Mom

So Saturday December 3 2011 I was in the kitchen making lunch for Jordan when I get a call from Kathleen. You know mom is in the hospital right?? she is? yea she went to camp pendleton friday night and was transferred down to balboa. Her kidneys are in renal failure.
I call dad and he starts crying telling me mom doesnt look good.

Kathleen gets to the hospital and then tells me what is really going on. The doctors think mom has Multiple Myeloma. Thankfully my computer was open so I googled it instantly. cancer from the bone marrow into the blood. GREAT! I read more only if its caught in the early stages is it possible for curing it. But it doesnt seem from my reading that moms case is in the early stages.

I only cry a little bit from dad being emotional and a bit with erin for a second. Then later that night I start to break down. Everythings coming in... thinking about who am I going to call everyday. I wont see my mom anymore. My kids wont know their grandma "mama" as Jordan calls her.

Tyson gets the brunt of all this. I cry off and on thinking of everything. Where is mom going to be buried. Whats going to happen to dad. I am devastated.

And of course the could of, would of, should of start coming into my head too.

Of course we believe in life after death and that its all part of the plan. But when its your own mother who is potentially staring into the eyes of her maker, its a bit different. We are selfish and want them to be apart of lives always.

I feel like my body is trying to process it for me. I can tell that its affecting me more than one way. I am more tired, the house is not really the way I try to keep it and I don't have motivation to change it. But thankfully I still want to kiss and hug my children.

I am still yo yo ing. Im fine for awhile but then a thought comes into my head and I start reeling. I think I am in the denial phase right now which has put me in a numb state of mind. Probably because we are waiting for the official diagnosis to come back.

I can't call mom the way I used to because I don't know if she is sleeping and am trying not to bother her too much.

However I am learning things about the after life that I never really gave much thought too. I've realized that I need to STUDY my scriptures and not just read them. I am thankful for my family and how tight knit we all are and how each person takes care of an emotion that maybe the other doesn't describe as well. How grateful I am for the atonement that allows us to return to live with our Heavenly Father. That there is a specific plan for all of us. That though I will miss my mom terribly I am also grateful for all the things I will learn and be better for because of her death.

As my sister Suzanne keeps saying...."we are OUR mothers daughters...the traditions she made continue with us."

THe idea of death is very different when it involves an immediate family member. More so your parents. THey are supposed to be there for you till you are old as well.

"May each of us treasure this truth: One cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God. Why? Because these two sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one.
President Thomas S. Monson from the talk "Behold Thy Mother"


My favorite quote from this movie..."our son got called back to his Heavenly Father"

Repeat C Section

So Ryan Arthur Davies was born April 13 2011 at 1:10pm. 9 pounds 12 ounces. This was a scheduled c section since my first was a c section the doctors gave me an option of a repeat or try for a VBAC. I decided that I would go with the c section.
So wednesday morning I have to get up at 5am and call labor and delivery and see what time to come in that day. They tell me to come in at 10:30am and was scheduled for 1pm. Why is it when you can't eat that is when you are the most hungry. So I hadn't eaten since the night before and I was starving and nervous of what this delivery was going to be like. With Jordan my first the c section was uncomfortable especially when it came to the part where they start to put you back together. But over all I was thought I guess that wasn't too bad. My anesthesiologist and surgeon after telling them of my story of singing "OKLAHOMA" when being wheeled to the recovery room said I must have been given some good drugs because with this c section I wanted to DIE. Dont get me wrong, my anesthesiologist was giving me medicine the whole entire time but from what I've heard and now EXPERIENCED they are WAYYYY worse than the first.
Lets start from the beginning. He was inverted (laying across my stomach) so they had to turn him first. This is the weirdest feeling and almost a BIT painful. I can remember hearing him cry and getting a bit choked up and then they started the process of putting me back together. Tyson took a few pictures from the chair he was sitting at by me and I can't remember if the pain really started to kick in at that point but I remember telling Tyson before hand to follow the baby to the nursery to watch them clean him up and I'd see him soon. Thats what happened with Jordan except it was my mom that went with the baby. I was fine that time so I figured it would be the same this time. I told tyson to stay with me. I had pain that took my breath away but I knew obviously I had to breath through it and it took everything in me to do so. I could breath in but it was painful breathing out. I was puttering my breath out. I felt like I was the girl on exorcist cause my arms were held down and I just heaved up my shoulders in pain. I remember starting to cry because of the pain but all I got out was a couple tears because the balling was not going to come because of how hard it was to breath through the pain. They tried showing me pictures of the baby and held him up so I could see him before taking him away, and I was like uh huh nice. But could have cared less at that moment. I needed to get through this first and then I could enjoy baby later. I finally got out after a few attempts to tyson and the anesthesiologist "how much longer" and they told me 20 minutes. I could see the light at the end of the tunnel. So finally it was over. C sections aren't as easy as people think. Either way when you have birth its not a pleasant experience. But the outcome is well worth it. SO they wheel me out of OR and we stop to see the baby and they first tell me his weight and I could not believe that I had given birth to a baby almost 10 pounds. He did not look and still doesnt look like a big baby.
Recovery room was boring. At this hospital they didnt allow anyone to come back and be with you so Tyson was with the baby until I got to the room. It took about 2 hours for my right leg to come to the point where I could lift it and the whole time I kept thinking come on I want to get to the room and talk to tyson and talk about our big baby and hear what family was saying and see my other "baby" jordan and see what he thought of his lil brother. So when I got to the room Tyson left to get my mom and jordan so I was alone again but this time with the baby for a lil less than half an hour and they were finally there in the room. Jordan loved holding his brother which was a RELIEF! But then a nurse came in and said that we needed to quiet down, and I was getting a reaction to the morphine of extreme itchiness everywhere and they had these pumps on my legs that were starting to feel painful because of my MS so I had to beg the nurse to take them off for a bit and Jordan was a bit overwhelming to me at that moment so they left :(
So we had a few nurses that we loved and a few that annoyed us to death. The exorcist moments I was having in the OR really tweeked my right shoulder kind of like when you play softball or baseball but its been awhile and you throw around the ball way to much. Well it hurt a lot and one nurse was shocked that it still hurt the next day and with heating pads and I wanted to slap her. Believe me lady I didnt want it to hurt either but it did and I wasn't lying it REALLY hurt. At points it hurt worse than my incision haha never a dull moment around this one :)
This time the baby got circumcised at the hospital which was great and everything went well that we got to leave friday morning.I was so glad to be away from the ridiculous nurses and control my pain meds myself. Except I didnt realize how tweeked my shoulder was until bedtime that night and I couldnt sleep in my bed. I had to sleep on the couch in the corner of our sectional propped up. I was looking forward to sleeping in my own bed without the baby bump but I slept on the couch for the next 3 or 4 nights and tried not using my arm except while nursing Ryan. Tyson was a trooper and he slept downstairs with me too.
So this delivery was much more exciting than my first but he looks just like Jordan did when he was born. And since we already had boy clothes it doesnt help that he wears all the same stuff Jordan did so I see him as Jordan. Now when I have to change Jordans diaper he seems like a 5 year old than a kid almost 2 years old. It breaks my heart seeing him grow up but I love the lil guy he is becoming. He wants to hold baby all the time and gives him kisses a lot and gets me wipes and diapers for baby most of the time. Its weird to go from 3 to4 person family. When my mom leaves to go back to san diego I dont know what I'll do. I went from having a baby (my first) 4 weeks old to school then being home with him for a month when he was 1 to getting a full time job and missing out on how to take care of a toddler to being the caretaker for an almost 2 year old and a newborn. But I am excited at the same time to be able to spend more time with my babies.
We are enjoying our new addition to the family and are trying to adjust to our new reality. Now if it will just be July already we'd be happier.

Moms Arrival

So saturday moring I wake up and its 8:16am jordan isn't up yet and I havent been woken up by tyson getting ready yet. I thought he said he had to be in at work by 9am which really means 845am. So I wobble my way downstairs as quickly as possible saying Tyson, Tyson wake up wake up. I finally get to where he fell asleep on the couch and wake up him for him to tell me that they said he they canceled saturdays work day (he was supposed to work the whole weekend) So I sit down now exhausted cause I was so worried. Then about 10 minutes later Jordan walks downstairs to where we were from bed.
I dont know exactly when we started to really to the finishing organizing and cleaning to not only prepare for my moms arrival so she could be proud of our lil home and also to get things done that we've been putting off and be ready for the arrival of the new baby. Can't call him by a name yet because we havent decided on one yet. I think it was about 9:30am or 10 when we kicked it into high gear and Tyson was awesome. He went above and beyond what I was hoping we'd get done with our basement and we turned our front door aka "mud room" aka what we used as a pantry into where Jordans toys now reside. The woman who was watching Jordan this last month before I quit work she has a house identical to ours and thats where she puts her daughters toys who is jordans age. He seemed to kind of want it a similar way at home so I wanted that to happen soon. Plus it gets the toys out of the living room. He still drags a few out but he enjoys staying in there with the door open and playing. Makes me feel a bit better that he is playing more than wanting to watch tv. How can I complain when I turned him into the television so that on my bad days I would doze in and out of consciousness and have him sit by me watching the movie. This is def how I know angels exist.
Anyways so we steam cleaned the couch, organized the basement, did tons of laundry, got the new babies stuff ready and situated more in our bedroom since lets be honest that kid is gonna be waking me up at all hours for awhile so why not keep him close. We moved the mud room aka pantry to downstairs and put all jors toys away. We moved our living room furniture and tv to a slightly different place, and we actually hung up some pictures. Our house actually feels like a home now. It only took us ohhhh 9 and a half months from when we moved. Getting pregnant and starting a new job and moving into a new place....no bueno for organizing your house. Survival mode is the only state in which you live.
Then around 7 we went over to a friends house and let them borrow our steam cleaner for their carpets and we ate dinner with them and jordan snuggled up and fell asleep on me. I think he is getting sick because he didnt fuss much in the car and that kid would stay up with us as long as he could. Plus he was starting to feel warm. Once we got home at 11pm we gave him some medicine when he woke up from getting out of the car and got him into bed. I then started the finishing projects that were on my list of things I could do and finished the room my mom is gonna stay in and continued to do laundry. I should say I didnt finish the guest room since tomorrow I need to vacuum the carpet. Can't do that at midnight. Dont think the neighbors would look on that kindly.
Now its 1:18 in the morning the kitchen floor is clean the dishes are in the dishwasher and I'm waiting patiently until I can get into the car and pick my mom up from the airport. Her flight got delayed from getting in at 1240am to pretty much 2am. Bad weather in Phoenix delayed her departure. But I can feel good knowing that my house finally looks the way I've wanted it too for awhile now.
Now I get to look forward to teaching my last sunday for the CTR5's. I was kind of hoping they had gotten my replacement sooner and not waitied till the very last sunday before I had the baby but it is what it is. I can do it. I know they are having a hard time finding anyone so whats one more sunday right? I'm trying to stay positive because I have very active boys in my group and usually 1 girl 2 if I'm lucky so they are an exhausting bunch.
I am excited that in 4 days on Wednesday April 13 I get to finally have this baby. I'm guestamating that he will be 22 inches and say 7 lbs 11 ounces. I figure he wont be very "heavy" since he didnt go all the way to 40 weeks or past the time jordan did but he def feels big. The surgeon agrees too. Thankfully I'm only put on 25 lbs and cant wait to start fitting in normal clothing again. I figured I would have put on more since I ordered food a lot but somehow it all came together. Its gonna be a repeat c-section so I got to have the doctors plan out the date which is a bit weird and nice all at the same time. There are risks for me trying to go for a VBAC or having a c section but the surgeon felt good about the c section since he was worried about this babies size haha. So it is what it is. Either way I just want everything to go smoothly. It will suck not having stomach muscles for awhile but I recovered pretty good last time around so heres hoping recovery isn't worse.
Besides the baby being born and being excited about that we are excited for July to come around so we can see our family in Utah and then move on to our new home in Louisiana. It will be interesting living out in the middle of nowhere but at least we have the option of driving only a couple hours to houston or New Orleans or even to see our families.
Well gotta go pick up my mom from the airport. But maybe I'll post some pictures of our newly designed (haha) house that we can be proud of now. And cross your fingers Jordan isn't getting sick and he wakes up with no temperature.

21 days left

When we had our first baby we figured out Jordans name a lil less than a month away I think. I had that name picked out for awhile but it took getting Tyson to like it awhile and we kept bouncing names around. Well with this second baby I have one in mind but we haven't locked down anything yet. Thankfully Tyson returns from training in fairbanks in two days cause we gotta get a name nailed down. 21 days left till this baby makes his arrival on April 15th. I'm doing a repeat C-section. With my first it wasn't something I wanted but jordan was in de stress so we had no other choice. With the second I had a choice to try to go the natural way or do a repeat. Pros and cons for both, but I went with the C-section. I def can't wait to have this baby. It feels like he is coming a lot sooner than he is cause when I think about 21 days and think thats three weeks I'm already to a point that I lay on my side a lot now when I am on the couch. Its the only "comfortable" position I can be in. Besides the fact that I have been bored out of my mind without Tyson being here the last two weeks I can't wait for tyson to get home because my child is soo heavy to me now, more so since I am wayy prego. so just a couple more days and then its Tyson's job to put that kid in the car and get him out haha.

My mom is coming up April 9 a week before the new baby gets here cause I want her to see alaska a bit before I put her to work ;) We def have a lot of work to do before she gets here. THe night before tyson left I had him move the dresser out of JOrdans room to our room next to our bed on my side. WIth Jordan he slept on his changing table on top of my desk next to my bed and we figured why not with this lil guy. We figure if he starts to show signs of being a big time mover we will put him in the baby Bjorn pack and play. We just dont see the point of putting up the crib since we're moving and then when we get to louisiana he can go into it. I mean he is going to be up alot for awhile anyways so it makes it easier if he's close by. For me at least.
I have been working full time at a dentist office since we got here in anchorage and started off as the sterilization technician helping flip rooms to get another patient back and also help out in the front. welll then the front office manager was caught doing things she shouldn't be doing so was fired and I immediately was the replacement till we got someone in there. This happened a few weeks before Tyson left for training, but since he left and its been my responsibility to pick up jordan by 530pm everyday I have been stressing big time. I've been overwhelmed trying to figure out things that I was never privy to but thankfully having experience billing and posting it wasn't too hard. Now I am kind of sad that I am leaving it because I worked so hard to figure the insurance world of medicaid and private insurance. Its now my "baby" of sorts and I dont want to let the reigns go. I've been training my replacement for about a week and a half, and I have to say I think he will do good, but I firmly believe that women do better in a front desk position than men. call me gender racist I dont care but its how I feel haha. I have two weeks left of work. WAHOO!!!! My body is def ready to slow down.

THe one thing I realized with Tyson being gone for the last two weeks is this is going to be my life while in louisiana. Granted he will come home at night maybe when the kids are already asleep, but I better get used to this. But then when they are between training new groups coming in getting prepared for deployment overseas he will have a quote n quote vacation. The pros and cons of having him re-enslist for this base so that he doesnt have to deploy and we can actually be a family. Havent had a lot of that since we got married and then him joining the army.

Alaska update; we are finally in the high 30 low 40's. THings are starting to melt but the roads some places like our parking lot is a mess. its an ice skating rink with sink holes of water that will swallow you whole. But we are enjoying the sun coming up around 730 and it doesnt get dark dark till 9ish. Spring is coming! YEA!

Its going to be strange adjusting to being a stay at home mom and with two kids. WHen Jordan was almost 4 weeks old I started hair school and went tues-saturday till he was 1 years old and then we were here for about 3 weeks in anchorage and I started my job. I know how to feed a baby their bottles and make them the home made veggies and fruit, but I am going to have to do my homework big time on what to feed my toddler full time 7 days a week. I hope I have the guts to go shopping with the two boys sooner than later. I think right now that scares me cause being anemic during this pregnancy having to run after jordan once sucks all the energy out of me for the whole day....so maybe once I get back to my normal self and can start working my butt off again at the gym I will be fine with both of them. I can do it. other people do it everyday I'll figure it out hehe.

anyways nothing too exciting going on around here except us getting ready for baby #2 and slowly getting the house ready for the move so that we're not running around mad trying to get everything done. slowly deep cleaning so that at the end its just a quick clean. HOpe everyone is doing good. I have a sister and a sister in law both pregnant and due about the same time in August. Its so crazy how our families are changing. Its a good thing

Moving to Ft Polk Louisiana

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This is a map to show you exactly where Fort Polk, LA is located and whats nearby. Tyson re-enlisted for 4 more years yesterday January 25, 2011. We decided to have Tyson stay in the Army a bit longer so that we could pay off more debt and put a cushin in our savings account so that if he does leave the Army like we plan right now we wont be stressed out about how we are going to afford to live on one paycheck. I think its a really good decision for our family. We are blessed to have a job that Tyson can go to and get paid every two weeks and have medical covered for me and the boys. Mostly I think we are just happy that everything worked out the way we wanted it too. With this decision to re-enlist we wanted to be stationed at one of the two training centers for the army so that tyson could delay being sent back over to Afghanistan and spend time with us. We haven't had a lot of family time since Tyson and I got married. Originally we thought him re-enlisting might mean that he would have to deploy with his unit he is currently with winter 2011 and then we would be able to move to the place we wanted. I really did not want that since like I said we are just barely getting to the point of living in the same house together for a year and we've been married 3 years now. So we did what we could. Prayed and hoped that our Heavenly Father saw fit to make our plans to stay a united family as long as possible could come through. It did.
I'm due to have our second baby boy April 22nd and am excited that Tyson will be able to get to see the first year of this lil guys life and see the subtle and fun changes babies make. I am excited to venture to a new part of America and live there and experience the "dirty" south. I cannot wait to get out of this winter alaskan weather and be closer(sorta) to family. We are also excited to get to Utah this July and be able to take our time to move and enjoy family time. Got tons of pictures to post and hopefully I'll do that soon.

Thanksgiving Week

So I know there are no pictures but I decided to post words instead. I know its been awhile, and I never finished my post about our trip through canada to alaska but....thats life.

Sooo recap. We got here to anchorage end of July, I found out I was pregnant with our second baby sometime in August (i think) sorta unpacked, I got a job at a dental office doing pretty much everything here and there, still organizing our stuff, no decorations hung of any sort yet in our house (our walls are all bare except the mirror in the kitchen). I think that covers everything

Thanksgiving. This week. Actually in two days. WAHOOO just a half day tomorrow and then thanksgiving at my house. We are having to couples come over, and some of the single guys that tyson is friends with. I dont even know when everyone is coming over. I mean we get football games early here so I can see that people will be over at like 11???? So there will be lots of snacking and then eating the turkey dinner. This year I want to make little pecan pies because for some reason they sound better than one large one. There is no rhyme or reason to this pregnant ladys thoughts. So Im going to buy the pre-made dough and cut out circles and put them in a muffin pan and put the filling in there and bake it. SOUNDS SOOO GOOD to me right now. Plus I cannot wait for pumpkin pie. Actually I cant wait for it all. I am going to grub down thursday. Thankfully as of lately I can gradually feel my stomach going back to normal and Im starting to get hungry at night. GOOOD SIGN! So I am glad that Thanksgiving dinner sounds good to me. The usual victims will be present, turkey, mashed potatoes, tysons candied yams, stuffing/dressing, stuffed mushrooms (mushrooms with stuffing on top...my fav) cranberry sauce for me, and the pies and of course Sparkling Apple Cidar. Also Dont forget the veggie tray for football, the chips and whatever else we snack on.

Dont think we will do much with Black Friday as we will after Christmas. I plan on getting a pre-lit christmas tree and putting ribbon and bulb ornaments, and buying a few ornaments I want after christmas when they're cheap. Plus I need to buy a shelve so we can hang out stockings.

So thats our lives these days.
We have my ultrasound scheduled for December 7 and hopefully we will be able to see if its a boy or a girl. Lately I have been feeling the baby start kicking or whatever its doing

The Alaskan Highway Part 1-to Utah

Jordan


Lexi


bro in law Trent


everyone


Lexi and Jordan


Ok so our journey up to Alaska was a lengthy one in deed. It started Monday July 12 2010. First we had to go to Jordans 12 month check up so he could get his shots at 8am over in Escondido about 25 minutes from my house. We got on the road about 10:30ish in the morning. PHEW! one hurdle down and a million to go. We pulled into Las Vegas about 3 or so and dropped off mom and jordan at my sisters house and tyson and I headed over to the rental unit. I was stressing the whole time because originally we had reserved the large 14" uhaul truck and autotransport from san marcos CA orginally but now we only had the 6x12 trailer. I knew that it was going to be a tight fit. I was just worried that we wouldnt be able to get it all in the trailer. Well four hours later we got most of our stuff in the trailer. OUr end table that was cracked from the pressure of the beds lying on it made thed dump list and our canned goods (which would have been great for weight) and some tubberware units made a nice home in the dumpster because they could not fit. Our Ford Escape was packed to the brim. We moved Jordan into my moms SUV and her back was filled and of course the trailer. In the midst of this around 6pm am calling to see if we can get the truck because at this point the trailer was half way packed and we had a crap load...I mean CRAP LOAD of stuff still on the ground to be packed in and I was stressing. Tyson kept asking me if I thought it would fit and I was like I dunno, its not looking good. BUt he was like I'll make it fit, it will fit. So the next day we drove from 6am to spanish fork in like 10 hours which noramlly takes like 5+hours haha WE MADE IT. 2 more hurdles down. We park the trailer at Tysons parents house and drove up 40 more minutes up the highway to stay at my sisters house that night and meet Oliver Walsh Millar and hang out with the family. Then the next morning it was off running again to make it down to spanish fork so we could meet up with the other side of the family and go to payson lakes. We didnt have Jordans swimsuit packed in his suitcase so we needed to stop at Shopko before and thankfully we were able to find him one with board shorts and tshirt. THis boy and his momma are W.H.I.T.E and I didnt want him to be burned at all when our trip was so close and he'd be stuck in the carseat for the next 7 days way more uncomfortable then they already were going to be. I didnt take many pictures at all. Tiffany got burned like a lobster in a boiling pan of water, Tyson got these weird tan lines on his back and down his arms, Emily got burned on her back and arms I think but the rest of us were ok.

Memorial Day

Okay I know this is totally out of order but I am finally getting pictures off my camera and I had to put these up because they are so cute. We drove up to my sisters place up in 29 Palms which is about 2 1/2 hours. Not too bad. Plus we knew she wouldnt want to drive down being all prego and had already driven down a weekend before. Plus I knew it would probably be one of the last times I would see her before I moved so we (the parentals and me) went up. I love this picture of my neice because she looks so much like my sister. Also a side note this is the only time Jordan has worn a sleeveless top I am kind of against them but we didnt have any clothes that were summer that would fit him and since we were moving to alaska very soon there was no point, just a waste of money.

Jordans 1st Birthday

We didnt really go crazy for Jordans birthday this year because of the fact we were smack dab in the middle of packing for our move up to alaska to be with tyson and for the reason that he is only 1. But we had a lot of fun celebrating it. I decided I wanted to decorate Jordans birthday cake and I wont lie I was stressing about that decision the night before when the thoughts were running in my head of maybe im not too good at this anymore. I havent done this since I was like 13 or something. But its nice to pick up something that I loved to do so much and hopefully continue. It was hard to pick out the pan at the craft store but I opted for the monkey since thats what I call him sometimes and its just fun. I didnt really want to make it a huge theme birthday so last minute at target I grabbed a table runner that had monkeys on it. Done and done. He didnt really dig in the cake like we thought he might. I think he was unsure if he could or what he was supposed to do. But then we cut him out a slice and he DUG in. It got messy quick but it was funny watching him. We had a hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch and then he went down for a nap. Tyson and I sat out in the sun for a bit and I finished Jordans cake. Then when Jordan woke up from his nap we did the cake and present bit. My sister Kathleen and her husband were down so it was a small celebration but it was nice to actually be able to celebrate a holiday or birthday on the ACTUAL DAY and be together as a whole family (tyson and I)

Cosmo Graduate

Finally I have graduated from cosmetology school. Tuesday was my last day and I only had a few hours to complete and I was FINISHED! I spent the two days before Tyson flew in to go and visit with friends I havent seen for awhile. I saw my one friend from Omaha that I havent seen for like 5 years and we went shopping at a huge mall in Irvine which is only about an hour north of my parents house. It was just like old times except she has added two kids to the mix and I've added one. Then I got home and we had an earthquake. Talk about nice. Then thursday morning I met a friend at Legoland so we could go to the Sea Life Acquarium together then they were going to go on to the main park and we went home. It was fun seeing jordan looking at the sharks and different fishes but it wasnt designed too well. The aisles were WWWAAAAYYY too skinny because a lot of moms there had double strollers and it just made it hard to get around sometimes. Even when it was just regular strollers it was difficult. I bet a man designed it hehe just kidding.
Jordan is going to be one years old tomorrow and I cant believe how quickly the time flew but at the same time it didnt go fast enough. I bought a monkey cake pan so I could decorate it for his birthday and got him an activity center thing and a few outfits of clothes. He is growing out of all his clothes but since we're moving to anchorage AK I didnt want to buy any summer clothes since he really wont be needing those.
Tyson flew in this morning and this day has zoomed by. At 3pm I did my final paperwork for the school and have my "diploma" NICE! Jordan is teething his two front teeth right now at the same time and I dont believe its going to well. This afternoon he woke up from his nap in the car and normally he tells me he is not too happy with the situation but its not a big deal anymore. Well he cried his lil heart out. Awful. So thanks to some friends advice I bought some generic "childrens tylenol" so I could take the edge of his poor gums.
I cannot believe that Monday we will start our journey to drive up to alaska through canada. It will be one long trip but its going to be fun seeing the different landscapes.
Anyways so the fambam is back together thankfully and we're enjoying every minute of it. gonna go and have some sushi for dinner.
peace~

Memorial Weekend

Thank goodness for a holiday weekend. Because this girl could use a day off! haha So like Tyson said before in the last post I am on an excelerated schedule for school. Monday I go to school from 5pm-10pm than Tues-Friday 9am-10pm and saturday 830am-5pm. By the time saturday night comes around I am putting jordan in bed and than tucking myself in bed haha. Time is just zooming by. I am scheduled to graduate July 10 on Jordans first birthday. Pretty much that is when Tyson will be flying down to get me and we get our stuff packed with movers and then drive our way up to anchorage to north of seattle to jump on the "ferry" or to jump on the yukon highway and drive the whole way. I have roughly 42 days of my time here. I know that my mom is going to go crazy not having jordan in the house after we leave because he has been here from the first day he was born. Even my brother cant believe how quickly time is going by and we will be gone soon. I am so grateful that Jordan can have my dad and brother around for a boys influence since tyson cannot be with us yet.

I have a pretty boring life right now. All I do is school everyday, play with jordan when I can and an occasional hang out session with a friend here and there and then of course my CTR 4 primary class on sundays. Mondays are usually just catching up on things that need to be done and soon that is packing up our stuff to get ready to move in a month. WOW!

School is a lot of fun. I still love color as much as ever and I have my moments when I enjoy cutting hair but I feel like I would be better if I just specialized and maybe took on going cutting classes just to improve skills and continue to learn. I dont have a group at all at school I just float from different groups all the time because everyone is so different and I like the variety haha. It is nice going to school during the day shift and night shift because I get to be influenced by a lot of my instructors and they are amazing. I had my first "crying" moment yesterday at the school not me but a client because she was upset at the haircut. It wasnt anything I did, but an instructor cut her hair and she didnt want him to cut it that way. To be honest she had no idea what she wanted,and what she wanted was crazy short hair around her front hair line with her shoulder length haircut???WEIRD? what can I say she was 15 and had no clue. Oh well its bound to happen.

Jordan is so much fun. He pretty much started to walk after Jordan and I retured home from alaska to san diego. So at 7 months he was starting to terrorize the world haha. Around easter Tyson was able to take 2 weeks off and come down and be with us again. So what do you know, we went up to utah. Dont get me wrong I love visiting family but I would love to take a "vacation" that didnt involve Utah but somewhere new haha. So we got to see all the family and hang out with everyone again and Jordan just loved having kids around him. He loves kids. Then tyson was gone before we knew it. I cannot wait till we get to alaska and can experience the summer time. It will be interesting having a child around in the crazy winter on the really really cold days but thats why they created automatic starters for vehicles.

So the plan is as soon as Tyson tells accepts on base housing we will be able to get his "orders" to approve him coming down and getting us and the approval for the government to pay for our household goods to be shipped up to alaska. So July 10ish is when he will get here and it will be a quick trip to get up back up to anchorage. We will have to be in vegas for a few days for the movers and then a day in utah and then drive the rest of the way. It takes like 3 days even on the boat to get there.

Here are some random pictures from my iphone

Tyson's Blog??

Yeah that's right. I've been getting a lot of crap from Emily to blog for Lauren. It isn't going to be as good or cool as she does it, but whatever. So right now I'm up in Alaska waiting for her to finish school in July. Just working on getting things set up with the ARMY so that her and Jordan can be sponsored and paid to get up here.

She's now staying till ten everynight night so that she will be done by the 9th of July. I know that it's hard for her, cause she only gets to see Jordan half the time than she was able to before. I'm greatful for the sacrifices she gives to our family so that we can be together as soon as possible.

I'm just chillin by myself here in AK. Working regular days from 0630 to about 1630 every day. We are getting back into jumps and the training schedule. I wish I could get out and enjoy what people pay thousands of dollars to do on vacation, but I don't want Lauren or Jordan to miss out on the fun. It will be fun to do all the exciting things as a family. Very excxited to get enjoy AK with them.

Jordan is growing up everyday. Lauren sent a video of him talkin. Not a whole lot, but it was prgress. Can't believe he actually did it while the camera was in front of him. Lauren says he's got a ton of personality and just loves running around entertaining himself. I'm glad he's growin up, so that in a couple months he can turn that play into work. It'll be nice to divide all the chores in half instead of Lauren doing all the work around the house. I'm sure he'll be a great laborer around the house.

Anyway, that's about all I can handle for now. Blogging isn't really my thing. Hope you enjoyed the update.

Going Private- Email Me

Ok So I have been getting some grief that I havent updated the blog in awhile

So before I start updating it again I am going to go private so send me your email and I will add you.

I am going private by April 24

Thanks

Email:

Laurnadooney@yahoo.com

Catch Up

So as with everyone else. My life is super busy these days. I swear I havent stopped since I had my baby. As soon as I had Jordan it was off to Utah and I never stopped. Anyways so I dont even know where to start. Its been an interesting household these days. My family got the flu down here and Jordan had a cough. Then we got better but now he has a cold which is soooo much fun. Only cause now he isnt sleeping like he usually do. Im kind of used to him sleeping for like 7 hours before waking up at night. So I feel bad for him because he is used to his schedule and when he doesnt stick to the bedtime portion I know hes sick. So somehow I manage on the little sleep I get. It really is amazing how anyone can feel rested after only getting like 5 hours of sleep with a few interuptions during that time and wake up feeling like YEA I FINALLY GOT SLEEP! haha

Recently Jordan got his 4 month check up and he is growing so much. He is 26.5 inches long and weighs almost 17 pounds or is it 16???haha its written down somewhere. He just continues to change everyday, the way he talks, the way he rolls around the room and moves his legs and arms to get around. Children growing up is really amazing to watch.

Lately we have had my nephew at our house. We have enjoyed having him here so much. He is such a good helper with Jordan. He loves him so much. Is always saying I love you baby Jordan and asking to give him hugs its so cute. Plus Jordan has had a friend for bathtime. I dont know who enjoys it more Max the 3yr old or Jordan. It will be like 2 o'clock and Max will be like whens bathtime???? Of course he has also been a handful but my mom and I will sure miss him around the house. He is leaving sunday morning to go back up to Utah to his mom.

School is going great. Besides the days I had to take off when I was sick and a few hours missed for Jordans doctor appointments I am there everyday. Not much of a Thanksgiving break for me here. I pulled shifts at the hotel thursday and friday night for extra money for Tyson and I and tomorrow (saturday) my best friend is getting married and I am a bridesmaid so I will be busy getting up early to do my hair and get over to her house at 7am so I can do her make up again. I already did it for her bridal pictures and it turned out amazing I might say :) Then I have to finish up my make up and get down to san diego for the wedding at 11am. My poor baby never sees me.

We dont get much of a break for Christmas. The school is open till 5pm christmas eve LAME and we get off christmas day 25th and the 26th off. We already get sunday and mondays off so thats it. Thats my break. I have no idea what I am going to do. Its such a short period of time plus Tyson is going to be getting home sometime in January so we are gonna be making a trip up to Alaska to see him get back and hang out with him. So I am contemplating on working during that break for the money for our trip to see tyson.... Some that know I live at home might be thinking, you live at your parents house you should be racking in the money that you're saving....yes but Im paying off student loan and our car etc while I am home so that we dont have to worry about that stuff. haha just a side note. Our car is almost paid off and we bought it july 08 pretty much brand new....SO thats pretty much my life these days.

I get home from school get the baby play with him, bathe him, feed him and put him in bed by 730pm then its off to the gym I go. I try to get there at least 3 times a week but I am really trying to get there more often but it just seems life keeps throwing things at me like colds and flu's and weddings and anything else that keeps me from going to the gym. I am so proud because today I stepped on the scale and slide over the weight to 150 because thats what I always do and the stick slammed down....I was actually confused like what is it doing, then I realized I guess I get to put the weight to 100..amazing feeling. I weighed myself at 148 and have not seen that number since like high school so its a great feeling. All my hard work is starting to really show. I still havent reached my goal but it feels nice sometimes to see results on a scale.

Well thats all I can think of. Hope everyone is doing good. I love this time of year. Christmas is THE best time of year.

Happy Halloween! Mickey and Minnie 09'

Who would have thought????

I would never have thought before that work could be a break from my life. I took an extra shift at the Hampton Inn tonight to help out my boss. When I started hair school I told him if he ever needed a shift covered I would as long as my mom aka day care was ok with watching him. So I am working the 230pm to 1030pm shift. It was perfect cause I was still able to go to church and fall right into work. It was sad as I left church and put Jordans car seat in my parents car. Never really thought the fact that we had two car seat bases would be used for this exact purpose of switching vehicles easily. At least I get to see him daily unlike Tyson so I try not to feel sorry for myself. But who would have thought taking a shift at the hotel would be considered a break for myself. Its not like I just sit around, so its nice to be able to surf the internet not having to worry about whether or not Jordan is fussing because I am taking too long checking my email etc. haha But I defenitley miss the fact that I am not putting him to bed right about now. Nothing sweeter than holding a sleeping baby.
Today at church we stumbled on a friends baby that was born a couple weeks before Jordan but Jordan looked like a beast next to him. haha. He is so long its crazy. I dont even remember very well what it was like before. But when that boy smiles it melts my heart. Wow ok Im rambling.
My mom is going up to Utah this sunday the 25th and coming back night of the 27th.Which means I wont be able to make it to school that tuesday because there isnt anyone to watch Jordan. So I was gonna try and make it up to utah but the flights didnt leave late enough on saturday. I have to test out of Freshman class at cosmetology school to move onto another phase and it takes up all of friday and pretty much saturday sooooooo there went that plan. So I will just have to enjoy the extra day with Jordan and relax.That word doesnt really exist in my vocabulary these days.
Hair Cutting this time around isnt as bad as I remember. I still know its going to take a lot to be able understand cutting but I'm keeping my mind open. I still love color way more. Of course there is the typical hair school drama. Wouldnt feel like hair school without it. But I have two other people that I know I can trust and we keep each other motivated to get things done. Chandra is 31 and Kenneth is 35 and every girl has the biggest crush on him. Too bad for them that he already has a very steady girlfriend. Its funny to see how people fall over themselves for him. We usually laugh about it. There is a school "couple" that makes me miss tyson wishing that it was us together at school again. But thankfully he found me and put a ring around my finger. Now we have a little baby boy.
These next couple weeks are gonna be hectic. This week I test out of freshman class, then the next weekend is trunk or treat then halloween which is also Lindsays bridal shower down here in san diego and I was gonna make it up to Vegas to see my friends from Omaha but it appears now that my priorities are here.I am so proud of Lindsay for making it to the Temple. Its always a long road getting there but what a great day it will be. and then to see her and Buster get married at the San Diego Temple November 28th. WOW time will fly. Then it will be practically Christmas. Then that will mean that Tyson will be home shortly there after.
I am so glad that we decided that I should go to school while he has been gone. But it makes me sad thinking of the time we will be seperated from each other yet again. It will be so worth it in the end, but short term just sucks having him away from me and Jordan. Thats why its so hard taking days off of school because I know it means 1 more day away from him. He will be in Alaska while I am finishing school here in san diego :( So hopefully when I get to the floor at the beginning of the year I can start attending night school a few nights a week so that I can graduate and take my state board exam earlier. We already have about 4 weeks of time off for me when he is back stateside.
I have about 4 weeks till my doctor sees Jordan and I cannot wait to hear what she has to say at that appointment. I think that he is starting to look more and more like me but hes got a good mix of us both.I still look at him and cannot believe that he is my baby.
Anyways tomorrow I get to go to the gym, and try to loose this weight I put on before pregnancy. I'm already not what I weighed before. Plus my work uniform is actually kind of baggy on me. SWEET!!!!! Then its off to help plan the bridal shower. I'm not allowed to go to Lindsays house without Jordan because this makes momma Chapman sad. The woman had 13 babies...clearly she loves lil babies.
Anyways so thats my life in a nut shell. My sister today told me, you must be busy huh?? and I said why do you say that...she says "cause you're bathroom isnt as clean as it normally would be. You're a neat freak" haha love it

Hope everyone else life is a busy as mine. Its totally worth it

3 weeks down of cosmo

I cannot believe its only been 3 weeks since I started cosmetology. WOW it feels like its been way longer than that. My days are getting pretty busy these days but I love it because they go by so much faster. I have started hitting the gym when Jordan goes to bed so by the time I get everything ready for the next day and am ready to go to bed its midnight but its def worth it. I really need to work out for my MS and for me personally. I just want to be back in shape again and be at my goal weight. Anyhow so thats that. This week in cosmo we are doing finger waves and stuff like that. But tuesday myself and two others who were in the make up course are going to be participating in a charity event for Ronald McDonald House. We will be applying touch up make up to the 75 woman who have bought tickets for this event. It will be so much fun, hard work and I'm really nervous and excited for it. First time doing make up on people that I want to impress so they will buy the product to help go toward the charity.

Did I mention I am tired. Yep. I have slept so good since last wednesday when I started working out. I used to wake up so many times in the night and have such crazy dreams I didnt get any rest at all...so even though Im only getting like 4 to 5 hours of rest a night, I feel much better than before because I actually go into all the sleep pattersn.

We are trying to figure out what Jordan and I are going to be for halloween and we have a few ideas floating around like him being Hook and me Wendy OR jordan being a UFC fighter (mitchell? i think thats the guys name who has hair) OR him a bee and me a flower, or him a frog and me a princess (get it..kiss a frog turn him into a prince) anyways. As much as I hate seeing JOrdan change everyday I am counting down the days till TYson gets here. Four holidays and our anniversary to get through and he will be shortly home. Maybe on our 3rd anniversary we will actually get to be together on the actual day...one can hope right :)

Another side note. I am submitting my previous hours from Renaissance Academe de Hair to my current school and hope they accept my previous school hours so that my time left here will be shorter so that we can get to Alaska quicker and be together as a family sooner. SOOOOOOOOO a huge favor keep us in your thoughts and prayers and hope that the school accepts the maximum transfer hours of 400 so that it will take off 2 1/2 months off my graduation date.

Jordan has moved on from vowel sounds to something else completely different and has started to roll on his side occasionaly. Hes a funny boy. Tyson gets to see him on the web cam occassionaly so that it fun. We are all just busy waiting for February to come so we can be together again.

Well I gotta go wash some bottles and get to bed at a decent hour tonight. HOpe everyone is doing well.

PS i post pictures of Jordan on my facbook account since its quicker and gets tyson more pictures since i dont have much time to spend on the computer when I get home. once in awhile ill put some pictures on the blog like sunday or mondays since they're my days off

1st Week of Cosmetology

So its official I am a certified make up artist and I have the paper to prove it. I can also send in my certificate to MAC and get discounts on their products. WOOHOO But I also recomment going to Sephora for your make up needs. The girls in their know so much about all the lines and there is good to high end brands there. Plus sephora has some good products in their line too. You can get some good make up brushes there too

Anyways so this past week I started my cosmetology course at Bellus Avademy and I love it. I am so glad that I was able to start over again and this time finish with a license. This school is a bit different then the school in Utah but I love it. Its well organized and structured. It still has the typical students that you find in cosmo school that dont take things seriously. The average age is 25 at this school so most of the students need to get in and get out without messing around. I will be in classroom style for the next 5 months learning state board procedures to pass and all the beginner stuff. So I wont be taking clients for awhile which I actually like a lot because it gives me more time to learn cutting and coloring.

Its a Sasson connection school which is REALLY amazing. We do theory as a school for the last hour of the day and the teacher actually teaches the chapter instead of just making us read it ourselves. So we rolled into it at Chapter 24 which is nail diseases and disorders and there are some crazy names that are hard to remember what they do to the nail etc so I thought for sure I was going to fail my first test. I had to miss school on thursday to watch Jordy so I missed the review where the teacher tells you what to study for since its on our "TEST OF LIFE" aka state board exam. So as I am trying to study I cannot keep my eyes open and I go in and out of consciousness. Finally I gave up because it was no use since I kept falling asleep. But I got a 96%. YEA!!!!! whew its also nerve racking because not only do I want to do good in school, but my federal financial aid is dependant on it.

So my two sisters from utah were here this past week. One was here because my bro in law was practicing with the national volleyball team here in anaheim, and the other had a conference in san diego for work. So all together this weekend we had everyone in the family here except 1 sister and husband...and clearly my husband was missing from the fun. It was fun seeing max and sorina play together and hold hands like best friends and to see them lovin on Jordan and giving him kisses. One sister is still here because of the training for the team, so I will be going up to san clemente tomorrow to hang out at the beach house and take Jordan to the beach for the 1st time. If it werent for the fact that Tyson and I were so exhausted when we got back from utah when he was here we would have done that together but we both were so tired and had stuff to get before he left so we didnt have much time to do anything :( Sooooo pictures to come tomorrow since I didnt take any this week myself

so thats my update. always busy. and of course my day to get stuff done since i go to school tues-saturday its a holiday and I cant make it to the post office to mail tyson some boxes. wonderful :)

Enjoy

Check this website out

Okay so I saw a article online about this website and its hilarious....

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/



It’s like those shorts are managing to cover nothing and everything at the same time.
New Port Richey, FL

My lil life these days

So August 3 I started back at school (3 weeks after my c-section...yes i am clearly crazy) and chose to add on a make-up certificate class to my cosmo class. So this coming week is my last week for make-up and I am excited and nervous for it to be done. It has been so much fun and at times wanted to make me quit thinking I was not good enough but that just means the teacher was really pushing us all to get outside ourselves. This thursday we have our "final" which is a photo shoot and I have 5 looks that I have to have photographed...natural,glamour,eye,lip,and fantasy. This week is going to zoom by, and then next tuesday I start my cosmo course. BONUS I have a 3 day weekend...finally a break. If I had to do it all over I wouldnt have crammed so much stuff shortly after giving birth but I know it was worth it especially to Tyson who got to see his family and friends in UT, and then I started school so soon...I never really rested. But I had fun going to UT as well being with everyone again and showcasing our son Jordan.
During my make up course we also got trained on airbrushing and got that in our kits and how to custom blend foundations for each individual. Anyone can pick a bottle out that is the closest to their skin tone. Its just been tons of fun.Oh and we also learned how to do "halloween" looks. thats what I call it. its pretty cool
I def miss my lil guy when I am at school, but I know it will all pay out in the end. I will be licensed in cosmo and certified in makeup by next summer and will be able to help provide for my family.
Time is just zooming by and I also saw that my neices and nephews grew up in an instant in front of me...but it is def different when it comes to your own child. I wish time would stop because everyday he changes. Recently he has started to really laugh and smile ALOT and also he clicks his tongue from the top of his mouth...it is so darn cute, and of course coo's at me. It seems like the holidays will be here in no time at all and that Tyson will be home shortly there after. I am SOO excited for him to get back from Afghanistan, but at the same time my baby will be crawling and rolling over and all sorts of crazy stuff. It is just a shame that I wont be back with tyson till next summer even though he will be back from war in February. But it was a decision we both made. Better to sacrifice a few months now than have to sacrifice more later.
Jordan pretty much sleeps through the night these days. He is in bed by 8pm and will wake up anymore from 4-7am depending on who knows what. But this is such a blessing to me.
I look forward to saturdays these days cause I know I can finally be lazy, but I have yet to have a saturday where I did absolutely nothing except stay at home with Jordan. Maybe I'll dedicate this saturday to that but I highly doubt it cause my sis and bro in law will be in town, so there goes that idea. But it will be fun hanging out with them and having Max around to play with.
Well lil one will probably be up shortly. Gotta go. These days I only talk to my family in the house when we pass one another and people at school..all the rest of my family on both sides dont hear much from me except via facebook or this blog! haha ...I love you all

I miss my best friend today

just missing you tyson more than usual today. I wish you could see our baby boy smile at you. i love you

Pictures

So I have been very busy since Tyson has left getting stuff ready for me to start school on Monday and appointment for me and for Jordy. So its hard to blog about stuff cause recently the only time I have is at night when Jordan goes down and by that time I am ready to conk out.

Soooooo....since I promised tyson pictures everyday or close to it :) you'll see more activity on my picture blog.

just an FYI people

Ralphie, I CAN'T GET UP

So its sunday July 5th and I still have yet to have this baby. No contractions, no nothing. You would think that this lil guy would get sick and tired of not having any room to move around but maybe he just likes close quarters.

Tyson is doing good. Bored out of his mind just waiting to be taken away so he can come home.

As for me, I am just trying to stay busy and get things in order again from the family leaving today. Should be an interesting week.

I kept meaning to tell this random dream to Tyson but kept forgetting but the other night I had a dream that I was pregnant with my second child and Tyson and I found out it was a girl. Hmmmmmm.....if that is a lil window to the future, I think we should just stop with the first baby and call it good :) I think I might like being the only "princess" in the house haha.

Anyways, these days getting out of bed feels a lot like A Christmas Story and when Ralphie's kid brother falls on the ground with all his snow stuff on and is rollin around screaming I can't get up, I can't get up....I wish I had someone to peel me out of bed. It seems everytime I wake up my back is facing the edge of the bed which makes it worse cause then I have to roll over and use the momentum to stand up. Its ridiculious.

Thats it. Hope everyone has a great Monday morning.

Happy Fourth of July

Well its the start of a beautiful day here in San Diego and the marine layer burned off quick today. Usually its not till close to lunch time when it goes away but this morning the sun was shining by 830am. Let the laziness and BBQ'in begin.

Tyson's Fourth of July is practically over by now, and he told me the other day that they were going to be "letting off" mortar rounds for their fireworks at this base. Obviously it would be only a few select people who would be doing this. But how cool is that. I hope he got his video camera out for it. Its not a regular thing to experience something like that.

Anyways so we have some family in town here in San Diego and its been so much fun. My sister from Nevada showed up with her husband late late Wednesday night (with my bed from storage, YEA!)one of my sisters from Utah came with her husband on Thursday, and finally my sister who is married to a marine came Friday morning. We all knew that his base was being shut down in Iraq earlier than planned and that he could be arriving home any day from the beginning of July to the end of it, but we were all surprised to see him standing at the door when we greeted my sister and niece. So much fun.

Anyways, today I plan on working on getting some more funky tan/burn lines and grubbin it up around the pool, and hopefully talk to Tyson.

I hope everyone has a great Fourth of July. This is the greatest nation on the earth and we are blessed to have everything we have in this country. I am so grateful for our military men and women for sacrificing their time away from their families to keep our nation safe.

I love you Tyson

No baby....YET

Just so everyone is on the same page and not thinking I didnt put the 411 out that I had my baby............. I have not gone into labor.

As soon as it happens I am sure someone will notify the online community :)

Baby Jordan Update

So today I went in for my doctor appointment to check up on the baby. I had an induction scheduled for this coming Monday the 29th planned, and we were going to see if my baby was going to allow this or not. Well after my doctors recommendation we decided that it would be best to allow Jordan to come when he was ready without inducing unless he goes late. My doctor will only allow me to go late by 1 week of my due date. I guess there are new studies out that say 1 week late is really the latest and safest to go for the baby. So now if I don't have my baby on his own free will, he will be here on July 10th.

Besides not being induced everything else is going great. His heart beat is good, my blood pressure is great, my MS doesn't give me too much trouble until the night but its always hit and miss. I still sleep great, and wake up here and there to go to the bathroom then fall back into zombie state.

Tonight is my last night at work at the hotel. I am happy but I am sad because it truly has been one of the best places I have worked. But I wont be returning after tonight unless to cover a random shift over the holiday for what I will call "diaper" money.

As of August 3 I will be attending Bellus Academy in Poway, CA to get my Make up artistry certificate and my cosmetology license. My projected finish date will be June 25, 2010. I am so excited to be going back and finishing my license. There have been a lot of things that have interested me to do for a job, but this has always been the one thing I felt confident about doing. Never second guessing myself. So Tyson and I both decided it would be best if I did this while he was in Afghanistan and we were getting more money, and could afford for me to not have to work. Plus my mom is going to watch Jordan for me. I am so grateful for family support. I will be attending full time and do not expect to take any time off unless Jordy is sick, and for when Tyson gets home. Everything always happens for a reason and I am so blessed that now we are eligible for some free money from the government, and that the school just started a program for a scholarship for military dependants. All I have to do is write a short essay and get two letter of recommendations and I am set. How wonderful.


Anyways so I guess I have 9 days till my due date, and for the most part I am pretty comfortable.

Whats in a Name?

So Tyson and I finally figured out what we are going to name our lil peanut

Here are some clues to help you figure it out!


First Name:
Last name of the most famous basketball player from Chicago Bulls

Middle Name:
The first name of Cyclops on X-Men..not the actor but the name for the comic hero himself.

Last Name: Davies



Jordan Scott Davies we cannot wait to see you and give you your nickname.

40th Cavalry Fox News Video

Recently there have been two videos on fox news about Tysons platoon. This recently one to me is the best since it shows them detonating the explosives...NICE and the fact that the Taliban are using old playstation controllers as the detonator WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT resourceful little suckers they are

http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/22489631/mission-afghanistan.htm

There is also another video that went out a few days prior to this one...each one has a bit of additional information. Just interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8D7GIQ1Si0

Induction Date ...thats right! :)

Ok so it seems that the word on the block is that Tyson will probably not get back here to the states till the middle of July. Since he will not be able to be there for the birth of our baby I think giving birth a little earlier is a good idea. I'm not going to wait longer for this baby for the small small chance Tyson could arrive earlier than planned.

So with all that in mind, I figured why not schedule the induction a tad earlier than my due date so that when Tyson FINALLY does get here I am past the first stage of recovery from delivery. Not that it means I will be 100% when he gets here...but better able to function as a human being. Hoping at least.

So Tyson if you are reading this before you read your yahoo email, I suggest you go and read that since we need to set a name in stone.

Plus my boss has officially told me my last day is no later than June 25th and we can always move that up if I am really hating life near that time. PLUS he told me to just let him know how much time I was going to take off. That I didnt need to just do the standard time I could do a bit more if I wanted. AWESOME...this is why I do not call in sick or play Hookie with this job because he is a really good boss to me.

Anyways I am super excited to be seeing my baby boy in 18 days! haha 18 DAYS

Guess that also means I HAVE TO get a 4th of July outfit for my lil guy...it will be his 1st! haha just another good reason to buy more clothes :)

Great Blonde Joke

Trucker's Breakfast...

A trucker came into a truck stop cafe and placed his order. He said, 'I want three flat tires, a pair of headlights and a pair of running boards.'

The brand new blonde waitress, not wanting to appear stupid, went to the kitchen and said to the cook, 'This guy out there just ordered three flat tires, a pair of headlights and a pair of running boards..... What does he think this place is, an auto parts store?'

'No,' the cook said. 'Three flat tires ... mean three pancakes; a pair of headlights.. is two eggs sunny side up; and a pair of running boards... are 2 slices of crisp bacon !

'Oh,... OK!' said the blonde. She thought about it for a moment and then spooned up a bowl of beans and gave it to the customer.

The trucker asked, 'What are the !
beans for Blondie?'

I LOVE THIS ONE......... ..

'She replied, 'I thought while you were waiting for the flat tires, headlights and running boards, you might as well gas up!

FOR ONCE THE BLONDE GETS EVEN!!!!!

Random Article

David O. McKay and Emma Ray Riggs were married in the Salt Lake Temple on 2 January 1901, the first couple sealed in that temple that year. Their union of 69 years exemplifies the continuing devotion of a husband and wife to each other. The strength of their marriage was noted by both friends and strangers. Sister McKay once related the following experience:

“I accompanied my husband to a dedication of a meetinghouse in Los Angeles. We stopped on Wilshire Boulevard to get our car washed. I sat on a bench and the President was standing over by the car. Suddenly at my elbow I heard a tiny voice say, ‘I guess that man over there loves you.’ Surprised, I turned and saw a beautiful boy about seven years of age with dark curly hair and large brown eyes. ‘What did you say?’

“ ‘I said, I guess that man over there loves you.’

“ ‘Why, yes, he loves me; he is my husband. Why do you ask?’

“ ‘Oh, ‘cuz, the way he smiled at you. Do you know, I’d give anything in the world if my Pop would smile at my Mom that way.’ ” 2

Until President McKay was confined to a wheelchair, he always rose when his wife entered the room, held her chair, and opened the car door for her. He also always bade her hello and goodbye with an affectionate kiss. This practice continued when both President and Sister McKay used wheelchairs. Once when President McKay was being wheeled away for a meeting, he exclaimed: “We have to go back. I didn’t kiss Ray goodbye.” He was wheeled back for this loving ritual that had become a part of their relationship

If you want to read the whole article go HERE

Ok so this last month of pregnancy is definitely bringing out the emotional girl out of me. But what that little boy said made me want to cry because it was so sweet, and so sad that he wished for that same thing to be present in his family.

Baby Shower

So Friday morning my mom and I headed up to Utah County in of course Utah! My mom in law was giving me a baby shower up there from Tyson's side of the family on Saturday. We didn't get to my sisters house until around 6pm.

Then Saturday came around and I had my sister show me how to get to Camp Williams an army national guard base so that I could buy 2 pairs of uniforms for Tyson, and then rush over to Spanish Fork so that I could hang out with my other side of the family before the baby shower. It was perfect timing of me getting there because Tyson's Aunt Ellen, Aunt Pat, and Aunt Laurel came over to visit real quick and drop off a gift for the baby. It was a big surprise to see Aunt Ellen and two of her girls because they live like 2 hours north so it was a great surprise. The party was of course fun and relaxed which is how I like them :) My sister in law took some pictures of the baby shower and can be seen by clicking HERE

Sunday was just spent getting our butts to church and then relaxing the rest of the day. I was nursing the water bottles to decrease the swelling in my feet which wasn't much but is just annoying. Then Monday we woke up early again and got on the road so we could stop in Vegas to get a few things out of my storage unit. Man I forgot how at the end of packing up all our stuff I just starting stacking it by the door. It will be nice to actually have a place that me and Tyson can live in with all of our stuff again. There are things that we haven't even used yet! Thankfully we didn't hit a lot of traffic in San Bernadino and did about 65 during the "thick" of it so I was glad cause I just wanted to get home.

Anyways thanks to everyone who helped with the baby shower. Tyson and I sure do appreciate all the cool gifts we got and he's excited to see the pictures of our "loot"

USA Today

GOD BLESS AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE.
STAND BESIDE HER, AND GUIDE HER,
THRU THE NIGHT WITH A LIGHT FROM ABOVE.
FROM THE MOUNTAINS, TO THE PRAIRIES,
TO THE OCEANS, WHITE WITH FOAM.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, MY HOME SWEET HOME.

So this morning at work I was reading the USA Today since from about 630am-730am no one is usually in the lobby eating breakfast. Plus today there were some headlines that caught my eye so I sat down and read the first section of the newspaper.

DeWayne Wickham wrote an artical on the back page called "The heavy burden of war, shouldered by the few." It was a short one but it really struck a cord with me. At one point he talks about "if necessary, this nation should resort to a military draft to spread the burden of war more fairly across the length and breadth of this nation." Now I personally think that an all volunteer military is something to be proud of as a nation, but I see the point he is making and slightly agree with his statement.

I just wanted to write some of the points in the article that moved me.

"...at the end of his Notre Dame commencement address, President Obama urged graduates to make public service a way of life. "Because when you serve, it doesn't just improve your community." he said, "it makes you a part of your community."
In a democracy, military duty is the ultimate act of public serve. But while America has been waging war on two fronts since 2003, many Americans have left the defense of their way of life to the small group of people who make up this nation's all-volunteer military. These men and women deserve more than just our gratitude. Nearly 5,000 of them have given their lives in defense of this country - a sacrifice Abraham Lincoln called a soldier's "last full measure of devotion."
Those who volunteered for military service during this time of war deserve to be treated like patriots, not mercenaries. We shouldn't have to repeatedly deploy them to war zones while millions of young men and women do nothing that could remotely pass for public service. (THAT WAS PROBABLY MY FAV PART!)
Most Americans treat our involvement in these conflicts like a spectator sport - the view for them is just fine from the bleachers.
They have put their lives on hold, their marriages at risk and their trust in a country that too often treats them as an afterthought - except on Memorial Day, of course, when millions of Americans storm the beaches as many military families are making their way to the cemeteries.
In creating the first Memorial Day in 1868, Gen. John Logan said, "Let no...neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic."
NOR SHOULD WE FORGET IN A TIME OF WAR THAT THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM SHOULD BE THE DUTY OF THE MANY, NOT THE FEW.

I am so proud to be from a military family, and have my husband serve in the Army.

Smart uses for vinegar

Wash produce
According to the green team at Ideal Bite, vinegar can help remove bacteria and pesticide residues from fruits and veggies. Mix three parts water to one part white vinegar, and dispense in a spray bottle. Then rinse with water. The site claims this wash kills 98% of bacteria on produce.



Get spring-fresh laundry
Got grass stains? No problemo, says Michael de Jong. Make a mixture of one-third cup white vinegar and two-thirds cup water. Apply the solution to the stain and blot with a clean cloth. Repeat this process until you've removed as much green as possible, and then launder as usual.

When your big washing day comes around, toss in a capful of white vinegar. Your colors will come out bolder and your whites whiter. If you've recently had an encounter with a skunk, it will take more than a capful.

After washing, get a sharper crease in pants by dipping the cloth in a 50/50 mixture of vinegar and water. Then wring out the cloth and press the creases. Now you look like Dilbert!



Clean Dishwasher
By pouring about a cup of vinegar in your dishwasher each load you're improving the look of your drinking glasses and the inside of your dishwasher. Cheaper alternative to Jet Dry.

Baby Clothes

I absolutely LOVE this shirt because it reminds me of a shirt tyson used to wear when we were in hair school. So I thought that would guarantee Tyson would like it for our lil man. and he does! its 6-12 months and I cannot wait to dress him for church in this :) Our baby is going to be stylin



I have been on a mission to find some cool board shorts for our lil guy since he will be a So Cal baby so he can be look good at the beach and the pool.

Last night I found these in San Clemente and I was so excited. Cannot wait to see some clothes on this lil guy soon.




Well Tyson and I know that for the military unless its in writing things are never guaranteed...and even then sometimes it can still change. But there is a slight chance he might not be here in July for his 2 weeks off. I dont have all the details from him since he didnt have much time to tell me, but I guess this new group made him fill out a form or something putting down our date of our anniversary and when our baby was due, so it seems they usually try to plan it around important dates. Both times have its pro's and con's so only time will tell. Hopefully we find out more soon. Guess I should start preparing to have this baby by myself just in case.

Baby Nursery

From Beginning to End!
Thanks to my mom for helping me or it would have taken forever :)

Birthday Activities

So yesterday was my 25th Birthday. WOW Anyways I was awaken by Tyson calling me to wish me a Happy Birthday and I could tell that since it was my birthday that he would give up some of his sleep time to talk to me for a bit. At first he didnt come out and say Happy Birthday and said so do you feel older, and I was still kind of waking up because I was literally in bed when he called..and was like HUH...then it hit me it was my birthday and laughed. But it sure was nice to have Tyson call and wake me up and be the first one to wish me happy birthday. Side note (Ty has gone back to days shifts in Afghanistan and has not had a day off since he got to his base so its really starting to take its toll so that's why he doesn't write/talk much) My family doesnt make a big deal of birthdays anymore among siblings, we call and wish each other happy birthday but Tyson sent me birthday flowers that were sooo pretty

After I woke up my mom asked me if I was ready for breakfast and I said...why did you make oatmeal? No she says I have everything made for Belgium Waffles. YUMMO my favorite waffles with fresh strawberries and whip cream. So after breakfast was done while my mom had to run down to mission valley I decided the color layout for our last area of our last wall...its an alcove area. Then I started with one of the colors and gave a second coat to the squares already done and then put paint on the alcove area. So when Mom got home we only had 3 colors left to touch up and do. Its a long process and then at like 4pm I got ready for birthday dinner/cake and my friend Lindsay came over and took some pictures of my birthday celebration and then I went up to meet a friend of mine that was in town from Nebraska up in Dana Point/Laguna Beach. I was going to sleep in the living room of the suite on the sleeper sofa so that today we could wake up and make our way up to LA.

We went and saw Hollywood stars and hit of Fashion District where you can get knock offs and get clothing generally cheap. I've been here like 4 times and this time decided not to get anything. I was tempted to get another knock off purse but since soon I will be carrying around extra stuff for the baby I decided why waste money on something that might not fit my needs.Then on the way home we stopped in San Juan Capistrano at this Mexican bakery/restaurant and got this fruit water drink thing. I cant remember what it was called but I got the Watermelon kind and its fruit smashed with its juices add water and sugar. It was like eating a watermelon. They had of course your standard horchatta, banana, cantalope and pineapple water. It made it easier that Heathers friend went on a mission in Spain so he was talking to them getting us samples so we knew which kind we wanted since we had never tried it. DELICIOSO!

Now I am at home just being a bum on the couch. I thought I had to work the morning shift tomorrow but I dont. WOOHOOOO. My mom worked on the baseboards by painting them white and the first coat on the doors white. Tomorrow we get to put the second coat of white on the door and then we can start putting the crib in the room and start getting everything together. Its all coming together.