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JULY 2010!

2010-07-11T19:06:00.000-07:00

Well if you can believe it Anistee is turning 1 year old in 10 days, the time has gone by so fast. Ayden will be 5 years old in two weeks and will be starting Kindergarten on August 3rd. Dominik is talking soooo good he has really started picking up words and even sentences and expressing what he wants. They are all growing so fast I wish I could freeze time every once in a while, Brandon and I went through the Temple on June 19th it was the most amazing experience and I am so comforted to know that our family will be together forever.

I found a bow holder online that I loved and when I looked at the price there was no way I would ever get it, the website wanted $100 dollars for them. Soo I decided to make them myself and I made it for a lot less and decided to make a whole bunch more of them, I also have started making bows for Anistee and I just can't stop I have a whole basket of them now. I am hoping to get a booth at the scrapbooking expo and the Expo center in September and get ready for the West Jordan Carnival next year. I will post some pictures soon!

Since the work changes Brandon and I have been home together a lot more it has been so nice to have whole days off as a family and definately a stress relief.

UPDATE ON THE WIDDISON CLAN!

2010-05-27T22:49:00.000-07:00

Ayden is getting ready for school, he will be on B trach in the AM class. We don't know who is teacher is yet, we went for his checkup to get his vaccinations an his eye's checked and he is very excited to go shopping for a backpack and pencils and all the fun things that he needs for school. I am not sure how I will feel the first day he has never been away from me. We have been preparing him to be away from home, like tying his shoes and buttoning his own pants and using the restroom by himself. Who would have thought these little things would be so important.

Dominik is still up to no good, The speech therapy is going good he is picking up new words everyday. I think it will not be long before he is talking, We still can't get him to go to nursery at church, which is wierd because he is such a people person and so outgoing. Ayden and him fight constantly. but they both take really good care of their sister and they are so helpful. Dom is almost the same size as Ayden he is wearing 3T clothing and he is 2 pounds lighter than Ayden, he loves to be outside riding his bike and playing in the sandbox.

Anistee is 10 months old I can't believe how fast it has gone by, she is crawling all over the place and pulling herself up on things particularly the toilet she loves to play in the toilet. She is sooo tall she is up to dom's chin. She is very strong headed if the boys do aanything she doesn't like she screams and can I tell you it cracks the ear drum.We are getting ready to buy her a pink car seat, so she can sit forward which I think she will love. She is not a very patient little one if I am not moving fast enough for her she lets me know.

As for Brandon and I there have been a lot of changes we are training for a tri-athalon, Getting ready to renew our vows, this time in the oquirrh temple on June 19th we will be sealed to our kidos. We are very excited, Brandon is down to just working one Job, just the fire station! WHICH IS OK WITH ME, it will be more family time we will just need to get over the financial hump. We have been working towards going through the temple slowly over the last year and the last few weeks we have really felt strong that we needed to go through the temple and be sealed to our children and each other for time and eternety so we are excited to experience this part of our journey. The tri-athalon is on september 11 so we only have a couple of months to train, we are doing this with Bran's crew. It will be a 3.1 mle run, a 400 meter swim and a 9 mile bike ride WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO!

Overall everyone is doing well and growing fast!

SPRING CLEANING IS FINALLY HERE

2010-03-27T11:32:00.000-07:00

So some of the stuff on my list I do throughout the year, but for the most part some of them are a once a year thing like; batteries in all the smoke detectors and cleaning all the light fixtures. Especially the one in the entry which is about 12 feet up at least ( brandon hates that one) and I decided this year I am going to wait to clean the outside windows because every year it never fails it rains two days later and all the hard work is gone. I don't just clean windows I take them out and clean all the frames and the screens and fix any screens that are broken from the winter, so you can understand why I would be mad when it rains two days later. It is so nice to get everything cleaned out and organized and Brandon is happy that I cut the list down to 2 pages this time around (I just added more columns, but he doesn't need to know) So anyway here is to spring cleaning.

Oh and our vegetable garden is doing awesome, our tomatoes are huge and our peppers are coming along we just started the pumpkins and the lettuce. The herbs are getting huge, this year we have an indoor greenhouse which makes it really nice so we don't have the pots everywhere, and its on wheels so we just roll it in front of the sliding door and it gets really good sun. Althought the cantalope is about to vine right out of the greenhouse, I can't wait to get them in the ground about 4 more weeks and we will be transplanting them outside. Oh and we have about 30-40 plants of each vegetable and we paid $1.79 for 1 pack of seeds, if we would have bought the plants from lowes they would have been at least 5 bucks a piece. Also the potatoes are in the ground and those came from potatoes we had already so they didn't cost us anything well because our neighbors gave us the potatoes, this is the first year we have tried potatoes I hope they do good.

This year we also started our flowers indoors from seeds and they are growing like crazy, we paid $1.00 for each packet of seeds and you should see how many flowers we have. I wish we lived on a couple of acres so we could build an outdoor greenhouse it would be sooo much cheaper

THIS WAS THE CUTEST THING I FOUND THEM BOTH SLEEPING IN DOM'S BED

PICTURES OF ANISTEE AND MOM SHE IS 8 MONTHS OLD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT

DOMINIK'S CARNIVAL BIRTHDAY!!!!

2010-03-11T12:17:00.000-08:00

His day started kind of slow just normal stuff and running around picking up the last few things I needed for the party, but as soon as 5:30 hit it was PARTY ON. We had good food and so much fun by the time the night was over the kids crashed before their heads hit the pillow. We had chili dogs with all the toppings and carnival pretzels the big ones and nachos and lemonade oh and a popcorn machine that made the best popcorn ever. Dominik never really sat down to eat there was way to much going on. We had pony rides, ballon darts, golfing, pin the nose on the clown, face painting, balloon animals, ring toss, a mystery box and guess how many jelly beans are in the jar. Everyone at the party was wearing a clown nose (adults included)

Brandon made the Ballon animals (who knew the jack of all trades)

My mom did the face painting

My dad gave the pony rides

Andy and Steve were the Golf experts

Krickett was in charge of the Ring Toss

Shawn and Shaela were in charge of the darts

Don and Chelsey handled the Pin the nose on the Clown

We also had a picture board

A three legged race

Dominik blowing out his candle

Dominik opening presents

WELL THE WEEKEND GOT OFF TO A HORRIBLE START!!

2010-02-22T10:15:00.000-08:00

I'm sure you all know about my little Dominik and his daring acrobatics off the bunk bed. well he pushed the envelope one step further on friday and it included a Firetruck an Lifelight helicopter three police officers and one very out of her mind with worry mom. So I am changing his bum and the phone rings so i Finish changing his bum and I go to get the phone I stood at the counter talking to brandon for oooh maybe 2 minutes when I hear a loud crash I run into the boys room and find their dresser (which stands around 5 feet tall and weighs at least 50 pounds tipped over with ayden standing over it and Dominik Underneath it. He is not making any noises so I throw the phone and start screaming for Brandon. I immediately lift the dresser, but I can't get it to stand all the way up so I look back and see that Dominik's legs are stuck in the closed drawer and it is dragging him up when I try to lift it up. So I support the dresser with my back and try to get his legs out Ayden helped and we were able to get them out. I made sure the dresser was not going to fall again and then I scooped him up in my arms and at that time (I had put the phone opn speaker so I could talk to Brandon, when I threw it) I heard our address over his radio (because oh yes he was at the fire station). I asked him if he had started the paramedics and he said yes go open the door, So I did and the paramedics were there They took him to the hospital and after 6 hours he has a broken arm above the elbow alot of bruises and a concusion! Oh and they stood the helicopter down because he was ok to go by ambulance. When we left the Hospital they joked that they will see us again soon and I wish I could disagree with them. He is doing ok adjusting to his cast and not being able to use his right arm. The pain is alot for him to take right now the nights are very long and I wish there was more I could do for him. He gets his hard cast on Friday, I think that will make it better because he won't feel it as much. Pictures of my little man ( very sad)

I CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRING

2010-02-08T13:07:00.000-08:00

It is too far away, The kids are tired of being in the house and I am right there with them. Anistee is 6 months old and is starting to move around alot, and she is starting to give her opinion on everything. Dominik is going through that stage of learning that there are consequences for his actions, timeout is not his friend, Oh! and another thing we learned from Dom this week is: you know the little swimmers diapers. You would think they are made to hold in the body functions just like a regular diaper, well that is NOT the case Really all they are good for is about 2 min so you can get them into the bathroom and then the fun begins. I hope your not eating while reading this So all it does is make it really watery so when you take the swimmer off it runs (literally) everywhere so you can't go back to the pool because you have to shower them from head to toe and by then you will be so frusterated that swimming is the last thing on your mind especially when you are at a public pool. I know this is my second child, but either ayden never went potty in his swimmer or they have started making them alot cheaper. We have had alot of changes already this year I started doing mortgages again from home, I still work at VECC at night, but since I am home so much during the day and I got a great opportunity to work from home it seemed like a really good choice I will see how it goes. Dominik's 2nd birthday is coming up and I am busy planning his party, I think it will be alot of fun. We are starting our vegetable garden, getting all of the seeds started inside , I can't wait to start eating fresh vegetables out of t he garden and since I make my own baby food for Anistee it will be even cheaper. I am hoping that will help get spring here faster, if that doesn't work then maybe we can bring the warm weather back with us from St. George in 2 months. Ayden is doing soooo good with his schooling, I have been doing pre-school with him every day since he was three and he can write his own name add and subtract , he knows all of his letters, shapes and colors by sight. We are also working on consenants, vowels and short and long vowels. We have just started reading, but I am hoping it will prepare him for kindergarten in August. Other than that things are same as always.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

2010-01-03T16:12:00.000-08:00

CHRISTMAS WAS A LOT OF FUN THE KIDS HAD A BLAST, BRANDON HAS BEEN OFF FROM SCHOOL AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET VACATION ON CHRISTMAS DAY FROM THE FIRE STATION, SO WE HAD THE WHOLE WEEK TOGETHER IT WAS WELL NEEDED FOR EVERYONE!

WE DID CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE WIDDISON SIDE OF THE FAMILY IT WAS VERY CRAZY, BUT FUN THE KIDS GOT A LOT OF PRESENTS FROM GRANDMA AND GRANDPA WIDDISON.

WHEN WE GOT HOME FROM THE WIDDISON'S AYDEN MADE SANTA'S COOKIES, DOMINIK AND ANISTEE WERE SOUND ASLEEP BEFORE WE GOT HOME SO WE DIDN'T GET A COMPLETE FAMILY PICTURE JUST THE THREE OF US MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET EVERYONE IN THE PICTURE BEFORE WE GO TO BED

CHRISTMAS MORNING WAS FUN ANISTEE WAS THE FIRST TO WAKE UP AT 7:00 AND DOMINIK WAS NEXT AT 7:15, WE WOKE UP AYDEN AT 7:30 AND ASKED IF SANTA HAD COME. HE RAN OUT TO THE LIVING ROOM AND SAID "NO", BRANDON AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND HE DIDN'T EVEN COME. IT WAS FUNNY!!!!! WE DIDN'T GET ANY PICTURES OF US OPENING GIFTS BECAUSE WE WERE TOO BUSY, BUT WE DID GET IT ALL ON VIDEO TAPE, SORRY!

CHRISTMAS MORNING WE WENT TO MY MOM'S HOUSE FOR BREAKFAST AND WE WERE HOPING TO GO SLEDDING BUT THE SNOW WAS MELTED BY THE TIME BREAKFAST AND GIFTS WERE OVER!!

WE MADE OUR OWN SLEDDING HILL OFF OUR BACK STAIRS THE KIDS HAD A BLAST AND THEN WE BUILT A FORT FOR THEM TO CLIMB ON AND HAVE SNOW BALL FIGHTS.

AND DOM FELL ASLEEP ON THE TEETER TOTTER!!!!!!!

CHRISTMAS SEASON IS HERE

2009-12-04T10:48:00.000-08:00

THE LIGHTS AND THE DECORATIONS ARE ALL UP AND ON, HAVE BEEN SINCE THANKSGIVING! I HAVE TO SAY DOMINIK IS DOING ALOT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT, I PICTURED ORNAMENTS EVERYWHERE DECORATIONS BROKEN LEFT AND RIGHT. HE HAS LEFT EVERYTHING ALONE FOR THE MOST PART ( AND THE BEST SECRET SHATTERPROOF ORNAMENTS) THE ONLY THING HE LOVES TO PLAY WITH IS THE NUTCRACKER, HE GRUNTS REALLY LOUD AND CARRIES IT AROUND LIKE IT WEIGHS 100 POUNDS AND PRETENDS IT IS A BABY. SOOO CUTE!!!! EVERY CHRISTMAS SEASON WE WATCH CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH THE KIDS AND CURRENTLY I KNOW THE GRINCH AND THE CAT IN THE HAT BY HEART.

ANISTEE 4 MONTHS OLD

2009-11-22T09:28:00.000-08:00

SHE IS OFFICIALLY 4 MONTHS OLD I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST SHE IS GROWING UP. IT SEEMS LIKE I WAS JUST WALKING INTO THE HOSPITAL SO EXCITED AND ANXIOUS TO MEET HER. SHE CAN ALWAYS MAKE ME SMILE SHE HAS SUCH A SWEET SMILE AND LAUGHS AT ALL OF US. SHE IS A VERY HAPPY BABY AND SHE LOVES TO CUDDLE. SHE IS SO FUNNY WHEN SHE IS EATING SHE WILL STOP AND LOOK UP AT ME AND SMILE AND WAIT FOR ME TO LOOK AT HER AND THEN LAUGH AND HURRY BACK TO EATING. SHE LOVES TO WATCH THE BOYS WRESTLE AND SHE WAKES UP SO HAPPY AS SOON AS SHE SEE'S ME LOOKING OVER THE CRIB AT HER SHE SMILES AND STARTS KICKING. SHE IS MY LITTLE SUNSHINE. SHE STARTED EATING CEREAL AND IS DOING SOOO GOOD SHE ISN'T SURE IF SHE LIKES IT THAT MUCH BUT SHE EATS IT ANY WAY. SHE JABBERS ALL THE TIME IT IS SO CUTE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT ON VIDEO BUT I ALWAYS MISS IT. WE WENT TO SEE DR LEI AND SHE IS 14 POUNDS 5 OZ, SHE GOT HER SHOTS AND SPIKED A FEVER AND HER LEGS WERE REALLY SORE .

UPDATE ON BABY GIRL!!!

2009-11-11T07:23:00.000-08:00

WE WENT UP TO PRIMARY CHILDRENS FOR HER 3 MONTH CHECK UP AND EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT SO THE DOCTOR SAID SEE YOU IN A YEAR!!! IT WAS REALLY GOOD NEWS, SHE IS GROWING GOOD.

HALLOWEEN!!!

2009-11-02T10:03:00.000-08:00

IT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY, WE WOKE UP AND HAD PUMPKIN SHAPED PANCAKES FOR BREAKFAST AND WE FINISHED MAKING ALL OF THE STUFF WE NEEDED FOR THE PARTY. BRANDON AND OUR NEIGHBOR RYAN GOT A LITTLE CRAZY AND HUNG THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON BOTH OF OUR HOUSES, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT WAS NICE WEATHER AND BOTH OF OUR HOUSES ARE VERY STEEP. EVERY YEAR WE HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE HOPING BRANDON DOESN'T FALL, ALL THOUGH HE DID KIND OF FALL THIS YEAR. DOMINIK DECIDED TO CLIMB THE LADDER AND HALF WAY UP BRANDON CAUGHT HIM WELL IT SCARED HIM SO HE FELL AND WAS HANGING ON STRATTLING THE LADDER BRANDON WENT DOWN HEAD FIRST OFF THE ROOF TO TRY AND GRAB HIM. HE ENDED UP RIDING THE LADDER DOWN HEAD FIRST. WELL SO AFTER ALL THAT EXCITEMENT WE GOT THE KIDS READY IN THEIR COSTUMES AND HEADED OVER TO KRICKETTS HOUSE(BRANDON'S SISTER) WE CARVED PUMPKINS AND ATE MUMMY DOGS WITH CHILI AND CARMELED APPLES AND CANDY CORN POPCORN BALLS. IT WAS ALOT OF FUN THE KIDS GOT ALOT OF CANDY TRICK OR TREATING, AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE ALL 7 OF THEM WERE ASKING THE ADULTS TO CARRY THEM AND THEIR BAGS. IT WAS ALOT OF FUN AND WE ARE ALL READY FOR THANKSGIVING NOW DECORATIONS ARE UP AND WE ARE WAITING FOR A GOOD TURKEY DINNER.!!!

OCTOBER UPDATE!!!

2009-10-12T10:18:00.000-07:00

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS ALREADY OCTOBER AND WE ARE GETTING READY FOR HALLOWEEN! THIS WEEKEND WE WENT TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH THE BOYS HAD ALOT OF FUN, AYDEN'S FRIEND PRESTON WENT WITH US. DOMINIK WAS FASCINATED WITH THE ROTTEN PUMPKINS AND PRESTON AND AYDEN JUST WANTED TO THROW ALL T HE LITTLE ONES. WE GOT A COUPLE SMALL PUMPKINS AND MY DAD GREW US THE BIG ONES, OCTOBER HAS BEEN A BUSY MONTH ALOT OF WORKING AND NOT SO MUCH PLAYING. WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE IT A WEEKLY ACTIVITY TO GO TO JUMPIN JACKS TO GET THE KIDS ENERGY OUT. I HAVE BEEN HOMESCHOOLING AYDEN AND HE IS LEARNING TO IDENTIFY AND TRACE HIS ALPHABET AND USE SCISSORS AND GLUE AND COLOR IT IS GOING VERY WELL AND WE HAVE DONE ALOT OF CRAFT PROJECTS. ANISTEE IS GROWING BIG FINALLY GETTING INTO THE 0-3 MONTH CLOTHING I KNOW SHE IS ALMOST THREE MONTHS OLD BUT SHE IS ALOT SMALLER THAN THE BOYS!!! AS IT SHOULD BE!!!! I LOVE DRESSING HER IN ALL THE CUTE DRESSES AND BOWS I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL SHE HAS SOME HAIR TO PUT THE CLIPS IN.

2009-09-08T10:57:00.000-07:00

ANISTEE AND DOMINIK BOTH HAD THEIR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS ON SATURDAY! DOMINIK IS 30 POUNDS AND 38 INCHES LONG HE IS OUR LITTLE TANK, ANISTEE IS 9 POUNDS AND 11 OZ, I JUMPED UP AND DOWN AND CHEERED WHEN I SAW THAT, I KNEW SHE WOULD GAIN WEIGHT. THEY ARE BOTH DOING GREAT. YESTERDAY WAS MY FIRST DAY BACK TO WORK AND IT WAS REALLY HARD TO LEAVE ANISTEE . I WAS NERVOUS THAT BRANDON WOULD BE OK, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS TO HAVE THREE CHILDREN ALL BY YOURSELF AND AN INFANT THAT YOU CAN'T FEED. HE DID GREAT I ONLY GOT ONE WORRIED MESSAGE AND IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE I CAME HOME SO OVERALL HE DID GREAT I KNEW HE WOULD. WORK WAS A LITTLE STRESSFUL MY SCREENS WERE ALL RESET AND MY PASSWORDS WERE EXPIRED AND THE 200 EMAILS I HAD TOOK FOREVER TO GO THROUGH. IT'S KIND OF LIKE RIDING A BIKE EXCEPT YOU HAVE A LOT OF LIVES IN YOUR HANDS AND YOUR NOT JUST WORRYING ABOUT FALLING OF YOUR BIKE.

ANISTEE HAS BEEN DOING WELL, SHE REALLY DOES NOT LIKE HER CAR SEAT AND SHE ALMOST SLEEPS BETTER WHEN THE BOYS ARE BEING LOUD. IF IT'S TOO QUIET SHE DOESN'T SLEEP AS WELL, WE ARE STILL GETTING UP EVERY THREE HOURS AT NIGHT. (WHEN I SAY WE I MEAN ME)SHE REALLY LIKES HER SWING AND SHE LOVES TO EAT, SHE IS JUST BARELY STARTING TO FIT INTO HER 0-3 MONTH CLOTHES. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WEIRD HAVING A GIRL SINCE I AM SO USE TO BOYS, BUT I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT. SHE IS A GOOD BABY!!!! WE HAD HER BLESSED ON SUNDAY THE 6TH SHE LOOKED SO CUTE IN HER DRESS AND BRANDON'S DAD DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

MY FAMILY FROM HOLLAND HAS BEEN HERE FOR 2 WEEKS AND WE TOOK THEM UP TO PARK CITY TO RIDE THE ALPINE SLIDE, DOMINIK AND AYDEN HAD ALOT OF FUN. I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS WITH DOM RIDING UP THE CHAIR LIFT, I JUST KEPT THINKING HE WAS GOING TO JUMP OFF IT. (IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN BUNK BEDS RIGHT?) I WAS PACING THE WHOLE TIME

NEW PICTURES

2009-08-14T09:56:00.000-07:00

I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE IS 4 WEEKS OLD ALREADY IT HAS GONE BY SO FAST. SHE IS EATING WELL AND SLEEPING WELL AND ALL OF THE THINGS IN BETWEEN. SHE LOVES TO BE HELD AND WOULD SWING EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY IF SHE COULD. DOESN'T LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES AND HATES IT WHEN IT'S QUIET, I THINK SHE GETS WORRIED THAT WE HAVE ALL LEFT. AYDEN LOVES TO HOLD HER AND I CAN ALREADY TELL DOMINIK IS GOING TO BE VERY PROTECTIVE EVERY TIME SHE CRIES HE STARTS SCREAMING AT US TO COME GET HER, IF HE COULD TALK I KNOW HE WOULD BE TELLING US TO GO GET HER.

THE DAYS BRANDON IS AT THE FIRE STATION IS A LITTLE TOUGH AND TO MAKE IT EVEN HARDER SCHOOL IS STARTING IN A WEEK. IT HAS BEEN A NICE SUMMER WE HAVE HAD ALOT OF TIME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. LIFE IS GOING TO CHANGE ALOT IN THE NEXT WEEK, BRANDON IS EXCITED TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT HE WILL ALSO MISS HANGIN OUT WITH THE FAMILY. IT HAS BEEN A BUSY SUMMER WE DID ALOT OF FUN STUFF!

DOMINIK WE FOUND OUT HATES TO TAKE PICTURES HE REFUSES TO TAKE OUT HIS BINKIE AND IF YOU WANT HIM TO SIT IN A CERTAIN SPOT WELL HE CAN THINK OF ABOUT 42 OTHER SPOTS HE WOULD RATHER SIT IN. ACTUALLY IF HE COULD JUST NOT GO I THINK HE WOULD BE ALOT HAPPIER, WELL AT LEAST WE ONLY DO PICTURES ONCE IN A WHILE.

AYDEN'S PARTY AND ANISTEE'S CHECK UP

2009-08-05T10:20:00.000-07:00

AYDEN'S PARTY WAS SOOOO MUCH FUN WE HAD A HUGE OBSTACLE COURSE SET UP IN THE YARD WITH A BOUNCER, BASKETBALL HOOP ROCK WALL AND WATER SLIDE. THE KIDS BOBBED FOR APPLES AND PLAYED A BEAN BAG TOSS WE HAD PRIZES FOR THE KIDS AND A PINATA, WE ATE HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS AND CHOCOLATE CAKE. IT WAS ALOT OF FUN FOR THE KIDS AND THE ADULTS WATCHING THEM ALL HAVE SO MUCH FUN, I MISSED ALOT OF IT BECAUSE I WAS FEEDING ANISTEE MOST OF THE PARTY. THANKS TO BRANDON AND MY MOM AND DAD FOR HELPING OUT, AFTER EVERYONE LEFT WE DID FIREWORKS AND THE BOYS WERE SO TIRED THEY PASSED OUT BEFORE WE CLOSED THE DOOR. YESTERDAY AYDEN HAD HIS 4 YEAR OLD CHECK UP AND ANISTEE HAD HER TWO WEEK AYDEN DID AWESOME ON HIS SIGHT TEST AND HE IS 38 POUNDS AND 40 INCHES TALL I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST HE HAS GROWN. I AM SOOOO PROUD TO SAY THAT ANISTEE IS 7 POUNDS 8 OUNCES SHE HAS GAINED 8 OUNCES IN A WEEK AND SHE IS LOOKING BETTER EVERY DAY, DOCTOR LEI SAID HE IS GOING TO WATCH HER VERY CAREFULLY AND WANTS TO SEE HER BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND WE WILL GO BACK T O PRIMARY CHILDREN'S ON NOVEMBER 4TH. THE BOYS ARE JUST GETTING OVER A COLD AND I THINK THEY MAY HAVE GIVEN ANISTEE A LITTLE OF IT SHE HAS A STUFFY NOSE AND A LITTLE BIT OF A COUGH, I THINK I HEARD ONCE THAT WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS. BRANDON IS BACK AT THE FIRE STATION AND MY FIRST DAY BY MYSELF WENT PRETTY WELL I CAN'T COMPLAIN TODAY IS DAY NUMBER 2 AND WE ARE HALF WAY THROUGH AND DOING GOOD. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THE WELL WISHES!!!! WE ARE VERY GREATFUL

UPDATE FOR WEEK #1

2009-07-29T08:48:00.000-07:00

ANISTEE IS 8 DAYS OLD AND EVERY MINUTE GOES BY TOO FAST I FEEL LIKE SHE IS GROWING FASTER THAN I CAN KEEP UP WITH! IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST EMOTIONAL WEEKS OF MY LIFE, THEY SAY GIRLS ARE HARDER, BUT NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED ME FOR WHAT WE HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE LAST WEEK. I WISH I COULD TAKE IT ALL FOR HER, I CANNOT STAND TO SEE MY PRECIOUS ANGEL GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING SHE HAS HAD TO ENDURE FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF HER LIFE. SHE IS DOWN TO 7 POUNDS AND IS STILL LOSING, I HONESTLY BELIEVE IT IS FROM LIVING AT THE HOSPITAL AND DOCTORS OFFICE EVERYDAY SINCE SHE WAS BORN SO I HAVE DECIDED NO MORE. THEY WANT ME TO BRING HER IN EVERY TWO DAYS FOR A WEIGHT CHECK OR BILIRUBEN CHECK AND I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE HER TO ANOTHER APPOINTMENT UNTIL IT IS A WELL CHILD CHECK. IT TAKES EASILY TWO AND A HALF HOURS EVERY TIME I HAVE TO GO AND I CAN'T FEED HER IN THE CAR. PRIMARY CHILDRENS, I THINK IS THE MOST HORRIBLE PLACE TO GO SEEING ALL OF THE SICK CHILDREN WAS SO HARD FOR ME, IT WILL BE HARD TO GO BACK. WE ARE PREPARING FOR AYDEN'S 4TH BIRTHDAY IT IS JUST 3 DAYS AWAY AND HE CAN HARDLY WAIT.

ANISTEE GRACE MARIJKE WIDDISON

2009-07-23T09:30:00.000-07:00

ANISTEE IS HERE SHE ARRIVED ON JULY 20TH AT 16:12, SHE WEIGHED 7 POUNDS 8 OUNCES AND IS 19.5 INCHES LONG. SHE IS SO PRECIOUS AND I AM SO HAPPY TO FINALLY GET TO HOLD HER, I FEEL LIKE I WAITED FOREVER! SHE IS SO SWEET AND LOOKS LIKE THE BOYS. I WAS IN LABOR FOR 9 HOURS, WELL ACTUALLY 8 HOURS THE LAST HOUR WAS ME HOLDING HER IN WAITING FOR DR LANGER TO ARRIVE. SHE WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND IT WAS THE LONGEST HOUR OF MY LIFE IT TOOK ONE PUSH AND SHE WAS HERE! OK WELL ENOUGH TALKING I KNOW YOU JUST WANT TO SEE PICTURES SO HERE THEY ARE:

NO BABY YET!

2009-07-16T12:37:00.000-07:00

SO JUST WHEN YOU GET ALL READY AND LOAD THE KIDS IN THE CAR AND TAKE THEM TO GRANDMA'S, THINKING YOU ARE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE A BABY THE NURSE CALLS AND TELLS YOU THAT SHE IS TOO BUSY AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TILL MONDAY. IF THAT ISN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SCREAM I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS, I AM SITTING HERE POUTING AND NOT SUCH A HAPPY PERSON I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CANCEL LIKE THAT ALTAVIEW HAS TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO DO THINGS. SO I WILL SEE IF THEY LET US IN ON MONDAY BRANDON IS BACK AT WORK.

LAST FEW DAYS BEFORE ANISTEE GETS HERE

2009-07-13T10:15:00.000-07:00

WE ARE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE THAT IS NOT SOMETHING EASY TO DO WITH A NEW BORN ESPECIALLY IN 90 DEGREE WEATHER. SO WE WENT TO LAGOON ON THE 18TH AND THANKSGIVING POINT ON THE 15TH AND THE AQUARIUM ON JULY 2 AND THE ZOO ON JULY 3, BUT I FORGOT MY CAMERA FOR THE AQUARIUM AND THE ZOO. OH AND I HAVE TO VENT FOR A MINUTE SO WE GOT TO THE ZOO A LITTLE LATER THAN WE HAD PLANNED WE WERE ALREADY ON THE ROAD AND MY MOM DECIDED SHE WANTED TO GO SO WE HEADED TO HER HOUSE TO PICK HER UP, BUT OF COURSE SHE WASN'T READY. WE GOT TO THE ZOO AROUND NOON AND THE PLACE WAS PACKED WE DROVE AROUND FOR A PLACE THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE PREGNANT WOMAN WALK 4 MILES AND WE FOUND A FAMILY THAT WAS JUST PACKING ALL THE KIDS AND STROLLERS INTO THE CAR SO WE WAITED ABOUT 10 MIN FOR THEM TO PULL OUT AND AS SOON AS THEY DID THIS CAR COMES FLYING INTO THE SPOT AND TAKES IT. WOW!!!! THAT IS REALLY RUDE, BRANDON GOT OUT OF THE CAR HE WAS LIVID AND THE GUY LOCKS UP HIS CAR AND SAYS "FIRST COME FIRST SERVE" SOME PEOPLE ARE REAL STAND UP PEOPLE. ANYWAY ENOUGH VENTING WE HAD A GOOD DAY IT WAS HOT AND THE LINES FOR EVERYTHING WERE LONG, BUT WE HAD FUN.

UPDATE ON ANISTEE

2009-07-01T12:02:00.000-07:00

INDUCTION IS SET FOR THE 16TH AT 7:30, I AM DILATED TO A 1 AND 70% EFFACED. SO 14 DAYS TO GO UNLESS SHE DECIDES TO GRACE US BEFORE THEN, WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED FOR ME. SINCE IT IS NOW JULY 1ST AND SHE IS STILL NOT HERE WE WILL NOW BE DELIVERING AT ALTA VIEW HOSPITAL.

LAGOON

2009-06-19T10:47:00.000-07:00

WE WENT TO LAGOON YESTERDAY THE BOYS HAD SO MUCH FUN, DOMINIK GOT TO GO ON ALOT OF RIDES AND AYDEN EVEN WENT ON BIG BOY RIDES WITH HIS DAD. I WAS OF COURSE TO PREGNANT TO GO ON ANY RIDES, BUT IT WAS ALOT OF FUN WATCHING THE BOYS.

WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR BEFORE WE LEFT GOOD NEWS I DIDN'T GAIN ANY WEIGHT BAD NEWS I AM AT A ONE AND COMPLETLEY CLOSED. SO ALL THE CONTRACTIONS I HAVE BEEN HAVING ARE JUST FUN FOR ME. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD HER HEART BEAT WAS STRONG, MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS A LITTLE HIGH SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 10TH OF JULY FOR INDUCTION IF IT STAYS HIGH.

LEARNING TO RIDE WITHOUT TRAINING WHEELS

2009-06-16T17:08:00.000-07:00

AYDIE DECIDED TODAY HE WANTED TO HAVE BRANDON TEACH HIM HOW TO RIDE WITHOUT TRAINING WHEELS. HE DID SO WELL, HE JUMPED RIGHT ON. HE WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT BRANDON WAS GOING TO LET GO, BUT AFTER A FEW TIMES HE RODE TWICE BY HIMSELF. HE IS SO EXCITED, I THINK HE GOT THE IDEA FROM FRANKLIN WHICH IS HIS FAVORITE CARTOON HE WATCHES AT LEAST 10 OF THEM EVERYDAY. HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES

DOMINIK IS ONLY 15 MONTHS, BUT HE WANTED TO TRY TO!

HERE IS A VIDEO I HOPE IT WORKS

DAY OUT ON THE FARM

2009-06-16T16:00:00.000-07:00

WE WENT TO WHEELER FARM TODAY WITH KRICKETT, JOSH AND AVERY, IT WAS ALOT OF FUN! WE WENT ON THE WAGON RIDE AND ATE LUNCH THE KIDS HAD A BLAST, BY THE TIME WE HIT WINCHESTER THEY WERE BOTH FAST ASLEEP. DOMINIK WAS ABLE TO GET DOWN AND RUN AROUND ALOT MORE THIS TIME AND HE HAD SO MUCH FUN. ALL THE WALKING GAVE ME ALOT OF CONTRACTIONS; SOME NOT SO FUN, SO I CAME HOME AND LAID DOWN AND THEY NATURALLY WENT AWAY. I AM REALLY NAUSEOUS THOUGH, NOT QUITE SURE IF IT WAS JUST THE HEAT FROM THE DAY OR IF THE FIRST TRIMESTER STUFF IS COMING BACK.

I DO KNOW THAT

I AM SOOOO DONE BEING PREGNANT I JUST WANT HER HERE, AND I THINK EVERYONE AROUND ME IS GOING INTO LABOR WHICH DOESN'T HELP.

NEW CAMERA!

2009-06-10T09:48:00.001-07:00

WE FINALLY GOT A NEW CAMERA AND I AM SO GLAD I MISSED OUT ON SO MANY PICTURE MOMENTS. WE GOT A FUJIFILM WITH A BIG LENS I AM SO EXCITED. STILL PLAYING WITH IT TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

SCHOOLS OUT FOR THE SUMMER!!!!! YAAAAAA

2009-06-02T07:53:00.001-07:00

TODAY IS BRANDON'S LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, I AM SO EXCITED HE WILL BE COMING STRAIGHT HOME FROM THE FIRE STATION EVERY MORNING. UNLESS OF COURSE IF HE HAS CARPETS WHICH THESE DAYS NOT LIKELY. IT COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME I HAVE 5 WEEKS TO GO AND I HAVE STARTED NESTING, I KNOW I CAN'T DO IT ALL MYSELF BECAUSE I CAN BARELY BEND OVER. I'M WONDERING WHAT A NEW BABY IS GOING TO DO TO THE BOYS, THEY ARE INTO THE FIGHTING PERIOD. I KNOW DOMINIK IS ONLY 15 MONTHS BUT HE IS A FIGHTER (HE TAKES AFTER ME OF COURSE) SOME OF THE TUG-OF-WARS I HAVE SEEN WOULD PUT MOST GROWN MEN TO SHAME. WELL WE GO AND SEE DR. LANGER TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SET AN INDUCTION DATE, BUT SINCE WE HAD TO MOVE TO ALTA VIEW HOSPITAL NOT LIKELY IT WILL BE ANYTIME SOON.

UPDATE ON ANISTEE

2009-05-21T11:01:00.000-07:00

I WENT TO SEE DOCTOR LANGER YESTERDAY AND SHE IS RIGHT ON TRACK, I AM MEASURING 31 CM. 32 WEEKS ALONG AND 7 TO GO, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE CHANGE OF PLANS THIS WEEK. SANDY FIRE DECIDED TO DO THEIR BENEFITS MEETING THIS WEEK AND INFORMED US THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE OPTION FOR INSURANCE "TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT". WELL THEIR OPTION DID NOT INCLUDE MY DOCTOR OR MY HOSPITAL, SO AT 8 MONTHS PREGNANT I WAS A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. DOCTOR LANGER TOLD ME YESTERDAY SHE NOW HAS PRIVELEGES AT ALTA VIEW, SO I HAVE TO DELIVER THERE, BUT AT LEAST I STILL GET HER. WE DID HAVE TO GO FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE INSURANCE PLAN (GO FIGURE) BUT WE GET TO KEEP ALL OF OUR DOCTORS. I JUST HAVE TO DRIVE 30 MORE MINUTES THAN I USED TO. AYDEN KEEPS ASKING EVERY DAY WHEN SHE WILL BE HERE, HE IS SO EXCITED. WE HAVE EVERYTHING READY FOR HER AND SHE HAS MORE CLOTHES THAN I DO WE BOUGHT 130 HANGERS AND USED EVERYONE OF THEM, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE ONES THAT ARE IN MY HOSPITAL BAG OR ALL THE PANTS THAT ARE NOT HANGING. ALOT OF PINK IN THE WIDDISON HOUSE.

AYDEN IS PLAYING SOCCER AND LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT, THIS LAST SATURDAY HE TOOK THE BALL ALL THE WAY DONE THE FIELD AND ALMOST SCORED, YOU WANT TO SEE A VERY PREGNANT WOMAN JUMPING UP AND DOWN SCREAMING. I WAS SO PROUD OF HIM.

SPRING CLEANING

2009-05-04T08:27:00.000-07:00

Well the spring cleaning is pretty much over, I did most of the work Brandon helped with painting the shed and staining the swing set and anything that had to do with the ladder. That would be because I fell off the 6 foot ladder when, yes I know I am reminded all the time that I should not be on the ladder when I am 8 months pregnant. The only thing we have left to do is clean the carpets and a few light fixtures, that I can't do because they require the ladder and I have to wait till Brandon is home, which is NEVER. It has been pretty easy to get it done because it has been raining so much we can't go outside, We did get a few things done in the yard. It is hard work keeping your yard looking good, we work so hard on our lawn and it seems like we can never get it to look as full and green as we want it to. I do know why Brandon wants the walk behind fertilizer though, I did the fertilizing a week ago and it hurts your arm. I did get the vegetables in and the herbs and a few bushes in my planter boxes. Ayden is playing soccer this year and he is so excited he wasn't sure what to do in his first game and it was so cold he just slowly walked the field, and it rained out the last game on saturday so as soon as he plays I will take some pictures and post them. He loves it we bought him a little soccer net and he plays almost every day, his uniform is way to big so we have to roll the waist and sinch the strings really tight but he is so cute. Well only 9 weeks to go and I can't wait for her to be here, I have one more monthly appointment and then I switch to every two weeks which gets to be really annoying because they only take two minutes and I usually end up waiting longer than the appointment takes.

ST. GEORGE FOR BRANDON'S BIRTHDAY

2009-04-22T11:03:00.000-07:00

We left on Friday and it was cold in Salt Lake, but when we got into St. George it was in the 70's. It was so nice towear shorts and sandals, We went to the Fiesta Fun Center when we first got there. Ayden and Dominik rode the bumper cars and the bumper boats. Daddy rode the gokarts, Dominik was wide eyed the whole time. After that we took Bran to Dinner at Red Robin for his birthday, and yes I made them sing to him he hated it and they made it even worse by tieing two balloons to his head. The hotel rooms were so nice the beds were awesome, I highly recommend staying at the Marriott. We went swimming every day and to the Kite Festival, it was really busy and hot so that was not so much fun.

WHEELER FARM CARNIVAL

2009-04-15T09:48:00.000-07:00

We went kind of late so we didn't get to see all of the fun stuff, but the boys had fun with all of the animals. Dominik wanted to get out of his stroller and run around everywhere, but it was kind of muddy from the rain so we made him stay in the stroller(did not make him happy)

EASTER SUNDAY

2009-04-13T09:38:00.000-07:00

Easter was a fun day, we started out with a laugh. Aydie was sleeping with me and Brandon, he had come in around 5:00 am and I woke up at 7:00 and whispered in his ear "Did the Easter bunny come to your house"? He was out cold and sprung up so fast he almost hit me in the face, he was wide awake. This is coming from the kid who is exactly like his mom and takes at least an hour to wake all the way up in the morning. He was off the bed and looking for eggs, he didn't even wait for Dominik. We went in and got Dom before the eggs were gone, Aydie followed and when Dominik saw his chocolate bunny sitting on his dresser he was awake too. We got him out and he ran over and got the two eggs that were in his rocker, opened them and stuffed two gumballs in his mouth(and no he doesn't have enough teeth f or gum) he chewed on it though until he was done looking for eggs. Aydie found his basket right off and was so excited, he found most of the eggs because Dominik wanted to eat everything out of the eggs as he went along. Well when all of the excitement was over we made some breakfast and started getting ready for the lunch and egg hunt with my side of the family, We started lunch around 1:00 and I think the kids barely tasted the food because they could see the eggs outside. We took some pictures just to make the kids wait longer and we did it outside so they were that close and couldn't do anything about it. Then it took about 2 min and it was over, but we got some really cute pictures and they all had full baskets. We stayed outside because it was so warm and played kickball for a few hours, yes I played and it was hilarious!!! Ayden and Dominik were so tired by the time the day was over they put up no fuss going to bed.

SPRING CLEANING IS HERE!!!

2009-04-02T09:10:00.000-07:00

Brandon hates "THE LIST" so I usually don't show it to him I just hang it on the fridge. It never fails as soon as he see's it I get the "good god woman", and I usually follow that with it's only two pages long babe! Usually we would be starting this week, but the weather sucks and I cleaned two windows and then it snowed all over them. So I will be waiting until next week to start, hopefully the snow will go away. We did get our vents cleaned though, it's expensive but so worth it. They get so much stuff out of the vents, we had them cleaned two years ago and they were pulling chunks of sheetrock and dirt out of them and they still got out alot of that stuff probably because of the work we are doing in the basement. I hate to think we are breathing that stuff, so I hate to write the check but it is worth it. Also part of the spring cleaning is going to be painting the boys room and Anistee's room, sage green for the boys and two shades of pink for Anistee. I know your probably thinking "WOW", but I will post pictures when we are done they will be very cute. You can't have a girl and not give her a pink room right? The spring cleaning should be done by June and that will be just in time for Baby girl to join us, Here are some pictures I have taken of the boys in the last couple of days! and yes some of them are naked pictures, what can I say they love to be naked!!!! Oh and Shelb I can't wait to see you and my belly is huge lots of rubbing room.

UPDATE ON ANISTEE

2009-03-27T09:55:00.000-07:00

WE WENT IN YESTERDAY AND THEY HAD TO DO ANOTHER ULTRASOUND BECAUSE THEY DID NOT LOOK AT HER HEART LAST MONTH. HER HEART LOOKED GREAT AND SHE WEIGHS 1 POUND 4 OUNCES. SHE WAS ALL OVER IN MY BELLY KICKING HER FEET AND SPINNING AROUND. EVERYTHING OVER ALL WENT WELL.

FELT LIKE SPRING!!!!

2009-03-16T08:19:00.000-07:00

Today was such a nice day that we took full advantage cleaned out the garage worked in the craft room and washed the inside of my car. Dominik and Ayden loved every minute they were playing all over the yard, Ayden has this jeep he drives around that he got for christmas a year ago and Dominik wanted to drive it so bad. He couldn't figure out how to push the gas pedal, so Ayden was such a good big brother and drove him around it was so cute.

FIRST HAIR CUT BEFORE AND AFTER

2009-03-06T08:22:00.001-08:00

BEFORE!!!

AFTER!!!

DOMINIK IS OFFICIALLY ONE YEAR OLD!!

2009-03-06T08:01:00.000-08:00

HE STARTED THE DAY WITH BREAKFAST AND GIFTS FROM BROTHER AND MOM AND DAD. THEN WE PICKED UP HIS BALLOONS AND A FEW THINGS FOR THE PARTY AND HE WAS EXHAUSTED SO HE TOOK A NAP. HE WOKE UP JUST IN TIME FOR THE PARTY, WE HAD ALL OF HIS COUSINS, AUNT'S AND UNCLE'S AND GRANDMA'S AND GRANPA'S HERE. HE ATE SPAGHETTI AND A WHOLE LOT OF CAKE AND ICECREAM. TOOK A BATH AND WENT TO BED. IT WAS A FUN DAY! I ALMOST FORGOT HE ALSO GOT HIS FIRST HAIR CUT IT WASN'T ALOT JUST A LITTLE TRIM.

THE FIRST SET OF PINK CLOTHES IN THE WIDDISON HOUSE!!!

2009-02-28T11:19:00.000-08:00

IT IS SO CRAZY TO HAVE LITTLE PINK CLOTHES IN OUR HOUSE. I AM A LITTLE FREAKED OUT, I AM SO USE TO BLUE AND GREEN. THEY HAVE FLOWERS ON THEM AND CUTE HEADBANDS, I HAVE JUST BEEN SITTING AND STARING AT THEM TRYING TO GET USED TO THE IDEA THAT IT'S A GIRL IN MY BELLY AND NOT A BOY. THE CLOTHES MAKE IT VERY REAL AND SHE ISN'T EVEN HERE YET, SO HERE IS THE FIRST LOOK OF GIRLS CLOTHES IN THE WIDDISON HOUSE.

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-26T18:05:00.000-08:00

ANISTEE GRACE MARIJKE WIDDISON! she was all curled up in a ball the whole time and we were a little nervous she wasn't going to show herself. she is perfect and we cannot wait to see her, 20 weeks to go. Ayden was so excited he finally gets his baby sister, he kisses her and hugs her everyday and tells her he can't wait for her to get here. Here are some pictures they are kind of hard to see, but our sweet little girl!!!!

DOMINIK'S NEW FAVORITE THING

2009-02-19T07:33:00.000-08:00

If you can't tell he is in the dryer and he loves it. I can't keep him out of there, whenever I do laundry(which is all the time) he is in the dryer handing me the clothes and laughing the whole time. This time he discovered that you can make really cute faces on the glass when mom shuts the door. I thought he would be scared when I closed the door, but he wasn't he just laughed even harder.

AYDEN LOVED HIS FIRST VALENTINES!!

2009-02-14T10:26:00.000-08:00

Brandon got home from the firestation on Saturday morning and the first thing Ayden did was give him the valentines we made him. Ayden actually made his own valentines on the computer with Dora and we put them on some cardstock and decorated them. When we gave him his box of chocolates he just about went through the roof he was soooo excited. it definatley isn't his first valentines, but the first one where he understand what is going on, it was soooo cute. Dominik was just excited about getting chocolate before breakfast, he ran around with his heart full of chocolates all morning.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRING!!!!

2009-02-09T09:18:00.000-08:00

NO MORE SNOW I WANT TO MOW THE LAWN AND PLANT FLOWERS, AND I REALLY WANT TO SPEND MY DAYS OUTSIDE. WE TOOK AYDEN AND DOMINIK TO A PLAYGROUND ON SATURDAY AND THEY HAD SOO MUCH FUN, THEY BOTH WANT TO GO OUTSIDE SO BAD.

UPDATE ON BRANDON'S ENGINEER ROAD

2009-02-09T08:48:00.000-08:00

WE JUST FOUND OUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THE WHOLE SCHOOLING PROCESS, THEY ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE A DAY OF TESTING AND INTERVIEWING FOR EACH CANDIDATE. THERE ARE SIX OF THEM, BRANDON'S TEST IS ON MONDAY THE 16TH AND I AM TRYING TO BE THE CALM AND SUPPORTIVE WIFE, EVEN THOUGH I AM REELING FOR IT TO BE OVER AND HIM T O GET THE PROMOTION. AS IF BEING A FIREFIGHTERS WIFE ISN'T HARD ENOUGH ON A REGULAR DAY, THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE "LETTER". WELL I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.

25 RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME!

2009-02-04T08:55:00.000-08:00

HERE GOES:

1. I LOVE MY BOYS MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD
2. I HAVE THE BEST HUSBAND ANYONE COULD ASK FOR
3. I AM A LITTLE SCARED TO HAVE A GIRL
4. I HATE THE WINTER AFTER CHRISTMAS
5. MY JOB IS SOOO CRAZY
6. I AM A FRUIT FINATIC
7. SHELBIE CLEANED THE HOUSE WHEN WE LIVED TOGETHER, SO NOW I AM JUST LIKE HER. MY HUSBAND CALLS ME OCD AS WELL
8. I AM A TWIN
9. I AM REALLY BUMMED THAT RASCAL FLATTS IS COMING AGAIN AND I CAN'T GO
10. I SNEAK INTO MY BOYS ROOM AT NIGHT AND HOLD THEM OR WATCH THEM SLEEP
11. I CAN NO LONGER DO ANYTHING BY MYSELF ( YES THAT MEANS GOING POTTY)
12. WHEN WE PLAY ROCKBAND THERE IS NO TIME TO BE PARENTS
13. I WISH I COULD GO BACK TO BEING A KID AGAIN EVERY NOW AND THEN
14. I MISS SHELBIE
15. I AM PREGNANT (WITH A GIRL) AND SHE MAKES ME CRY ALL THE TIME
16. THE ONLY SHOW I EVER GET TO WATCH IS MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE
17. I ONLY SEE MY HUSBAND 20 DAYS A MONTH AND IT IS USUALLY FOR 1 HOUR, I KNOW AMAZING WE HAVE THREE KIDS. IT ONLY TAKES ONCE (TRUST ME)
18. I HAVE TO SEND MY SON TO PRESCHOOL THIS FALL AND I AM GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME WITH IT
19. I HAVE NEVER BEEN AWAY FROM MY KIDS EXCEPT TO GO TO WORK
20. I DRIVE A MINIVAN AND I LOVE IT
21. I HATE FISH
22. I AM A HOME BODY
23. I HATE PAYING BILLS
24. I LOVE TO COOK
25. I CAN'T WAIT TO GO CAMPING

UPDATE ON BABY GIRL!

2009-01-30T09:41:00.000-08:00

TODAY I HAD MY SECOND APPOINTMENT, I LOST 3 MORE POUNDS 7 TOTAL. AS BRANDON PUT IT: " THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT DIRECTION"! BABY HAD A REALLY STRONG HEARTBEAT AND I BAWLED MY EYE'S OUT THROUGH THE WHOLE APPOINTMENT. JUST A WARNING BABY GIRLS MAKE YOU "VERY EMOTIONAL" EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AND DOCTOR LANGER SEEMED TO THINK I WAS PASSED BEING SO SICK. I AM HOPING SHE IS RIGHT AND THAT THIS NEXT WEEK WILL BE BETTER, CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR ME. MY NEXT APPOINTMENT IS FEBRUARY 26TH AND WE WILL FIND OUT FOR SURE THAT THIS IS A BABY GIRL AND WE WILL OFFICIALLY GIVE HER A NAME!!!

BRANDON'S ENGINEER ROAD

2009-01-12T08:39:00.000-08:00

Most of you know Brandon has been driving the fire truck for almost 4 years now he just doesn't have the "blue helmet" or the 10% increase in pay. Oh and the title of engineer next to his name. Well last year he went through the testing process and because he was to professional he didn't get it. Apparently you have to be unprofessional and fail you written test and your exam to get promoted. Well with all of that said, he is going through it again starting in a few weeks. I know he will get it, he is the most qualified for the job (as he was last time). The process will more than likely be a month or so I will keep you posted.

SURPRISE

2009-01-06T10:53:00.000-08:00

Well we have a surprise on the way, it was a christmas gift. A new baby (girl) due July 24, 2009. She has been a whole lot of trouble already, she has been making me very sick. Including an ambulance ride (very embarassing), she is fine and so am I, just a little dehydrated. That's what happens when you are to sick to eat. That would be why I am calling the baby a girl, I have two wonderful boys who did not make me sick not even one day. I have felt like I have had the flu everday since I conceived this one. Christmas was also an adventure this year, Brandon was finally home with us and Dominik came down with RSV. Not a fun thing to watch your baby go through, he struggled to breath for a week and I could not help him. After many doctor's visits and some time along with TLC he is doing much better. Both Ayden and Dominik are growing so fast. Ayden is very excited about his growing baby sister.

2008-11-15T09:39:00.001-08:00

On March 05, 2008 Dominik James Widdison joined our family. He weighed in at 8 pounds 7 ounces and 20.5 inches long. I was in labor for 12 hours and I only had to push 4 times. Alot different from my labor with Ayden, Ayden is three now we had a Mickey Mouse birthday party for him on August 1, 2008. He is growing big and Dominik is crawling so fast to try and keep up with Ayden. Both of them play well together and they are getting to know each other. Brandon is working hard as always, The fire department is going through alot of changes. We both think for the better. We are getting ready for the Christmas season it is coming so fast! Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!