Buhler's

December in a Flash

2011-01-05T12:25:00.000-08:00

So our month of December was a bit busy, as I'm sure everyone's was. I will try to lump in all in a short little post here..Where to start???
Matt, Carrie, Kadence and their new little puppy Stella came for a visit. We always have loads of fun when these guys come, too many laughs, and one intense game of rummy. This year the daddies took the little ones sledding! Kadence got to love on Brock, Nate and Matt got to reminisce and me and Carrie got to listen to them reminisce again!!! We don't get to see these guys nearly enough!

So, after they left Brock got ANOTHER ear infection..This was his 5th in 5 months..After being on and antibiotic every month and never truly getting over his infections, it didn't take me long to decide to get tubes put in his ears. I wanted to get it done sooner than later and nowhere could get me in before the new year except for good old Delta..So we hopped in the car and traveled in a horrible snow storm and got his tubes done..He did soooo good and he has been so much happier since!

Well my wonderful father stepped in and came with me since Nate couldn't come..Yes people he is wearing his cut off 1995 Delta State Champion Sweatshirt! Doesn't he look so happy!

Brock on the other hand was so patient waiting for the Dr's without any food in his tummy!
After the tubes we rushed home since it was done on December 23rd! My parents and Grandpa were coming for Christmas so we had lots to get done before they came! Christmas Eve was great..Morgy was so excited this year..She spread her reindeer food out on the lawn, she got to open one present and we even tracked Santa on the Santa Tracker.

Waiting to open a present!
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Brock got to open his walker!

Morgy opening her's!

Dancing with Bompa!

My two amazing, beautiful, wonderful, SPOILED kids!
Christmas morning was great..Everyone got what they wanted and then some..It was great to have my parents and grandfather here..This will truly be a Christmas to remember. I'm very greatful for all that I have! I tried posting pics of Chrismtas morning but it didn't work and I don't want to see why cuz this post is way long and I'm tired of sitting here waiting for the pics to upload..so what you missed is Morgy noticing santas cookies are gone, her running to her presents and then her and Brock opening there 1 million presents..The End..Hope all you Holidays were Great!!!

My Big Little Boy is 6 months!

2010-11-17T20:16:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!
I'm 6 months old now, I've been a pretty good boy up to this point. I'm super busy and already trying to go places. I'm working real hard on getting my bottom two teeth which hasn't been very fun and I get really frustrated because I want to crawl and can't quite figure it out. I'm growing like a weed and already in 12 month clothes. My mommy is sad because I'm growing too fast and she wants me to be a baby forever. I'm ready to be big like my sister!
My 6 Month Stats..
Weight 18 lbs 15 ounces 75%
Height 29.5 off the charts

I happen to be one of the happiest babies around, always smiling from ear to ear!

I started eating solids and I love them..my favorite is squash!!

I love love love my daddy..Every night he gets home I smile and giggle and kiss him (well open mouth slobber on him)

I love to torment by big sister...

But I also really love to love her

I'm almost crawling..scooching everywhere and I get up on all fours and rock!

I love my binky

I really wanted to go on the deer hunt with daddy

Most of all I just love being ME!!!

Happy Halloween!

2010-11-09T19:31:00.000-08:00

This year was a great Halloween! Morgy was so excited to be Cinderella, although I tried talking her out of being a princess, she insisted..When it was all said I done I thought she was a beautiful Cinderella. She dressed up for her school party on Friday and we trick-or-treated on Saturday.

Little Brock was a monkey this year. He was sick a couple days before and he wasn't going to get to go trick or treating but the weather cooperated so we were able to take him out. He didn't understand the whole monkey outfit and why he had to be dressed up but sick and all he was a trooper!

Oh and I almost forgot..I have a little tradition of dressing Dozer up in the kid's costume, only because he lets me. It's the funniest thing because anytime he gets any type of clothing on him he freezes and will not even move an inch..So this year he was a Monkey!

Happy Halloween!!!

While Daddie's Away

2010-11-09T19:16:00.000-08:00

Morgy Kadence and Little Lexie

Morghan and Carson doing what they do best..being CRAZY!

Kadence pushing Brock in the baby stroller..She LOVES Brock and is so cute with him!

Morgy and Kadence with Grandma Suzanne!

The four little Munchkins!

While Nate was gone on the deer hunt I had my sister (Karyn) and sister in law (Carrie) come over. We were able to have girl time but of course with all the kids. Morghan, Carson and Kadence played the whole time and it was great to see the 2 sisters! I didn't get any pictures of and of us girls!! OOPS!

Deer Hunt

2010-11-09T19:01:00.000-08:00

Nate and Matt drew out for the deer hunt this year in the Souther Region! They hiked 2 miles into there camp this year packing in all there food and gear. The preparation for the hunt ONLY began 2 months prior..This consisted of hiking in the canned goods and burying them, ordering and buying supplies, talking to Matt on the phone night after night preparing for the hunt, going over every detail again and again and again, and then preparing "the pack." The pack was Nates backpack that he had to carry in to camp so it took a great amount of strategizing to make this pack small enough to carry a couple miles. The final night the pack weighed in at 60lbs (yes we pulled out the scale to weigh it).
Off he went!!!! He spotted a buck the first night they got there but the hunt wasn't going to open until the next day so he was nervous he would lose the buck. Fortuanately they were able to find the buck the next day and Nate shot him..The buck is a 4x5 and has a 30 inch spread..Nate was sooooooo excited! We are now in process of getting a full head mount. Nate is having a hard time that I will not let this head mount in my house..I think it will look great in the garage!!!

Denver!

2010-10-02T17:45:00.000-07:00

Go Broncos or wait Go Colts..so this is the problem I have every football season.Who to cheer for when these two play each other. The Broncos have always been our families favorite team and the Colts have been Nate's team, so since we've been married I've become a fan of them too. We decided to go to the game in Denver. We had a great time, especially because it was the first time we have been alone in a long time. I had a hard time leaving the kids (mostly because I'm a stress case) but luckily my faithful parents came and watched them for us. We had a great time in downtown Denver and met up with a friend and his girlfriend from college. The game was a lot of fun and the Colts ended up winning.

Glenwood Springs

2010-10-02T15:45:00.000-07:00

We decided to take a little family trip to Glenwood Springs. On our way there we stopped at Walmart to pick up some necessities..I ran in with Morghan while Nate stayed in the car..anywhooo we picked up our items and on we went. We got to Glenwood Springs and I went to check in the motel..Where's my Wallet???? I started to freak out, I knew I had left it in the cart at Walmart. I called and talked to the manager and they couldn't find it. I was so freaked out I had to cancel everything. My social security card, a blank check, my drivers license, and credit cards were in there..anything and everything a person wanted for identity theft was in there. I tried not to let it ruin the trip but I knew for sure my wallet had landed in the hands of someone who could do some serious damage.. I cancelled everything and figured just to let it go and have fun. We went to the Springs pool which was a blast..Morghan suprisingly was not scared to go down the slide..she went over and over and over..We stayed there all day. The folowing day we went up the Gondola to the top of the mountain. They have a variety of things to do which one was old fashion pictures, it was a lot of fun. Another thing was a roller coaster that went down the mountain, suprisingly again Morghan was not scared to go on this (Nate was). I need to remind you that the whole time I was calling Walmart a thousand times to see if my wallet had been turned in (it hadn't). We finished on the mountain and headed home. I told Nate to stop in Grand Junction because I had a feeling that my wallet was there and that the managers weren't looking for it. So we stopped, and guess what I found it..right in the top of the pile of lost and found.

Happy 4th Birthday

2010-10-02T15:24:00.000-07:00

Morghan, Bayla, and Makenna

Cowabunga Bay!!!

My sweet little Morgy turns 4! Holy cow it's crazy..It doesn't seem like 4 years ago that we had her. She truly has been the best little kid parents could ask for. She is so happy so incredibly smart, she amazes us every day. I couldn't have hand picked a better one. I truly love her with everything in me. We weren't going to do anything for her birthday here because we had planned a trip up to Cowabunga Bay water park with the family but Morgy had a hard time understanding why she couldn't have friends over here. So, I gave in and had a couple of her good friends over for a party. We also ended up going to Cowabunga Baby for Morgy's, Rylie's, and Maddison's Birthday. It was great fun!

Some More!

2010-10-02T11:09:00.002-07:00

Family Pics

2010-10-02T11:00:00.000-07:00

Megan Brown was coming to Moab for a bowling tournament so I snagged her up for family pics. She did a great job and came right to the house so we didn't have to take Brock anywhere. I was very pleased with all the pictures!

Brocks First days Home!

2010-10-02T10:30:00.000-07:00

After 2 days in the hospital we were able to bring Brock home. My mom stayed for a week and helped out with anything and everything. My mom is so wonderful to have around..cooking,cleaning, laundry and helping out with Morgy! My sister and kids came over the weekend after he was born. It was great to have her here. Aaron and Melissa and their girls also made a trip over to see Brock. He adjusted well into his new family and home!

Brock William Buhler

2010-10-02T10:23:00.000-07:00

I was induced at 7 am on the morning of May 11th. Unlike Morgy, Brock was a very easy delivery. My epidural worked this time which was AMAZING! I only pushed twice (yes I said twice) and there he was..Weighing in at a whopping 7lbs 15 oz and was 21 inches long. My mom and Nate were in the room with me and shortly after his arrival Morgy and my dad came in. It was a very wonderful experience.

I'm Back!

2010-10-02T10:04:00.000-07:00

So where have I been? It has been over a year since I last updated the blog..I'm sure most of you know that I finally got pregnant! Just like everyone said, once you stop trying it will happen, and just like that IT HAPPENED. My pregnancy was anything but fun..I puked my brains out all day every day for seven months (and yes I'm complaining) and once again I gained enough weight for 3 peoples pregnancy! After it was all said and done Brock William Buhler was born on 5/11/10 and weighed 7 lbs 15 oz and was 21 inches long. He has been an excellent baby so far..I can already tell he will be a mommas boy. Having 2 definately changes the pace of the house..Morgy had a hard time adjusting to him but now they are great together..He watches her every move and laughs at her all the time. Poor little Brock has traveled all over the place since he's arrived. We had a very busy summer and he just went right along with us. In a short update our summer included a trip to Cedar City to see Matt and Carrie, a trip to Wyoming to our cabin, Ogden for Family reunion,Seven Peaks water park, Cowabunga Bay water park, Glenwood Springs, and recently went to Denver for the Broncos/Colts game. We couldn't be doing any better right now. I will try and post pics for all the events!

Hello There!

2009-08-01T20:44:00.001-07:00

So I will try to make this short and sweet with catching up on almost 3 months. Where have I been??? It's been awhile yes I know but the Buhler bunch has been busy. We finally moved into our new house and we love it. Our builders were incredible and had us in in four months. Since moving in we have been working like crazy on the yard. Me and Nate celebrated our 5 year anniversary WaHoo!!!! We are still going strong. It's crazy to look back and see all that we have done in 5 years. We celebrated the Fourth of July up at our cabin in Wyoming..That was a lot of fun. All 5 of us (the two dogs) slept very comfortably in our tent. Matt and Carrie came down the week after that which was great to see them. Morghan and Kadence play great together and we always have a lot of fun with Matt and Carrie. I ventured over to my sisters to take Morgy to a couple water parks..She had a blast playing with her cousin Carkey, and of course I love spending time with my sis. Over the 24th Aaron and Melissa and my mom and dad came down to help lay the sod on our 1/2 acre backyard..The following day we hiked the arches...not quite sure on the miles we went but it was somewhere around 10 and it kicked my you know what..Morghan turns 3 on the 18th of August.She is getting so big and is soooo much fun. I couldn't have asked for a better child, literally. We are all doing so good. It's so nice to be settled in a home. Sorry about the un updated blog..I will post some pics later!

She's Always Curious!

2009-05-06T20:29:00.000-07:00

The other day Morgy asked me where My Grandma is, I didn't quite know how to answer this because as you can imagine explaining where Heaven is to a 2 year old is quite a challenge and so here it goes:
Morgy: "Mom, Where is your grandma live?"
Me: "My grandma lives in Heaven!"
Morgy: "Where are Heaven?"
Me: "It's up there" (as I point up)
Morgy: Looks up to the ceiling, confused.
Me: "No not on the ceiling up above the clouds. Far Far away!"
Morgy: Still looking very confused. "Far away like Maga's house??" (which is my mom's)
Me: "No even further.It's a place where sick people go"
Morgy: (Recently getting over another sickness asks)"Am I going to Heaven now?"
Me: "No it's a place where sick people who don't get better go that need to sleep."
Morgy: "Well I want to sleep!"
Me: "Well you're not ready to go to sleep up in heaven yet, you sleep here with me and daddy."
Morgy: "I want to sleep with your grandma."
Me: "Maybe someday you can."
Morgy: "Like yesterday?" (which means tomorrow in her terms)
Me: "No not tomorrow, not for a long time."
Morgy: "Can I sleep in a princess bed like at Maga's?"
Me: "Yes, I'm sure you can have whatever bed you like." (trying now to end this conversation!)
Morgy: Awright Mom! I are excited!

Snow Fun!!!

2009-04-20T16:47:00.000-07:00

This is the most snow we got all winter and we got it 2 weeks ago...Morghan had a blast playing in it and although our snowman looks pretty pathetic it was fun making it. Everything was melted by the end of the day but at least Morghan got to wear her snow suit more than once this year!!

Parents and Their Senior Moments!

2009-03-23T16:27:00.000-07:00

My parents are always having senior moments! You know, forgetting where they parked the car, where their keys are, forgetting what day of the week it is etc...So I was in Delta a couple of weeks ago and I was packing to leave. Morghan was sitting up on the couch with her cousins so I thought it would be a great picture opportunity. My dad was lying on the couch so I thought he could do it for me while I packed. The conversation goes:
Me:"Hey dad, Will you go take a picture of the kids with my camera?"
Dad: "Linds, I don't want to I don't even know how to use the camera."
Me: "Dad, seriously it's not that hard."
Dad: "Fine, what do I do."
Me: "It's real easy, just hold the camera out at the kids and hold this button down."
So he leaves and comes back...
Dad: "Okay, I took 3 pictures, How did they turn out?"
THIS IS WHAT I FOUND!!! (He had the camera turned backwards and took pictures of himself the whole time not even realizing it) BIG DORK!!!!

Okay Okay, Alright Alright

2009-03-10T13:42:00.000-07:00

The pics aren't significant to anything just wanted to put some on..

So I slipped away for a month or so and many of you found me and started yelling at me...So I'm back! Hmmm truthfully not much has been going on. Since my last post I took Morghan to a specialist in Colorado to get a full check up. All of her blood work finally came back normal but still waiting on some tests to figure out why she gaining weight. I will say since taking the milk away she has tripled her eating, so I might just be summed up to a good old case of Lactose Intolerance. She is now up to a whopping 24.5 lbs. She is oficially a Princess. She will no longer wear pants, she can only wear dresses cuz princesses wear dresses. So this has been fun in the cold weather. Sometimes she looks like a little orphan with her dresses over her clothes, but it makes her happy and limits the fit throwing. We are doing good. We FINALLY started our house and things are going really fast on it. It's all framed and we should be in by May. WooHoo. I don't know if any of you have experienced building a house with a person that is horribly color blind but let me tell you IT IS NOT FUN. If me and Nate survive this house thing without me pulling out his eyeballs it will be a miracle.This is the first time in Me and Nates marriage where we have had to live in a Condo and let me tell ya we do not like it. I'm still NOT pregnant..Don't really know what our next step is. I have another appointment with my Dr. in April and hopefully he will have more suggestions. I really truly hope that Morghan will have a little sibling. She is such a nurturing person and loves acting like she is a big sister. I hope this isn't all that God has planned for us. Other than that we are all good. I will posts pics of our house once the outside is done. I will posts pics of my pregnancy test once it is positive :) I'm ready for spring and the hot weather...So toodaloo for now.

Update!

2009-02-04T20:45:00.000-08:00

From This......

To This......Back to her sweet little self, dressing up of course!

After 2 long weeks of Pneumonia, Morghan went to the doctor today and her chest x-ray was finally clear. She still has a cough, which they say can last up to four more weeks but she is doing much better. I'm so proud of how well she handled it all.For everything that she went through she rarely complained. She got to the point where she was tired of all the medicine that we had to give her so she would spit it out as fast as we would put it in. She also hated wearing the oxygen so we had to tape it on her which made her cry because the tape would hurt to pull off. Also, we had her completely potty trained prior to the hospitalization which that went down the drain because we had to keep her in diapers, so we are back to potty training again. We survived it though I realized I'm not as tough as I thought I was. I was a complete basket case through this all and as much as I tried not to let Morgy see me cry or be worried there were times when I would look at her and couldn't help but cry. She truly is my world, and although I knew that before this little nightmare, something like this truly puts your love for your child in perspective. Although her pneumonia is gone we are not completely out of the woods. The doctors are concerned with how little Morghan is. She hasn't gained much weight over the past year and the doctor's are concerned that she might have something going on with her insides, but they first want me to take her milk away thinking it might be a lactose intolerance issue. If that's not the case we are off to a GI specialist. I will keep y'all informed. Thanks for all your comments, means a lot!!!

And We Thought The Broken Arm Was Bad!

2009-01-26T20:56:00.000-08:00

First off, let me start by saying Morgy is bound to give me a heart attack and she is only 2. This past week I experienced the worst week of my entire live. Never before have I been so scared, sad, confused, anxious, worried, sleep deprived and helpless all at once. The worst thing imaginable, I now have expierenced and that is watching your child be so horribly sick, lying in hospital bed being poked to death with needles, struggling to breathe, and you sitting there watching with no way of helping.
So last Monday night, Morghan woke up in the middle of the night and said mommy I don't feel good. I went in and checked her and she had a slight fever and a little runny nose. I gave her some Tylenol and she fell back asleep. I took her to Day Care on Tuesday because I had a Dr's appointment out of town, while at my Dr's appt. the lady called and said Morghan was miserable and had a fever, so Nate went and picked her up. I still was just thinking she had a horrible cold and was treating her with Tylenol and Motrin and kept her Humidifier on. Wednesday was no different, but a little worse, she layed on the couch all day (which is very unusual for her) I called every doctor to get her in but no one could get me in. So, Wednesday night she was coughing really bad, I went in to check on her and she was struggling to breathe. Her respirations were 70 breathes per minute (normal 12-20) her temp was 104.0, and she was not really responding to me. I ran downstairs and grabbed my nursing bag so I could check her oxygen saturation, which was 72% (normal for toddler is 95%-100%). So I ran in and told Nate we were going the the ER. At 3:00 in the morning we scooped her out of bed and away we went. Morghan's vitals had gotten worse by the time we got there and they immediately starting running every test possible. They checked her for RSV,strep, Flu all which were negative. They poked her 5 times and finally got an IV in her to bring her fever down. Finally after a chest xray they found that she had Pneumonia in both lobes and surrounding her sternum. They immediately started antibiotics on her and admitted her to the hospital. Wednesday,Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday were pure hell. I think Morghan had a total of 10 sticks for IV Starts, 4 blood draws, 3 chest xrays, 3 nasal swabs, 2 mouth swabs. She was woke up every 2 hours for breathing treatments and vital checks. She struggled to breathe and cried all the time to go home. Although her Pneumonia was getting better her symptoms weren't. We walked her for the first time on Saturday night and she was so weak she would fall over. All she kept saying was "I want to go home mommy. Those people hurt me."Sunday afternoon, they decided they would let her go, only on oxygen and breahing treatments at home. They also left her IV in because she is not drinking so I would have to give her IV fluids if she continues to not drink. She is still only at 85-89% on her oxygen intake. She continues with two antibotics,pain meds, cough medicine and breathing treatments every 4 hours. We had a checkup today and the Pneumonia is still there but is definately getting better. The doctor is just very concerned about keeping her hydrated. I have to take her in tomorrow and if she's lost a pound he is admitting us again for fear of dehydration. I haven't slept in 5 days, and within those 5 days all I've done is cry. I seriously feel for those parents who have chronically ill kids who have to sit in hospitals day in and day out and be so helpless. I take for granted the fact that Morghan has been such a healthy child. I would never wish upon anyone what we have gone through this week. Thank goodness for my amazing parents who came down and helped and sat in the hospital room day in and day out with us, my mom would cook and bring us dinners and in between go home and walk our dogs. Truly, I don't know what I would have done without the love and support of my family and friends through this hard time. We are not out of the woods yet but Morghan played for the first time tonight so I think things are looking good.

Morgy's First Skiing Trip

2009-01-04T20:44:00.000-08:00

We took Morghan up to Brian Head for her first skiing adventure. She did really well, she actually liked it a lot but didn't understand why she had to wait in line to get on the lift so she got very inpatient real fast. Nate stayed with her and Matt stayed with Kadence so me and Carrie went and did a couple runs. We took the girls home and Matt and Nate stayed and skied the afternoon.

Matt and Kadence coming down!

Here comes Morgy!

Yay she made it!

The girls out tubing in the back yard!

Happy New Year

2009-01-04T20:17:00.000-08:00

We went to Cedar City for New Years this year to spend time with Nate's brother and family. It has become a tradition that we spend New Year's with them along with another couple Skeet and Candy. We always have such a good time. This year we spent a huge majority of the night playing the Wii. It was a lot of the fun, the guys got into some pretty heated tennis matches. Most of the night we just sit around and laugh. It's always great. Thanks Carrie!!!

Christmas Day!

2009-01-04T18:58:00.000-08:00

We had a very nice Christmas this year. We ended up just staying home because I had to be the nurse on call for the Holiday! It was okay though because we did not want to haul all the presants all over the state. Morghan must have been a very good girl because Santa was very good to her. She was a lot of fun and was wound up all day. I suprised Nate with a road bike that he has wanted for a long time so I was actually very excited about seeing his reaction. We just had a lazy day playing with all the new toys. It was great!

Weekend with Family

2008-12-23T13:09:00.000-08:00

Matt, Carrie, and Kadence came to vist us....

Aunt Carrie Kadence and Morgy!!

Morghan loved having her cousin to play in the bathtub with.

The Manly Men with their Little Girls!!

Morghan and Kloee, two little nerds.

Nates brother and his wife and daughter came to visit us this past weekend. It's always good when we get together. Nate and Matt enjoy spending time together,they are always so comical with their little sayings. Me and Carrie mostly sit around and listen to the same college stories and sayings they have year after year. Morghan and Kadence played so well together, they don't get to see each other nearly enough. We had another couple that we are close with come over and they have a little girl named Kloee so it was fun watching all three of the girls together. Sure wish Matt and Carrie lived closer. (hint hint)

Bathroom Stall Madness

2008-12-16T20:27:00.000-08:00

A couple of weekends ago Me, Nate and Morghan made a quick trip to Grand Junction to do some shopping. Well Nate was off doing his shopping which left me with Morgy. Well she is trying her hardest to get potty trained which meant a million and one trips to the bathroom. So, on our 101th visit to the bathroom in target she was sitting on the potty. A lady came in next to us and decided to, well ,Flatulate very loudly. Of course it was very quiet and Morghan decided it would be a perfect time to say. "WHOAH Mommy, that was a big tootie!!!" I didn't answer her because I didn't want the lady next to us to hear my comment, so Morghan kept saying, "Huh mommy, big tootie." So finally I said "Yes Morgy that was a big tootie."

It's a Miracle

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

This is the Miracle Picture.

Read on to find out where you can get my stylish look.

What is the big deal??? So far in Morghan's little life she has been terrified of everything. Strangers, her birthday cake, fire, smoke, pumpkins, old men, my mom's dog's scar etc....So when it came time to do Santa I thought the world was going to come to an end. In fact, I wasn't even going to try it because I just knew she would be horrified. To my huge suprise, she loved him. She ran up to him, sat on his lap, hugged him, kissed him and told him what she wanted. I was so excited I had to call everyone and tell them. So while I was waiting for the photographer to burn my CD of the pictures she kept running up to Santa and talking to him, when it was time to go she did not want to leave Santa!I had to carry her out of the building crying. The last thing she said so everyone could hear her was "I love you Santa." Everyone started laughing. It was pretty cute!!
That night was the light parade in town. So we went...Me and Nate were not prepared so we forgot chairs to sit on. We ended up having to sit on the sidewalk and froze our butts off. It was a pretty good parade. If you are wondering about how stylish I look, Keep in mind I just had surgery two days before. So, yes my little friends I did go to the parade with my hair slicked back in a ponytail, no makeup on, my belly ballooned out from surgery and my pajama bottoms on. If you would like to know how to look like this what you are going to want to do is not shower for 2 days, get your hair real nice and greasy pull it back real tight in a bun, next wash your face, apply no makeup, put on your only pajama bottoms that will fit over you oversized stomach and there you have it. The Lucious Lindsey Look..

Thanksgiving!

2008-12-06T20:06:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was a great time. We went to my parents house this year. Everyone was there except for Adam, (his job of course!) We had a really good time which made up for last year being by ourselves out in Cleveland. There were 11 adults, 6 grandchildren and 6 dogs. Suprisingly though the weekend went very smoothly. All the kids and dogs got along. My mom cooked, which means the meals were great and we were able to get family pictures done and also a picture of all the grandkids together which was a complete nightmare!!! I didn't pull out my camera much so there are not too many pics. We had our annual game of tripoley which my parents took home the big winnings this year, much deserved I guess. Thanks mom for all the good meals and time spent in the kitchen!!!!

My dad was trying to sleep, and of course I was messing with him!

Trying to start Morgy out young on the piano...she loves it!

Morghan and her cousin Rylie, there are exactly a year a part and they play so good together.

The little ones, building castles with Bompa!!!

Countdown to Twilight!

2008-11-19T12:23:00.000-08:00

I am probably the biggest fan of Nicholas Sparks books (you know the notebook) so when everyone and their dog told me I needed to read the Twilight series I hesitated a little because nothing ever competes with my Nicholas Sparks books and I felt as if I were betraying him. Well, I broke down and I am almost done with the series. It's good, I must admit. So, the countdown begins for the Movie opening on Saturday. I must say that the description of Edward in the book makes it sound like he is the most beautiful creature on this earth, and after seeing the previews of him in the movie, he doesn't seem that cute to me. Does anyone else agree with me??? Either way I'm sure the movie will be good and I might just have to get past the fact that I don't find him attractive.

I'm Broken!!!

2008-11-13T15:57:00.000-08:00

After months and months of trying to conceive, and lots and lots of pain in my back, I decided to go to a fertility specialist. To no suprise, it was not good news. After the "good old" exam he came to the conclusion that I have endometriosis. So I had 2 choices: One, to do nothing resulting in Morghan be an only child and me being in pain forever, or two, go through with the surgery in hopes that I will get pregnant after. So..of course I scheduled the surgery. Now everyone just keep there fingers crossed and say a little prayer that he fixes me so I can at least have one more baby. My surgery is scheduled on December 3rd. I'm not really scared of the surgery, in fact I'm no stranger to surgery. My female parts have been screwed up since I came out of the womb, so I should have known, but I guess I was in denial. So off I go exposing myself to yet another surgical team...yipee! The things us women do!

Just some Random Pics!

2008-11-09T20:51:00.000-08:00

Just helping me cook!! A nightly ritual! My purse with my sunglasses just happened to be there so of course she had to put them on, upside down of course.

The kid dresses up non-stop. Right before this picture she had on her swimsuit, over her pajamas and of course her pink snowboots.

Finally a smile for a picture...

Happy Halloween!!

2008-11-02T14:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween, Morghan went as a little fairy. She loved it, she wanted to wear her "pretty dress." She was pretty much in her costume all day, I dressed her up for school in it and than after her nap we went to a little carnival where she won lots of prizes. She also won the cake walk, so we got to bring home a cake. After that, trick or treating where she got LOTS of candy. It was a good Halloween. The next day, she insisted on wearing her costume again only this time with her snow boots.

Moon Flower

2008-10-21T20:17:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we did a little hike up Moon Flower trail. It's a short trail so Morghan was able to do it. At the end there is a small pond, Morghan had fun throwing rocks in the water and yelling and hearing her voice echo!!!

Well I'll be Darned!!!!

2008-10-15T20:32:00.000-07:00

These are just some pics of our house in Ohio!

So one thing I haven't mentioned on this little blog, is that Me and Nate moved from Ohio last December, we put our house on the market last November (11 months ago). Our plans were we would leave our house in Ohio before Christmas, I would stay with my parents in Delta and he would stay with his mom in Moab while the house sold.(thinking it would only be a couple months) So we lasted with our parents a total of 2 1/2 months and it was time to do a new plan. So I moved to Moab and we rented a townhome no biggy our house was going to sale in a little bit!!! So here we are 11 months later people, 11 months of paying double...I repeat double payments on houses, utilities, home owners insurance, home association fees etc..... So all the while I am a complete stress case, on the verge of becoming a complete mental case,my hairs turning grey, i've gained about 20lbs, also suffering from nausea,heartburn, idigestion, upest stomach, diarrhea. Okay so not that bad but pretty close. So, I had my meltdown a couple weeks ago, I knew that the way the economy was going and the way the housing crisis was me and Nate were going to be in this situation for awhile. The very next day after my meltdown, we received a phone call from our realtor and we got an offer. As of October 28th our house in Ohio will no longer be ours......Yay! It makes me sad in a way because I loved Ohio and loved our house out there, but now we can get our life started here. So, the tip of the day, don't put your house on the market right now.

Poor Little Buck!

2008-10-11T19:47:00.000-07:00

So, the story goes. Wendesday afternoon Nate had come across the big buck that he has always wanted. The buck was about 250 yards away and was lying down watching Nate approach him. Nate couldn't get any closer for fear the buck would run off. So he shot at him (which everyone that was there says it was a difficult shot) and he missed. Yes, he missed the big tropy deer that he wanted. He called me and was so upset. They went out that evening and came across this deer which is still a very nice deer, but I guess not near as big as the one he shot at first. He still had a great time and is happy with his deer. He hopes to draw out again in years to come and get a bigger one.

Hunt of a Lifetime

2008-10-06T15:19:00.000-07:00

Top 10 Reasons Why Wives and Hunting Dont Mix

10 Do you have this in pink?
9) Does this make me look fat?
8) How much longer?
7) I'm not touching THAT?
6) You shot Bambi!
5) But they're so Cute
4) We should call the Kids?
3) Do you have a Blanket?
2) I'm Cold
1) I have to Pee!!

Okay so for those of you that don't know, Nate drew out on the hunt of a lifetime this year. He found out in April that he drew out on the Paunsagunt hunt which only 17 people in the whole state got tags for because the bucks over there are huge. Well since April I have heard about it CONSTANTLY!! Now, when I say constantly I mean every night for the last 6 months. Not only that but when he went up to scout in July he took the video camera so I have had to watch "footage" as he likes to call it of Buck walking across the country. If you can imagine the excitement in that! Not that I'm not excited for him, because I truly am but for those of you who truly know me I am the worlds most biggest animal lover, so the thought of killing a helpless animal makes me sad. I supported him though, I even turned in to Betty Crocker this past week, cooking him stew, chili, homemade rolls, cookies, cornbread, muffins. You name it I was cookin it. So he's off and how excited he was. He was up by 5 a.m. Friday morning and wanted to be on the road by 9:00, oh he was out the door and on the highway by 7:15!! He's so funny over this and I guess I just don't understand. So it's just me and Morgy for the next 10 days. I will post pics when he gets his trophy deer!! I thought the Top 10 list was cute, because even though I wasn't invited to go on the hunt, if I did go that would totally be me!

Not quite healed

2008-10-02T20:17:00.000-07:00

Morghan had her final visit to the doctor. We did xrays again and found that there is still a tiny bit of a break. The doctor told me it was fine to get rid of the cast and it should heal on its own. Well, I thought to myself, "we are talking about a 2 year old that is very clumsy and falls all the time." So, not that I'm a doctor or anything, but I don't think it would be the wisest decision to take it off quite yet. So, I am leaving it on for a couple more weeks, just to make sure. I don't want to have to back because she rebroke it!

Getting ready to go to the doctor

Waiting in the waiting room, she saw everyone else reading a magazine so she had to read a magazine!

When we brought her home from the ER the first time we babied her and layed her down and turned on cartoons, now everytime she gets home from the doctor she sets up her blankets and pillows and has to watch t.v.

It's a Pee Party in Morghan's Crib

2008-09-28T17:05:00.000-07:00

So, where is Morghan's cast in these picture's you ask?? Well, she took it upon herself to take her diaper off during her nap and peed all over the place including all over her ace wrap over her splint. So I had to wash it along with all her stuffed animals and everything else in her crib. Just because I love changing the sheets on the crib, ha ha. I hope everyone can agree with me that changing the sheets on the crib is a pain in the butt, first keeping the bed skirt straight, then getting it around the bumper pad, then pulling the sheet down around the edges once it's in the crib, I hate it!!! So I decided while her ace bandage was in the wash I would take some pics without her cast on. I was a little nervous with her walking around without it for fear she would fall and rebrake it but she didn't fall. She will not smile anymore for pictures, she used to be so photogenic and smile for every picture, now she tells me "no" everytime I tell her to smile. I think it's because she has had a camera in her face since the day she was born.

Here Fishy Fishy

2008-09-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

Nate helping Morgy cast, she couldn't hold the pole with her little broken arm.

Dozer investigating the fish

Folks we have witnessed a 20 pounder!!

We went on a little family fishing trip which turned out to be pretty fun! Morghan was at first scared of the fish (suprise), but at the very end we got her to touch one and even kiss one. Well, Nate caught the first fish but it didn't take me long to reel one in, cuz you know everything has to be a competition!!! The fish weren't that big but they were biting like crazy. We brought a couple home for Nate to eat of course, I wouldn't eat one if you paid me. The dogs had a blast, once again we found out the big tough boy Dozer is scared of everything and Lucy jumped right in and tried biting and playing with each fish we caught. Good little trip before the weather starts to change.

We got her to give it a kiss!

I caught one with Morgy's little pole, it about broke it!

Just an update!

2008-09-17T20:26:00.000-07:00

A little update on Morgy's arm. I took her to the doctor on Monday, expecting that it would be all healed because in his own words at the first appointment was "Baby's heal so fast, in fact if I x-rayed it right now it would probably be healed." Well after the exciting x-ray (not exciting at all with Morghan kicking and screaming) it was determined that it is still broke and so she is to wear the splint for 2 more weeks. She's fine with it, anyone and everyone we see she holds up her arm and says "Owie, see my Owie." Now me and Nate have owies too, which she bandages us up with the wash clothes out of the kitchen drawer! So another two weeks to go hopefully!

A Little Taste Of Heaven...well sort of!

2008-09-09T12:02:00.000-07:00

Well there comes a time in my life each year where life gets just a bit more exciting, and that time is almost near. Only 16 more days, yes 16 more days until Grey's Anatomy premiere!!! I am looking forward to all the McDreamy, McSteamy and everything else that the wonderful show has to offer! My addiction is actually getting worse, I'm not quite to the point of stalking the actors, or writing them fan mail, or anything like that, but I refuse to miss an episode. Thursday nights at 8 o'clock is MY time. Just me, not morghan, not Nate, not the dogs. Just me, my TV, and my Grey's Anatomy.

Yep, it's broke!!!

2008-08-31T21:18:00.000-07:00

Right when we got home from the ER

So, it's Friday night and we decide to go on a family walk! We walk up the street to the stop sign with Morghan pushing her baby stroller the whole way. When we get to the stop sign at the end of the street we turn around to go back like we always do. For some reason Morghan didn't want to turn around but it was getting late and dark so I made her come home. She wouldn't walk because she was sooooo mad so I picked her up and carried her home. The whole way home was the fit of all fits, hitting, screamin, biting etc... Well I told her she was immediately going to time out when we got home. So that's what I did I walked in and instead of putting her in the time out spot downstairs like I always do I made the decision to put her in her crib because she was being completely out of control. Well, WRONG DECISION! She took it upon herself to try and get out of the crib, something I must say, she has never attempted or even thought about doing when I put her in there so I wasn't worried. Well I don't know exactly what happened but she fell and when I got to her she was holding her arm. I knew right away it was broke. We took her to the ER and sure enough broke the Ulnar and the Radius!! So now she is in a splint for two weeks and we will see if she needs a hard cast after that. Talk about GUILT. I had a huge meltdown because I was the one that put her in the crib and if I wouldn't have done that she wouldn't have fallen out and broke her arm. So I cried all day Saturday and finally pulled myself together. I learned a good listen, don't put your kid in the crib when they are extremely upset! Morghan is doing fine, you would never know she has a broken arm other than it is her right arm so she is struggling using her left, but she hasn't cried once or messed with the splint at all. I think we are all going to survive.

Morghans First 2 years of Life!!

2008-08-22T12:53:00.000-07:00

Morghan Turns 2!!!!

2008-08-21T12:38:00.000-07:00

Morghan turned 2 on the 18th! We had a very nice birthday party for her! My parents rented a Condo here in Moab and we let her and her friends swim in the pool! I had a cake made especially for her thinking it would be a big hit because it was Tasha from the Backyardigans which whom she adores, that wasn't the case!! She was terrified, why??? I don't know, I think it might have been the candles because she got scared of the fireworks on the 4th of July! Who knows?? Anyway, She had a lot of fun and got really spoiled with presents. Can't wait to see what the next year brings!

She got a new tricycle!!!

If you notice her face, she is Crying over the Cake!!

Our Little Family

2008-08-19T12:41:00.001-07:00

What a Princess!

2008-08-12T19:55:00.000-07:00

Morghan is almost two and it is beginning to show. Most of the time she is the best little girl you could ask for, throwing out "I love you's, kisses, and squeezes. She minds mommy and daddy, laughing and playing so peacefully, and then there are those wonderful times when she decides to really test our patients by throwing what I'm sure is the "terrible two" fit where she is literally a monster. We have used time out more in the past 2 months but she is catching on and the biting, hitting, screaming tantrums have began to get better...I hope!

Blood, Sweat & Tears!!

2008-08-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

Now that we are official redidents of Moab, it's only appropriate that we venture out on the mountain bike trails. On our first outing Nate picked an "easy trail" what that means is on the way out the whole trail is down hill which makes it fairly easy, on the way back it is the worst possible situation ever, mind you that Moab is on a good day 100 degrees, also keep in mind that I haven't worked out in oh... let's say 2 years and here I am riding a mountain bike for 7 miles up hill...I thought the world was coming to an end..Good Times. So a couple weeks go by and we decide to go on another "easy ride." Well after walking my bike up the first mile hill I finally got on and started riding across the slick rock, now it's called slick rock because it is slick rock. Here I am going at a good pace and all the sudden my pedal hit a rock that I didn't see, stopped me dead in my tracks and off the bike I fly. This is only a few miles into the trail. So I can feel the bruises beginning to swell on my legs, now we have reached the part of the trail where it is deep sand, and once again I am off and walking. Poor Nate, he goes ahead of me and has to stop and goes ahead and stop. We finally made it to the top and the views were beautiful so it was worth it, but I had a huge bruise on my thigh for a month or so.....

That's right my friends!!!

2008-08-05T20:13:00.000-07:00

Well I guess I must tell everyone about my recent championship. We attended the family reunion this year and once again had the annual horseshoe tournament. I know how exciting can a horseshoe tournament be....well lets just say it starts off by drawing names out of a hat, one boy and one girl to each team. After the teams are made and everyone bickers about who got who on there team the competition begins. Two horseshoe pits, side by side, in the hot 100 degree Utah weather. A cheering squad off to the side made up of the waiting opponents to play. A little smack talk back and forth amongst players, a few horseshoes flying all over the place, ringers here ringers there. No one knew what they were getting in to once they came face to face with the Buhler-Little combo (that's me and my brother Aaron) We were untouchable!! That's right my friends...Untouchable. We knocked off each competetor one by one and at the end of the day the trophy was handed over and I along with my oldest brother Aaron won the title of 2008 Little-Evans family reunion horse shoe champs!!!!