really bad ear infection. So she has been on medicine. It has taken her about a week to get over it. But now that she is finally able to play on her own and not be held all the time. I was able to clean today. I love a clean house. It feels so good. I am now OK with whoever comes over whenever. It is again presentable. Not much has happened lately. We had a blast on our trip. It was so good to get away and relax. We were by the pool most of the time. We did take one day and go snorkeling. That was good. The fish are not nearly as pretty as the fish in Hawaii. But it was still fun. I had to hold Blair or Nancy's hand the whole time because I am so scared of Sharks. But I am still alive so I am happy.

ARUBA

2008-05-18T18:32:00.006-06:00

So we finally made it. After staying in Atlanta for two days because we missed our flight. We all finally made it to Aruba Saturday afternoon. It is so great here. It is so nice and warm. Hannah is not sure what to think. She has wanted noone but me because I think she is not sure where she is. and I am the safe one. She has been so tired. She has been sleeping so much. Last night she slept all night. It was great. It is here second night sleeping through the night sense we have been gone. I think we just might need to go out of town more often. But It is so pretty here. Here are some pictures of what it looks like.

I also have to tell you how cool but also very freaky this is. So everywhere you go there are igunas just laying around. They are not scared of people. They just lay and bask in the sun anywhere they want to. They would lay on the rock RIGHT next to the pool. All you had to do is stick your hand out and you would touch them. Here is also some pictures with Hannah swimming.

For ROBYN

2008-05-13T08:44:00.003-06:00

So I was told I just don't blog enough. So I have told my Aunt that I am going to do a blog just for her. So Robyn this is for you.
Some of you might know my aunt Robyn and some of you might not. If you don't then I am really sorry. She is a great mother, wife, daughter, sister and Aunt. If I missed anything Sorry. She has helped me through so much. she is great. I love you Robyn.
OK Well I hope that was great :)
So now this is my real blog. I am so excited for this week. My little brother Garret comes home from his mission tomorrow. I am so excited to see him. I can't believe it has been two years. It has gone by so fast. He has missed out on so much sense he has been gone. I have gotten married and had a baby girl. I am pregnant again which Garret doesn't know yet. My brother Luke has had a boy and his wife is pregnant again. Garret also doesn't know about her either. I have had two cousins get married and one is having a baby soon. Which I am so excited. He has also had another cousin Dan who's wife has had a baby girl. WE have re-done our house. We have built on. garret doesn't know about that either. There are so many things that he will be seeing for the first time. I am the most excited for him to see the knew babies in the family. Garret is so great with kids. They will just love him to death. Shortly after Garret gets home. We are leaving for Aruba Thursday. I am so excited to be in the water and warmth. I can't wait to see how Hannah will love the ocean. I will have to blog SOOO many pictures.
If you don't see a blog for a while. It is because we wont be home till the 24th. And then on the 25th Garret will be having his homecoming. So I am sorry if it is about 2 weeks before I am back on this. Robyn I am sorry because I know how much you love to read them.
I have been so excited for the trip. I am passing by time by packing a little bit one day at a time. Today I am going shopping for things we need. Blair thinks I am crazy because I am so excited. He tells me to stop talking about it because it is making him excited and it feels like it will never get here. I will think of all of you while I am in the ocean and just relaxing. But look on the bright side. It will be almost 90 degrees on Saturday and Sunday. Yeah.
I will see you all when I get back.
YEAH FOR GREAT WEEKS

Silly Hannah

2008-05-06T08:52:00.004-06:00

Hannah is so funny. I was unloading the dishwasher and I turned around to put some dishes away. When I turned back around I found Hannah sitting on the dishwasher. She is so funny. Hannah loves to climb on everything. If she doesn't fit. she finds a way.

These are some more pictures of Hannah just having fun. She also got a swimsuit. It is so cute. I had to get some pictures on. She will love to go swimming when we are in Aruba next week.

Another one

2008-04-27T21:25:00.002-06:00

Yes we are PREGNANT. We found out two weeks ago. We were excited. Yes we are having another one with Luke and Megan. What can we say. God must want our kids to be friends. I will be due December 10. We wanted everyone to know. We are excited and can't wait to find out what our next precious baby will be.

Hannah is doing great

2008-04-07T10:11:00.002-06:00

Hannah has been doing so great. She only wakes up once during the night. So thank you to everyone on the blog for giving me your advice.

I need help

2008-04-02T10:17:00.003-06:00

I have been trying to get Hannah to sleep through the night. When she would wake up I would let her cry for 5 min. and then go in and tell her I love her, but it is time to sleep. I would lay her back down and she would cry. It would take about a hour then she would go to sleep. She would wake up 4 or 5 times during the night. I figured she was not ready. After 4 days I finally stopped. Last night I went in everytime she cried. She woke up every 30 min to a hour. all night long. I am so tired. I know she doesn't need me. What do I do? If anyone has any advice let me know.