Guess What!!!!!

Hey guys!!! It is time to post again!!! This week has been incredible!

Axton: is actually army crawling now!!!!! He is finding that he loves to move around from toy to toy! IT IS ABOUT TIME! Allie was walking at seven months, and he is finally getting the hang of army crawling. I LOVE IT! Also, he turned seven months this week. Axton has found his little voice and enjoys singing and screaming at any moment. He also loves to be a parrot to his daddy.... which is fun for Allie and I to watch. Daddy will make an obnoxious noise, and Axton will copy it!

Allie: is FINALLY enjoying girlie things! I always wanted a girlie girl for a daughter, and for Christmas, she got ALL boy toys and her favorite movies has been Cars and Despicable Me.... Do you see what I mean??? There is not a girlie bone in her body... or so I thought! She has discovered Tangled, and LOVES it!!!! YAY!!! She has discovered my purse and carries it every where while putting on her "pretties" which is lotion and lip gloss. On several occasions this week we have been seeing her organizing colors (we have a ton of colorful bowls and she puts all blue together, all yellow, etc) She also counts to two over and over again! 

Mommy: I am LOVING this week! Last Sunday we went and hung out with my family at their condo, then Monday through Thursday flew by. Friday was Nicks day off, so I wanted to celebrate. Thurs. Evening we took the kids, some  hotdogs and smore things and went to grandma and grandpa palmers house and had the fire pit going and enjoyed spending the evening with them! Friday was a blast!!! It was so pretty outside, so we cleaned the house a little and then threw the kids in the car. We went and got bread at great harvest, and smoothies at Keva Juice. We then went to the park and played for a few hours. When we were done with that we took the kids to Wheeler Farm (which is Allie's favorite place to go). We then came home and ate some food. Then threw the kids back into the car and went to the condo with my parents to swim, have hot dogs, and smores :D Saturday, I got to go back up to Midway and get my little sister ready for prom. She looked AMAZING!!!! Not because of me, but because she is so beautiful inside and out!!!

Oh and on Friday, we also went to Dennys with Jenn and Zach, Ammon, Liz, and Matt.... Which was so fun to relive the Bacon Shake!!!

Daddy: seems to be doing so great!!! He LOVES his new job, and we know that when next friday comes, we will love it even more (first payday). 

Now for the news... NO I am not pregnant, but I actually posted on the day I said I was going to post!!! Yay for achieving goals!!! See you next week!

Love,

Victoria

"There can be miracles when you believe"

I know that it is still the same week, but I just feel so blessed and I could not wait to share this with all yall!!!

So, many of you guys know that I am an asthmatic. I have not always had it though. When I was 16 I got really sick and ended up with this life changing event. Ever since then, I have been on steroids that have made me gain LOTS of weight. I have not been able to run and be as energetic as I would like. Now that I have a toddler, I am not able to chase her around or play on the playground with her. I cant carry my son in his car seat because I get asthma attacks. I try to work out to lose weight, but I cant really work out that hard to see results  because I get an asthma attack before I am able to see results that I would love to see!

With all that in mind, my mother told me that I should go see a  pulmonologist because she wanted me to figure out my lungs before I went to school. So finally I was able to get in to see one. You need to first see a regular doctor then you need to have him write a prescription. The doctor he prescribed for me to see could not see me till yesterday (a three month wait). So yesterday I went and saw this Pulmonologist and I am so thrilled that I did!

After an hour of him asking questions, he suggested to try one thing. He then said if that does not work there is something that could work. There is a new surgery out that basically, in my opinion, cures asthma!!!!!!! 

For those that dont know, you have tubes in your body called bronchial tubes. they have little smooth muscles that wrap around them. When you have an asthma attack, the smooth muscles clench around the tubes making it so one cannot breathe because air is not able to get through. 

With that in mind, there is a fairly new surgery that is out and it is called thermalplasty (i think). And what this does is the doctor goes in with tools and burns the smooth muscles so that way they cannot contract making it so you cant breathe. This surgery has been studied for YEARS but has not been out to the public very long. The only hospital that offers the surgery in Utah is LDS hospital and there have only been 12 people in Utah that have gotten the surgery. But every single one of them have not had to use asthma medication and can run and do things a "normal" person can do!

I am HOPING that the doctor will decide that I am a good candidate for this surgery! I can see my life totally changing with this surgery! I will be able to play with me kids, exercise, and get healthy!!!!

That is all! I just thought I would let you guys in on my SUPER EXCITING news!

Love ya!
Victoria

We are so blessed!!!

This week has been an amazing week I think!!!!

There are those times in my life when I just get into a rut and kinda turn into a robot and do things with out feeling and without thinking. And sometimes I just need a moment to realize where I am and then see where I want to be!

Last Saturday, I went to a family party and was talking with a cousin of mine, she is ALWAYS smiling and ALWAYS has only positive things to say. She is the type of person who you look at and cant help but smile because her personality is so addicting! I got to sit and talk to her for about an hour about my life, where I was, and where I wanted to be. Walking away from the conversation got me thinking "I used to be so energetic and positive like her, what happened". So I told Nick that I was going to change. I want to be able to feel things and be as excited as she was! I know that if I do this, then I will see in me the change and the person that I want to be!

We went down to my parents house Sunday and spent the day having fun and playing with my siblings! They are so fun to be around, We are all so crazy when we get together. They are all moving to NYC for a few months and then moving to Hawaii for a year, so I wont get to see them for about a year and a half, and I KNOW that is going to be super hard! Thank goodness for Skype!

Anyways,  here is an update on our family

AXTON is doing so good! He is smiling more and sitting up longer, and when Allie comes by and shoves him over he is learning to just smile at her. He is still teething, but the pain is wearing off I think!

ALLIE is so dang cute!!! She loves making animal noises and is doing them constantly! She is going to the potty in her chair more often, so I feel like she will be learning soon! She is just the smartest girl I know!!!!

Mom is doing great! I play with the kids during the day and now that I try to stay positive, I have found that I have more energy!!! I am excited to start school, and yes!!! That means we found a baby sitter for half the price that we were going to pay a person in the first place, we are so blessed to stumble upon her! My mom looked on Craigslist for a sitter, and emailed me the link, I read it and liked what I read, so I called and made an appointment and went out today, she is AMAZING and her little girls LOVE Allie and Allie loves playing with them!

Dad is doing great!!! He got a job as a CNA at a rehab place and no longer works at the DI!!!!!! This is the biggest good news this week for us!!!! I am so happy because now he will be here nights with me and the kids, and we will be able to do more out doorsie things with him because he will be done by 2 each day!!!

Welp, that is all I have to say right now, thank so much for reading and following our updates!!!

Love you all!

My crazy life!

I dont know about a lot of you guys but life is nothing like I thought it would be. I thought that by now I would have my career. I thought that maybe I might be married. I knew I was going on a mission. But guess what, my life got turned up side down and fast!

I am married, which was maybe a possibility.... but two kids??? Nope was not thinking about that yet and I do not have my degree..... I did get my associates but now I am going into nursing. Which I never thought I would be doing. I wanted to teach English! ha ha!!!

So, I thought that I would do a day in the life today due to the fact that nothing big has happened this week.

I wake up at 630-700 depending on when the kids wake up.
Nick and I bring Axton in bed with us (allie joins us usually at 5 in the morning). We all cuddle for an hour while watching MARLEY AND ME.
Allie signals that she is hungry so we strap her in her chair and try to have her eat.  While she is eating (aka making a mess) I feed Axton his food which is oatmeal and turkey.... which is gross!!!! but he wont eat anything else!
We play with the kids for a few more min. until Axton becomes a brat. then I feed him a ba ba and put him down for a nap. during this time, I try to get Allie to go potty and get her dressed. by then, she is tired and she goes down for a nap because she is usually super tired and bratty!!! ha ha!!!
During this time, I eat breakfast, I clean up the house and then pretend to do homework but end up on facebook.
Axton wakes up and I feed him... his usual meal and then Allie wakes up and wants "Me" (DESPICABLE ME)
We have it playing on repeat while we play and vacuum which is axtons favorite thing to watch!
We then feed Allie lunch and then Nick goes to work if he is not gone already!
Allie Axton and mommy play for the day and at two they go down for another nap. During this time, I catch up on my shows :) and I play on pinterest.
The kids wake up and We play more.
and watch DESPICABLE ME again.... for the fourth time. Allie eats  her dinner while I feed axton his normal meal.
I put Axton in his jammies and feed him a ba ba and put him down for the night (715) Then Allie and I hit the showers. When we are done she gets into her robe (which is her daddy's robe) and then I brush her hair and then have her go to the potty.
She gets into her jammies and I read her princess book three times and she goes to sleep.
Then I clean the house and do my homework. By then, Nick is usually home.

This is my typical day. It is crazy and full of toddler tantrums, infant feedings, and TONS of poopy bums. But guess what? It is my life and I LOVE it. I love my two little munchkins! They keep me busy and happy!

Happy Easter!!!!

Hey guys!!!

Well, already a little behind, but no worries! It is the beginning of the week, so we will pretend that today is Sunday :D 

We will start off with Axton again :D

Axton: is doing so great! He had his six month update this week. His head is really pretty small  for his body. His head is in the 17th percentile. What that means for those who do not know, if you take 100  baby boys that were born the same time he was, Axton was the 17th smallest.  His length was 30th and his weight was in the 67th. He has started sleeping a little bit more through the night! We started feeding him the baby jar foods and so far his favorite food would be turkey and gravy.... which is super strange to me because Allie still to this day HATES meat! This just goes to show that no child has to be alike. :D 

Allie: she went pee in her potty for the first time! I know that we have such a long way to go with her potty training, especially since I have no idea what I am doing! However, we just got her pull ups, and I see it as bitter sweet. I want her to learn how to pull her pants up and down, so I think the way to do it is with pull-ups, but she will not realize that she has different pants either than her diaper. if that makes sense! Mommies and daddies out there who know what to do let me know! 

Mommy: I am doing amazing!!! I had a fun weekend with my mom, sisters, and sisters in law. We had Easter with my family, then went to Grand America with just us girlies. We went to the Young woman's conference.  It was kinda a mess to begin with! When we got there we were already late. but that was okay! Nothing kept us down! When we got into the doors, we discovered that 2 of the tickets were in a different part of the HUGE building, the two people who had them (Ana and I) did not have phones. I realized that we were going to be searching for our group for hours if we waited till after. So my sister and I get up during the last song, so we can wait by the doors for my sisters and mom to come out. Lets just say that it took 3 security guards to tell me no, one to say it is okay to go, and my sister to defy them all and have us leave anyway! After that everything went so smoothly! We got to an awesome place to eat, and then spent an hour and a half in the spa just having tons of fun with each other!!!

Daddy:  he worked so much this week! He does not have the most glorious job. He works at the DI and on Saturday he was supposed to get off work at 430 and the person to take the next shift never showed, so nick had to work till 930. He also got his voucher to start his CNA test! The test is scheduled for April 9th! We are super excited to get him into a job that he loves and that he is amazing at!