Fingers Crossed.....

So if you recall, when I was pregnant with Bradyn I had issues where my entire left arm, face, lips, mouth would go completley numb and I began seeing Black spots.  Well..this occured about every few months.  I went into a Cardiologist in St. Geo and after doing an Echo told me that I have a hole, that is more apparent when I'm "bearing" down and that a large percentage of the population does have what's called PFO's and that I needed to be checked yearly.  So as you know we moved from St. George and I set up an appt with a Cardiologist here and had my appointment last week and was told that- tomorrow, I'm going to Provo to undergo some tests to see just how big of a hole I have and how much of a "leak" is occuring etc.  My Cardiologist explained that they really don't recommend hardly anyone these days to get holes fixed unless it's effecting your everyday life.  Which, I haven't felt ANY symptoms since being pregnant.  He also told me- he's not sure whether or not my heart will be OKAY to go through another pregnancy again...I kindof gave him a blank stare.  I know I did just fine going through labor and delivery (and that's like the hardest part on your heart) so I don't really care if I have any of those weird symptoms again with another pregnancy just as long as I knew that my heart could handle another labor and delivery....SOOOO....fingers crossed everything looks Okay!!!

Loves

5 things i bet ya didn't know about Me...

Soo...After reading Jen & Brittany's blog about this..it just looks like fun! And it's fun getting to know everyone better, especially the things "I bet ya didn't know about..."  So here it goes!

1- I am Nazi with Pictures!! I have to literally develop EVERY picture that we like.  And once I develop them, I HAVE to scrapbook them.  I keep up on scrapbooking religiously.  It is ALWAYS updated with our newest pictures. It's been known for people to look through our scrapbooks and see a picture that was just taken the night before!!! (I can't believe I'm admitting this right now!) Our scrapbooks consist of 2 years worth of pictures.  And then we make a new one.  I have every single picture from Facebook scrapbooked. Basically my step by step process is- once we take pics, i delete the ones off the camera I don't like..everything else I put on FB (to save for our digital copy- kinda scary to think if FB crashed down one day) and I then develop them from off the camera..and then delete them from off the camera once they are developed.  Pretty much, every Wal-mart store I've ever lived by (South Jordan, Logan, West Jordan, St. George, now Saratoga Springs...they know me BY name:)let's not forget GA walmarts too lol)  I probably go and develop pics once I have like 30 that I need to go and do.  So the good thing about his weird trait of mine IS...i know it's such a blessing to look through all our books and to know I have spent a lot of time and love in making these scrapbooks and it will be SO  fun for the boys to look through when they are older and to know I kept a good history of all their pics.  But the bad thing about this trait IS it drives STEVE nuts!!! It only drives him nuts when I have to re-count or catch up on scrapbooking and it can become a tad stressful.  But all in all, I enjoy doing it. I couldn't imagine life with no pictures, no books of pictures, loose pictures all over boxes and in drawers..or CD's full of images that aren't developed...nope, sorry not Me!!

2- This one goes along with Number 1- we make Yearly movies from the time we've been married.  We have a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year videos.  And these videos consist of ALL our pictures from that year AS WELL as all our video clips from our video camera.  Every August (month of our Anniversary) we begin making the video from that year.  It takes...let's say... a very long time.. probably 2 weeks or so..working on it every day.  We go through all the FB pics and put them all on a flashdrive numbered in order..and then start going through the video camera choosing the clips that we want in the video.  And...Steve is particular about making the videos look..way good. Not just your normal slideshow.  But again, I know our kids will totally appreciate this when they are older :) 

If you are ever bored at our house just ask- "Let's watch your guys videos!?" or "can I see your scrapbooks?!" LOL!

3- I HATE having a credit card balance.  I get soo irritated when we have to use our credit card.  We have a credit card that has a $1,000 limit on it.  Which I love.  But I hate having to use it.  Everytime we have to use it, i immediately think of when we can get it back down to 0 again.  I am totally fine with being in debt with a house and a car (both of which- we are new to, we have recieved our 1st mortgage and 1st car payments as of 2 months ago)  Student loans seems perfectly "normal" to me...but having to make credit card payments EEERKS me soo bad!

4- So... I DON'T COOK!  Most of you probably know that ha ha!! I seriously the whole almost 4 years we have been married..I have NEVER cooked ONE meal..not one.  And Steve makes me breakfast, lunch, and dinner...i know all of you are just dying to hear this right now....and for real, it is kinda embarrassing but at the same time...i've never been interested in learning..and when Steve & I met he expressed how he just LOVES LOVES to cook and how it's his passion in life and that if we got married he wanted to do ALL the cooking...so of course I smiled real big inside thinking...SAWEET!!!  ha ha ha!!! I really don't know how I survived in college or on my mission...wow.

So..despite the fact that I don't cook...I seem to be very critical of what Steve makes..I'm very opinionated with what I want and if it doesn't taste right, I don't like it.  You would think if I was this amazing chef - that would give me the right to be critical...NOPE!  ha ha!! poor steve!!  I do also LOVE watching cooking shows- my fav. as of late- Master Chef.  Love it!!! I'm SOOO WEIRD!!! ha ha ha!!! But something I wanted to add is even though I don't cook- I don't like when I feel my "load" is not as heavy as "normal" Mom's..or that I'm not doing "my part" as a Mother by cooking..it's just one of those things that Steve does the cooking and I do the cleaning..ya know?

5- I have been known for LOVING my friends! ha ha!! I am very loyal to my friends and would do anything for them.  At an early age, i made having friends and being a friend a top priority in life.  And knew that anything and everything I did in this life I wanted a big group of best friends that could ride the journey with me.  I have this gigantic box that is devoted to my friends..journals, notes, and pictures of everything I have done with my friends.  I've made friends such a top priority in my life that oftentimes, it has made my family feel I put friends first and then family.  Which hurts me to know that this is what is thought of.  I have just always felt like there are a few of my friends that I consider like sisters to me.  And I am so grateful for that. I now feel like that with a family of my own now..i feel like friends aren't the most important thing to me anymore..they still are important but that Steve, Pey and Bradyn are the MOST important thing to me.  But I'm so happy for how I've lived my life so far with having so many friends and so many memories and having no regrets whatsoever!  And now I feel like I'm at a point where- I don't care to make tons of friends anymore.  When we moved to St. George as well as here in Eagle Mtn..I just feel like I'm totally content with the friends that are in my life and that it's not a focus of mine to make or have more best friends...does that make sense?  I'm probably sounding anti- social..i just am Ok with who is in my life now..and that I'm Ok with not putting myself out there as much as I have in the past.  

Anyways, love you all thanks for reading!!!!

CRUISE!

We just got back from a Carnival Western Caribbean Cruise!!! We went to:

Cozumel, Mexico

Belize City, Belize

Roatan, Honduras

Key West, Flordia

On our way there we had a layover in Minneapolis.  Then we made our way to Miami, which we stayed over night at a hotel.  We then boarded the ship the next morning. It was such a BLAST!  A friends' cruise trip is definetly in order!  We kept talking about how much fun it would be to have a big group of people there with us!  

So i seriously think I missed my lot in life..it was to become a Cruise Director!!! Omg! it appealed to me soo much!  How fun would that be or to be a dancer on a ship!  freak!  We felt like we kept ourselves busy participating in all the activities that the ship had to offer.  If we weren't out and about we were either laying out or snoozin' away! We really enjoyed Karoke nights, and the nightly shows.  Steve even went to all the dance classes with me :)  And whenever there was a Deck party, would stand by me while I danced ha ha! It will be a transition going from pizza, hamburgers, and ice cream available 24/7 ha ha! We did start feeling sick the second night..a lot of rocking so we took some Bronnine (sp?) and that helped a lot.

 Cozumel, Mexico- this port we just shopped

Gotta see it to BE-LIZE IT!!!  This port in Belize we did ziplining....soo fun!!!

And also did Cave Tubing!  You would travel through a river in the dark through caves!!

 Next port was- Honduras.  Glad we didn't have an excursion planned...Beach Day!

 Then we were suppose to stop in Grand Cayman, but the weather was too bad so instead the Captain had it an all Sea Day and then the next Day took us to Key West.  We were pretty disappointed b/c we had an Excursion planned for waverunning out to Sting ray bay.  So when we heard we were going to Key West we decided to do Parasailing....loved it!

and snorkeling in Key West, too

 Notice how Steve is in the shallow!!! ha ha!  All our Shark movies has him scared lol.

Coming home we stopped in Atlanta and then made our way to SLC. 

I just Loved it!! So much fun! For our honeymoon we went to San Fran, which was fun..but we both agreed it wasn't the "ideal" vaca..so we were so happy that we felt we kinda "re-lived" our Honeymoon.. Can't wait for the next trip!!! Thanks again to my parents for watching the kids for 8 nights!!! I feel like for us having a 3 yr old and 9 mo old baby at home..it was a bit too long.  We were so glad to see them!! :) 

Loves!

Happy Birthday to Peyton!!! 3 years old

Happy Birthday to our precious precious boy!!! Oh how we love him so much.  Oftentimes I view other kids' behavioral issues, personality styles, etc..and I sit and think I'm sooo happy to have a little boy like Peyton.  He is just so sweet to his little brother, Bradyn.  It's to the point now that I can let them go and play in Peyton's room together- we will glance in to see Peyton gathering some toys for Bradyn to play with and they just sit and laugh and laugh and laugh.  I feel a lot of trust that Peyton wouldn't do anything to harm Bradyn.  They are just so sweet together.  Little best friends :)  We all know by now- that I make my kids' birthdays a BIG BIG deal!!! ha ha. So here it goes....  It all started with going to the Zoo!!!

At the Zoo we had: my parents there, Drew & Alyssa, Joyce & Nic, and the Boyds :)

And then on Sunday (Mother's day, his actual Birthday) we had a party for him at my parents house.  He got his very 1st Bike!

His other presents for his birthday consisted of:  a puzzle from Aunt Joyce, a bubble bath toy from Aunt Jamie, bike/CARS race car track/clothes from Me, a trampoline from Grandma Devey, a CARS tent/puzzle from Grandma Wilson, Pants and candy from Aunt Heather, playdough from Aunt Amber, golfing toys from Aunt Krystal..and I believe that's it :)

On Monday we went to "Jump On It" with Jack and Joyce.  Following we went to a SLCC Bees Game (tradition :)) And of course, Bachelorette at Joyce's!!!

It was alot of Fun!! Thanks to everyone that made it so special for him!!

Here are His Appointment Stats!

Weight ~ 29.1 lbs 23 %

Length ~ 37.5 inches 53%

what I really really like about our Pediatrician is before you take your child in for an appointment they have you fill out beforehand a Questionnaire to see where your child is at in regards to development.  And in all areas Peyton scored really well.  He doesn't feel worried about Peyton's communication at all. So that's good to know.  Now that Peyton is 3 we can't do Kids on the Move anymore.  He did not qualify for the Pre-school with the Alpine School District, but did qualify for one on one speech.  So tomorrow is his 1st appt at Pony Express Elementary where he will have speech one a week. And he'll continue his weekly appts at Primary's in Sandy.  

For Steve & I it's off to our CRUISE!!!!  Western Carribbean here we come!!!! I can't wait!!!

Once we return, we are kicking this potty training HARD!!!  

Loves!!

9 Months!!

Our little dude is 9 months old!! He's crawling around, pulling himself up onto furniture and getting into EVERYTHING!  

Stats- 
Weight ~ 18 lbs 8 ounces        29th%
Length ~ 29.5 inches        90th%
Head ~ 17.5 inches     33%


He's a cutie and we love him!  He's looking forward to Big Brother's 3rd Birthday this Sunday!

He Got In..

Now that Steve is done with the Radiography program...it's time to specialize.  A lot applied..he was chosen!! 

He got accepted into Weber State's Ultrasound program!! 

It's a 4 semester program. He starts in August.  He will be finished Dec 2013. The program is all online.  Every 6 weeks he will travel to Ogden for some tests/lectures.  His clinical site is Jordan Valley hospital in West Jordan.  His clinical hours will be 25 hrs a week.  But that doesn't start untill January.  Since right now- Steve is a rad- tech but has to be available 24/7 for exams, by January he will be able to go to work during the day and then go over to Jordan Valley for his clinical hrs at night.  A way awesome thing is a mix of grants and his work will be paying for this program.  (thank goodness, no more student loans!) Off the the side great thing is- we want to have an October baby next year.  And it seems like perfect timing to have a baby and just 2 mos later- he'll be done!! Another great thing, is that his company he works for now doing x-rays is need of an ultrasound tech.  So once he's done with the program, he can stay within the same company and move to being an ultrasound tech :) It's cool to think any of my friends if you are prego after Dec 2013 and wanna know the sex of your baby, but you've got a doctor's appt that is months away...hop right on over and he can do an ultrasound on you!!! ha ha!  He says the equipment is much lighter and smaller than his x-ray equipment, that has to be kept in a car.  

That's about all the info we have right now!  Excited to further the process of education.  And happy to know the more education the more Mula!!!!

Loves!

Introducing....

With in the last 2 weeks I got a New Neice and Nephew!

 Krew- Drew & Alyssa's new baby boy

Sierra- my sister Heather's baby girl

YAY for Babies!!!!! These two babies are Number 4 and 5 cousins of Peyton and Bradyn :)