Colby, Amanda & Kade

ColBy is 28!

2011-06-10T15:46:00.000-07:00

Holy Cow I can not believe how old we are! Colby just turned 28 on May 7th. I am so so so so glad that this guy was born! I love him more than words can express:) I hope that he had a good birthday. We just gave him some much needed clothes and had cake and ice cream at our house for anyone that wanted to come and see him. I wanted to invite all his friends over and have a poker night or something fun but he told me if I sent out invitations to his friends he might have to kill me! LOL!! Colby doesn't really get into birthdays but I think they are special so even though he doesn't want to be the center of attention he can pull through it once a year! I say use it to your advantage if you're smart!

Kaders and I love you to infinity and beyond! Thanks for being a great dad and husband for us!
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Tubes

2011-06-05T06:58:00.000-07:00

Kade had to get tubes put in his ears on the 26Th of April, It had been a long time coming, we were excited to not get ear infections anymore but were a little nervous about our little buddy going under the anaesthesia. He was so excited to be at the hospital and they even had a little TV for him to watch while he waited... he had no idea what we were there for and no idea what he was in for. I being the crazy over protected mom that I am asked the guy if I could go in with him until he went under... he said OK and I had to get in a gown and all that jazz. I knew Kade was gonna freak when he realized what was going on. The anaesthesiologist's was so sweet and fought for me to be able to go back. The other Dr's were kind of brats and thought I was crazy... o well mother knows best... and don't fight with me on that one cause I will win:)
Kade was a trooper and I was glad that I was able to go back cause he was really scared. we had to hold him down and give him the gas which was not fun to do to your child but I was glad that I was able to comfort him a little:( It didn't take very long to do the procedure but it was still torture.... and yes..... I cried:(
After the surgery Kade was really sad a groggy but all in all it was great to have done and no more ear infections or askin me for drops for his ears! YEAH!

Daddy helpin Kaders get all ready to go:)

easter

2011-06-04T16:19:00.001-07:00

Kade had the best time hunting for eggs all over the house he says EGG so stinkin cute and was even more excited cause they were dora and diego eggs... oh and square pants:) thats what kade calls spongebob now:) after he found em all... he started to hide them himself s that he could find em again. He would walk around with his little basket and say EEGGG... like he was calling them to come out of hiding. It was so funny! After our little hunt we got ready colored eggs and went the rounds to the gradparents. Kade had another little egg hunt at my moms and then we had some great food at Evelyns! Easter was a success!

MOTHERHOOD

2011-04-13T15:37:00.000-07:00

So I have be such a huge slacker on blogging lately and I need to stop because the whole point of this thing is to document our life not just all the fun things that we do. So I am gonna start writing more with that in mind... So this might turn into a venting blog or something:) lol! So Kade has been sick with ear infections for the past two months literally!! No JOKE! He got his first one and we ended up in the emergency room because we had no idea what his problem was:( It was so stinkin SAD! They ended up having to give him lortab for the pain so he could even sleep, which was pretty scary for us. I had no idea they could or even would do that for a kid that's not even two but it helped and at the time we were willing to try just about anything to make him feel better. Now since then we have returned to the Dr about 7 times... I went 3 times in one week which is super fun!! ha ha they prob think that I am crazy at the Dr's office but seriously I just wanted someone to help the poor kid! They have told us now that he should prob get tubes so we are scheduled for the 26th for that:( I am not looking forward to it but I know he will feel better after. For now they have given us 3 different antibiotics to help in the mean time all have given him horrible hershey squirts..(not to be gross) but now he has the worst case of diaper rash that I have ever seen! Oh my gosh really we can't catch a break. I tried to let it air out today and Kade has pooped on my floor at least 4 times I have been cleaning up Sh*& all day!! ha ha a mothers job is a dirty one that's for sure! not to mention the sad little voice when I have to give him medicine or change his diaper he cries and through his tears he tells me "betterrr betteerr" He just wants me to make is better, talk about break your heart! Poor Kade anyone know any good diaper rash medicine we seriously need help at the Christensen's :)

Love DaY

2011-03-02T04:44:00.000-08:00

SO I know it is long past Valentines Day and I was thinking about not even writing about it since it has been so long but then I thought... "You know what, Colby deserves a post about him everyday!" REAlly, I could not love this man more! He puts up with me and all my faults and loves me in spite of them! He works so hard for our family and never ever complains! He is the best dad EVER! Kade thinks he walks on water:) And wants to be just like him already... I am so grateful that he has such a good dad to set such a good example! And I am so glad that he is mine!! I am one lucky girl to have this hottie as a hubby!!
This year for V-day we went out to dinner to Joes Crab Shack (without Kade!), we had a great date with great food and actual conversation:) That is hard to come by when we have our little booger with us so we do cherish it these days!
Colby got me some flowers and perfume... I didn't take pictures of our goodies because I did kill my flowers in about 2 days! I couldn't figure out why they died and then Colby lovingly told me it was probably because I cooked right next to them about three times practically burning them with steam! ha ha:) Trust me they were gorgeous before that!
Colby I am so grateful that you are my Valentine 365 days a year! xoxoxox

Better late than never

2011-02-04T19:55:00.000-08:00

So for new Years we put Kade to bed and had Mike and Julie over to our house for some good snacks and much needed grown up time:) It was pretty low key but that's what we wanted! We are just glad that we have such great friends that don't mind how boring we are now!! ha ha..

This year I vow to be a better wife and mom! Go to church more often:) ha ha and make sure that I make the most of my time! hope I reach em!! along with all the others

losing 20lbs

making more meals:)

taking more pictures etc...etc..etc..

On to FEB the LOVE month since it is already here!

X-Mas 2010

2011-01-07T13:40:00.000-08:00

So here is our second attempt at getting Kade to like Santa this year... I can't tell who is more scared; Santa or Kade:) This is gonna be a great picture to look back on in years to come!
Of course the night before Christmas we made Santa some cookies to eat. We made an attempt to make sugar cookies but pretty sure all Kade wanted to do was play in the dough:) O well he was cute doing it and what did I really expect from a 1 yr old.

Christmas morning we had to wake Kade up to see what Santa brought him. He knew alot more this year then last but still had no clue why he was getting presents. He sure loved unwrapping them though, He would get mad when me and Colby took a turn so I am pretty sure he opened all the presents... ha ha of course we didn't care though. Watching him get so excited was by far the best part of Christmas!

After we opened up our presents we ate breakfast... We made scones and they were very good:) Then we headed off to all the grandparents house.

Kade got a cute little chair of his own to sit in and watch movies from Grandma, and he loved it! He thinks he is so big... it's so stinkin cute.

Of course we all got spoiled rotten from our family, I was pretty bad at taking pictures of everything cause we video taped so I don't have all the pics of our loot!

Grandma Evelyn made all the grandkids these cute little beenies:) I just love them. Kade does too. Whenever we go outside he pats his head and says "Hat" so I can put in on him! I just want to squeeze him all day!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Scary Santa

2010-12-19T21:12:00.000-08:00

My dad had a work Christmas party and wanted to take all the grand kids to see Santa and watch a little Christmas movie at the Gateway. I knew that Kade was gonna be soooo scared of Santa but we kept our fingers crossed and hoped for the best. As you can see it did not turn out so well. Luckily the picture was captured just before he started clawing at me and crying hysterically:) ha ha.. Oh the memories!

Pugs Anyone?!

2010-12-12T12:00:00.000-08:00

SO our little Meatball had puppies again this year and they are so cute! We got 4 black ones this time and I have to say that they are our favorite! I am thinking about selling meatball and keeping a puppy!! ha ha:) But seriously they would make great Christmas presents... hint, hint!

Kade loves them and is gonna be so sad when they are all gone.

Family Vacation

2010-12-08T22:01:00.001-08:00

Such cute BOYS!!

We headed out for a trip to Cali with our friends Jonny and Lindsay. We drove all the way to Primm to stay the night and let the boys have some gambling time of course:) Then early in the morning we were off to Disneyland! It was a lot hotter than we were expecting it to be wich made it very interesting for the clothes that we packed. In my defense who would have really thought that it would have been almost 100 degrees in November?! NOT ME! But it was so dang fun to get out of the cold and spend time together. I love Disneyland I wish that I could go back again already:)

The second part of our trip we went and bummed around LA. We went and saw the Kodak theature and walked around the walk of Fame. Colby had never seen it so it was pretty fun to see. Then we went and saw the Hollywood sign (of course). Then we ended the day by going to the Pier. It was pretty cool there and I wish we would have started the day out there at the beach cause it was so dang hot and Kade loved chasing and feeding all the seagulls. He would have been entertained all day long. I swear he liked the birds more that Disneyland!

It was a short trip but a good one non the less! But we had to come back to reality. When I got home I realized that we didn't get really and pics with jonny and lindsay and of course Madden together. I swear that I am the worst picture taker on vacations. (hard to believe but true).

And just a thought but does anyone else fight with there spouse ten times more on vacations or is it just me? ha ha!! Colby you know I love you:)

Halloween...

2010-11-11T21:15:00.001-08:00

I got soooo sick the day before Halloween and so when it got here I was not quite ready:( We usually make treats, watch a scary movie and have our traditional soup and pumpkin bread bowls but the thought of soup after being sick made me want to get sick all over again. So we were kind of bumms!

Luckily before I got sick I was able to have my mom take some cute pics of Kade in his costume (since I didn't take a single pic on the actaul day). He was so stinkin cute in it and loved his costume, he thought that he was kitty (not a tiger) so he would meaow! But we taught him that a tiger grawls so he started to grawl and swipe his hand like he was gonna claw you:) He is gettin so BIG and so SMART! We just love him more than words:)

Update

2010-10-20T10:03:00.000-07:00

So.. It's been a while since I last posted anything about our life but we have done a few fun things as a family so I thought that I should stop being lazy and document them:) We recently went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving point, Kade was kind of scared of the skeletons but by the end he was having fun... he had fun getting down and dirty in the sand pit at the end, it is set up so that the kids can discover fossils in the sand pit which is pretty fun. They had paint brushes in there so that you could dust the sand off the fossils:) We had fun!

We had a chance to go to the Zoo earlier, We had wanted to take Kade and were so excited to show him all the cool animals, Colby hadn't been to the Zoo since he was little and I hadn't been since Braxton my little nephew was little so we were due to go... The Zoo is definitely not as cool as you remember it being were you were little:( They don't have polar bears anymore. lions rhinos etc. But we did get to see the baby elephant which was super cute! But other than that the Zoo is a place I will not be returning to for a few years!

Kade has had a lot of fun helping dad in the garage building Meatball a dog house and carrying around tools to help his dad! Its so stinking cute, he is definitely all boy! Colby helped him catch a praying mantis and Kade carried it all over with him, It was so cute. This boy sure loves his daddy and I am sure Colby can't wait to take him fishing and hunting when he is older:) But for now catching bugs will work.

The FAIR

We made our annual trip to the Fair this year as well, I love going and doing fun relaxing things like this with my cute family:) We got to see the seals, ate some good food; went down the big yellow slide (which Kade actually loved). Kade got a batman tattoo while we were there and he thought that he was pretty cool:) It was supposed to last 4 or 5 days but didn't last that long cause he kept licking it!! ha ha, he is always making us laugh! We also saw a lot of stinky farm animals and had a blast watching our little stinker freak out about them! Plus I was able to snap this cute pic of my two cute boys! I love them:)

We picked pumpkins are getting ready for Halloween here at the Christensen's!! Kade loves his pumpkin and wants to carry it around everywhere!

2010-09-08T22:21:00.001-07:00

Kade just cracks me up!! He is so stinkin funny and is coming up with the weirdest things like putting two binkies in his mouth and showing me! He knows that he is funny and he knows how to use it to his advantage. Every time that he is in trouble he will try to make me laugh or give me a kiss!! Talk about manipulative... he can barely talk but that doesn't stop him from pointing his finger back at me and talking back in whatever language he thinks he is speaking:) ha ha! Although he is cute and funny, I am finding it hard to know what to do to make him take me serious.... What the crap can I do?

Anyways-- we still love him to pieces and here are some pics of his cute butt that I have to chase all over the house to get a diaper on him these days! What can we say he is a FREE spirit!

Living Planet aquarium

2010-08-09T21:53:00.001-07:00

We took our cute little munchkin to the aquarium in Sandy a couple of weeks ago and boy O boy did he love it:) I am not gonna lie.... Colby and I thought that it was pretty fun too! It made us want to buy a big salt water fish tank for our house. They had these really cool mini sea horses that were transparent... no kidding they were pretty sweet! But the penguins were by far the coolest thing EVER! I totally wanted to take one home with me:)

Having Kade makes everything so much fun again! I love watching him to discover new things and see things for the first time!! He is our world and I can't get enough:) I am loving staying home with him and getting to watch him to this all day! He makes me laugh so hard! WE love you buddy!

Staying Home

2010-07-20T11:04:00.000-07:00

So my DREAM has finally come true... I am now a stay at home mom!!! I still cant believe it. I had my last day at work on June 30th. I still think that I am just on a long break and I am having a hard time finding a new schedule for me and Kadester. But I am loving every second of it! Kade is down for a nap and I finally feel like blogging again. I feel so blessed to be able to be home with my baby now and I am so lucky to have the husband that I do! He works so hard and has definitely kicked it into high gear the past few weeks to make sure that we are takin care of! working 12 hr days and still coming home Happy! just love him so much! Thought I should share:)

Cabin

2010-07-19T11:09:00.000-07:00

We took a little trip to a cabin for the weekend, with Colby's Fam. It was fun to get away and spend time together and relax somewhat (as much as you can with a 1 yr old). The kids had a blast shooting guns and playing games outside. As well as the adults, we had some serious competitive games of horse shoes and such:) But the best part of all was that the cabin had an entertainment system that was to die for... we had our own personal movie theatre in the cabin with a huge screen that came down from the ceiling to watch movies on, we didn't waste it either watching about 3 or 4 movies a day!! ha ha!

All in all it was a great trip, thanks Grandpa Gary for plannin it for us:)

Kade gets his Hair Did!

2010-06-29T10:32:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend Kade went from THIS....

To THIS.....
He looks so old that I cannot even stand it!! My baby is a full blown toddler:) ha ha! His little haircut is so stinkin cute and he was such a good boy getting it done! He went down for a nap not long after getting his hair cut done and when I went to get him out of his crib after his nap I hardly recognized him at all!! ha ha, I guess it's gonna take some getting used to....
I love my little toddler and the HUGE personality that he is getting. I mean really... could he get any cuter?! I think NOT!!

WenDovEr

2010-06-22T16:11:00.000-07:00

Colby called me up at work on Thurs and told me that he had planned a much needed date night for the 2 of us! I am always a little crazy when it comes to leaving Kade:( This would be the first night in his whole life that I wouldn't be there to tuck him into bed....but it was Father's Day weekend and I knew that we would have a good time so off we went! Colby even got us tickets to see Clay Walker in concert!! Who by the way is not as shy as I thought he was:) He was grinding his little butt all over the place! ha ha:) He sounded really good in concert too. Plus Colby won us $130.00!! playing the royal match in black jack! Wahoo, that is always a plus:) It seemed to be a perfect night until we were on our way home.....dun dun dun... We had just gassed up at the gas station and were headed onto the freeway when I got pulled over!! That's right... and of course I get a ticket (cause I NEVER get out of em) But it wasn't just a ticket it was a misdemeanor for entering into a do not enter!! What the freak... I didn't even see the stupid sign nor do I understand why it was even there!! I am fighting that crap... so we will be back out to Wendover in 30 days to see the judge!! What a TRIP!! ha ha

Regardless it was still a fun trip and it was nice to hold hands and just be a couple again!! We need more dates:) LOve you hubby!!

The BEST DADDY!!

2010-06-21T15:57:00.000-07:00

Colby is the best dad and husband so celebrating Father's Day was well deserved! I love, love, love to watch Colby and Kade together, it is the best! Kade just loves his daddy even when he teases him until he cries:) ha ha! He can also get him laughing uncontrollably! He is not afraid to do the weirdest things to make Kade laugh and does them over and over for him to hear him laugh again and again! It is the best sound to hear them playing and laughing as I get ready and I just can't get enough of either of them!

Thanks so much Colby for being the PERFECT guy for me and the best daddy in the world for Kade! You work so hard for our family and are always there to make us laugh every single day! We are so stinkin lucky! You definitely deserve a day all your own! HAPPY FATHER'S

DAY!

Now that's one sexy MAN!

FIESTA FUN!!

2010-06-17T09:26:00.000-07:00

Tall enough to RIDE!

Colby's Fam decided to get tickets to Tuacahn to see Tarzan. We wanted to go but taking Kade was not possible so we decided to head down to St George anyway. Our plan was to get out of this crazy winter weather that we are having in JUNE :( and get some sun. But that didn't seem to work out either... even St George was gloomy. Although that part did suck we still managed to have some fun.

We got down to St George and got to eat dinner at Brick Oven. It was good and fun to hang out with all the grown ups in the fam (plus Kade)! Then they all went off to Tarzan and we went to Fiesta FUN!! ha ha! Kade was in heaven when we got there and was so excited with all the games and lights. Colby was just as excited:) Kade was able to ride the little cars there and thought that he was pretty cool. When the guy told us they were slow... he wasn't kidding:) They moved like a foot a minute!! ha ha, but Kade had fun! We stayed and played games for a couple of hrs and got some prizes with out tickets. It was a little after 10 by the time we got to our hotel and I thought for sure that Kade would crash. He usually goes to bed at like 8:30! Boy were we in for a surprise!!! We didn't bring Kade a play pen to sleep in and he thought that the hotel beds were the funnest things he had ever seen! He rolled around on the bed laughing and pulling my hair, picking my nose etc. for hours! We finally decided to take a drive and see if he would fall asleep. He did but when we went to get him out of the car it started raining so of course he woke up and laughed about that! ha ha, it's funny now but at the time...... not so funny:) Then we went for round 2 with the bed rolling:) finally about 12:30 or so Kade gave in and went to sleep!! NOTE TO SELF!! I will never go out of town without a play pen!! ha ha!

BuiLd A BeaR

2010-06-14T11:37:00.000-07:00

filling the Bear up with FLUFF!

My cute BOYS!

So since we were moving during Kade's Birthday week:) we weren't able to go out and do some of things that we wanted to for his first B-day, so now that things are settled down a bit we were able to take him to build a bear a get him his cuddle buddy!! I think that he liked it better spreading out his Birthday... ha ha! Maybe we are on to something here!

Kade really liked getting his little bear and we had fun watching him get excited and give his bear kisses:) But as soon as he saw the computers his bear was not so cool! ha ha... not to fret, once we got home he enjoyed the bear again! I think this is a tradition that I will do with all my kids. Every kid needs a stuffed bear to cuddle with at night, I just know that Kade will be takin this bear to college!! ha ha!

He's GoInG for iT!

2010-06-08T10:40:00.001-07:00

Kade got this great new toy that helps him walk for his birthday. It only took him a second to realize what is was for and he was OFF! Not even walking full on RUNNING throughout the house! He was so excited about it and was so proud of himself:) he just kept screaming and laughing!! It was hilarious to watch! He got pretty upset about it when he would get it stuck though! He is not very patient (like his mom)!

It's these little moments that are the very best!! I love watching Colby and Kade interact and Kade just soaks it all in... I hope he knows how loved he Is...

It's A PaRTy!!

2010-06-02T11:07:00.000-07:00

Kade turned 1 on the 31st! We wanted to make this day memorable fot Kade and it turned out Ok under the circumstances. We spent the entire weekend moving which made for an interesting time!! Kade was so confused and his whole world was turned upside down in a matter of days! I felt so bad, you should have seen the look on his face when he saw us taking apart his crib! He did not like it! ha ha. But the party turned out great and we are so thankful to have such great family to help us move and come celebrate with us! Not to mention spoil our little munchkin rotten!! Thanks so much to all those that came! We love you!
Kade-- Mom and dad love you to pieces, I remember the day that you were born and how excited we were to meet you! Dad wanted to make sure that he had the right outfit on and everything:) I couldn't wait to see what you would look like, and man you did not disappoint! From the moment I laid eyes on you I knew that I would do anything for you! Every day since you have made us so so happy! right now you are still stubborn and won't walk for us, you love to be held and you are obsessed with food! you have your own language and talk non stop! you love to give open mouthed kisses and I LOVE them:) so does dad!! The only time that you cry is when we tell you NO! Although it is Sad, I am not gonna lie it is kind of funny too!! Kade you are my bestest buddy and you make me so proud to be your mommy! hugs and kisses all day long!!
LOve,
Mom and Dad!

BirThDaY PiCs

These are Kade's 1st Birthday pictures! We had so much fun takin em! I wish I could have got him to smile a little better to show off his adorable teeth, I am so mad at the little stinker:) Doesn't he know how important these are to me?! But regardless he is the cutest... sweetest thing that I have ever seen! I didn't plan on letting Kade get that messy with his cake but once he got started I didn't have the heart to take it away:( I wish I would have had the video camera because he was loving it... he just kept making a mmmm, mmmm, mmmm, sound for the entire time that he ate it!! He was in heaven! ha ha! Thanks again to my cute sis for takin em!

May so Far...

2010-05-20T07:38:00.000-07:00

2 Years... going STRONG!
Colby and I celebrated our 2 yr anniversary on the 15th! Everyone says that the first year is the hardest, but our first year of marriage was cake. We didn't have much to argue about at all; and all though this 2nd year has been amazing as well, we definitely have learned how to push each others buttons and argue a little better:) Marriage is the best thing and I love every day that I get to wake up to Colby and know that no matter what he is in it with me for the long haul! But being a working mom and having to juggle it all gets to me sometimes... I feel as though I am doing all my jobs half way sometimes and that has been hard! Although we have argued and disagreed more this year than last I have learned and am still learning that being right is not always what matters... that saying sorry goes along way and that hurtful digs at each other never get you anywhere:) I am so lucky to have Colby, he puts up with a lot from me! He is quick to forgive and does not hold a grudge. He is always pushing me to be the bigger person and do the right thing and I LOVE him for that! I know without a shadow of a doubt that he is my soul mate and that he is the only person that I want to spend forever with! Here's to 2 yrs the good the bad the ugly and for loving me through all of it!! I LOVE you Colby:)

Mothers Day

Thanks to this little munchkin... I am mom!!!

To be honest I never thought that I would LOVE being a mom as much as I do! I remember growing up and hearing my mom say things like, I can never have anything nice with you kids:) Can you leave me alone just long enough to go to the bathroom:) and all those things that I know every mom says! I remember thinking... WOW I am never having kids!! ha ha, at least for a long time!! I was way to selfish to care more about someone else! But then I met Colby and everyone was surprised when I put him above me:) And then Kade came along! My whole pregnancy I was scared at what was ahead of me, if I was gonna be a good mom etc. But now I have no idea how I ever went without Kade!! He makes me stronger, more motivated, more patient, more loving and makes me smile all day!! I love being a wife and a mom! This is truly what life is about!! I love my little family and I feel so blessed to be Kades mom!! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to every mom. It is the hardest job but the job that makes life worth living!!

Hubby's B-Day

2010-05-12T10:00:00.000-07:00

Colby's Birthday is the 7th of May and he turned 27 yrs old!! We celebrated by going out to eat At Joes Crab Shack and Colby enjoyed a great steamed pot of crab with all the fixins! Which I am sure was the best part of his Birthday! The food was great and Kade was amazing. He was so interested in the loud music, lights and people dancing around that he even let us eat or dinner:) After dinner our parents came over to the house to wish him a Happy Birthday. And then we stayed up watching Prison Break! We got an external hard drive and had a bunch of movies and TV shows put onto it and for Colbys Birthday I bought him the cord to hook it all up to the TV so that we could watch them! We are now addicted to watching Prison Break and watch episode after episode, we seriously can't stop! If you have not seen it you should... it is so intense ha ha!
On Saturday we took a break from Prison Break and had a night out and watched a movie in the theatre!! (That's right... The theatre) We have only been to one movie since Christmas so it was nice to go! Thanks to Evelyn for watching Kade for us!!
Happy Birthday to my lover! I love you so much and am so thankful for you! I love that I get to spend every Birthday and every day with you, and even though I am a pain in the butt sometimes I am grateful that you love me in spite of it all!! You are an amazing person and good at everything that you do (it's kind of annoying)! and in case i don't tell you enough you are the love of my life!! My whole world! love, love, love, love, love YOU!

Big Boy SeAT

2010-04-22T12:46:00.000-07:00

We finally broke down and bought Kade a big boy seat:) He loves facing forward now and it's abput time that we bought him one since his cute, fat chub was pouring out of his infant seat! HA HA! Oh Kade you are the most handsomest boy in the whole wide world! We love you more and more every day... come on people, just look at that face!

Poor Kade:(

2010-04-19T13:45:00.000-07:00

All bandaged up from the stupid blood work!

Kade had a really high fever last week that would not go down no matter what we did. We took him to the dr and of course they take your money and do nothing but tell you to wait it out for a week to 1o days ( fun eh?) So after 7 days of a high fever I went and got blood work done... They think that Kade had a virus that just kicked his trash because his white blood cell count was way below what it should've been. They called me with the test results at 9:30 at night and wanted to see him because they were so worried. Of course I freaked out and have been on pins and needles since trying to figure out if it was in fact just a virus. My poor baby has had to have 2 antibiotic shots and his blood drawn 3 times. All of which I had to be a part of and actually hold him down. Watching my baby scream and cry and stare me in the eyes and wonder why I am allowing people to hurt him is the hardest thing in the world. It just breaks my heart to think about it. But even though I know it is for his own good, It still doesn't make me feel much better:( He is feeling better and actually playing and eating and all that good stuff, and it is nice to see! I missed my little monster running all over and making noise. All he did was sleep and want to be held. Although I didn't mind the cuddling:) Being a mom is the greatest, hardest, best thing that I have ever done and I wouldn't trade it for anything! Shout out to all the mommies out there that can relate!

Easter 2010

2010-04-06T10:14:00.000-07:00

Kade's 1st Easter- He was a little confused!

Easter Sunday was a great day! Kade was a little weirded out but I think that he enjoyed what the Easter bunny brought him:) It was so nice to relax and watch conference after looking through our Easter baskets we definitely had a lot of amazing candy to much on while we watched it! After conference we went and saw my mom and Colby's mom for Eater, we ate a little food, hung out with family and of course Kade got some more treats from his grandparents!

Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Oh and don't judge our Easter baskets... movies and energy drinks are part of Easter this year:)

MY baby is HOW OLD?...

2010-03-30T12:59:00.000-07:00

I am in complete AWW that Kade is 10 months old tomorrow!! Holy crap where has the time gone? He is gonna be 1 yr old before I know it! I better start planning his party! ha ha! But seriously I know it sounds cliche' but it really does feel like just yesterday Colby and I were thinking about how weird it was going to be to have a baby. We were decorating his nursery and I was getting fatter and fatter by the second:) And now my baby is 10 months old! Kade is such a blessing and I want to cry when I think about how blessed I am to be his mom and be trusted in shaping his life:) he has soften me to the point that I can cry on demand for the love that I have for him ( and my hubby of course) Being a mommy is such a miracle and I love him more and more everyday! Here are some recent pics of Kade and his Stats...

Head circumference:18 in

weight -25lbs

length- 29 in

Kade can wave now and clap his hands and although he is still my chunky monkey... he has actually lost 2lbs because he can't keep still long enough to save his life:) He is such a stinker I can't even change his diaper anymore without him moving all over... makes for a nice picture when it's #2!! ha ha TMI?

Lions and Tigers and BEARS?!!

2010-03-22T13:31:00.001-07:00

This weekend we went to the sports Men's Expo... Colby's dad had a booth up there promoting his new endeavor "ProTracker" It is a GPS system that is attached to the arrow so that bow hunters can track down there animals after they have been shot! It is pretty cool and we are super excited and proud of him and all the hard work that he has been doing promoting it. He is always gone traveling and we feel like we never get to see him so it was nice to go up to the expo and see him in action and just visit:) They had a lot of cool stuff up there too and It made Colby wish that we had some 4 wheelers or some cool toys to play with. It also made him miss his Toyota Tacoma too:( so SAD!! one day he will get another one, I promise!

But the most exciting part was that we got to get our picture taken with real life BEAR Cubs!! They were so stinkin cute and so tame they just wanted to lick everything. I was so shocked at how small they were too! Kade wasn't to sure about them at first but was really excited when they were at more of a distance. I just want to squeeze him! It was a successful outing and

My B DaY

2010-03-15T09:26:00.000-07:00

SO my Birthday week came and went!! dang it I am one yr older and hopefully wiser:) I had a good Birthday and got spoiled from my husband and all my family. I ate like a pig, shopped like a mad woman and relaxed with the people that I love! Colby and my mom took me shopping for my Bday and I got some spring clothes and some much needed jeans from my hubby, I got a camera case and The Lady Antebellum CD. My little brother was going to watch Kade so we could go out to dinner but I got sick so we got some Cafe Rio take out and all headed to our house for dinner and a movie. It was fun to relax and be boring:) I am so lucky to have people that love me to share my Birthday with! colby bought me a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting (my favorite) and my mom and dad made dinner on Sunday and we all stuffed our faces then too:) I love my cute family and am so thankful for all of them!! Thanks for making my Birthday great!!

B-BALL

2010-03-10T16:42:00.000-08:00

Colby played in a basketball league with his friends every Monday night! I tried to be a good little wifey and come to as many as I could but some of the games started at 8 or 9 and between working 10 hr days and living in BFE It made it kind of difficult at times:) Not to mention chasing my cute little guy all over the gym floor:)

Anyhow... Colby we love you and just wanted to give a shout out to you for being such a good B-ball player, dad and husband and friend:) We love you tons

PS-- Thanks Andrea for the cute pics:) we wouldn't have these without you and your picture taking talent!!

We love The Bundys:)

2010-03-09T16:46:00.000-08:00

So the night before little Cooper's surgery we went over to my sisters to give Cooper a little gift for the hospital and to just visit with him and the family. We got Cooper a cute little pug to take with him to the hospital (but I think he liked the tag more)! and we were also there to witness Judd, my dad and his dad give blessings to the whole Bundy clan:) It was awesome and they all did such a good job! I am not a very emotional person around most people but the spirit was so strong, I had to hold back tears, especially when cute little Braxton got his. He reminds me so much of my sister Ashlie and I love it. They both have such sweet little emotions that they are not afraid to show. Braxton is so strong and felt the spirit during his blessing fighting back tears.. He is such a cute kid and seems so grown up in situations like this!! Ashlie your boys are all so special and we love them! I am so glad that little Cooper's surgery went well and I can't wait to see him!! This has been a blessing for all of us to witness the power of prayer and the priesthood not to mention the strength of you and your cute family!! we love you guys!

Here's to coming up on 26

2010-03-04T16:45:00.000-08:00

I just got this beauty from my supervisor at work, Here is to 3 days off and celebrating my birthday week/weekend! Now I am headed over to see my cute little mephew Cooper before his surgery tomorrow morning! Keep him and all of us in your prayers and thoughts!!

Kade's 1st PET

2010-03-03T09:06:00.000-08:00

Dad and Kade getting it all put together... they are so cute!

We took Kade to the pet store last weekend and he was so into it that it made us want to buy him a PET! ha ha, I know that he is only barely 9 months old but what kind of parent would I be if I didn't want to spoil him rotten?! I wanted to get him a puppy but decided to hold off a few more yrs. so we decided to but him a fish tank and some fish. He loved the fish at the pet store and we justified the purchase saying that he could use it as a night light:)

So off we went to find the tank. We got all of the stuff together and then we found a spongebob set to put in the fish tank! Kade loves spongebob and every time the song starts he has to find away to look at the TV. He was sleeping on my shoulder one night and it started...Kade actually woke up watched the introduction to spongebob and layed back down and went to sleep once it was over. He is so stinkin cute and we just love him to pieces!

We had to let the tank sit for 24hrs with the water and everything in it before we could put the fish in... so the next day they were welcomed to their new home... don't worry 3 of them have already died, and of course Colby says that it is because I fed them to much:) but Kade loves it and I have to say that his room is quite peaceful at night!

BaBy ShoWeR

2010-03-01T15:48:00.000-08:00

My attempt at a diaper cake:)

Cute Belly!
The Whole Gang!!

Here is Jobi and her cute sis! 2 cute pregos:)

One of my very bestest friends in the whole wide world is having a baby girl in April... Oakley Julie Niu:) We are so excited to meet her! Jobi has always been there for me and although she is already a proud momma of 2 amazingly cute little boys we thought that having a little girl was reason to celebrate!! Me and Hayley and Ashlee (my other 2 lovely friends that I love) threw a great shower for her... Thanks for all your help girlies I couldn't have done it without you!!Jobi... We love you and hope that you had a great time!

CrAwLiNg and TEeTh

2010-02-23T09:35:00.000-08:00

Here is our little monster doing the army crawl:) He is so stinkin fast now that you can barely catch him. Notice how the pictures start out very far away and how happy he is, but as he crawls faster and mommy moves back Kade starts to get pretty mad that he can't have the camera:) He is so stinkin funny and I am just loving watchin him conquer these milestones:) He is gonna be walking before I know it!

So Kade has finally got some teeth coming through... He is over 8 months old and we were starting to think that maybe he wasn't gonna get them (wouldn't that be awful)! Plus I actually had a nightmare that he got a full set of really sharp alligator teeth ONLY on the bottom! It was pretty scary:) ha ha! But here they are for the world to see! Kade hates to show em to us but we managed to get a pretty good look... only 2 teefies on the bottom! They are so stinkin cute:) My little baby is gettin SO Big, I am having a love/hate relationship with that idea:)

My VaLenTINeS

2010-02-18T15:39:00.000-08:00

It was so fun this year to have 2 Valentines:) Kade and Colby!! Wahoo, I am one lucky girl to have these 2 cute boys in my life!! It was kind of weird but kind of fun to have Valentines Day on a Sunday, We played it low key this year with Kade. I made Colby breakfast in bed.... that's right, he got pink heart shaped pancakes to start the day off! Then we exchanged our gifts... colby got me some beautiful flowers, chocolates and a cute necklace that says LOVE on one charm and XOXO on the other. Plus my favorite part is that he always gets me the best cards and rights the sweetest things inside!! I just love him:) I got him some candy a CD and a gift certificate to get a massage because he is always so sore from working so hard for our family!! It was a much needed gift and I hope he gets to use it this weekend. Kade got some gifts from his grandparents and got to have his first sucker!! He was SHOCKED that we were actually letting him have it and was a little hesitant at first but after a few licks he seemed to really enjoy it! He is so dang cute and I love my little muffin top more than life!!

After Kade went to sleep I made us a nice dinner of crab legs, mashed potatoes and salad, and Valentines cookies!! It was great and hit the spot:) It was nice to relax and stay home and enjoy a nice dinner together:) I am so lucky to have Colby and Kade in my life and I have no idea how I ever got through life without them... they are my world!!

Just for LAUGHS...

2010-02-16T16:42:00.001-08:00

HA, HA, HA... it itched and he HATED It:)

HiGh ChAiR

2010-02-11T08:59:00.000-08:00

BEFORE AND AFTER

I have been searching for a high chair for Kade for a while and all the ones that I found in the stores I did not like... I finally found one to restore and cover and I think that It turned out pretty cute! Kade loves to sit in it and slap around on the table top:) He thinks he is so cool in it! Colby painted it (of course)! And I love it! Even more than that, I love that it cost 1/3 of what I would have spent on one:)

CaLi DaY 2

2010-01-21T07:32:00.001-08:00

Our second day in Disneyland was so fun.. the weather was perfect and We got to ride a lot of rides with Kade. I was surprised at how many of the rides that he could actually go on. He just loved the colors and everything around him... he was in heaven staring at all the cool things and trying to make friends with every person that would look at him:) He is not a shy child and when people would look at him he would crack up to get there attention and if people weren't looking him he would just pull their hair:)

TOon ToWn was so much fun for Kade:)

We love Disneyland but they could do a lot better at having the characters out and about for the kids. I remember when I was little it seemed like they were everywhere, but we were lucky to see the few that we saw this time...Kade wasn't sure what to think about Mickey or Goofey but they seemed to like him and he didn't cry at the sight of them... so that was a plus!

I should have taken way more pics but, what can I do now? The parades at Disneyland and California Adventure were really cool! I loved them, the people were super cheesy but it is the happiest place on earth so I would have been mad if they weren't:) The firework show was so stinkin cute too:) I wish I would have video taped it! I can't wait to go back when Kade is older and can be way more excited!! We had so much fun!!

We were sure pooped after all the excitement but we loved every second of being gone with our family:) Thanks so much to Grandma Evelyn for taking us and planning such a great trip!

CaLi DaY 1

2010-01-19T11:13:00.000-08:00

So our much anticipated trip to Disneyland came and went... we are so SAD! We had so much fun and it was so nice to go on vacation and get out of this crappy weather. I am ready for SPRING dang it!! The drive wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and Kade was actually pretty good in the car but by the time we actually got to Disneyland he had had it:) AS you can see from the great family photo in front of the park.... Kade was soooooooo mad! the sun was in his eyes and he was so mad and tired:( he fell asleep right after this picture was taken... then he woke up and was in Pirates of the Caribbean ride in a boat! ha ha, poor kid. Oh and I might have accidentally sprayed sun-screen in his eyes... oops!
After we played in Disneyland for a few hours we went back to the hotel and got ready to go to dinner at Medieval Times... it was so fun, I love that place for some reason, plus the people that work their take there jobs so serious and I find that hilarious:) ha ha, this night thought that he was so stinkin cool and he kept throwing out roses to girls in the audience but every time that he would throw one out he would kiss it all soft and seductively:) ha ha... I was dying he was such a nerd:) but it made for great entertainment:)
Kade was not sure what to think about the horses and the noise but he sure looked cute in his crown:)

2010!!

2010-01-04T09:52:00.000-08:00

HaPpY NeW YeAr!!

This year we did NOT go to Wendover! ha ha. We have gone to Wendover for the past 3 yrs for New Years but now that we have our little bundle of joy we didn't feel right about ringing in the new year without him:) We ended up having a fun night though. We went to dinner at Joes Crab Shack with Chad and Carolyn and their kids, It sure hit the spot:) then we just went back the Chad and Carolyns and tried to play games. (key word is we tried). I also tried to put Kade down to bed so that we could play games but he was not having it!! He almost made it all the way to midnight but ended up finally falling asleep at 11:45!! He stayed asleep just long enough for us to have a New Years Kiss:) watch the ball drop and light of some sparklers!

It was a fun night! I can't believe that it is 2010!! I feel so stink old. I am also really bad at keeping my New Years resolutions so I didn't really bother even makin them!! ha ha. I know that is bad of me!

I hope everyone had a GREAT new Years!! Here's to 2010!!

Sweet Potatoes!!

2009-12-30T12:41:00.000-08:00

I know that all my posts are about Kade and when I made this blog I swore I would never become one of 'THOSE!' people. But O-well... what do you do when you have the cutest child on the planet:) ha ha! So here we are documenting Kade's First attempt at eating babyfood! Sweet potatoes was what we were told to start him out on, and I didn't think he was gonna go for it. But as you can see from the pics, he was stoked:) I freakin love this kid and can't get enough of his chubby BUTT!

KaDe's 1st ChRisTmaS

2009-12-29T08:14:00.000-08:00

We had to do the Classic Christmas pic by the tree in our jammies:) Kade has some really cute PJ's but barfed all 8 oz of his bottle all over them so we had to change him! He got sick Christmas Eve and stayed sick for about 3 days:( Poor little guy! I can't believe he got sick for his 1st Christmas. Other than that it was a great Christmas though. We went to the movie Christmas Eve with my mom and dad and watch "A Christmas Carol" in 3D. The 3D part was cool but the movie was a little dark and not what we expected from a Jim Carrey movie. But it was fun non the less. Kade slept through most of the movie so we actually got to watch it which was amazing:) But after the movie is when he got sick.
We went to bed and slept in until about 9:00 on Christmas morning... (I am sure that is the last Christmas we will be able to do that though). After we woke up we opened presents. Colby bought me a camera and bunch of clothes and great things. He is so sweet and always spoils me rotten! Thanks Colby I love you so much:) I got him some new drills that he had been wanting and clothes and cologne and PS3 games and such! Then we headed over to my parents house for my dad's famous biscuits and gravy and waited for our phone call from Derek! It was so great to talk to him and hear his voice! We miss him so much and even though he seemed really happy I still cried and got a little sad that he wasn't there to spend Christmas with us. He told us all about his mission and the good work that he was doing for people for Christmas. He seems like he has already grown up so much, we are so proud of him!
After that we opened up presents with my mom and dad and of course we got spoiled! We got way more than we needed. Then we headed over to Colby's moms for some ham and rolls and opened more presents there... again we got spoiled and found out that we were going to Disneyland Jan 13th!! We are so excited!! After that we went home! The End! I love Christmas! It is so nice to relax and spend time together as family. We are so blessed with such great families and friends to share the holidays with!

I hope that everyone had a GREAT Christmas!

Here is Kade with all his loot! Just look at the face.. he is even cute when he is giving us dirty looks:) He got a ton of new clothes and toys... what else can you get a 6 month old for Christmas?! He surprised us by actually tearing into the wrapping paper and helping open his presents though. It sure made Christmas fun. We love you so much Kade!

And then we have these little guys... they are all gone:( We held on to 4 out the 5 until Christmas for the people that bought them. Such cute little guys but so much work! Not that I would know... Colby took care of them:)

BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

The house was all ready for Santa to come... well at least the living room got in the holiday spirit!

Here are my two boys surfing the web for last minute Christmas gifts!! Aren't they just the cutest:)

FIRST WORDS!!

2009-12-23T13:15:00.000-08:00

Kade Said his first word today and guess what it was............drum roll please.................
DADA!!
What a CROCK! ha ha:)

Kade's 6 month Check up

2009-12-18T12:46:00.000-08:00

Kade went to his 6 month check up on the 18th of Dec. I cannot believe that it has been 6 whole months since we have had Kade as part of our family!! I know that that everyone says that but really I wish that time would slow down... my little baby boy is getting way to big! Here were his stats

Weight: 23.1LB = 98th percentile

Length: 28.75 inches long =96th percentile

Head : 17.5 inches circumference = 61st percentile

At his Dr apt he had to get 5 Shots in his fat thighs:( It was so so sad of course but he only cried for a minute and only after the 3rd shot when it finally hit him! But we decided to give him the H1N1 shot as well even though my sister warned me that I would prob make him sick... the Dr talked me into it because he is babysat and exposed to his cousins so much. But that night Kade got the worst fever ever... he was so stinkin sick and I felt so bad for giving him the shot:( He woke up screaming bloody murder and when I picked him up he was as hot as an oven! We stipped him down to his diaper and patted him with a cold washcloth ( wich he hated even more), he cooled down enough for us to take his temp and it was 103.9! I was dying... We gave him some tylenol and he managed to get comfy enough to sleep. But he kept the fever for about another day! It was terrible... I felt like the worst mom alive but I guess it was a gamle either way. If he would have gotten the flu I would have felt even worse..

He is just the most awesome gift in the whole wide world! I never knew that I would love being a mom as much as I do!

Thanksgiving 09

2009-11-30T09:22:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Thanksgiving at my mom's house this year! It was really laid back.. Derek is on his mission ( but my mom did bring up our golden pig and place it at the table in remembrace of the PRIZED PIG)! and Ashlie and her family went to Judd's parents this year so it was just me, Colby, Kade, my mom and dad and my Grandma Bonnie! My dad invited Jose and Antonio over to eat with us too ( They work for my dad). But they didn't make it for dinner. They came over a little later though and my mom fixed them up a plate. It was kind of awkward cause they don't speak much english and they didn't really seem like they wanted to eat! They kept picking at it and lookin at it. Maybe they felt a little weird celebrating Thanksgiving with us cause they did let us know that Hispanics don't really celebrate Thanksgiving...OOOPS! They were kind enough to humor us though:) They stayed for a little bit and tried to teach my dad some more spanish too! My dad is so funny he thinks that he is making progress because he can say things like MUCHO!! Uh dad everyone knows that word means BIG... Its not that cool! ha ha

After Some visiting and sittin around we watched "Four Christmases" It is a pretty good movie and it was fun to just realax and hang out and realize how blessed we are! I am so Thankful for my parents and my family ( Colbys included) They are so great to help us out in anyway that they can and they love us uncoditionally! I am Thankful for Colby and Kade and the family that we are building together... I can't picture what my life was like without them! I never knew what I was missing in my life! I am Thankful that Derek is on a mission and just having him out there is making all of us want to be better people! Thanks For the Exapmle that you are Derek:) We really have so much t0 be grateful for! Good Health, good friends, Good Food! Here is to Thanksgiving and taking the time to look around at all the good in our lives!

Here is Kade With Derek's PIG! (inside JOKE)!

The only pics that we took on Thanksgiving... we are such LOSERS!!

Oh, and Kade actually took an hr and a half nap so that Colby and I could both eat a HOT Thanksgiving meal! Wahooo... so much to be Thankful for!

Mom's BIG B-DaY

2009-11-18T08:47:00.000-08:00

My mom had her Birthday on The 17th of Nov. We decided that it would be a good idea to do something a little extra special... She gets a little down in the dumps on Birthdays and Holidays because Derek is not here. So my dad called some of Derek's fiends to come down to the bowling alley and have pizza and cake and ice cream. If we can't have Derek we will have to have his friends... we love them anyway. They love REB DANK :) Gentry came and even brought my mom some Chocolates for her Birthday! He really is like our second Brother and he knows the way to my moms heart:) We all met down there after work to go bowling and my mom had no idea that that many people were gonna be there to celebrate with her. Of course she cried cause she was so stoked about it! Ha ha, it was fun and my mom enjoyed every second of being the center of attention! She is crazy... but we love her! Happy Birthday momma!

I will have to post some pics soon!

Kade's 1st Halloween

2009-11-01T08:26:00.000-08:00

So, I know that Halloween was over a month ago... Holy crap where did November go?!! Anyways, for Halloween we had our traditional pumkin bowls and soup:) This year we made cheesey patato and it turned out pretty good, We carved pumpkins and we made the rounds to see the grandparents. Since Kade is to little to go trick or treating they were the only ones that got to see his cute costume this year but we still had a lot of fun! Kade actually didn't mind his costume even the hat. Although I did buy his costume about a month early and by the time it was time for him to actually wear it we couldn't button the bottom of the hat together cause of his double chins!! ha ha:) We love you Kade!

Oh and of course we still had to dress Meatball up a little:)

Fall Pics!

2009-10-27T09:15:00.000-07:00

My sweet CHUNKY monkey:)

Kade is just getting so big and changing every single day! So of course I had to get his pictures taken again! It's a good thing that I know a great photographer that loves him:) (Thanks ASH)!!

My sister was kind enough again to take Kade's pictures for Halloween, we got some good ones of him in his super cute monkey outfit and I decided while we were at it we would take some more casual ones too! Kade is such a HAPPY, SMILEY baby and we love him so much! I love the pictures that we got and I am so glad that Ashlie can document these memories for me! I am not sure what we would do without her:) Just look at that face! I just want to squeeze him! It was a lot harder taking his picture this time, he is so alert and wanting to look at everthing except the camera, not to mention wanting to put everything in his mouth and drooling like a mad man ha ha! Ashlile is so good at what she does if you need a photographer especially for your kids... she is your girl!

The Used!

2009-10-18T07:45:00.000-07:00

We went and saw the Used at Saltair. We decided last minute to go up and just buy tickets at the door. Colby hadn't seen the used since before his mission and had been dying to go forever so my mom watched Kade for us and we drove up to the concert. Once we got to the door to buy tickets we were told that they only accept cash!! What the freak! Normally this would not have been a problem but i had just got a new debit card and did not know my pin number and Colby only uses a credit card!! So after staying on the phone with my bank trying to figure out how I could get cash they basically told me that we were out of luck because I was going to have to reset my pin at a Bank! It was 8:30 or so at this point and of course the banks were closed! To make a long story short we went to gas stations and hotels to try to cash a check! of course we had no luck but I was determined to get to this concert for my hubby so we drove to the nearest Walmart........ about 15 min away and I bought a pack of gum at 3 different registers and got the max cash back each time ( a whopping $20) hahaha! It took us quite a bit longer to get into the concert but It was worth it!! Colby loves the used and I have grown to actually like a lot of there stuff too:) Bert the lead singer guy is fetchin crazy though! He is funny but sometimes he goes a little to far... like spitting on the crowd!! DISGUSTING! But all in all it was pretty fun and nice to spend some time with my Hot Hubby! Love you Colby:)

Meatball had her puppies! wahoo:)

2009-10-14T11:20:00.000-07:00

This is our FAT Pug Meatball before she popped out 7 puppies/hamsters on Friday

Of course she had to have them on my day off:) I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with the whole birth process... call me immature but I had a hard enough time dealing with my own:) she was up all night freaking out in her kennel and Colby stayed up with her. She popped out 3 before he left for work and I didn't think she would even have anymore........WRONG! She had 4 more while he was gone, I kept calling him everytime she would have another one and we were both in complete shock! I mean she was fat but not 7 puppies fat!!! i kind of felt bad for her, she was exhausted and was trying to clean the puppies, give birth to more and feed the others all at the same time! ha, she kept looking at me like she was gonna kill herself:)

The bad news is that one of the puppies ended up dying later that day:( Colby seems to think that I killed it by turning off the heater but whatever.......it was like 107 degrees, and I thought that they were gonna roast to death, but whatever I guess I will take the blame! Then the next day another one was acting really sick and could barely move or latch on to get fed. I tried my best to save her and stayed up and fed her every hour all night and all day. She acted like she was getting stronger but after Sunday dinner we came home and she was stiff as a board in the corner by herself:( I am soooooooo sad, I know it sounds really stupid, but I am so mad at Meatball and the puppies! I think that they knew she was sick and they just wrote her off! The poor little puppy kept trying to get by them and cuddle but they were so mean and would just move! What jerks! What kind of mom does that?! I know I am crazy but what kind of a mom is Meatball?...... at least cuddle her and comfort her so that she doesn't die alone and suffering by herself RIGHT? Meatball is definitely in the DOG HOUSE! Anyways here are the rest of the 5 puppies, they are all getting so big! If you want one let me know. They are awesome, you will love em:)

Kade's 4 months checkup!

2009-10-13T08:22:00.000-07:00

My Poor CHUNKY man had to get shots at his 4 month apt on Oct 2nd. I hate taking him to the DR! last time he got his shots he was soooo cranky afterwards for like 2 days. So I was dreading doing it again:( It wasn't that bad this time, he only cried for a sec and he seemed ok the rest of the day. We did get him tylenol earlier this time so that might have helped too:) The Dr was amazed at how big he had gotten, and so am I! Here are Kades Stats!

he is 27 inches long now which puts him in the 97%tile

he weighs 17 1/2lbs- 91%tile

and his little head is only in the 40%tile ha

I swear his head does not seem small for his huge body, but I am his mom and I think that he is perfect:) Kade is such a blessing and I love every second that I get to spend with my chunky monkey!! no matter what my day has held, when I come home to that smiling face he melts my heart every time! I don't know what we did without him:)

THE FAIR

2009-09-22T08:59:00.000-07:00

We went up to the fair this weekend, it was pretty fun:) We just walked around and looked at stuff... their are some crazy people at the fair. I am not gonna lie, the only reason I really go is to people watch and stuff my face with fatty food!! And that is pretty much all we did! After Colby got his deep fried SNICKERS bar ( I like to call it a heart attack on a stick). We were both like.... "Well, I am ready to go!" We are pathetic! But it was fun with Kade even though he didn't pay much attention to anything, but what can I expect from a 3 month old:) But we did take his picture as a goat! ha ha... He is just too cute for words!

Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley

2009-09-19T11:00:00.000-07:00

We went to Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley on Saturday night, we just had grass tickets so we had to go early to get a good spot. they didn't let anyone in until 6:00 but we were there ready to go:) Our line was let in first so we got pretty good seats we were right up against the fence so nobody could stand in front of us and we could lay down and enjoy the show! Kade did really good he fell asleep with the opening singer Jimmy Wayne and pretty much slept through the whole thing. That is until he woke up because he peed through his clothes:) ha ha, he was not happy, then in the middle of changing him it started to rain:( But by the time that all happened Brad Paisley was about 3/4ths done so it wasn't such a big deal! We left and beat the traffic which is always a plus!

Bath Time!

2009-09-17T10:53:00.000-07:00

I just had to post these pics of Kade's cute BUMM!! It is awsome in all its cottage cheese glory:)

Nickelback Concert

2009-09-10T15:55:00.000-07:00

Our Suite at the Venetian!!

Nickelback

For Labor Day we decided to go to Vegas to see Nickelback. They had just barely come to SLC but of course we missed them:( When we found out they were playing in Vegas we decided to take advantage of 2 of Colby's favorite things GAMBLING and CONCERTS! I knew I couldn't leave my baby all weekend so we took him with us!!......Don't worry I wasn't going to take him to the concert! ha ha. My mom and dad were nice enough to come down and watch him for a few hours while we went to the concert:)!! It was so much fun and although some of the other bands were a little to much for me, we had tons of fun and I know that Colby enjoyed it, which makes me happy:)

All in all it was a great trip, the only thing is that we took a cab back to our hotel cause my parents took our car to take Kade. After frantically looking for change for the cab driver in my purse I managed to leave my entire wallet in the CAB!! That's right.....BLOND Amanda lost her wallet in VEGAS in a cab! Of course I didn't notice that it was gone until we were gassing up to leave town either:( I am such a loser!! To make a long story short I had a mad husband, no wallet and no idea what the name of the cab even was to call!! I thought for sure this was a lost cause. But lo and behold Tues morning I was canceling all of my cards and Colby called me and said that someone had actually found it and called him to return it!!! Holy HELL! am I not the luckiest person in the entire world?! Seriously......prayers are answered and there are still honest people in this world, even in VEGAS! Believe it or not. Isn't that amazing?!

Kade's Blessing

2009-09-10T10:49:00.000-07:00

We finally blessed Kade on Aug. 23rd! We had the blessing at our house with only our immediate family and it turned out PERFECT!! The food was great and the company and Colby gave Kade the most beautiful blessing:) He did such a good job, I am so proud of him and grateful to have him as my husband to be able to be worthy to give our kids blessings! I was a little nervous because Kade had not been feeling good the day before and that day. He seemed to have some sort of belly ache and just couldn't get comfortable. He scrame all morning while we tried to get the house ready and ourselves ready for the blessing; and continued to cry at the first of his blessing. But as soon as he was blessed with Health he calmed right down and was so good!! I know its cheesy but I am grateful for the comfort of prayer and the power of the priesthood and don't know what I would do without it in my life! We love you Kade and our so glad that you are a part of our family!

Houston Here He CoMeS!

2009-09-09T07:55:00.000-07:00

Derek AKA Elder Danklef left on his mission to Houston TX on Sept 2nd!! I can't believe that this day came and went:( I am so sad that Derek is gone. I think that I took it a lot harder than I thought that I would. But I am so proud of him for actually wanting to go. Derek has always been a little bit of a mommas boy and we have loved him for it:) But when he first started to talk about going on a mission I will be honest I questioned if he would last! I feel terrible saying that now! Derek has already grown up so much preparing to go that I could hardly recognize him before he left. He was to ready to go and so excited. When he got set apart he bore his testimony and I was blown away! At that moment I knew that Derek was not only going to stick out his mission but he was going to touch so many hearts! The bishop said it best when he said that Derek just has a humble confidence about him that draws people in! I love Derek so much and am so proud of him! He has always been a good kid and always did the right thing. He never got caught up in the High School stuff and it just seemed easy for him to Choose the Right! I really admire Derek for that and I can't wait to hear from him and see him in 2yrs! Love you Derek

Hating Work:(

2009-08-26T11:00:00.000-07:00

I am going on my third day back at work!!!... I know it is the worst/hardest thing that I have ever had to do! I always knew that when I had my baby that I was going to love him more than anything, but you can't imagine it until it actually comes! From the moment that I held by little boy I dreaded the day that I would have to leave him to come back to work. I really wish that I
could be home having Tummy Time!!

My Friend Jossie!

2009-08-20T09:03:00.000-07:00

My friend Joslyn came into town from Cali. I can't believe that it has been over 2 yrs since I have seen her!! Time has flown by and my life has changed so much in those 2 years. I am married with a baby?!! What?! it was kind of weird for her to see I am sure. When I lived in Cali I had convinced my self that all men were pretty much evil and that I never really thought I would get married or cared to. But only a short while after moving home I met Colby and boy did that change! I love him and love our little boy more than anything:)

Although my life is much different now, I am glad that I have still kept contact with Joslyn and was so glad that she finally got to come out and meet my hubby and baby! After I picked her up at the airport we went to lunch at Zuppas, ran some errands and then we home and watched a movie and relaxed that night. The next day we went to see 'The Time Travlers Wife' But stupid Thanksgiving Point had the wrong time on the internet so we ended up missing it:( I am so mad and I have still not seen it. But that night my mother in-law watched Kade and we went to Wendover and taught Joslyn how to gamble, she was a little hesitant at first but by the end she was loviong it and was doing pretty good playing roulet!

The last day before she left we took her up to Park City to ride the Alpine Slide and eat dinner! We met my sister up there with her boys. It was so fun but so so cold for some reason I couldn't believe it. It really felt cold enough to snow in Aug! ha ha

Anyways I am waiting to get some pics e-mailed from Josyln, but for now here are some from the Alpine Slide. I hope she had fun and I can't wait to visit her in Cali soon.

Lagoon!

2009-08-03T20:26:00.000-07:00

We went to Lagoon on Saturday, my dad had his work party there and the whole family decided to take advantage. It was so fun, I was a little worried about going on a Saturday because I thought the lines were going to be so long and all we would do was roast waiting to ride the rides. But suprisingly it was not really bad at all. We were able to get right on some rides and we had help from my family so they were able to watch Kade while we rode some rides. It worked out good, I have to say that I love the 'Wicked' I haven't been to Lagoon since like 9th grade so I had never been on it! It was so scary but my favorite. Kade was such a good baby, he was so good even though he was sweating half to death:( Poor guy, we kept getting wet napkins and putting them on his head. He was in heaven! But I still felt bad for him so we went to the gift shop and bought him a little monkey fan to try to keep him cool! Everyone was laughing at me, even strangers but I don't care, I just love him so much:)

Colby got to play some of the games at Lagoon too and he won a bunch of prizes! The picture is just some of them he had a bunch more back at the car! He is so funny! Such a kid at heart.. I swear he the games were his favorite part of Lagoon! I got to hand it to him though, he was amazing at the fast pitch! Such a stud!!!

Camping

2009-07-25T21:21:00.000-07:00

For the 24th we decided that we were gonna go camping, my sister was up at Fairview Lakes and we were originally just going to go up for the day and ride 4wheelers and go fishing but once we got up there we had so much fun that we decided to try to stay the night. We stayed up and talked my the fire and made smores, Colby was helping Braxton and Dawson and it was so cute. He is so good at making smores, he is patient. I suck at it and always burn the mallow or start it on fire but O well!

After a while we decided to hit the hay and attempt to sleep. Since we didn't plan on sleeping there we had gone to the dollar store earlier and bought some pillows and blankets to sleep in the back of our car! I know, we are crazy but it wouldn't have been that bad but we were smooshed so close together that I was so afraid that we were going to suffocate Kade in the middle of the night so I didn't sleep really but all in all it was a great little trip!

George Strait

2009-07-18T20:04:00.000-07:00

On the 17th Kade got to go to his first concert! We went to George Strait with Colbys mom and Steve and Andy and Brandy! We had so much! I have always wanted to see him and now I can check it off my bucket list:) Kade was so good too! He didn't even cry at all! The only downfall of the night was that we paid $20 for a burger and a chicken sandwich and they were dry, discusting and cold! What a rip off!

Bad Bad Blogger:(

2009-07-16T20:53:00.000-07:00

So I have not been very good at blogging our life since Kade, but I am gonna try to be better! The 4th of July was ok for us. We didn't really lite fireworks and for the first time since I can remember I didn't have sparklers.. .they are my favorite but fireworks and a newborn really don't mix!! But we did have a BBQ at Colby's moms and then we watched our own fireworks. And that was pretty much it:)

Fathers Day was good too, Colby got to celebrate his first Fathers Day as a dad and I hope he had a good one! He is a great dad and husband and I love to watch him with Kade! Its better than I ever could have imagined! We made the rounds to see all the great dads in our lifes and then we just chilled!

Other than those holidays we have just been being parents and loving it! It is so exhausting at times but I can't imagine life without Kade now! He is so cute and he just makes us want to be better people.... We love him!

Kade's 1st Photo Shoot!

2009-06-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

So of course I had to get Kade's pictures taken already:) I think that he was 5 days old when my sister talked me into going down to get them taken. I was a little nervous about it, but Ashlie did a great job! She was so good and knew just what to do; it was amazing, no matter what position that she put him in he would just fall asleep. Towards the end we were trying to get some of the naked poses and all of a sudden he just pooped all over and then peed straight in the air!! ha ha it was a photo shoot to remember ha ha:) But I may be biased but I think that they turned out soo cute!! I mean could he be any sweeter?!!

Thanks again Ash, your the best Auntie!!

Don't Mess with Texas!!

2009-06-04T19:15:00.000-07:00

Derek finally recieved his mission call has been called to serve in the Texas, Houston South mission. Spanish speaking. He opened his call on Thursday May 28th. We all went over to my parents house and he opened it up around 7:00. My mom went all out and had food from all the other countries and states made for everyone and we had a little buffet and opened his call. He had a bunch of family and friends there to support him. He was so cute when he opened and read it he just cried through the whole thing:) We just love Derek and I know that he is gonna be such a great missionary. He leaves to go into the MTC on Sept. 2nd. I am glad that he is gonna be here a little while longer and that Kade can spend some time with his Uncle Derek before he leaves for 2 years. Congrats Derek! We love ya tons

Kade has arrived!

2009-05-31T17:52:00.000-07:00

Kade Colby Christensen

5/31/2009

7lbs and 10 oz

19 inches long

Sunday night I started getting contractions about 12:00am.... I thought for sure that I was just crying wolf again so I just kept getting up walking around and going back to sleep. That didn't last to long they got closer and closer together and I finally decided that this had to be it!! I woke Colby up around 4am and told him that it was time... he was so tired that it didn't really register what I was saying. "Time for what?" He asked:) I was like, " uh...time to have a baby!" I guess he really didn't believe me either cause he rolled over and asked me if I was sure!!! Ha ha I was completely sure by then! He started to get excited when he found out that I was serious. I started to get everything together as fast as I could.. Of course Colby had to shower : ) and I was freaking out telling him to hurry. After he finally got out he was asking me what he should wear to meet his son?! By this time I was dying with contractions and could have cared less what he wore to the hospital, but it was cute that he thought about it :)

When we finally arrived to the hospital they didn't have a room ready and then they didn't have a monitor in the room, everything was taking so freakin long. After they checked me they said that I was only at a 3 so they were going to monitor me. I was like, " no freakin way?! all I could think about was getting that epidural! and they didn't even know if they were going to admit me yet! I started to get so sick and ended up barfing in someone elses cup of water that was left in the room! ha ha it was so disgusting. After about a half an hr I told Colby to get the nurse so that she could check me and actually admit me into the hospital... I was in so much pain that I just knew that things had to be moving pretty fast. The nurse checked me and sure enough I had dilated to a 5 1/2. After that I was begging for the epidural and she told me that it was going to be another 1/2hr or so before I could have it. She said that the only Dr that could do it was in the room with someone else... Then some lady started screaming bloody murder and the nurse turned to me and said, "That lady is getting her epidural right now." me and Colby looked at each other and I could have died! If anyone knows how scared I am of needles they know that this is the last thing that I needed to hear. But honestly the pain was so bad I could have cared less. To make this long story a little shorter, I finally got the epidural which wasn't that bad at all. After that I thought things were gonna be cake... I got up to an 8 1/2 or so and wasn't feeling a thing. They finally had me start pushing at about 10am and I continued to push until 1:35 in the afternoon when Kade finally decided to come and join our family. He was stuck for quite a while and I almost had to have a C section but it all worked out:)

Honestly everyone says how amazing it is but until you actually experience it you can't understand! giving birth was the hardest thing in the world, but when Kade finally came out it was amazing... you just felt his little sweet spirit come into the room and into the world. it was so emotional and so amazing. I just looked and Colby and we both lost it... All the pain and everything melted away! I would do it over in a second! I am so lucky to have my sweet little boy here. Happy and healthy, and I am so lucky to have Colby by my side! We made a great team and I couldn't have gotten through it without him. He is the best, and having Kade has only made me love him more and more! I am one lucky girl!

1 great Year Down :)

2009-05-18T11:50:00.000-07:00

On May 15th Colby and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary!! Wahooo... I can't believe that we have been married a whole year, time flies when you are having fun. Colby got me some beautiful flowers that smell and look amazing but he didn't stop there, he got me a gorgeous set of blue topaz earrings and a necklace to match! He really out did himself. I got him a nice watch that I had engraved and a shirt that he had wanted to buy last time we went shopping:) I sure hope he liked his gifts as much as I enjoyed mine. i also got the sweetest card... Colby is always so good at getting me cute cards and I love reading the things he writes.. :) I just love him to death!! After we opened our gifts we celebrated by going to the Anniversary Inn! ha ha it was so funny, that place is so weird:) We got the Romantic mountain Hideaway room and It felt more like The Chainsaw massacre!! It felt like a scary movie set and it smelt like moth balls :) We walked in and just started laughing our butts off! It sure made for a memorable experience and the service was really good. They brought breakfast to our room in the morning and we had cheesecake and sparkling cider in our room the night before:) We had forgot our wedding cake to eat that night so we ate it at our house the night after and I have to say... it wasn't that bad. The middle of the cake was pretty good. Colby didn't care for it to much but after all its a tradition to eat it so I made him at least try it!

All and all it was a great weekend celebration and I am so excited to have many many more anniversaries together. Love you so much Colby, my life would be empty without you:)

Maternity pics!

2009-05-14T11:31:00.000-07:00

My sweet sister took my maternity pics this weekend, and my sweet husband was a good enough sport to do them with me:) After about 3 weeks of trying every weekent to take some pics of my big belly we finally did it. My sister did a great job and I am so glad that I will have these pics to remember being prego!

Thanks Ash for taking time from your family on a Saturday to take em for us :) love ya!

Kuddos to Moms

2009-05-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

I have been blessed with the best Mother in the world, well most of the time:) My mom has been through alot raising us kids and has always found a way to make it through all of the crap and find a way to love us. Sometimes I don't know how she did... I give her credit for loving me through my ugly gangly annoying stage when I was in Jr High and for loving my sister through her coke bottle glasses! ha ha!!! No, but seriously we always knew no matter what that mom would have our backs and love us and that we could come to her for anything! Now that I am soon to be a mom I appreciate her so much more, I realize all the sacrafices that I know she had to make just to bring me into this world! Man mothers are amazing! That is all I have to say! thanks mom for being so good to all us kids even when we don't deserve it :)

Also Happy Mothers Day to my mother in law, I love her so much and I am so glad that I get along with her and love her as much as I do! I have been very lucky to marry into the family that I did, and I am grateful For Evelyn for raising the man that I love! she did a good job :) I have a lot to live up to between these 2 ladies... and I hope that I can be as good as mom as they are!

BabY ShoWeR

2009-05-09T11:15:00.000-07:00

My mom, sisters and my good friend Ashlee Palmer threw me a great baby shower at my moms house on Saturday! Everything turned out great and came together as it always does. My mom had just got back from NYC and at like 2am that morning and managed to clean her house and make cupcakes and put everything together for the shower.... not that she didn't have help though. My sister helped out a lot with the food and Ashlee made these really cute cinnamon rolls for everyone to take home that said, "thanks for celebrating Amanda's bun in the oven!" it was so nice of them to go to so much work for me and I had a great time and got spoiled to death! It was so fun to go home and let Colby see all the stuff. He was so cute about it and wanted to look at every single thing and play with it! It is so fun to see him get excited about our baby boy and I know that he is gonna be a great dad! Now I just want the little nugget here already, I am dying to see him :) My mom took a lot of pics (after all she is the paparazzifor our family)! so I will have to put some of them up soon!

Thanks to everyone that came to the shower to support us and spoil us rotten! We really do appreciate all our friends and family... We are so lucky! Love you all:)

My LOVers B-DaY

2009-05-07T07:12:00.000-07:00

So Colby turned 26 on May 7th!! He never likes to make a big deal out of things like Birthdays and never even mentions that he has a Birthday coming up... I don't think any of his friends even know when his Birthday is... He is such a weirdo! But I did remember and tried to make it a special Birthday WEEK for him. We got to go to lunch and then went shopping for clothes and actually found some (which is a shocker) cause he is so picky:) Then we went to dinner at Brick oven! After we came home we just relaxed and I made a carrot cake and sang Happy B-day solo!! ha ha it was not pretty :)

Although Colby doesn't like to make a fuss over Birthdays I was determined to change this and make him love Birthdays... It was funny cause anything he would ask to do I would say, " You decide its your Birthday week." He would look at me like I was crazy, but now he is the one using it to get what he wants, but he has even pushed it to his Birthday MONTH!! ha h, I think I created a monster:)

Anyway... Happy Birthday MONTH Colby Evan Christensen! I love you so much and am so grateful that you came into my life and chose me to be your wife! I look forward to all of the Birthdays that we get to celebrate together :) I hope you had a special day! LOve you more than life itself :) and more and more everyday!

Derek's an Elder

2009-04-27T12:34:00.000-07:00

My little brother got ordained an Elder! I can't believe that Derek is putting in his papers. I never thought that this day would come, but I am so proud of him for being such a good kid and being not only worthy to go but actually wanting to go. I am gonna freak out when he actually gets his call! Derek we love you and are so Proud of you! I can't beleive that you are old enough to go on a mission!

Jazz Game

2009-04-27T12:21:00.001-07:00

Colby has been dying to go to a Jazz game so instead of just talking about it we finally broke down and bought some tickets to Saturdays game. We were really looking forward to going and were excited when they won Thursdays game. But not only did the Jazz suck it up on Saturdays game (they couldn't even get within 20 points the whole last half) But Colby got sick this weekend and still insisted on going. It turned out to be pretty fun we had Jonny and his wife Lindsay come with us but I wish that Colby wouldn't have been sick and the Jazz would have won or at least played better :(

HOpPy EasTeR !

2009-04-13T11:05:00.000-07:00

This Easter was really relaxed... We did color Easter eggs... I made Colby do it, and he was a good sport about it :) Even though it was kind of lame.. I felt like I had to do something to make it feel like a holiday! I got Colby 'YES MAN' the Jim Carey movie. It is pretty funny if you haven't seen it you should go get it. Colby go us tickets to see George Straight, Brad Paisley and some other concerts.. it was a package deal, so we are excited to go to those this summer (if summer ever comes). And although we didn't do Easter baskets for each other that doesn't mean that we missed out on the Easter candy :) I love Easter but most of all I love the Easter candy... Who can resist the Reese's eggs or the Cadbury mini eggs in the purple bag?! NOT me!! They are amazing, but why is it that every year they sell out and you can't find them? I went to Target like the day before Easter and it was a mad house... people were going crazy in the Easter isles it was like as bad as Christmas! I hope that in between gorging ourselves on Easter candy we remembered The real reason that we celebrate Easter! Oh how Thankful I am for the atonement! Seriously I would be a huge mess without the gospel!

Getting Closer...

2009-04-09T09:26:00.000-07:00

So first of all, I finally got the results back from my cyst and I am completely fine... WAHOOO!! the Dr came in and said,"Would you like the good news or... the good news?" I was so excited but he scared me half to death. Usually when the Dr starts something off with, "Would you like the good news" it is followed by something not so good. So I guess my cyst is fine to just sit there for a while. and I will just keep watching it.

We also went to our last 4 week apt last Friday, which now means we start to go every 2 weeks.... that means that I am close to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Don't get me wrong, I love having this little guy kicking away inside me. But I am so sick of being prego. I can't sleep and the Braxton Hicks contractions are kicking my trash! Sometimes I swear I am really going into labor! haha. But our little baby boy is now being compared to 4 oranges (in weight) and he is just gonna get bigger and bigger until he comes... so unfortunately so am I!

on the plus side, I also actually accomplished something that I set out to do this week. I painted the baby dresser :) and I finally feel like the room is somewhat coming together. Colby did a great job painting it a few weeks back. I came home and it was all done. He put big thick brown stripes on the wall which I completely love! He is the best! Getting the room ready and buying little outfits just makes us want him here! We can't wait to see what he looks like! I hope he has Colby's blue eyes, and hair line!! ha ha (no offense dad)!

Update

2009-03-26T14:03:00.001-07:00

So I know it has been forever since I last updated... I am trying not to be such a slacker but I have had quite the few weeks. First off.. I had my B-day. after that I went to the Dr for an x-ray because my hip had really been bothering me I found out that my cyst is back... YEAH!! ha ha, now don't get alarmed the Dr seemed confident that it was nothing and said that 50% of the time they do come back at lease once. Pregnancy sometimes makes those chances go up because of all the extra blood or some crap. I just need to get it checked out. At the same time my nephew Cooper had open heart surgery and thankfully he is doing so good! We love him and are so glad that he is ok! My sister is an amazing mom and was so positive and calm throughout the whole thing... she is my hero!
After that I got so sick I was bed ridden for almost an entire week. I had cold chills, aches. pains, fever, throwing up and everything It was horrible! the worst part about it was that I couldn't eat so I felt like I was slowly killing my child!! (not to be dramatic) It stressed me out so bad! My stupid Dr just kept telling me to take Tylenol! Stupid guy! anyways, I am better now and can function again. And Kudos to my amazing husband who was not only patient with me while I whined for an entire week... even though he was sleep deprived and bored out of his mind. He still managed to work, cook, clean and take care of me! He is the BEST!
So now I can hopefully stay caught up with everything that is going on!

My B-day

2009-03-07T10:53:00.000-08:00

SO it was my Birthday on the 7th and boy was it so weird to turn 25! I can't believe that I am that old! I still feel like I just graduated:) I look back at my Birthday the past year and so much has changed. I was in the middle of planning our wedding last year and was completely consumed with it. I never thought that in one short year I would be fat, happy and prego on my B day!! But I would not have it any other way!

i had a great B-day Colby and I went to the Cheesecake factory and went shopping while we waited. I actually found some maternity pants that were long enough for me and some other clothes that I desperately needed! He is so good to me:)

Then on Sunday we had dinner at my parents and my mom of course spoiled me rotten. It doesn't matter how old I turn she thinks I need a million presents and a party! ha ha... but we love her for it. She got me some more clothes and the crib bedding that I had been wanting to get! I was way excited.

Oh... and I made my own B-day Cake! I know I am no Betty Crocker and it was way easy but I thought it looked cool and I was proud of myself :)

Thanks to all of you who wished me Birthday wishes... love you

Derek's 19th Birthday

2009-02-23T09:06:00.001-08:00

Derek turned 19 on the 21st! i can't believe that he is that old! I also can't believe that I will be 25 in a few weeks!! Where has the time gone?! I don't feel that old!

Anyways we went to Chili's for Derek's birthday and then went to my parents house to open presents and have cake and ice cream. It was pretty fun! It was so weird cause Derek got some stuff for his mission... I think that I am still in denial that he is going to go... don't get me wrong, I know that it is the best thing for him to be doing, but I can't picture not being able to see him for 2 whole years...our family will not be the same without him that's for sure! Here is a pic that we took with Derekfor his b-day... my belly is gettin bigger and bigger by the millisecond!

Happy Birthday Derek A.K.A the prized PIG!

V day in Vegas!

2009-02-18T15:32:00.000-08:00

We decided since we are not going to have very many more spontaneous trips to Vegas after the baby comes that we would celebrate Valentines Day in Vegas with our friends Jonny and Lindsey! It was a good time despite that fact that we didn't come back on top like we normally do... but what are you gonna do about it?! The first night we were down there we just gambled and ate dinner. but for Valentines Day the boys took us shopping, we went to a nice dinner and saw Lance Burton the magician! It was pretty fun except those shows always make me so mad... I want to know how the crap they can make a car fly and people disappear! It drives me crazy thinkin about it!

After the show Colby and I got to have some alone time and we exchanged Valentines... He is the best husband and my best friend, I can honestly say that I could never ever get sick of being with him:) He always gets me the best gifts but best of all I look forward to his sweet cards or letters they always make me cry! ha ha maybe its my hormones but I just love him so much! thanks for making everyday with you special :)

in Honor of Valentines Day!

2009-02-11T15:15:00.000-08:00

The Hubby Tag-
Where we met: we went to high school and Jr High together
-How long we dated before marriage: We dated 4 whole Months
-How long we've been married: on big year in May!
-My favorite feature about him: his Eyes
-My favorite quality about him: positive attitude
-His nickname for me: Amanda Dankles, ha ha
-His favorite color: Blue
-His favorite food: brownies and icecream
-Favorite Sport: Baseball or basketball
-Who said the 'L' word first: Him, of course
-First kiss when and where: in my room :) it was amazing!
-Favorite couple thing to do: go on trips, watch movies and just be together
-How many kids: 1 on the way!
-His hidden talent: He can do anything.. Really, he is quite the handy man
-His age: 25
-His favorite Music: He likes punk music, country and recently he has turned into a rock and roll star!
-What I admire most: He is so calm and always thinks things through and looks at the positive side. He is a genuine person with a heart of gold :) is that cheesy enough?
-His favorite past times: prob just having nothing to worry about ...living rent free at our parents:)
-Will he read this: I don't know?! He hates that I Blog! ha ha but if he does... Love you sweet cheeks!

21 weeks

2009-01-27T08:11:00.000-08:00

SO here I am 21 weeks prego and I sure am feeling it.. literally! It is so cool that I can finally feel our baby boy kicking me and squirming around in there! It feels so weird and amazing at the same time! I was over at my moms the other day and my little brother was walking up the stairs and saw me and just burst out laughing:) I guess my belly is looking more and more prego! ha ha o-well I am FAT! what do you do?!

I found out that our baby boy is as long as a carrot now, which is crazy. What else is crazy is that I keep having strange dreams. I read that when your pregnant that alot of women have vivid dreams about clouds and rainbows and bunnies etc. But I am having dreams of lizards attacking me, snakes squishing me and falling through ice!! What do you think that says about me?! Ha ha being pregnant is a trip!

Ladies Lunch

2009-01-10T10:59:00.000-08:00

So after months and months of us girls trying to get together to go to lunch for the holidays we finally got together... Better late than never (kind of like this post) ha ha but what can you do?!
I am just glad that everyone was able to make it ( well almost everyone) we were missing Megan but hopefully next time! I just want all my girls to know that I loved seeing them and catching up. It was a much needed girls lunch filled with good food and juicy gossip! ha ha... we tried not to but lets be honest thats kind of what ends up happening! We need to get together more often for sure :)

2009!!

2009-01-05T15:01:00.000-08:00

This New Years was pretty fun. Colby got home from working out of town and we were both so tired but knowing that next year we were gonna have a little boy to take care of we decided to not be party poopers and drive to Wendover! We got out there and as you can imagine it was packed! It was really fun though we ran into a few people from High School and gambled of course we lost all of our money and had to go to the ATM! ha ha but having faith in my husband I knew that he would win it back for us!! He did not disappoint!! ha ha, we paid for our trip and walked away winners! Here is a funny story....We were playing Black Jack for a while and this other couple was sitting at the table with us. They were not happy campers and her husband seemed really mean. We had just got a new dealer and I think he was a little nervous. The husband had a 20 and had turned his cards over (so he was staying). the dealer for some reason hit him anyway making him have 29! The guy was like what the 'H' and got all mad about it. the dealer asked his wife if she wanted a card. She said that she did... Then he looked around and was like.. "you want this card?! "He had an accent and you could tell that he wanted her to say Yes so bad! She shook her head like NO WAY and so he had to call over the Pit boss to fix it! I think that he had been messing up all night! I felt bad for him but It was way funny. You prob had to be there to really appreciate the story but me and Colby could not stop laughing! It made our night. well that plus I love how the casinos hand out noise makers and New years hats and then they have balloons and confetti fall from the ceilings at midnight :) its pretty sweet, but then again I am easily entertained!

My New Years Goals this year are to get completely out of debt! No more credit cards. They are evil! Be a better church member for sure. Learn how to cook good meals. get together with my friends more! Surprise Colby with nice things! Be a good mom! Get my house completely decorated. Try to be more crafty (is that a word)?! Oh and win the lottery!

2008-12-29T10:25:00.000-08:00

So we found out that our little bundle of joy is a ....................drum roll please..................... It's a BOY!! ha ha, I know that we are all shocked! I totally thought that we were gonna have a girl. Colby swore that it was a boy but I thought he just wanted to argue with me! He had a dream way back when I was first pregnant and told me that it was a boy, but I didn't believe him. I told him that I would know because I have the motherly instinct. ha ha! But a week before we went to find out, I had a dream that I was holding this cute little baby boy and someone asked me who's he was. I told them that he was my sisters, and then my sister turned to me and was like, " Amanda, he is yours" like HELLO you retard you don't remember giving birth to him and I was like, .. no way I had a girl:) it was a funny dream. So I guess I always knew deep down that our little baby was a boy!

We had been wanting to find out forever and finally went to down to fetal studio in south town mall! I was so nervous and the baby was being stubborn keeping the goods hidden but we finally got a peek and there it was our little girl has boy parts!! ha ha! I am not gonna lie I was kind of bummed but I am so excited now! Our little boy is gonna be such a stud and I can' t wait to meet him! Let me know if you have any cute baby boy names. I am having a tough time.

Santa came to town!

2008-12-25T09:39:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was amazing! I loved waking up and being in my own house and just relaxing and opening Christmas presents with my Hubby! Colby was so cute he woke up early on Christmas and made sure that my stocking was put together before I got up! Then we took turns opening presents. Colby got me an Ipod and an exercise ball and DVD that I had been wanting since I am a huge whale! He also got me some clothes, perfume, Horton Hears a Who, a coloring book and crayons! ha ha and some of my favorite candy for my stocking! Then he surprised me with a little funny poem that he wrote to tell me that we were going to go on a little vacation to California!!! I am so excited to get away especially from the Snow! I got Colby a poker game that he can take with him when he works out of town. The dark knight, some cologne, American Idol for the XBox so he can practice is singing skills:) and a poker table complete with a poker night with the boys with treats and drinks provided wife FREE!!! ha ha that was his favorite part:)

Colby also got us a pretty sweet crib for the baby! I am excited to get it painted and put together the nursery!!

After opening presents we ate some Cinnamon rolls, played a little American Idol and got ready to go see our parents!! My dad cooked prime rib for X mas lunch and we had another feast!! We hung out there for a while and then went to Colby's moms and had ham and rolls and some good stuff there. So pretty much all we did was eat and sit and chat! It was a great Day

Christmas parties!

2008-12-21T09:15:00.000-08:00

So it just so happened that this year both are family Christmas parties fell on the same day Dec 21st. My family had ours at 2:00 and Colby's moms was at 5:30 so it was a pretty crazy day! Colby got back from Wyo the night before and was so sinkin tired we went to my moms party and ate some amazing food and got stuffed to the point of no return and then we hung out for a about 15 min and went to lay down for a sec. The next thing we knew it was 5:30 and we were not only late for Colby's moms party but we had basically slept through my moms entire party! WOW did I feel like a jack 'A'! ha ha. I mean I can fall asleep at any given moment (especially now) but Colby never does that! For the part that I was awake I had fun and my mom had everything decorated so good and festive!

Colby's moms was fun too. We had a ginger bread house contest and although ours was horrible I think that we took the cake for the most creative toppings :) Colby decided that we couldn't be like everyone else and use the candy that came with the house! So he found cheese wiz and raisins and went to town! It was pretty gross and by the end of the night it really stunk like POO! like the Stinky Cheese house! Then we opened presents we drew names and me Chad and Carolyn had me and Colby, they gave us a kone dirt devil! I was so excited cause I had really been wanting one and it sure does come in handy to clean up messes! Thanks guys! SO all in all it was a successful night (minus the napping)!

Merry Freakin Christmas!

2008-12-18T07:57:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that it is almost Christmas! Holy cow where did the year go?! Time really does fly when you're havin fun. It is so much fun this year to decorate our own house and have our own Christmas tree. I can't wait to wake up and open presents with my cute husband on Christmas morning. Last year I remember having to drive to Colbys house early in the morning in a snow storm to give him his presents. I slid off the road and was inches from sliding into a ditch, I had to get out in my slippers and PJ's and dig the snow away from the tires to get out! ha ha it is funny now but I was not a happy camper when I arrived to Colbys. But as always Colby made me laugh and I got over it fast. Then he spoiled me rotten and got me our Pug Meatball!! It was a great X-mas and I know this one is gonna be just as good! I am actually done Christmas shopping as of 2 days ago and I even managed to get Colby some suprises this year! I love Christmas and am so grateful for the gospel and the birth of our Savior! I hope we all remember the true meaning of Christmas this year!

I Hate Mondays!

2008-12-15T14:27:00.000-08:00

So, I truly truly hate Mondays! I wake up most Sundays already starting to dread Monday morning, ( i know I need to adjust my attitude) but this week it was even worse. Colby was going out of town again this week to work in Wyo. AGAIN, and because of the bad weather he was going to leave Sunday afternoon instead of Monday morning to avoid the slick roads. He left at like almost 4 and expected to get up there around 7 work for a few hours and go to bed. Nothing went as planned. He didn't get up there until about 9:30. his truck was chuck full of paint and so after unloading it he was just going to go to bed. He had all stuff in a condo that he had stayed in the last time he was up there so he only had to bring a pad for the air mattress that he had. The only problem was that while he was home for the weekend somebody changed the locks to the condos and failed to mention it or leave a key. It was like -3 degrees in Green River and there Colby was with nowhere to sleep. He waited until about 10:30 for someone to try to find an extra key to let him in. But no such luck! So instead of going to a Hotel My husband does the stupidest thing that I can think of (and I mean that in the nicest way)! he decides to sleep on the mattress pad that he had brought on the floor of an unfinshed condo instead of paying $50 bucks for a hotel! He had no blankets or pillows mind you and it is winter duh! Plus he didn't even eat dinner! I didn't sleep at all last night, I was so mad and sad and scared at the same time! Really who does that?! I love that Colby is such a hard worker, but he really crossed the line this time! Maybe it is my hormones but I am really mad. All night I pictured my poor husband freezing cold on the floor with no blankets while I was in more warm bed! I felt so bad. And that is why I hate Mondays more that usual! Why are men so prideful and Stubborn?!

Baby Lemon

2008-12-08T11:03:00.000-08:00

So our baby is now the size of a lemon (so I am told) but I feel like a whale so I am thinking more along the lines of at least a cantalope :) We have our second Drs apt this Friday and It is getting closer and closer to finding out if we are having a boy or a girl! I am so excited to find out and start decorating the nursery.

I am starting to get over the sickness and that is definitely a good thing. although my cravings have not! I can't get enough of salt and vinegar chips and fruit I could eat it all day long. i still love the blue Slurpee's but really can't stand sweets right now.... weird I know! I just can't believe that this time next year we will have a baby to celebrate Christmas with! I am so excited and scared to death. While Colby was gone this week I made the mistake of watching knocked up. I know, I know it is not such a clean show but it does have its funny parts. Except the whole delivery room part:( Which I found terrifying and not funny at all! After watching it was seriously freaking out about the actually delivery I even started crying and saying out loud, " I can't do it, I can't do it" in a very serious and panicked voice. ( yes I was alone which made it even better)! I had to call my sister the next day and have her lie to me and tell me that it is not that bad. She reassured me that once it actually comes time to deliver the baby you want it out so bad that you don't even care! I hope she is right! All I have to say is POOR COLBY and the DR!

Missing my Hubby

2008-12-03T07:09:00.000-08:00

Warning.. May Be Cheesey!

Colby called me at work yesterday and told me that he had to leave out of town for the week for work :( I was really bummed about it cause he is gonna be gone all week (this is the longest we have been apart since we have been married and it sucks). But when I came home from work he had bought me a little present a people magazine and some Flipz chocolate covered pretzels!! I know to some people this present is really NOT cool. But Colby HATES people magazine and all the celebrity gossip. We have had numerous fights over me buying the magazine and watching the filth on E! ha ha. So I think that it is so sweet:) I love the little things like that that Colby does to let me know that he loves me! And although I hate it when he leaves to work out of town it makes me appreciate those things even more when he is not around. Love you Colby and I will miss you every second that you are gone!

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T15:58:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving we had a fantastic dinner at Colby's moms! It was a ton of fun and the food was amazing especially the Stuffing, I love the stuffing from the Turkey. Unfortunatley I only ate one plate! I wish I could of had more but my stomache wouldn't allow it. After we ate we all just relaxed for a while and then played card games. I wish I would have took some pics but sometimes I am a moron! Here are some things that I was thankful for this year. 1 of course my handsome, hardworking hubby! 2. Family 3. This baby growing in my belly (even if it made me sick on Thanksgiving) 4. The Gospel 5. My friends 6. The fact that I have food and shelter and the little things that we take for granted everyday

Family Picture Time!

2008-11-25T12:16:00.000-08:00

We have been trying to get a family picture taken all fall and we thought that since it was the end of November we were pretty much doomed, but since the weather has still been so nice we finally all got together to take one. We didn't have a family pic with Colby or Cooper so we really needed one. I am glad that we did it but I am so glad that it is over!

My mom decided that she could take them..... and be in them! ha ha, what a joke! Setting everyone up and having them stay put was quite the struggle and I think that Derek was worse than the kids pulling faces and being a total moron! ha ha, But they turned out pretty good I guess. I don't think you can really tell that we were all screaming at eachother in between takes! I just Love my disfunctional famiy:)

Spoiled!

2008-11-20T13:45:00.000-08:00

Well my some huge holiday miracle we were able so sell my audi. For anyone that knows about this car you know the trouble that it has caused me over the years! We put it on KSL just to see what would happen and sure evough we had a guy call like 2 days later. He came to see it, saw all the dents and scratches, even pulled a carfax report (so he knew it had been wrecked 3 times in 4 years) and it he still wanted the darn thing so we were more than happy to let him have it. Plus with a baby on the way we wanted someithing a little bigger and safer.

We got Colby a work truck and went looking for a a vehicle for me to drive. Colby had to trade in his Tacoma (which he loved) and I got spoiled! After looking at a 4runner I came home from work Wed to discover it in my garage :)! I am so thankful for such a wonderful husband who works so hard so that we can have nice things I wish that I was in a position to give him everything that he wants because he sure deserves it! I love you Colby and someday I promise you will have a nice lifted truck! Cross my heart :)

First Photo :)

2008-11-10T07:15:00.000-08:00

So I had my first Dr apt on Friday and we got a glimpse of our little baby! It was the weirdest thing to actually see that I have a baby growing inside my belly! I mean you take a pregnancy test and it says positive.... which is scary enough but it doesn't acually hit you until you see a picture. It makes all the sickness worth it to know that there is really a baby in there. I also found out that I am 91/2 weeks instead of only 8 which doesn't seem like alot but I will take what I can get! Everyone has been tellin me that my baby is gonnna be a little blue smurf because for some reason I have had an addiction to blue slurpees!! I swear that they have healing powers :)

So after all the fun good news of seeing our baby for the first time the Dr tells me to go across the hall to give blood........don don don! I was freakin out and had to give like 5 viles of blood I only cried a little bit this time and Colby was good to distract me and hold my hand. ha ha I am such a baby. But I am gettin a little better, maybe by the time I go into labor I won't even cry gettin the IV. But I wouldn't count on it!!

HALLOWEEN

2008-10-31T09:49:00.000-07:00

So this year for Halloween my sister Karissa decided to join us. I made chicken noodle soup for dinner and pumpkin bread bowls! i know I know I am so festive:) we even had Sunkist to drink (because it is orange) ha ha. After we ate dinner we carved our pumpkins I had the best pumpkin this year it was the perfect size and perfectly round I was so excited to carve it but as soon as I started my ADD kicked in and I had to take a break every 5 min, So it took forever. Colby ended up finidhing mine cause he is way more patient and knows that I suck! Plus he broke the little saw that came with the kit so there was no way thatI was gonna be able to cut out the little pieces that were left. Colby is amazing at everything that he does it makes me so mad causeI try and he doesn't even have to! Karissa ended up cutting her entire picture out by mistake so we had to put it back togethere with toothpicks. It was kind of funny! But they all turned out pretty good. I love lighting them and putting them on the porch! After that we watched "The Strangers" if you haven't seen this movie you should it is the the best scary movie! Colby fell asleep (don't ask me how?). and Karissa and I were screamin on the couch by ourselves cuddling while Colby slept soundly through the whole movie. It was quite the sight! But even though we kind of had a lazy Halloween it was a good one and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Oh I almost forgot that Meatball got to dress up like a ladybug and she actually liked wearing her costume! ha ha I know we are nerds for dressing up our dog but until we have our baby to dress up then why the heck not!!

Scream Asylum

2008-10-29T09:16:00.000-07:00

Even though I am a freakin scardy cat and so is Colby ha ha :) we decided that because it was Halloween we needed to go to a haunted house. We went last year with Cal and Haylee to a really really scary one in Salt Lake and I wanted to die I was clinging to Colby the entire time and at one point they actually made us lay down in these coffins.... I was freaking out and sat there arguing with the guy for like 10 min refusing to let go of Colby (pathetic I know) after that haunted house I swore I would never go again. But here we are a year later and feelin the need to freak ourselves out :) We had heard The Scream Asylum advertised on the radio all the time and were excited to go. I am gonna tell you right now it was not worth it at all, you basically pay $1 a minute because it is so short and not even scary! Cal and Haylee are hardcore with haunted houses so they were disapointed too. But all in all it was fun to go with them for Halloween! We have kind of made it a tradition but they never want to get pictures with us!! how rude, ha ha

MOOSE

2008-10-26T08:54:00.000-07:00

So Colby's dad really lucked out this year hunting and got the once in a lifetime opportunity to get a moose tag. This I learned is a huge deal because you only get one moose tag and some people never draw out for one at all. So Colby was really excited and went with his dad a few times but they never saw one single thing. But Gary was determined to get one and went out one morning by himself and low and belhold his prayers were answered. Colby was a little mad that he couldn't have been there with him when he finally got it but was really excited!! he is going to make it into a full moose rug! haha, I think it is so cool and cant wait to see the rug. It's so funny how guys get so excited about killin things :)