.....And They Lived Happily Ever After

Decorating the Christmas Tree

2011-12-01T15:37:00.000-08:00

We decorated our little tree last night. Seth liked to help but would just hand them to me after he got them out of the box. Our little tree is kind of quirky but Ryan and I started a tradition of getting an ornament wherever we travel...my favorite from this year is a lobster ornament from Monterrey Bay.

Ryan asked Seth to put some ornaments on the tree.....and he started blowing on the tree????? Don't know how that got lost in translation in his brain!!

Just Pictures

2011-12-01T15:25:00.000-08:00

Building a tower with the couch cushions. I was doing the dishes and found him like this!

And I realize that it looks like my child is always naked, but he hates wearing clothes, the second he wakes up in the morning he says "off, off" and before his naps he asks for his clothes off. So if we aren't going anywhere he just stays in his diaper.

"NO mom"

This is what he does to my couch constantly! It drives me crazy!

Blankie Cape

He insisted that mommy lay on the floor too with a blanket on!!

Thanksgiving in Big Bear 2011

2011-12-01T15:18:00.000-08:00

This year for Thanksgiving we were spoiled by Ryan's parents who rented a cabin up in Big Bear for the weekend. This is our second time going, and we really enjoyed it but we wished there was more snow to play in. There was supposed to be a storm on Thanksgiving but it never came :( But we definitely got our taste of cold weather. This will almost be my 4Th year living here in California, and I have completely adapted to the warmer climate...I have turned into a complete pansy in colder weather. But Seth had a great time playing with cousins. This year was fun because he was one of the big kids (not so much the baby anymore) he played all day long, and could keep up with the rest of them. It was a very relaxing trip. One night Ryan and I even got to leave Seth with the Grandparents and go out on a date. We went to a yummy pizza joint, walked around in the cool shops in town, and then Ryan was a man and let me see Breaking Dawn! Totally awful movie...but I still loved it. It was a great trip.

Ryan took Seth to a sledding hill up in Big Bear. He is kinda crabby in them because every time they got to the bottom of the hill, he thought they had to leave and it made him really mad and he threw a fit. Seth is a bit stubborn and moody sometimes and Ryan was a great sport with him.But He did love sledding.

Getting all his snow clothes on!! Something that was very new and exciting for him.

Sledding down a little hill by the cabin

Ryan and Audrey sledding

Halloween 2011

2011-12-01T13:20:00.000-08:00

On Halloween night we first decided to check out Birch street in Downtown Brea where they were having a free kids night. Our good friends the Hollands joined us. We should have known when we couldn't find any parking...It was so crowded. There were lots of things for the kids to do, it was free......but it seemed like the lines to do anything were 2 hrs long. Se we called it quits after about 20 mins and decided to go to a neighborhood and lets the kids trick or treat. But on the way to the car we stopped at some houses too. I didn't think our costumes were that great this year, I would have liked to get crazier with other idea I had, but with moving and other projects I was working on I just didn't have the time. But we got an amazing reaction our of everyone that saw us. Especially Seth. Some people even had stashes of bigger treats or little gift bags that they would go back inside and get and give to him...I guess some people thought he was so cute just a normal piece of candy just wasn't enough.

These are our molding pumpkins on Halloween night....We only carved them 1 week before. I guess that's what happens to pumpkins in Southern California!!!

Ryan and Seth sorting through his candy loot....it almost looks like Seth is telling Ryan to let go of his candy!!!

My Cute Grandma sent us a really cute Halloween gift package. Seth is modeling his new socks.

....in his diaper!!! Once again we are Classy

Seth with his Halloween package from Mamo!!!

Ward Trunk or Treat

2011-12-01T12:38:00.000-08:00

Waldo Family

Our little Waldo!

This was the first time that Seth totally was excited for Halloween and all the festivities. I was worried after knitting all of our hats that Seth wouldn't even wear the hat or glasses. And the costume would be pointless with out the glasses and hat. But before the party we said that it was time to get our Halloween costumes on and Seth put the hat right on and glasses and didn't even take them off until we left. Ryan and I were so amazed. He totally knew what to do when it was time to go trunk or treating. He would run up to the car and say " trin or treat" it was super cute. His favorite candies to get was anything chocolate. Holidays are starting to be so fun with the little man!

Young Married Group Halloween Party 2011

2011-12-01T12:17:00.000-08:00

We had our annual Adults only Halloween party with our group of friends from church. Seriously the costumes did not disappoint this year. They were seriously amazing. They all just warmed my heart...I love dressing up and I hate that adults only think that dressing up on Halloween is just for kids. I think those people are lame!! Sorry if you are one of them, but you are lame. Anyways here are some pictures of our favorites of the night. Oh and Ryan and I were Waldo and Wenda!

Sorry it is so small, but the couple that hosted the party are awesome photographers and took everyones picture...and some of them he added a background!

Wayne and Garth

Isn't this so amazing... This was one of my favorites....so CREATIVE!! They even played the parts and he had nasty dollar store cologne on and everything. Amazing.

Patty Mayonaise and Quailman from the 90's cartoon Doug

Mario and Luigi

Aladdin and Jasmine!!

Greek God and Godess

Napoleon and Deb

Another huge favorite.....Garden Gnomes!!! I want to copy this one year. One of the best!!!

The Biggest Losers and their Trainers

70's people

Steve Irwin and his wife!

mommy's helper

2011-12-01T12:03:00.000-08:00

These pictures date back to 9-17-2011. Seth (and Ryan) were helping me sand some metal stars that I found at a yard sale that I spray painted navy blue to match the decor in our new place. (More to come on that later.) But Seth just wanted to help so bad. And yes, this is how we roll in awesome sunny California, saggy diaper, awesome crocks, and no clothes. We are super classy!

Bias update as of now

2011-08-20T07:12:00.000-07:00

I just thought I would give an update of what is going on with all of us:

-Ryan-

-Just starting 10Th term in Chiropractic school! (there are only 10 terms) Yay! that means that he is graduating in December! We are so proud of him, he has passed each term with flying colors as well as all of the board exams so far. It has been a long 4 years for him, but we couldn't;t be happier for him.

-Still serving as Elders Quorum President in our ward. Seriously I don't know how he has time to do this one.

-Finds time occasionally to go surfing (He is currently as I write this). I think he is secretly glad that he conned me into staying in California just so he could continue to surf.

-Yes you heard it right, The Bias family is here to stay in California. It wasn't the plan at all, but you know how plans go right? Currently the plan is that he will be starting in a practice located in Yorba Linda/Fullerton/Brea/Placentia. What you may ask? I don't know where the practice really is but it is right in that area.

-Is the best daddy. Seth and Daddy are best buds!

-Is addicted to the show Prison Break that he is watching on Netflix. Has a secret romance with the main character Michael Scofield. Seriously Ryan loves him and wants to be him.

-Still enjoys making fun of his wife and is always up to something.

-Lindy-

-I am loving the summer. We go to the beach all the time. I am enjoying my nice little tan I have got going. I am a little excited that I don't have to move away from the beach!

-Sewing all the time! I LOVE IT! I have made lots of projects lately that have been really fun. I recently took a class for my serger machine, an it has opened up a whole new world for me. I am glad I finally know what I am doing, and my machine is now sewing great!!

-Loves my little man! I love my big man too, but he knows that. Seth is the cutest little boy ever. More on that later.

-Still serving as the Young Women's secretary in our ward. Our girls are bomb.

-Dreaming of the day when we have a backyard and a washer and dryer. Seriously I think about wanting a washer and dryer all the time.

-Growing my hair out. I haven't cut it since Christmas. I think it looks butt ugly, but I am so sick of short hair (I have had it since 9Th grade) Hopefully I am just in the awkward length stage, if not I will have to cut it, cause it isn' t very cute.

-Dreading getting pregnant again. That beginning part is pure h*** for me. Sorry, it just is. I decided that I think the stork idea is a great one. Because all I want really is the baby.

-Is excited to move. Hopefully soon. I can't wait to decorate. I have never decorated our places yet just because I had the mindset that they were temporary. But I am tired of ugliness. I have been looking at lots of Internet sites for ideas. I am excited.

-Seth-

-Is 2 1/2 years old.

-He is huge. I don't know stats, but I always get comments like..."He is half your size.", "How do you carry him.", "Got yourself a little linebacker there." He really is big.

-I think it is weird that he is so big because he never eats. He is a pretty picky eater (What 2 yr old isn't though) , but it isn't really that he is picky, he just doesn't want to eat. So sometimes I don't care what he is eating, I am just excited that he is eating. Currently he has been eating Marshmallow Mateys for breakfast and dinner. I know awesome right?! Like I said I am just glad that he is eating.

-Currently he is addicted to the Disney movie Robin Hood (Ryan and Seth have bonded with this movie, it was Ryan's childhood favorite movie. Ryan will sit and point out all the characters to Seth and explain everything. It is precious)

-He also still loves Caillou, Curious George, and Max and Ruby Cartoon shows.

-Sleeps in a big boy bed now!!

-Likes to run with the big kids.

-Loves his Grandpa (papa as he calls him). He loves both Grandma's but he has this little bond with papa.

-Loves trains and fire engines. When he hears a whistle, honk, or siren of any kind he will put his hand up to his ear and say, "What's that?"

-Chews on his blankets. He started that when we took away his binkies when he turned 2.

-Nowhere close to potty training. He won't get even close to the toilet or his little potty.

-Has starting sleeping with a billion toys in his bed. It is has spiraled out of control! He first started asking for his letters. (he has a alphabet puzzle and he asks for different letters and will hold them. His favorite is O.), then he wanted his fire engine, truck (ambulance), and car (police car), Curious George stuffed animal, T-bone stuffed dog, Grover, and Elmo. Then last night he wanted his bead maze and blue ball and Mr. Potato head. Ridiculous right? He notices if one thing is missing. He cries and cries if we don't give it to him. Sometimes we give in and let him have them, but once he falls asleep I unload his bed and remove all the toys. I need to get a picture one of these nights.

-Talks up a storm. He is starting to get to the point where he is saying funny things.

-LOVES juice boxes. Thinks they are the bomb. Ryan and I want to invent a refillable juice box. I know that that's what sipee cups are, but they would have to look exactly like a sipee cup.

-Loves his friends, Max, Max, Mac, Matt (confusing right?), Luke, Jake, and lots of others.

-Calls daddy by his first name sometimes. Drives Ryan crazy.

-Loves to wrestle and rough house and read books in Mom and Dads bed.

Thats all I can think of for now. See you later.

You are almost there!!!

2011-08-19T21:58:00.000-07:00

Ryan is almost there!!! Here he is holding his certificate and national board test scores. He passed the Physical Therapy Board Exam, and Parts 2 and 3 of the Chiropractic National Boards. Only one part left, part 4 which he will take in November!! He is now just starting his 10Th and last term of Chiropractic school!! We are so excited and terrified at the same time. We have and are still making some huge decisions right now. Nothing is completely Set in stone but we are planning on staying here in California where Ryan will start his career as a chiropractor beginning in December when he Graduates!!! Good Job Ryan we are so proud of you, the light at the end of the tunnel is here!! We can finally see it!!!

Random Picture Post

2011-08-19T21:04:00.000-07:00

Here are just some random pictures from the last couple months:
Some nasty, huge bug on our bedroom window screen. YUCK.

I watched my friends son Max for a few hours one morning. They each had to have an Elmo and a blue train. (7/27/2011)

(7/26/2011)

These pictures make me laugh every time I see them. One night I was making dinner and was having Seth paint to keep him busy. One time I look at him and he has this green mustache!! I think he must have drunk the water! But just the faces kill me!!! (6/28/2011)

Seth doing the Silly Hat dance. He was addicted to this one episode of Barney that had a song called the Silly Hat. In the song the kids all have hats and stand on this platform. Every time this song would come on in the episode Seth would frantically Search for a hat and his platform and he would try to copy the dance. It was so cute!! (6/28/2011)

Seth's classic whine face. (6/15/2011)

Sleepy boys (5/30/2011)

Peter Pan/Buzz light year (5/17/2011)

Silly Putty art by Seth (5/12/2011)

Daddy's shoes (5/10/2011)

Daddy on a mini bike pulling Seth around. (4/30/2011)

Baseball (4/22/2011)

Seth the Chiropractor

2011-08-19T20:55:00.000-07:00

Ryan had his adjusting table out and Ryan laid down on it, and Seth just grabbed Ryan's neck and started moving it....Is he a future Chiropractor???

Seth's turn! (Seth giggles the entire time he is being adjusted)

The No Pay Bunts Softball team

2011-08-19T20:53:00.000-07:00

Ryan has been playing on a Softball team for a couple of months now with a bunch of church and school friends. I love watching him, but honestly I have a hard time focusing on the game with watching Seth and I have to catch up with all the wives. It is a good time for all. Softball for dad, chatting for Mom, and dirt and kids for Seth!

Ryan on third base after his triple!! "Go Daddy Go." as Seth would say.

This was Seth after last weeks game. Long story why he doesn't have a shirt on and whipped cream in his hair...but don't you love all that yummy dirt?? Seriously Mother of the year right here

The Big Boy Bed (8/16/2011)

2011-08-19T20:51:00.000-07:00

The time has arrived that Seth needed a Big Boy bed. I hadn't made the transition yet because he had never climbed out and we didn't have another kid coming that would be needing the crib. Until now....I put Seth down for his nap and I heard a thump and then crying...and then the door opened. He had climbed out and fallen!! I was actually worried that he had gotten hurt because he was pretty upset for a while but he eventually calmed down. That night when Ryan got home I explained what had happened..we put him back in bed to see if he would do it again..he swung his leg over the side of the crib without any problem. So off to the store we went to purchase a big boy bed. So far he has been doing great. I might have shed a tear or two while taking apart his crib!! But he just keeps growing faster than we want!!! Slow down little buddy!!

Sea World (August 9, 2011)

2011-08-19T20:29:00.000-07:00

Since our original Anniversary trip plan didn't go through Ryan had an extra day off of school..So we decided to go to Sea World. It was seriously so fun. Seth LOVED it! Things like this are so fun now that he is bigger and he really enjoys them. We had a nice day seeing all the animals and shows. We ended up seeing the Shamu show, the Dolphin show, and the Sea Lion Show. Our favorite by far was the Sea Lion Show it was hilarious.
Dolphins

Starfish. (this is a big deal that I am touching it)

at the Dolphin show

Dolphin stadium

the Shamu show

Sharks!!!

The very loud Sea lions and Seals

The Sea Lion Show

Seth's favorite, the beluga whales, "wook the blue lagas!" Seth kept shouting!!

and then Seth found the penny press machine and turned the crank for seriously 15 minutes. We couldn't get him to leave it.

Here is a video of the seals and Sea lions. They were seriously so loud, it was hilarious. We were laughing so hard.

August 8! 5 years!!

2011-08-19T20:05:00.000-07:00

On August 8 was our 5th wedding anniversary! This may be lame..but I can't believe it has been 5 years already, but at the same time a lot has happened in 5 years. We had originally planned to have a overnight trip to Catalina without Seth, but some plans fell through, so we went to plan B, which ended up to be a lot of fun. It wasn't quite the romantic weekend we had planned but we had a good time as a family.. We went to the BEACH! Ryan got to go surfing and Seth and I had fun playing in the waves and building/smashing sandcastles.

Seth played planes with Daddy for a long time

Happy 5 years!!

Oh and Seth was there too!

This picture cracks me up!!

We had Johnny Rockets for lunch right on the beach! It wa yummy!

We took a stroll down Huntington Beach pier

The little man started to get sleepy since we missed nap time and fell asleep on Daddy's shoulder.

and continued his nap with daddy at home. Sadly Seth ended up with a fever and throwing up later that night.....so not quite the romantic evening we had planned either. But he ended up guzzling 2 juice boxes and seemed to perk up. We think he got sun stroke or something. But happy 5 years to us. I love you Ryan!!

Las Vegas with the Gunns!!! (July 2011)

2011-08-19T17:59:00.000-07:00

Our great friends the Gunn's invited us to come along to Las Vegas for a night. Being a short 3 hours away we decided to tag along. We left bright and early Thursday morning and headed to Las Vegas. We first stopped at the Rio world Buffet and paid lots of money for lunch. It was good, but to me everything had a fishy taste (I hate fish) so it didn't taste quite as good as I think everyone else thought it did. But we were stuffed to brim anyways. We then just started walking around the strip and taking in the sights!
Seth's first Buffet---Pizza, fries, and a roll!

The pool at the Rio (where we stayed) was closing early for a concert so we couldn't swim, but we let the boys play in the foot showers for awhile to cool off and get soaking wet.

We then took a shuttle from our hotel to the strip!!! I think the boys liked not being in Car seats!!

Seth was pretty mad about being in the stroller, and having shoes on. But the kid wanted to be held constantly ..look at him he's huge. He has to ride in the stroller sometimes to give us a break.

The Aquarium at Cesar's Palace quickly turned the grumpy guy into a happy guy!

Looking at the flower art in the Bellagio.....I am sure Ryan is stretching out his back from carrying Seth.

I was trying to capture Seth's face as we were watching the water show. PURE JOY!!! We stayed for 2 shows the boys loved it so much

We saw Buzz and woody on the street so we had to get a picture. Seth was completely terrified...but as we were walking away he started to say, "Bye Woody, Bye Buzz."

The next morning after a great sleep in our king size bed, we went swimming. The pool was cool because it was a zero entry pool with sand at the bottom. But it was so hot, so we didn't last as long as we thought we would.

Jumping was lots of fun!!

MGM grand

We were able to see a Lion feeding at the Lion habitat. The boys thought it was so cool!!

Then we parted ways and started on our way home! It was a great little get away that was the perfect length. Thanks for the invitation Gunns.

The Beach (July 2011)

2011-08-19T17:02:00.000-07:00

In July we had the annual Sorensen week long party at Capistrano Beach!!! Just like every year, this one did not disappoint. First off almost everyone was there!! It has been a long time since every single person was there. We were only missing my sister Hillary and her family, that was it. So it was a full house!! It was definitely crazy, but it was awesome. Here is our week....

Seth did some fishing in the pool

we checked out some ray-shark-who-knows-what-it-was that the neighboring beach house caught

ate chips

celebrated Mamo's 80th Birthday!!

Watched Max and Ruby and Caillou and Curious George til we all had it memorized.

painted

Went to Zoomar's petting zoo with Grammie Grandma!!

rode the train at Zoomars

fed sheep

pet sheep

fed goats

and mini horses

and watched trains go by

jumped off benches

looked at tide pools

played in the sand

lounged on the deck

played in the pool

poured water out of the pool

watched the waves with daddy

looked at the awesome beach house we were staying in

snuggled with daddy

had campfires

got a new beach shirt (designed by the Blake Family)

Modled the beach shirt

posed for the Grandkid picture

(Okay for funny purposes I put this in...This was a picture taken by my 90 yr old grandpa! Good Job!)

The original Beach clan, Mamo, Oohoo and the Sorensen Girls!

Took some family Beach shots

that Seth wasn't so happy about

tried on a pink helmet

loved the pink helmet

went on a bike ride

saw the dolphins at the front gate

took a break from the walk at a nice little beach hut

The End. It was a great beach trip this year. Can't wait for next year!!!

Santa Ana Zoo (July 2, 2011)

2011-08-19T16:43:00.000-07:00

One Saturday we took another outing to the Santa Ana zoo. It is a nice little small zoo with lots of monkeys. It is great for a short morning outing. We had a fun time looking at all the animals. We didn't get a lot of pictures with animals in them, but things like these are getting a lot more fun since Seth is getting older and is appreciating and understanding them more.

Seth trying to grab the camera :)

Looking at dead bugs.

Pressing the buttons and listening to all the different sounds that Cats make. He especially liked the Jaguar sound and pressed it many many many times.

Feeding the goats. Anyone who knows me know that I have this no touchy barrier with animals...so this was huge for me, and did cause some anxiety. But I had to show Seth that it wasn't scary! ( But between me and you, it was scary)

I like that this zoo has a playground. But......

when we had to leave this is what Seth looked like!!!

Happy 25th Birthday

2011-08-19T16:31:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to me!! On June 13th I celebrated my 25th birthday!! It was seriously one of the best birthdays! It was like a birthday week for me!!! On my Birthday my Mom, who was visiting from Utah, made me one of my favorites, Waffles with fruit and whipped cream. Then we went shopping at Old Navy, and then had Ryan and Jay and Cheryl meet up with us at The Old Spaghetti Factory where I had my favorite dish of browned butter and mizithra cheese pasta and chowed down on yummy sour dough bread. Ryan decided to call in sick the rest of the day from the clinic and sent my mom and I off for a pedicure and to see this amazing fabric store. Then my mom watched Seth while Ryan and I went out to dinner. It was great!

Then 2 days later my friends had a little dinner for me and we had a girls night and just ate yummy food made by Janae and played my new game I got....Pretty Pretty Princess. The Cinderella Edition!!! It was so awesome... and guess what I WON!!! Then we had some awesome Girl talk late into the night!

Then if you thought it was over you were wrong!! On Saturday my two friends surprised me and took me out to Breakfast! It was seriously amazing. I have the best friends in the world. They may or may not have been feeling bad for me since some pretty crappy events happened around my birthday. But hey it worked and made me really happy. Thanks Guys!!

Aids Ride (June 2011)

2011-08-19T16:28:00.000-07:00

This is the beginning of the AIDS lifecycle ride starting in San Francisco and ending in LA, it was a ten day adventure, very awkward at times, fun and a once in a lifetime event. This is me with Alcatraz island in the background... THE ROCK

Cool Bread animals made of Sourdough, pretty cool

The best seafood in California, if your every in SF, you have to try the clam chowder in bread bowls, and the calamari was amazing

Golden Gate Bridge

Bay Bridge

Okay I'll jump on the band wagon, go Giants

This was the Opening ceremony of the ride, we were at the Cow Palace in SF and they had a rider stretching time, which was going on right here, then they had some speakers that talked about the significance of this event, over $14 million raised in this event for AIDS research.

This was thirty seconds before the ride began, it took 18 minutes for all the riders to cross this starting gate, there were over three thousand riders

I got a picture of the only "Utah Man" in the race, Go Utes

These tents were set up for us at each stop, this was the first stop of the Ride, Santa Cruz, we stayed at this beautiful camp site, our treatment tent was the one in the middle.

This was a dinning tent

Inside the treatment tent, this was just before the riders started to come in

The organization was amazing, these trucks carried all the riders gear and tents

They would load up and unload all the gear at every stop, all by volunteers, it was pretty amazing

First time I treated a man in a skirt, by the way he wasn't wearing any underwear, awkward moment

Our bus took a wrong turn on day two of the ride and we crossed a pack of riders, this picture is taken from the back of the bus, we were heading to King City

This is Salmon, a classmate and good friend of mine, he wanted to show off his handy taping skills

This was rock star day, and I found the Utah Man, so I took a picture with him, I also treated him

This was a picture of the craziness, it got so busy, tons of knee injuries

This is what happens when you leave your camera lying around

This was Paso Robles, I think, anyways, it was cool cause we didn't have to sleep in a ten, but the building got hot, and sleeping on concrete sucked

This ice cream was the best ice cream I had ever eaten, and the waffle cones are made right there fresh, we were standing in line to buy some and some patients saw us and bought us cones, that was cool.

This was the unloading process, we formed a giant fire line and unloaded and loaded the truck every day, it got old by the second day

Pajama day, there were themes for everyday, pretty Gay I know, but look where I was

This is how the riders would sleep, I think this is at Santa Maria

This was on the "Diva Bus" as the driver called it, he was interesting to say the least, the decorations were his idea, so that explains how he was and you can imagine what he looked like.

This was at the Ventura stop, we camped on the beach, it was the best stop and the last

This was walking to the candle light ceremony

All riders and volunteers were here holding candles, they had a moment of silence for all those who have been impacted by the disease, it was pretty cool, then everyone walked to the ocean and put out the flames in the ocean, there were lot of tears that night

This picture was taken the last morning, I treated this lady every morning and afternoon, her knees were held together for six hundred miles by kinesotape and spandex, but she made it

Finish line in LA

This was the closing ceremony, we all walked into this big arena, and all the volunteers got be front and center, and all the riders thanked us, it was pretty cool

Those are all the riders cheering for the volunteers or "Rodies" as they called us.

This is Jane Lynch, as seen on Glee, I treated her wife (they got married right when it was legalized here in California) she was a cool lady, and I got to met Jane after the ride, so that was cool.

The End

Grammie Grandma comes for a visit!!

2011-08-19T16:16:00.000-07:00

In June 8 My mom came to visit! We were so excited for her to come. We had planned for her to come and help me while Ryan was gone and be with me for my Birthday. Luckily it was the day after I found out I had Miscarried. She was able to be with me and help me out while I had to deal with some stuff. Amazing to me how that worked out! But Anyways I didn't get that many Pictures while she was here because Ryan had taken the camera on his trip. But despite everything we did have a good time. We went to the Fullerton Arboretum, an awesome fabric store, an Old Navy shopping trip, and had a great time celebrating my birthday. We probably did lots of other fun stuff that I think I am forgetting, but it was great to have here here!!!

Seth and Grammie Grandma reading books.

A Big Fat Bummer:(

2011-08-19T15:36:00.000-07:00

For journaling purposes I am going to put this in. June 7 was the worst day of my life. I was heading to my 12 week appointment for what we thought was Baby Bias #2. Now lets back track......at the end March we found out that after 10 long months waiting we were finally pregnant again. We were so excited that it finally worked and we were going to get to have another baby. After trying so long we thought it was so funny that this baby had almost the exact same due date as Seth's due date (Seth-dec. 16 baby- dec.19) So we thought to ourselves I guess we are only fertile in March. But at this point we were just so excited to be having another baby we didn't care that we were going to have another Christmas baby. Everything seemed to be going fine....I got super sick... Maybe sicker than I did with Seth. I was throwing up all over the place it was just awful. I was so sick and felt like I wanted to die everyday. We thought since I was sick that everything was fine...we didn't have any other reason to believe anything else. Back to June 7. I was heading to my 12 week appointment thinking everything was great. I was excited after being so sick to have made it to the first trimester point and hopefully I would start to feel better within the next couple weeks. I took Seth to this appointment because Ryan was out of town and the appointment was 8am and I didn't want to bother any of my friends that early to watch him. I was excited for this appointment because it was the first heartbeat appointment. Seth was being such a good boy and making all the nurses laugh because he was wearing his orange hard hat that he insisted on wearing. We went into the room and the doctor came in and started to do the ultrasound. I could tell that he was having a hard time finding it so I said jokingly, "Is it in there?" He said "Yeah it's in there.......the problem is it is the same size it was the last time you were here." He then flips on the light and shuts the door. The rest is a blur.....I was crying and Seth just kept asking.."Okay Mommy?? Okay Mommy??" and the Doctor just kept telling him that mommy just needs lots of love and hugs. It is just something that you never think is going to happen to you. You hear of it happening all the time, but it is just something that totally rocks your world, and slaps you into reality. I had what is called a Missed Miscarriage. Where your body thinks everything is fine and is producing the hormones and everything, but it hasn't yet realized that baby isn't on board anymore. Hence why I was so sick still even though the baby was dead. I had an appointment at 8 weeks and saw the heart beating and everything looked fine, but shortly after that the baby must have died, and I went another 4 weeks thinking everything was good. I didn't have any bleeding or cramping at all. I know a miscarriage is hard for anyone, but it was super crappy that I went almost 3 months thinking we were going to have a baby.. not just a few weeks. All the plans that were made and excitement and all the suffering was for nothing. It is something that just leaves you thinking....Now what? After the Dr. appointment I had to go to the hospital to get another ultrasound to confirm the miscarriage. I want to thank my friend Janae for sitting with me for ever in the waiting room and talking to me, helping me to get my mind off of what had happened. I remember at one point as I was getting up from the ultrasound I looked back at the screen and saw the tiny blob on the screen I remember thinking.."Baby you have no idea how much I wanted to be your mom." I seriously want to thank my friends for helping me out at that time because with Ryan gone I needed people around to just be there for me. And they definitely were. Thank you! It is just funny (not really funny but you know what i mean) how things work out. I know that there is a plan for us and our plans may not align with Heavenly Father's plan. I know everything will work out for the best. But, there is a plan and I am just along for the ride :)

I will spare you the details of what I had to deal with by having to take medicine to pass the fetus. which was just awful and horrible. But the best part of it was (if there is a good thing) after I passed fetus I almost immediately felt better. It was like the nausea and fatigue fog that had taken me prisoner was lifted and I felt amazing. That part was good. Anyways I just thought I should write this down and let anyone know that didn't know and so that some of my other blog posts would make sense.

Ryan goes to a soccer game

2011-08-19T14:59:00.000-07:00

Ryan was invited by a Doctor he knew to be on the field as part of the medical staff for the Chivas USA VS. LA Galaxy soccer game back on May 21, 2011. It was a great opportunity for him and he had a great time treating the players before, after, and during the game. I was super excited because you know who plays on the LA Galaxy?? David Beckham. I am not like in love with him or anything but it is kinda cool to see celebrities like that in real life. He actually fell on Ryan a couple times on the sidelines and got his sweat on him. Pretty cool huh!!! I thought so. I asked Ryan to keep and eye out for Victoria Beckham ( Posh SPICE!!) but he said he didn't see her.

There he is...David Beckham!

Easter Egg Hunt!!

2011-08-19T14:39:00.000-07:00

Seth got to participate in our Ward's Easter Egg Hunt. I was so excited for Easter this year because it was the first year that Seth would really get to participate in the Easter festivities. I didn't get anything ready before we left for Oklahoma because I thought I would have a few days to get ready for it when we got back . But I got super sick and Ryan ended up taking Seth to the Hunt and put together a great little Easter Basket for Seth. I felt so guilty and sad that I didn't make matching ties for them to wear on Sunday and get to do what I really wanted to do to celebrate Easter... but oh well...Next year will be better!!

Making and Eating his Easter bunny cookie!!

The loot!

Playing at the park after. Isn't he so handsome?! He is definitely going to have to work hard to keep the ladies away!!!

Arbuckle Wilderness- Oklahoma Trip

2011-08-19T13:42:00.001-07:00

While in Oklahoma we went to this place called Arbuckle Wilderness. It was seriously the coolest place ever. You drive through this park and you feed the animals. It was fun and terrifying at the same time! Seth was really afraid of the Emu's and Ostriches for some reason, but loved everything else and was pointing out all the animals. "Mommy, mommy Wook (look)! "

He (or she) was our first guest! As soon as we drove in to the park they all started running to the car and poking their heads in the window! They are just weird looking things!

A hyena behind a fence. I guess they are dangerous....

The animals saw us coming and all started running towards us!

I just love Seth's little chubby hand feeding the Emu in this picture.

This thing...whatever it was...was seriously huge.

We were kind of scared of him so the window was only cracked a little bit.

a llama trying to get in the car!!

Nice Hair-do!

Donkey

Zebra's

The donkeys were so funny.. they would all open their mouths and curl up their lips waiting for you to drop some food in!

A HUGE horse

The horse slobbering on the window

YUMMY!!

Ostrich!

Giraffe

The Giraffe stuck its head in the car and ate all of the food pellets straight out of the cup. I was screaming the entire time. Terrifying and awesome at the same time!!

Sally the Camel!!!

Then we cooled off with a nice Ice cream cone!!!

Oklahoma Trip (April 2011)

2011-06-26T21:36:00.000-07:00

I had a blast visiting my oldest sister Hillary in Edmond, Oklahoma. Her family is there while her husband Kyle is doing his oral surgery residency. Thank you Sorensen's for all you did for us while we were there and we love you so much and miss you guys!! Anyways, I have never been to Oklahoma so it was really great and exciting to visit a new place. Seth and I embarked two long (long for a 2 yr old) flights to get there. I bought some new Curious George Books and DVD's to make the flights go by faster. The only problems we had was when we had to turn off the DVD player to land. Seth did not like that at all. But we made it and were so excited to be greeted by Hillary and her son Ben! Seth and Ben were the best little buddies. They only had problems when they were fighting over sharing Trains. But other than that they were best friends.

Putting buckets on your head and running around is lots of fun!!

We visited this park....with the scariest slide in the world. I was even scared to go down it!

We visited Bass Pro Shops and shot the gus!!

We walked around downtown Oklahoma and saw the boats going down the water way.

We saw the giant statues at the Oklahoma land run memorial.

Gave cousin loves with matching Jammie's!

Visited POP's on Route 66 and had some gourmet soda's!

Visited a train Museum!!!

Seth tried wearing some of Ben's big boy undies!

We had lots of fun running around a in the backyard (so so wish we had one!!)

Had lots of fun having Baths! Blowing bubbles!

More to come!!!!

Some of Seth's Favorite Things

2011-03-24T16:47:00.000-07:00

Watching Toy Story with Woody on his sholders just like Andy

Going to the park. He seriously asks everyday to go. Sometimes when I don't have anything going on....we may or may not go twice in one day.

I hope one of his favorite things is Mommy or "Meme" as seth says!

Painting!!

2011-03-24T16:43:00.000-07:00

This past week I tried Painting with Seth. He really liked it. The whole time he kept saying "Pinking, Pinking, Pinking" He now asks to do it all the time.

His first Paintings!

A new activity

2011-03-24T16:30:00.000-07:00

Seth has discovered how fun it is to stand at the sink and play in the water. He stood there for several minutes which was huge for him. These days I struggle with finding something for him to do while I try to get something done. So this was pretty exciting. Also notice the awesome cheezer smile that seth now gives the camera! Ha Ha

Swimming Hat!

2011-03-24T16:24:00.000-07:00

A swimming hat is what Seth calls it. It is an ear bandit that I ordered recently so it will keep the earplugs in his ears to keep them dry since he had his ear tubes put in last July. I know it is a little late to just start doing it now but we haven't been dunking him in the tub or letting him go under when we have gone swimming. We won't usually put it on him during the bath but we wanted to see if he would keep it on. He loved it because I kept telling him it was for swimming. So he started say "Beach, Beach?" I guess he wants to go to the beach. We just thought it looked cute and hopefully he will continue to not fight us this coming summer about wearing it.

Monterey Bay, CA

2011-03-24T15:08:00.000-07:00

The weekend of March 11 we attempted our first road trip as a family. The destination Monterey Bay California. Why?? To go to a free (for students) chiropractic seminar about Golfing. I won't pretend that I know what they learned or what it was for I was really just excited to get out of town and so something fun. Even better our friends The Gunn's were going to be coming too!! Mac and Seth are the best of buds as well as the best enemies. I will tell you it was amazing to have a built in friend for 3 days. The second they woke up from naps or in the morning they were asking for. It was awesome. I was a little nervous about the drive (6 hour drive) with our horrible car seatrider...but Seth did amazing. I totally underestimated him. But I think any longer would have put us all in an insane asylum! So the adventure began Friday afternoon. We took off as soon as we could after the boys got out of school. We pulled up to our awesome motel that Allie reserved and we were so excited to have side by side rooms. The boys were constantly going from room to room following each othe around. We made it in enough time to go walk around Fisherman's wharf in Monterey Bay. I would have to say I was pretty scared there were some homeless people following us around, good thing we had husbands with us. But it was fun...but so so cold, not like our Southern CA weather we are used too. We watched some real life otters and leopard seals swim around the bay. Seth kept calling them Sharks! The next morning the boys went off to their seminar and us girls and the little boys got ready for our adventure at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We got there about an hour before it opened so we walked around Cannery Row and looked at all the shops and enjoyed the view. The little boys kept climbing the fence trying to get to the ocean or the sand. We finally got to go in the Aquarium and it was amazing. It was so cool to see all that the ocean has within it. I noticed a big change in Seth's interest since the last time that we went to the Aquarium of the pacific in Long Beach last summer. Seth actually caught on that there were cool things to see in all the tanks. So he would go from tank to tank and after each one he would say "Something else?" Some other funny things he said while we were there.... He would call all the fish sharks...even though he knows the word fish. He called the otters doggies, and he called the jelly fish drums. The Aquarium was so so fun. The boys started to lose it so we decided to take them home and let them take naps. They both fell right to sleep...and so did the moms!! When we all woke up we decided to go back to the aquarium and let the boys run wherever they wanted to and look at whatever. It was so nice since it wasn't as crowded. Then the husbands called to say they were done so we met up with them for some dinner. We ate at great place that served seafood for everyone else and a great pizza for me! The next day the boys went off to their seminar and we went off to find a park for the boys to play at....and boy did we find a park. I can't explain to you how amazing this park was. It puts all our parks to shame. In fact when we pulled up I couldn't believe it was a public park and that it was free. We played for 2 hours at the park. When the little boys started to have meltdowns we decided to leave but it was amazing. The husbands only had a half day of seminar so we met up with them and started our trek home. This time we drove down the 1 freeway to enjoy the view. It was amazing to say the least. We did stop off and enjoyed looking at the elephant seals laying all over the beach. The little boys enjoyed putting rocks through the fence and terrorizing the squirrels rocks. It was such a fun little vacation.

The pictures are all out of order. I don't know how to fix them on blogger ...but you get the point right??

Eating at dinner. Seth having a typical melt down on the floor.

Playing at the Aquarium

The finding nemo tank.....Seth found all the fish and said their correct names.

Turtles!!

The awesome roller slide at the Amazing park.
Seth was in heaven climbing around on the lifesize train at the park.

Elephant seals

Poor Squirrels!

You Little Stink Pot!!!

2011-03-01T21:28:00.000-08:00

So last week I lost my wedding ring. It was so weird because I only take it off to either take a shower or put lotion on, and when i noticed it missing was right after I put some lotion on. I felt like I had Alzheimer's, I couldn't remember when the last time I had it. It never just falls off, and I hadn't been anywhere but the church and target. I called and checked both places several times. We looked all over the house with flashlights, and dumping out all the drawers. It was gone. I was physically sick about it and devastated. So a few days later Ryan had given Seth a bath and was putting lotion on him. Ryan had taken off his ring and had it on the counter. Seth grabbed his ring and tried to put it in the overflow drain (the little hole at the top of the bowl of the sink). I was down in the laundry room when all this was going on. When I came upstairs Ryan was under the sink taking the whole drain a part. I Said "No way, No way!" and was jumping up and down I was so excited. That little stink pot put my ring down the overflow drain!!! I just think about what would have happened if Seth hadn't tried to do that with Ryan's ring, we would have never found it. Now if I ever take my ring off it goes in the medicine cabinet where little boys can't get it!!!!

Can you see the diamond??

Trying to fish it out!!

Balboa Island Train Museum

2011-03-01T21:01:00.000-08:00

This past weekend I just felt like we needed to get away. So we headed down to my Aunt Lani's house in San Diego. It was a nice break because Seth loved my cousin Amanda who is 9, he just followed her around and played with her all weekend. We went to Balboa Island Train Museum one day. Seth was in heaven! He got frustrated sometimes because he couldn't hold the trains. One of the rooms had a button to make a train go and so that helped relieve the frustration a bit. We also walked around the park a bit and found a cute little train to ride. While riding the train Seth kept saying, "All Aboard...Choo Choo." it was so cute. We also went on a very long carousel ride. Thanks for the fun weekend Gartons.

You are 2 years old

2011-03-01T20:30:00.000-08:00

Seth I can't believe you are two years old!! This Picture totally describes you! You are so full of energy, silliness, craziness, stubbornness, happiness, and you are always on the run! You always keep up laughing with your antics. We are amazed at how much you are learning everyday. You are keeping us on our toes.
Here are some things that you are doing at 2:
-You are OBSESSED with trains!! You have many many trains and you could play them all day. You especially like to have mommy play with you.
-You still won't eat big people dinner. Gerber 2nd food dinners and veggies are the only thing you will eat for dinner. Even though you will eat big kid food for breakfast and lunch.
- You think that milk belongs only in bottles not sippy cups.
-You don't need a Binky anymore, they all broke ;) in January.
-You know your shapes: circle, star, rectangle, square, triangle, oval, heart, moon, and diamond.
-We are working on your colors....but you seem to think everything is Green.
-Your favorite movies are: Toy Story 3 and Monsters Inc.
- Your favorite cartoons: Caillou, Micky Mouse Clubhouse, Blue's Clues, and Little Einsteins.
-You are like a little parrot and copy anything we say or lines from your shows
-You love love love the park, and ask to go everyday. You love the swings and like to go down slides together with mommy.
-You are starting to get a little shy around new people, and get a little nervous when you think Mommy is leaving.
-You say Mimi for mommy.
-You chew on your blankets (Mommy thinks this is because you don't have your Binky anymore)
-You like to read books with mommy. Mommy was a little worried before because you used to not like to read, but now you do and could do it all day.
-You are still really big, and people think you are a lot older than you are because of your size.
-You LOVE nursery and always have.
-You say bye and thank you to the cashiers at all the stores that we go to.
-You love to rough house and wrestle.
-Whenever you hear mommy say the word do, you start to do the chicken dance.
-You get so excited when mommy sings "If your happy and you know it" you do all the motions and giggle the whole time. When mommy and daddy are trying to show you off they sing it.
-You know how to unlock the door to our apartment!!
-You know lots of sign language.
-You never have been a cuddly kid...until now. Mommy is in Heaven!!

Mommy and Daddy love you so much. Our favorite thing to do is just to sit and watch you! Thank you for being to sweet little boy that you are.

Ward Prom

2011-03-01T20:19:00.000-08:00

Ryan indulged me and took me to our ward prom on February 11. I think my favorite part about it was getting all dressed up with fancy clothes, hair, and make up. I think Ryan's favorite part was wearing his "Johnny Cash" outfit, so he calls it. We had a great meal surrounded with our great friends and danced to a few songs. Thank you Ryan for giving in and going with me. I love you!!

Prom

2011-02-09T07:45:00.000-08:00

I got asked to PROM!!!! Yay!! So our ward is having an adult prom for a valentine's day activity this weekend. And ever since Ryan found out about it he has been saying that he is boycotting it and said we weren't going. He just wanted to go out by ourselves, which I do too, but I felt really interested in going since I think the activity is funny and all of our friends were going. But I knew he didn't want to go so I wasn't really pushing it. So I am in the Young Women's presidency in our ward and for a fundraiser for camp we sell Heart Attacks ( you know where you put hearts all over someones car or front door). So Ryan all sneakily bought one with out me knowing( which was probably hard since I am involved with the fundraiser) and got the supplies early because we are doing heart attacking this weekend. So on Monday Ryan was home for lunch, and I had just put Seth down for his nap and started sewing. So I guess Ryan was in the bathroom pretending to use the bathroom while he was doing this. He then comes out and has the door shut with the fan on (which signals to me "STEAR CLEAR IT REEKS IN HERE!!) He kisses me goodbye and leaves back to school. It wasn't until probably 3 hours later that I go in there. It just stopped me dead in my tracks!!! It was awesome. There were hearts all over and PROM?? was written in toothpaste. Isn't that just awesome!!! Never mind the fact that in the note he is still trying to get out of it. Sorry buddy, we are going now for sure!!!! So sorry to confuse you all but I had to answer him so I did it on the blog. It actually worked out because our blog is our homepage when you get on the Internet. When he came home that night he jumps right on the computer to do homework and found the cutest little boy giving him his answer!!! Hopefully I will remember to bring my camera to Prom and post pictures of our night out!!

My Answer is.....

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(Explanation to follow tomorrow!!)

We think he's cute!

2011-02-03T09:19:00.000-08:00

These are videos from the other night. We think they are so cute...but we are his parents. The first video Ryan was trying to get Seth's silly face on camera (the surprise face) but Seth gets distracted by the camera and keeps saying CHEESE!! The second video we were just trying to document the funny ways he mimics the animal noises.

Christmas in Utah

2011-02-02T22:08:00.000-08:00

For Christmas this year we went to Utah to be with my family. It has been about 3 years since we have been back for the holidays, so it felt just like old times. We were able fly thanks to my Mom. It was so awesome to not have to drive with the little car seat monster! I was a little nervous to fly with Seth since it has been about a year since we have done a plane, but on the takeoff and landing he put his arms up and was giggling!! Even during some bumpy turbulence i thought that he would get scared, but no he was laughing! We had some great fun in Utah seeing family. We were with my sister Kelsey and here kids a lot..they are the kids in the pictures with the amazing hair!!! They are so cute. We even made it the whole vacation and two plane flights without even getting sick. (It seems like everytime we go to Utah we get sick, and I hear from friends that it is the same for them....So we were super lucky) So enjoy some of our pictures from our Holiday Vacation.
(Blogger won't let me rearrange the pictures so they are all messed up..so you get them messed up!)

We went to Discovery Gateway, which Seth LOVED! The last time we went Seth was just barely 1, and barely could have cared less about it. But not this time...there was definitely a tantrum when it was time to go home.

EGG!!!

Playing in the ball area.

Flying a Helicopter!!! All he wanted to do was be in the Helicopter, but it was on the roof of the museum outside.. and it was freezing!!!!!

McKayden, Seth , and Mason

Daddy and Seth in the Helicopter

The Wind Tunnel. This one was also a big favorite. He sat for at least 20 minutes just putting the paper cups in the tunnel over and over and over again.

The water. I think he really could have been there all day. Seriously he was in water playing, ball through the tunnel, soaking wet heaven.

This is the only snow Utah got when we there. Pretty disappointing, but my Mom told me that the afternoon we left they got like 2 feet of snow!

More water fun!!! (Sorry Pics are mixed up!!)

CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Christmas was so fun with all the kids. My sister Kelsey and her family slept over, it was so fun. (We were only missing my other sister Hillary:( ) We did all the family traditions that we did when we were kids, it was so fun!!! My sister has a little boy Mason who is only 5 weeks older than Seth. They fought the whole time! You could tell that they are just too close in age and they like the same things. When one would open a gift the other would try to get it. It seemed like the whole morning they were both crying! But it was still fun to be with everyone.

Seth playing with his new motorized Thomas the train!!!

Putting it together!!! "Less fix it!" Seth kept saying over and over!!

An Energetic Ryan and Seth looking through the loot Santa brought in the Stockings!!

New Thomas Bath Toys! ( I think that these are seriously his favorite thing from Christmas. He still gets excited to get in the bath to get theses out.)

The first night we were there we went to the "Sugar Shack" to see Santa. As kids we always went there to see Santa, so it was fun to take Seth there....except Seth wouldn't go near him. The closest he got was to grab a candy cane.

Picking out Grammie's Christmas tree. It smelled amazing that fresh!!

Another adventure to a place called "Jungle Jims" It is an indoor little amusement park for kids. I actually had a Birthday party there when I was a kid. It was exactly the same as I remember it. The smells and rides were exactly the same. But Seth loved it!!

Seth and Mason on the Jeeps! I promise they did have fun!!!

Isn't this the perfect picture!!! All of us on the Roller coaster!!!

Well Utah we missed you and can't wait to see you again...Maybe when it warms up a bit!!!

Seth Turns 2!!!

2011-02-02T21:24:00.000-08:00

On December 8th Seth turned 2! I cannot believe it! I don't know how the time has passed so quickly. The Sunday before his birthday we had Ryan's family over for dinner and a party. This year I made a train cake for our train obsessed little boy. I guess it was a success since Seth could recognize what it was. It definitely was a lot easier than the alligator that I attempted for his 1st birthday!! He loved all his presents and the theme of the gifts was ....you guessed it TRAINS!! But his train table now looks awesome. On Seth's actual birthday I took him to Knott's Berry Farm during the day, than that evening we had some friends over to celebrate!

Halloween Costumes

2010-11-30T13:00:00.001-08:00

This year for Halloween we were a peter pan family. I was Wendy, Ryan was John, and Seth was Peter Pan. I was really proud of my self because I made all of our costumes, and I even finished them in September! A week before Halloween was our ward's Trunk or Treat, which was fun. Then the Friday before we had our Young Married Group from our ward had a Adults only Halloween party that was bomb. We dressed up in our Woody and Jessie costumes from last year since I thought that without Seth we just looked like we were in or Pajamas. We even won an award! Sadly I didn't get any pictures there, but every one did such as awesome job with their costumes. I actually felt bad for winning because everyone Else's costumes were so good!
Bowling
Our Friends the Gunn's were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles an April. (All of our friends dressed up but somehow we didn't get a picture of them. Sorry guys! I think Ryan had the camera...blame him!)
Then on Halloween we went to Corona for a Spooky dinner.

Seth's pumpkin....Just kidding it was mine!
Ryan's Pumpkin
Seth just liked sitting on them!

A Day Out With Thomas

2010-11-30T08:39:00.000-08:00

Seth's face pretty much sums up how much he loved it!! Ryan's parents were the best and took us to "A Day out with Thomas." I guess every year Thomas comes to town and we got to go see him and take a ride with him. It was so awesome. Seth was so excited when he saw Thomas the train, even I got a little choked up!! (Ryan makes fun of me about it, but it is so exciting to see things through your children's eyes). The event was so fun, they had a petting zoo, bounce houses, art activities, and the best part was the giant tent that had about 9 train tables full of trains and tracks that the kids could play with. The funny thing was that every child came in with a smile, and left throwing a tantrum! Seth was not excluded from that...We told Grandma and Grandpa that you can judge how much fun they are having depending how big of a fit they throw! Seth threw the biggest fit then, that he has ever thrown...so it was a great time!!

Just Random Pictures of Seth

2010-11-29T11:15:00.000-08:00

Here are some random pictures of Seth over the past few months. He is just the cutest, funniest kid around...can't believe he will be 2 next week!!!! How did the time go by?? Wearing his Woody hat (or "WOOOIE" hat) Cool Shades Finally Seth decided he likes hats... Doesn't it make him look like a big kid? Ignore me in the picture...but I was just laying on the floor one evening and Seth just came and sat on my belly and laid back on my leg like it was a recliner and watched his cartoons! injury acquired while watching daddy play softball..it was a lot worse than it looked!! Looking at Bugs! You can't tell in the picture but there was a huge pray mantis on the green pole. Climbing on top of the train table...he does this to reach a train on the other side of the table instead of walking around. Laying on his blankets. This boy LOVES his blankets! he just rolls around on top of them and is in pure bliss!! I try to only let him have 2 or so at a time, but he always finds them and eventually he has all his blankets out. Pushing around his blankets in the shopping cart. "And when you get tired just tip your cart on the side and take a rest on a nice pile of blankets!" Seth likes to play with my lettuce keeper bowls. He will put one on his head, then yours, then switch.. over and over again. So I left the room for just a few minutes...when I returned tornado Seth had visited!! Best seat in town!!
Just because I thought they were cute!

White Coat Ceremony 9/16/2010

2010-11-29T11:11:00.000-08:00

Oh Boy I am behind on Blogging!! I am trying to get caught up..but Holiday gift crafting and a huge project I am working on for Ryan is taking up all my free time. But hopefully in the next few days I will get caught up!! Wish me luck...

In September it was Ryan's White Coat Ceremony. At His school they hold this ceremony at the beginning of their 7th term when they start working in the clinic. It was exciting to see him getting that lovely white coat...meaning that the end is approaching!! Yay!!! Only one more year left!!! I tried to take a picture of his white coat being placed on him..but between my retardedness and the weird lighting on the stage they didn't turn out. So enjoy the family shot.

2010-09-07T14:43:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the blog overload...but we have been busy lately! Actually the real reason is that when I get free time, I would rather sew! I had to take my machine to the shop because it isn't sewing properly...So I guess I decided to update my blog!!! I do feel much better now that I am all caught up. Maybe I will post some of the things I have been working on... we will see!

Audrey Marie!!

2010-09-07T14:28:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the world Miss Audrey Marie!!! Ryan's sister Danielle had her 3rd baby girl on September 2, 2010. We love that little girl so much already!!! I loved holding her...Oh babies how I love them!!!!

Danielle, Ryan, and Audrey

Big Sister not wanting Aunt Lindy to hold Audrey!
Congratulations Cryder Family!
Grandpa playing with Seth at the Hospital.
**Funny Side note** As we were leaving Danielle's room I said, "I feel like this was my room I was in when I had Seth." When I got home that night I went and looked through my stuff, and sure enough we were in the same room!!!

Hollywood

2010-09-07T14:18:00.000-07:00

We made another trip down to Hollywood. This time we went to the Hollywood Wax Museum, The Guinness World Record museum, and we walked around and looked at the stars on the ground, and Grauman's Chinese Theater. Unfortunately I forgot my Camera! But I took some photo's of the wax museum on my phone (sorry for the poor quality). But we had fun looking at all the stars and seeing the sights.
Ryan and Samuel L. Jackson

Charlie's Angels, Can you find me??
Adam Sandler in Bedtime Stories.
Lindy and the very short, Tom Cruise!

Disneyland!!!

2010-09-07T13:56:00.000-07:00

We were super lucky and inherited a day at Disneyland from my sister who was visiting back in July, when she didn't use all the days on her 3 day pass she bought. THANK YOU HILLARY. We had so much fun! We went with our good friends, The Gunn's who have season passes. We had a blast, we made it on so many rides between fast passes and parent rider switch. I think we went on everything! I think it was the funnest day I have had a Disneyland in a long long time. Mac and Seth were so good too, never complained at all during the 10 hours we were there! It was Magical, Thanks again Gunn's and Hillary for the tickets!
Couldn't get a good picture while riding on the Tram to get to the park. I Just thought all of them were funny!

This picture of Seth just melts my heart!!
Small World. During the ride Seth was dancing in his seat to the music!

Griffith Observatory

2010-09-07T13:40:00.000-07:00

We made a trip to Hollywood to the Griffith Observatory. It is quite famous it has been in a bunch of movies. Recently if you have seen "500 days of summer" or "Yes Man" you may recognize it. While driving there we realized that we live in a great location, we are so close to L.A. and all the sights....but what should only take 30 min. takes and 90 or more min. I guess that is why we don't venture out much. Anyways I was so glad we went to this outing. It was a blast.
Driving into the L.A. pollution!!!
Hollywood Sign

The Telescope
Having a snack break in the shade.
"I think I get it Mr. Einstein!"

Then we went walking for a bit on the "Hollywood Hiking Trail." Which is also famous....Have you ever watched the show on MTV, "The Hills" well I recognized it from when Lauren and Audrina would take walks there. Okay I am a nerd...but if you are a nerd like me I thought you would think it was cool!!

August 8th 4 YEARS!!!

2010-09-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

In August we celebrated our 4Th Wedding Anniversary! Crazy that it has been 4 years already.. but it has been the best. Isn't it awesome that you can be with your best friend forever. I love my Ryan so much and we may not be like other couples..but we were made for each other. Don't you just love my gift!!! A Jo Ann's gift card in Jello...that is definitely LOVE!!!! I am a lucky girl.

We celebrated by going to Knott's Berry Farm with our season passes, without Seth. We finally could ride a ride together! It was a blast, but we are getting old...we were planning on getting a treat after... but we were both feeling a little nauseous and dizzy!!! HA HA

Beach House 2010 and a Visitor!!

2010-08-14T11:00:00.000-07:00

July 10-17 2010 was the annual BEACH HOUSE vacation with my mom's side of the Family. This year we were had a few people missing, but is was very fun indeed. It was really fun for my immediate family because all of my siblings (minus the husbands) with their kids were able to come. It was tricky with different nap times and finding places to put 3 pack n'plays but we survived, all a little tired, but we made it! It was so fun this year, but different than it used to be. Not as relaxing, but I guess that is what having a kid means! EXPLANATION on some of the photos---My Grandpa for years has brought a super old cabana and wears a lab coat to put it together so he doesn't get his clothes dirty. So Ryan thought it would be funny to bring his Lab Coat from school and wear it...only problem, this was probably the first time in a decade my grandpa forgot his.

I think the highlight was after the beach house my sister Hillary from Oklahoma came to stay with me for a week! It was so fun to have a visitor and go and do some fun things. Plus Seth was always in a good mood with his cousin Ben around. Although I don't know if the feeling was mutual! Enjoy the pictures!

2nd hair cut 7/2/2010

2010-08-14T10:53:00.001-07:00

Seth's first hair cut was a disaster, he was completely flipping out, so I was a little worried about taking him again somewhere. But this time he was a little angel. I don't know if it was because he was sitting on Ryan's lap or watching Elmo, but it WORKED! Our little man got his second Haircut without any crying. That must be a record!

Yay! No more sweaty long hair!!!!

As I write this (since I am so far behind) he already needs another one, I hope it goes smoothly too!

Seth's Ear tubes 7/9/2010

2010-08-14T10:35:00.000-07:00

Seth had a set of tubes placed in his ears, hopefully to help drain fluid from his ears to hopefully stop all his ear infections that he has been getting. From January to May 2010 we had 7 ear infections. It was a brutal winter and spring at our home, but hopefully with these puppies in, this year will go better! I will have to say I was pretty nervous, I know it is a routine procedure, but when it is your child it is a little nerve racking. I had tubes as a child and Ryan did also, so I guess Seth was just destined to need them! But I will have to say the whole thing was a breeze!! Except for trying to get him to wake up out of the grogginess. He woke up with super human strength, and I had two nurses for about an hour, helping me hold my child who had turned into a bucking bronco! We were all sweating in no time, but after a little while hecalmed down, and it was like nothing even happened. Sadly I forgot my camera, but I had my camera phone so the pictures are a little fuzzy.
Before the surgery Seth was in such a good mood despite not eating anything all morning, he was dancing and flirting with all the nurses. I swear at one point I think all the nurses in the surgery center were in a circle around Seth watching him dance, spin, and jump. The real fun began when they gave him some drugs to make him sleepy. He started to get really silly, and was trying to laugh but nothing was coming out. We were all just laughing at our drugged up little boy. I wished I had had a video camera, it was pretty awesome. But any ways enjoy the pictures from our first medical experience with Seth!

Happy Father's Day!

2010-06-20T16:02:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day, we sure do love our Daddy!

SCORE!!!!

2010-06-10T10:28:00.000-07:00

So yesterday I was driving to my friends house and there was a sewing table in the curb with a "free" sign on it!! I was like oh my gosh it is fate, I totally want one! But I didn't have time to pick it up, so I forgot about it until later that night when I was coming home from Mutual it was still there. I got home and burst into the door to tell Ryan he had to go get it with his truck. It is just perfect to create a little sewing corner for me, so I don't have to take over the kitchen table anymore! It is amazing and I am so excited about it!!! Yay to awesome finds for FREE!!

18 months

2010-06-10T10:12:00.000-07:00

My little Seth turned 18 months on Tuesday! My how time flies! All I can say I love him so much! He is so active and crazy sometimes, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I can't believe he is old enough for nursery. I am a little scared for the other children..... they don't know what is coming! Also this month I am going to Girls Camp. I am a little scared to leave my little boy all ready, I don't know what I will do without my little buddy!

****Warning this may gross some of you out....but I thought it was amazingly funny*****

Seth took this major dump in his diaper....look at that thing sticking out...I thought it was amazing. How did that come out of him???

Apples

2010-06-03T12:59:00.000-07:00

Seth LOVES apples, and has a fit anytime anyone is eating one. Usually Ryan will bite off a piece and give it to Seth. The problem is he chews it, but never swallows it. So I have chunks of chewed up apples everywhere. But this particular time Ryan set his apple he was eating on the desk. Seth saw it and grabbed it and sat down on the couch with it saying "MMMMMM, MMMMMM" So I let him have it to see what he would do with it. He ate like almost half of it, and no apple chunks. I guess this is the way to let him have it so he will swallow it!

Second attempt at the sign for apple! We think it is so cute. But of course we do!

Elmo and Seth's favorite seat!

2010-06-03T12:44:00.000-07:00

Like I have said before Seth loves Elmo. Whenever we are in a store or at the library he always finds Elmo somewhere, somehow. When we were in San Diego over the weekend, we were staying at my Aunts house and she had this super old tickle me Elmo that her son got as a white elephant gift. It doesn't shake anymore buy it does talk still. Seth loves it and would not part with it when we left her house. So we are giving Elmo a new home for awhile.

Seth was feeding Elmo his some Wheat Thins. What a good friend!

Also you may be wondering why Seth is sitting on the couch without a cushion?? Well this new obsession started accidentally one day when Ryan left a cup of water on the ground and Seth got it and Spilled it all over the couch. So I took the cushion out to try to dry it off. Seth loves climbing and sitting on chairs now, I guess he feels like a big kid or something, but he can't get on the couch yet himself. So when I took the cushion off he got so excited and crawled onto the couch frame and sat down. Now everyday he yells at me until I pull off the cushion for him so he can sit down. He is funny.

A new love...the tramp!!!

2010-06-03T11:18:00.000-07:00

Seth loves the Trampoline!!! We went to San Diego for a night to go see some friends of ours who were in town from Utah. Matt and Ryan were mission companions in Argentina, and then room mates in college. Matt's younger brother had his farewell so we went up to see them and their cute new baby!!!! At Matt's Parents house they had a trampoline and we could not get this kid off of it. He thought it was hilarious. We all laughed at his funny attempts at jumping.

He likes to pretend that when standing on the dishwasher door it is a trampoline! No NO No!

This seriously BUGS!!!

2010-06-03T11:11:00.001-07:00

This is my biggest pet peeve!!! I happened to have my camera in the front seat while driving the other day. We are all completely stopped at a stop light, See the red light in the distance? Why in the world do people do this. PULL UP TO THE LINE, IDIOT!!!!! There is like space for 2 cars!! I see this all the time in California! What is it with you people!!! If you are one of these people who do this please explain this to me, I don't get it!

Memorial Day 2010

2010-06-03T11:06:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome Memorial Day! Just relaxing in the sun, swimming, shaved ice, and BBQ! We hope you had a good day too!!

He did it!!!

2010-06-03T10:56:00.000-07:00

I have the smartest husband in the world.. I am a little "bias"ed (get it?? Bias! ha ha) Ryan passed his first set of Boards!!!! He is 1 test closer to becoming a Doctor!!! Wahoo!!! I have to roll my eyes at him, because he said he felt like he failed some of the tests (there were 6 tests in part one of his National Board Exams), and he didn't even get close to failing one of them! He was hundreds of points above a failing score!! We are so proud of Ryan!!!

Etsy Shop

2010-05-17T15:27:00.000-07:00

My Etsy shop is up and running! I hope I have all the quirks worked out! But I am excited to hopefully have a way to fund my mile long list of crafts and sewing projects I would like to do! So if you have some of my items all ready please tell anyone who asks you about them where they can find them. I have a button on my sidebar that will take you directly to my shop, which is

www.etsy.com/shop/dancecinderella

Thanks a bunch!!!

And thank you to Allie, my model!!!!

Headband Mania

2010-05-12T10:42:00.001-07:00

So I have been very busy lately making my newest craft... Flower Headbands!
I personally love them and think they are so cute. Everyone tells me That I should try to see these things. So here is my first attempt on my blog, I am soon going to try and open an Etsy shop and I will let you know when that is up and going. I have been making them constantly for friends and family members. The pictures don't do them justice. They are not just for little girls, I originally made them for me, so they look great on adults too. They also make great gifts!

$7 Gets you an original double layer flower headband designed and hand made by yours truly!
(I can Mail them to you if you are far away)
-Here are your color choices:
Light Pink, Hot Pink, Green, Purple, Tan, Red, Light Blue, Navy, Black, Gray, Brown, Or really any color and I can make it.

Also Pictured are some crochet flowers on clips. Those are $3 and come in the same colors. I wear one in my hair almost every day!

Just leave a comment or E-mail me if you want some. Fandangowmn04(at)aol(dot)com
Don't be shy!!

Thank You!!!
P.S. I donated 8 of my Headbands to the YW in our ward to sell at their auction for Girls camp and some of them sold for $25 dollars!

Your opinion please!

2010-05-12T10:19:00.001-07:00

So for Mother's Day Ryan wanted to buy me a decent pair of Sunglasses. I have never had a pair probably over $10, and I have never been happy. I have a smaller narrower face and adult sunglasses just look huge on me. I would have to say my favorite pair were from the little girl store Limited TOO (Remember that store?) Anyways it doesn't help that the style now days are huge. Even the girls at Sunglasses hut were stumped because everything looked large on me, and stuck out an inch past my face.....One time the girl shouted "AHH, NO NO NO Those are horrible!"

But alas these ones surfaced at Nordstroms! I like them, but at the same time they look weird too, I am scared to commit because they were expensive (thanks extra popcorn money, we love you!) Also I am way out of touch with today's style and
I feel like it is one of those things that you are unsure about but the more you wear them you love them type of deal. But I thought I would get your opinion, Do you think they look okay on me, are they too large? Is the style all wrong for me? Really I want your opinion. What would you think if you saw me on the street wearing them? Good or Bad!

Just a side note.....I have never had any thing designer and I will have to admit I felt a little giddy after buying them. It was exhilarating... I hope Ryan makes a lot of money, because I could get used to this feeling.

Pizza Factory Breadtwists

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

**So I made these last night....and they were to die for and they were easy. (Don't be scared Allie they were really easy! -she is scared of bread!) So I have a confession to make I found the recipe while blog stalking. I got the recipe from a girl I used to work with in Utah. Her cooking blog is www.ashleyinthekitchen.blogspot.com I have gotten a lot of recipes from it that are delicious. So hopefully she doesn't find this and think I am a weirdo!!
ENJOY!!

Pizza Factory Breadtwists

Recipe from favfamilyrecipes.com

1½ cups warm water

2 Tbsp. sugar

1 Tbsp. yeast

Let that sit for 5 minutes. Then add:

3½ cups flour

1 tsp Salt

Mix until smooth then let raise for 10 minutes. Roll out dough into a large square on a floured surface. Brush with melted (real) butter mixed with garlic and then sprinkle with kosher salt. Fold in half and cut into 1 inch strips. Twist and place on a cooking sheet. Let sit for 15 to 20 minutes to raise. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately after baking, brush with more garlic butter and sprinkle with kosher salt and grated parmesan cheese.

Serve with marinara, alfredo sauce, or ranch for dipping.

*Dough also makes a great pizza dough, just roll out into a large circle, add your favorite toppings, and bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.

17 months

2010-05-12T09:07:00.000-07:00

Our Seth Man is 17 months. My how the time has flown! Here is what is going on with little man:
-He talks all the time! sometimes words, most of the time it is jibber jabber, but he jibbers at me and looks at me like "Duh I just asked you a question!" He can say... Momma, Daddy, Cheesh (cheese),shoosh (shoes), star (he can even recognize the shape), and show (he wants a movie or t.v.).
-He can do some signs. I wish I would have started sooner. I don't know why I didn't since I took 3 years of sign language, but he has this video and I noticed last month that he was doing some of them, so I have started signing with him and he has picked up it up so fast. He can do from the movie, refrigerator and table. And he is so happy to show you anytime. He has this big old grin on his face. He can also do eat, apple, and milk. We are working on others.
-He is very mischievous!
-He LOVES Elmo and Sesame Street. He freaks out every time he sees the character any where, even if it is on his diaper. He will sit glued to the t.v. during Elmo's world. I don't know how this began, I don't ever remember pushing him to like Elmo, he has just totally become attached on his own. I am waiting for a special occasion to rationalize buying a stuffed animal of Elmo, because he would be so happy!! Maybe I will get him one when I go to Girls Camp with the Young women (another story all on its own!)
Watching Elmo!
-Loves jumping on the bed and playing Hide and Seek.
-He LOVES steering wheels! Funny story last night we went to the mall and he was freaking out at the rental car stroller shopping cart things they have there. He went to each one and wanted to sit in it. I swear jut for something to do I could go to the mall and just sit there for hours while he sat in them and played!
-He LOVES balls. He is very good at throwing them.... and other things so watch out if you are in his line of fire!
-He still hates riding in the car. Longer rides we have to take the DVD player and a movie OR else screaming will ensue the whole way. He really is a good kid, just don't ever try to restrain or make this kid stop moving and running around and he will be happy!
-He LOVES his blanket and binkie! Bad I know, but it is the last of his babyness!!! He will run into his room and yell until I come and get them out of his crib. He will then bury his face in his blanket while saying "ahh, mmmm" and other soothing noises!!
I am trying to work on only letting him have them when he sleeps. Some days are better than others.
-He LOVES Baby Einstein still, and hits the T.V. until I put on a "Show". That is really the only T.V. he likes.
- He dances every time he hears music. His favorite is the ending credits of the T.V. show the O.C. (thanks to the Gunn's for getting us addicted)
-He is a climber! He climbs on and in everything! He also is a really fast runner!!!

-We are having a hard time getting him to eat table food. He just loves his baby food purees! Slowly it is getting better, but he doesn't like real food!!! Any Suggestions?? I have bought a baby food processor and blending up our food doesn't work, he can tell and will not eat it!!! So is my kid going to be 5 and still eating Gerber Mac and Cheese???
With all that said I took a picture of his first lunch he ate that didn't involve baby food. I just had to document! It consisted of Strawberries (he LOVES strawberries) and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Since then it is hit and miss.I found out throughout the meal that he would get mad if I covered up Elmo on his plate. Here he is uncovering Elmo!

-Still takes two hour and a half naps!! I am so glad, cause I know most kids his age are on only one nap, and he still takes 2 glorious naps!
-Sleeps great at night 8pm to anytime between 6 and 7:30 depending on the day!
-Loves to go outside. I just tell him to get his shoes and runs to the drawer (gets his ugly beach sandals) and runs to the door!
- He had the best personality. He smiles all the time, talks, waves, and runs around. We always get stopped where ever we are and he gets so much attention even from other parents with their own little ones.
- We are one Ear infection away from a referral to Ear Nose and Throat Doctor for Tubes. So far since December 31 we have dealt with 7 ear infections. Seth currently has a cold and the Doctor said if this turns into one we are getting a referral for tubes! So sad! But definitely mine and Ryans kid (we both had trouble as kids). So far so good with this cold, Thanks to Benedryl prescribed by the doctor to dry him up so hopefully no infection!!!
There is so much more, but I won't bore you too much!
Oh and he likes to drink out of Ryan's cups he always leaves laying around for Seth to get into. But Seth is so proud!!!