someme heroes wear capes, ours wear combat boots!!

Today was an emotional day for my family. My big brother chris boarded a plane to leave for iraq. He won't technically be there for 2 weeks. It was really hard to watch him say bye to his beautiful wife becca and there georgeous 3 week old baby girl Zoe. He has been pretty excited to be going but since Zoe arrived he has not been doing good. We are all just so happy he got to spend 3 weeks with her. Rather her be due any day and not see her. And as hard as it is she's at a good age. When daddy comes home she will be 1 and she won't know the difference. Doesn't make it any easier. we all got to spend a couple hrs with him and all of his fellow troops. It was heartbreaking watching them stand in formation then turn and board while their families looked on. We all took our turns at giving a hug and when it came my turn I gave hima big hug said be safe and I love you and then I lost it. I hate crying in public. It was just so hard. Its still kinda unreal that he's gone for a year. It was also really hard to hear little kids crying and yelling bye daddy. Ill miss you. I love you. I just wish him and his fellow troops a safe trip out and back. And safety while in iraq. They are sacrifising so much so we can have freedom. All of them gave up family time and being with their newborns while we get to chill and be with our families. Those men and women are so strong and brave. I hope this year flies by so we get him home soon!!! Please keep him and the troops in your prayers!! Ill be posting pictures tomorrow when I'm on the computer.

Pictures finally

So I deleted all the pictures and decided to just do a slide show. Much easier.

dinosa u r a dinosaur.....

Finally we have moved!!! We moved frim provo to american fork. I love it. Not only is it bigger and closer to johns school and the same distance from his work but I'm about a block away from one of my besties, trinity. Its awesome. Tristan and I can just walk on over and play w her and her 2 kiddos. Her husband is finally home from serving a year in afghanistan. Thank you ryan for fighting for our freedom. My big brother chris and his wife becca are having a baby and schedualed to e leaves have miss zoe on Friday. Sucky thing is he leaves for iraq on the 26 and is in training till wed of next week. So he can only leave for 4 hrs on Friday to be with becca and zoe. Then he's gone for a year and misses the most important milestones. But once again I thank him for his sacrifice and wish him the best of luck. He's excited to go but at the same time sad he will not be with his girls. John has been making fun of me lately cuz I'm on ksl.com as much as I am on fb. So when he's off work I give him a news uodate of traffic and important things going on. After each "story" he says: and back to you (insert random names) in the news room. He thinks he's funny. I just like being informed on what's going on. And since I can't watch the news on tv I have to read about it. Which I'm fine with that. So I've decided to not share with him anymore. At least ill try not to. Lol. We got another dog a couple weeks ago. He's a weimareiner. His name is moose. We named him that. Its was jake but had to change it cuz his owner looked liek my ex and his name was jake. So it was no bueno. But moose fits him PERFECTLY!!! He is constantly running into things and is...well a moose. He's so clumsy. He will run down the stairs and slip on the tile and flip into the door. Its funny. And he will start runnign and run into walls or slip on tile. He keeps tristan and I entertained. But I am sad to say I am selling him. Hie is great with george and tristan but they aren't so good with him. Tristan has his moments where tristan likes him but other where he's terified when he sees him. And george is our gay dog and gets turned on at the sight of moose. Its gross. We have definatly fallen in love with him and he's a great dog but our home is too small for the two dogs and tristan. It will be sad when he leaves. But he deserves a backyard and a better home. He's causing way too much not needed stress for me. Plus he farts a lot and its horrible. Lol. I knew he would be a challenge and I'm all for it but once again he's too big for our home. My knee has been killing again. I can sometimes barely stand or walk. I need to go back and have it checked out. But I keep putting it off cuz I don't wanna deal with it. Which is bad cuz it makes it worse. Also the other night I was trying to beat up johnny and I was wining but then he accidentally rolled over and hyperextended my elbow causing it to dislocate. It no feel good. He feels really bad but its not like he did it on purpose cuz if he did id have to kill him :D mr tristans new favorite things to do are pick his nose, make funny faces at us like angry old man and a kinda smile/I d k. Lol. Its just freaking hilarious. He's such a cute kid and he knows it all too well. I have officially gotten him off bottles and on sippy cups. It was mostly the help of mr kelton. He kept stealing his sipy and drinking from it. He has also moved to a big boy bed. He likes it. He normally sleeps till anywhere between 930 and 1015. I love it. He still ahs his nights, like tonight, where he just wants to be snuggled and sleeps with us. And I'm ok with it. I love it. He doesntg do it that often. Hopefully I can get somewhere with internet on my laptop so I can put pictures up. It will be a lot. Anyways. Good night. Or should I say morning since its 3 :D I had to watch my alice in wonderland before I went to bed.

Its a boy!!!!

No im not preggo. Lol. I have just had some recent experiences to prove that tristan is in fact a boy. (Besides the boy parts) ha. Last week tristan and I were yet again at trinity's house. Well she went upstairs with her son to get ready so we could leave. Tristan wanted to go too so she waited for him. They went into keltons room to play and she went to brush her teeth. I was just sitting and playing on the computer. All of a sudden I hear this thumping and look up and theres tristan looking like a slinky/rag doll coming down the stairs. I honestly felt like I was in slow motion and couldn't get to him quick enough. It was horrible. by the time I got to him though he had fallen down on set of long stairs rounded the corner and fell down some more. I picked him up and he was not breathing. Then all of a sudden he took the deepest breath he could and started screaming. I'm beyond positive he got the wind knocked outta himself. So I sat and tried my hardest to calm him down. Then he threw up. It was so sad. All of a sudden he got up, got off the couch and went right back to the stairs. He just sat there. By this time trin and kelton were hanging out. Kelton went and walked up a couple steps and sat there. So tristan climbed up up and sat with him. Kelton stood up and walked down and tristan tried too. And.....he fell yet again. He fell down about 5 steps and started screaming again. Tylenol took the edge off for a little bit but not for long. The rest of the day was hell!!!!! literally. I couldn't do anything unless I was holding him and even then I couldnt really do anything. If I turned the wrong way he started screaming and clung tighter. I couldn't eat. I couldn't go to the bathroom. He would almost fall asleep but then start shaking his head and scream. There was absolutely nothing I could do to help him feel better. It was hard. I later took him to the er to get him checked out. They did a c-t scan. They said it was normal but keep an eye on him. The second I unlocked the door to my house he threw up. Everywhere. I looked at him and said "really kid? We were just barely at the er. U couldn't throw up there?" The next morning he threw up and so I called my dr to get more meds. When I was at the er I emailed my dr to tell her about what happened. When I called she hadn't read it yet. So the nurse called back and set up another ct scan and that came back normal. He just had a major headache for a couple days. Im so thankful it wasn't worse then it was. On another note we found a new place to live. Its in lehi. Its a 3 bd and has a nice big backyard. Im excited to move in.

fun times with GREAT people!!

So today is mine and johns 2 yr anniversary. Two years has flown by way too fast. I am more in love with him today then the first day I layed eyes on him. He is the most amazing husband and father. I could not have asked for more. I'm so thankful I had the chance to meet him and fall in love. He showed me how to love again and that not all guys are jerks!! Babe I'm so glad I get to go to bed and wake up next to you. I'm glad I get share every minute that we can possibly squeeze in together! On another note, I got a job working at applebees in af. Right now I am a host but my big bro is leaving to be with his wifey and their baby before he goes to iraq. Also a ton of other servers are quiting so I'll be moving to serving quickly. Yay! It feels good to be working but at the same time sucks cuz less time I spend with stinky face mcgee! We have been looking for a new apartment cuz this one has roaches and mold. They claim they have fixed it but its getting worse and t and I are still feeling symptoms. I can't wait till we can own our own house and not have to worry about all this stupid crap. Yes we will still have problems but we will fix them and fix them thed right way. One of my besties trinity has two little kids. A boy who's almost 2 and a girl who is 10 months. We have been hanging out a lot and they are becoming besties. Tristan tries so hard to play with carly but it just never works right. He's tried to give her kisses and hugs and share things but he somehow always ends up hitting her with something. He and kelton are pretty funny to watch. Those two love playing in the hot tub together and taking baths and running after eachother. Tristan is getting into the whole pushing stage and keeps pushing kelton awat from trin and I so he can have us all to himself. At one point t knocked him down but went up to him and wrapped his arms around his waste and pick him up. Well tristan is tiny and kelton is a big boy(not too big). So it didn't quite work out like he was planning. He evenyually gave up. They were sitting on a bench eating and t insisted that he take up the whole thing. He kept inching closer to kelton and stopped when kelton was at the edge. Then in the tub he kept inching till kelton was under the drain. I have a ton of pics to post and ill do so when I get a sec and am not on my phone. Peace love and chicken grease!!

hey howdy ho

Life has still been crazy for us. We finally got rid of out kitty. She went to a great family and they love her. I'm so happy and a lot of stress was lifted off my shoulders. Tristan is walking a lot faster and loves to play at the park and play with george and throw balls for him. George is his best bud. Tristan is still being a stinker. I fall more in love everyday with him. He likes to stand up in bed in the morning and do a high pitched scream. Its funny and annoying at the same time. He thinks its funny though. John is in his his second quarter in school. He studying math now. (Gag) he comes home and says his brain hurts. I'm just glad its not me :D on Tuesday I have to go to a dr to see when I am gonna be getting surgery to remove a cyst in my left breast. It has been beyond painful!!!!! if something barely touches it I wanna cry! Also we finally got our mold situation taken care of. The only thing left that needs to be taken care of at our place is our roach problem and the people upstairs from us. For the past 2 weeks they have been VERY LOUD!!! They come home at night get their deed done and leave. We never see them during the day. Its akward and gross and I'm sick of it!!!! Till nexttime.

My monkey no feel good

Since last post Tristan has gotten sicker. We took him on monday to see the Gastro Dr on Monday. In a nice nut shell he told us we need to basically clean his out and get his golf balls out then keep him on Mira lax to keep it regulated. Let me just say it was a BLAST for johnny and I to have to do this. And Tristan loved it too. NOT!!!! It was the most horrible experience EVER!! It was so hard to see my baby in pain like that. I wanted to cry. But I had to keep it together and hold him and make him feel ok. At the same time of this he has a high fever and was shaking and sweating from that. Tuesday morning I took him to the ER cuz he had almost a 104 fever and Tylenol and ibuprofen weren't bringing it down. He was sweating buckets and couldn't sleep unless he was in a ball on one of our chests. It was horrible. At the hospital they finally got his fever to break. They also found out that he has a pretty bad ear infection. After we left there he was basically out. When he was awake he just sat there moaning and looked like he was high. It was horrible. The only good thing about a baby being sick is that they are sooooo cuddly and cute. But I hate him being sick. He was fine until this morning when he woke suddenly with a fever and in obvious pain. I just hope he gets better quick. It breaks my heart seeing him like this!!!



My favorite pic! On his bday

First cupcake

And second

Amazing bday cake by Trisha

And his smash cake by me

Trisha workin hard

I smashed his face in his cake :D

I d k what this face is but I am in love!!

His little hip walk

Little stinker climbed up on this unsteady desk