My funny kids...

This is our cute Tyson showing us how "strong" he is. (He is flexing!)
He has been such a crazy kid since we got home with Lily. It is expected, but he has also been such a cute kid!
Lately he has been getting himself out of bed (he used to yell, "Mom, it's morning time" until one of us came and got him) I think he has been tired of waiting so long for us to come and get him! So for a couple of days he came in our room saying "It is a great morning, and it is going to be a great day!" I love his enthusiasm!


Here is Lily's first bath at home. She hates to be naked, have her bum changed, and as you can tell she hates baths!

My sister Ange came to visit us last weekend, and she did a little photo shoot with Lily and Tyson and here are some of those pictures!

Tyson is pretty captivated by how small Lily's hands are! He always wants her to hold his hand! He is such a good Big Brother. When Lily is crying and I am doing something, Tyson will say "It's OK Lily, Mom is coming" He also helps me pat her back when she needs to burp, and he loves to do bedtime stories and sit right next to Lily!

And here is my silly Tyson! What a cute kid!

Lily's first photo shoot...

My friend Emily came by to see Lily and gave us a whole bunch of cute hair clips for her headbands!(I love the brainsqueezers on babies!) She also had some props for taking pictures, so we went to town!
Here are some of my favorites!

This one wouldn't rotate for some reason?

I love this one because she is hiding!;)

I don't know if you see the binkie, but she wants it bad!!!

Lily is here!

Lily Lynne

6lbs 9oz

19in

10/06/08

Funny story about Lily deciding to come to our family early. I was with Tyson on Monday at our local Walmart shopping for some last minute things that we needed before Lily came (Binkies, bottle nipples, nursing pads etc....) anyways, I was almost done shopping when all of a sudden I felt like I had just peed my pants. I didn't know what was going on..I thought "I didn't feel like I had to go...I know I can hold it if I do..."
So I though I will just check out and we will go home. Well I got really lucky (this never happens, especially at Walmart) but right as I walked up a checker lady just switched on her light to open a new checkout. I walked up to her (in shock not knowing what had just happened to me) when I all of a sudden told her " I think my water broke, can you watch my son" and I headed straight for the bathroom. What was I thinking, leaving my son and my purse with a total stranger. Again being lucky she was a cute mom (also rare when shopping at Walmart to have a cute mom checking) and she turned off her light and followed me into the bathroom with Tyson and my cart. Still not sure what was happening because I wasn't having any contractions, I bought all of my stuff and when I was checking out, the card reader malfunctioned and we had to wait for a manager to fix the problem. The checker lady was so nice, she kept apologizing profusely. I was wearing a long sleeve shirt over a t-shirt, so I took that off and tied it around my waist, so people wouldn't point. I finally got checked out and headed home. I called the Dr. and they said I better go into the hospital and they could tell me if my water broke. I was pretty sure, but still not sure what was going on. I called Brandon to tell him, and all of a sudden I broke down crying. (My emotions have been all over). We got to the hospital and I told the nurses at the desk, "I think my water broke, I'm not sure but I am pretty positive." Brandon thought that was the funniest thing anyone could say. So above is a picture of me right before changing into the gown. Like the sweaty pits! My belly was bigger, but with my water breaking, it had shrunk quite a bit!
It was pretty crazy how fast Lily came. With Tyson I had to push for 2 hours, with Lily I only pushed for 2 contractions, so maybe 5-10 minutes. It was awesome. The only problem we had was that I was Group B Strep positive, so they were suppose to get 2 doses of antibiotics in me before she was born, but since she came so fast, they only had time for 1 dose. So right after she was born we got to be with her for about an hour, then she spent the rest of her hospital stay in the Special Care Nursery with an IV in her head and monitors all over her. It was not my favorite thing, but things could have been worse!

Mom and Lily (notice the U blanket!)


The proud Dad!

Lily hooked up to the monitors. (I forgot to rotate the picture!) The second day, they were telling us everything was looking great, but her white blood cell count was off, so they were going to have someone(I forget her title) else take a look at her. So we were later called in to hear what they lady(?) had decided to do. She had decided to run a couple more test on Lily one of which was a Lumbar Puncture to rule out Meningitis. So earlier we were told everything was looking good, and now they were telling us that our baby could have meningitis. I broke down! I am so greatful for the gospel and priesthood blessings, because right after hearing that news Brandon's Dad was going to be coming and so Brandon gave Lily a Father's Blessing with his dad there. It was amazing to be able to do that for such a new, tiny little person. Two hours after they took the spinal fluid, they came back with the results, and they were negative. That was such great news, and even better that my Mom and Grandma were there to hear it!

Dad and Lily. That is the IV in her head.

Finally coming home! She had to stay one night longer than we were able to stay. That was one of the hardest things to do. I feel for all of those that have to leave their babies in the hospital for any amount of time!


Home with Big Brother! I can tell he is going to be such a big helper!!!!;)
Thanks for every one's love and support! Thanks to Nana for taking Tyson for us! We love you all!

The Circus

Brandon and I have season tickets to the University of Utah football games and we asked some neighbors (B's long time friend and his wife) if they would mind watching Tyson for us. They kindly accepted, but called us back the next day with a proposition. They were given 3 tickets to the Circus for the same night they would be watching Tyson. We weren't sure how Tyson would be at such a big event so we decided that Nick and B would go to the game (I don't think Nick minded in the least) and I would go with Val to the Circus with Tyson!

Funny thing about Val and I is that we are both 9 months pregnant. Val is due the day after I am! So if you can imagine two rather pregnant women taking a little boy to the circus, I am sure it was a pretty strange sight!


It ends up that B and I had nothing to worry about. Tyson had the time of his life! He did the funniest things... he would wave at everyone as they would come onto the floor, he was clapping his hands above his head???!!! He was so cute. He loved all of it (especially the popcorn). When we asked him what his favorite part was when we were leaving, he couldn't stop talking about the trapeze girl who kept messing up and her hair fell off, and her dress fell off. He just kept telling us, "crazy girl, her dress fell off!" We had a great time!

Here is a video of Tyson, sorry it is a little dark, but it was so cute to see him dancing!

Amature photography!

I mentioned in a previous post that I was starting to dabble in photography. I was lucky enough to tag along with my sister and shoot our first wedding. Here are some of my favorite pics that I took at the wedding!

The top of the cake!
The Bride and her little girl walking her down the isle.
The infamous picture that I used Brandon to practice for and he broke our patio chair! I think it turned out pretty darn awesome! The only problem was some of the people were blurry and some had a lot of sun on their faces, but it was the only spot they could jump from!
This couple was great! They were so easy to work with and so photogenic!

It was so much fun, but hard work too! I am so glad I didn't do it alone! Ange felt the same way! (I think!)

I was also lucky enough to have some friends let me practice on them! I took their family pictures and these are some of my favorites from that!

Their little guy Kade and Tyson are good buddies! Kade was such a funny kid for this. He was so much fun! Kyler wasn't sure what to think about all the craziness! Thanks to Amy and Ryan for letting me experiment with their cute little family!

Our last little vacation before two kids......!

So, Brandon is starting a new job next week and things just happened to work out perfect that we had a week to take a vacation after quiting his last job and before he started his new job! We decided since I only have 6 weeks to go before the baby comes, we better stay close. We chose to go to St. George to visit Zions and the Grand Canyon!
We got to St. George on Monday night and all Tyson wanted to do was to go swimming. It was so nice since everyone has started school we were there during the "off" season. No one was there! We stayed at a Marriott that was just built, so our rooms were so nice and the pool was great! It was perfect for Tyson!
The next day we went to Zions. Because the shape I am in we went on all of the little hikes. We saw weeping rock and Tyson kept asking it why it was so sad (with Dad's prompting) it was cute! We saw lots of lizards and Tyson loved them! His most favorite thing to do was to trade hats with Dad. He thought he was the funniest kid ever!

Funny story about Zions... we had to eat lunch at the Lodge because we had left our food in the car. Well Tyson is a crazy kid and so he wants to run around and be loud. Being the "off" season there were a lot of older people there and they didn't find Tyson amusing, so Brandon took him out of the restaurant and of course he started to scream and cry, well it was my turn next in line while Brandon was taking him out and the girl at the cash register was just staring at me and another employee was doing something with the cash register, so I thought she wasn't ready to take my order and we needed to wait until the other guy was done with the cash register. She continued to stare at me, no "can I take your order" or " what can I get for you" just a stare. So I finally asked if she was ready for me. She took my order and I handed her Brandon's credit card that has his picture on the back. She asked for ID and I told her it was my husbands and he was just standing with me two seconds ago and took the crying kid out. She continued, "I need ID with that" by now I was fed up, there was a line behind me, Brandon was just barely with me, Tyson was screaming and we were getting dirty looks, she could tell I was frustrated so she just put it through. I wait in the line for the 95 year old grandpa to hand us our food. The computer tells him what food to hand out and in what order. Well, he would just grab anything and ask, "anyone have such and such" no one would respond (because they were 5 people down the line) finally Brandon came back in and noticed I was still in line and he piped up and told the guy we had two hot dogs, so the nice guy grabs our two hot dogs and puts them on the counter closest to him and as far away from us as possible! It was craziness!!!!

We had a great time at Zions!

The next day we headed to the Grand Canyon North Rim. Neither of us had ever been there. It was pretty amazing! I don't know if any of you with kids have watched Vegi Tales, but there is a movie called Moe and the Big Exit where Moe and his descendants build the Grand Canyon. It is one of Tyson's favorite movies, so he kept asking where Moe was!
The funny story about going to the Grand Canyon was that Tyson made some friends with some Bikers. We made a pit stop at a gas station/cafe and when I came out of the restrooms Brandon handed me a diaper and wipes and Tyson cheered (in his loud Tyson voice) "I went poop Mom, Yahoooo" and two Bikers cheered for him. They told me they had little kids and could relate! It was hilarious!



The last day we checked out and Tyson returned the keys to the front desk girl. He got so excited to help that he ran right into the side of the glass door that was shut! Brandon took a picture of the red bump, but the picture didn't do it justice! We did some shopping and headed home! Tyson kept telling us he didn't want to go home, he wanted to stay in our room (the hotel). He loves being on vacation! So do I!

Happy 30th Brandon!

It is a day early, but we are going out of town tomorrow, so here is our birthday tribute to B! The Big 30! He is already telling us he feels so old! I am sure he can't even begin to fathom what old feels like!


Things I love about B...

-His Laugh

-How funny he thinks he is

-What a great husband he is (even though I tease his all the time!)

-What an amazing father he is

-How hard he works for our family

-What a spectacular yard he keeps!!!

-He happily irons his own clothes

There are many more but my favorite is...

-He takes out the garbage!!!!! (With a big smile of course!)


I am speaking for Tyson (because he is napping right now) but I would have to say his favorite thing about his dad is when they play "hike" Tyson gets into the football starting position, Brandon says hike and Tyson runs full bore into B to knock him over! He could play that for hours!

We love you B!
Happy Birthday!!


Love,
Tyson and Shay