Happy Birthday Princess Ashlynn!!

Well 2 years ago right now, at 8:16 am, I was holding my new born baby girl. I can't believe that it has been that long! I remember everything like it was yesterday. I remember my water breaking the night before as we were signing paperwork for my new car, me calling Heather and telling her I didn't think I would be into work the next day, and sitting at the hospital thinking my contractions were getting pretty bad but I was only 2 hours into it. The finally getting my epidural and being able to sleep, except for the nurses that came into the room to rotate me. I remember the epidural running out at 6 am and wanting to get up and beat the nurse for letting it run out. I'll never forget when the doctor came in to check me and said that I could have had her earlier if anyone would have caught that my placenta was causing me to not finish dilating, although I am glad that they didn't because I knew it was Grandma Childs that was helping Ashlynn stay in there til her birthday, which is the same as Ashlynn is! I remember a few hours after having her, the doctor saying that they needed to put her into NICU because she was having difficulty breathing and had swallowed a bunch of amniotic fluid. Three hard days of watching her in an incubator wondering why I was going through that is something I never want to have happen again. I remember them saying that my stay was up and me freaking out yelling that I wouldn't go home without my baby girl. She finally started to improve and we were able to finally go home!

Ashlynn was 6 lbs 12 oz and 18.5 inch long when she was born. Today she weighs just over 24 pounds and is a cute little princess. I can't believe that she is 2 years old. It is so crazy how fast time goes by. We are having cake and Ice Cream for her later so I will have to post some pics in another post. Here are few lists of her favorite things as of today...

Favorite Foods:
Yougurt
Chicken Nuggets
Chips (any flavor)
Apples
Cheese
Toast (if she gets to put it in the toaster and butter it)
Eggs (she loves the yoke)
SMARTIES!!!

Favorite Toys:
Play dough (thanks Garrett and Caitlin)
Baby Dolls (and their stroller)
Ride her new bike
Toy Dish Sets and Play Pots and Pans
Balls
Legos/Blocks

Things she loves:
To watch the Jazz play (she yells 'Go Jazz' and throws her arms in the air)
Her mom (of course)
Help her mom with laundry
Taking baths (but not washing hair)
Playing Blocks/Legos
Playing outside
Playing with the dogs

Few words she says:
Cheese
Mom
Mama (Grandma)
Papa (Grandpa)
This (as she points to everything)
Teeth (love to brush her teeth all the time)
She can almost say everyones name, including our dogs names

Happy "2nd" Birthday Ashlynn!!

Happy Little Girl... AGAIN!!

Just to update everyone... Ashlynn is acting and feeling soo much better!! There were a few days that I was pretty worried about her!! After getting her medicine from doctor, she slept pretty much all night. She woke up a few times, but she didn't stay awake so I was glad! We both needed sleep. She slept til I woke her up at 10 am yesterday morning. She is playing and eating again and I am so excited! We had to go to Cedar, so we went and ate at Sizzler and she actually ate a lot and wanted Ice Cream! I am so excited to have my happy little girl back! Now she will have a good weekend and birthday


My mom, sent me a text last night. I guess my sister passes her drivers ed stuff and got her learners permit!! EEK!! I am excited for her, but that is a little scary! My mom wanted everyone to know to keep themselves safe... Stay off the streets and keep your children off the sidewalks!! haha! Just kidding Livi! Good Job!!

ABC's of ME!

A- Age: 24
B- Bed size: King
C- Chore you hate: Everything.. haha! Mostly toliets!
D- Dog's name: Which one?? Zues, Rusty, or Trauma...
E- Essential food/item: Anything I don't have to cook!
F- Favorite color: Blue
G- Gold or silver: Silver (white gold)
H- Height: 5'4"
I- I am: a good mom
J- Job: 911 dispatcher, house girlfriend.. haha!
K- Kids: one beautiful daughter
L- Living arrangements: in Enterprise with Ty and Kody
M-Mom's name: Alison
N- Nickname: Annabelle, Annalee Bumblebee Tunahead
O- Overnight hospital stay: When I had Ashlynn
P- Pet peeve: not putting water in your dishes in the sink
Q- Quote from a movie:
R- Right or left handed: Right
S- Siblings: 3 at my dads - clint, garrett, landon. 3 at my moms - mic, alivia, riley
T- Time you wake up: when Ty's alarm goes off.. usually at 0545 or at least by 7
U- Unique thing about your car: its not mine.. haha!
V- Vegetable you hate: cant really think of one...
W- Ways you run late: getting my 2 year old ready, traffic on sr 18
X- X-rays you've had: teeth and when I had kidney stones
Y- Yummy food you make: chicken, roast and potatos, idk
Z- Zoo favorite: the monkeys!!

I tag Jenny, Angie, Melinda, and Lisa Gilleyweed Jones!!

What I've been up to....

So for the past few days, I have been home with a sick almost 2 year old. It is so sad to watch her feel so sick. I think in the past few days we have had a total of maybe 10 hours of sleep at night. Ya pretty much stinks! I had to call into work sick for today cuz I knew we wouldn't get much sleep and I didn't dare just drop her at my mom's house, which I am sure she would have been ok with. I can't get her fever to break the 100's. It ranges between 100.3 and 102.4, and I don't know what else to do for her. I took her to the doctor this morning, but she really couldn't tell me what was wrong with her. After wishing I would have taken her yesterday instead, all they said is that her ear was red, but no ear infection. She has large tonsils, but not inflamed. Her lungs sound clear as far as pneumonia or bronchitis, but may have upper airway cough.... well geez!! Can you not give me a straight answer??!!! So instead, she just gave us some amoxicillin for Ashlynn to take to see if it helps. What a way to spend the last few days before your birthday. It really sucks cuz she is suppose to go to her dads on Thursday night - but if she isn't feeling better, they are out of luck! She came home sick from there... I guess we will see what happens from now til then. I really don't want another thing like last year... PNEUMONIA isn't fun!!

So I am hoping after a day of antibiotics she will start feeling better. I just tried to put her down for a nap, she was in her bed for about 30 minutes and she woke up. Ya, What do ya do for the poor things?? So I just held her... while she is 101.7 degrees warm!! :( She finally went back to sleep after I took all of her clothes off of her. I am hoping she will stay asleep for a little bit. She woke up around 2 am last night and we were up for 2.5 hours.

Poor Girl! Get feeling better ASHLYNN honey!!

For my sister....

Yesterday I came to St George to watch my sister dance at the Snow Canyon Eshelle Review. She did AMAZING! I am so proud of her. She has been doing their Jr Drill Camp all week. They learn a dance that the Drill Team makes up for them, and then perform it at the basketball game at the end of the week. I remember the camp we put on for the younger kids when I was on Eshelles. It was pretty fun, plus it gives all the 9th graders that are going to be trying out for the next year a chance to see what its all about and who they will be trying out with!!

There were a few 9th graders performing, all of which did pretty good. I was proud of them all! We stayed and watched the drill teams review. They did pretty good, still nothing like when I was there or the year after me. I guess this year they have had some drama... they went from having 23 girls to having 8 left. SAD I KNOW! They all danced like they were a team though so I was pretty proud of them! Good Job Eshelles! Tryouts are the beginning of April, I think Alivia is pretty excited about it! I hope that she makes it and there isnt any drama, I had tonz of fun the year I was on it and I know that she will too!!

I am excited for this next week. Livi has a dance competition on Friday afternoon. She has been working so hard on her dances and her solo and I am excited to see the finished result! Check back cuz I will post pictures and if she places with them!!

Good Luck Livi Lou! We love you!

I was looking through my moms pictures that she took and found two cute ones of Ashlynn that I just have to show everyone! Here they are!!

Aren't they so cute!! I love it!! She is going to be turning 2 years old next week... wow how time flies so fast!!

Oh Wednesday.....

Oh it is so the middle of the week. I wasn't having a good day... and I will tell you why...

I started the day out really good. I got up and went up to the high school where they let people come in the mornings to workout. I worked out and felt really good about it. I came home and went back to sleep for 2 hours til I heard Ash playing in her room.

We lounged around til about 1030 or so and then I decided it was time to start getting ready for the day. I thought to myself ..."it is so nice outside I am going to open all the windows and let the breeze come through the house", so that's what I did. I walked around the houue opening all the windows til I got to Ashlynn's room. She has 2 windows in her room so I tryed to open one of them. Well no luck... it was stuck. I think its from when I painted them last fall.

Well I started to hit the base around the window to see of I could loosen it to open it. Well I slipped and hit the window!!!! Yep, I know what you are thinking..... it shattered!! I cut my hand and glass went all over. I was so mad at myself. I started crying, ran into the bathroom and washed my hand off, bandaged the cuts and then it was time to call Ty at work....

Anyways, it ends up the everything was ok cuz the windows are double pained. We were wanting to replace them here in the near future to help out with our heat bill so I just pushed it closer... Haha!! Ty wasn't mad, just told me if I didn't want to live here just tell him instead of breaking his windows!! lol!!

Melinda then came over and we took the 2 younger girls for a walk. It was so nice outside. I'm so ready for spring!! So all in all... it started out bad...but now that I look at what I wrote it was actually a pretty good day!

Honest Tag....

The rules are: Post 10 honest confessions about yourself, then tag 5 people to do the same.

1. I hate stupid people. I hate when people don't have common sense. Its not that hard to figure somethings out and there are some people in this world that just have no common sense. STUPID!

2. I hate cleaning up pee off the floor by the toilet. Boys read up... if you pee and it misses the HUGE hole to pee in, wipe it up! I get sick of cleaning up pee from around the toilet that I obviously don't create there.

3. I love being a mom. This is the best thing in the world! I feel so lucky to have a little girl that looks up to me and that I get to teach her everyday. I love to see each new day and know that I get to share another special moment with her. I can't wait til she is old enough to do the same!

4. Springtime is my favorite season. I love being outside. My favorite thing to do is plant flowers and my garden. I am so excited for it to be springtime this year. I am hoping for a complete yard makeover. I want to make it my yard! I kinda rushed last year to get things planted. Didn't take my time and wish that I would have. I really want to have a beautiful yard like my grandma did. Bring on the springtime!

5. I hate people who spread rumors. If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. If you don't know the truth, keep your mouth shut! Simple as that!!

6. I have the best boyfriend. I couldn't ask for a better man in my life. He means so much to me. I love that I get to me a mom. He works so hard to let me stay at home with Ashlynn. I know sometimes I can be a pain in the butt, but he puts up with me! I love him!

7. I love being an EMT. I love having the capability of saving peoples lives. Its such a reward to know that you have done something good for someone else. I hope to better myself as an EMT and keep it up for as long as I can!

8. I hate doing laundry. It seems like it never ends. You get done with the laundry you have done for the past week and the next day its time to do it again.

9. I hate driving in St George. St George drivers SUCK! I hate driving with them. Everyone is in such a hurry to get to the place that they have to be. They like to cut people off and pull out in front of them and then go slow so everyone has to slam on the breaks. So ya, I hate it. I love living out in BFE where I don't have to worry about that!!

10. I hate shaving. I swear I have to shave my darn armpits every freaking day! I hate it! You should see my legs right now.. no wait, you shouldn't! So ya I have shaving, hate taking the extra time in the shower. Wish I could just have it removed and never have to worry about it again!

I tag..... Gina, Kierston, Caitlin, Rachel, and Janice!!

New Present for Ty....

So yesterday, Ty and I had the day off. We decided to get out of town... so that he wouldn't get called out. It never fails when he has a day off, he usually gets called or paged out for something, leaving me home alone....

So, we drove to Cedar. We have been looking for a new truck for a little while, Ty's Toyota Tacoma just didn't have enough room when we had everyone with us. We decided to go to Bradshaw Auto in Cedar. They had a few trucks that were really neat looking. We had found two that we really liked. One was 2007 Chevy Silverado and a 2009 Dodge Ram Hemi. The salesman came out and started talking to us. He gave us a few prices on the trucks. The Dodge was WAY too much. So we took the Chevy for a test drive. It was sooo nice! Lots of room and low miles.

So Ty filled out an application, and poof!! We are now the new owners of a Metallic Blue 2007 Chevy Silverado! Its so pretty, I am in love (Sorry Ty, I do still love you more!) Here are a few pics of it... What a good late Valentines Present.. haha!!


Anyways! Lots of fun! This weekend should be a good one. Ty and Kody are going to an RC (airplane) show and I am gonna try to go watch my sister's dance performance. This week starts a 3 month stretch of performances and tryouts for her. I want to wish her good luck!

I Love You Day... and Updates...

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!

I just wanted to tell everyone Happy Valentine's Day! I hope everyone is having a great day! I am at work and its a little slow, but that is good right??!! Today has been a good day. I woke up this morning to a Rose and Cherry Chocolate Kisses and a Valentines Day Card from Ty. I cried. It was so cute. I cant remember the last time someone gave me flowers!

We went up to my dad's house this weekend. We had a surprise birthday party for my Grandma Edwards for her 70th Birthday. She was so surprised. No one said anything to her so she was so surprised! We ate at El Mexicano in Salina. It was pretty good. My brother, Garrett and his wife Caitlin decided to tell grandma and the rest of the family that they are having a.........
We are pretty excited for them! Its going to be so much fun!! They don't know how excited I am to spoil their little girl. They got Ashlynn some playdough for her birthday and a singing dog for Valentines day... Oh you guys just wait!! hahaha! I love it!

We also got the good news about my mom.

NO CANCER!!

We are pretty excited to hear the news! I think everyone was scared that she was going to have cancer. That is not a trial that we want to go through right now. I think mom wanted to go on the cruise that dad promised her if she did find out she had cancer.... I am sure we can still plan a cruise to go on!! Anways, Congrats mom!!

I am excited at how this weekend is turning out. It was a nice little vacation that was much needed. I missed my family and cant wait to see them again! Hope everyone has a good Love Day and a great week!! This week is going to be a good one, nice and relaxing. NO Stress!! (Mori, that was for you!)

Time for....

I JUST WANT TO SAY.... I am so ready for a vacation! I am excited to get out of dodge and spend some time with my family. I miss seeing my dad and cant wait to see how the results for my mom have turned out. I can't wait til I get to see my sister in law and her cute baby tummy! I know they are excited to see Ashlynn too. She is starting to talk so much and its going to blow them away... I think!! I am excited to see Landon play his final basketball game of the season! I know they will kick some butt!

On another note, I have no idea what to get Ty for Valentines Day... I mean, I want to get him something, just don't know what to get. We both have to work on Sunday, so not like its going to be that special or anything.... lol :) Hopefully we will get a date night sometime soon to celebrate! He keeps telling me he isnt getting me anything... guess we will wait and see...

The next 3 weeks are going to be a little crazy! I practically have something planned every weekend. I hope Ty bares with me the next few months. Its getting back into dance competition season for my little sister and I am so excited! I am excited to see her new solo this year, Its going to me awesome! I hope I get my new camera before all the competitions are over! I need a new one to take pictures with for it!

Well work will be over in 2.5 hours! I am pretty stoked, only because I will go home and sleep for a few short hours and get up to drive to see my family! CANT WAIT!

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Post 2 of 2....

Well, this will be a much lighter post than the other one. I am sitting at work today and I am worried about my step mom. She went into the hospital this morning to have a lump removed from her chest today. The doctor didn't know if it was Cancer or not.. I am scared for her!

She is an awesome mom, wife, and grandma. We have spent so much time together the last little while that I don't know what I would do if she wasn't here. I keep praying that she will be ok and that nothing will come of it, but I can't stop thinking of her while I sit at work today. My family has been through so much the last month or so and I am hoping that this is just something that will go away and become nothing.

Mom, know that we love you and wish for the best from this surgery. I can't wait to come up and visit again this weekend. I miss you and wish we lived closer.

Post 1 of 2 for Today.....

Ok, so I am having 'ONE of THOSE days AGAIN'... I will have 2 post today so bare with me. The first one is this one, the one that I am pissed about, and the other will be on a lighter note.... So here I go...... :)

Why is it that people feel the need to talk gossip about other people? Why is that when you hear something about someone you know it keeps going? Why is it that people cant trust what I have said? I would love to ask everyone I know those questions.

I am so sick of Drama and Gossip in my life. What is the point of it? What is the point of having my heart broke because people don't trust me. I have made some stupid mistakes in my life and I regret them all the time! I wish I could go back and rewind it and not do it again. But I guess its not called life if you don't make mistakes and learn from them, right??!!

Well I'd like to say something to everyone who feels the right or the need to talk about me to everyone else. If you have a problem with me, come to me, don't talk to someone else behind my back or to someone I care about. It just causes problems and you are not worth that at all!! If people are doing things to screw my life up, go screw yourself. I am not proud of some things that have happened in my life, but I am trying to fix my life and fix the mistakes I made.

So please, if you hear anything about me or if you feel the need to talk about me, PLEASE if you will, SHUT THE HELL UP! Just remember Karma... she sucks! Don't let it get to that point...

Week of Updates... oh, and FUN!

This past week, Ashlynn and I have been having lots of fun! There is a lot of snow in Enterprise. We are really sick of it, but until it melts, I guess we had to find something to help pass the time. I posted the other day about going sledding. Well I finally have the pictures to show you all. Ashlynn had never been and she loved it! Here are a few pictures! MELINDA and her kids went with us and we had TONZ OF FUN!!

Ashlynn on the Sled

This is Melinda's youngest daughter, Tayrne. Her and Ash had so much fun sledding down the hill together. They both kept wanting to go again and again and again. It was so cute! They both loved to eat the snow off of their gloves and Ashlynn was even putting her arms up in the air as they were going down the hills! It was funny! We had Kody with us too. Sami and Kody were sledding buddies, they were making jumps to go off of. They finally decided that it would hurt their rear ends to go over the jumps... we all laughed pretty hard!

Ash eating snow off her gloves...

So just the other day, Ashlynn decided to push the chair into the kitchen sink. She wanted to do dishes.... ya, I know. I think there are child labor laws about making you 2 year old do your dishes, but she is the one that wanted to do them.... really!! It was so cute, it wasn't fun to clean up the mess, but that is ok. She had fun so it was worth it! Here are a few pictures I took of her, she turned to me in a couple of them and said, "cheese". Oh its funny when they are so dang cute!

Today I was vacuuming a few of my rugs and Ashlynn decided to get her play vacuum out and do the same thing. I had to just get some pictures of it also... here they are... I am raising quite a little house maid.
Well that is the update for this past week or so... Ashlynn is at her dad's this weekend so I will be repainting my bedroom. Hopefully I can save up for a new bedroom set, but we will see. If anyone knows of anyone selling or getting rid of a decent set, let me know!

Thanks for reading all!!