Thank you Gramma and Papa Steve

Last night hunter got to spend the evening with papa steve and gramma. brad brought him home around 10:45 and walked in with a huge dump truck and a truck with a scoop on it. Hunter was nearly asleep until brad walked in with those. brad eagerly got them out and hunter was playing with them until nearly midnight. He LOVES those trucks. it is so fun to watch him push them one at a time, always both to the same destination. he never leaves one behind. i like to listen to him make the truck noise he makes. He has discovered that he can sit in the back of the dumptruck as well as push other items around in the back too. So much fun. It is excatly what every boy needs. Of course gramma and papa steve would be the experts in that area. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

the last picture is of my handsome boys. I get to go to church with them!! Brad whistled at me today and then at hunter and now hunter tries to whistle. it is so funny. he is so smart!

SNOW!

i think it has been snowing every day since last friday. Big huge flakes, it is so pretty. Yesterday it snowed all day long. After our naps we got hunter all geared up in his new coat, snow pants and boots. Brad said it brought back memories for him and i think he couldnt believe he was getting his own son ready to play in the snow. So we went out and brad shoveled the drive and Hunter went straight for the snow. he walked out of the garage and right into the yard where the snow was to his thigh. this was his first time being in the snow and he LOVED it! He loves to be outside regardless, but he really liked to walk through the deep snow. he was talking the whole time and was happy. Meanwhile i was getting cold so i assumed he would be too. when i took him into the garage he was NOT happy and was telling me no. so we went back out and he trudged another path to the side yard. I am glad that he was able to play outside and that 13 degrees didnt faze him because he was all bundled up. good to know.

Grammie and Papa

My parents were here from last saturday to thursday. I was so lame and i didnt take a single picture!! i am kicking myself over it! We had a great time. Hunter would follow them everywhere and copy everything Papa did. It was so nice to have my mom and to do all the things i saw her do with my sisters when they were married and mothers. It was a great time. They leave again for Ghana in february and will be gone for another 18 months. the next time we have this oppurtunity with them Hunter will be almost four and Baby X (we have NOO girl name) will nearly be hunter's age now! Depressing when you think of it that way, so i wont anymore.

meanwhile, hunter is talking more and more. It is so fun, i love him so much! he definately was the entertainment when my parents were here. he is a spaz, i have no idea where he gets that! poor brad is outnumbered by the spazzy ones!

Brad finished the semester yesterday and i am sure he is glad of that! i start in january so it is back to trying to find people to watch hunter. But this is my last semester! i will be in classes alot this semester and leaving hunter kills me, but knowing that i will never have to do it again, and that i will have my degree is worth it!! i know it will be!

Holiday Fun

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Pictures

The last picture is of hunter dressed like papa steve for his 50th birthday. The first two are Hunter and his cousin Elyse with Grammie's african necklaces on.

Mother in law

i know the term "mother in law" has a negative connotation, but MY mother in law changes that. She is just the best! First of all she raised 5 boys close in age and survived!! How she did that i dont know. She is such a great gramma and hunter loves her, as do all the grandkids. I just love how when we were in the hospital to have hunter, she was so helpful and understanding and such a great mom, which is what any woman wants in that situation.
Last night when we called her to tell her we were having a girl, she was willing to meet up with us and look at girl clothes for the heck of it. I just wanted to get out of the house and "do something!" and so we did. It was so nice to be with her and she actually bought little things. i think i am still in shock going in the girls section. Anyway, it is always nice to be with her, i wish we could do it more often.
I just had to brag about how great my mother in law is.

Baby

I am so glad brad and i put a little wager on this because i won! I could hardly sleep last night because i was having these weird dreams about the baby and what the ultra sound would show. Well we went to the dr today and we were with the ultra sound lady for a long time which was nice. I want to see my baby for as long as possible. Brad was standing the whole time with hunter in his arms who kept saying "baby". and then it was announced, "ITS A GIRL!!" I beamed, brad looked like a deer caught in the headlights and hunter said "NO!" and started crying. i really think hunter wanted a puppy instead of a girl.
So i am so excited and brad is too. i think he will be even more excited when she is born a baby and not a 12-13 year old girl which is what he fears about having a girl. You know, brad is still getting a hang of the whole female hormone thing.
Well we are excited. the hardest part will be agreeing on a name. he likes on and i like another. we have plenty of time though!

9 days in utah

So we drove to utah last friday, the 21st. this was the day mom and dad came home. we met everyone at the airport, they didnt get in until 10:20 pm. We were waiting there with our sign, the grandkids (those that were there) holding the sign and we were waiting and waiting. everyone kept telling us they were coming and they finally came!!! It is so good to have them home. Poor things are so off their sleeping schedule. the whole week dad could be found asleep on the couch at anytime during the day. So i didnt have to work at all so i got to stay all week. brad however left sunday morning and came back to utah wednesday, he had to work. Thanksgiving was nice and relaxing and it was fun to be together. This last week i saw twilight, james bond and just relaxed. it was great to be with my oldest nephew who is at byu-hawaii. it was just fun. brad was able to go to a jazz game with my brother and others in a box suite. Another higlight for me was Utah beating Byu.i was the only Ute fan in the whole family, and i must say i was persecuted. we got home sunday night. hunter missed a nap and was just a beast!!! Mom and Dad come to stay with us this saturday. This week they are in California visiting the siblings there that werent able to come to utah. Well tomorrow we found out what our baby is! any guesses?

Why i love You Tube

Those who have really seen me completely comfortable know that i will sing random songs. A trait i have inherited from my mother. If it is not a real song, i will make one up for the occasion. But when i do sing real songs, brad has no idea what i am singing and doesnt believe its a real song. this is when i turn to youtube. i have proven two songs to him. the first one was "mail myself to you". you know, "i'm gonna wrap myself with paper, i'm gonna stick myself with glue....." The other song was from an old disney short cartoon with the andrew sisters singing. Its about Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet. "johnny fedora met alice blue bonnet, in the window of the department store....." so i found the whole cartoon and brad watched it with me singing along. it was great, to me anyway. Then we watched Lambert the Sheepish lion too! good ole you tube.

Trick or Treat

Usually i am all into halloween, decorations etc. It is my favorite holiday.But seeing as lately i have a struggle with even doing my hair and makeup, i didnt do too much. We didnt even get pumpkins which i know, its blasphemous! Reading Jaime's blog about the pumpkin patch sounded so fun though. Maybe we can go with them next year. I am glad they had a fun time. You really must check her blog out and see how beautiful their girls are. hunter loves averee, she is such a good cousin to him.

So for halloween what we did do was our annual party with berret and tanya, zak and sam and my niece Jocelyn gracing us with her appearance. seriously, she is single and gorgeous yet she is so good to come to our little gatherings. i had two
old roommates who have been home from thier missions for 5 months now, come over too. It was fun to cath up with them and stay up late and talk like old times. they are good friends. Bethany was actually there when i picked out my wedding dress, paper for the announcements and they were both there while brad and i were dating.

So Hunter was a lion, brad was a cook that had the ingredients for the bun in my oven. i was the oven. Zak and sam were the perfect Dwight K. Shrute and Angela, and Berret was a basketball player and tanya was the ball. Check out their blog for pictures of them and video of hunter.

We decided to take hunter trick or treating. Brad and tanya and berret stayed behind. they were tired. So we went to the HUGE houses up by the temple. Hunter was so funny and after the first house had it all down. it was so fun! thank you jocey, sam and zak for your help with trick or treating. i cant believe all they gave out was tootsie rolls though. we'll do better next year!!

One more month!!

My Momma and Pappy get home a month from today from serving as Public Affairs missionaries over all of west africa!! I can't wait!! they get to meet Hunter who they have talked to thanks to SKYPE. Hunter's favorite thing to do with Grammie is play "peek a boo". He is able to do that because brad's laptop has a web cam. I cant wait to have a big ole hug from the both of them.

However, in february, 2 months before baby is born, they are leaving to go back because they have been asked to serve another 18 months in the same mission. This breaks my heart and i know i am being selfish but this is really hard for me. So for now i am just focusing on them coming home, and ignoring the whole leaving again.

Miracles

Today has been the day of miracles. First brad got a job on campus, so after nearly 2 months of not having a job, and not having that income, he finally does! this will help out SOO much. Also BYU-Idaho's pharmacy had no problem getting the pills from wal greens. And when brad went to pick them up, the $300 wal green pills were only $39 at the school!!!!!!!! they are the exact same pills and dosage. PLus i get two refills!! When brad told me it was only $39 i started crying! Thank you for the prayers. They all seemed to be answered today!!

no fun

so saturday was my first day without any more pills. they are all gone. i dont get morning sickness, i get sick in the afternoon, which is when i am always working. so saturday at work i start getting sick like at 8:30. i threw up 7 times at work. it was horrible. the last time i totally wet my pants, not a little bit either. So now that has begun. There is nothing more humiliating then asking to go home because you totally wet your pants!! once i got home i threw up 4 more times. i couldnt even keep water down!! i finally stopped when i was asleep! sunday morming, 3 more times. i slept all day which was needed. my body was so worn out from the heaving.

so i have been thinking what the heck i am going to do. i cant live without them. truly. barfing non stop is NOT living! so today it came to me to try and have the prescription sent to the school pharmacy and that way i can get the pills, charge it to my account and have pell grants and loans pay for it next semester!!!!! that is really the only way to get some more pills. so tomorrow i am going to try and make it happen. for now, i feel like death. but atleast i have hope!!

Hunter Boy

My Hunter Boy is so much fun. he is full of personality, so sweet and so funny. The other night he was being, well himself, and i asked brad, "where did he come from?" and brad replied, "YOU!" Hunter loves animals and babies and he is so sweet. We are able to watch our nephew Austin every wednesday and hunter wont leave his side. This last week i asked hunter to give me the babie's blankies and he handed them to me. Every day he is growing up. When you ask him if he is ready for "night night" and it really is time for bed, he will sign "please" and then he is in his crib talking himself to sleep. It is so funny. we love our hunter boy so much and we are so thankful to be his parents. he will be the best big brother.

Birthday

Tomorrow is my brithday and i will be old. So we did something today. I was able to sleep in, which was wonderful. And i wanted to spend time together as a family, outside. So we went and got sandwhiche and had a picnic at smith park. The weather was perfect! hunter was so happy to get outof the house. he ran around and we played on the playground. it was perfect. thank you brad. Then i had to go to work. It was nice to spend time as a family, outside and especially to feel decent!
Here are pictures of Hunter Boy. he is getting older and cuter. he is so much fun.

thank you to tanya who redid our background and made it cute.

HUGE blessing

My sister in law Jaimi has saved my life!! she had some of those pills left over from when she was pregnant with Olivia, and she offered them to me!! She is the best drug dealer!!! Brad will hopefully get them today from Nick. Thank you Jaimi!!! Now i can live!

These last couple of days i have either been on the couch or near the toilet. Sometimes i dont make it to the toilet and brad finally made me carry a pot everwhere. I have been so sick. i am WAY sicker than i was with Hunter. we had our first doctor's appointment on saturday and it was wonderful to see our baby and to see the fast beating heart. This baby has the same due date as Hunter did, April 25. Hunter was induced on the 28th, so we'll see what this baby does. I am hoping my water will break as i get my diploma!

So poor hunter is watching more tv ever in his life now, as i am just laying around. i have not been well since saturday. today has been the first time in a long time where i feel halfway decent. i still cant wait for naptime! then it is off to work, ew! just thinking about the smells there makes me gag! I am so glad that brad gave me a blessing when i first starting getting sick.

Thank you to tanya who took hunter yesterday so i could rest. As i said i have been sick. i havent kept anything down since saturday night. i went to the dr yesterday because they wanted to check on me. everything is fine and they gave me the meds for chemo patients. Yeah, it was $300!!!! so i didnt get it. we'll see how i do today.

Our internet has been down and i have not had a chance to update until now. i am in bed and hunter and brad are in the front room playing. I love to hear those two play. HUnter loves his daddy, and he should. brad is the best daddy.
My parents are coming home November 21!! i am so excited to have thanksgiving and christmas with them! I am so excited for hunter to actually see them and be held by them. we talk on skype to them and i think hunter really believes that grammie is a computer. he will know soon enough.

Landon family reunion

Last weekend was the famiy reunion at Downata Hot springs. this was my first time ever being there. the weather was perfect! the higlights for me were; 4 wheeler rides with me, brad and hunter. i love doing that! Hunter discovered sand while everyone was playing volleyball. He loved the sensory play in the sand. i loved watching him explore and discover as he rolled in the sand, put his face in it, i dont know why, but thats what he liked to do. GOOD! we are ready for Santa Cruz next year!!! its all in preperation for the beach. well, i like to think so anyway.

i finished!

I finished the last book to the Twilight series. It was better than i thought it would be. these books are a fun read, but i wouldnt call them "great" or the best ever like my 14 year old niece would. But they are entertaining and i love to have a good book to read. it boggles brad how i can read a book in 1-2 days. isnt that the point? now i am lost without a good book to read. any suggestions? if you have read this, what did you think? or of any of the twilight books?

Sorry it has been so long. i started working at the hard hat last week. now that we will be paying rent, we need some more mula. i love that i am able to be home during the day. i am surprised by how many foreign people come in on their way to yellowstone.

So sunday evening we were outside because it was nice and cool and Hunter LOVES to be outside. He made his way over to where his pool is and next thing i know he is all wet. so i take off his clothes and new shoes. I look away and brad is laughing. i look back to find that Hunter has thrown in his new shoes! oh well. Then he throws in his clothes. he does it over and over becuase he loves the splash. he played in the water for an hour! he is a water baby and loves to play.

My dear friend Maggie is in town and i get to see her! hurrah! i havent seen her since i was first pregnant with hunter. maggie and jake were the first ones we told actually. we will have fun together!

Hunter is watching sesame street right now. love that show although elmo is annoying.

Hunter is all better now, no more spots or fever. hurray!

SPOTS

So saturday was our last saturday together since i will most likely be working every saturday now. I am now employed at the hard hat steakhouse and grill. thank goodness i have a job. this is a sidenote but we were hoping brad would get more hours this week because we need that, unfortunately the person he works with informed him that he will be gone all week! so atleast i will be able to contribute.
ANYWAY, so after the lake we came home and put hunter down for a nap. when he woke up i noticed he had red spots all over his face and worse on his body!!! i mentioned before he had a fever, so we were thinking chicken pox. long story short we went in to the urgent care yesterday and the PA thinks it is roseola and so he is on antibiotcs. He woke up this morning with the spots a bit lighter. thank goodness! i am glad that it isnt measles, chicken pox or anything else. whew. i guess we may get to experience the chicken pox another day!

yo gabba gabba

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9PqjMSNfkU

The video above is a song from the only show Hunter watches. he LOVES it and really it teaches great things. I only let him watch it once a week though because he is a very active boy who loves to explore and play, but when he watches this he totally zones out which is kind of scary to see the difference that tv makes. SO when i do let him watch we log on to nick jr and i will dance and sing with him so that atleast it is interactive.

last night hunter woke up with a fever and he was cranky all day. poor little miserable boy. i put him to bed at 9:30 and he woke up an hour later just screaming and inconsolable. So my desperation led to me turning on the laptop, placing it on our bed and as soon as hunter saw what was going on he stopped crying. thank you to nickjr.com for having the yo gabba gabba show on!! so hunter was in the middle of us sitting right up watching this show while brad was actually trying to sleep and complaining how annoying it was. Why hunter loves it i don't know. maybe the singing and dancing! so i let him watch it for 45 minutes, i knew he was soo tired and then i put him back in his crib and let him cry himself to sleep. Atleast he wasnt screaming like before! you have got to watch the video! let me know if you love it or hate it. i love it, brad hates it! copy and paste it to let it take you there

Tabletop dancer

"he's a maniac, maniac on the dance floor" We had our friends over for a bbq and games. Hunter was put on the table at some point while the music was playing and this was the result. he loves to dance and he loves music. What is really funny is that he is very particular to music. the other night we were coming home from WINCO and it was getting close to Hunter's bed time. So i pushed SCAN on the radio until there was a song he liked. The song he "liked", stopped crying and started dancing, was some hip hop/ r&b song that we have never listened to before. I looked back and there was hunter dancing away! Brad and i couldn't believe it! This boy is so funny and particular about music. So in the video he will do some "clogging" fat guy in a little suit moves as well as show you where his belly button is. He definately gets his moves from brad!

tagged again, (scroll down to see the others)

What was I doing~-10 years ago: i was 15 and probably at girls camp. I loved girls camp and made so many good close reltionships as well as strengthened my testimony. i was living in Manteca California, woot woot.

5 years ago: 20, going to be 21 in september. This is when i knew i was supposed to go on a mission and i knew i was supposed to go home ASAP. so i packed everything up from school and left for McCook Nebraska (no woot woot). SO i was in nebrasky with my parents, and no social life. But this is when i really bonded with momma and pappy. Momma and i would stay up late to watch reruns of America's Funniest Videos and we would laugh so hard. Sidenote, when i watch it with brad now, i am the only one laughing.

5 months ago: March... Trying to get Hunter ready to walk and i was in school.

5 things on my to do list for today:
1- Fold laundry
2- water lawn
3-buy new sprinkler
4- read to hunter
5- Huggle snuggle with brad and hunter

5 snacks I enjoy:
1-raspberries and vanilla icecream
2- apples & PB
3- life cereal
4- chips
5- fruit snacks

5 things I would do if I was suddenly a billionare
1- Pay off school
2- Buy back my Gramma's house in Santa Cruz and remodel it to exactly to how i remember it.
3- Buy a subaru Tribeca
4- buy my parents a home
5- buy land

5 of my bad habits:
1- Stay up late
2- Eating unhealthy
3- Not doing dishes
4- not emailing back
5- gambling and drugs (JUST KIDDING!)

5 places I have lived:
1- Sunnyside Washington
2-Manteca California
3- Vancouver Washington
4- McCook Nebraska
5- Rexburg!!

5 jobs I have had:
1- Lifeguard
2- Swim Teacher
3- Receoptionist
4- Caterer
5- Journeys!!

5 things you don't know about me:
1- i want to be in a cage in the ocean with sharks
2- if when we laughed we went up on the roof like on mary poppins, i would be living on the ceiling!
3- i think brad is sexiest when he is silly
4- i have always wanted to take singing lessons
5- i have always wanted twins


I TAG: celeste, maggie, sam, tanya, kaitlyn, hollie

new Baby

Nattie and Nick (Brad's brother) had their baby boy today! i am so surprised that nattie went 10 days early and that this baby is not dark and hairy like nick! We went when he was just born but we didnt get to see him. they took him away to check him out. when they did bring him back it was nattie's first time to hold him. he are pictures of that moment.

Welcome Home Embrace!

This will make any mother with returned missionaries cry, i'm just warning ya!

The motherload -click on picture for album-

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So i have not updated for a long time so here is the motherload. Last week we were in utah for the whole week! it was wonderful and so relaxing! the best way to start our summer 7 week break! thank you mitch and kristen for allowing us there and to brent and nina for having us over to swim and seeing tyler's awesome game! we realized that we are heat wimps as we were absolutely dying in the heat!! The highlights were being with family, ikea, cabella's and visiting my companera, Miss Matha! We also had a jane austen lalapalooza and watched 3 films! i am so proud of my bradley for watching them and wanting to know the story! he is now cultured! We returned home and stopped in blackfoot to see my old roommate miranda's wedding. She looked beautiful and it was good to see her and her husband.

When we came home there were tons of cars in teh driveway and Mildred had passed away last friday. She was in the nursing home and her granddaughter was passing through and was with her. I am so glad that she wasnt alone, she was with family and she can be with Ralph her husband, and her son Brad again. The funeral was today and it was great to hear her stories. She has left quite a legacy. Her one son who wrote the letter has been very nice. They have mentioned that we can stay but we know they have so much to sort through and for the time being everything is okay with our living situation.

Hunter had his 15 month checkup and is in the 88 percentile in height!! how that happened we dont know! he has grown 3 inches in the last 3 months! he is constantly looking for a way to rip off his diaper and be naked! he LOVES outside. we could be outside for hours and wouls still cry when having to come in.

We went to the folkdance street festival on monday and it was tons of fun. hunter danced a little withthe drums from the CHina group. They close down mainstreet and it is different countries performing their dances and a parade. it is the best! i love the family community of rexburg!

I woke up this morning and i couldnt even open my eyes in the dark because they were so sensitive to light. i have to wear sunglasses and my eye is ugly and red! It is getting less sensitve to light but is still awful! Welcome home bubba, see my hideous eye!

Well we are on our way out the door to meet at the airport to welcome home my brother in law from his mission!! we are all so excited!!
Even though i am out of school, this week has still been busy. But it is so nice not to have to worry about a project, test etc!!


love to you all! i will post pictures later!

another tag

8 things I am passionate about…in no particular order:
1. Being a mom
2. The gospel
3. reading good books
4. playing games
5. Doing things with family
6.laughing
7. child development
8. sleeping



8 Books I Have Read And Enjoyed
1. Goosegirl
2. Enna Burning
3. walk two moons
4. Tisha
5. The Book of Mormon
6. The only alien on the planet
7. I capture the castle
8. goodnight gorilla

8 Words/Phrases I Say Often
1. give me a kiss
2. i love you
3. doodlebug
4. bugaboo
5. Did you fart?
6. time for prayers
7. another five minutes
8. i'm going to bed


8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die (in no particular order)
1. REPENT!!
2. go to the temple
3. tell everyone how much i love them
4. have a tru blue vacation i.e. beach, camping with brad and kiddo(s)
5. be a better example to everyone
6. have a home
7. kiss my children and tell them how much they mean to me
8. laugh with brad

8 Things I Learned This Past Year
1. i just want to be done with school
2. When you follow promptings of the Holy Ghost, things fall into place
3. i need to be better
4. i still need my momma
5. Yet i am okay without my momma too
6. family is everything
7. plans change
8. Motherhood is awesome!

8 places I want to see
1. Pearland again
2. Pyramids
3. ruins in mexico
4. the louve
5. italy
6. hawaii (again)
7. puerto rico
8. mom and dad to show us africa

8 things I miss
1. going back to a "home"
2. Gramma's house
3. Santa Cruz
4. Ocean waves
5. my sisters
6. my parents
7. energy
8. my old body!!!

8 things I currently want/need
1. a subaru
2. a nap
3. money!
4. a baby
5. a shopping spree
6. blonde hair
7. a tan
8. A game night with friends


8 People I Want To Tag
1.Samual
2. Kristen
3. Celeste
4. Buff
5. Kaitlyn
6. Hollie
7. maggie
8. carly

Tagged (Brad)

i am: Don Juan, The Greatest Lover in All of the World.
i know:that the color pink should only be worn by girls.
i want: a Nintendo Wii.
i have: a HOT wife.
i wish: I could loose weight without excercising.
i hate: Incompetent moron drivers.
i miss: snowmobiling.
i fear: Hunter groing up too fast.
i feel: nervous about taking 18 credits next semester.
i hear: voices in my head.
i smell: rotten gas, but who is it; Hunter or Ally?
i crave: College Football.
i search: for the remote control everyday.
i wonder: what the voices in my head are telling me to do?
i regret: Not starting School sooner.
i love: Ally and Hunter.
i care: about my job.
i always: Get up with Hunter at night.
i am not: happy about getting up with Hunter everynight.
i believe: In the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
i dance: never!!!
i sing: Raffi songs in the car.
i fight: dirty commi aliens in HALO.
i write: Only when I have to.
i lose: most of the time in Dutch Blitz.
i win: most of the time in Rumikube and Settlers of Catatn.
i never: Wear Pink.
i listen: To Glenn Beck everyday.
i am scared: of going bald.
i need: another Vacation.
i am happy about: having a nice dinner with my family.

Tagged (Ally)

i am: Content
i know: that i am definately getting older
i want: To be able to have lots of kiddos and to go and see my family
i have: one semester left then i get my Bachelors!!
i wish: brad only had one semester left too!
i hate: rude people
i miss: my parents!
i fear: bigfoot (just ask my mom and sister celeste)
i feel: gassy
i hear: meatloaf, anything for love
i smell: brad's sweat
i crave: Dr. Pepper
i search: for hunter's pajamas always
i wonder: if california is going to burn to the ground
i regret: goofing off in school my first semester, who takes clogging anyway? seriously
i love: My Doodlebug and bugaboo
i care: about global warming, NOT
i always: laugh at random things and usually can't stop
i am not: pregnant
i believe: in Christ
i dance: always!!
i sing: even more than dancing. i make up my own songs, poor brad
i fight: the urge to spend money on cute clothes for Hunter boy
i write: On my blog and to my family in emails
i lose: nothing by being me
i win: games occasionally
i never: like to wake up early
i listen: to hunter talking. i love it! and his laugh especially
i am scared: of bears
i need: a hug from brad, immodium and sleep
i am happy that: I have brad and to be a mother, it is complete joy
i tag: Sam, my Sistahs, Maggie, Kristen and BRAD!

Tagged #1

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Hunter's first hair cut!

We cut off hunter's little curl in the back, or as we called it his mullet. Also a bit off the top was trimmed. Brad's cousin Jessie did it while lacey held hunter. He was interested to see what was going on but i think he did great. i kept his hair in a little plastic bag, Brad's request because he wasnt there to see it happen. he was boating with his brothers, as he should be. he looks so handsome, but i keep reaching back to play with that curl that isnt there anymore. maybe it will grow back.

Sigh of relief

So this week has been a week of hell. I have gone to bed every night with a migraine and i look and feel 10 years older. thank goodness for sisters, my mom and dear mother in law for their phone calls of love and encouragement. I finished my last final today by 4 pm and then i went to sell back my math book. the graduation banquet was getting ready to start as i was in the MC and i just thought that the next finals week i go through i will be graduating. That made me feel really good, i felt some sort of accomplishment for surviving this week with all the added stress, not just the finals and lack of time, but life. Next semester is my last one. i am so relieved to have the fall off and even more eager to graduating and facing the next semester. But i definately need this time off, For sure!
Although i didnt feel this way about noon today. i was a walking zombie, no joke! my brain completely shut off i even left my back pack in the testing room and had to go back and get it after i was at my car!! I was laughing and in tears because i was so tired. It didnt help that Hunter didnt sleep at all last night. But i saw later that that was a good thing because he took a 3 hour nap and i was able to take a deep, wonderful 1 hour nap today. That and the dr. pepper rejuvinated me.
So all that is left now is to plan sharing time for sunday and then it is off to Utah. We get to be with my brothers and their families there and we can't wait.

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We went to Celeste Adams' home in Shelley where in the back yard they have a HUGE waterslide and pool. Hunter LOVED the pool, slide, food and dogs. He went down the slide with brad three times!!! he are pictures of the fun time

Sweet Boy

Hunter is a sweetie pie! he is definately busy and likes to explore as well. But i love his natural sweetness that comes out when he is around babies. he changes his voice to a soft high pitch when he is touching his cousing olivia and all babies. Also when it is time for bed i push play on the cd player and then he just folds into me with his head on my neck and pats my back as we sway back and forth for a while. he has also started showing affection for his stuffed animals. He does that same high pitch soft voice and will kiss them and hug them! he will be a great big brother some day.