Catch Up!!!

Well, this is going to be a very long post since it has been a very long time since I have updated! And I am sorry but I am retarded and still can't figure out how to put the pictures in the order I want, so forgive me that they are out of sequence! I have a lot to catch you up on, so to start we had a great summer! Spence and I went to Maui Hawaii for our 5 year anniversary and had a blast! It was so beautiful and relaxing, I think I want to take all my vacations there!!! We had a lot of trips to our cabin, had girls camp there, then I was released from my 2 year calling as Young Women's President. Mckay was potty trained (yahoo!!!) and celebrated his second birthday. And last but not least we introduced our new little one, Isaac James into our family! Isaac was born 1 month early on August 29th. During my pregnancies my amniotic fluid level runs low and eventually gets to the point that it is dangerously low despite bedrest and careful monitoring, and I have to deliver. Isaac was born early and due to a condition called pulmonary hypertension he spent the first 2 weeks of his life in the newborn intensive care unit. After he was born he had a really hard time breathing, had some fluid in his lungs, and his blood pressure was out of wack. He was put on a ventilator and was sedated so the machine could do all of his breathing. He was given many IV's, medications and was getting his nutrition through an IV that went right into his belly button into an atery. We were not able to hold him until he was 1 week old, and believe me that was the longest week of my life! But after all of the waiting, great care in the NICU and a lot of prayers he was slowly weaned off everything and was doing great. We were able to take him home with us 2 weeks later and what a great feeling it was!!! We are so grateful he did as well as he did and is home with us! Isaac is the best baby and we can't imagine our family without him!Here we are in Disneyland last week. We went as a family for our Christmas!


We had to visit Newport Beach, which brought back memories of my senior trip!!! Ha Ha

Mac and Spence on Dumbo

Me and Mac on the Tea Cups! He rode them over and over again. This was definately his favorite ride!

My Chubby little Isaac who already weighs 17 lbs at 3 months!!!

Isaac at the cabin all bundled

Our family after Isaac's blessing

Happy Halloween!

Me and Ike

The first time I was able to hold Isaac

Spence holding Isaac for the first time

Mckay seeing his new little brother for the first time 10 days after he was born. I love this picture. I will never forget that moment and Mckay's face seeing Isaac for the fist time. Priceless!

I was hesitant to put this on but I love this picture! So sorry to the weak in stomach viewers!!! this is my c-section and Isaac being born.

Welcome to the world Ike!

Even though he was one month early, he was a big boy... weighing in at 7.5 lbs

In the NICU

NICU

Me and Mac at the Cabin

Riding the 4 wheeler

Girls Camp at our cabin! I love these girls and miss them!

Mac on his birthday

Blowing out his candles

On a hike in Maui, 5 moths pregnant

At a luau which I loved!
Happy 5 years!!!

Girls Trip to DiSnEyLaNd!!!!

So this past weekend my Mother in Law treated all of the girls in the family on a trip to Disneyland! We had such a good time! The girls always try to take a trip once a year and so far we've ended up always coming here! I could go to Disneyland every vacation of my life and be happy...seriously!!! I Love everything about it, the smells, sounds, rides, food, TREATS and really just the whole atmosphere! I guess it helps that I have so many great memories there. Growing up my family would go to Disneyland for our summer vacation every year. Being there reminds me of my grandparents, being with my siblings and just being young! I hope that I can continue this tradition with my own family and go there often! I am lucky that I married into a family that loves it just as much as I do! Here we are outside the entrance to California Adventure!

Teresa, Emily, Me and Julia enjoying a nice cool slushie in the hot Cali sun! Yum

Julia and I posing with Jessie from Toy Story! We are about to enjoy a very delish never ending bar-b-q! It was tasty and filling!!!

The girls pretending to be all out Disneland tourists!!

Here we all are in front of the castle! I love my family!!! Thanks for such a fun trip and many more funny memories!

It's a BOY!!!

I know these are not very good scanned photos so forgive me!!! These top three pictures are body profiles. It's so exciting to see how fast and how much they grow in such short time:)

Now.... these last two are clear shots right between the legs! And if you can see it there is a definate little something there! We are so excited to have another little boy, we have had so much fun with Mckay. We can't wait to meet him!!!

A Bump On The Bean...

So...let me first explain Mckay's obsession with brushing his teeth and the taste of tooth paste! He LOVES it! He calls it TT and if I let him he would suck on a tooth brush all day and only eat tooth paste! Well, the other day he had been brushing his teeth and kept asking for more tooth paste for about an hour, so I decided that he had enough and was afraid he was going to make himself sick. So I took it away from him, well he didn't like this very much and was running and screaming after me calling for his "TT" and ran right into the corner of my bedroom dresser! He hit so hard that he flew back onto the ground. He was still crying but not about the huge bump that was immediately starting to form but was still crying for his beloved "TT"!

Another pic of the Bump...on his upper right side of his forehead! Poor little guy, I think I felt worse than he did as you can tell from the picture... he looks really hurt! He is going through a cheesy faze right now and loves to have his picture taken. He will smile like this and say cheese!

Lovin' his pudding!

Mckay is getting close to being potty trained. He comes and tells me every time he has to go to the bathroom. I have put him on his little toilet a few times and he has gone, but I have decided to wait another month till I get real serious with it! Scary!!! If anyone has any tips, I am all ears! But for now he thinks it is a little seat and when I am not watching he will sneak into the bathroom and pull it out in front of the tv! Oh boy I love him!

And then there were FOUR......

Yes.... I know it has been an extremely long time since I have posted, so long that I am sure most people don't even bother checking my blog anymore!!! But we have been very busy and very well, so well in fact that we are expanding our family of three to four! I am expecting a new little member of our family mid September! We couldn't be happier or more excited, we can't wait to meet this new little person! Well, that is all I have to say and announce for now but keep posted for pictures soon!!!

Our Trip To San Francisco....

Last weekend we went to visit my Dad who lives in Vallejo California, which is in the bay area right outside of San Francisco. We had such a great time! We visited all of our favorite places, ate lots of great food and spent a lot of good time with my Dad. Here are Spence and Mckay looking out at the Carquinez Bridge. This is about 100 yards from my Dads front door! Great view...

My Dad and Mckay!! Mckay loved spending time with his Pappa and being in a new place! He especially loved his dogs!

My Dad took us to the new Natural History of Science Museum in the Golden Gate Park. It was amazing but way too crowded! They had this way cool replica of the rain forest that you could walk through. It was about 4 stories high, so you walked through and up it on a spiral stairway around it! There were butterflies flying all around you and all Mckay could say when one passed us was Eeewww!

Mckay pointing at a butterfly saying Eeewww! He looks like a little tourist!

There was also a huge aquarium in the basement. They had a ton of fish the are only seen at the bottom of the ocean and live in darkness all the time. It was really interesting and fun to see. Mckay wanted to kiss all of the fish.

Here are some of the fish we saw! They were so pretty!

Here we are at a major tourist spot in San Frans... Pier 39. Behind us in the picture is Alcatraz. If you ever go to San Francisco make sure you book a tour ahead of time to go to Alcatraz. It is sooo interesting and creepy too! But you definitely don't want to miss it! My Dad took us on the tour a few years ago and we all loved it! We didn't go this trip, but we will definitely go again sometime!

Our little Fam in front of Pier 39! It is pretty fun to see and go to especially if you have little kids!

Me, Mckay and my Dad in his back yard. It was such heavenly weather! Every night we sat out here, talked ate and enjoyed the weather

Here is my naughty little child on the plane ride home! I know he looks homeless here, but that is why I am showing it!!! All Spence and I could do on the way home was laugh and make fun of ourselves! We joked that we were the way annoying family on the plane whose kid looked way dirty, was fussy the whole time and was way stinky with a poopy diaper! I am sure you have all been on a plane with a family like that....well this time that was us!!!! Mckay was super fussy so I pretty much tried to give him any treat or snack I had to keep him busy, hence the messiness. Then he had a poopy diaper, well where the heck are you supposed to change a diaper on a plane? No where, so everyone around us got to enjoy the lovely scent from my child! Oh boy I sure love you Mckay, but I am glad that plane ride is over!!!! Thanks Dad we had so much fun and can't wait till next time:)