Happy Birthday Trev!

Over the weekend, we had the chance to celebrate Trevor's big 26th birthday. We went to Seven Peaks with the whole family! 

 Ruby reading her books:) 

 McCoy was already tuckered out even before we left for the water park. Jill and he were watching a movie and he was out for the count in no time. He was up before we got all the way to the park and he was heading straight for the pools before we could even get all the way out of the car. He loved being outside and with so much water everywhere he turned. 

 Last night we gave haircuts. We're at the point with McCoy's hair that he needs a hair cut every time Trev needs a haircut. It's actually pretty nice. I get the trimmer and scissors out one time and get both my boys done. I'm getting good at giving pretty sharp hair cuts now. 

 McCoy loves cereal. He can eat it all by himself now, even with milk. He's good with his spoon and gobbles every bite up. This is him finishing up the last drop. I love when he eats out of these "soup" bowls because they have perfect and convenient little handles for this very task. 

  I love when he eats out of these "soup" bowls because they have perfect and convenient little handles for drinking milk out of the bowl. 

We've been doing quite a few things with the Hobson family lately. McCoy and Ruby get along better than any other kids I know. They love each other and we love hanging out with Kara and Craig so it's the perfect combination. 

My parents gave us this perfect little twin bed from Jill's old room and McCoy loves it! In fact, here's pictures of McCoy when he fell asleep for the night on the bed. Trev said he was throwing some pretty big fits and he wouldn't calm down so he gave him his binki and blanket, put him on the bed and walked away. He calmed down and Trev came back in after 2 minutes and he was fast asleep. We're really thinking about moving him to this for good. He really enjoys sleeping on it, playing on it and jumping on it (which is his favorite part.)

We had a flash back to a story that Traci told us about Trevor's childhood when we saw this picture. Trevor has a picture of when he was this age in the bathtub and McCoy looks exactly like him! The only difference was that Trevor was fully clothed and not supposed to be in the bathtub. Traci says that she gave him a bath and put pj's on him. Two minutes later, he was back in the bath tub still with his pj's on. She was frustrated but still decided to take a picture. She got him out and put pj's on him for the second time. Two minutes later, he was back in there. She even has a picture of him in the bath for the second time with the second pare of pj's on. Sounds like something McCoy would do. (We'll see if we can scan those pictures on here sometime to show you just how much they look alike.) 

I just love my water boy! He could live in the water if we let him. In fact, today, we were at the park trying to get some of his wiggles out and what does he end up doing? Playing in the puddles on the sidewalk. Check out these videos. (Links Below) 

Splashing

Drinking Fountain

Summer Fun

We've been doing a lot of kiddie swimming this summer. It's too expensive to go to a lot of the water parks so we've been creating our own fun at our houses. Ruby and McCoy still love playing together. Here's a video of her and him playing at my parent's house. (Link Below) 

Swimming party

McCoy and Ruby

We also went for a bike ride with Connor and Gabe up to Bridalveil falls on the 4th of July. We started at our house and went all the way up there. It was quite the bike ride for me since I don't work out as often as I should. It was even a tough ride for McCoy too. ha. He fell asleep on the ride up and we had to make some contraption to keep his head from bobbling around. Poor guy. But he did stay asleep for about 1 hour of the ride. He was so cute. Here's some pictures. Thanks for the fun day Trev, Gabe and Connor! 

 Here's how we kept his head up. We tied Trevor's shirt around his head with diapers on both sides to keep his head from getting banged up when we were riding. Then we strapped his back-pack straps to the baby seat to keep his head from falling forward. I'm telling you, it worked really well. Kind of funny looking and sounds mean but he stayed asleep. 

 Kisses Daddy, kisses. 

When McCoy is asleep, his lips almost always get pursed out like he puckering for a kiss. Trev said he makes it a habit of kissing them no matter what because he says McCoy is waiting for a kiss from Daddy.

McCoy has been making some trips to the school with Daddy. He's taking his very last class at UVU and then he'll be officially graduated. NO more school...YEAH!! Trevor said McCoy loves the big open spaces and being able to play and run outside. McCoy still loves to growl at everything that resembles a lion. He's getting pretty good about it too. Trev took this picture of McCoy on top of the Wolverine at UVU. He said that McCoy growled the whole time he was on it. He even had this mini water bottle to play with. He was in heaven. 

That cheesy smile is just about the cutest thing in the whole world! He couldn't get any cuter! 

Singing In the Rain

This past week we had quite the random rain storm. It was sunny most of the day and at about 7:30, it started to down-poor rain. Trevor thought it would be fun to let McCoy experience this beautiful storm for himself. We geared up with flip flops and a towel. McCoy had the funnest time out there and he loved every second. Here's some videos and pictures of the fun adventure we had on the spur-of-the-moment event. It's kind of  a long video but I couldn't help it. Enjoy. 

(Link Below) 

Singing In the Rain

This picture McCoy looks like he's not enjoying himself. It was kind of cold but nothing stops this kid from having a good time. I like how you can even see the rain drops falling in the sky--you may have to click on it so it gets larger to see what I'm talking about. 

 Look at the splashes he's making. Here's a video to show a little more of the puddles he was splashing in. Enjoy.

 (Link Below)

Splish Splash

 Trevor and McCoy had a blast together. I love seeing them play together and I love seeing how much Trevor loves McCoy. 

McCoy is officially a toddler, all 18 months worth. He's growing up so fast. He's entering the tantrum stage and he's really good at it. Some days are really hard since he still can't completely express himself. He's getting more and more talkative but still struggles saying actual words. Although the "cars," "ball," "mama," "dada," "binki," etc. do make us happy that he's talking, he still can't express his feelings and I think he gets frustrated because he can understand us and listens to us but can't talk back (I guess when I put it that way, I can't really complain:)) He has learned that pulling my finger or Trevor's finger does get us to go where he wants us to but the tantrums keep coming. 

We finally discovered that he has allergies and the doctor said we could give him half an allergy pill every day. It's actually been working and he's been much happier. Still some fits here and there but a lot better. 

Although there are the hard days, I can't imagine my life without McCoy and I love getting to share special moments with him everyday. Here's some videos of him enjoying my shoes. He's getting much better at walking in them and he continues to be fascinated. (Link Below) 

Mommy's Shoes

Today McCoy got a hold of a roll of quarters we had around the house for our wonderful quarter-operating washer and dryers. We started counting as we were putting them back in the paper roll after McCoy had dumped them all out onto the floor. He was actually loving it. He was entertained for at least 15 minutes. Then I got out his little piggy bank that we use to put our spare change in and let him play around with that. He wasn't trying to eat it, thank goodness, but he was learning slowly how to put it back into the piggy bank's little slot on back. So adorable...it's moments like these that I hope I never forget. Enjoy! (Link Below) 

Piggy Bank

Quite the week

This past week has been quite the experience. I thought I would share with everyone my experience this week and although I'm sure some of you already know the drama that happened, I still wanted to document it for my personal memory. (Side note: I don't have very many pictures for this entry. I'm sure when you get to the end of it, you'll be glad there's nothing visual for you to see besides how awesome I look when I'm drugged up and totally out of it. )

This past Tuesday (6/14) night at about 11:00 pm I my lower left side started to fill with protruding pain. My first thought was, "oh man, I shouldn't have eaten those beans." I really thought I just had gas. With those thoughts the pain started to move towards the middle of my abdomen and from there to my right side and up my right set of ribs, my chest and above my right collar bone. At this point I was convinced that this could merely be the worst case of gas bubbles I had ever experienced. There was no way it could be anything else since the pain was moving around in my abdomen. The pain still hadn't gone away by the time of 4:30am had arrived. At this point, I could no longer breath and started to hyperventilate. Trev and I were both at the point of having no idea what to do.

When I physically couldn't breath anymore because of the pain in my chest, Trev finally called 911. We were beginning to realize it had to be more than just gas. The paramedics showed up, gave me some pain meds, hooked my up to an IV and took me on one of the most expensive rides in the hospital's infamous ambulance. I kept trying to tell everyone that it must be gas. I didn't want to show up in the ER to have the doctor tell me it was just that. A few hours later of pain and irregular breathing, with a CT scan and lots of drugs, the doctor finally came to tell us what was wrong.

I had an ovarian cyst that ruptured and damaged a nearby artery and I was bleeding internally. My abdomen was filling up with the blood as we talked about the options I had to fix this problem. The only option that seemed the most logical was surgery. They admitted and prepped me for surgery. 2 hours later, I was all stitched up and brought to my room to recovery. I was pretty out of it that day. I don't remember much about that day except for the pain and the feeling of having no control over my body. The nurses were great. There wasn't enough room in the regular recovery so they admitted me into the pediatrics floor. It was fabulous, I pretty much got treated like a little kid. Exactly what I needed, if I do say so myself.

The nurses proceeded to explain to me what exactly happened during the surgery. They sliced open my stomach just like they would for a c-section, filled my abdomen up with air -so they could see what in the world was going on- stitched up the protruded artery, removed the cyst and then proceeded to remove the remaining blood that was causing all the pain. They told me they removed almost a litter of blood. I know a little graphic but now you all know that you don't want what I had :). During a lot of this explanation, there was mention of the Dr. removing my entire ovary...I about fainted...Don't worry, they cleared all that up. Sheesh, they scared the heck out of me. I guess it was some incorrect information and I still have all my lady parts:) Thank goodness! Here's a video that Trev took on day 2 at the hospital. (Link below) 

The Hospital

These are my awesome pictures Trevor took...Kind of pathetic how nasty I look. Trev just kept telling me that my bow looked pretty...his nice way of telling me that I've looked better:) Now that I can see the proof of how I looked, I don't blame him for saying such things.

The next day got a little better but then I had to face a lot of the financial issues. I finally came home on Thursday night. It was still tough and Trev was exhausted as well so that night was hard.

Trevor's mom, Traci, was sweet enough to watch McCoy during the entire thing. She kept him occupied enough that I could relax and recover.

Things have gotten a lot better since those few days. I can move almost as normal, the stitches are out, and I can pick up my little boy up again--kind of. I still have a lot of pain where the incision is but I am no longer short of breath and it doesn't take me 20 minutes to lay down.

It's been quite the week and hopefully we'll get a break from the hospitals for a while. I'm glad to be healthy again and I'm also very grateful for doctors that gave away a great portion of their lives to learn how to treat patients like me. How amazing it is that they know exactly what to do with such a complicated body. It's a miracle and I'm more than grateful for their expertise.

The end!

Trevor threw a tantrum...haha, ok not really what you're thinking. It's a wakeboarding trick he hadn't tried since high school. I couldn't help but to brag about my hubby since there's proof that he actually pulled it off and barely landed it. Check it out! (link below)

Trevor's Tantrum

Mothers, daughters, girls and women...

I wish I would have seen this on or before Mother's Day but it is just as good now as it would have been then. This was sent to me from my father. I do love him and in honor to him as my earthly father and wishing him an early Father's Day, I wanted to also share this amazing video with all mothers out there that come across this blog. My heart goes out to all mothers out there, no matter what your situation is. My motherhood is still blooming but I cherish my simple moments in my great calling from my Heavenly Father. Enjoy! (Link Below) 

Mother: a calling to do God's work

Thank you dad for always thinking of me and knowing what I need! I love you! 

Splendid Memorial Day

Today was a very fun day off in honor of Memorial Day. We got to sleep in a little, cleaned out our spare closets, and got to spend some time with the family. Bowling was our first activity of the day. Here's a few pictures and videos to share our fun. 

 Here's a video of Trev bowling and then Ruby and McCoy occupying themselves with treats and sharing with each other. So stinking cute! (Link Below) 

Trev Bowling and McCoy's sharing skills

McCoy couldn't get enough of the balls and the space for him to run around. He had such a blast when it was his turn to bowl. Here's a video of him bowling. (Link Below) 

McCoy Bowling

McCoy was so tried. Poor kid didn't get a nap. Here's a picture of him and his puckered lips when he fell asleep in the car. Trev says he sleeps like that all the time because he's just waiting for a kiss from his daddy:) 

 Next, it was swimming in Nanna B's spa. Of course, McCoy LOOOOVED it!!

 Here's a few of me trying to avoid the splashes of the McCoy! 

 And. still, avoiding the splashes. 

Look at this kid's mischievous look on his face. McCoy has actually learned how to blow bubbles in the water. He loves it. Although sometimes he gets a few big gulps of water in there too, he's pretty good at it. Enjoy! (Link Below)

Blowing Bubbles

Today was a great day!  Glad to have a day off and be able to enjoy it with my two amazing boys! 

oh the wonderful world of baby einstein

I haven't been feeling the best the last few days. It's mostly been achy, head cold and absolutely no energy. I called in sick on Friday and I am so glad I did. It was nice to be able to rest and let my body take care of its self. But I'll be honest, there wasn't too much of that resting. McCoy was so happy to have me home and all day long he just wanted to play with me. He's learned how to get my attention and he's even discovered how to lift me up while I'm laying down. It's actually the cutest thing in the world. He'll climb up on me, legs straddling my chest, his arms will wrap around my neck-as if he is giving me a hug- and then he'll pull with all his might and strength. I can't help but to smile and just laugh at the little kid. This usually happens on a daily basis and he's even learned how to climb up on our bed in the morning to wake us up and make sure he get's his breakfast. After he successfully gets me up, he usually takes me by the finger and leads me to where he wants to go-most always the kitchen, right to the fridge. He tries so hard to just melt my heart at all times. The other morning, he even showed me specifically what he wanted for breakfast in the fridge--pickles! Can you believe it?!? Well I can, I love pickles and I guess so does McCoy. 

So since I have doing a lot of laying down the past few days, I have had to come up with something to keep McCoy occupied while I rest. Pretty much, I'm so grateful for the fact that Baby Einstein was invented. This is his favorite position while watching this amazing movie, we like to call the baby-sitter:) 

 He thinks he's pretty cool...I think he is! 

Legs Crossed:) 

Ta Da!! 

He will sit on the couch for a little while but eventually he'll get down on the floor wanting to touch something that's on the screen and then get comfortable where he's at. It's the cutest thing ever! 
Here's a cute video of him watching Baby Eintsein. He's wearing his cute little flip flips that he used to hate but now he thinks he's cool when he wears them. Enjoy! (Link Below) 
Just Chillin'

I love you McCoy with all my heart...even when I'm not feeling the best, you still seem to bring a smile to my face.