The Wagoner Family

An update

2010-04-26T16:34:00.001-07:00

I know it has been a long while, but i am still here. I have just been really busy as i am sure everyone is. I posted some recent pictures of Hailey swimming in our pool. I haven't even posted since we moved, but we bought a house that is 2 miles from Brandon's parents. So it is within walking distance in the winter. It has a pool but we have just now been able to enjoy it as it had a crack that was leaking water under the house, we had to repair that, we repaired the pool light as it was broken and had the tile cleaned as it was pretty gross. We also had the microwave quite working and our sewer back up all the same week. So that was a pretty crazy week. Tiffany came out and visited us in March, we went to OK in APril as my mom had another stroke and this one was much worse than the others. She was discharged from an in patient rehab facility the day after Easter and is at home recieving in home therapies. She is stable, but has difficulty with feeding, dressing, carrying on a conversation, etc. So we have a long ways to go. Brandon has been traveling alot and i have been working alot. Oh yea, i am pregnant as well. =) I am due August 8, 2010 and we are having a girl. As you can see it has been busy. Hailey birthday is coming up and she will be three. Below are the pics from this weekend. We went swimming, well Hailey and Brandon and Uncle Brett did, i got only feet wet. Everyone had a lot of fun and Brandon tried out the water slide. We love our new house, but with it comes a LOT of work. We are still working on getting the grass how we want it and trimming bushes and the 15 or so palm trees, and one lemon and one lime tree. So it has been a blessing, but lots of work. One last things, we are currently foster parents for two black labs, Misty and Buster. If you know anyone that wants to adopt them let us know. We have had them for a week now and they are very well behaved. I am not your typical dog lover by any means, but these two are growing on me, but not too much becuase we do want to find them a permanent home. okay, that is the quickest update i can give. enojoy the pics!

Hailey and UB in the cave as Hailey calls it. It is the inside of the waterfall when the water is running, but Hailey only likes it when the water is turned off.

Brandon just put that canopy on as the previous owners left the base, but the canopy was ruined.

I will try to update more often, which as long as i hit once a month that would be a big improvement from the last four months.

Update, Christmas Tree, and First Haircut

2009-12-06T17:22:00.000-08:00

Okay so i haven't posted in a while. I will update below, but first today was an important day as Hailey got her first haircut. She is two and half and we still had not cut those first curls, so here are some pictures of the event. They are backwards becuase i am not good at uploading them in the right order. So here she is after the haircut, it doesn't look much different from the front, but we did cut off quite a bit off the back.

Side picture of her haircut!

From the back, it lays so much nicer.

She wouldn't sit in the chair by herself, so i had sit her on my lap.

She looked so concerned while they were cutting her hair.

So before we got her hair cut and after church we went and got the Christmas tree for pops and grandma's house. These photos are backward as well. So her is the tree on the back of the car. I had never done this before so i thought it was kinda fun.

Here is Miss Hailey trying to find a Christmas tree.

Walking through the trees

Sorry this one is crooked. But she has a cute smile.

Her and Pops found the perfect tree.

So time for the update. Hailey's surgery went well, i posted some pics on facebook. It was weird being in the hospital and having Hailey not be herself. She had a such a hard with the iv pole as she would forget it was attached to her. Additionally, she HATED and i mean HATED getting her blood pressure taken. She didn't care for the pain meds, so they were using her blood pressure as a gage of her pain along with other things, but Hailey would kick cry and scream anytime they took her blood pressure, which would make a high false reading and they would have to take it again. They had to take it every four hours, and Hailey would always inform them "I already did it". When they told her it was time for it. Other than that, three days after surgery she was totally back to herself. And now she is a happy little girl who sleeps much better and no longer has a continuous runnny nose and cough.

I am working two jobs now, one with Synergy Pediatric Therapy and the other for the Peoria Unified School District. I really enjoy both jobs and all the kiddos i see. They will be updating the synergy website soon and there will be some pictures of me with the kids i see, so you can take a look. http://www.synergypediatrictherapy.com/ Also, we bought a house. We are moving in next weekend and cleaning all during this week. We are still trying to get our condo rented out, so please pray that that happens quickly. We are so blessed with the deal and the house that we got. We have a huge backyard, which is rare in Phoenix. So that is why i haven't posted as we have just been swamped.

We are headed home to OK for Chirstmas this year. So hopefully i can met up with some of my friends.

Hailey's 2 year old Pictures

2009-09-28T13:57:00.000-07:00

So we are a little behind with getting Hailey's 2 year old pictures made, as her birthday was in May. But better late than never right? We went and had them made this past week. She is so grown up and a ton of fun. She enjoyed taking the pictures, although, she continues to want to stick her tongue out at the camera. However, the photographer got some cute pictures with her actually smiling and no tongue out.

She wouldn't stand on the red spot, so i put my hand there and she LOVED standing on my hand, it was so funny.

Brandon bought the flower for her and she was so happy daddy bought her a flower, it was really cute. WE still have them in a vase.

Also, i start working on Oct. 5th. I am excited and sad at the same time. I know that Hailey will enjoy going to daycare, but it still makes me feel somewhat guilty. I always go back and forth, when i am working i miss Hailey, but when i am with Hailey i miss working. At least the job i have will provide flexibility, as i will be working for Synergy Pediatric Therapy. They are a great company. And i really like everyone i work with. I can set my own hours and i am going to try to be done by 4:30 each day. We will see how it works out.

And one last thing. Hailey will have her tonsils and adenoids out Oct. 19th. She will have to stay one night in the hospital. We will keep you posted on how she does.

Graduation!!

2009-08-21T17:17:00.000-07:00

So i graduated from Physical therapy school on Friday, August 8th. I am so thankful to be done with school. Despite graduation, i still have to take the national physical therapy exam NPTE. I have passed the AZ juriprudence exam and can't wait to pass the NPTE and be done studying for awhile. My computer is in the shop as the power supply went out recently. So i am on my inlaws computer. (sorry no pictures). We are living with my inlaws for the time being as we are hoping to rent our condo to someone and then buy a house closer to my inlaws. We love spending time with them as does hailey, so it has been fun so far living with them. Hailey loves playing with Oreo, their dog, and climbing up into pop's (brandon's dad) chair. She also enjoys baking with grandma. She had so much fun around my graduation as Brandon and Tiffany, Angela, My mom and dad, and grandma all came to visit. It was such a wonderful time. Well, once i get my computer back i will post some pictures from graduation and of Hailey. I havne' posted any recent pictures. She pretty much looks the same, her hair still hasnt' grown much.

As a side note, if any of you have some extra time please say a prayer for this family. www.prayforkate.com. There story is posted there and they need all the prayers they can get.

Quick Update

2009-07-26T22:19:00.000-07:00

So i know i have been MIA lately, but i have now completed my last clinical and am set to graduate August 8. I can't believe that three years ago i started this journey and now here i am with a wonderful husband, perfect daughter, and about to be done with school. Two of my sisters, a brother in law, my parents, and my grandma are all coming to my graduation. It should be a ton of fun. Although i am excited to graduate, i really can't wait until i pass my national board exam. i am planning on taking it in September, so i can start working in October. I will update more on me later, but here are some recent pics of Hailey, recent meaning JUNE. She is getting so big and she is hilarious. i need to post some video of her, becuase she loves to dance and entertain. Here she is getting ready to go swimming. She loves the water and will "swim" around with just her floaties on. She also is in swim lessons four days a week.

Here she is with her uncle Brett. She LOVES spending time with him.

My friend Wes Straehla came to visit and we were hoping for a cute pictures with Hailey and him, but it didn't work out. She was tired and did not cooperate. She can say Mr. Straehla and it is adorable.

This was Hailey hanging out in our condo one evening. and brandon got this really cute picture.

Since it is summer time, we have been eating corn on the cob quite frequently and Hailey LOVES it.

hope you enjoyed the pictures and i will promise to update more soon.

My meet up with MMB Melly

2009-06-15T20:25:00.000-07:00

I am still writing about my trip to OK, and IL and i am almost done with the adventures of our trip. We did take a 3 week vacation so there is alot to blog about. This little section is about our meet up with MMB Melly as the title states. So MMB stands for May Miracle Bees, which is a message board i got involved with when i was pregnant with Hailey. Little miss Melanie and Hailey both had the same due date, although Melanie was born a year before Hailey. ANyways, we have met up with Sarah and Melanie once before and while were in OK we decided to hook up again. Here is a picture of the visit before on bottom and our visit this time on top. They have both grown up so much.

Here are the two of them again, giving hugs as we get ready to leave.

And again hugs, yes we are proud parents and took many pictures.

The two girls standing together.

We had such a nice visit. Sarah and Melanie were nice enough to meet up with us in Stillwater and we took the girls to a park and then to Chick-fil-A. The girls had such a fun time and Sarah and i got to catch up too. Melanie and Sarah gave Hailey this really cute bucket with her name on it and flowers with foam stickers and a color books, crayons, stickers, a pinwheel, a candy necklace, and much more. Hailey LOVED it and it was so thoughtful of them. Also, while i am talking about Sarah, she has her own business making really cute sippy cups and straw cups. She makes an insert and it goes in the cup and it has the child's name on it. Hailey has three of them and i LOVE them. They are so cute. She also makes tons of other item that are super cute and unique. Go to http://mellyroodesigns.blogspot.com/ to see her products. Okay, so there is a quick post. Can you believe it is so short? I took so cute pics of Hailey this week, so we will see how long it takes me to get them onto the computer.

Birthday Parties

2009-06-12T22:00:00.000-07:00

So i thought i would post some pictures of two of Hailey's three parties. She had on in Stillwater, OK on her birthday, one in Lawton, OK, and then one in Peoria, AZ. I only have pictures of the ones in OK. SO here goes:

Starting off with a group pic of the Stillwater b-day with , Aunt Tippie (as Hailey calls her), KayKay, MaeMae, ALly, Mommy, Baby, and Hailey. Hailey spent alot of time with KayKay, MaeMae, ALly, and Baby and their parents. SHe had so much fun with them and always asks to see pictures of Ally on my computer now.

Aunt Tippie thought it would fun to make a banana chocolate cake as Hailey LOVES bananas and chocolate. So here is Hailey helping to mash the bananas for the cake. she LOVED it.

Hailey with Bananas still mashing and having fun.

Perhaps, the best part of helping make your birthday cake is getting to lick the beaters. =)

She LOVED this and made a HUGE mess.

Ally and Hailey watching Tippie ice the cake.

KayKay, and MaeMae showing off their finished product of decorating the top of the cake with of course CANDY!

The mini cake that Hailey picked. we made two and then let Hailey pick which one to eat. of course the m and m's one won!

The other cute cake, that Hailey didn't pick, but it still looked cute.

All the cakes together, they look like mickey mouse.

Hailey getting ready for everyone to sing to her. She got so shy. It was so cute.

Aunt Tiffy and Mommy with the birthday girl.

Mommy and the birthday girl. I can't believe she is TWO!!

Eating her cake, first bite of sweet chocolate, mmmmm.

Eating the m and m's off the top.

eating more m and m's

Eating cake with a fork

Opening presents with the girls... this is the TAILS book that Tiffy got her, that is really cute.

Leapfrog games AUnt Tippie got her, which by the way she LOVES

When she opened the TAILS book.

Ally and Hailey opening gifts. Hailey had so much fun with Ally, she LOVES her.

ALthough Hailey and Ally got along so well, Hailey and the baby maddy (BABY as hailey calls her), well lets just say it was more of a love hate relationship. Hailey walked around always saying No, Baby, No when Maddy threw food on the floor, tried to get into newspaper, touched a toy Hailey was playing with, threw any toys. But Haiely really did love her, giving her hugs and kisses and she still asks about baby. =) But isn't maddy so cute, look at those eyes.

SO this was the end of the night. All of the girls were very tired, but it was a fun birthday party. Also, the older girls, Brandi (mom of 4 girls), Tiffany, and I stayed up and watched the finale of Grey's Anatomy.

So that concluded Birthday number one. If you are still with me, here are the pics of birthday #2 in Lawton. These pictures are backwards becuase i posted the in the wrong way. SO here is the end of the party, right before Lola, left. My mom did a Dora B-day party for her, which she LOVED!!!

Eating cake, YUMMY!!

And more cake

This is my friend Christina's daughter Lola, who is so cute.

Here is Hailey opening her gifts. Jayden is helping her, he is our next door neighbor in Lawton, and Hailey loves playing with him and his sister alyssa.

Lola and Hailey again, waiting to open gifts.

Hailey LOVED the Dora outfit my mom got her so much, that she had to wear it. So we put it over her dress. she eventually decided to take off the shirts, but she wore the jeans for the rest of the time.

GOdmother and Mommy putting the Dora pants on Hailey.

Hailey trying to put the shirt on.

When she got the Dora shirt.

Playing with some of the gifts she opened.

So this concludes the birthday extraganza that took place in May. I still have more pictures from our vacations in May. I will post as much as i can. I also took some cute pictures of her the other day that i will try to post. Also, our friend from OK came to visit us tonight and we got a picture of him and Hailey. He has been one of my best friends. Well, with that, i am going to go to bed. It is late. Hopefully i will post some more pics this weekend. If you made it this far, congrats.

Our Time in Chicago

2009-06-03T20:40:00.001-07:00

So i thought i would post some pictures. I am going to post pictures from Chicago tonight. Then later this week i will post pictures from Hailey's birthday parties (yes she had more than one). So, here are the Chicago pictures. We were only there for a two days, but one day where we didn't have travel. So the only pictures i have are from the park that is right by where Tiff and Brandon live. We had a ton of fun as you will see. Keep in mind the pictures are backward the order i wanted them, and i am too tired to go back through and put a new order. So here they are. Also, the adorable puple outfi she is wearing was made by a girl in my PT class (Kristen) mom. So knitted the jacket and a cute design on the shirt.

Hailey and I playing in the field on the way back from the park.

I was trying to show her how to blow, this is when she finally got it and was able to blow.

After sweet success of blowing the flower.

THis was me trying to teach Hailey how to blow.

Hailey and I in the car, she was driving me.

Hailey driving the car by herself

Hailey hanging on the bar before going down the slide. She is attempting to do the tuck, like she does at gymnastics class.

Hailey going down he HUGE slide with Hailey, as you can tell she LOVED it. She went down it by herself later.

So this is a picture of a not so bright idea i had. I thought the zipline looked like fun. SO i thought it would be a good idea for me to go with Hailey on it and i would just hold on for dear life with one hand. Well, as soon as i started to lift my feet up i realized there is no way i would hold up my weight and Hailey's with one arm, hence my face. =)

Tiffany and Hailey on the teeter totter, i am on the other end.

Hailey and i on the tetter totter.

On the tetter totter again.

Hailey and I running to the park, like i said these are all in backwards order.

Here we come, she was so excied.

Look how cute she is running, notice her arms in the correct posistion. She is getting so big, =(

Here we are when we first started toward the park and saw it. We are running in unison. =)

SO these next few pictures need some explaining. and yes they are backwards. SO Hailey spent a TON of time in the car, seeing how we drove to Chicago from stillwater. THis was before the park, but we were going somewhere. Since this is the last photo, just notice that she is sleeping.

Prior to falling asleep, she is chewing fruit loops that are in the cup, i couldn't get her actually putting it into her mouth, but this is right after, becuase she is literally chewing and sleeping a the same time.

Her she is getting ready to put it in her mouth.

SO as you can tell, she was exhusted and hungry from our trip. We actually did more than just the park in Chicago. We carried stuff up from the truck we rode in to unload into Tiff and Brandon's apartment, althought, they just had to move it to a different apartment in teh same complex, becuase that apartment wasn't ready when i was there. Hailey even helped with carrying stuff up the stairs, it was so cute. We went shopping in downtown Naperville which was fun too. I bought some cool cooking items. WE went to the mall too. So we had a lot of fun in Chicago. Brandon was such a good hoster ( i guess instead of hostess). He put up with getting a TON of finger prints all over her apartment. I bet he is still finding some suprises Hailey left him. So something to leave you with. Brandon and Hailey... Brandon is stretching out his back and Hailey watching him and trying to get his attention. Hopefully no one is confused (this is Uncle Brandon #2), Kim's brandon is called Uncle Buckey. So, aren't they cute!

SOrry this was so long, but i hope you all enjoy the pictures. Hopefully, birthday picures will be posted tomorrow.

A busy month

2009-05-31T20:48:00.000-07:00

So, it has been awhile since i have posted, but we have been so busy. Hailey and I flew to AZ on May 3rd and then returned to AZ on May 24, stayed at Brandon's parents until tonight. So tonight is our first night back in our house (well actually second, but that is a long story). So here is what happened while we were gone.

I thought we were flying from Phoenix to Tulsa, OK, but at the airport i realized they put a tag that said OKC, so i had the check in guy take my bags back off the conveyer only to find out that yes indeed i had a booked a flight into OKC. Now this normally wouldn't be a big deal, but my sister was supposed to pick me up in Tulsa and her fiance was flying out of Tulsa, so she had to do some extra driving to come and get me and Hailey. We had a good flight though and made it to OK. I took a class in Tulsa the first two days and Hailey played with the Bishop's. They have four girls and Hailey had so much fun with them. We spent the remainder of the week packing so Tiffany could move to Chicago and doing occasional things for the wedding. On Saturday, Tiffany graduated from OSU and afterwards we had a little party at her house. After that we packed up and got ready to drive to Chicago. We didn't leave until late, so we ended up stopping at 1:00 in the morning. Hailey did excellent on the car ride and we arrived on Sunday at 3:00 pm. Tiffany, Hailey, Brandon (Tiffany's brandon), and I all had a very nice time in Chicago. On Tuesday evening, Tiffany, Hailey and I flew back to OK. The rest of that week went by fast and on Thursday we celebrated Hailey's 2nd birthday with the bishop's. Hailey had a blast as she helped Tiffany make a chocolate banana cake and Tiffany decorated it so cute. On Friday, Hailey and i met up with Sara and Melanie (friends of mine, Melanie is Hailey's age, they had the same due date, but Mel came early) and played in the park. Then we drove to Lawton, on Friday evening. On Saturday, Hailey had yet another birthday party, this time my mom had Dora everything for her. My friend Christina and her daughter Lola came over to help celebrate. Hailey's godmother, godfather, and Jayden and Alyssa were also there to celebrate. We had a fun time. On Sunday, Tiffany had a wedding shower and recieved lots of wonderful presents, we spent the rest of the evening planning what we were going to do with the rest of the week to plan for the wedding.

The rest of that week flew by. On Wednesday, Tiffany, Hailey and I were heading to OKC to pick up my Brandon from the airport. ON the way there the tire blew out and we lost control of the car and spun around and slammed into the concrete center median. The side air bag deployed so i had a pretty nasty bruise and some burns on my arm, but other than that we were all okay. My mom's car had to be towed off, but we eventually made it to the airport and picked up Brandon. The rehearsal dinner was on Friday, wedding on Saturday, and we left of Sunday. So it is amazing how fast those three weeks went by.

While i was in OK we found out that Brandon's position is being cut due to budget cuts. So Brandon applied for a job in Dallas, Tx. He was 10 of 30 applicants called back. Unfortantely he was not called back a second time. For the time being, we are staying put here in Phoenix, and the city of phoenix has offered brandon a job in there public works area. So keep us in your prayers.

I am on my LAST clinical rotation for school. It is in a hospital and it is a very different experience than my previous clinicals. I have 7 weeks left and i can't wait. I can't believe i will be done with school very soon. i graduate August 8! =) It will be here before i know it.

well, this is long and i am tired. I have a ton of pictures and lot of stories, but i will share more later. I am going to try to be better about updating this.

A New Do

2009-04-28T21:29:00.000-07:00

First, i need to apologize for not writing in so long, but things have been busy. I have video of Hailey singing twinkle twinkle little star, pictures of our horseback riding, pictures and video of Hailey playing by the pool the other day, Easter pics and probably tons more that i need to put on here. So i am working on it. But here are some fun pictures for the day....
As many of you know, my sister is getting married soon. So I decided to try out a new hairstyle for Hailey. She has super straight hair and not very much of it, so it took a lot to get all these curlers in. She is such a little poser when she wants to be for the camera.
I put a TON of curlers in her hair and she actually kept them in for two hours.

SO, this is what it looked like directly after, kinda crazy i know!

Here it is pulled back, definately different, if you know what she normally looks like. Here it is up close!

The look we get when we tell her "no"!

The reason i was telling her no, she feels we have a gymnastics place in our house.

So, there is Hailey's new do, it only lasted that evening, becuase when she woke up the next morning, all the curls were gone, but it was fun for a little while. She thought it was hysterical.

Why I am always late!

2009-03-31T20:55:00.000-07:00

Hailey obviosly doens't know why i am always late! I am not always late, but this is more of why my morning are always eventful. Imagine getting up at 4:00 to Hailey crying, why she wakes up at 4 almost everyday i do not know. Then she usually gets to sleep in our bed for the last 1 hour and half of sleep, which means no sleep for Brandon and I. Around 5:30, i get up shower, and then there is a little noise at the bathroom door. I see the handle move and the door slightly open, then close, slightly open then close, and then i hear giggling, and the door finally opens all the way and here is what i see
So she walks in and obviously is trying to tell me something, but before this pic, she removed the towels from the towel rack. I like to believe she is trying to talk herself out of hanging on the bar, becuase she is NOT supposed to hang on the bar unless at gymnastics.

But, as you can tell, touching this bar is just too tempting, so she must succomb and touch the bar while looking back at me. Keep in mind i am trying to get ready at this point, so i keep turning around to see what she is doing. Also notice that she is standing on the scale. She carries the scale with her everywhere to use as a step stool. Although the scale isn't much a step stool, she uses it as one.

So, i somehow deleted a picture, but there was a picture of her in the shower making faces before this one, becuase she loves hanging out in the shower in the morning. Then she is back to trying to determine whether she should hang or not hang on the bar.

Now she is back in the shower showing me her belly. She is just too funnny in the morning. Are you starting to see how this can be slightly distracting.

Then she finally manages to hang on the bar. I caught her in mid action.

So i finally decide it is time for us to brush our teeth. So here we are, hailey's favorite part is brushing her tongue. She gets to brush in the morning, but we brush in the evening. It is an even trade off. After we brush teeth, i usually have to wash her face and then let her put on some of my mositirizer. If she sees me putting on blush, of course she has to try out the brush as well.

Now she is back in the shower. She just cracks me up. Who knows what she was saying or doing here.

here she is being a monkey, she has just started to try to pound on her chest and make gorilla noises. She also does a really funny monkey face and noises. But i wasn't as privilenged to get to see those on this particular morning.

So after all this is bathroom i hear my bedroom door slam shut and footsteps running into the living room. So i come out of the bedroom to find this...

and this, Yes she is trying to jump. After coralling her back into our bedroom and finding something to occupy her that won't make me anymore late. I finally get off to work.

So there it is, a morning in my house. I need to remember these sane mornings becuase once i have more kids i am sure there will be many more adventures. I do cherish and enjoy my mornings with Hailey. I never know what she will say or do. And i usually am not late, but if i am it usual is pertaining to a mischevious Hailey. She has also found an interest in jewerly. So she has a bag of her own, but for some reason my necklaces are way cooler than hers and she always ends up with mine on. I need to take some pictures of her in all of her jewerly one day. She has about 25 different necklaces, clip on earings, braclets, and a tiaria, which of course all must be worn at the same time. =) I still need to post some videos of Hailey and i have some pictures of horseback riding from when angela. But i will do those another night. I have worked late the last too nights which i also want to comment on. So much more to come, when i have a chance.

Pictures and other news!

2009-03-28T20:36:00.000-07:00

So here are some fun pictures from our visit with Angela. We went to the zoo. And since i haven't figured out how to change the order of pictures after i upload them, these are oppposite the order i want. So this is the last thing we did at the zoo.

Hailey LOVES riding the carousel. So if she is still awake by the end of our visit, we let her have a ride.

This picture is a squirell monkey. They are the cutest little monkeys and the phoenix zoo has an exhibit where you walk into the exhibit, so we can literally walk right up to the monkeys. Hailey loves watching them as well as they are very active.

Angela is the 'forest' at the zoo, with the pretty macaws behind her. We really enjoyed her visiting us.

Hailey practicing riding a hourse. Although she doesn't look so sure of herself here, she actually did like sitting up there after a few seconds.

They have a children's area with a petting zoo and farm equipment that the kids can climb on. So here is Hailey driving the tractor. We dont' have pictures, but she actually pet the goats in the petting zoo. Although her favorite part is washing her hands afterwards. She is like, "dirty" and holds her hands up and then says "Ucky" for yucky. It is pretty cute.

This is another play area for kids, a big robe web to climb on. Hailey just sits on it and bounces, but she thinks she is such a big kid.

There she is again, and it seems like we don't visit the animals, but we do. Hailey and I go to the zoo on a regular basis and she does enjoy looking at the animals, but we let play on the cool stuff too.

This is at the wallaby exhibit. You get to walk into the wallaby exhibit too, but the wallabys were hiding, so we didn't to see very many. So we let Angela nd Hailey, climb into this little wallaby's pouch. =)

So this is obviously not at the zoo, but i had to post it and the story that goes with it. So one morning, i had some free time befoer i had to go into work. So i was working on paperwork. I am in a chair next to this chair working on paperwork. Hailey comes out of her room and says, " COLOR". And climbs up in brandon's chair and grabs his suduko and starts to 'color'. It was really cute, but brandon wasn't thrilled with the marks on his suduko.

Okay, more pics tomorrow. I am done for tonight. =)

When it rains it pours!

2009-03-28T20:15:00.000-07:00

So before i add pictures i will give everyone an update, and beware it is long. So, i don't think many people know this, but Brandon's dad was diagnosed with metatstatic melonoma about a month ago and he had his surgery on Thursday morning to remove the cancerous lymph node. He is doing very well and it appears as though they were able to remove all of the cancer. The took biopsies of his throat, tongue, other lymph nodes, and behind his nose. They have looked all over his body and in his eyes to find where the cancer orginated, as it didn't originate in the lymph node. Good news is that all of those sites have come as negative, meaning no cancer, which is really good. However, we still are unsure on the primary site. This slightly affects the next steps to take becuase without knowing where the cancer started it is hard to determine the areas for radiation. He will start radiation in four weeks, so please keep him and our family in your prayers. He is still in the hospital and can get out once they remove the tubes for drainage from his neck. He had two tubes, but they were able to remove one today. So hopefully tomorrow or Monday he will get to go home.

Now that i have that out of the way, lets backtrack to the night before his surgery. My sister, Tiffany, called me at about 9:00 her time and was complaining of right sided stomach pain, it was so bad at times she could barely talk. I told her to go to the ER and she called a family friend who took her. Well at about 1:00 in the morning her time, we find out that she had appendicitis. So Thursday morning while Brandon's dad was in surgery so my sister. ALthough my sister's surgery was only 1 hours long and Brandon's dad was 4.5 hours. Anyways they removed her appendix, a cyst on her ovary, and some extra fluid in her abdominal cavity. She is back at home but it still pretty sore. So keep her in your prayers as well.

Lastly, my other sister kimberly had foot surgery two Friday's ago. This was a planned surgery for a broken seismoid bone in her foot. She was born with the broken bone, but as she has started running more it was causing her problems.

Oh and one more thing, about three weeks ago (when we first found out about Brandon's dad), i went for a doctor's appointment and had been feeling some pain in my right lower abdomen. They found a small mass, so they did an ultrasound. Turns out i have a cyst, can't remember what type, and it isn't a big deal. I had to schedule an appointment with a GI specialist to rule out anything GI. And i am fine there. So i have appointment next Monday to see what the doctors wants to do. I am hoping we can just watch the cyst, as i don't really have time right now for a surgery no matter how small.

So I have been busy these past few days, but it is a times like this that i had to rely on God even more, becuase i couldn't handle all of this on my own. I am so thankful that all three of family members are out of surgery and are doing well. And i am extremely hopeful that next week won't be so eventful! =)

My Birthday!

2009-03-18T22:24:00.001-07:00

So today i reached the big 26. =) The best part of the day is when i got home Hailey says, "hadapy birrrrthbay" Or something similar to that, but it was so cute and just melted my heart. =) I worked on my clinical, which i am still loving, read some articles i need to read, and watched American Idol. Brandon made dinner and Angela made this wonderful, raspberry cheesecake, lightly drizzled with white chocolate and a oreo crust. It was absolutely delicious. This is the same recipe that my other sister Tiffany will be having at her wedding. So it was a nice day!

This is off topic but on my clinical we do a ton of therapy in a local gymnastics place. Due to Hailey's love of hanging from objects, i thought she would enjoy a gymnastics class. So on Tuesday, i signed her up for a free trial. well, she LOVED it. She was so cute and i wish i would have taken pictures. She sat and waited her turn and then tried her best to follow the jumps the 'coach' did. She can't really do all the types of jumps they do, but she LOVES trying. She is also so fearless. They have a foam pit and she tried to jump into it. It is quite the drop off. THe main problem Hailey had was she can't jump far enough forward yet. So she instead jumped up, came down on her bum and then face planted into the foam pit. I thought for sure she was going to be crying, nope, laughing hysterically. and then she tried to do it again. She also figured out how to get out of the pit by herself, which is actually pretty difficult. SHe just uses her arms and pulls herself up. I will have to take pictures sometime becuase it is just priceless. We will see how next week goes!

Well, i better get to bed, getting up at 5:00 most mornings is taking its toll on me, especially becuase i always stay up later than i should. I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their week!

Our daughter the monkey!

2009-03-16T20:50:00.000-07:00

So i don't have much time as my clinical is keeping me super busy, tons of fun though. I get to see all different types of children: autism, downs, seizure disorders, CHARGE syndrome, CP, etc and they range in age from 1 to 14. However, i am really busy, gone from about 6:30 to 6:00 most days and working some weekends. But back to the reason i am posting today. =)

On Saturday morning, Brandon and i were trying to sleep in becuase Hailey of course got up at 5:30 am again. So we just let her play in our room, well at 6:00 i get up and go into our bathroom (connected to our room), first i see the towels out in our bedroom, then i see monkey Hailey, hanging from the towel rack bar. i should have taken a picture, but i didn't think about it. She has been such a monkey lately, climbing everything, hanging on everything. She has only had one gooseegg, but i foresee many more in the future, especially if she keeps this up.

One other note i have pictures from the zoo that i will upload when i get the chance. Angela, my sister, is here visitin gme for her spring break, so we all went to the zoo. Well, i am extremeley so i am off to bed. Hope everyone is having a good week!

A silhouette!

2009-03-09T21:39:00.000-07:00

So today at daycare, there was a sweet lady who takes a piece of black paper, looks a child's silhouette and then cuts out their silhouette. This is Hailey's and i thought it was adorable. Notice the little bow on top of her head and the cute little curls at her neck. She still hasn't had a haircut. I jsut wanted to share. and in case anyone is wondering. I had to look up how to spell silhouette.

I also wanted to post pictures from this weekend. This is Brandon and I at the Salt Cellar in Scottsdale. Mainly this is so Tiffany (my sis) can see my new haircut. But i also wanted to post a pic taken at the same place almost exactly two years ago. I got a much larger lobster to hold when i was pregnant. =) Enjoy a look into my past!

March 2009

March 2007

Okay, that is all for now. I am doing good with this whole updating thing, but it hasn't been very long, so we shall see how the rest of the month goes!

Pictures?!?!

2009-03-07T08:22:00.000-08:00

So i am going to try to figure out how to post pictures to a blog. Here is a picture of Hailey before her first birthday party. She had so much fun at the birthday party, hitting a pinata, bouncing in the bouncy house, doing a cake walk, and eating cake and ice cream. She was a trooper and really had a ton of fun.
Here she is when she was having a sick day. Daddy stayed home with her becuase i was on my clinical. She ended up getting better, but we found out she is allergic to augmentin.

Here is one of Hailey with her stroller and new baby doll, mommy and daddy bought her.

And last is her on Valentine's day with Oreo (the dog), a candy sucker, grandma's cup with water in it, sitting in pop's chair. Isn't she quite the princess? When she gets in pop's chair she says "mine chair, mine chair". We remind her it isn't her chair, and she doesn't have any trouble sharing it with pop's.

Okay, so a question for regular bloggers. Is there a way to move the pictures around once you add them. I added the valentine's picture first and then when i added a new picture it went up to the top. So the last picture i added is first, if that makes sense! Any suggestions?? Also, i may try to add video soon as i have a TON of Hailey.

Our First Blog

2009-03-07T00:03:00.001-08:00

I have found myself reading more and more of my friend's blogs. So i thought i should maybe start my own up. So here is my attempt at blogging. I can't promise to update as often as i should, but i should try. This will also give my family and friends a chance to see what we are doing out here in AZ.

Hailey is over a year and a half now and is talking a ton. She must take after me. =) We went to the zoo on Thursday and she enjoyed herself. She got to pet a horse and the goats. Her favorite part of the petting zoo was getting to wash her hands. She loved the orangatangs and we watched them for about twenty minutes. She rode the carousel and the safaria train. She said hi to the wallaby's and played in the little people's farm area as well. We had a picnic on a blanket with peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches, blueberries, grapes, and strawberries. She talked about the animals, although i couldn't understand what she was saying. She is starting to enjoy the zoo more and more each time we go.

Brandon and I have started to process of moving our stuff to a storage shed. We are hoping to rent the condo out starting in May, if we can find someone to rent it out. So if you know of anyone send them our way. I start my third clinical next week. I am looking forward to it as it is in pediatrics, but the hours are long. It will be quite the adjustment, but i know it will all work out.

Well, i should probably go to bed as it has taken me WAY to long to figure out how to make a cute background for this blog. I have spent over two hours, but i was determined. So i will try to put some pictures on here and update soon.