Pretty Castle
Tonight, on the way home from my parents house, we were driving by the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. I pointed to it and told Brooklynn, “Look at the pretty Temple.” She quickly replied, “No Temple, that’s the pretty castle.” I responded back to her, “No honey, that’s not a castle, that’s a temple.” She then replied back to me, “No, that’s the pretty castle where all the princesses live.”
Apparently we need to spend a little more time talking about Temples at our house, and a little less time talking about castles!
Posted by Cindy on January 31st, 2010 filed in Brooklynn1 Comment »
Something To Make You Smile!
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Brookey
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Phone Pictures
Finally after about 3 years of having the same model of cell phone, I finally learned how to download pictures from my phone to the computer, with the help of Josh. Some of my favorite pictures have been stuck there and every time I look at them, I just cross my fingers hoping that my phone will last long enough for me to figure out how to retrieve them. Since I have been known in the past to send my phone through the wash or leave it on top of the car as I drive down the freeway, this was a real concern. Finally the pictures are securely on the computer, so I thought I would share one of my favorites. If you are lucky and I am ambitious I’ll add a few more in the next few days!
Enjoy
Posted by Cindy on January 10th, 2010 filed in BrooklynnComment now »
Sienna May
It has been awhile since we have posted, but I feel we have had a good excuse. Although, I have been feeling bad for not updating everyone on Sienna and since this is our 100th post I thought I better throw in some pictures of our beautiful baby girl as well. The first picture is the day Sienna finally came home from the hospital. The other two are ones that my brother-in-law Chris came and took at 2 weeks old. I’ll post more updated ones later.
Sienna is now 7 1/2 weeks old and doing wonderful. As many of you know her start in life was not an easy one. After being life-flighted to IMC for a pneumothorax, she spent the next 10 days in the NICU. Luckily the hole in her lung healed quickly and she was only on oxygen for about a day. We were originally told that she would come home after 3 or 4 days, but things didn’t progress as quickly as we hoped. While in the NICU, Josh and I were bombarded with doctors, nurses and specialists giving us their opinion on what could possibly be wrong with our child, none of which had anything to do with the pneumothorax that had brought her here.
Finally with a list of doctors we needed to see and tests that needed to be done, our sweet daughter was finally able to come home. We were so grateful to finally have her home with us and finally be able to introduce her to Brooklynn. They became instant friends and Brooke has been her protector ever since.
The first half of December was filled with doctor appointments, lab work and frustration. When I wasn’t taking care of the kids, I was on the phone chasing down lab results and doctors. I won’t go into all the details, because I don’t feel I have that much time to explain all that she was being tested for.
Finally, two weeks after Sienna came home, we got our first phone call that was good news, all of her lab work came back with good results. As the weeks followed more good news started coming, her ultrasound came back fine, and other issues seem to be working themselves out. She is still being tested for a few minor things, but things are so much better then what we had been told they could be. As of now, she appears to be a very healthy and happy baby.
I feel so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father that has blessed our family so much in the last few weeks. It has been the biggest trial that Josh and I have ever faced together. I feel it has brought us closer together as a couple and as a family. I truly believe that Sienna will have a perfectly normal and healthy life. I am so grateful that she is a part of our family and I am excited to watch her grow. I love my family, they bring me more joy then I could ever express.
Posted by Cindy on January 6th, 2010 filed in Sienna5 Comments »
Hello World!
Well, the big day finally came, just a little earlier than planned, and it has definitely been a day to remember.
The original plan was for us to go into Riverton Hospital on Monday, November 16th, to induce labor, and welcome our new little baby into the world. It was going to be great – Cindy and I went out on a date Saturday night, we planned on taking it easy on Sunday, and then first-thing Monday morning, we’d go have a baby. However, it turns out that the little girl had plans of her own… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Josh on November 15th, 2009 filed in Cindy, Family, Sienna11 Comments »
“Don’t Worry…..”
This past week, being at the very end of this pregnancy, has been a little tiring, mentally, physically, and emotionally for me. Apparently, this has become visible to Brooke and being the sweet little girl she is, she tries to comfort me. Everyday this week, about an hour before Josh comes walking through the door, she comes to me with her sweet little voice and says “Don’t worry mommy, daddy soon!” I love how grown up and sweet she is becoming each day. I am so grateful to have her as my daughter. I know she is going to make a wonderful big sister to this new little baby.
Posted by Cindy on November 12th, 2009 filed in Brooklynn, Cindy, Josh1 Comment »
P.O.T.W. The Toy Ad
I know it has been months since I last did a picture of the week, and I can’t promise I will get back on that wagon anytime soon, but this one just makes me laugh.
Last Sunday morning Josh and I came out to the kitchen to find this; Brooklynn kicked back at the breakfast table, looking at the new toy ad.
I love this kid. She makes us laugh every day!
Posted by Cindy on November 5th, 2009 filed in Brooklynn, P.O.T.W.1 Comment »
Almost There!
We have almost made it! For those of you wondering if we have chosen a name, the answer is no. I have officially given that responsibility to Josh. I have spent way too much time trying to pick the perfect name, but just can’t decide. We have a list of names we like, but every time I think I have chosen one I change my mind. I am going to quit worrying about it and I’ll let Josh surprise me with her name when she is born. So good luck to Josh and hopefully he chooses wisely!
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Posted by Cindy on November 5th, 2009 filed in Cindy, Josh, Sienna1 Comment »
Halloween 2009
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bout a week before Halloween, I was feeling a little sad. Normally Halloween is one of the biggest holidays of the year at our house, but due to constant sickness between Josh and Brooke throughout the month of October and me being 8 months pregnant, there just wasn’t much Halloween excitement here.
Luckily the last week of October made up for it, and we actually had a really good Halloween this year. We may not have done as much as we normally would do, but I also don’t feel like we really missed out on anything either.
We started off with a Halloween party with my family. Unfortunately Josh was still sick, so he missed this one, but Brooke and I had a blast. The kids came all dressed in their costumes, my Mom cooked her amazing Chili, and we let the kids decorate pumpkins with stickers, markers and pipe cleaner.
* I love that Tinkerbell is bigger then the Pirates!
Next was Brooke’s Halloween Carnival at her school. Have I said before how much I love her preschool, because I do! They had all sorts of cute little games and activities set up for the kids, where they could win either prizes or candy. They had doughnuts and rootbeer for the whole family. Brooke came home with a huge bag of goodies that she carried around for days.
Then, we had trick-or-treating at Josh’s office. I love that he works for a company that is so family oriented.
Finally, Halloween arrived and she had her first actual door-to-door trick-or-treating adventure. Josh only took her to maybe fifteen houses, but she is addicted. The only way we could get her to come home was by promising to take her trick-or-treating to her grandparents!
The fun is now over, but she is constantly carrying her candy around trying to share it with everyone, not really eating any of it herself (I am sure this will change next year). Every now and then she brings me her pumpkin bucket and says “Trick-or-treat” hoping I just might put some candy in there!
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Posted by Cindy on November 5th, 2009 filed in Brooklynn, Cindy, Family, Holidays, JoshComment now »
The 80’s Are Back!
Apparently Brooke was born in the wrong decade. The inner 80’s girl inside her has broken lose this last week. She has become obsessed with socks and how many socks she can wear at one time. She’ll wear one or two pairs on her hands, and as many on her feet as she can make fit. It definitely as been entertaining as we go out, because of the different looks and comments that we get. But she is happy and thinks it looks great, and that’s what matters!
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