Jelly Beans & A Movie

One night Ben wanted to watch a movie so bad. It was getting late and I didn't want him up. But the little boy was VERY persistent!! He kept asking and asking. So this is how the negotiation went down.

B: Mommy, I want to watch a movie pwease! I be a good boy.

M: Yes, I know you've been a good boy but it's getting late!

B: Mommy PWEASE!

M: If you go Pee in your potty I'll let you watch a movie.

B: (Marched right back to the bathroom. Took off his pants. Took off his diaper. Sat down. PEED!!)

B: Ok Mommy I get a movie now! And a jelly bean! (This is the treat we use to bribe him into going potty at least once a day.)

M: (I'm in complete shock as I hand him a jelly bean.)

M: Ok we'll get you a movie.

Creativity Unlimited

"If you are a mother, you participate with God in His work of creation—not only by providing physical bodies for your children but also by teaching and nurturing them. If you are not a mother now, the creative talents you develop will prepare you for that day, in this life or the next."

You may think you don't have talents, but that is a false assumption, for we all have talents and gifts, every one of us. (see D&C 46:11–12)

The bounds of creativity extend far beyond the limits of a canvas or a sheet of paper and do not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano. Creation means bringing into existence something that did not exist before—colorful gardens, harmonious homes, family memories, flowing laughter.

What you create doesn't have to be perfect. . . . Don't let the voices of critics paralyze you—whether that voice comes from the outside or the inside.

If you still feel incapable of creating, start small. Try to see how many smiles you can create, write a letter of appreciation, learn a new skill, identify a space and beautify it.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Happiness, Your Heritage," Ensign, Nov. 2008, 119

Mr. Fix It

Well lately Ben has had his tools out all the time and is constantly fixing everything around the house. I guess I don't need Dane here to take care of the "Manly" things around the house. I can count on Ben!

Ben is fixing his lunch tray.

And still fixing it without eating his lunch.

Helping Dad put together our "Newer" computer chair.

You work on the back and I'll work on the front.

Handing Daddy pieces of the chair.

Fixin' his potty that was broken earlier this year.

Just being a cute Mr. Fix It!

Which one . . . .

Well we are almost 1/2 way and are excited about having this baby! We want to know what do you think it will be . . . . a boy . . . . . or a girl?
Leave your comments and let us know what you think!

Precious Moments

This morning I stirred for a moment and noticed that Dane was home sleeping contently next to me. I don't get to see him very much these days from long days at school and full-time work into the night. I wasn't quite awake when I softly put my hand on his chest and felt sometime small and warm. The sweetest words filled my ears after I realized that Ben was awake and had crawled into bed and curled up next to his Daddy.
Oh Hi Mommy!
Good Morning!
Did you sleep good?

I love it when he makes his way to our room and snuggles in bed with us for a while until we wake up. I know that someday I'll miss these moments as Ben grows and no longer comes to wake us in the morning. As our family grows and these Precious Moments that Dane and I have with Ben all to ourselves will shortly be gone. As our little family of three becomes 4. I couldn't ask for a better moment today.

It was amusing to me as Ben roughly crawled over Dane's face to get to my side of the bed and cuddle with me. Dane was so tired he didn't even move or notice. Ben finally tapped Danes face and asked him for breakfast! I just laughed because Ben doesn't ask me to help him with anything when Daddy is home. I also find it funny that small tapping fingers will wake Dane, but having a 2 year old crawl over your face doesn't even make him stir! Anyways, when Dane is home, I am invisible. It's kind of nice for me and kind of annoying for Dane. But some days it makes me sad because I want him to miss me as much as he misses his Daddy. Just so that he'll greet me with enthusiasm and ask me all day long to come play with him! Filling Daddy with hugs and kisses and lots of wrestling around on the floor.

Well today was filled with soft and tender moments that I hope to treasure always.

Are you missing your toilet?

Well we have been!

Lately our toilet has been sinking into the flooring and when you go potty you go for a "Bucking Bull" ride! So our maintenance finally came and fixed our bathroom.

They had to remove our toilet,tear up the flooring, rip out the floor, replace the floor, replace the flooring, and put the toilet back in place. All of which took over 8 hours. To all of you who have been pregnant 8 hours is a long time to not have a potty! So Ben and I spent the day running errands, going to various stores, and then coming home so Dane could have the car to get to work. We are grateful to have our bathroom back to working order and to finally be free of the "Bucking Bull"!

I was going to post before and after pictures of the bathroom. But we left as they were coming and then got back when they were busily working in the bathroom. So there are no picture to post. Sorry.

Well to top things off Ben woke up the next morning, grabbed "his tools", and went to work on "his potty". He told me it was broken and needed to be fixed. Well that was yesterday and he's still working on fixing "his potty" today! Who knows how long that one will take!

We're Excited . . . . . .

to announce that we are going to have another baby due on August 10, 2009.
We loved the first one so much we decided to have another one!

More Pictures!

Making a camp fire with Dad.

Our fun backyard!

Our little garden of tomatoes, green beans, carrots, spinach, potatoes, cucumbers, and pumpkins!

Our home.

Summer Fun

So it dawned on me today that my blog has been really sparse and very boring!?
So here are a few pictures from Ben's Birthday this summer. I'm hoping to be adding more soon.

Ben riding his New Bike!


Blowing out the Candles


Birthday Cake #1: Spider.


Birthday Cake #2: Worm.


Yes there was a lot of cake. But we were planning on a lot of people, but only a few came. So we had plenty of leftover cake for days!

Coming Soon. . . . . . .

. . . . well you'll just have to wait and see on Valentine's Day!

SNOW!!!

It's snowing outside!!



Oh me!! Oh my!!



Do you know what that means . . . . . . .








SNOWMAN POOP! EWE!?

I love Play Dough.

Birdies

This is what went down the other day.

I had just laid Ben down for a nap in his room. Filled his sippy cup with water. Settled his "Dut" and "Mee Mee's" by his side.

"Good Night Ben, I love you."
"Luv you too Mommy."

I closed the door and went to clean up the table from lunch.

*CHIRP* (notice it was very loud)

Ben,"MOMMY!! There's a bird in my room! He's gonna get me!"

Mommy,"No Ben that's not a bird it's just the fire alarm telling us it needs new batteries. Go to sleep it will be ok."

Ben, "Ok."

So about 45 minutes later Ben finally went to sleep.

NOTE TO SELF: We are not allowed to even touch the fire alarms in our trailer or we will be fined $75.00. I called the Maintenance personal and told them to come and fix it today or the poor little birdie won't see another day!

We're Good!

Just so that everyone knows. . . . Ben is no longer contagious!

So we are open for visitors! Finally it's been over a week and it will be nice to get out of the house again, and bring Ben with me. He's gotten so antsy from staying at home. I'm sure he'll be happy to get out!

Sickness at Our House

So Ben came home from Star Valley feeling aweful. He has a horrible cough with snot everywhere?! Well the other night he started having fevers. That would come and go. Each time they came they got higher and higher?! So this morning he woke up again with another rash and coughing so hard he was almost throwing up, so I took him into the Dr's office today.

I wasn't shocked to hear the he had a really bad cold. But I was surprised to hear that he had Strep Throat and Scarlet Fever?! So we are very contagious at our house. No one is allowed to come in until his rashes are gone. Then we were told to wash all of his bedding and disinfect our house. So we will let you know when it's all over. Until then it will be some long nights and some rough days!

How is your New Year?

Update

Our biopsy results came in on Christmas Eve. Everything came back as normal. Which is a huge relief! He was still diagnosed with Severe GERD or Acid Reflux. Which is like have major heartburn all the time. He has been switched to a different medication to help heal the erosion to his esophagus, and beginning of his intestine. His sphincter muscles are also a little weak which could be the cause of his GERD. We are heading back to the specialist about the end of January to see if the medication is helping. We are looking forward to having him eating regularly and gaining weight again. He is starting to become more active and eats consistently all day long.

We are all doing well with our colds. Which have been miserable!? We are all up at night coughing, wiping our noses, and trying to calm Ben down as he cries because the cough hurts.

Our Christmas was wonderful and we enjoyed spending a week with our family. It was wonderful and very relaxing.

Our Lives

So we've been busy these last few months.
I've had a few health problems, Ben's still had his, Thanksgiving, traveling, and we are just trying to survive each day.

Dane is grateful that finals are OVER!! He also is glad to spend some time each day with us as he doesn't have classes anymore. Ben won't leave his side and barely let's him use the bathroom without fingers under the door and saying, "You in there Daddy?"
I personally think it's way cute, but Dane get's tired of it after a while.

I am still working on Christmas Cards, YW's stuff for next year, and trying to get Ben to all of his various appointments. I hope to have it all done in time. He is going in for an Endoscopy on Dec 18. They will be scoping his esophagus, stomach, and duodenum, and taking biopsies along the way. They will only be sedating him for a short while and we should be able to leave that afternoon. We will receive more information once the test results come back. Which should be that day, except for the biopsies. We are hoping for answers as to why Ben is not eating and drinking very well. He's also in pain at nights and sometimes nights are long and full of tears. Ben's so used to going to the Dr's that when we get there he asks the nurse, "Which one my room?" The painful episodes haven't gone away, but he is doing better at dealing with them on his own. Which helps me to get a little bit more sleep. He'll eat, with a few bites here and there. Then he'll tell us he's all done and sometimes he'll tell us that his belly hurts. He also sips on fluids here and there. He MAYBE drinks 2-3 oz of fluids in a DAY. He's also been put on Pediasure to help him maintain his weight. So far he enjoys his "Chocolate Milk" everyday.

For the last few months we've been hoping, fasting, and praying that we'll find something to help Ben. That the Dr's will be skilled and knowledgeable to help Ben get better.

So life has been a whirl wind, but we are grateful to have this time together as a family and look forward to Christmas Day. Ben is so excited and way cute! He keeps asking for a little sister. I don't think he's going to be getting that one this year, no matter how good he's been. Let's hope that he'll be ok with a little computer instead!

I plan on updating as much as possible, but it will all depend on how close we are to a computer.

Happy Holidays to all!

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you got here. Please comment so that I know you made it!
Thanks!
~Britt~

My Privacy

Dear Fellow Readers,

I would like to inform you that I am making my blog private.

I have finally come to this decision because I would like to share more intimate details about my little family's life, but I don't want the whole world to know about every detail of our lives. Creepy stockers, child abducter's, you know the kind.

So please send me your email address or leave a comment. I would LOVE to have all of you keep reading. This will remain open until December 8, 2008.

Sincerely.

Me
PS My email address is brittysue2@gmail.com.

Happy Halloween

Here are a few pictures from our Halloween!
I hope that everyone had a wonderful time!

High School

1. Did you marry someone from your high school? Yes. I thought I would marry someone from college, and away from SV.
2. Did you car pool to school?Well I rode the bus for 2 years. Got rides from my Mom my Jr. Year, and drove my Sr year because of "Family Health Issues". Otherwise I got a ride from friends.
3. What kind of car did you have? Aries "Specail" K Car
4. What kind of car do you have now? 97 Pontiac Grand Prix
5. It's Friday night...where are YOU?(then) Practicing for the Half Time Rountine, and trying to watch as much of the game as possible. Then after the game hanging out with friends
6. It's Friday night..where are you? (now)Lonely, I'm so lonely. Ben's sleeping and Dane's well, where ever he's suppose to be.
7. What kind of job did you have in high school? NONE I was too busy with extra curricular activities that I didn't work except during the summer.
8. What do you do now? I'm your average Domestic Engineer.
9. Were you a party animal? Nope, usually was the first one to leave parties, if they got crude.
10. Were you considered a flirt? No, I was kind of quiet when it comes to those things. I thought boys were a waste of my time, so I was just friends with everyone.
11. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? CHOIR, even the top one for 2 years in a row! My first year I was the only Junior girl in there. The rest were Seniors.
12. Did you get suspended/expelled? Yup almost. I was allergic to some of the vaccines and every year they tried to expell my from school until I got my shots. My poor Mom was always having to straighten it out every year.
13. Can you sing the fight song? I think in English Class. We didn't even know it had words until then!
14.Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? Um, Mrs. McKim
15. Where did you sit during lunch? In the middle or on a large table.
16. What was your school's full name? Star Valley High School
17. What was your school mascot? Braves
18. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Dane tells me that I would in a heart beat. I miss being so involved and active in everything. I also miss all the people that I knew and spent time with in High School.
19. What do you remember most about graduation? I sat next to Travis Hokanson and he spilled his guts and told me his life story of High School. Don't ask!
20.Who did you go to prom with Sr yr? Ethan Felix
21. Did you have fun at Prom? It was my favorite dance, date, and dinner!
22. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom (Senior Ball) with? No I wish I could be in touch with them more.
23. Are you planning on going to your 20 year reunion? Yes!! I can't wait. I know I'll be thinking I'm getting really old but it will be so much fun to see everyone!
24. Do you still talk to people from school? A few, but I wish I could talk to more.