Finally asleep

We came home from an Arizona trip on Monday, and I've been wanting to post something ever since then. Wednesday night is my typical blogging night, so I put it off until then. . . but plans changed. Hyrum got really sick. Wednesday night he decided that, like a timer, he would wake up screaming ever 45 MINUTES!!!! The first few times, we just rocked him and put him back to sleep. Once the 1:30am scream came I ended up moving on the coach with him cuddled up to me. Brett came in and swapped with me around 4:15 and I tried to get some sleep. (Tried being the key word). Needless to say, it was a very tiring and exhausting night for all of us. Thursday morning we took him in and, sadly there are no antibiotics for him. We have to wait it out and keep him quarantined for a few more days still. He gets a little better every day, but he's still not back to his busy happy self yet. Even though I hate the fact that he doesn't feel well and is obviously in pain, I've really enjoyed the extra cuddling he's needed. He's usually such a wiggle-worm that I don't get the chance to just sit and hold him in my arms anymore. It's been kind of a sweet experience for me.

Anyway, I really wanted to post some exciting news: We found a house!!! We've now gone down to Arizona a couple of times and seen dozens of houses, and we finally found a builder and model that we both like, good location, and within the budget. If you want to see pictures click on the "OUR FUTURE HOME IN AZ" link on the side and then click on 'virtual tour' and 'pictures'. And, since we are new at the home buying thing we are very open to other people's advice, warnings, etc. We won't be signing anything until November-ish, but I'm still just so excited to see the light at the end of the school tunnel. Brett will be done in April and then we'll be moving in to a newly finished home (hopefully).

While we were in Arizona we got to have a pool party with some of our friends down there. It was so fun to see everyone with their little families. It's so nice to have so many friends going through the same stage as us. Here are some fun pictures (I stole one from off your blog Kristen. . . you're just so good at getting the good shots!)
I absolutely love this picture with all the dads and the boys. . . plus two cute girls :)
I don't know why this in underlined. . . weird I can't turn it off. . . oh well.

It was so much fun talking with everyone and cooling off in the pool.
Scott and the twins. . . they've gotten so much bigger since the last time I saw them.

Picture Update

So, Brett and I realized that we haven't posted that Hyrum can walk now! He's not a full time walker, but he frequently will stand up and take 4 or 5 steps and then sit down several times a day. I'll have to post a video of it later, but for now I'm just working on some pictures. Hyrum loves playing with our cell phones. Usually he just pushes the buttons on the front and it doesn't really do much to anything. . . until tonight. Brett's phone rang weird, and we discovered that Hyrum deleted all of his fun rings! How did he do that? Well here are some pictures of our little monkey:

Hyrum has two more teath popping through. You can't see them in this picture,
but it's just cute.

He loves 'putting things away.' It's just too bad that most of the places are not where they go. For example, the subwoofer has now become blocked by a chair, so that we'll stop loosing things to the beyond. Brett also finds quite a few little toys in his laptop case when he forgets to zip it up.
Hyrum keeps us on our toes, because he is such an explorer and climber. He climbs on and in EVERYTHING! He'll trap himself under our bed, he gets up on chairs, he loves hiding inside our ottoman! AHHHH. . . it's so cute, but man he makes me nervous!

Childhood Joys (from Brett)

So I was having quite a "craving" today after lunch for something sweet. I first went for a Toblerone (if you haven't had one they're great, but they are best if you get them in Europe rather than in our "fake" chocolate version). Alas, the BYU Bookstore was all out (trust me I looked everywhere). And as I was looking around, what did I behold. . . SPREES. It's probably been a decade or more since I've had sprees. I used to get these when we'd go on long car ride vacations as a kid. I popped the first one in my mouth and it was like I was magically transported back to the early 90's squished in the back seat of our minivan reading "My Teacher is and Alien" while driving for hours! Oh the joys of childhood!!!

The Tag

So, I know that Hina tagged me a little while ago, but I'm finally getting around to it now. So, here it goes:

3 Joys:
I'm sure this is probably obvious, but I must say my three joys are Hyrum, Brett, and Friends/Family (they count as one entity in my book)

3 Fears:
Losing Brett and/or Hyrum would be the first thing that comes to mind. Next would be spiders on my face while I sleep - I've had a few bad dreams that come into mind, yuck! Needles! They don't bug me so much just looking at them, but if one goes in me I tend to freak out a little bit or faint (that's why I went to my 'happy place' and never looked at the epidural needle when he walked in the door).

3 Goals:
I've always wanted to be like Martha Stewart when it comes to creativity, dinner parties, and style (minus the jail time and OCD). Traveling to England, France, Italy, India, and Spain have always been a goal. To be a super wife and mother is a daily goal that I hope to someday master.

3 Current Obsessions:
Reading has always been a pendulum obsession for me. I'm about to swing back to the no reading for a little while once I finish Breaking Dawn. Digital Scrapbooking is a great hobby (I just finished Hyrums baby book, and I should be getting the final copy from Blurb on the 14th. I'm extatic!) I don't know if this really qualifies, but being pregnant I've been obsessed with sleeping. . . just can't get enough it's like I'm a sleep junkie.

3 Random surprising facts about me:
I'm usually pretty random, but not very surprising. . . I can't think of much that you all probably don't already know. hmmmm. . . when I was little I used to worry the slugs would drown in the rain, so sometimes when there was a downpour I'd put my raincoat on and pick up all the slugs I could find and put them in safe homes up high. I didn't have a middle name until I got married. hmmmmm. . . wow, I'm really not that exciting. . . . ok, I've been staring at the screen so long that my screen saver just turned on. I'm out of ideas. I have no idea, so I'll cheat and leave it at two.

I haven't kept track to who all has been tagged, so I'm sending out a generic tag to anyone and everyone who has not yet done this tag: YOUR IT!!!! Now do this tag on your blog, so we can read all about you. Thanks!

Two Heartbeats

Today we had the appointment we've all been waiting for. For those of you that haven't seen or heard: I'm 11 weeks along and I look more like 16. I have a definite round bump on my tummy, and I've been wearing maternity clothes for a few weeks now. I've had this huge fear that I'm having twins. Babies are great, but 3 kids under 2 might just cause my end. So, we expressed our worries to Dr. Grover and she did a check. She heard 2 distinct heart beats. . . . luckily, one of them was mine!! Yay! So, anyway. . .there were some sighs of relief and we are looking forward to our new babY (not -ies) As far as the pregnancy, things are going pretty well. Of course there's the emotions, the sleepy-ness, and the eating issues. . but who's keeping track? I seem to be lactose intolerant when I'm pregnant, so no milk, ice cream, or anything like unto it. I've been taking calcium pills and just staying away from dairy. The last two nights I've started to get really nauseous at around 9 and so I just go to sleep. Which, ironically I'm feeling right now. Hina tagged me, but I'll have to continue this tomorrow night before I get sick.

The little man-diosis

I haven't posted any video's for a while and these are just hilarious. One is from Hawaii. We played a little too hard, so to have him fall asleep during lunch wasn't that uncommon. The other two are a tribute to Daddy time. I don't know what it is, but Dads are just so funny sometimes. Brett wins the funniest parent award by far in these videos!

Too much to handle

Okay, I've been dreading to blog lately, because I have so much to say that I didn't know how to put it all in. Instead of being eloquent with words I'm just going to make a list for you all.

1. I'm pregnant. . . due February 24th. . . just a little souvenir we picked up in Hawaii.

2. Hyrum is one! Crazy how time flies. He amazes me everyday with his new discoveries and tricks. He climbs on everything, gets into all kinds of things, says words like ball, duck, and dog (although it's not the most articulate speech so we often translate.) He's getting closer and closer to walking on two feet, but does the Jungle Book's Mogley walk really well. He's SOOO dirty pretty much all the time. . . I swear he does bathe regularly. He likes eating dirt and rocks and pretty much anything else he can fit between his fingers (including real food too).

3. The week before Hyrum's birthday we had a few visitors from my side of the family visit. Here are some pictures:

Grandma and Grandpa Rushton and Aunt Michelle came through on their way to the Rushton Reunion. It was so fun spending time with them, even though it was brief.

The Zeiglers all came down too. Hyrum LOVED having all the kids around for a few hours. We love family!

4. The 4th of July! The Partridge Picnic tradition was a blast! I could talk about it, but a picture is worth a thousand words so here we go:

5. Hyrum's Birthday. . . the 5th of July was a fun day. We had car shaped mini cakes that all the cousins decorated and then some kiddie pools and the playset. So much fun! Here are some pic's:

6. I finished Book #3 from the Twilight Series. If you haven't yet read all three books please stop reading this because it will ruin them for you. I thought I would tell you why I'm on "Team Jacob", and remember these are all my opinions and no hard feelings are intended. Edward may be handsome and mature, but he is way to protective. He just seems like the typical abusive boyfriend that has to know what you're doing, who you're with, and in his case what your thinking all the time. He's obviously older than Bella and very mature. . too mature for her. She's loosing her childhood and I'm sure sometime in the future she'll regret not having more fun. . . not to mention not being able to have children or keep in touch with her family. I will admit that Edward was much better at being less over protective on the 3rd book, but I'm still not convinced. Jacob Black on the other hand is young, and not always very mature, but he's fun. Just as Bella could picture a life with him (2 kids running on the rez, friends, family, etc.) I think it was a very real picture that makes more sense and will be a life without regrets. . other than Edward. Where as Edward will leave her with many regrets. Jacob has some growing up to do when it comes to relationships, but there's a lot of potential. Bella was happy with him, she felt free, fun, and exciting. I don't remember any point that she felt free, fun, or excited being with Edward. So, anyway these are my thoughts and I'm voting for Jacob!