The Zelaya Family

The kids updates......

2009-08-24T20:35:00.003-07:00

Tyler......

had is first day of kindergarten today. We started his day off with dropping off his sister at day care so that we could take him to breakfast. The three of us went to Carrows were Tyler had eggs and bacon with Milk. We than went over to his new school and took him into his Kindergarten classroom. He was introduced to his teacher Mrs Brown and saw where he would be spending his 9-3:10 days.

I on the other had was a mess. Having to leave him off where I knew no one and leaving my baby in the hands of strangers. I was so nervous about him not getting on the bus to the day care. And my worries were right, the day care came to get the kids and Tyler was no where around. He was with another group of kids. They went and found him and he is safe in my arms. I know it will get less worrisome as the days go by.

Kiley ....

on the other hand is getting big. She is now 4 months old and is already rolling all over. No more just putting her on a blanket and walking to the other room. She will roll right off and be on the other end before you know it. She is also holding her bottle already and responding to ever ones voices. I love the fact her hair is long enough for me to put her in pig tails. I can not wait to see what this next month brings to her learning.

I know it has been awhile since I posted things but my time is used up on kids, work, wife and so on. I will post when I can.

I know it's been a while

2009-07-30T19:51:00.001-07:00

So it's been a while since I posted anything. Here is an update on our life.

Tyler- he will be starting kindergarten on Aug 24 and is looking forward in this. He is still so happy about being a big brother. He has been reading books and playing with is little sister. He also wants to help with her... like change her, give her a bath, helps grandma feed her and sings to her. He has been wonderful. Over the summer he has been in swim and has done so much better than last year, soccer will start soon too so busy fall here we come.

Kiley- She is now 3 months old... yes already. She is going well and is about 10 lbs now. She is eating better and sleeping through the night so I am loving it. She is also rolling from her back to her side already (I think it's early, but I go with it) she has been smiling and making noise more each day. She lights up when Tyler is around and recognized her surroundings. It's just simply amazing having a baby around again.

Erik and I- We are trying to budget our time between work, home and the kids. It is very hard to spend time with each other as we both take one kid when we get home. Work for us is doing ok. Erik works for the state so there are all these ferlow days (or as I call them work for free days) so it's cutting into our budget. Other than that we are good.

Here are a few picture that we have taken ....

Family pictures

2009-06-14T21:28:00.000-07:00

We took a ton of family picturs along with Ty's graduation and Ki's baby shots. Here are a few of them.

Preschool Graduation 2009

2009-06-04T21:06:00.001-07:00

Today was the end of Tyler's preschool experience..... he graduated and will start kindergarten on Aug 24, 2009. This is only the first of many graduations for him. He will still need to go though his kindergarten, Jr high and high school in 2019. He sang songs and received his diploma and we could not be more proud parents. He is ready for kindergarten not only educationally, but physically and emotionally and we cant wait to start another chapter in is young life.

The past 5 years as flown by we now look as his sister Kiley and so see him as the baby he once was.

The Walk to my seat...

My graduation class

Look mom & dad I am just about to sing

my graduation songs

I did it aren't you all so proud.

Bring on Kindergarten... I am so ready!

poor Tyler

2009-06-03T22:19:00.000-07:00

So Tyler came down with a horrible cold. Double pick eye and ear infection plus sinus infection. He has graduation tomorrow and he has not been at school all week and will not be there tomorrow. I am taking him just so he can walk and get his pre-school diploma and to take some picture.

I am also having to keep him far away from Kiley as I so don't want her to get it. All this the week before I go back to work. After this week work will feel like a vacation.

One month today!!!

2009-05-25T22:26:00.000-07:00

So our little girl is 1 month today and what a month is has been. I have had to get use to the whole routine of having a baby. Early morning, late night, cry for no reason at all, colic and running late to everything. The new issue at hand is that this time around the breastfeeding has worked out although this little one will not take formula. I have tried 3 different kinds and she just wont do it. I wanted to try and get her to do formula during the day while I am at work and nurse her once I am home (due to the pumping as been getting less and less) I have read up on things I can take to increase the milk supply and it look like at this point this is what I am going to have to do.

Tyler has now become a little jealous of his little sister. He try's to get every bit of my attention all day long. Most of the time it could not be worse timing (when the phone rings, when I am nursing and while I am cooking) the funny thing is when it's just him and I he wants nothing to do with me. He still loves his little sis but I am sure he sometimes wants her not to be a baby.

As for Mom, I go back to work in 2 weeks and I can not believe it's time already. I know I have been out for sometime now but the formula and daycare issue is still on my mind. I will most likely be taking Kiley into the office with me a few days a week so I hope this works out. Most of the mom's out there that go back to work tend to have "ME" time while away form the kids but this will not be the case. I am not saying I do not love my kids to death but sometimes mom's need some time way from them.

I am just waiting to see what month 2 brings us. With family pictures around the corner I just hope the kids corporate on that day. Also Tyler will graduate preschool on June 4th so I need to prep myself for that. My baby boy is growing up and that just kills me... it has gone by so fast. I will post pictures of the event when it happens. Until than.....

Poor little girl

2009-05-21T15:36:00.000-07:00

Ok so we needed to take Kiley to the Dr cause we thought she was constipated due to the large amount of iron I am taking. Her Dr did not think the iron was the issue and wants me to continue to nurse her. She did however say that she is sure Kiley has colic... fun for me. I am still concerned that it is the iron I mean how can I be taking 4 iron pills a day and her now get some effect from it. She tries s so hard to go to the bathroom, but I guess for now I will listen to her Dr.

On a good note she is 7 lbs 2 oz so I guess she is getting what she needs.

Long Beach Aquarium

2009-05-14T07:59:00.000-07:00

We went to the Long Beach Aquarium with the Grandparents.

It was Tyler's first time there and Kiley's first big outing. Tyler loved the sharks the most, but had a really good time looking at all the fish. It took him som e time to come around to touching the ray fish but he did it.

Kiley did what she does best.... SLEPT... she was a sleep the whole time .

We had a very good time there and after since we were so close we went over to see grandma Rhonda at work so she can show off her grand kids. Than it was back home to try to miss all the traffic. What a nice day we had.... thank you Grandpa John and Grandma Judy.

Kiley

2009-04-30T22:59:00.000-07:00

So Kiley is 5 days old and she is such a good baby. Funny how instead of her waking us up in the middle of the night we have to wake her up. She is not a very big eater only about 1-3 oz every 4-5 hours. We try to get her to eat every 3 hours but she is not having it. She has already lost 9 oz and been seen at the hospital 2 days after she was born due to Johnduse. The test came back low so her ped Dr just had us give her 2 bottles of formula along with breast milk. So I have to make a follow up apt in a week to check on her. Mean while she is doing well and like I said sleeping all the time... here are some pictures we have taken in her first few days.

Shhhhh I'm sleeping.......

Look I have my eyes open

but not for long......

See they are closed again.

Our new arrival

2009-04-28T10:57:00.000-07:00

As most of you know by now we had the blessing of our daughters arrival on April 25, 2009 at 10:15 am. Kiley Alexis Zelaya was 6 lbs 9 oz and 18 inches long when she entered this world. She put me though 16 hours of back labor but I only had to push 3 times before she was here.

As many of you know on Friday I was helping my grandma Judy get ready for her yard sale on Saturday. I was going to help her sell stuff Saturday morning but as you can see never made it. We had finished getting everything set up and came into the house at about 2. I was in such pain thinking I did way too much. By dinner I was in more pain and it kept going and going. When we arrived home at about 8 I was already on the phone with the Dr office who wanted me to go into the hospital as they were positive I was in active labor.

Once there it all began... I will spare you all the painful details and just say that I was happy to deliver her at 10 with Erik and Candice by my side.

Kiley is wonderful and we can't be happier.

Exciting news!!!!

2009-04-23T12:46:00.000-07:00

For all of you that have been fallowing the pregnancy. I had my weekly appointment today and I am happy to say that….. I am dilated to a 2. My Dr said if she is not here by next Thursday appointment he will induce. I am going to have my little girl something in the next 7 days. We are so happy.

Will keep you all posted!!!!

17 MORE DAYS AWWWWWWWWWW!

2009-04-19T09:13:00.000-07:00

So I just wanted to say I have 17 more days and it could not come sooner. It's funny how a few months ago the Dr did not even thing I would carry full term. I guess this little girl knows what she wants and is going to do more than anyone. She is already showing she is strong, determine, stubborn and knows what she wants (sounds like me ha ha).

I have been having a ton of BH contractions and the Dr just tells me it's my uterus getting ready. I am over this pregnancy and just want her here. I know that sounds funny but it's been a long road with every things that has happened. I am just glad she is growing and doing as wonderful as they say she is. But every woman is done by this time and I am nothing short of that.

I even made the mistake of telling Tyler that Kiley would come sometime after Easter. So every day I get asked is Kiley coming yet. He is so excited to see her and wants to help so much. I just hope this does not change once she is here cause there is no giving her back. I even talks about protecting her when she is scared, singing to her when she needs to go to bed and feeding her. I can't believe how wonderful he is and accepting he has been with this whole thing.

Well it's getting close now so you all will get to see her soon. I will post if anything changes with my status. Until than I am just waiting to see our new addition.

So another issue.

2009-04-07T19:27:00.000-07:00

This issue is not all that bad, I don't think. I have been eating ice chips like crazy and talked to the Dr about it last week, he sent me to have a blood count down for my iron levels. Today I got a phone call from the office telling me I am Anemic and I need to take extra iron. They want to try and get my iron levels up before I deliver Kiley so that medications (like the epidural) can be given to me while I am in labor.

So extra iron is what I will be doing cause I so want that epidural.... (sorry to all those who have done a drug free delivery). I would like to enjoy my labor and not have this long painful labor that most women have.

That's about it on the update for now I see the Dr again this Thursday so I might have more than.

Ok for all of you who want to see my tummy grow. Here are pictures from the moment I started to show.... I feel like a swallowed a basketball at this point.

19 Weeks............ 24 Weeks........... 28 Weeks .........32 Weeks.........36 Weeks

Tyler's First Baseball Game

2009-04-05T11:33:00.000-07:00

Tyler had his first T-ball game this past Saturday. OMG he was just too cute in his uniform. T-ball games are just too funny.... the kids go on every direction. Of course Tyler hit the ball and ran to 3rd, all of us were yelling "First Ty, First base". Than he was in center field no action there the kids are not strong enough to hit the ball off the tee out there. After that he went to the pitcher mound... I am going to have to show him how to get rid of the ball fast. He grabbed the ball but instead of throwing it to first he held on to hit. He still has a lot to learn but that is that t-ball is all about.

Swing Tyler swing

Way to go Tyler you got to first base.

Tyler is playing the pitcher.

He is just too cute!!!!

Baby shower #3

2009-04-03T20:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry I forgot to post the baby shower stuff with the whole hospital thing.

We had our 3rd baby shower on March 28th, given to us by Auntie Candice and Grandma Judy. Even my BFF Lori helped out. Candice did a wonderful job creating a "tea party shower" there where finger foods and all my favorite deserts (fruit tarts, chocolate covered strawberries, cram puffs and eclairs). She kept it small by doing an all girls one this time around, and it made it easier to talk to everyone.

We played games.... how big is mommy's tummy, what is mommy wearing and a raffle. Everyone seamed to enjoy themselves. We scored on things for Kiley, the gifts were never ending. I think we have what we need to bring this little girl home and be ok for awhile. It was well appreciated and we could not send enough thanks to everyone.

Here are a few pictures taken from my camera during the shower.... I was a bad girl and did not take very many. I will just have to wait to have Grandma develop her pictures to have more.

This basket was filled with cute things for Kiley from

her Auntie Candice.

Games .... hmmmm what was mommy wearing?

Did she have sorts on? What really was

she wearing

Can we get some help with this one?

Not too bad... these are sill not PG clothes

I am so happy I can still fit into most of my

pre-prego stuff and look and feel ok.

3 hour Hospital visit

2009-03-30T23:15:00.000-07:00

Ok for all of you who are keeping up with my pregnancy. I have been having sharp pains that have been getting closer and closer together over the past 24 hours. Once they got to about 10 min apart I called the nurses line and was told I needed to go be seen by labor and delivery. This scared all I could say was,I am 35 weeks tomorrow and still have a crap load of things to do to before she arrives. So off to the hospital I went, with the help of grandma driving me and Erik meeting us there.

While there they hooked me all up and ran some normal test. After about 3 hours I was told I have a UTI and was given a shot in my rump (this hurt like hell). They also ran a test that would check to see if I would deliver preterm in the next 6 days. It's about 85% correct in that if the test came back positive I would deliver preterm.... the test was negative thank God. So I was sent home with just the UTI and was told to keep my Dr apt on Thursday.

No Kiley yet and I am so OK with that. I will keep you all updated.

San Diego Zoo

2009-03-27T19:43:00.000-07:00

Today we took Ty to the San Diego Zoo for the first time. We had too before the FREE tickets we had expired, so off we went. To our surprise we it was a nice 75 and sunny making for a wonderful day.

I got a wheel chair as I did not want to have the baby in San Diego and Erik pushed me around. We started at the reptile area than saw the elephants, bears, monkeys and more. We had such a nice family day.

Ty & Mommy

(Take a look at that tummy)

Ty & Daddy

Just the 3 of us

My goodness he is too cute!

A brothers love

2009-03-20T12:27:00.000-07:00

I love you Kiley...

Kiss kiss.

Are you moving in there?

When are you coming out?

Are you listening to me?

I love you!

Tyler has been so wonderful with the pregnancy. He asks everyday when Kiley is coming. He now has noticed that yes my tummy has grown and grown and grown. Although looking back at my prego pictures with Tyler, I was much larger with him than I am now.

I only have 6 weeks left and am a little Ggggrrr...that I now have to go out for some prego clothes. I just can no longer make my pre-prgo clothes fit. Things are getting tight and uncomfortable. Now that the weather is getting warmer I can no longer hide behind my sweaters. O-well looks like I am not going to get alot as I won't be using them for long.

Fourth Ultrasound.

2009-03-17T15:51:00.001-07:00

I am now at 33 weeks and had my last ultrasound to check on Kiley. She is est at 4 lbs 4 oz and looks really good. Although she is already face down and covering my cervix and will not move. They tried to push her out of the spot yesterday for 20 min to get a picture and measurement of my cervix bit my little brat will not budge. So we will just have to see if she is just going to sit there for awhile longer or come early. I just hope she stays still I am in my 9th month.

On another good note I am now back at my pre prego weight and am down to getting sick like once every other week. I am now starting to enjoy the pregnancy and look forward to the baby shower. I am doing so much better than I have been over the last 7 months and people are saying I am glowing now. Better to glow than to look sick is all I have to say. I have 6 weeks left and things are moving along and I can not wait to see my little blessing.

Thanks to all of you who have taken this horrible ride with me and have sent you prayers and thoughts. I will continue to keep you all posted on any news we get.

Just an update

2009-03-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

So my last appointment went well, I even gained 3 pounds. After my doctor reviewed the ultrasound results I was to give him, he said she looks great. We could not be happier. I have only 8 weeks left till my due date and a ton of things to do. I have been doing well off the IV, I mean I have gotten sick like 3 times in a week but I can live with that. So I don't have to see my doctor for 2 weeks now.

On the other hand, I have been busy filling out paperwork to enroll Tyler into Kindergarten. He has his doctor's appointment for the physical the school requires and my poor little guy had to have 5 shots. I thought he would get 1 but I was surprised when they had to give him 5. He was a trooper just turned red, but did not cry. They even gave him supper hero band aids and 5 suckers. Now we just have to wait to hear if our school district has approved the transfer as I am putting him in another district due to his day care.

First of 2 showers

2009-03-03T17:24:00.000-08:00

We had our first of 2 showers on Sunday (Erik's side of the family). His mom had the shower at her house before she leaves for El Salvador till June. It was a nice day so we were able to have it outside. We got gift cards, cash and a few things that we registered for so it was nice.

The games had us laughing like crazy. First there was the toilet paper guess to see how big I am. Too mu surprise I am only 11 squares around and only have 9 more weeks left.

Than there was the sucking the water from a baby bottle and that had us going.

After that there was the cotton balls in the bowel, man this was harder than they thought.

We had a good time and enjoyed the day. Out next shower is at the end of March than Erik's work is giving him one in April so it will be nice to see what this little girl gets.

Ultrasound

2009-02-25T19:08:00.000-08:00

So we had another ultrasound today to check on our baby girl.

Yes they confirmed it's a girl seen here

(look to the left of the picture)

The also told us she is healthy and that everything look good even with the 2 vessel cord she has. One has made up for the lack of the one she is missing. She is est. at 3 lbs and I have about 10 weeks left. Other than that she is growing right along like a normal baby would.

Here are some additional pictures of her

3D picture of here face

(look to the right of the picture you can see it all)

2D profile picture

2D face picture.

We are so happy to find out that the two of us are in the home stretch and getting healthy. We just have to keep doing what works and we should be just fine. Thanks to you all who have tracked out progress we will let you know how things are going in the weeks to come.

GOOD NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-24T18:22:00.000-08:00

Went to the doctors today and although I last 2 lbs I have been holding food down. I have only been getting sick 1-2 times a week so...................the picc line came out. Yes I am FREE of the cable hanging from my arm. The is a few reasons why he has decided to take the picc out; 1) because it's been in so long already he is afraid of infection and 2) because the line has come out so much there was only about 6 inch left in my arm. So with there not being that much in he was going to have to take it out anyways soon, so we are going to try to see how I do without it. Now I just have to keep my fingers crossed I don't have a relapse in the next week because I so do not want to have the picc put back in. I see the doctor again in a week.

I see the specialist tomorrow for the other ultrasound, so I can't wait for that. I will update the blog again tomorrow once I know more after the appointment.

I am 30 weeks today so I have 10 weeks left until my due date. There is a possibility that she can come early but who knows. I have my first of 2 baby showers this Sunday than the 2nd one at the end of March. I can't wait for all the girl stuff!!!!!

28 weeks Tummy photo

2009-02-15T13:49:00.000-08:00

For all of you tracking the growth of y belly. It's grown for sure, but not as big as I was with Tyler. Check it out for yourself.

My first Valentines day date.

2009-02-14T18:03:00.001-08:00

Tyler had a valentines date today with Emily. They painted home made frames (mom made out of dough) and played in the back yard and house. It is always so nice to get the two of them together for a play day cause they really do play well with one another.

So yes Tyler had his first valentines day date and he is only 5. He tells us he loves Emily and Emily wants to kiss Tyler. So can we say this might just be a childhood love. How cute is that.

Im go excited

2009-02-11T20:47:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited that I gained 2 pounds. The medication the doctor put me back on is working. I only vomited once this week and so he has taken me from 24/7 IV to 8 hours at night . I no longer have to lug that backpack around all day long with the cord around my neck. If this works that after a few weeks I will only need the IV for 4 hours, than after than I can try it on my own. Hoping to gain a little more before this trimester is over, I am in the home stretch and it feels really good.

I also have the genetic specialist ultrasound on the 18th at 3 to check on the baby and her development. My doctor verified she has 2 kidneys, her heart rate is very strong, and the test for downs and spinalbifia (spelling error) came back negative. So we are off to a positive start, they just want to check on a few more things before telling us she is fine and healthy.

She is kicking like crazy, I feel like a punishing bag everyday and that is just fine with me. I have a fighter and that's good.

I will update you all when I see the doctor next week.

So happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-09T11:54:00.000-08:00

So I had another doctor's appointment today and I gained 2 pounds and the doctor is going to only have me on the IV at night. I will still get the save amount but over 8 hours, than after a few weeks if I can continue to gain wait he will lower the amount as well as only put me on it for 4 hours.

I also got the approval for the genetics specialist to check on Kiley so that will be soon too. I will still be seeing the doctor every week fro here on out and that is fine with me.

I am so happy I gained weight, that is not want most women say but I am happy.

I LOVE THE NEW DOCTOR

2009-01-29T18:25:00.000-08:00

Ok so we went to see the new OB today and he spent 45 min with answering concerning questions and going over things. I will need to have another ultrasound done to check on Kiley. At this point form what he can tell from the last ultrasound she has a strong heat rate, no birth defects and 2 kidneys (all worries with the 2 vessel cord thing). As for me, yes my potassium is low will need to eat a banana a day to bring it up. I am not in the low range for anemia or malnourishment so that was a relief. He will be keeping me on the IV 24/7 until I deliver and as but me back n Zofran. He will also be adding more folic acid to the IV for Kiley as I am not getting the recommended amount in pregnancies. I will also need to be seen on a weekly schedule instead of monthly or every 3 weeks.

He was even able to feel how she is laying.... feet at on my left and head at my upper right so that was really nice to know.

I will update you all when we have the next ultrasound. Till than keep the prayers and thoughts coming.

I changed my OB

2009-01-28T11:03:00.000-08:00

After a number of appointments with a doctor who is not personal, does not answer any of my questions or concerns and thinks everything I have been going through is normal. I am FED up so I called my insurance company, the medical board, and the doctor's office to make complaints about him as well as change my doctor.

The straw that back the camels back was Sunday. I went into urgent care for a major rash all over. The doctor there can a blood panel and did other labs. It looks like the rash was just an allergy but what the doctor was concerned about was my blood panel. It came back with low potassium, anemia, and signs of malnutrition. Some I was not surprised about. But the doctor asked me to contact my doctor on Monday to discuss what he wanted to do about my labs. So Monday morning I called spoke to the nurse and was told she would poll the labs and have him call me. It is now Wed and I have not heard back from him, so I give up.

I have an apt with the new doctor on Feb 19th so I am hopping this works out.

25 week Doctor's Apt.

2009-01-22T10:59:00.000-08:00

So I had my 25 week appointment today to go over a few things with the doctor. The ultrasound confirms that I am due on May 6th. It also shows that there is 2 vessel cords instead of 3. See http://www.mommyguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=49&newlang=engfor more information on it. Although my doctor said it is common, I read otherwise. It happens in 1% of single pregnancies... go figure it's me. I should so play the lottery at this point. My doctor said he will notify pediatrics so that can check her out at the time of delivery but that is all he said about it. I am going to try not to worry about it but it's hard not to.

In addition to this I lost 2 more pounds and will remain on the IV 24/7 until my next appointment in a month. Other than that my labs came back fine and blood pressure seams to be in the normal range. So I will let you all know what happens at the next appointment.

Shabby Chic chandelier

2009-01-16T17:05:00.000-08:00

OMG this was a hunt. I went to a ton of antique stores to find a Shabby Chic light for the nursery. They all where over $300 and I still was going to have to put in a lot of time to make it look like I wanted. Go figure the last store I was going to go into had this beautiful chandelier and the only thing I have to do to it is take the purple out. I was just about ready to walk out when I looked up and saw it. it was a find of a lifetime and only $40. I can not wait to complete her room in the Shabby Chic decor. I will make sure to add pictures when it's completed.

Pop pop pop goes her little feet

2009-01-12T09:05:00.000-08:00

I have not updated anyone in awhile so I thought I might. I have not had a doctor's appointment in a month and will not have one till the 22nd. But I have graduated from vomiting 2-3 times a day to only once a day. Since that has happened I have gained 3 lbs. I still think it's all Kiley cause I have really started to show in the last few weeks.

I have also had a little more energy these past few weeks and that has been nice. Although still having to carry the IV back pack with me 24/7 has really become a pain. My left arm where the IV goes in is in a bad rash so that has also been a pain. Other than that I feel good, not wonderful but good.

She has also really started to kick harder. That is around the main meal times (maybe she will be a good eater) It is really nice to really feel these and know she is growing like she should. Tyler thinks it's funny that she kicks me, but he has been very good through all of this. He kisses and hugs my tummy daily. Once in a while he will sing "twinkle twinkle little stars" to her. He asks me everyday when she is going to be born. I really do think he is going to be a wonderful big brother.

Over the weekend I went and registered at Babies R Us and Target. My goodness there are alot of new cool things since I have had Tyler. And the girl clothes, well lets just say I can go crazy with. I also am attempting to make her a blanket, but we will see how that comes out. I have never finished one because the sides always are uneven.

Well the next update will come after my doctors appointment in a few weeks. Till than, love ya all.

Naming our little Girl

2008-12-28T18:47:00.000-08:00

So we think we have it... need some input from you all.

We are planing on naming our daughter

Kiley Alexis Zelaya

What do you all think? As most of you know when we choose Tyler's

name is initials sell out TAZ and therefor Kiley would be KAZ.

Let us know, we are set on Kiley but we were having trouble

with her middle name.... and thoughts on this.

THE BIG ULTRASOUND.

2008-12-24T08:55:00.000-08:00

Ok you all , I know most of you have been waiting for the BIG news of today..... and the verdict is.........

IT"S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We were told 90% girl. We are so happy and Tyler can not put the pictures of her down. It's too cute ....... Name ideas will come soon.

Christmas Morning

2008-12-24T08:51:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning is here and gone. And Santa left Tyler all kinds of gifts along with his foot prints as he walked to the tree from the fire place. (Tyler thought this was funny)

Tyler had been counting down the days since Dec. 1 and could not wait to see what Santa brought him.... well as you know Santa really tries had to bring the "GOOD" kids what they want, so Tyler got his 2 remote helicopters and he wanted to play with them the moment he opened them. Too bad they had to charge for 24 hours. From our house we went to Erik's parents, Tyler again was spoiled with clothes. After a while there off we went to my dad's aka papa Keith's where they got Tyler a Gautier (NOISE MAKERS... i truly believe this is there way of paying their kids back) in addition to the Gautier he also got a set of drums from grandpa & grandma Freeman. OMG where are the ear plugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After almost 12 hours away from our house on Christmas we are pooped and ready for bed. We hope everyone enjoyed they Christmas and hope you all have a safe New Year.

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2008-12-24T08:41:00.001-08:00

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Doctors appointment went like this.....

2008-12-19T13:24:00.000-08:00

The doctor came into the room and checked the heart beat, while I was asking him about the Hospital scare... than he got a phone call from another doctor, and told me that he will do blood work to check the levels and to see if I am having a molar pregnancy and had me leave the room. I think I was the less than 5 min. I was not able to talk with him about the horrible week I have had, I have been vomiting up everything again. My next appointment is not for another month... what the hell is this all about.
I am so not happy with this appointment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a good note I did gain 2 pounds. although they are saying it's all the baby as I am now starting to show. I was just happy to see myself 2 pounds more. (How said everyone wants to loose weight and I am over here wanting to gain it)

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OK so I decided to call the doctor and tell him how I felt. They left a message for him and I got a call back at about 5:15 pm. This is what he had to say about the who pushed off... Sorry you felt that way. In addition to that he is running the labs for check on things because of the hospital and the vomiting. He did say I am one of the wore cases he has seen with HG. I asked him about high risk. He advised we will know more once I have my ultrasound and labs back. About the molar pregnancy (face pregnancy) he said in small amount of cases it could have been that I had twins and one is real and one is fake causing all of the vomiting. This will show in the blood work and ultrasound. If anything comes back on the labs he will call me in but other than that I must remain on the IV 24 hours a day 7 days a week and NOT come off of it at all. HOW FUN.

I will update you all when I know more.

So Cal SNOW

2008-12-17T21:37:00.000-08:00

Yes you heard it Southern California got snow. And I do not just mean in our mountains, Malibu even got it.

I was getting upset as every city around us snow was falling and here we just got RAIN. That is until about 6 o'clock at night, the white stuff started to fall but not sick. But by 8 o'clock it stuck and we continued to get it off an on though the night.

I was so happy to be home for it this year, last year I was always at work in Palm Springs when it happened. So it was nice to sit in the worm house drinking tea looking out the window with Tyler. All I heard from him was I want to play, lets go play. well that did not happen, it was way too cold for me to sit outside while he played in the SNOW.

This it what it looked like in the morning... and Tyler so did not want to go to school. He was having too much fun playing in it and hitting me with snow balls.

4 hours in the hospital for Jennifer

2008-12-15T18:03:00.000-08:00

On Sunday night at about 8:30 I started to have lower abdominal cramping and lower back pain that would come and go. By 9 pm they were about 3 min apart. Erik called the doctors line and explained to them what was going on and was told to take me to Labor and delivery right away. I than started to get really scared, I am 2 days shy of 5 months and that is too early for all of this. As we waited for my mom to come get Tyler the pain was not letting up. Finally at about 9:30 we were off to the hospital. I was hooked up to everything and monitored for 3 hours, as well as given an IV bag. From what they said I was dehydrated from being off my own IV for a few hours. So they wanted to me talk to my doctor about giving me more ML's per hour. Because if I continue to get dehydrated they contractions will keep coming and my body will go into normal labor. They are concerned because I am not far enough along to possibly save the baby if this happens. So today I rested and slept alot and will see my doctor on Friday.

I will update you all than.

Ornament Painting Party

2008-12-14T18:05:00.000-08:00

Tyler had his friend Emily come over for an ornament painting party. They painted and decorated the cut shapes that mom baked early in the morning . Than mom wrote their names on the back along with the year. Than she added the finishing touch the ribbon to hang them form the tree. They had so much fun painting for 2 hours each making 10 ornaments.

After they painted they decided to put on a show... a rock band. While Emily sang Tyler played the fake guitar.

When they got tired of that it was time for dinner. So in the middle of the kitchen they sat together talking and eating their pizza bits. Looks almost like their first date ha. In all they had a very good time playing together.

Just an update

2008-12-08T12:12:00.001-08:00

So there really has been no change in my status. I am loosing about a pound a week, but am now being able to keep down lunch. Although breakfast and dinner seams to still be a challenge. I had an issue with my picc line on Saturday night as it started leaking. It seams to be because when they changed my dressing they did not connect the line fully and it started to work like a vacuum. So I had blood backing up into the line. This concerned me so I called and had them come back out to correct it. In addition my arm has been in pain from my shoulder to my fingers. I was told to put heat on it although if this does not work I will need to have the picc line removed form my left arm and placed into my right. It was not fun the first time so I am hopping I will not have to do it a second time.

On a good note I have been feeling the baby move and kick for about the last 2 weeks. It mostly happens when I am about to take a nap or go to sleep. Go figure! I also cant wait to find out what we are having only 3 more weeks.

For those of you who have been waiting for this I started to show a little. Check out my little tummy at 19 weeks....

Doctors visit....Good & bad news.

2008-11-26T15:32:00.000-08:00

I always like to start with the Good news. So my protein, Iron and electrolytes are in the normal range so I do not have to go on the feeding tube.

The semi bad news is that I did loose another 2 pounds and will need to continue the IV fluid. He also thinks I will be one of the lucky ones that will have this my whole pregnancy. Lucky me!

He did have me go for more blood work to check my levels again as well has had me schedule my ultrasound. So for all of you waiting to know what we are having, you'll have to wait a little longer cause I could not get my appointment scheduled until December 26th.

Until that I will let you know what happens when I have any other news. I am hopping to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner even if it comes up. At this point I feel like I should just eat and throw up whatever comes up. Maybe I will find something that will stay down.

To all of you, we wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Just an update about me....

2008-11-17T09:51:00.000-08:00

Ok so there really has been no change as far as I go. The only thing is that I lost another 5 lbs in a week. I am now down 21 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight. The babies heart is bounding hard and I love hearing it when I go into my weekly appointments. I will see the doctor again on the 24th and we will see if he will be putting me on a TPN (feeding tube) due to all the weight I have lost.

At this point I just want to eat, you know since Thanksgiving is next week and Christmas is just around the corner. My 2 favorite meals of the year and I feel like this.... I just keep saying to myself it will all be worth it in May when I can hold my baby.

I will update you all soon, love you all.

Final Soccer Party

2008-11-12T20:10:00.000-08:00

Today was Tyler last soccer event, his pizza party. We all had a nice dinner at the Big Cheese than the kids were off playing video games for awhile.

That's when the fun began, we gathered them all up around the table to hand out their trophies. When the coach handed them out he said a little something about each of the kids.

Tyler was the one with the most fans (family) at each game.

After the kids got there trophies we gave the coach his personalized book of the season with all the kids pictures and a note form each of them. Along with highlights of the games. He really liked the book.

Before everyone left we got one final group picture of the kids. What a wonderful season!

No Picture but a have to read !!!!

2008-11-12T10:25:00.000-08:00

This was too funny I just had to share it.

Tyler stated the night on Monday with Grandma Judy and Grandpa John. While there him and grandpa played cops and robbers with Tyler plastic police set, that is until the plastic handcuffs broke. That's when grandpa decided to get his real cuffs down (mind you the key is lost). Tyler could get his hands out of them easily so they started playing again.

That's when the fun began. Grandma was busy in the kitchen and Tyler and Grandpa were in the living room. Grandpa left Tyler on the coach while he went into the kitchen to get a drink when they heard a cry from Tyler in the living room. They went over to see what the issue was and to their surprise Tyler had handcuffed his ankles together and could not get out. Since there is no key this is when Grandpa started to get concerned, as he might just have to take Tyler to the Police Department to get them off. But Tyler was not having that, he is afraid of Police men for some reason and started to cry and want his mom. Grandma tried oiling up his feet to see if the cuffs would slip off, but no luck.

That's when grandma remembered that her friends neighbor is an active Police man. So she called her friend to get the neighbor's phone number. So Grandma called and explained the whole store to the man, he told her to come over and he might have a key.

They picked Tyler up, put him in the van and drove over there. To Tyler's lucky day the man had a key and was able to get them off of my poor little baby. The man even gave Grandpa the key just in cause. But Tyler said to Grandpa, "Put those up high, I never want to see them."

I thought this was so funny I had to post it even if Grandma and Grandpa did not take a picture of the situation. I so wanted one to show Tyler when he gets older, but the story is just the same.

Happy Halloween

2008-11-03T20:07:00.001-08:00

After many mind changes on what he wanted to be this Halloween (batman, Superman, ninja turtle, or pirate) we decided since we had the pirate costume already that is what he will be.
We took him over to his Nina's house to go trick or treating with her kids Tyler had a blast along with a FULL bag of candy. Not to mention that his Auntie Candy can by that Sunday with 150+ Pisces of candy. So much for me getting to eat that :(

I think Tyler makes a very cute Pirate even if he has candy on his face.

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Goofy little boy!

Cute as a button

Soccer Picture

2008-10-28T10:36:00.001-07:00

Here is Tyler's very cute soccer picture. He is loving the game and getting better at each game. We only have 2 games left in this season and than he wants to play baseball.

Follow up Appointment

2008-10-28T10:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I saw my doctor for my follow up, and I am happy to say there was no changes to my weight. He thinks this is do to the hydration as I am still not holding anything down. So he will be keeping me on the 24 hour IV and medication for another week. I will now be seeing him weekly until I can get over this.

On another good not the babies heart beat was very strong today and he saw that is a very good sign. I was a little relived about that.

I will be sending out positive thoughts that I have another no change appointment next week or at least start to be able to hold at least one meal down a day. God I so what all kinds of food!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

2008-10-23T14:17:00.000-07:00

I lost another 2 lbs ( total of 14 now) and since I am in my 2nd trimester they are concerned about the weight loss and the baby. I kept thinking NOW THEY ARE CONCERNED!

So they are now putting my on around the clock hydration. So the IV will be hoked up for 24 hours a day for the next 4 days. Along with this I now have to give the Zolfran every 4 hours instead of every 8. I have another appointment on Monday with my OB (he will be back form his vacation) so we will see what he has to say or do about this.

The good thing about today is that I was able to hear the babies heart beat for the first time. Man did I cry, just to hear it and know that he/she is there even if I can not feel anything was wonderful.

I will update you all when I know more.

Fall Back

2008-10-17T09:24:00.000-07:00

I went to my weekly check up yesterday and found that I had lost another pound. So they will be keeping me on the hydration and medication in my IV until the end of the month. I will see the doctor again than and we will see what we are going to do than. They also decided to keep me on because I had 4 really bad days out of 7 and that's not good.

I will let you know when I find things out.

Good News

2008-10-12T08:17:00.000-07:00

So I went to the doctors on Friday and was told I gained 2.2 lbs and my blood pressure is in my normal range. My doctor is going to have me Finnish out the IV (banana bags) I have left (next Friday is my last day) than I will be off of that and will only need to give myself the Zolfran IV for 2 weeks. If I can continue to gain wait and wing off the IV Zolfran they will be able to remove the Picc line in my arm. I am hopping for this...positive thoughts I saw. The doctor did say that if this does not work out I will need to keep the picc line in.

I am hopping to have everything go smoothly and be back to myself soon. Still very tired and feel like I will get sick anything. I have managed to keep about 2 meals a day down, although I have very bad days on Wednesday and Friday.

I will keep you all posted.

Better web site for what I have

2008-10-04T20:40:00.000-07:00

I found this web site after really looking up hyperemesis-gravidarum. It explains alot of what I am going through and things I can try. If you would like to check it out it is
http://hyperemesis.org/hyperemesis-gravidarum/
I found it really interesting and now understand that this only happen in a very few % of woman. I guess I am always the low % that ends up getting things... I am just taking it one day at a time.

The good thing is I am starting to keep at least one meal down a day. Still vomiting up the other parts of the day and felling very sick all day. I am still on IV and they up'ed the amount of that. I am just waiting it out as Erik says " the juice is worth the squeeze"

take care to all

FIRST ULTRASOUND/ERIK'S SURGERY

2008-10-02T18:26:00.001-07:00

So I had my first ultrasound today and it went well. I was able to see the heart beat, although it is still very low as I am only 9 weeks. They said it looks like the baby is doing fine. It's just me that is having trouble... as of this morning I have now lost 11 1/2 lbs and still felling really bad. I manage to get one meal to stay down a day bit everything else comes up. NO FUN, I AM SO OVER THIS. I have also been having a metal taste in my mouth for the past 2 days now and have no clue what it is from. I have to call into my doctors by Monday to get the results to my blood test as they ran a bunch of stuff so I will be checking on this too. I will keep you all updated.

As for Erik, his surgery went well. It tool about 1 1/2 hours to remove the gold ball bump off is left leg. The doctor told me he thinks it was a cyst but was going to send it to the lab. Erik will need to go back to the doctors next week for a check up so we will find out then what it was.

Talk to you all soon.

Update on baby

2008-09-30T18:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I have my first offishal OB appointment with my doctor (he was on vacation for the last 2 weeks) So this is what I found out.... I have now lost a total of 10 lbs and he wants the IV to stay in another month. He too is hopping that I get over this sever morning sickness by the end of the third month (I am so with him on that). If it dose not go away I will be on it until it does :(

He did take more blood samples to check my levels and thyroid to make sure this is not the cause to all of this. So if you could imagine I looked a little funny walking down the halls with an IV in my left arm and tape on my right form the blood sample. He also wants to check on the baby, so I have an ultrasound on Thursday. I can't wait for the ultrasound on Thursday just to know everything is OK with the baby.

Thursday will be a busy day for Erik and I as Erik has had a knee surgery scheduled for the last 3 months. So our morning will be taking Ty to day care, getting to the hospital by 7 am to drop off Erik, getting me to my ultrasound apt by 10 am, that I will be picking Erik up and going to get Ty. So Erik will be off for about 2 weeks recovering from the surgery and I will be home trying to keep food down. Sounds fun?

I will let you all know how Thursday went.

Go figure

2008-09-23T10:07:00.001-07:00

Ok, so you all know we are having our 2nd child. Many of you know I have morning sickness with Tyler, but this one is looking like it going to put me through HELL. I have been off of work since Sept 26 and have had and IV done 3 times.

I am now at how with a pit line in my arm so that they can give me the IV at home. I am to keep this in my arm for the next 3 weeks to see if they can get me feeling better.

As of today I have lost 8 lbs and my blood pressure is 99/58 and I am still very dehydrated. I will see how this pans out.

I have asked the question..... "Why did I want to do this again?" But I am a mom and always wanted to have 2 kids, so what I will go through I guess it's alot.

I will keep you all updated.

HAPPY NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-17T09:54:00.000-07:00

So on September 6th, we found out we are going to have A BABY. That's right a said it, "A BABY IS ON THE WAY" I am about 7 weeks along and am on cloud 9. I have my first doctor's appointment on Sept. 28 so I will find out more than. But what I can see by looking at web sites my est. due date will be May 9, 2009.

I did have a bump in the road as I have had the worse morning sickness or should I say ALL DAY SICKNESS so Erik had to take me in to Urgent care yesterday (Sept 16) so that I could get 2 500 mg bags of sailing as I was very dehydrated. The doctor told me that this condision is called Hyperemesis gravidarum (http://www.babyzone.com/pregnancy/trimesters/first_trimester/article/morning-sickness). So I am hoping the meds they gave me will take care of this.

Other than that we are all very excited and Tyler can not wait to see his brother or sister. Well he says it's both but I would go nuts if I had twins. I will keep you all updated on things as I am updated. Pictures will come later when I start showing.

Tyler's First Soccer Game

2008-09-08T21:02:00.000-07:00

Tyler had his first soccer game and it was so fun. It was cute to see the kids all run after the ball as a group. We are not suppose to keep score but we can not help it we (the Chargers) scored 4 goals and the other team (dolphins) scored only 1. So we are off to a good start, we have another game this Saturday.

Run Tyler Run...

balls in our court...

Good job Tyler

A week at the Beach

2008-09-07T21:35:00.000-07:00

We took a trip to Cayuous with grandpa, grandma, Candice and Harley. Grandpa rented a beach house (right on the water) from Sunday to Friday. A week of relaxing and fun in the sand. Tyler had a blast, running in the water and digging in the sand. It was a well deserved vacation and a very enjoyable one as well. It is so nice to be able to still go on vacation with our grandparents and have them take Tyler to the places they took us so many years in row.

This is a view from the deck out the living room. Nice ha

Group picture...... Angelina, Steve and Akemi came for a day.

Tyler and his great grandparents .... he loved this walk.

Tyler had so much fun with his cousin Akemi.

For about three days we got to see dolphins jump right outside while we sat on the deck. There were time when we saw 5-7 and others when we saw 10-12. In all this was very wonderful to see. They were close enough we could have been swimming with them.

There was so much I could write on forever, just know that we had the best week ever. And it was wonderful to share it with the ones we love.

Lets Dance!

2008-08-27T20:12:00.000-07:00

Tyler like watching a Disney show called Jump In. Its about double dutch and a boy who turns away from boxing (his dad's passion) to do what he likes best, double dutch. The last part of the movie is a whole dance.... and well Tyler mimic every part of it.

He's caught on tape....

A Day of Shopping

2008-08-24T18:00:00.000-07:00

So we took Tyler to get his soccer stuff, that was an ordeal. Tyler had not taken a nap and refused too so off we went. After a run around with Tyler trying to get shoes sized, shinguard sock and shorts I think all of us were at our end. So back home we went.

Well if Tyler thinks shopping is hard....... (will not take the stuff off)

What will happen after soccer games.

He ended up sleeping like this for a few hours than carried his cat (or some may think he is practicing for a baby brother) and went in his room. Too funny this has been the normal since we got the cats home.... poor, poor cats a four year old is in the home.

Train Ride to San Clemente Beach

2008-08-17T20:47:00.000-07:00

Today we took the train down to San Clemente. We hopped aboard the train in Riverside (Tyler's first ride) and took the ride to the Pier. It took a little over an hour, but Tyler had a wonderful time. We sat up stairs on the train so he could get a better look at thing. He was too funny cause at every stop we made he asked, "Are we at the beach."

(read below for our day at the beach and ride back)

San Clemente Beach

2008-08-17T20:11:00.000-07:00

Once we arrived we had lunch on the Pier before playing. We ate at a restaurant while we looked over the ocean. Tyler had a fun time looking at all the birds on the umbrella's just waiting for a free bite. After lunch we headed to find a stop on the sand.... after walking a little we found a stop we though we be fine... well we moved 3 times than we found it. A spot we could see the water, Tyler playing in the sand and with out people in front of us.

First dad and Tyler spent some time playing in the water, than moved to the sand. They started making a hole but it kept filling with water. Than Erik went back in to the water and I went to help Tyler. We (I) dug this big hole but made a barrier so that the waves would not fill it. It ended up being deep enough that Tyler could sit in it. If you ask him he though he was a gofer (Too cute). Than it was more water Time. Grandpa and Grandma enjoyed seeing Tyler have so much fun.

After all the fun we decided to take the early train home so that we did not get home to late. Most of us have to work tomorrow.... so off we went heading for the train station. (read "Train Ride Back below)

Train ride back home

2008-08-17T19:42:00.000-07:00

We left San Clemente at about 3 o'clock to take the train back. After a day playing in the water, sand and sun we all were tired. Some of us got a little nap but others were not all that lucky. Tyler was sleepy but could not find a comfortable spot to sleep. He started to doze off but fought to stay up. It took about a little over an hour to get to the Riverside station, so on the way home we stopped for a bight to eat.

Check out Tyler's journey home...

Doodle Boops

2008-08-14T19:30:00.000-07:00

The Disney Doodle Bops came to Beaumont. The city but on a FREE concert for the kids. I think there was like over a 1000 people there but we still got what we though was a decent place to sit in the grass. This is until the Doodle Bops came on stage and started singing the kids and their parents all stood up making very hard for many to see. Tyler spent about an hour on my shoulders till grandma and I took him to the side of the stage. He was first upset that grandma was trying to slide him into the front of the kids so I stepped in and again put him on my shoulders (talk about a workout). Tyler had a blast singing and dancing (yes dancing on my shoulders) I could not even get decent pictures cause every time I tried to take one Ty would more and the picture came out blurred, but I did get a video of one of their songs- check it out.

Berry Picking

2008-08-09T20:02:00.000-07:00

Today we went with grandpa and grandma to pick berries at Riley's Farm. I was a very nice morning (not to hot) so it made it a pleasant day.

We purchased our basket and drove up to the area where the berries were at. There were 3 areas with raspberries and 1 area with black berries. The black berries were sparse but we did find a few, although we had better luck with the raspberries.

Tyler decided he was going to eat them along the way so it took us a while to fill our basket. He eat 2 than would put one in the basket that is until he got full. Than it was not long before we had a nice amount. We did find that there were areas that had better tasting ones than others, so tasting them helped up fine the sweet ones.

So it will be pear season and we plan on taking him to that since he has already picked cherries and berries in the last month. Apple season is around the corner as well and we plan to take in there as well. He enjoys it and it not as much as what they would be in the stores. So we would rather enjoy a day in the sun and fun as a family than a drive to the store.

Erik's New Toy

2008-07-20T11:51:00.000-07:00

So as many of you know we have a very large front yard. Each week Erik has to push mow the lawn... that is until this weekend. Our neighbors who have a larger back yard are now longer able to mow theirs them self and sold us their riding mower for next to nothing. Of course Erik could not pass it up.

Today was the first day he used it and it only took him an hour to mow and edge that his nothing compared to his 4 hours he used too. I just had to share these funny pictures of my Gardner to you. We even had someone stop to ask Erik where he got his hat.

New additions to our family....

2008-07-19T18:07:00.000-07:00

So we added 2 new additions to our family. Please meet BJ(black, white & gray) and Rusty (orange) they are 2 months old and are both males. Bj is Erik's and Rusty is Tyler's. Poor Rusty has not had much of a break since he came to us as Tyler will not let him go. He loves his new cat. Erik on the other hand enjoys taking naps with BJ.

Axel and Roxy are not too sure about the kittens. We have not brought them in the house to co mingle due to the kittens size, but the dogs look in the house from the slider wondering what they are. The kittens pay no attention to them and just walk on by.

Check how cute are new family member's are.....

Annual 4th of July block party

2008-07-06T09:11:00.000-07:00

We spent the 4th of July at my dad's house for their annual block party. The fun started at about 2 o'clock, the kids started it off with a BIG water fight. First they started with the water balloons than went to the hose. Each one of them where wet from head to toe but enjoyed every moment of it. While they kids were playing the parents enjoyed sitting around talking, listening to music, and enjoying the nice day.

As the day went on my dad had games scheduled with prizes for the kids. The first game was for everyone... tug-a-war. First only a hand full joined in , but it was not log before a large group participated in the war. Than the rest of the games were for the kids...sack races and the 3 legged race. The kids and some adults joined in but the kids always seamed to win. Prices were given and everyone seamed to have a good time.

Once the games were over it was time to pick a spot on the grass or in the street for the fire work show. The fire works started at about 8 o'clock and ended just before midnight. My Tyler was too funny as he fell asleep on the grass looking at the show. Poor baby!

Again, the police came by but it was nothing like last years 10m cars. We only had 2 police cars come and the officers new one of the guest, so off they went and never came back. It was a vary relaxing day fulled with much fun.

Tables and food to the left...

More tables and Jumper to the right...

It's Tug-A-War time...

Grab a sack and race...

Now we just have to wait until next year to enjoy another fun 4th of July block party!

My little fish.

2008-06-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

Today Tyler started swim lessons at the community pool.in Banning. At first when grandma Judy told him she signed him up for swim lessons, he said," he did not want to go" Than grandpa got smart and told him he will be swimming with friends... than it was a go.

His lessons are Monday through Thursday from 5:15 - 6 p.m for 2 weeks. Today he meet his instructor Rachelle and they went over the basics of blowing bubbles, floating, kicking and using their arms. Tyler is a Little apprehensive about putting his head in the water so it was funny to see him try not to with all of these. In all he did well and had a lot of fun. He is looking forward to going tomorrow

A little help here...

Look I think I got it....

Let's blow bubbles...

let's Float.....

Kick those legs.....

We will share more as classes continue and Tyler grows and swims.

SNAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-08T12:56:00.000-07:00

Alright we have lived in this hose for almost 4 years and have only come across one baby snake, that is until today. The last snake that we saw was dead, that because when Erik got out of the car he stepped on it's head smashing the baby snake.

But today was a different store, Erik had gone you the back door into our patio for something. When he walked out our little side gate he looked down to see a brown and white snake. Erik called over to my parents house to speak with Ron too see if he knew what it was. Ron and Ronnie came over and caught it.

While we were all in the front yard looking at what Ron called a KING SNAKE the neighbors 2 boys came home saw it and said it was theirs. The took the snake back to their house and that was the end of that.

Erik and I are not surprised to see snakes where we are due to all the land builders have messed with. This unfortunately will most likely not be the last snake we will see this year. There has been a number of articles in the local paper talking about SNAKE SEASON. We had to sit down with Tyler and give him the SNAKE talk. For now he knows he is not to touch any snake he sees.

Check out our snake scare....
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SNOW FALLS AT THE END OF MAY

2008-05-22T20:07:00.001-07:00

So today May 22, 2008 we started the morning with rain and what they (news) said we would have showers off and on. By the time I was on the way home the 10 freeway was bumper to bumper... come to find out that it was that way because of SNOW. Yes I said SNOW. Just enough to slow to cause traffic and to stick to the grown. The weather here has been crazy from this weekend with triple digit numbers to today in the high 40's. The weather has been changing from hot to cold for the last few weeks.

Check out of snow pictures....

NEW JOB FOR ERIK

2008-05-12T21:15:00.000-07:00

As many of you know Erik has been searching for a new job. He had applied for the San Bernardino Country Sheriffs, The boarder patrol as well as a pharmacy technician for a State mental hospital near the by. All of these potions have taken some time, and all of them have had test and interviews. He has done very well with all of the test, interviews and physicals each has given him.

Well last Tuesday he received a final phone call from Patton State Mental Hospital asking him to start work on May 19th. Erik accepted and will be stepping down to part time with Walgreen's that is till he know if he will be happy at this new job in his life. At this point he has no intentions on leaving Walgreen's, but will fill in when there is a need for him.

This new job brings so much for our family, increase in pay, better heath benefits and a wonderful retirement should Erik stay for a while.

As Far as Erik says, He is really looking forward to this change. For many of you know Erik has been with Walgreen's for almost ten years and has proven himself there.

We are very happy for Erik and wish him all the best.

Tyler's First Dentist Visit.

2008-05-09T22:21:00.000-07:00

Tyler had is first visit to the dentist yesterday. His teeth are beautiful and I am pleased to say he has NO cavities. At that he has nothing wrong with this teeth.

To my surprise he went into the room by himself while I had my teeth checked . The assistant cleaned his teeth with a cherry past and Ty thought it was funny to suck all the water out of his mouth with the sucking machine.

After his teeth were cleaned he was able to pick out a toy from the price box. "sticky teeth" is what he picked out. They are sooooooooooo grouse, but boys will be boy.

Check him out...

We have the ALL CLEAR

2008-04-21T14:41:00.000-07:00

I had my final doctors appointment for the shots and to my surprise my doctor feels that I will not need to have any more of them! He has given me/us the all clear to try to conceive. He has also advised me that since I had under gone a few procedures (surgery, tubal test aka HSC, and the shots) now more than any would be my open opportunity to get pregnant. He also said I can NOT be off the medication or pill for too long. So we will try for a few months, but if I do not get pregnant he will put me on the pill while he and I decide if he should or will take the ovaries as the Endo will start growing the longer I am off medication.

Erik and I have though long and hard about having another child. We have stayed up late at night with many discussions as we are struggling financially. Yet we feel the lord will do what is best for us. We will be giving the conception thing a shot, but we already have been blessed with our amazing son Tyler.

As some of you know Tyler has been asking for a brother for a little over a year now. He even tells us we have to put his brother in the car seat next to him, tuck him into bead, give him a shower and so on. We have talked to the doctor about this but they do not seamed to worried. So we are hopping to give Tyler the friend/brother or sister he has been wanting/playing with.

I will update all of you with news should I get any. Like we said it's in God's hands now.

MS Walk 2008

2008-04-05T12:24:00.000-07:00

Today we did the MS walk for the 2nd year in a row. This year it was at the Quake stadium in Rancho Cucamonga and was a 3.1 mile walk. Erik and Candice ran it while Lori and I walked it, Tyler was the lucky one as he was pushed in the stroller. Our group raised $185 this year so thank you to all who donated to this event and cure.

Tubes are clear

2008-03-26T18:42:00.000-07:00

I had my tube tested for the endo and from what I sa, the die ran through the tubes as it should have. I do need to wait to get the results from my doctor but the doctor who did the test said that it looked good. So as far as I am aware, the Endo is only in my ovaries. This still means I will have another surgery to remove the endo from the ovaries. I will continue my shots (only Aprils left) than we will see what is going to happen. Due to the fact I can not be on this medication longer than 6 months I either will need to hurry up and get pregnant (my idea) or they will need to find another medication to put me on (not my idea).

Mostly everyone over here has no clue why I want to have another child with all the financial issues we are going through, but I am not sure what the doctor is going to do. They have already talked about the "H" word but that is not what I want. So if its having another baby and figuring out what we are going to do... so be it. But I will face that when I know more.

I am just waiting to see what the Doctor says from the test, he will have the results in about 7 days. I will be updating as I get the information. Love you all

The medical problems is not over yet :(

2008-02-25T20:21:00.001-08:00

So I went to another doctors appointment for my 4th treatment for the endo. The Doctor seams to think I am handling the medication well (do to the decrease in pain) put after an exam he will have me take on another 3 shots. In addition to this I will have to have a Hysterosalpingogram test done on my Fallopian tubes (next month) this will tell him if my tubes a blocked by the endo. Should they be blocked there is a very slim chance we will have another child without doing the. But if they are not blacked we will continue with a few more shots than try to conceive (3 month period) if we do not conceive in that time than another surgery it will be. This surgery will be to clean out the endo from my ovaries. So that we can try than to conceive. I have mixed fillings on all of this, I am not ready to give up. I am ready to do what ever test they need to see what our chances are to have another child. But I have also prepared my self to understand that if this is the way my live is intended (to only have Tyler) than I am OK

Here is some into on the Hysterosalpingogram exam http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/guide/hysterosalpingogram-21590

I am thinking of positive thoughts, God only know what he has in store for me. Lots of love to all of you.

Crazy Weather

2008-02-14T22:49:00.000-08:00

We have had some crazy weather this week. It all started on Saturday - Monday with temps int he 80's we were in shorts Ty even ran through the sprinklers. Tuesday the weather was nice but cooler. By Tuesday night it was raining and it rained though the night. Wedensday about 11 o'clock it was snowing. We have not had the snow hit our front yars since last year, unfortuantly Erik was the only one who was home so see it. Here are some of the pictures Erik took when the snow started falling. It did not stick for long, by the time Ty and I got home from work there was no snow. We are to have sunny skys again tomorrow.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s annual Walk

2008-02-08T17:36:00.001-08:00

As some of you now our Aunt Liz lives everyday with MS. She is an inspiration to me. Even though she has to deal with MS everyday she still has an incredible out look on life. So on April 5, 2008 we will be participating in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s annual Walk MS to move closer to a world free of MS. The Society supports more MS research, offers more services for people with MS, provides more professional education programs and furthers more MS advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world.

Please consider joining as a fund-raiser yourself or sponsoring us as we walk. It’s easy to make a difference see the link to the side of the blog or go to www.walkMSsocal.org to register or make a donation today. Donations of every size are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated.

Our team fund-raising goal is $500.00. We are well on our way. Your generosity and enthusiasm will not only help us reach our goal, but will also make a positive difference in the lives of the 13,500 people with MS in my community.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Big Bear stay

2008-02-03T13:34:00.001-08:00

We spent a day in the snow with our friends. Tyler's Nina Lori and her family came up to big bear with us to play in the snow. We had a very nice day, the kids just loved it and did not want to come home. We are planning another trip in March as we so did not have enough time there.

IT"S PARTY TIME

2008-01-26T17:52:00.000-08:00

Today we celebrated Tyler's 4th Birthday. We were a little concern if we were even going to be able to have it. The weather over the last week had been full of rain and the forecast called for ran today. But it ended up being sunny but cold.
It turned out to be a beautiful day filled with fun and laughter. Tyler enjoyed see friends and family and thanks all who came.
See for yourself how much fun they had.....

Read Below First

2007-12-25T21:38:00.000-08:00

These pictures did not all fit in the last entry, so I just added them in so you can see how cute Ty is.

Christmas 2007

2007-12-25T20:05:00.000-08:00

Let us start by saying we hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with family and friends.

Our Christmas is always a crazy 3 days, yes I said 3 days. It started the Sunday before Christmas as we shared a nice dinner with me mom. It was wonderful this year as Tyler understood more what was going on and that Santa was on his way. Though Santa came a little early to "Grandpa & Grandma Freeman's" house. His favorite thing he opened there was is nerf guns and of course when Tyler and Erik came home the war was on.

Than the next home we arrived at was Grandpa John & Grandma Judy's for Christmas Eve. Here the gifts were unbelievable to Tyler. He we spend a nice dinner with Uncle David, Aunt Liz, Tiffanie, Karen, Uncle Harley and Aunt Candice. Tyler favorite things here are as followed... Scooter from grandpa and grandma, a FP3 (aka MP3) player from Uncle Harley and Aunt Candice, and the BIG gift was a Craftsman 6 drawer took box filled with gifts from Uncle David and Aunt Liz and we can't forget the Spiderman Mr. Potato head from Tiffanie.

Christmas morning was spent at home with the 3 of us. We opened gifts from us and Santa with Tyler and he was just too excided. After a nice family filled morning we drove over to Erik's parents where Tyler was given a Ford Mustang GT electric car. At first he really did not want anything to do with it than he came around and it was all over from there. Once we were finished there we headed over to my dad's. There the spoiling continued and Tyler opened a portable DVD player with the Spiderman 3 movie. On the way home Tyler fell asleep tothe movie. (See photo below)

Tyler of course got everything he asked for and MORE. He is yes one spoiled little boy. I can say I don't know any other 3 year old with a flat screen TV, FP3 player, Car, Portable DVD and a tool box that will be filled with tools by the time he is 16. Man the times have changed.

Please send Erik positive thoughts

2007-12-19T10:51:00.000-08:00

Erik had applied for the San Bernardino county Sheriff’s department in August. At the end of August he was called back to take the written test. He was told then that if he passes that he will be called back to do the agility. And he was called at the end of September. He completed the agility and again was told they would get a call back if the passed to go to the next step. Last week Erik was called to complete a preliminary background interview. He went to the interview yesterday, and it went well. He was given the packet to complete to go onto the next step….the fill background check. So we are now at this step in the long process. If the next step goes well he will need to go though about 5 more steps. If all goes well (and we are hopping for that) he will start the academy in April or June.

Erik has wanted to fly (plain or helicopter) since he was little, and has researched the SB Sheriffs and has found that they have a position that will fulfill this dream. His goal is to eventually be placed in the Aviation Division.

So please keep the positive vibes coming this was…. We have a long road ahead of us to get him though this.

It's been a week

2007-12-11T20:58:00.000-08:00

So it's been a week on the medication and so far so good. I have had some issues with being sick to my tummy from time to time but I can deal with that. I have been back to work now for a week and let me tell you, it's nice to work at home but I do like the office. I work with wonderful people that make the day fun and enjoyable even though it is work.

Tyler went and saw Santa and boy this kid knows what he wants.... A lighting McQueen semi truck to pay with his hot wheels. He has been saying for the past few months that he was going to tell Santa this is what he wanted and well that's what he asked for.
He also made is teacher speechless. He was having issues with getting belt back on after the restroom so he was telling the teacher who thought he needed off more. So he yelled at her to get is point across. The teacher then told Ty he was confusing her and she did not know he wanted it back on. Too her surprise he told her, "da I am only 3" go figure that's my son.

Erik is doing well too. Other than work and lately recovering from taking care of me. Like that need a lot of recovering. He has been looking for a second job to as many of you know our house payment went up with this lovely issue going on in California. So all upgrades have been on hold.

We hope that all of you have a wonderful holiday season and enjoy the family and friends that surround you. Love you all!