So I finally ordered my first official blog book. I used blurb.com, and the software that you download from there. I took the first year and a half of my blog (So from Gabe's birth to the end of 2009) and turned it into a book. They have all kinds of choices for text layouts, picture layouts, and text picture layouts combined. I have another journal blog I do besides my public one, and I can take entries from both blogs and add them to the book. You choose their blog to book option, and it allows you to pull things right off your blog.
I LOVED how it turned out. It's kinda like looking through a yearbook, it's that size (that's the size I chose) and full of memories. I plan on doing it for each year of my blogs, so that I can have it in a book and making more of a family journal. At the end of each year I take our family videos and put them on a DVD as well. I plan on attaching each year's dvd to the back of each book. I might put a few years into one book, but it is something I hope to keep doing.
So if any of you are looking into making one, I love how mine turned out from that website. The price was awesome too. So this year I am making an effort to blog more on both blogs so I can keep a record of it all. I thought I'd share my results.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
I Think This Proves.....
That our girl might learn to share with her little brother.
Upon seeing Greta trying to sleep, she decided to share her unsharable toy with Greta so she could sleep better....
Greta then decided to cuddle Froggy, maybe cause she knew it'd be the only chance she'd get
Gabe was very proud of herself, and then yelled at Greta for getting up and not cuddling Froggy
Upon seeing Greta trying to sleep, she decided to share her unsharable toy with Greta so she could sleep better....
Greta then decided to cuddle Froggy, maybe cause she knew it'd be the only chance she'd get
Gabe was very proud of herself, and then yelled at Greta for getting up and not cuddling Froggy
Late Night Pregnancy Quiz
Name?: Mandy
About Your Pregnancy: Right now I'm not sleeping due to discomfort, so life is hard, but pretty good most of the time. It's so different than my first, and I'm facing totally new things, and new challenges. It's weird to get used to when you think you already know what you're doing. I guess it proves you don't know everything, cause everyone is different.
Is this your first pregnancy?: Nope, my second
When did you find out you were pregnant?: January
Was it planned?: Yes and it took longer than planned
What was your first reaction?: Irritated that the pregnancy test wouldn't show a clear answer, that neither of us could read. Adam went out and got me another one. I just love him. Once we knew for sure, it was almost hard to believe, cause we had a lot of negative ones before. We were excited!
Who was with you when you found out?: Adam
Who was the first person you told?: I don't remember. Probably the friends who watched Gabe for us so we could go to our first appointment.
How did your parents react?: Excited
How far along were you? I don't remember. Earlier than I would have normally told people I think.
What was your first symptom?:
I always feel like the collars of my shirts are gagging me. Weird I know, but I have to constantly pull them down. I ruin a lot of shirts when first pregnant.
What is your due date?: September 19, 2010
Do you know the sex of the baby?: Yes we get a boy this time
Have you picked out names?: Yes, unless something else comes along, which I doubt.
If so, what are they?: We like the name Ollie
How much weight have you gained?: MMM I don't know that I care to share that one. Not as much as with Gabe yet, and I hope to not get that much. I however, have another trimester to go.
Do you have stretch marks?: Oh yeah. And I still have some from Gabe. They're pretty.
Have you felt the baby move? Yeah he's a kicker. Lately when I'm laying down trying to sleep. Little stinker. He hasn't been that way, Gabe was. He decided to change play time on me.
Have you heard the heartbeat?: Yep almost every visit. It's Gabe's favorite part.
About the birth: Home or hospital birth?: Hospital
Natural or medicated birth?: Natural like before, if I can help it.
Who will be in the delivery room with you?: Just Adam, and a doctor of course
Will you breastfeed?: Yes
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: I didn't with Gabe, but who knows. I think I'm full of too many emotions to cry.
What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: I said, "Oh she's so little." with Gabe. Maybe I'll be like, "Man he's huge." (Even though he'll be little) I hope not, but I keep fearing he'll be a big kid for some reason.
Would you let someone videotape the birth?: I don't want to see that, I don't care to have anyone else witness it either.
Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: Excited, but nervous
What music or interests do you want the baby to have?: If this kid could inherit any of the fluke's musical gene, I'd be grateful. I wouldn't mind the artistic gene on my family's side either. I wouldn't mind some athletic skill, I'm not sure who'd he'd get it from though. :)
What is the baby's room theme?:Honestly we don't have one. We decided to give him Adam's baby blanket for his crib, so whatever we can get to go along with it would be great. I'm not too worried about that one. We're still deciding where to put him.
What was the first thing u bought for the baby?: Adam went out and bought him a pack of sports onsies, and a spiderman action figure the day we found out. :) He was stoked.
Are u ready to have another child? I ask myself that question everyday. Each day my answer is different. HA!
I am up late with some discomforts, so I needed something to do. I figured I'd record some pregnancy stuff, since I've been lacking more than I want to be. I hope to be better at recording random things like this, so this was a good solution.
About Your Pregnancy: Right now I'm not sleeping due to discomfort, so life is hard, but pretty good most of the time. It's so different than my first, and I'm facing totally new things, and new challenges. It's weird to get used to when you think you already know what you're doing. I guess it proves you don't know everything, cause everyone is different.
Is this your first pregnancy?: Nope, my second
When did you find out you were pregnant?: January
Was it planned?: Yes and it took longer than planned
What was your first reaction?: Irritated that the pregnancy test wouldn't show a clear answer, that neither of us could read. Adam went out and got me another one. I just love him. Once we knew for sure, it was almost hard to believe, cause we had a lot of negative ones before. We were excited!
Who was with you when you found out?: Adam
Who was the first person you told?: I don't remember. Probably the friends who watched Gabe for us so we could go to our first appointment.
How did your parents react?: Excited
How far along were you? I don't remember. Earlier than I would have normally told people I think.
What was your first symptom?:
I always feel like the collars of my shirts are gagging me. Weird I know, but I have to constantly pull them down. I ruin a lot of shirts when first pregnant.
What is your due date?: September 19, 2010
Do you know the sex of the baby?: Yes we get a boy this time
Have you picked out names?: Yes, unless something else comes along, which I doubt.
If so, what are they?: We like the name Ollie
How much weight have you gained?: MMM I don't know that I care to share that one. Not as much as with Gabe yet, and I hope to not get that much. I however, have another trimester to go.
Do you have stretch marks?: Oh yeah. And I still have some from Gabe. They're pretty.
Have you felt the baby move? Yeah he's a kicker. Lately when I'm laying down trying to sleep. Little stinker. He hasn't been that way, Gabe was. He decided to change play time on me.
Have you heard the heartbeat?: Yep almost every visit. It's Gabe's favorite part.
About the birth: Home or hospital birth?: Hospital
Natural or medicated birth?: Natural like before, if I can help it.
Who will be in the delivery room with you?: Just Adam, and a doctor of course
Will you breastfeed?: Yes
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: I didn't with Gabe, but who knows. I think I'm full of too many emotions to cry.
What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: I said, "Oh she's so little." with Gabe. Maybe I'll be like, "Man he's huge." (Even though he'll be little) I hope not, but I keep fearing he'll be a big kid for some reason.
Would you let someone videotape the birth?: I don't want to see that, I don't care to have anyone else witness it either.
Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: Excited, but nervous
What music or interests do you want the baby to have?: If this kid could inherit any of the fluke's musical gene, I'd be grateful. I wouldn't mind the artistic gene on my family's side either. I wouldn't mind some athletic skill, I'm not sure who'd he'd get it from though. :)
What is the baby's room theme?:Honestly we don't have one. We decided to give him Adam's baby blanket for his crib, so whatever we can get to go along with it would be great. I'm not too worried about that one. We're still deciding where to put him.
What was the first thing u bought for the baby?: Adam went out and bought him a pack of sports onsies, and a spiderman action figure the day we found out. :) He was stoked.
Are u ready to have another child? I ask myself that question everyday. Each day my answer is different. HA!
I am up late with some discomforts, so I needed something to do. I figured I'd record some pregnancy stuff, since I've been lacking more than I want to be. I hope to be better at recording random things like this, so this was a good solution.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Coxashie Virus
My poor baby girl. She is miserable and not even close to being better. Last Thursday she broke out with a really high fever for a few days that we couldn't get it under control. Then it just went away. I kept waiting for other symptoms to show up, and they didn't. Gabe then started reaching in her mouth and saying, "Ouch, Ouch." I figured she was getting molars, cause that where she was pointing. Saturday came and she all of sudden had canker sores all over her mouth. I mean ALL OVER. On her tongue, inside her cheeks, on the inside of her lips, all over. She had at least ten that we could see. Her gums have swollen almost over her teeth from the inflammation. So needless to say she's in pain.
We took her to the doctor Monday morning and he diagnosed her with Coxashie virus. He told us she was a little ahead of the game in getting it, it happens more in older kids. I don't know what it is with my child and viruses. He pointed out even more cankers in her mouth that we couldn't see. He told us it really is one of the most painful things a kid can go through. Talking and eating hurt it. Her appetite is gone and getting food in her is the hardest thing ever. She's been living on applesauce, yogurt, ice cream, pudding, popsicles, and some breads/muffins she'll eat. He told us to pretty much feed her cold milkshakes for a week and a half. I still am trying to get some other healthier options in her, but she does enjoy the ice cream part of it. It does last for a week and a half usually. We are coming upon a week, and let me tell you it has been the longest one I've had in a while. We are both ready for our girl to feel better. She doesn't sleep and really wakes up every half hour to an hour in the night screaming, "OUCH!" that's with the medicine we are giving her. I've had her sleep better with a double ear infection. No sleep, no food, and in pain.....you can imagine what kind of a ornery sad girl we are dealing with. It makes it tricky me not getting sleep being prego either. He also told us she could get the blisters on her hands and feet as well ( leading to hand,foot, and mouth disease). We've noticed a few blisters on her feet, but they aren't bothering her-thankfully. It's supposedly pretty contagious, and so we won't be socializing a whole lot in the next week. Our poor bug, It's gonna be another long week. I hate it when your child is sick, and you have to helplessly watch.
We took her to the doctor Monday morning and he diagnosed her with Coxashie virus. He told us she was a little ahead of the game in getting it, it happens more in older kids. I don't know what it is with my child and viruses. He pointed out even more cankers in her mouth that we couldn't see. He told us it really is one of the most painful things a kid can go through. Talking and eating hurt it. Her appetite is gone and getting food in her is the hardest thing ever. She's been living on applesauce, yogurt, ice cream, pudding, popsicles, and some breads/muffins she'll eat. He told us to pretty much feed her cold milkshakes for a week and a half. I still am trying to get some other healthier options in her, but she does enjoy the ice cream part of it. It does last for a week and a half usually. We are coming upon a week, and let me tell you it has been the longest one I've had in a while. We are both ready for our girl to feel better. She doesn't sleep and really wakes up every half hour to an hour in the night screaming, "OUCH!" that's with the medicine we are giving her. I've had her sleep better with a double ear infection. No sleep, no food, and in pain.....you can imagine what kind of a ornery sad girl we are dealing with. It makes it tricky me not getting sleep being prego either. He also told us she could get the blisters on her hands and feet as well ( leading to hand,foot, and mouth disease). We've noticed a few blisters on her feet, but they aren't bothering her-thankfully. It's supposedly pretty contagious, and so we won't be socializing a whole lot in the next week. Our poor bug, It's gonna be another long week. I hate it when your child is sick, and you have to helplessly watch.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Since we've been home
Well I wish that I could tell you that since we've been home we've all adjusted and we're back to normal. Not really the case. Gabe and I have both been sick and we both have doctor appointments this morning. That always makes for a fun day ah? I hope to get whatever it is going on with us worked out so we can both get sleep and be happy. Ah sleep sounds sooooo nice. :) I had to take my glucose (diabetes) test last week as well. I had no problems with the one for Gabe. This time already feeling sick didn't help me much. It made me really sick and I hurled all day long. Oh I love lab work when pregnant. Anyway here are some of the normal things we've been up to:
LINOLEUM!!!
Have you ever been excited about linoleum? I mean other than those of you who built houses in the late eighties, early nineties. You wouldn't think that linoleum would be a cool thing when hard wood and tile is so nice to have. I however, love the new linoleum that was put in our rental house while we were on our trip. Is it cute? nope. Is it special? nope. Is it better than what we had before? YES!!!! For those of you who don't know, we had some serious dishwasher issues. we were trying to get a new dishwasher installed, and ended up with a mountain range in the middle of our kitchen floor. The new dishwasher that the store gave us, had a crack in the bottom and leaked into our floor, and bubbled it up. We didn't know it had a crack until the floor bubbled up. It was a really obnoxious process trying to figure out whose fault it was and who was going to fix it. This was back in March. Finally our landlord knowing we'd be gone, had it fixed while we were away. Hurray no more bumps in the floor for everyone to trip on. Plus our old floor along the base boards had some kind of weird glue or stain that always made my floor look dirty. It's nice to have a floor that actually looks clean when you clean it.
WE HAVE A GARDEN:
When we left our garden was just sprouting up. We now some good plants going. Thanks to our good friends who watered it while we were away, and even weeded it for us. How nice ah? I finished weeding this week, and we planted a few more things. I don't know if it's too late to plant them, but we did anyway. Gabe loved to help, even feeling sick. You can also see her handy work from her previous help in the garden. The plants aren't exactly in the rows we planned, but hey they are growing just great. Greta loved lounging in the dirt so much she started to blend in. Ha.
FATHERS DAY:
Gabe and I tried to make Adam's father's day as nice as we could. He's had to put up with both of us this week, so he deserved a good one. I sent him to a concert he's been wanting to go to Saturday night. Then sunday we made sure that we had the house clean, and his favorite breakfast cooked. Gabe and I made him a homemade card. Gabe wanted to trace her hand, and also having her froggy glued to her since being sick, she decided her froggy should have his hand traced in the card too. I thought that was adorable. We made his favorite cookies to surprise him and spent the rest of the day lounging and hanging out with him. Nothing too exciting, but nice to spend time as a family. He really is an amazing father, and I am so grateful for him. I asked him the other day if he was nervous that we were soon going to have to balance two kids. He responded, "Nope, I think we're competent enough." Ha well I'm glad that one of us is ready. I really can't believe how fast his pregnancy is going.
LINOLEUM!!!
Have you ever been excited about linoleum? I mean other than those of you who built houses in the late eighties, early nineties. You wouldn't think that linoleum would be a cool thing when hard wood and tile is so nice to have. I however, love the new linoleum that was put in our rental house while we were on our trip. Is it cute? nope. Is it special? nope. Is it better than what we had before? YES!!!! For those of you who don't know, we had some serious dishwasher issues. we were trying to get a new dishwasher installed, and ended up with a mountain range in the middle of our kitchen floor. The new dishwasher that the store gave us, had a crack in the bottom and leaked into our floor, and bubbled it up. We didn't know it had a crack until the floor bubbled up. It was a really obnoxious process trying to figure out whose fault it was and who was going to fix it. This was back in March. Finally our landlord knowing we'd be gone, had it fixed while we were away. Hurray no more bumps in the floor for everyone to trip on. Plus our old floor along the base boards had some kind of weird glue or stain that always made my floor look dirty. It's nice to have a floor that actually looks clean when you clean it.
WE HAVE A GARDEN:
When we left our garden was just sprouting up. We now some good plants going. Thanks to our good friends who watered it while we were away, and even weeded it for us. How nice ah? I finished weeding this week, and we planted a few more things. I don't know if it's too late to plant them, but we did anyway. Gabe loved to help, even feeling sick. You can also see her handy work from her previous help in the garden. The plants aren't exactly in the rows we planned, but hey they are growing just great. Greta loved lounging in the dirt so much she started to blend in. Ha.
FATHERS DAY:
Gabe and I tried to make Adam's father's day as nice as we could. He's had to put up with both of us this week, so he deserved a good one. I sent him to a concert he's been wanting to go to Saturday night. Then sunday we made sure that we had the house clean, and his favorite breakfast cooked. Gabe and I made him a homemade card. Gabe wanted to trace her hand, and also having her froggy glued to her since being sick, she decided her froggy should have his hand traced in the card too. I thought that was adorable. We made his favorite cookies to surprise him and spent the rest of the day lounging and hanging out with him. Nothing too exciting, but nice to spend time as a family. He really is an amazing father, and I am so grateful for him. I asked him the other day if he was nervous that we were soon going to have to balance two kids. He responded, "Nope, I think we're competent enough." Ha well I'm glad that one of us is ready. I really can't believe how fast his pregnancy is going.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The Rest of the Week
Friday consisted of all wedding stuff, which is to be expected on a wedding day. It was nice to hang out with everyone. Laurel looked beautiful and we are happy to have Travis finally in the family. Here are what pictures we got of the day, we mainly did the video camera, so we didn't get a whole lot.
On Saturday we had a family reunion and it was nice to get to know everyone a little better. They gave Trina and I a joint baby shower, which was sweet. Thanks guys!
Sunday we stopped by to say some quick good byes and headed on our way. We did stop in Wells to say hi/bye to Grandma Krisit and eat some lunch. Gabe loved her animals, especially her kitten. (a little too much I think)
Phew and that's about it. I think I got it all done and posted. We had such a fun hectic week. We really tried to see everyone as much as we could, and tried not to offend anyone. You would think a week would be enough to see all and do all, but it still isn't. Ha. Especially when you throw a kid and an exhausted pregnant woman in the mix. A lot family in a little amount of time is hard. We did enjoy seeing everyone, and had a lot of fun. Thanks all!
Maybe a little too much love in this one
On Saturday we had a family reunion and it was nice to get to know everyone a little better. They gave Trina and I a joint baby shower, which was sweet. Thanks guys!
Sunday we stopped by to say some quick good byes and headed on our way. We did stop in Wells to say hi/bye to Grandma Krisit and eat some lunch. Gabe loved her animals, especially her kitten. (a little too much I think)
Phew and that's about it. I think I got it all done and posted. We had such a fun hectic week. We really tried to see everyone as much as we could, and tried not to offend anyone. You would think a week would be enough to see all and do all, but it still isn't. Ha. Especially when you throw a kid and an exhausted pregnant woman in the mix. A lot family in a little amount of time is hard. We did enjoy seeing everyone, and had a lot of fun. Thanks all!
Maybe a little too much love in this one
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
More Days of the Trip
I had to post pone my blogging a little due to sickness on both Gabe and My parts. We both have been pretty under the weather, and both not moving a whole lot. We feel a little better today. Trying to adjust from a trip isn't easy when you get sick. Blah. Oh well that's life.
My days are kinda starting to blur together as to what we did on which day of the trip........so if I mess it up I'm sorry. I know we hung out with both sides and bounced back throughout the week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Adam and I also moved all of our stuff over to Kami and Brandon's house to stay for the rest of the week. Thanks for letting us bombard you guys! We ate their food, played with their toys, pretty much made messes and were hardly able to be there to socialize and help clean. You guys are great we love you! Some of the events we did include Laurel's endownments at Manti temple, hanging out with Sarah Grace to let the girls play, Adam mountain biking, going out to eat with friends & family, a trip to Chuck e Cheese, helping take some bridals, a camp fire in the mountains, and a little shopping for wedding and baby stuff.
WARNING:PICTURE OVERLOAD-I pretty much posted whatever random pics I had left
LAUREL'S TEMPLE TRIP
THE GIRLS CHUCK E CHEESE TRIP WITH THE BOYS (TAKIN WITH IPHONE)
OUT TO IHOP ONE MORNING FOR BREAKFAST-A BALLOON LADY MADE US FUN ANIMALS-YOU COULD SUCK GABE'S FROG'S TONGUE IN ITS MOUTH. IT WAS FUN
FOUR WHEELING WITH SARAH GRACE AND UNCLE ERIC
PLAYING ON SHANTAYS GYMNASTIC BAR
FUN GAME NIGHT
SOME PREGO PICS WITH HEIDI (SHE'S DUE IN NOVEMBER)
LUNCH WITH KASS-THANKS FOR THE TIME HANGING OUT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS QUICK
There a lot of other things that I wish I would have pulled out my camera for, but didn't. So feel free to send some stuff my way guys. Thanks!
My days are kinda starting to blur together as to what we did on which day of the trip........so if I mess it up I'm sorry. I know we hung out with both sides and bounced back throughout the week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Adam and I also moved all of our stuff over to Kami and Brandon's house to stay for the rest of the week. Thanks for letting us bombard you guys! We ate their food, played with their toys, pretty much made messes and were hardly able to be there to socialize and help clean. You guys are great we love you! Some of the events we did include Laurel's endownments at Manti temple, hanging out with Sarah Grace to let the girls play, Adam mountain biking, going out to eat with friends & family, a trip to Chuck e Cheese, helping take some bridals, a camp fire in the mountains, and a little shopping for wedding and baby stuff.
WARNING:PICTURE OVERLOAD-I pretty much posted whatever random pics I had left
LAUREL'S TEMPLE TRIP
THE GIRLS CHUCK E CHEESE TRIP WITH THE BOYS (TAKIN WITH IPHONE)
OUT TO IHOP ONE MORNING FOR BREAKFAST-A BALLOON LADY MADE US FUN ANIMALS-YOU COULD SUCK GABE'S FROG'S TONGUE IN ITS MOUTH. IT WAS FUN
FOUR WHEELING WITH SARAH GRACE AND UNCLE ERIC
PLAYING ON SHANTAYS GYMNASTIC BAR
FUN GAME NIGHT
SOME PREGO PICS WITH HEIDI (SHE'S DUE IN NOVEMBER)
LUNCH WITH KASS-THANKS FOR THE TIME HANGING OUT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS QUICK
There a lot of other things that I wish I would have pulled out my camera for, but didn't. So feel free to send some stuff my way guys. Thanks!
Monday on the Trip
Monday was probably the most easy going day of our trip, cause we didn't have anything set in stone planned, and just played everything by ear. We woke up and decided that we had some errands to run. I wish we would have had a little more time to do stuff like that while there. There are so many things that we want to do and see while there, and places we want to go, and we never have the time. Next time we come out we might have an agenda for our family, and tell whoever wants to come along can. We figure that way we can kill two birds with one stone. Who knows? I needed new garments so we ran over to the distribution center by Mount Timpanogus temple, where we were married, to get some. We haven't been to our temple in a while and we wanted to walk around the grounds. The Reno temple here is beautiful, but small and doesn't have big grounds to walk around. So we decided with Gabe we'd do it. Kam called and met us over there with her kids. They enjoyed playing on the grass and were good sports about wherever we took them. It didn't end up being too intense of a tour around the grounds, mainly cause we were all dying of heat. I was done. Ha. :)
That night we had a bbque at Dad's house, and caught the very tale end of Dysen's baseball game. We saw him play a little in the out field and he did great.
Uncle Adam started a game of doing what he did in the pictures, it was fun to see the kids follow.
Running
The little girls were a little slower, but enjoyed running with the big kids
Some shots of Dysen in action
The other kids on the side playing some games
That night we had a bbque at Dad's house, and caught the very tale end of Dysen's baseball game. We saw him play a little in the out field and he did great.
Uncle Adam started a game of doing what he did in the pictures, it was fun to see the kids follow.
Running
The little girls were a little slower, but enjoyed running with the big kids
Some shots of Dysen in action
The other kids on the side playing some games
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