Todd, Sienna, Roman & Paisley

2011-10-28T18:33:00.001-06:00

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Someone had a birthday...

2011-06-14T23:20:00.008-06:00

This post is LONG over due, but it's important, so I had to get it done!

Miss Paisley's birthday was in May. {Has anyone figured out how to slow down time yet?!} There is no way it's already been a year. Here's how we celebrated:

We had a fun luau birthday for her.

Of course super talented Gentree made her cake(s)

Pai J always has a smile on her face and making everyone happy.

She isn't the only one who turned 1...

Happy birthday Ky Ky!!

We played a little lasso golf and played at the park.
We filled our bellies with pulled pork sandwiches and fruit kabobs.
Thanks to all who came and showed your love, by celebrating with her. It means a lot. :)

(This perfect for each other couple gets married in 2 weeks!)

Oh yeah, She dug right in!

Mother's Day...

2011-05-17T15:09:00.011-06:00

"Stick you finger up your nose." I said. (to take a picture for this post)

"Okay."
"Well, that was easy." I thought.
I don't know why I was surprised. He wasn't even coerced on Sunday.

Mother's Day Sunday, like usual, all the cute primary children from church, stand upon the stand and sing to their moms. When it came time, we sent Roman up there. It was his first time signing in sacrament so he was a little nervous. He started up there, but got shy and stopped halfway.

"Go help him up there." I said to Todd, nudging him a couple times.

He got to Roman and lead him the rest of the way up. Todd sat on the stand, to the side of all the kids and kept telling Rome to go over and sing. Rome eventually finds his way over to the rest of the kids, but instead of singing, he stuck his finger up his nose.
When he gets shy or nervous, he always pulls his hands up to his face, to kind of hide behind. This however, was taking it to a whole new level!

Even though I don't think he even sang one word, (that I could see) I couldn't stop smiling. He made me so happy! I've always enjoyed watching the primary kids sing in sacrament meeting, but having Rome up there made it the cutest thing in the world!

When he got back I kissed him and said "You did such a great job, Buddy!"
"Yeah, I know."
He's humble too.

I had several people come up afterward, telling me their favorite part was Roman.
"I had him practice at home." I joked.

I love my kiddos more than I ever would have thought. The silly things they do and say, make my whole life! The kisses and snuggles none of us can get enough of, the pestering and crying that drive me insane, all of it has given me a better life than I could have ever hoped for.

Honestly though, I could not have asked for a better mother's day present.
Even with his finger up his nose.

I love this photo.

2011-05-10T23:19:00.005-06:00

Hulk...

2010-12-02T16:56:00.005-07:00

Rome's Hulk muscles.

This kiddo is funny. No really. Just the way he deals with life and the things he does everyday are a hoot. We laugh at just about everything out of his mouth.

A while back he nicknamed himself The Hulk. It all started with getting an Incredible Hulk toy in his kid's meal at Burger King. Todd got curious about where the hulk was from, and apparently it's from the show Super Hero Squad. Todd found a bunch of episodes online (since we don't have tv) and Rome fell in love. For months he introduced himself as "Hulk" to people, Todd's new nickname became Abomination, (Hulk's arch enemy) He threatened hulk smashes for just about everything, and his new favorite color became green.

Then came the infamous abomination story:
Hulk rarely referred to Todd as Dad anymore. One Sunday, while Todd was in primary, Roman's nursery leader brought Rome to Todd so he could go to the bathroom. As soon as Rome saw Todd he said "Hey Abomination!" and Todd said "What's up Hulk?!" Just then the nursery leader started laughing and said "That's what he's been talking about. All day he was talking about his Dad and abomination and I kept telling him that his Dad isn't an abomination, that he is a nice guy!! I was wondering how he even knew what that word was!"

Yeah we got a kick out of that. The hulk thing is finally wearing off now, but we still get an occasional hulk smash and him telling people he's Hulk. He just brings such a fun, lighthearted spirit to our home. I love him immensely.

Thanksgiving 2010...

2010-11-29T17:07:00.002-07:00

Our Thanksgiving was small this year. We went to my mom's and it only ended up being us, Mom, Dad, Cody and Gentry. Small but nice. That morning us girls (and romeo) spent it visiting my sweet grandma who is in a rehab center right now. And the guys did the football thing. We then of course had turkey and pie. Afterward, we decided to go Fat Cats to see my brother Ty who was working. There is never a dull minute when Ty is around and that isn't any different when he's working. He kept us laughing all night with the things he was doing to our scoreboard. This thanksgiving was a bit non traditional but one thing has stayed the same. I've got a lot to be grateful for. My husband, my children, my family, our health, the gospel, our house, Todd's job... I could go on and on.

I truly have been blessed.

...oh yeah and Paisley is 6 months old! Yeah I know.

Backyard Photo Shoot...

2010-11-20T01:12:00.005-07:00

We thought we'd take advantage of the warm weather we've had this last week and spent some time enjoying what little bit of warmth we'll have this year. They were just so cute I had to pull my camera out. I wish I were better about doing that. Here's my sweet kiddos.

Time is ssooooo flying. Too fast. Before I know it they'll be teenagers. Then gone. But I'll enjoy them while I've got 'em.

Randy's Wedding...

2010-10-02T23:59:00.007-06:00

We had another wedding in the family this summer. Todd's brother Randy married his sweetie Joelle. Rome was their ring bearer and they had him dressed in a tux complete with a cane and top hat. Half way down the isle, he got nervous with everyone looking at him, so he stopped and yelled "mommy!!" and started bawling.

Welcome to the family Joelle!

Summer Catch Up...

2010-08-10T20:27:00.003-06:00

So much to blog so little time to do it all. So I'm posting a little about our summer all rolled into one post :) Of course with lots of pictures.

1st off we've been busy getting to know this little one. She's a really good baby. I'm not sure how I got lucky 2 times in a row.

I mean, what's not to love? Honestly.

We've been laughing our heads off with the things Romeo says. I'll definitely be blogging some of his stories soon!!

My little sis got married last month :)

She also moved to Arizona :(

She looked gorgeous, everything was perfect and we're so excited to have George in the family.

This was her wedding cake. My other sister Gentry made it. She's amazing!! She just started doing cakes earlier this year and gets better with every one. I'm forcing her to start a blog of her cakes for the whole world to see. I'll send a link once she does.

Speaking of loved ones and cakes Gentry did... This is ma favourite grand-mere!!!! She turned 80 this year. It meant a lot to us to celebrate. So we did.

Family picture :)

We decided to bless this beautiful girl while we still had some family in town for the wedding.

My mom and Aunt Pam made her dress and I LOVED it. Thanks you guys so much.

We blessed Paisley at the same time as another cutie born 2 days before her; my niece Kylie.

Todd gave her a beautiful blessing. I'm so grateful he is able to do it and that it means so much to him. My kids seriously have the best dad they could ever ask for!!

This is the cutest old man you'll ever meet in your life!! He's my Grandpa Dabling. I really enjoyed spending time with him while he was here and was so grateful he made the trip down.

He took us to his old stoppin' grounds where he grew up in Salt Lake City. Right near Trolley Square. It was fun to hear his stories. He even took us to see fun things like the natural artesian well in the middle of the city. Who knew? It was one of his chores as a kid to go fill up the water jugs.

We also made a couple trips to the cemetery to visit my other Grandpa.

My boys. I love this picture!!!

We've had some incredible weather too! There was a very loud early morning thunder storm. The lightning was so close! It actually struck a house in our neighborhood. Around 4:45am, Rome climbed into our bed a little nervous. So I opened up the blinds and we woke up Todd (he can sleep through anything) to watch the show. Roman loved it once we were all fully awake. It was intense and lots of fun. I almost popped some popcorn and would've if it weren't 5 in the morning :)

We watched lots of fireworks...

went camping in the back yard...
(We would've loved to have gone somewhere but it makes it a little hard to camp with new baby.)

Went 4 wheeling with my family...

And of course, so far, we've spent tons of time playing softball and watching baseball. (or as much as you can watch with a 2 year old)

When I saw this little outfit I had to get it. No better outfit to wear to the Owlz Games since they're affiliates of the Angels. That and the Angels Rock! It has a hat too but it's too big for her head.

And celebrated Todd's b-day!! Isn't my husband sexy?

"Sweet P"...

2010-06-16T13:17:00.001-06:00

Newborn pictures of our little " Sweet P"

Here's a few more...

Paisley's Birth Story....

2010-06-02T14:30:00.009-06:00

It all started around 6:30 in the morning. I woke up to contractions and couldn't go back to sleep. Todd wanted to time them so we laid there for a good hour talking and timing. They were about 5-6 minutes apart then tapered off to 10-11 minutes apart. That's when Rome woke up so we got up and I sent Todd off to work. The next 3ish hours I had maybe 5 contractions so I went visiting teaching and on the walk home I had 3 more during the 2 block distance. They hadn't been strong at all up to this point and as we got closer to home Roman asked to go to the park. So we wandered over to the neighborhood park for a while and my contractions started picking up again. I wasn't timing but they didn't seem to be consistent at all so I wasn't worried. We got home and started lunch around 12:30pm. Gentry stopped by to bring Rome some cars he left at their house and I told her I was having contractions. She was headed to work and I told her it probably wouldn't be till the next day or so, if it was even real labor. As we finished eating I started timing contractions again. They were anywhere from 5-9 min apart, so yet again not really consistent. I put Rome down for his nap and decided I take one too, just in case something was really happening, I would be rested. I was super tired that day. But before I got to sleep, my mom called me back from earlier and I told her about my day of contractions and she told me she thought I was really in labor and that she'd come over and sit with Rome while I went on a walk to hopefully get things going but I insisted I wanted a nap. About this point I realized they were getting a bit stronger so I sent Todd another update as well as Crystal. After recieving that text, Crys called me and said the same. She told me to go pack my bag, (since I hadn't yet) but I insisted on napping. During our conversation I realized my contractions jumped to about 2 min apart. So once I got off the phone with her, I decided I'd pack my bag then take my nap if they tapered off again. I had 4 or 5 in row, of about 2 min apart. I thought if I have 2 more, that close together, I'd call Todd and have him come home. I only had one more before my water broke. (I wasn't 100% sure it was my water but I was about 95%) So I called Todd and he rushed home. I also called my mom to come stay with Rome while he was sleeping. Todd helped me finish packing my bag and we left a few minutes after my mom got there. I told her I'd call when we knew more, so she could come down. By the time we reached the hospital they were around 1 min apart. We got checked in and the nurse checked me. I was dilated to 4.5cm (which was great because at my doc visit the day before I was at a 3 and 80% effaced.) She said she thought my water had broken too but wasn't sure either. She said they'd check me again in an hour and we'd know if I was staying. She continued to get things started, asking the routine questions. She asked me if I wanted an epidural and I told her I wasn't sure. She left for a few minutes and my contractions started getting very strong. I decided I couldn't take several hours of the pain so I told Todd to call the nurse and when she walked in I told her I wanted an epidural as soon as they knew I was staying. She said "I just talked to the doc. You're staying." So she started getting the IV in me. Impatiently I asked how long til I could get the epidural. She said about a half hour because they wanted half the bag of fluids in me in case my blood pressure drops from the epidural. Just about then I got a really strong contraction and felt a ton of pressure. I told the nurse and she said you might be complete and hurried to check me. She said "if you're at an 8 or 9, do you still want an epidural?" I told her "no" (knowing it wouldn't have time to really help.) She checked and said "you're a 7. Do you want one?" I said "yes" knowing with Roman I was at a 7 for hours. As soon as she realized I was at a 7 she called for other nurses to come it. They were all rushing to get things ready. That should've been my first clue things were gonna happen fast but I was in so much pain I could barely think. I told Todd to call my mom cuz I really wanted her to be there. My contractions were so strong and close together I didn't see much of a separation. The anesthesiologist got there a few min after all the nurses rushed in and he started the epidural. I never even got a chance to see his face, since I was turned the other way, working through the contractions that were one on top of another. I was feeling more and more pressure with each one and the nurses kept telling the anesthesiologist to hurry they needed to check me. Finally, he said they could lay me on my side to check while he finished up. The nurse that checked me said "she's complete and crowning." I told Todd to tell my mom to hurry but when Todd got her on the phone the nurse said "Tell her not to hurry. She won't make it." She was pretty much at the hospital and I prayed she would. The Dr. on call was Dr. Dayton. He came in at that point and they started having me push. I was excited when my mom got there about then. I pushed through 2 contractions and at 4:22pm our beautiful girl was born. She was crying and healthy. I couldn't get over how much she looked like Rome. When I thought about what we should name her I could only think Roman. She was even small like him. Smaller. She was 6 lbs 2oz. and he was 6lbs 7oz. I couldn't believe everything went so fast. She was delivered exactly one hour after we got to the hospital. And about ten min after my epidural. If I had known it was that close I wouldn't have gotten it but I thought it was still a ways out. Especially since I was in the tough transition phase when I got it. I did get a tiny bit of relief, but not much. I felt pretty much everything; my legs, my episiotomy, and the stitches after (even with a local anesthetic they gave me since I wasn't numb.) From the time I was convinced I was in real labor, to the time she was born, was about 2 hours, so I sure am glad I didn't take that nap. Now Todd and I have another beautiful child to love and care for one this Earth. Man I love her so much. It's going way too fast!!!

She's Here...

2010-05-31T21:26:00.005-06:00

Paisley Reese

6lbs 2oz. ~ 19 in.

Our little bundle of joy finally made her appearance last week!! So sweet and tiny. I already love her so much. We're so happy to welcome her into our family.

Roman is so sweet with her. He calls her his princess!

She's so perfect!!

This last week has been the greatest of my life! The only thing better than loving Roman so much is having two little ones to love that much.

I'll post the birth story soon...

My Pregnant Buddy...

2010-04-27T01:55:00.002-06:00

Have I ever told you I love being pregnant at the same time as Crystal? She's the sweetest nicest person in the world and I adore her to death!! My brother couldn't have married anyone better. It's nice having someone to relate to that's going through everything at the same time. She's awesome at making me feel better about everything pregnancy related. (She can even find a way to justify the fact that I gained some extra weight last month!) This is the second time we've been pregnant together. Last time our due dates were two weeks apart. This time we are due 1 day apart. Katie and Rome ended up being only 1 week instead of 2 so it'll be interesting to see how far apart these little ones will be. Only time will tell...

This pic was taken a few weeks or so ago at 33 weeks. A little out dated now, but good enough!!

Arizona...

2010-04-06T14:09:00.008-06:00

We got a chance to head to Arizona for a few days. Chels got engaged a few weeks ago and will be moving there once the nuptials go down, so we went to see where she'll be living. The drive was awful being 7 months pregnant but Rome did so good! It was fun.

Things we did:

~Spent time at the play ground and freezing cold pool!
Ro met the cutest little friend named Rya at the playground. I wish I got pictures. And no joke, the water was like -50 degrees but we were determined to spend time at the pool while we were there. Rome would get in for 30 seconds, then get out to warm up, then would want right back in again. At least it was warm outside!

~Went to a spring training baseball game. Angels vs. Brewers. Todd loved it. I can tell deep down, he's a secret baseball fan.

~Went to the Mesa Temple. I didn't get a change to do a session like I was planning, but we at least got to see it and walk the temple grounds. By the way, my husband is going to Hell for eating the sacred fruit. It was funny cuz he almost died doing it. I told him not to, then he choked on it. I couldn't stop laughing. I'm a great wife huh? Oh yeah Cody's going to Hell too.

~We also went to a Renaissance Festival. They has some fun things like jousting tournaments and elephant rides. However I don't think I've ever seen so much cleavage in my life.

~Scorpion hunting.

It was Todd's favorite part of the whole trip! (I mean besides the baseball game) We bought some black lights while we were there because scorpions glow green making them easy to find at night. I'm not a huge fan. But it did make for lots of fun for everyone else.

George was awesome for putting my whole family up at his house. I'm sure it was quite overwhelming but he was a great sport! We're excited for him to join the family!! (And we had to break him in somehow.) Rome had so much fun, when Todd and I told him we were going home he said "No. I'm just gonna stay here. And you guys go home all by yourselfes."

Flyin'...

2010-01-28T13:09:00.000-07:00

Snuggle...

2010-01-26T13:58:00.001-07:00

Baby #2...

2010-01-15T20:40:00.011-07:00

I had my 20 week ultrasound and it was so neat! Not only to hear that baby appears healthy, but also to be able to see the tiny movement I've been feeling inside of me. On top of that we found out that this little one is a girl!!! I was a little shocked. And like last time, Todd was right again. For a minute there, I thought we wouldn't find out the gender. She was acting pretty shy!! The ultrasound tech said she'd buy some time doing other things while I prodded at my stomach to get her to move and open up. I thought briefly about just calling it good but Todd wasn't having it. {He wanted to find out the gender and I didn't.} She finally opened up only for a second so we could get a sneak peak. And we're super excited! Now to start shopping for cute girl clothes and hair bows! {She'll definitely need the hair accessories. Cuz we already know she'll be bald and beautiful!}

Here's some pics we were able to get.

This is the pic of our early ultrasound taken at 7 weeks

It's crazy to see how much she's grown!!

Happy 2 You...

2010-01-15T20:37:00.006-07:00

Our awesome son had a birthday!

He's now 2. And hilarious for that matter.

But if you ask him how old he is he'll say "Just only 2 months. Not 2 years."

We threw his party at Chuck-E-Cheese. We figured letting him run from game to game, stopping only briefly enough to catch his breath before running to the next would entertain him greatly. And it did.

Gentry made him a sweet Lightning McQueen cake. Which he also loved. Thanks everyone for the gifts and for coming.

Ps. Roman had a checkup at the doctor this week also. He's a big boy.

95% for height and 85% for weight.

I've calculated his predicted adult height with the double his 2 year old height theory.

He should be 6'1'' Which could be very possible with a dad that's 6'2'' and a mom that's 5'9''. So check back to this blog in 20 years and I'll let ya know if it holds true or not :)

Our 2009...

2009-12-31T18:12:00.007-07:00

Random Pictures from each month in 2009.

Excited to see what 2010 brings.

6 days til....

2009-12-07T09:08:00.015-07:00

Romanowski loves anything Christmas. Every time we get in the car, he asks to see Christmas lights. ---He doesn't care that it's noon.

And every time we come home he runs to the Christmas Tree and says "See that's my Christmas lights and that's my Christmas tree!!!" ---Usually 3 or 4 times.

I frequently hear him singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" ---while he's playing alone.

Merry Madagascar is his new favorite movie. ---Good thing it's only 22 minutes long.

He tells koda when she sniffs the tree that "those are no no's" --- referring to the ornaments.

and He's in love with the song "Your a Mean One Mr. Grinch." The other day at my parents, I overheard him telling Gentry as he sat on her lap "I love that movie ssooooooo sooo much! Not teeny tiny little so much, but great big big HUGE so much!!!" ---Hand movements included. Apparently he really wanted her to play it

I think the only thing better than me waking up as a child on Christmas morning to see that Santa had come, is going to be having my kids wake up Christmas morning to see that Santa has come. It's already awesome and he doesn't even really understand it yet. I can see why people say cherish them when they're young. They're just so excitable!!

now we just need to get over to see Santa. We've admired from afar but haven't tried for the lap yet. We'll see if we get anywhere close. I'm assuming that's a negative!!!

little lemonade...

2009-11-30T16:41:00.003-07:00

All of my first thoughts were collaborated and jotted down,

which then received the title "Ps I love you." It became a letter to ps, about my hopes and fears and sudden excited love.

Ps is a nickname. The first nickname given. It came about from the understanding that the new tiny baby growing inside me, was about the size of a poppy seed.

As incredible a thing as pregnancy is, I'm not sure my toilet understands so well.

And at times, that has caused the time to inch by. Some days, it seems it should still be my little ps, but indeed it no longer is. It is now about the size of a lemon. Maybe I should call it my little lemonade. Because knowing I've been blessed with having another little one running around, and that it's thus far healthy and growing, is the upside in my nausea filled life!!

I think I should go pour some lemonade and make a toast to the little one that's estimated to arrive the end of May.

"don't worry..."

2009-09-27T21:44:00.008-06:00

"We're responsible parents." is what Todd told the neighbor man as we walked to the top of the hill, in front of our house, to do a midnight longboarding run with our son. "It's how we settle him down before bed."
Okay so it might not really settle him down much. And it was kinda late... but it wasn't really midnight either. Not quite. And also in our defense, the streets are deserted and are well lit from street lights and we didn't go fast. Not to mention we did some great parent/child bonding. Any way we can justify it, we will. After all, sometimes you need to break curfew and make some memories with your kids. So criticize if you want but I'll never forget Ro yelling at me "a gonna get you momma" as I headed down the hill ahead of them. Or when he screamed once at the bottom "yeah go really really fast to slurpee house!" (Don't know where he got that one but I love being able to know what he's thinking.)

addict.

2009-09-04T22:03:00.008-06:00

A summer addiction has overcome my boy.
{I hope it's a summer one}

He is an addict.

And his father is the supplier.

My time has been sadly divided this summer,
and the minute I'm away, they indulge.

Not a day goes by

that he doesn't ask to go for a "slurpee run run"

at self named "slurpee house"

Good thing I'm not gone everyday.

about time.

2009-08-20T15:52:00.006-06:00

A busy summer at our house has meant blogging has taken a back seat. But since i know everyone has just been dying to have me post something....
(joke. you're supposed to laugh)

I'll give you a taste of our vacation in June.

We made a pit stop in California before taking off to the beautiful islands of Hawaii.

We stayed in Oahu for the first night...
Then boarded another plane for a week in Maui.

The only thing better than jetting off to an exotic place with my family, would be bringing Todd along. We missed you a lot babe, but thanks for making sure i went anyway. Next time I really refuse to go without you.

We of course had loads of fun.
The luau had Rome completely enthralled.

We did some snorkeling...

and surfing...

and paragliding...
(ok me and Ro didn't but everyone else did.)

But best of all...
enjoying our selves.
~Besides me driving Chelsea nuts for being a backseat driver :)~

The prettiest was the sunset.

Thanks for the great time everyone.

More summer adventures to come...

(hopefully.)

Little talker...

2009-05-18T19:52:00.000-06:00

So about 10 seconds ago my little family had a conversation.

I'm sitting here on my laptop checking the favorite blogs and Todd is laying on the couch with Roman positioned on his lap.

Now understand that Roman these days, has become quite the mimic. He copies everything.

for instance, just today, we were in the living room and Rome was looking out the window when all the sudden he screams "Ma-la-la-la-ly!" (his name for the cute neighbor girl across the street)

So I asked him if he wanted to go outside and say hi to her!

He smiled, looked out the window once more, then started running for the door yelling "Happy Day!" over and over.

He learned that last weekend while trying to get him to say "happy birthday" to Gentry.

but back to my story.

Roman while jabbering and snuggling Todd, says "na-na you mama!"

Which I know is "I love you mama."

So i say "I love you Roman" and we go back and forth 5 or 6 times until he changes it to

"you dada" and Todd starts in with the I love you's also.

Rome continues going back and forth from "you mama" and you dada" when he suddenly changes it to "you woof woof"

then "you doda" *Koda* (He loves that dang dog so much. not sure why.)

then "you mamadaddy."

and it pretty much ends there.

He just makes us laugh everyday. We are in awe at the things he's able to do. I totally wonder at times what's going through his mind. And i know it's totally cliche to say "they grow up so fast", but they do! I really keep thinking "enjoy this stage while it last" while hoping time slows down. Really though! I came to the realization the other day that in 15 years, I'm gonna be 40! And that doesn't seem all that far away. Lame to be worried I know. It's just life is so short. Guess we better make of it what we can.

Crawdad Boil...

2009-05-18T18:50:00.000-06:00

So Todd's work, does a summer party every year. It's at the owner's cabin, up Sringville Canyon... Gorgeous!!! It's actually pretty fun. They have so much to do there! Food, kid inflatable equipment, face painting, a kiddy zipline across the stream, canoe ride, fishing, human slingshot (yes, that is what i said.) They even set off a bowling ball cannon a couple times. and they have goodies like snowcones, cotton candy, cookies, kettlecorn everywhere you turn. We didn't even have enough time to do everything and Roman loved it this year! He was having the time of his life. With so many friends to play with, he couldn't get enough of the trampoline. There were like 7 other little kids, his same size, all unsure of jumping so they all just ran around. It was adorable.

Some highlight pictures.

This was the first year I actually did the human slingshot. I don't know why I haven't before. It's not like I'm afraid. I've been skydiving (twice!) for crying out loud. We had fun though. I'm glad we went.

Madre Mia...

2009-05-10T13:03:00.004-06:00

So who invented Mother's Day? That was pretty much the coolest idea ever. What mom doesn't want to be shown a little extra love and appreciation on a specific day every year? And no one deserves that more in my book than my mom. She's been such and inspiration to me. I look up to her so much and in so many different ways. She deserves much more credit than she ever gets. She's really my best friend and I love it!!! Not to mention she's an amazing grandma to Rome. I owe her mucho mucho for what I am today. Thanks mom for always being there for me. I love you. I hope to be as good of a mom as you one day.

4 down, Forever to go!

2009-05-05T15:00:00.015-06:00

4 years ago today, we got hitched!! I'm still thinking it was a pretty dang good idea. I love you babe. Happy anniversary!

Enough.

2009-05-03T14:37:00.006-06:00

Ever have a downer day?

Sadly enough, it's one of those for me today.

So when I came across this message ↓ ↓ while I was here, It of course seemed like it was

meant for me.

is life good?
yeah.

But that doesn't mean days like today don't happen sometimes.
It's easy to focus on the bad and not see the good.

Or we do see the good things but they're taken for granted

and aren't appreciated like they should be.
(guilty written on my forehead all day)
Even after I watched and thought about finding happiness everyday

even after knowing God said "Create this video for Sienna. She needs it."
I still spent today ungrateful.
Oblivious to the amazing things around me.
For what reason? I don't even know.
Not that it would matter. I still did it.
Really though, life is good. It's better than good.
My life's path is exactly where it should be

and I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing.
besides the ungrateful part.
and there's been too much of a feeble mind for one day
So enough.

Today is no longer a downer day. I won't allow it.
I'm going to be receptive to happiness.
'cause I definitely have much to be grateful for.

and I need to show it.

Welcome Back My Summer Love...

2009-04-30T21:09:00.002-06:00

Between this ↑ ↑ ↑,

Supernatural (for Todd), and The Office (for me)

Thursdays couldn't get any better!

Dear Mother Nature-

2009-04-16T11:53:00.013-06:00

I think you must be confused. It is the middle of April not the middle of January. Don't you think it's past time to drop 50 inches on us? It's not that I don't like a big powder snowfall like this... just not when the average temperature is supposed to be 65 degrees! Oh and next time could you refrain from making the trees surrounding my house drop enormous branches on my roof at 2:30AM, making me think it's an earthquake?!!! Honestly, was that really necessary? It's not like I'm asking for a lot. Just warm the temperatures up a bit. My tulips already have a very small chance of surviving with me taking care of them, yet alone fighting you off too. Little help here please.

thanks, Sienna

ps. Is there anyway you could help us out with these dang colds while you're at it?

5 Mile Pass...

2009-04-15T13:51:00.012-06:00

For us, Easter weekend (like every year) was spent out at 5 Mile Pass. It's been Todd's family tradition since before he was born. He loves it. I don't think he could get enough. Even though I don't quite share the same passion, I still enjoyed myself. How could I not when all I really worried about was making sure I kept enough sunblock on my son during the day and staying warm enough at night?! Thankfully, my worrying was for nothing. Rome and I only made a day trip last year so this was his first camping trip. I think he liked it too. Playing outside all day... what more could a little kid ask for?

His favorite?... maybe taking a nap in the hammock.

Todd's favorite?... probably riding.

my favorite?... definitely making s'mores
Kodas favorite?... depleting every last once of energy

And when Roman finally got his Easter basket it went something like this...

I'm posting this so I won't forget it.

2009-03-19T15:31:00.004-06:00

Roman loves his Daddy. and his Daddy loves him. Last week I was giving Rome a bath when Roman yelled to Todd in the living room...

Rome: "dada!"

Todd: "roman!"

Rome:"hi."

Todd: hi buddy."

Rome: "Mmmugh!" (smiling)

Todd: "Mmmugh!"

Me: laughing. (I love him too!)

tagged again...

2009-03-19T15:17:00.001-06:00

I've been tagged. Display my 4th picture of my 4th folder. Me, Chels and Gent giving our grandpa a kiss! I love and miss you Grandpa. Hope we can come see you this summer.

I tag anyone who wants to!

Move it!

2009-03-12T20:19:00.002-06:00

as in me and this kid

have been dancing to this all day long!!

I don't know what it is about this song, but he loves it! I try others and he just keeps saying "more! more! more!" until I play it again. It'd probably get old quick if he weren't so stinkin' cute when he dances.

You got this in the bag, baby!

2009-03-10T12:59:00.002-06:00

Alright, so I don't blog. If this post is lame, I won't apologize. It's for Sienna, she knows I'm lame and loves me anyway.

I just wanted to do this for you because you really are amazing. I once thought that I had heart and willpower, then I met you. I know your strength. Anything that you want, Sienna, you can get. Look at Rome. Remember how hard that was? This is nothing. Like Rampage said: Imma hep you out. I gotcho back, baby.

Sometimes I Hate You...

2009-03-03T13:37:00.000-07:00

okay not even close!! But when you've found your way to a snoring dreamland and I'm laying there for hours... I get jealous.

No joke. at 2:09 AM this morning I got up, turned the light on, found the camera, took this picture of Todd. then climbed back into bed, and got comfy. without him even stirring!!! I hate not being able to sleep. I don't know why, but lately I can't! It takes me some nights hours!!!! We all know todd's kryptonite is sleep. I just didn't think it was mine. We lay down and he's asleep literally 30 seconds later. Though I do not envy his sleep problems, i find myself envying that he can fall asleep!!

I do take advantage though. the last two weeks I've taken the opportunity to encourage his sleep talking and to send him subliminal messages of how much he loves me! hehe And he thought it was all his idea to give me those roses! j/k

zzeeeezzis...

2009-02-27T12:49:00.003-07:00

My family went up to the Draper Temple open house. Leave it to me though to be too spastic to read the directions right so we end up at the wrong church building. We did finally make it though and it was so beautiful! It's crazy to think how many people really do go through to see it. It was a steady line of people and they do tours all day everyday (except Sundays) Roman did good. We pointed out to him, many of the extremely beautiful pictures of Jesus. by the end, every picture was "zzeeeezzis" He must think that's the new word for picture. He'll learn. I think the only one that he didn't say that with was one with a horse. Then he just made his horse noise. It was neat having him there. all my family there. I got to hold Katie for a while through it. I later asked Ty if she let many strangers hold her. Sadly, his reply was a kinda hesitant "well... yeah." I was hoping she didn't. which would mean she knew her aunt CC. That's okay. I still like to think she'd pick me over a stranger any day.

Even a temple that hasn't been dedicated is incredible. There was still a presence in the celestial room that just makes you feel so good. I'm so thankful to have the truthfulness of the gospel and the opportunity of making my family an eternal one. I find happiness in knowing it. Truly, it is everything to me.

thanks all for going.

oh and happy birthday cody!!! You're the coolest. and funny. sometimes. hehe

Good in a Normal Day...

2009-02-24T20:54:00.006-07:00

Today was a good day even though my stressful never ending / never winning battle of trying to keep 'Koda dog from jumping the fence was yet again unsuccessful, because

The snow in my front yard has completely melted

Roman, while actually playing by himself for a second, was singing his version of e-i-e-i-o. "EE-ee-ee-ohhh!"

It was warm enough to take a beautiful late morning/early afternoon walk with Rome and 'Koda. ending with quick trip to the park to swing and slide.

My mom brought me grapefruits that she bought 10 for a dollar, at Sunflower Market.

Roman laughed hysterically, while playing with 'koda, because he thought she was chasing him.

My awesome husband didn't kill me for leaving 3 seconds on the microwave

I found a foot board exactly matching our headboard at DI. Costing a whopping total of 15 bucks! Who cares if someone else owned it. It's beautiful!

I happened to be outside when my neighbor backed up right into his garbage can

I went all out, making Todd his ultimate favorite meal; steak and potatoes. complete with mushrooms, coconut shrimp and broccoli. Okay he did the actual grilling but i did everything else dinner required.

Mike and Steph came over for a little bit. I do enjoy their company.

It really was an awesome day and finding the good in it wasn't too hard.

Dino Museum...

2009-02-21T21:07:00.001-07:00

We had fun. It was a play date with Rome's friends Ryder and Oliver...

and it's the world's largest dinosaur exhibit...

I'm glad that we finally went to see it!

Happy Valentines Day!!

2009-02-14T12:05:00.002-07:00

On the Tenth Day of Valentines...

2009-02-12T10:19:00.007-07:00

I've been doing the twelve days of valentines for my hubby (taking me back to when we were first dating, doing it to each other) and I have one more post dealing with the vday surprises I have for him because this I want everyone to know!! Todd, I find you to be the most amazing man on the planet! And here's 10 things I love about you.

1.You notice the little things. You were grateful to me this morning for switching the laundry that you started in the wash, before I went to bed last night!!

2.You're incredibly ambitious. You've got hopes and dreams that you see becoming a reality and you look past obstacles toward them. Hard worker for you is an understatement.

3. You're an optimist. When I'm stressing and struggling it's you that finds the bright side of things helping me realize it's not that bad.

4.You're kinda sexy playing your guitar. Either rockin' your electric or singing to your acoustic, I love when I slow down life enough to really listen to you.

5. You are without doubt an incredible dad to Roman. This means so much to me. He gets so excited to play with you when you come home from work. You're genuinely sad when the world doesn't allow you to spend much time with him that day.

6. You're amazing at fixing things around the house. It's great having a hubby so handy. I'm sure my mom can attest to that recently.

7.You love to laugh. I love when you come in the door in that great mood that makes you just wrap your arms around me and for the next couple hours we hangout having fun.

8.You've got more depth and intelligence than any other person I've ever known in my life. Truly. The way your mind processes things blows me away. There's more to you than being handsome and charming.

9. You know who you are and it doesn't change depending on who's around. You've overcome so many challenges from your childhood and are a better man for it; never using it as an excuse. Statistics say you wouldn't beat it and you have. No wonder you hate statistics.

10. Your capacity to love. I challenge your patience and still find myself feeling safe in your arms. You make me feel so special everyday. Your unconditional love for Roman inspires me to love more. Our marriage is wonderful today because of you.

I could go on and on because these are just 10 things that make melt with love for you. Thanks for being you Todd.

On the 9th day of Valentines...

2009-02-11T06:30:00.000-07:00

Hey Honey! This is 1 of 9 poems. Hope you find them all of them today!!!

Todd this poem is for you
here's the debut:
you're so funny you make me laugh
until I cry
I cannot lie
Please don't stop on my behalf
I smile so much my cheeks start to hurt
you set afire
my longing desire
and all cuz you're such a flirt!
now don't get me started on your eyes
I get lost in your gaze
my world is a haze
they compare to no other guys
Yes I'm helpless. It is true
this poem is erratic
I'm just so exstatic
All because I'm around you

Haha you know you've loved my silly poems since you met me!
What did you think about the funny blazer one? hehe

12 Month Check-up

2009-01-19T21:20:00.011-07:00

Roman had his 12 month well baby visit today. Percentiles were great.

Height-30.5'' ~74%~

Weight- 23lbs ~54%~

head circumference- 18.3" ~54%~

The shots about killed both of us! Do they get worse every time? He screamed harder than ever before. He started holding his breath to the point he almost passed out. My heart panicked when I realized he wasn't taking a breath. We've had a few of these "breath holding spells" where he's passed out before. One that even caused a possible seizure like episode. So scary. Thankfully, blowing in his mouth got him to breathe before he passed out this time. I know immunizing is best for him. I just hate it.

We're in need of a new car seat. Lots to look for and consider. Any suggestions?

Roman's 1st Birthday...

2009-01-14T10:46:00.016-07:00

Last weekend our little man turned 1! I can hardly believe it... Not already!!! I've told Todd a hundred times that I just want to freeze time right where it is. But time keeps going and I enjoy life even more. I still think it though. I can't help it. Time goes too fast. Some people say a child becomes a toddler when they walk others when they turn 1. Either way he's not my little baby anymore!! But that's okay because even though Roman has reached that milestone he still loves to be chased, still loves for me to hold him, still gives us kiss attacks like I do to him. Life is still getting better.

We watch a slide show of his 1st year, opened presents and had fun watching Roman eat his cake while eating ours.

He was a little unsure about the cake at first. He wanted to pick at it with a spoon. Eventually taking a bite or two with his hands.

Thanks for coming to celebrate and for all the gifts everyone! We love you.

Our Holiday Season...

2008-12-29T11:25:00.024-07:00

Celebrating the birth of Christ is what Christmas is really all about. And this season was great for us. Here's some highlights...

#5 Visiting Santa

Better luck next year? Hopefully. Roman is so easy going I honestly thought he wouldn't have a problem but he was so dang tired when we went that nothing but a sucker made him happy! We actually did get one picture (just not with my camera of course) that turned out before he screamed.

#4 Decorating the Tree

So Todd and I were decorating our real tree (yes I'm obsessed. It has to be real. Even if it dies a week before Christmas... One year I'll keep it alive.) and we notice our silly little boy trying to help us decorate. He had put some of his own decorations on the tree... A block and his Yoshi car. Todd and I both burst out laughing it was so cute. We thought he'd be more likely to take the decorations off, not put more on!! He actually did really well at leaving the tree alone all December long. Though he did eventually managed to break a bulb so the ornaments went higher up out of reach.

#3 Sledding

Christmas Eve we went sledding with my family. It was lotsa fun. We got to go down a few times with everyone before it got dark. Todd spent most his time helping Chelsea and Gentry try out our snowboards. Cody did pretty good too. I mostly took pictures but did get back on the horse aka my snowboard for the first time since my excruciating first attempt that had me out of work for 3 months. Thanks Chels for the sledding idea and thanks Mom and Cody for hanging out in the car most the time to keep Drew and Rome warm. Oh and Dad you freakin' rock!! It made me laugh so much seeing you speed down the hill over and over.

#2 Opening Presents on Romes 1st Christmas

Roman's first Christmas was great. It was fun having him be old enough to unwrap at least some of his own presents. I think he liked the wrapping paper the most... until lightning mcqueen came along! It's a little scooter he sits on that makes fun sounds. He just hasn't quite figured out the scooting part but he does like to push it around the house. Thanks for giving it to him mom and dad.

#1 Todd having the week off!!!

Todd had 9 days off!!! He's such a hard worker, constantly working overtime that it was a much needed break for him. It was so nice spending time as a family. Rome was his little buddy the whole time just following him around, wanting to play with him. They had some good father/son bonding!

Oh and it was fun to have cute blow up decorations for a day...

Even if they were stolen from the neighbors lawn!!

Does this count?

2008-12-29T10:36:00.003-07:00

If I just post our Christmas card here... Can you pretend you got it in the mail? You're right that's lame! Especially being late.

Sorry to all those friends and family who never got one. We love and miss you. Hope you had a wonderful holiday season!!! Next year I will be much better at actually sending them.

What is this stuff?...

2008-12-18T11:53:00.004-07:00

It was Roman's first time in the snow. (Last winter he was way too tiny to take out.)

I think he liked it...

Only was less a fan of not being able to move all bundled up!

We made his first Roman sized snowman.

He was fascinated and couldn't take his eyes off it.
He even gave it kisses!!!

I'm sure hoping with all this snow, it at least means we'll have a white Christmas!

Cuz it just doesn't feel like Christmas without snow!!!

2008-12-05T21:12:00.008-07:00

Here are some of my new favorite pictures of Roman. They turned out so good. Thank you Emily for taking them.

♥ ♥ ♥ And for the fun play date ♥ ♥ ♥

Isn't she amazing?! There's couple more I don't think I posted on her photography blog if you want to check it out.

The Green Duck Experiment...

2008-12-04T12:45:00.023-07:00

I think bath time is the highlight of Romans day. (Besides when Daddy comes home)

He's got lots of fish and frogs to play play with; along with a yellow rubber ducky.

Only, we think he hates the yellow duck. He'll always put it on the side of the tub and plays with all the others.

Wondering if he was racist against yellow ducks...

Todd bought him a green one.

For a minute, we thought the green duck's fate was the same as the yellow's and it was just ducks regardless of color...

Only it was proven not to be true, because the side of the tub was the new place to play and the Green Duck got friends to play with! (I should mention the yellow duck was moved somewhere else all by itself.)

Rome did once play with a yellow duck at my parents house,
so we thought maybe he wasn't really racist...
it's just time and time again, he's proven it to be true in the tub.

I think his parents need to teach him some manners and let him know that since it's okay to play with the yellow fish, it should okay to play with the yellow duck too!

Oh my little Roman...

2008-11-19T23:29:00.009-07:00

This sweet child came into this life with no idea of how much he'd be loved! He has love oozing from everywhere; mom, dad, grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, cousins and so many others! I saw this picture of him today and got giddy inside. Even with some not so pleasant experiences in his short 10 months of life, he always has a smile on his face! I know that I do what I feel is best for him, regardless of what anyone else thinks and would do anything in this world to keep him safe. After all, what would I do if I didn't have his charming self tugging on my leg and rubbing snot on my shirt?!

While working in the salon clear until I was past my due date, I saw lots of clients who had a lot to say about motherhood. Some said it was great but lots had negative things to say about it too! Really, even through the sleep deprivation, lifestyle change, dirty diapers, and long nights in the hospital, I really don't have anything bad to say about it! How could I? I get to see things like him taking his first steps!

Some say it's annoying when people can't stop talking about their kids. Being a mom I now know why!

Children: What an incredible thing.

Get Well...

2008-11-05T10:39:00.008-07:00

I tried my luck at cake decorating during enrichment. (Yes. I really went for once!)
& it actually turned out! My boys haven't been feeling 100% so I dedicated it to them. Roman has had a fever and sore throat and Todd broke his ankle on Saturday.

Todd hurt it helping our friends move but if you ask him, he'll usually tell you a different story of some macho way he broke it. Kinda like last time he was hurt. I think I heard him tell people it was a motorcycling accident, braving a bear, got in a fight but you should see the other guy...

He thought it might have been okay, but finally Monday, he went to the doc and sure enough, it's an avulsion fracture with some partially torn ligaments. Diagnosis resulting in: a big ol' boot for 4 weeks then they'll check again to determine whether he'll need it on for another 2-4 weeks or possibly do surgery (most likely not). He's mainly bummed about not being able to snowboard! He can't wait to get the ok from the doc. Hopefully he won't be out all season.

Check out Gentry's cake too. She made her own designs out of the fondant and it turned out so cute!

Happy Halloween!!

2008-10-31T22:41:00.001-06:00

Todd loves to go all out on Halloween. Can you tell?

He really bad wanted Rome and him to be Shrek and Donkey

I wasn't quite on board until I found this baby Dragon/Donkey costume.

Seeing his little tail waddle back and forth when he'd crawl around was so cute!!

I didn't wanna be left out... so I decided to be Fiona.

It was definitely a fun day with some creepy experiences.

But isn't that what Halloween is all about?

1st place baby!

2008-10-29T19:50:00.021-06:00

and no mom, not baby as in Roman. he he

We love carving pumpkins at our house. We carve them several times every year. This year a couple of them were winners!! Todd entered his in contest at work and won 1st place. He got a gift certificate to brick oven (yummy!...) and a big pumpkin full of m&m's. (also yummy) Gentry and I, also entered ours at an Orem Owls party. We were up til 2 in the morning carving them but it paid off cause Gentry won those season tickets!!! Here's a look at the pumpkins we've carved so far. Yes I've got plans to still do at least 1 more!

Todd's Stack-o-lantern. I have to say, it's the first time I've ever seen someone use a drill and screwdriver when carving pumpkins.

top pumpkin: Frankenstein

middle pumpkin: Joker

bottom pumpkin: Jason and Freddy Krueger

My Owlz pumpkin. It was a lot of work creating my pattern but Rome was a good helper.

Gentry's 2009 season tickets winning pumpkin of Hootz!

Mom's scary witch

Cody's graveyard!!
He free handed this one.

Ty and Drew's alien

Pumpkinland...

2008-10-23T13:29:00.018-06:00

We've been to the pumpkin patch a couple times this year. It was so neat. They have so much to do there. They have lots of things to play on, a mini corn maze for kids, farm animals, a fun light alley and of course many many pumpkins!!

We set Roman down by the pumpkins to take some pictures and he didn't want to be picked up. He was loving just sitting there with all his pumpkin friends. It was so cute.

They had tunnels you could crawl in and Rome thought the were there coolest thing. When I put him in, he just started laughing, crawling towards Todd on the other end. As soon as he got there he'd turn around and do it again, still laughing. I think he would've stayed there all night if we would've let him. It was so dirty but definitely worth it to see him so happy.

Have I already said I love this time year?

Day at the Zoo...

2008-10-23T12:59:00.009-06:00

My mom wanted to take her grandkids to the zoo & it just so happen to work out my whole family was able to go!! We had lots of fun.

Short day trip...

2008-10-05T16:29:00.006-06:00

This last week, Roman and I headed to go see Misti and her girls. It was great. It's been a while since I've seen them and I was finally able to meet her sweet new baby girl.

Sayge - Angelyse - Alexye

The girls rode their bikes, while we walked to the park. They had fun playing on the swings!

Roman - Sayge - Alexye

The drive was so nice. (And not just cuz Rome slept the whole time) The colors were so beautiful. When I first got to Provo Canyon, I thought "Oh so pretty!" But it was nothing like when I got up further by what I think is Daniels Summit, near Strawberry. I've seriously, never seen scenery so beautiful. My camera doesn't do it justice. All the florescent colored aspens mixed in the evergreens were gorgeous! I think it's just one of those amazing gifts that God gives us, kinda like sunsets and rainbows.

I love this time of year it's definitely my favorite!

My quirky little self...

2008-10-05T16:17:00.002-06:00

I've been tagged so I guess it's my turn to reveal my quirks. Here they are:

1. My food can't touch. I hate when they do. I'll wipe my plate clean before I put something else on it. Also I like to eat one food at a time.

2. I pick at my split ends. Whenever I'm bored or have nothing to focus on, I find myself doing it. You'd think having done hair for 5 years, I'd know better.

3. I love odd numbers. If numbers are involved, it has to be odd. I'll always pick it before an even. (Just ask me how to win at deal or no deal)

4. I'm left handed. Because of it, I find myself doing many things backwards. But it can be nice when batting, if I can hit the ball!

5. I love cold water. I can't drink water straight out of the tap. It has to be ice water or cold bottled water. I buy it by the cases. Nothing is better than a cold glass of ice water when you're thirsty.

6. I think I have an alien implant. I found a lump that moves back and forth on my shin, clear back in like 7th grade, and swore I was abducted by aliens. Still to this day, I'll show you and stand by my story. Just ask my Aunt Debbie. She knows the truth. (She has one too! Same place. Coincidence? I think not.)

So there you go. For all of you who already thought I was a little quirky there's your proof!
Anyone up for the tag? Go for it.

Indian Springs...

2008-09-30T09:21:00.002-06:00

A couple weeks ago Todd, Roman and I took our dogs and went hiking with Todd's brothers Dan, Randy and Tyler. We headed up to Grove Creek Spring aka "Indian Springs" It's a natural spring up PG mountain. Todd used to do the whole thing every Saturday. We only did like 1/3 of the hike but it was still fun.

We are the champions...

2008-09-30T09:14:00.001-06:00

I've been playing on both Public Enemy teams this season and it's been so fun. We were playing in a league down in Payson for one of the nights. It's good to know even down there we can take the 'ship!!! Now let's just hope we do as well in provo.

Check Todd out in this picture; it's pretty funny. His tongue makes it look like he has no teeth!

Enjoying the last bit of summer...

2008-09-12T19:02:00.000-06:00

Last Saturday, Cody and Gentry and I, went tubing down the river with Todd's brothers. I've never done it before, and we had so much fun! We didn't want to loose our flip flops! Amazingly, Cody still did.

Kreativ Blogger Award

2008-09-12T17:53:00.043-06:00

I'm not sure I deserve this... but thanks anyway Camille! I am actually glad to do the acceptance speech that comes with because it got me thinking about what in life really makes me happy. Here they are, in no particular order:

#1 ♦ Todd ♦

He's such a hard worker and the best man I've ever known. He makes life so much fun. I'm so glad we've still got forever to come.

2 ♥ Roman ♥

I've never loved so much before. I love being his mom. He smiles at everything just because he can. Life is so sweet with him around. He makes me want to be a better person!

#3 ♦ Adventure ♦

Anything new and exciting! Like the couple times I went SKYDIVING!!!

#4 ♥ The Gospel ♥

Knowing I can be with my family for the rest of eternity, brings such peace and happiness. I'm grateful for a loving Savior who's showed me love when I've needed.

#5 ♦ My Family ♦

It's awesome to be so close with my siblings. Even as grown adults, we hang out together all the time! I really hope as my kids get older, they'll want to do the same.

#6 ♥ Traveling ♥

I'd travel the whole world if I had the money. The few places I have gone, have been amazing!

I think that everyone is creative for even making a blog, so instead of choosing 3 people, I award it to anyone who wants to do it!!

Our little binky thief!!

2008-09-03T00:44:00.014-06:00

Roman picture's don't lie!! You're a binky thief!! You have two and Katie doesn't even have one. Even more, I'm not sure if either one of those are yours!

Roman is pretty dang silly. He'll steal any binky he can find! Even if it's right out of their mouths. What's funny, is that he doesn't even really take one all that often. Usually only when he's going down for a nap or to bed. Any other time, he'll just use it to chew on; unless it's someone elses!! (...I think he's got a special eye for baby Kate's)

Sorry Katie!! Thanks for being so patient with him.
oh and Happy Birthday Crys!!

2008-08-27T18:03:00.011-06:00

So I was watching the news this afternoon and they did a story on ridiculous 991 calls. Some were petty hilarious!!! There were calls about spiders, crickets, even the time!!! If you're bored and have a second, go to this link and listen.

KSL.COM

Family Reunion...

2008-08-19T22:27:00.009-06:00

So we took a long weekend and went down Thursday, with my family, to St. George for a family reunion. It was so fun and for Todd, much needed. Growing up, we always did a reunion every year with my moms family. Only my gma, gpa, aunts, uncles, and cousins (not great aunts i don't know) and they were so much fun. I miss those. I want Roman to enjoy the same, so we started the tradition!

Where we stayed. It was beautiful!

Lot's of swimming in the pool!

There was an awesome theater room in the club house!

We also played a fun candy bar game! (Good idea Ty)

Family picture!! We had fun with the self timer

There was an amazing lightning storm one night that Todd took pictures of

Rome had lots of fun & did amazing on the car ride down.

Didn't cry once!!

Lastly, In-N-Out Burger!! Todd's highlight of the trip! Every time we go to St. George we make a special trip to Vegas just to get it, but now they've open one in Utah. He was stoked!! Cody and Todd ate there everyday! I'm not sure how they did it. I didn't know anyone could eat that many burgers. He's ecstatic they're expanding up here!!! Lets hope the frequency tapers off.

Other than that, we shopped, played games, and just relaxed!! It was good to spend time together!!

Little Mover...

2008-08-19T21:21:00.006-06:00

Roman learned to crawl a couple weeks ago! He's always been so content to just lay there; rarely rolling over. But now that he's figured things out, his favorite thing to do is follow me around the house all day long. (Oh and go over and knock over all daddy's video games! Time to move those.) Check it out. It's cute.

My Happy Boy...

2008-08-05T22:34:00.000-06:00

We just got Romans 6 month pictures back and they turned out so good! I love them. He just sat there smiling at the photographer the WHOLE time. Then when she talked to him he would start laughing. It was so funny! I'm so excited about them.

Boating Pictures...

2008-08-04T22:18:00.002-06:00

This post is way over due but Em and Dave thanks for inviting us out on the lake! We had lots of fun. It was really my first time boating besides last year when I was pregnant and basically just went for a boat ride!! Todd on the wakeboard

Me on the tube(maybe I'll get braver next time!)

Happy Birthday!!

2008-07-21T14:24:00.009-06:00

Today is Todd's Birthday and I love this day so much! (Maybe more than he does) I get so excited for it. Anyway, Hope you have a good day!!! I love you Babe. You're an amazing husband and dad! Thanks for being so wonderful. You're incredible.

Devil Dog 2? Only time will tell...

2008-07-20T13:02:00.012-06:00

For any of you that have seen our Devil Dog blog, you know Takoda has been acting up lately. Todd thinks she needs a friend. So, all he wanted for his birthday was another dog and he finally broke me down. He's had his eye on a few different dogs but when we went to see this one, he fell in love instantly. He's a 3 year old Boxer. He's an AKC registered male with papers and we are planning on breeding him for some extra cash. (Not with Koda! Those would be UGLY puppies!! Good thing she's fixed!)

Most importantly, we've been cautiously observing if he'll be right for our family (you never really know until you get them home) and so far he's been a good dog. He's appeared to be pretty gentle and sweet. (Which was a must!) The family that had him before was moving into an apartment and needed to find him a new home. She ran a home daycare and has 2 little kids of her own and we saw he was really good with them. (also a must!) Hopefully, he'll be right for us, and Koda will have a friend to play with that'll entertain her instead of looking to me for constant attention! His name is Hades but we're toying with the idea of changing it because neither one of us really likes it. I want Saker because the address we picked him up from was Saker Drive and Todd wants Chuck Liddell (is anyone really surprised?) so we'll see what it ends up being. Maybe it'll stay Hades. I'm just praying we won't end up making a Devil Dog 2 blogspot! And with a name like Hades, wouldn't that be ironic?

New Fishing Partner...

2008-07-17T22:28:00.003-06:00

We went fishing last weekend up Provo Canyon just before the sun started setting. We had so much fun. Todd had a blast strapping Roman to him. It was so cute. Rome was so fascinated by everything going on. He just sat there watching him cast out his line. He loved the running water. Too bad it got dark so quickly. But I guess it was good while it lasted. Todd and I have had a lot of fun fishing since we've been together, it'll be awesome if Roman grows up loving it too!

Much Needed Home Improvements...

2008-07-17T22:23:00.003-06:00

We ( and when I say "we" I mean Todd) recently took on the project of tiling our bathrooms. It's been something that's needed done since we moved in. Our downstairs bathroom had CARPET!! Need I say more? It looks so much better! Upstairs had linoleum that was in really good shape, but I figured since we were at it anyway... They both turned out so good. Todd did an awesome job. My mom helped him with the downstairs (Thank you again mom) but he took on the upstairs by himself and it's beautiful!

Happy (6 month) Birthday Baby Rome...

2008-07-11T15:26:00.007-06:00

My little boy is 6 months old Today!!! I can hardly believe it. It really goes so dang fast. It sometimes makes me sad to think that it is, but at the same time, it's fun to see him hit so many different milestones and I love to watch him grow. I don't want to miss any of it and I know I'm lucky to be able to stay home with him. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Really I have such a stinkin' sweet child!It's crazy to think just 6 months ago he was our little newborn we had been awaiting for so long.I can't wait so see the adventures we'll have with this little one. We're defintely up for the challenge though!!!

4th of July

2008-07-07T17:24:00.018-06:00

We decided to do a BBQ with my family and crystal's family. We loaded up our BBQ grill into Ty's truck & headed to the neighborhood park. It was a lot of fun. We just hung out and played a horseshoes tournament. Sweet Drew always lovin' on Rome!!
Me and my sweet baby Ty doing tricks on Gentry's scooter!!
Beautiful Katie & Uncle Cody Lots of other fun pics!!!We later went to pleasant Grove for fireworks with Todd's family. His mom is supped to email me those pics sometime so when she does I'll have to make sure and post those too.

It's always good to remember the beauty of the land we live in by doing the things we enjoy most. And I must say... It was especially nice having Todd off work for an extra day!

Never too young to start...

2008-07-02T21:34:00.003-06:00

My little musician!!

We were hanging out on the porch the other night and I was holding Rome. Only he wanted Todd because he was really interested in his guitar. So I put him over there and he just kept looking up trying to grab it. I guess he wanted a turn. Soon I'll have two musicians. It was so cute I had to have a picture!!!

One More Day...

2008-06-28T16:49:00.009-06:00

So Todd this last week, has been doing "The Master Cleanse" aka "the Lemonade Diet." I am completely amazed he's able to it. He can't eat; only drink water and this lemonade mixture. Which consists of water, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and organic maple syrup. It'd be so hard!! I'm not sure if I could make it. I want to try next time he does it though. He set a goal to do it for 7 days and today is day 6. It's a juice fast created by a doctor that has so many benefits including; major energy boost, cleanse your body of years of built up waste, strengthen immune system, improve mental clarity and focus, more strength and stamina, relieves aches and pains, even will help you lose weight fast. He hopes it'll help reset everything. I'm so dang proud of him for setting a goal and striving to achieve it. Only one more day. It takes so much will power to do something like that. He's so strong though. He can do anything he sets his mind to. He's so funny! He says "It looks like urine and tastes like crap!" I tasted it though and didn't think it was bad at all. But I only sipped it and I haven't only had that for the last week!!! He's already noticed lots of things it's helped with. Good thing he's not doing it for nothing!

Roman's new friend...

2008-06-26T20:37:00.017-06:00

Rome loves our dog Takoda! He thinks she's the funniest thing ever. Which cracks me up cause I treated Koda like my baby before Rome was born. Even when I was in labor, I was all worried about her and the minute Roman was born I wanted to get rid of her!! Motherly instinct I guess. I wanted to protect him from everything. Including my hyper active puppy. She definitely picked up on that protectiveness when we got home and wouldn't even come near Rome for a month! For the most part she still doesn't pay much attention to him. (Although she tries to sneak in kisses when she thinks I'm not looking.) But Rome sure doesn't want to leave her alone! The other day, he kept leaning way over trying to get down off my lap. I looked over and koda is sitting there. So I laid him down next to her and he started laughing like crazy!! I've never heard him laugh like that without someone trying to make him. Koda probably didn't think it was as funny when he got a handful of ear! It was so cute to see him with her but if Todd asks, Yes I still hate her! ha ha. (hey, I can't let him think I'm kinda starting to like her again!!)

Oh, and you hate her too Todd, or you wouldn't have started the devil dog blog!

Who does Rome look more like?...

2008-06-24T16:40:00.002-06:00

We did this poll when Rome was just a month or two old and he looked more like me but having done it again recently it says he looks more like Todd. (Which I totally agree with.) It seems since Todd shaved his head Rome looks more and more like him. Must be the bald thing!!

Take me out to the ball game...

2008-06-18T22:40:00.007-06:00

We went to our first Orem Owlz game today!! It was so fun. Aunt Chelsea took this picture when we first got there and next thing I know, everyone is telling me and Todd to look at the scoreboard to see this pic up on it. It was so cute and a big surprise to see it up there! I loved it. I'm sure we'll have a fun summer of ball games. My parents host players at their house, and this year they seem to be some outgoing guys. I might actually be able to go watch them play this season now that I'm not working my life away at the salon! So far it seems Rome likes baseball not fighting! (ha ha!! Wouldn't you agree honey?!) Thanks grandma and gpops for the jersey. He looks adorable in it!!

Happy Father's Day!!!

2008-06-15T12:57:00.008-06:00

These are the 2 Fathers in my life that mean so much to me! My dad Bart and my husband Todd. Both have brought much joy in my life and I'm grateful that they are such incredible dads! They're hard workers who support and show love for their families. I couldn't ask for any better! I love you Dad. I love you Todd. Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there!!!

Blessing Day!!

2008-06-10T16:05:00.017-06:00

Yay! Finally we blessed Roman on Sunday. It was so neat. He received such a wonderful blessing. It made me truly realize what an incredible spirit Heavenly Father sent to me. He has so much potential and his whole life ahead of him!! I love him so much. I'm grateful for a wonderful husband who was able to preform the blessing. You're awesome babe! I'm so glad to finally have it done I was getting anxious to do it. (I'm not the only one huh Crys?!) It was perfect though.

This sweet child even slept through it. Which is amazing because he never sleeps or naps and wakes at even slight movement!!

Katie and Rome looked so cute! They all did. There were 4 little ones blessed. Roman, Katie (Ty and crystal's), Dallas (Tracy and Rich's), and Raziley (My cousin Michelle's)

It was so neat to have Grandpa, my aunts, Michelle and zz come from Washington. It meant a lot. It's been so fun having everyone here. It was good to have lots of family and friends there too. Having everyone blessed at the same time kind of tied us all in as family. Thanks to all who shared this day with us!!

Swimming Fun!!!

2008-06-04T23:17:00.004-06:00

We took Roman to the Scera Pool last Saturday. It was so much fun. He was a little uneasy at first with all the noise and people splashing, but once he got used to it, he had a really good time. I'm excited he liked it too!! I've always wanted a water baby because I love the water so much. It was such a nice day too. On our way my car temp read 81 degrees!! He absolutely loves his bath so it's not such a surprise he had a good time.

Sitting Up!!

2008-05-26T18:28:00.006-06:00

Rome hates to be leaning back on something while he's just sitting. As a result, he's learning to sit up! And he actually let me capture him on camera!! Which is amazing because as soon I pull out any type of camera he ceases to to anything. (Besides be cute of coarse!) He's growing up so fast and getting so strong. I love this stage!! It's my favorite. (I'm sure I'll be saying that the entire time he's growing up!) ha ha

Sisters!!

2008-05-24T18:05:00.006-06:00

Me and my sisters did these pics for my mom as a surprise for when she got back from Atlanta. I've got two sisters in my family (both of which are extremely gorgeous ....How did I get the raw end of the deal?) To tell you the truth, it's like I've had three since I've always considered Crys one even before she married Ty. It's been so fun living so close to my family. It seems we're closer than ever!

Yay! He's Growing!!

2008-05-13T22:20:00.016-06:00

So I took Rome in to the doc for his 4 month well baby check up and it's always so hard to take him because he gets his immunization shots when he goes. It's awful to just sit there and watch him scream while he looks at me with those panic eyes of "Please mom, help me!" Then I get him home and feel so bad he is fussy from the pain. I just have to remember their benefits are worth it. A million times better than not getting them. This time was a bit harder for some reason so it was good to see his growth. He now weighs 14lbs. 13oz. and he's 25.4 in" long. His percentiles are awesome. I was stoked! Remember my child was at one time during his life in the 2% of infants his age.

Length- 73%
Weight- 47%
Head Circumference- 43%

It's hard to believe he's getting so big and time is flying by so fast. It makes me sad:( I'm excited at the same time though, for him to grow and experience life!

Park City!!

2008-05-04T21:14:00.004-06:00

Todd and I took Roman and got away to Park City this weekend. It was so awesome! We've never done just weekend getaways. It was so fun. We just rented out a condo near the outlet stores (now that's my kind of fun!) and hung out. We were there during the wrong time of year apparently because it's in between seasons. All the winter activities were done for the season and all the summer activities aren't quite open yet! We heard it referred to as the mud season. It was a blast though. We just enjoyed hanging out the 3 of us. We went shopping, to main street, walked through some art galleries, went to dinner. I was hoping the pool would've been open but it wasn't. I want to take Rome swimming so bad! Summer's coming soon though so it won't be too long. Every year around our anniversary we go somewhere. Todd thought since I planned it this year we were going to go to Hawaii. I didn't know that was an option or we would have!! We will some day. Although no warm beach, Park City was great fun. It was good spending time with the two favorite men in my life!

My Husbands Wonderful Mohawk

2008-04-29T00:14:00.003-06:00

I came home from my parents house to Todd's new haircut! He did it himself! I was definitely surprised. He came upstairs with some of my hair stuff asking which of it he needed to bleach it. That part I helped with cuz he was about to do it himself and nothing was stopping him. I didn't want him turning it bright orange or give himself blisters from the bleach on his scalp. Last summer he shaved his head and loved it! And since that was his plan again for this summer the warm weather must have gotten to him and he decided to try this out before he shaves it completely!

Softball!

2008-04-28T23:44:00.008-06:00

Softball season is here again. For years we've spent our summers at the ball park and I love it. This year I'm not on the team. I'm just a substitute (some one's got to watch Rome) But so far I've played in two of the three games. (Grandmas turn to watch him!) I love it though. It's lots of fun.

2008-04-21T23:31:00.004-06:00

I just want to say how freakin' excited I am for summer! I love warm weather. Not needing a jacket is wonderful! I can't wait to get a tan (so my legs won't be whiter than my moms anymore!) and to be able to wear shorts. I've been wanting to take Rome to the pool so bad. Hopefully he'll love the water. I'm definitely a beach girl! Me and Todd have taken some fun trips to warm places but none recently so it's way over due to be in the sun. I'm aching for the warmth. Bring on 100 degree weather. I love it!

2008-04-15T21:38:00.002-06:00

We just got rome's 3 month pictures done. He didn't give any big smiles but they're still adorable!

Babies!!

2008-04-12T03:43:00.001-06:00

Rome got an adorable little cousin Katie on Jan. 18th. Exactly one week after he was born. It's so fun to see the two of them together since they're so close in age. She's so beautiful. I'm so excited to have a niece. (Especially since having a nephew is awesome!) It's gonna be so neat watching them grow.

Lots of Loves

2008-04-12T02:47:00.000-06:00

My nephew Drew is so dang cute! He loves Roman so much and is so sweet to him always wanting to give him kisses. Every time he sees him he wants to hold "baby Rome" and have his picture taken while doing it. It's crazy to see how big Drew is next to Roman.

2008-04-12T02:38:00.000-06:00

Having Roman has been a complete lifestyle change for me. Before i was always busy working or doing something. It's been so wonderful though. I wouldn't change it for the world! I never knew the happiness that comes with having a child. I've heard it a million times but I never came close to understanding before. My capacity to love has grown so much since the first time I held him. I hope he'll always know and feel my love for him. I've got greater appreciation for my husband too. He does so much for our little family. Thanks Todd.

2008-04-03T00:18:00.001-06:00

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

2008-04-02T20:27:00.000-06:00

POOR LITTLE GUY!

2008-04-02T19:53:00.001-06:00

We had a scare with Rome about a week after he was born. He was admitted to the hospital for dehydration and failure to thrive. He lost a whole pound weighing 5lbs. 7oz. which was about 20% of his body weight after he was born. (normal is 10%) We didn't realize how bad he was until he got better. Here are some pics from when he was in the hospital and after he got out.

New Baby!

2008-04-02T19:41:00.001-06:00

I'm brand new to this blogging thing and I've got a lot of things to catch up on. We had Our first baby on Jan. 11th, 2008. He's been such a blessing to our little family and we are so incredibly grateful that he was sent to us. He's a few pictures from when he's just a few hours old!

2008-03-30T13:48:00.000-06:00