NHRA in Vegas!

A few weeks ago, Ryan's mom got 4 free tickets to an NHRA event at the Las Vegas Speedway on Jan 30 & gave them to him since he loves fast cars & going to those kinds of things. He was just gonna take 3 of his friends, but then I decided that I wanted to go so that we could have something to do together. For the past 2 weeks he kept asking me if I was sure I wanted to go & that he thought I was gonna complain the whole time we were there because I 'don't like that kind of stuff' Uhhh, okay. haha, I've gone with him to a bunch of other car things in Vegas before & I never complain. I think it's pretty fun (: So since we had two extra tickets, he invited one of his friends & his girlfriend to come with us. Ryan's parent's watched Bransyn for us. We left St. George about 12:30 our time & got there about 1 Vegas time.
Of course, when we first got there Ry & his friend had to check out all of the cars in the parking lot, haha. Then we went & got something to eat, then went & sat down in the bleachers. There were sooo many FAST cars! The fastest cars I have seen in my life! There were a few that did the quarter mile in SIX seconds! It was crazyyy, but soo cool. There were some that were SO loud, it made my ears vibrate, even when I plugged them! It got pretty cold after a while, because the sun went behind the bleachers. But I still had a ton of fun! (And didn't complain once (: except about being cold--but we ALL were! haha) It's always nice to get out & do something every once in a while, even though I always miss my baby like crazy!



Before we left town!

Getting a car wash (:

Finally thereeeee! WHOOOOO!

In the bleachers watching all the cars.

So which one is it?!

So as some of you know, Bransyn has had a cough for quite some time. About 4 months now. It all started back in the middle of October when he got a cold. Well, after that cold was over, he was still coughing. So I waited a bit for it to stop. After about 2 weeks of this & no sign of it stopping, I took him to the Dr & he had an ear infection (he didn't have it that whole time, just happened to develop around the time I took him in) So they said that he'd probably stop coughing after that was gone. Well I take him into his one year/ear infection follow up appointment & he was STILL coughing, so his pediatrician gave me a prescription for a 4-day anti-inflamitory & said that it should stop after that was gone. Well, it DID get a tad bit better, but only for a few days & never completely stopped. So a few weeks later we were off to the dr yet again. When I took him in that time, his cough was sounding a little weird. She asked me if it sounded like croup, but I have never heard a 'croupy cough' before so I didn't know what it sounded like! And of course, he didn't cough once while we were there so she could hear it. But she said that croup was going around pretty crazy, so it could be that & gave the a dose of the antibiotic needed to get rid of it, just in case it was croup. (She gave it to me in a syringe with a cap, to give to him if his cough started sounding like a 'barking seal' and like he couldn't breath at the end of each cough.) I never did end up giving it to him, cause it definitely was not croup. Well his cough seemed to be getting even worse, so I took him in again today. They listened to his lungs & FINALLY, they sounded wheezy. (Not saying that's a good thing, but every other time I took him in, his lungs were clear so that's part of the reason they couldn't figure out what was wrong with him) He said that he COULD have asthma cause that's exactly what it sounds like... BUT, bronchiolitis sounds the exact same as asthma in the lungs. So it could be one of the two. They decided to go with bronchiolitis for now since they won't diagnose asthma until 2 years old. They treat them both the same at this age anyways, so he is on breathing treatments from a nebulizer for now. I am supposed to give them to him every 4-6 hours. I'm doing every 4 hours now, but if he's okay at night, then we just let him sleep. If he does start having coughing attacks in his sleep, then I will give it to him though. If after a week he starts to do better, then I can add more time in between treatments. I gave him his first one tonight, & he seemed to do okay with it. He put the thing in his mouth for maybe a minute or 2, but then wanted it out. haha. But he was okay with me holding it in front of his face, so hopefully he cooperates for the rest of them... we have 60 to do. I'm kind of iffy on the bronchiolitis diagnosis, just because this has been going on for soooo long, I'd think that if it WAS that, then it would be gone by now! I really do not want it to be asthma, I'd just like for them to know for SURE what it is. It's getting really stressful not knowing what is wrong with my baby & I feel sooo bad that he is always coughing & there's not much I can do, other then keep taking him to the Dr, and even they don't know for sure what's wrong! :(


ONE WEEK LATER: (1/29)
It has now been one week since I took Bransyn to the Dr & got him started on breathing treatments. The first couple times he did pretty good with it, but he got sick of them pretty fast! He would scream & fight me when I would do it. It got pretty hard to hold him down & hold that thing in front of his face by myself, so I actually started swaddling him while I did it! That actually helped a LOT! I forgot how much he loves being swaddled, since I haven't done that since he was 5 or 6 months old. But half the time he will actually fall asleep while I do it. (which is funny because the dr told me that it would most likely make him really hyper because it has caffeine in it) There still are a few times that he will kick & scream trying to get away, which makes it pretty hard because this kid is STRONG! And it just breaks my heart that I have to put him through that :( They DO seem to be helping as of now. I really didn't see a difference until today , though. Usually every night he wakes up having one of his 'coughing attacks' around 3 or 4, but last night he didn't! He also hasn't been coughing as much during the day, so I hope & pray that this is going to help him & he can finally stop coughing! We're almost half way done & he will have his follow up appointment on Feb 23, I believe. (that's also his 15 month appointment!) So cross your fingers that he'll be doing better by then! I'll keep everyone updated on that appointment & what I find out!

14 months!

My sweet little man is a 14 month old!

most of the stuff he is doing now, is pretty much the same as the stuff he was doing when I did his 13 month update... just doing it more/better.

*talking even more.

*he says 'baby' clear as day.

*understanding things better.

*climbs on things even more.

*he repeats a lot of things if we tell him to.

*if we tell him to go get something, he will.

*he knows more of his body parts. he now knows: eyes, nose, mouth, ears, head, feet/toes, head, hair, belly/tummy.

*he's got some more dance moves.

*he is still taking 2 naps a day.

*when he is done eating his food, we will ask him if he's all done & put our arms out to the side while saying it. He has now started doing that when he is done eating (:

*he likes to push us out of our 'banana' chair so that he can sit in it.

*he's not big on sweets, such as cookies, cupcakes, brownies, ect. but he does loooove chocolate milk.

*he now calls me 'ba' instead of 'mama, mommy, mom or ma'

*he has been eating horribly lately. he'll eat breakfast fine, but lunch & dinner.... he'll take a few bites then throw the rest on the floor for the dog. but he will snack throughout the day.

*he has also not been sleeping very well lately. sometimes he'll wake up around 2-4 AM for milk, instead of 6-7 like he was doing. then he wakes up for the day between 6:30-7:30.


This kid is soo much fun & loves to make us laugh!
I just love him more then anything in the world :)

Bears are sleeping.

How cute is this?!

Lately Bransyn has LOOOOVED this teddy bear & gets SO excited when I take him into bed & hand it to him before he goes in his crib. He even says 'Bohh' = Bear, haha.

I think it is so precious♥

No More Bottles!!!

Yes, that's right. . .
Bransyn is now completely off of bottles!!!
I've been waiting to say (or type, haha) those words for almost 2 months now!
I am so excited.

He had his very last bottle last Thursday morning.
Friday morning, I decided to try giving him a sippy cup of milk in the morning instead,
and to my surprise... he took it that time & went right back to sleep! (:

(I had tried that about a month ago & he was notttt going for it!)

So he's been bottle free for a little over a week now & never goin back!

Little Baker.

Today me & Bransyn made some cookies for the first time.
They were only the toll house ones, so the dough was pre made, all we had to do was break them apart & stick them in the oven, haha. But it was still lots of fun (:
We got the Valentine kind, so they had red & white and pink & white swirly chips on them.
I took one off to let B eat it, & after that... he just kept pulling them off & eating them one after another, didn't even take the time to chew & swallow before sticking the next one in there. haha.
Then he kept trying to grab the whole glob of cookie dough.
After they were done, I gave him his very first cookie!
At first, he kept taking all the chips off the top again, haha.
Then when i would try to stick the cookie in his mouth so that he could eat it, he'd just shake his head :(
He did finally end up eating it though.

Can't wait til we can make some cookies from scratch together! That will be so much fun (:



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Crazy Cart Boy.

This is what Bransyn does in shopping carts now:

*Notice how the seat buckle is all the way up his back, haha



Makes for some fun shopping trips.

Adventures with The 'dah-too'

So as I've previously stated, Bransyn is absolutely obsessed with vacuums.
That's probably the 'word' he uses the most -- even though he pronounces it as dah-too.
It doesn't matter what the vacuum looks like, he knows exactly what it is & will squirm & squeal until you put him down to play with it.


Here's some pictures to kinda show his vacuum addiction. . . ;)

Maybe I'll get lucky & he'll start to love vacuuming once he's old enough ;) haha


A mom can wish, right?!

Pudding Fingerpaint!

Today I decided to let Bransyn 'finger paint' with chocolate pudding! I'm trying to think of some fun things that he can do (other then play with his toys... he always does that!) And since I'm not ready for him to use his real finger paints yet, I thought this would be really fun for him! At first he kinda didn't know if I was just putting it on the tray for him to eat, or what. So i had to smoosh his hand in the big glob & rub it around a bit. Then he just pulled his hand out, looked at it & started eating it off of his hand! haha. Then once I smeared his hand around in it some more & I put my finger in it, he kind of got the hang of it. He even wrote his name in there!!!


Okay. . . I wrote his name ;)

But I think he really enjoyed doing something a little different! Now I just gotta think of some other fun activities for him to do!



Here are a few pictures. . . enjoy!
(:

School Time.

So as most of you know, I have not finished high school yet. I was such a slacker in high school & didn't think it really mattered, so I would just ditch with my friends. A LOT. Ahhh, if only I knew then what I know now! Well, that is the one & only thing I regret. Not graduating.
So back in March of '08, I went to the 'Adult High School' over by the college here to start getting my GED. Well, 2 days later I found out I was pregnant. Since I was in my first trimester, it was reallly hard to go work on it & by the time I was in my second & feeling better, the school year was over :(
Ever since then, I have been putting it off cause I've been so busy with Bransyn. Well, this past October, I decided that it was time to finally get it DONE! So I went back with Ashlyn & my friend Alyssa to get signed up again. We all took the pre-GED test to kind of see where we were & if we were ready to take the test yet. I thought I was gonna do HORRIBLE. But to my surprise, I did pretty well on 2 subjects, making it to a 12th grade level on one & a college level on the other. Math on the other hand, I did not do so great in :( I only got an 8th grade level! (Gah, I haaaate math!) Well the rules with that is if you score under a 9th grade level on any of the 3 subjects, you have to do 60 hours of classtime. If you get above 9th grade level, you only have to do 13 hours. So that meant I was stuck doing 60 hours!
Well after that first time going, things got realllly busy for me! It was around the time I started watching my cousin Kalei (that was 7 am-7pm & the school closes at 7 pm every night) Then after that ended, I was getting everything ready for Bransyn's birthday & doing a lot of photo shoots. I thought for sure after his birthday I would be able to go in more. Noooope, next came Christmas so I still didn't have time.
After Christmas & New Years, I told myself that I AM going to start going again and more! So this past Thursday, I had Ashlyn watch Bransyn & made it in there with Alyssa! Wahoooo! (: And to my surprise, they told me that I was so close to passing in math, I now only have to do the 13 hours! I was sooo happy about that! But they also had us do some 'activities' on the computer that SUCK. haha, They're probably the most retarded things I have ever done, but hey. . . whatever it takes to finish, right?! So I got a little over an hour down that day (I was actually there for 2 1/2. . . but we had to register for the GED & get some other stuff done, so we only got 1 hour of work time in)

We are also planning on going again this Thursday, if I can get someone to watch the little one! Hopefully I can keep up on going, cause the sooner I finish. . . the better!

This is something that I never thought would be so important to me. I really wish I would of been able to graduate with my class, but I guess all that matters is that I get it done. Better late then never ;)



I have also decided what I want to do 'when I grow up'

My 2 choices were certified nurses assistant & work my way up to working in labor & delivery, or an ultra sound tech.
I have been going back & forth between the two, but finally came to a decision:

Ultra Sound Tech.

This one is gonna be a LOT harder & longer for schooling, but I think it'll be really fun! Tonnns of stuff to know for it, though! haha.

Camden's First Birthday!

So crazy that my only little nephew is already a year old! Seems like just a few months ago I was going back & forth between Amanda's hospital room & the waiting room (takin care of the babes) waiting for this little man to arrive. But then again, it seems like not too long ago I was giving birth to my own child! haha. I can't believe we both have toddlers now! Ahhh.

We had a lot of fun on Mr. Cam cam's birthday! It was definitely a good way to spend your first birthday (:

These pictures go backwards, but this thing uploads them so stupid & I don't have the time to re-organize them! haha. So I'll just go through the day from end to beginning ;)


We went to Chili's for dinner with our family & Bryce's family. After we were done, of course the staff came & sang to Cam & gave him his very own cake... which was HUUUUGE, especially for a 1 year old, haha! Camden thought it was just the right size for him, though. He dug right into it & ate more then any of us there could of eaten by ourselves. He would of kept going, too, but Amanda had to stop him so that he didn't get sick.

Yeahhh, this kid looooves his sweets ;) Not one person took a single bite out of that thing. He at allll of that himself! haha. Oh, and didn't even throw up!
I'm amazed.




During the day, we went over to Jumpin' Jacks to let the kids play. My grandma, Aunt Carrie, Aunt Jamie & her four kids, Aunt Teresa, her husband & their 2 kids also came. I have never been there before, but that place is sooo much fun! I'm 19 & still had a blast, haha. Bransyn kinda didn't know what to do at first, but after he kinda got the hang of it, he loved it (: He also like the biiig dinosaur one. We're definitely gonna have to take him back there to play sometime! Especially since he gets in for free ;)

B & Cam Playin'

Ridin' !

Goin down the little slide alll by himself! Such a big boy!

He was sooo funny in this one! He would jump, then fall on his butt & he thought it was soooo fun! (:

Going down the big slide with uncle Riley.

He kept runnin over to this thing, haha.

The birthday boy & his mommy!



Happy Birthday to my favorite little nephew!!! :)

My kid is a little chicken wing.

I can not believe that babies 9+ months younger then Bransyn, weigh as much, or almost as much as he does. My boy is about 19 pounds right now, at almost 14 months. In the past week, I've heard 3 people say that their child is 16-17 pounds. . . all being within 3-5 months old! I also just found out today that Camden weighs more then B.
I do believe we have a wee little man on our hands.





I swear we feed him!

(:

Double Bubbles!

Bransyn got this bubble maker that goes in the bathtub for Christmas. I kept forgetting to get batteries for it, but finally got some the other day & it's pretty dang cool :)
It just suctions to the side of the tub (although the suction on this one suuucks, so I just put it on the little ledge thingy). Well I thought it would be fun to make him a bubble bath AND turn on the bubble maker for double bubbles! Then Ryan thought it would be a cool idea to put bubble bath into the bubble maker (it came with regular bubbles, like the ones you blow with the wand) so that there would be tonnnns of bubbles coming out from it! And boy, was he right! After he got that bubble bath in there, that thing was overflowing with bubbles! I can't find the picture that shows that, but the first one below kinda shows how much it was puttin out! (: B thought it was pretty fun (:

Oh, and if you have or get one of these. . . don't put TOO much bubble bath in there. . . I think Ryan broke it cause he just kept pouuuuuuring them in. & ya know, a littttle bit of bubble bath goes a lonnnnng way! haha. so I think the motor got a little worn out :(

My New Years Resolutions

For the past few months, I've been thinking of things I can do to better my life. I decided that for once in my life, I would have new years resolutions. Not just one, but a whoooole bunch! (isn't the rule you only have one?! Well if so, I'm breaking that rule! haha) So here is what I have come up with, that I think will help me live a better & healthier life:

• Have Weekly Goal(s).
I decided on this one, because it seems like I am always saying that I am gonna do something on this day or that day & never do. I think that maybe if I have weekly goals, it will help me do the things that I need to do. For example: Go to school at least once a week, get laundry done by a certain day, run at least one morning, ect.

• Get Toned & In Shape.
This is a big one for me right now. I am really disappointed in not only the way my body looks, but how out of shape I am. I know I went through pregnancy & all of that. . . but I think that a year later I should look better then I do now. Do I think I need to lose a ton of weight? No. I want to lose 8 pounds--to be to the goal weight I had BEFORE I got pregnant. I actually did get BELOW that goal weight a few months ago. I don't know HOW I did it, cause I wasn't even trying... but that only lasted a minute or two, haha. I also want to lose these 'love handles' that I have goin on. It sucks that I wear a bigger size pants now then when I did 11 days after I had my son. That was a big smack in the face as I was Christmas shopping, & I could no longer button up the size 2/3's. I want to get my body toned so that I can be happier with the way it looks, and I also hope that it will help get rid of my stretch marks. (it seems like the tighter my skin is, the less visible they are!) Also, get into shape so that I can actually do active things, without having to take a break every ten minutes. Which leads me to my next one. . .

• Start Jogging/Running.
I want to start doing jogging/running at least twice a week in the mornings before Bransyn wakes up, while there is still someone home to keep an eye on him. I've never been much of a runner, but for some reason... I realllly want to start! Not only for the whole getting in shape reason, but because I know my son is gonna be more active in a few years & I want to be able to do things with him! We'll see how this one works out. . .

• Get On A Better Sleep Schedule.
I have been on a HORRIBLE sleep schedule, for wayyy too long. I usually don't make it to bed until after 12. Not because I'm busy doing something, just because I'm in such a habbit of that still from before I had Bransyn. I want to start going to bed around 10 pm, so that I can get enough sleep so I'm able to wake up at about 6:30 to go running on the days that I choose. And also, get enough sleep before Bransyn decides to wake me up on the days I don't run.

• Have More Of A Daily/Weekly Routine.
I'm SICK of not being motivated to do laundry, or clean my room & stuff like that. I want to have set days that I do all of our laundry, or clean my car out, or clean my room, or another room in the house. I think that if I had a set routine, I would be more motivated to do it.

• Don't Drink Soda.
I have actually already stopped drinking soda! I can proudly say, that I have not had any soda since my last post about how I couldn't stop drinking it! I finally just said NOOO more, even though it was still in the house! I was drinking lemonade still, but I only had one pack of that & now that its gone, I'm just waiting for my chocolate milk mix to run out then it is 100% Water, Milk & (real) Fruit juices!

• Eat Healthier.
This is also a big one for me. I have gotten soooo used to just doing the convenient thing, whether it was picking up fast food for me & ry or just preparing something frozen. I want this to sloooowwww down! Fast food is just a big waste of money & definitely not the healthiest choice. I don't want Bransyn growing up on eating fast food all the time. So me & Ryan decided that for a whole month, we won't get it at all. Then after that, veryyyy rarely, if we do decide to continue at all. I want to actually cook good, healthy meals for my family.

• Be Smarter With Money.
Money has been really tight for us for the last little while & it really makes me nervous. We've had a joint savings account since last Feb. & did not make any deposits until just this week, when we put $350 in there. I want something to fall back on, just in case something happens. I am also sick of living paycheck to paycheck & wondering if we're gonna be able to pay a certain thing one month. (okay, that rarely happens cause we DO make sure all the bills are paid, but diapers & food for our child have to come first) Now that Ryan is at this new job, we do have more money coming in. He's been there since the middle of October, but since we had Bransyn's birthday & the holidays, there hasn't been much leftover. (although, I am glad we were able to give B a great birthday & Christmas with no outside help) Now that things are starting to settle down, we will have more extra money. Which will not go towards buying things that we do not need.

• Do Things For Myself.
Okay, so this first part is totally going to contradict what I just said in the last one, but oh well, haha! Since I found out I was pregnant in March 08, most of the extra money that I have gotten from then until now, has gone towards Bransyn. I very RARELY buy anything for myself. (with the exception of my camera that I got with my birthday money this past year, or things that I NEED to get by) I have been wearing the same clothes for literally YEARS now. I do need to realize that it is okay to spend a litttle bit of money on myself every now & then. Not a lot, but a reasonable amount. I also need to get out & do things more often. I love taking care of my baby, but it would be nice & good for me to do something fun every now & then.

• Spend Less Time On The Computer.
Whenever I have some free time (When B is sleeping, or I don't have him, or he's entertaining himself) instead of getting things done around the house, I would much rather jump on the computer. Lets face it, that's MUCH funner then doing laundry or dishes. But that's part of the reason I DON'T get stuff done... Ya know, better things to do. I mean, if it's every once in a while it's fine. Or if I have stuff to blog about, then I can take the time to come on here.

• Be The Best Mom Ever.
Okay, not the best, but pretty dang close! I want to be the best mom that I can be. I do think that I am a good mom already, but I don't ever want to get caught up in something & forget this. Being a good mom is always a goal of mine. I want my little boy to be proud of the mommy he has.

• Be More Organized.
Pretty much, I'm just sick of being unorganized, haha.

• Get My GED By The End Of The School Year.
'Nuff said.

• Have A Better Attitude.
This one's for Ryan. . . ;) He thinks I have a bad attitude sometimes, so I am gonna work on having a more positive attitude towards things.

• Get Into Our Own House.
I am DYING to have a place for just my little family. I am very thankful that I do at least have somewhere to live & that I am doing so rent-free, but I never realized how hard it is to raise a child under someone else's roof. We are hoping to be into our own place within the next 6 months.


Here's to reaching my goals! Hopefully by the end of the year, I have reached/kept all of these.

New Years Eve!

This New Years Eve was a LOT more eventful then last years! Last year me & Ryan went to First Night & took our teensy bundle with us. Buttt, obviously it was a little cold & even though he had a BILLION blankets on him & over his stroller/carseat... we didn't stay long. So after we left there, we just headed home. Mr. B crashed long before we even got there & we were actually right up the street when the clock reached 12:00. Sooo, even though it wasn't very 'eventful' it was still really good, because I got to be with the 2 boys that mean the most to me (:

This year, however, was a whoooole lot different, haha!
I had to babysit during the day & Ry had to work. After I got done there, I met up with one of my friends for a little while, then went shopping to get some new jeans. Ryan got off work early & had to do a few things around the house. So me & B went up to his house after we were done at the mall & just hung out for a while!
Ryan wanted to have a little get together at his house with a bunch of his friends, so Bransyn stayed with my dad & Kendra over night :( Which was SO hard for me! I think I gave him a billion kisses & loves, and also took about 80 pictures before we left the house, haha! But I knew it was gonna be really loud in the house, which would of woken Bransyn up. And if we would of had someone watch him until we were done with everything, we would of had to wake him up at like 1:30 am to bring him home. So we decided it was best if he just stayed over night with someone so that he could get a good nights sleep!
Last family pictures of 2009!

Kisssiessss!

mama & B!

haha, I love when they play like this (:

Mr. B's last picture of '09!

Kissing my baby before I took him :(


A little later, Ryan's friends started showing up & we all just hung out. I actually had a really good time! I haven't done anything fun in a long time. (besides with Bransyn, cause, of course, EVERYTHING to do with him is fun ;) I definitely needed to do things un-baby related. Don't get me wrong, I LOOOOVE being a mommy & hanging out with my baby and there's no one else I would rather be with... but having a night 'out' every once in a while is really good for me! And Ryan. haha.

Taking some pictures before every one started showing up!

New Years Kisss!
Yeahhh, my camera is HUUUGE & it's hard to do 'self' pictures with it, haha. So that's why this is so off, LOL.

Annnd, almost everyone that came to hang out!

It was a pretty fun & exciting night, though! I don't think Bransyn left my mind once! haha, I kept telling everyone how much I missed him & couldn't wait to see him in the morning. We didn't end up going to sleep until about 2, when everyone finally left & we got all ready for bed, but I set my alarm for 8:30 so that I could go get my B first thing! (:



I hope everyone had a great 2009, an exciting new years eve & I wish you all a wonderful 2010!
:D