What the heck blogger????

So, FYI I have actually posted since April but apparently those posts were never published. Well...that makes me mad sad. It's too bad too because I've been posting several times a week! ok, that's a lie, but honestly, I have posted.

Apparently you all don't know quite a bit of what has happened to our little family since April! So we don't live in Logan anymore. WHAT?!?!?! i know, right? We moved to Tooele and Colin started a new job with Nelson and Sons Silver Cup Fish Feed in June. He likes it but I know he wants something better. I started a full-time job with Early Head Start to help contribute to our little family. I am a Family Specialist and basically I give lower-income families with pregnant women or children ages 0-3 HOPE. Hope that they can do it and even though they may struggle, we'll help every step of the way. It is neat to be able to use the education I got at USU in a different way. I don't do lesson plans or anything like that, but I do give suggestions on developing literacy, speech, health/hygiene, etc. It is pretty rewarding but in total honesty, I would rather be home with my boys.

Gideon is freaking awesome! He is just adorable! He turned three last Tuesday and I had a silent pity party for myself while we partied with Spiderman. Yeah, I'm a boob! My baby is no longer a baby as he so willingly tells me (except for when he wants something and is too lazy to get it...then he's a little boy...geez, I'm such a sucker). He L-O-V-E-S spiderman. If he could he would stalk follow Spiderman to the ends of the earth. Get this: he even sings and/or hums the Spiderman theme song. And it is so cute to catch him pretending he is Spiderman. Those are some serious Spiderman poses and web-slinging moves!

Kaleb is totally cool, too! He is already standing on his own and I think he'll be walking in a month. He is so animated it's not even funny! But beware, he yells! Not joking, either! If he doesn't get his way he gets this really serious look on his face and starts yelling. Quick example, with translation below:

(while pointing at empty bottle)

daDAADADAda! DADadadaDA!

How dare you be empty? Give me more milk now!

"Adorable" just doesn't seem to say it. Oh, and the only association this boy knows is that "baba" means bottle. Yeah, he's an eater! The other night he ate more than Gideon and made himself sick. Poor guy...his tummy is too small for his gi-normous appetite.

Anywho, that's the condensed version of our lives. I'll try to be better about checking to make sure blogger works from now on! Promise!

Hello Everyone!

Hello, Hello! So it's been a while since I've given a true update on our family! I guess life gets busy after you have two kids! LOL! We are all doing very well and are healthy, thank goodness! Colin did graduate with an official apology from Utah State for taking their sweet time processing his graduation! His diploma is now gathering dust in our filing cabinet! Haha! Colin isn't working right now though he has applied to various positions in the U.S. with the possibility of going abroad... He did apply to Grad school at Texas A&M Corpus Christi and we are waiting to hear back on that. We took a short trip down and met with professors and toured their facilities. Colin found a committee chair and co-chair there and they have a cool internship program that would allow him to try his hand at a few things, but honestly, we're not sure what's in store for us. I'm thinking he's gonna work for a little while and get more experience under his belt. Plus, we have student loans and stuff to pay off so we aren't that anxious to add more to that pile! haha! I am loving being a mommy to two adorable boys! I am working part-time with the Food $ense Nutrition Program as a Nutrition Education Assistant in Cache County. I absolutely love this job!!!! I get to teach people how to make better, healthier decisions for themselves and their families and I get to make changes in my life as well! I'm not sure Colin is too thrilled about this change because it means we eat mostly whole grains and nothing with hydrogenated oils or excessive sugars or sodium (which is practically everything in a package these days!). I love it because I get to try new foods and I've found that my body doesn't crave the bad stuff anymore! When I get a craving for something sweet, it's usually for a fruit now! I've also been exercising more diligently. I'm proud to say that I am eight pounds shy of reaching the weight I was at when I first got pregnant with Gideon! I just have to keep at it! I really do wish there was a miracle pill out there, but I do enjoy the burn of my muscles that lets me know I'm doing my best! I am still the second counselor in the Young Women's Presidency of my ward. It's challenging and fun and terrible and awesome! Girls are so crazy! Thank goodness I only have sons! I think that's it for me! Gideon is AMAZING! He is such a sweetheart and he is so smart. I can't believe the things he knows and picks up! He is doing really well with reading and I think I'll start teaching him to write letters now. He may still need some help with fine-motor skills, but he can do it! It's really neat to see him in the Initial Reading stage. We are trying to work with the Spanish-speaking at our house...still hard but we are working on it! I still think it will be necessary to have the boys in a language immersion-type school/class but it will help if they have a leg up! Gideon request "school" now! We learn a letter, the sound(s) it makes, how the letter looks, a Spanish word, and words that contain the letter of the day. He really likes it and I like putting my teaching skills to work! I developed his whole curriculum to align to the USOE's Kindergarten core and Preschool Core. I think it will help him! He are doing a little more with science and looked at how snow melts and turns to water yesterday. Colin also had Gideon help him plant some seeds. I think he's getting a pretty well-rounded education for now! :) At night, he sleeps with at least five books that he "reads" until he falls asleep. I love that he already has a thirst for knowledge! He is a great big brother too! He'll put the baby's binky in his mouth and tell him it's ok if the baby is crying! He's adorable! Kaleb is growing so fast! I can't believe he's already three months old! He is doing a great job holding his head up and he is already trying to push himself up to his knees when he does tummy time! He certainly makes Colin and I work for his smiles and laughs! He is so cute though! It's so weird to have a baby that actually wears the correct size at the correct time! Gideon was wearing some six-month clothes at his first birthday! Kaleb is already getting too big for the 3-month clothes. I did put away all of the newborn clothes and must admit I shed a few tears. But I am grateful that Kaleb is growing and is healthy! He is a cutie-patootie! Next weekend we will be going to Nephi for Easter and I'm egg-cited! Oh geez, that was lame! But really, I am! Until next time! XOXO

It's been a while!

I failed! I wanted to post at least once a month, but alas! I didn't get it done in February! I do have some things to post about that happened in February, but not tonight! Tonight is about our St. Patrick's Day! The Leprechaun sure did visit our house! He left the boys some cute green presents and he left Colin and I some Ferrero Rocher and green mints! Oh yeah, and this Leprechaun is awesome! He even left us some yummy green smoothies and green pancake mix for breakfast...for dessert he left magic cookies that turned green when you stirred the batter! Here's a video of the morning! Enjoy!

The Terrible Wife...Starring ME!

So I didn't post about my husband's 26th birthday! Yep, I'm horrible! It was a very fun birthday for him because he was home and we got to spend the whole day together! He got some pretty fun stuff too! He got a multi-day hiking backpack, a bladder (for the backpack, there are no medical emergencies to tell you about haha), a bladder cleaner (didn't realize they made these but am so grateful they do!), and a camping lantern! Fun stuff for my outdoorsman! Colin is just the most wonderful guy ever! He's H-O-T, an excellent husband, and an excellent daddy to his two favorite boys! Love you, boo!

Kaleb Dancing

We took this video yesterday! He is soooooo cute!

It's a BOY!

We wanted to let you know that we have welcomed our little boy Kaleb Garrison! Kaleb was born on January 6, 2010 at 8:56 a.m. He weighed 8 lbs. 9 ozs. and was 20 inches long. He is absolutely adorable if I do say so myself! He has the chunkiest cheeks that jiggle every time I burp him! His eyes are a gorgeous blue-ish color that I know won't last but I sure am enjoying them right now!

For those of you who care about the labor:
I went into labor about 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning and did really well with it. At about 8:00 I realized I probably wasn't going to make it to my 9:30 Doctor's appointment! I let Colin know we needed to get ready to go and we got things set...slowly. It took us another 35 minutes or so to get out the door and into the car to drop Gideon off at my friend Delia's while we went to the hospital. Once in the car, I'm freaking out because the baby is coming and I feel like I need to push and Colin and Gideon are taking their sweet time! (Please note: several exaggerations will be used in this story!) As we're pulling out of the complex, a garbage truck blocks our way! So we have to turn around and go the long way around the complex and drive to Delia's. Once we get to Delia's, Colin takes Gideon out and says he's going to take the car seat out too. YEAH, RIGHT! I tell him there is absolutely NO time, the baby is coming NOW and he better just drop Gideon off and get his cute little butt back in the car. So as they are WALKING to Delia's door, I have another contraction and my water EXPLODES (not an exaggeration) in the car! I roll the window down and try to act calm (so I don't scare Gideon) but yell out, MY WATER JUST BROKE (so Colin would pick up the pace...)!!! Well, we finally get to the hospital and then realize we have no idea where we are going! We had Gideon in Delta so we've never been to the Logan Labor and Delivery. Colin parks in a parking spot and then I have to walk all the way to the hospital entrance, get in a wheelchair, take the elevator to labor and delivery and then make our way through the hospital until we get to check in... When we get to Registration, the nurse looks at me and asks Colin, "Is she in labor?" DUUUUHHHH! I basically told her that yes I was in labor and could she please open the door so I can go and have a beautiful little baby when she got the time (this is an exaggeration, I basically yelled, "I'm having this baby NOW!"). So the staff at Logan Regional is amazing! They got me in there undressed and in a hospital gown and had everything set up for me. Besides the fact that they kept telling me not to push, they were spot on with my care! So the entire time, which actually only amounts to about ten minutes, I'm pushing while they are telling me not to push and my OB gets there just in time to watch Kaleb make his way into the world! Dr. Olsen and I were the first to see that it was a boy and I immediately got to hold him (the baby, not Dr. Olsen)!

Kaleb's 1 minute Apgar was an 8 and his five minute was a 9. He still has a pretty high bilirubin count, but it isn't too bad so he won't have to do the lights...hopefully.

We are home and doing well and we appreciate all of your warm wishes and congratulations!