The Buhlers

Dylan is home...and photographed!

2011-05-31T14:30:00.000-07:00

Dylan is finally home! After being in the hospital for 23 days, we finally brought him home Saturday night. He's put on almost two pounds since he was born. He now weighs 5 13! Jack loves "Baby Di-Den" and so far hasn't tried to sit on him, carry him or throw him the basketball so that's good news. We went to Fotofly this morning and got these pictures done. I tried to get a few with Jack in them but he threw a huge fit and wouldn't pose for a single one. Kind of a bummer but at least Dylan was photogenic! I'm not sure I'm up for outings yet though, it was kind of crazy this morning! Hopefully I get better at parenting two children at once.

Dylan's doctor told us to avoid public places and crowds for 2-3 months so it looks like I'm home bound for a while. I'm going to try not to go crazy. Come visit me?!

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

2011-05-08T20:43:00.000-07:00

I got a baby Dylan this year! Dylan Jason Buhler is here! We're so excited to have such a little angel. He was born Friday morning at 5:16 am. He is a tiny little thing! He weighed 4 lb 0 oz and was 17.5 in long. He was 37 weeks exactly but my dr thinks he stopped growing around 34 weeks and that's why he's so small. A little about the labor and delivery - it was fast! He was born a little less than an hour after we got to the hospital. I'm always so afraid of going into the hospital and getting sent home so I wait until the very last minute when I decide I REALLY must be in labor and by then I force myself to go through all the hard contractions without any epidural, which is totally opposite of what I would want to do. I'm all about avoiding the pain. So anyway, Jason and I left Jack in the care of our neighbors at 4 am (thanks, durfees!) and went to the hospital and I was dilated to a 6. They told me the anesthesiologist was already there so he would be in to take care of me in a matter of minutes. It seemed like hours. It was probably only about 15 minutes, and I should be grateful I was even able to get it because at one point I heard one of the nurses telling the anesthesiologist he had to hurry because if I breathed wrong my water would break and we'd have a baby. So by the time I finally got it, Jason's hands were crushed and I was feeling like the pain had definitely beat me in a battle of wills. Then a short 5 minutes and two contractions later we had a baby! He was with us most of the morning, but his temperature kept dropping and his blood sugar wasn't quite high enough so by early afternoon they took him into the special care nursery where he's been ever since, and will probably stay for at least another few weeks. His blood sugar has been fine for two days, but because he's so skinny he can't keep himself warm, and he gets too warn out and burns too many calories when he tries to eat so he's on a feeding tube half of the time so he won't have to work so hard. So for now, Jason and I are making 3 or 4 trips a day over to the hospital to be with little Dylan until he can come home with us (luckily the hospital is around the corner from our house!). It's not the ideal situation but I know we're lucky to have such a healthy, albeit pint size, little boy! And now for the good stuff...

P.S. All the tubes and wires look a little scary, but the IVs in his head are for a dextrose 10 supplement which gives him a few extra calories and supplements, and a precautionary antibiotic that they took him off of because they decided he didn't have any infections. The oxygen is mostly just to give him a little more stamina but also to make sure his oxygen levels stay up. So in my opinion it looks worse than it really is. I have to keep reminding myself of all this every time I start to get a little freaked out!

Awesome red-headed mullet

2011-04-08T20:53:00.001-07:00

Jack got a haircut! This is the before...

This is the mullet he had for a few minutes...

And this is the slightly grumpy but oh so grown up little Jack afterwards. I have to say I miss the luscious red locks.

Twinners

2011-01-13T21:29:00.000-08:00

Are these some cute cousins, or what?

My little guy is sure looking grown up. Kinda makes me sad...

Island Park and Yellowstone

2010-08-15T21:40:00.001-07:00

We just got back from Island Park and Yellowstone tonight and I'm already blogging about it. This is some kind of record for me, I just know it. We went with my family and stayed at a cabin up at Pond's Lodge. The mountain air sure was nice! It was a ton colder up there than it was down here. I think the temps peaked at about 65, but it was down to about 48 during the day on Friday because it was rainy most the day. Unfortunately that was the day we were supposed to float down the (Snake, maybe?) river, so we had to cancel the river and we went into West Yellowstone and went to the museum and the Wolf and Bear Encounter. Then on Saturday we headed into Yellowstone and got a nice surprise- it was a free weekend! That saved my family $100 with the large convoy that we had. But it also made for a very crowded Yellowstone! Oh well, I would love Yellowstone in any condition! It was Jack's first time seeing geysers and waterfalls and buffalo and all the many other wonders of Yellowstone, and do you think he loved it?!? Nah, he was pretty neutral. What he did love was the fudgesicle at the general store. And I don't blame him. I admit I had two myself. Consecutively. You would too, they are that amazing. In 2005, Jason came with my parents and me on a Yellowstone trip and we took a picture outside of the store with our fudgesicles, so we thought it would be a fun tradition to take the same picture in the same spot everytime we go back, and just add in any new kids that there might be. Here is our 2005 and 2010. Jason says we look a lot older now. And I say that one of us looked a lot skinnier. I won't name any names.

2005

2010

Two of my cute nieces.

I sure love spending time with my family. I feel like I never get to see my sister and her family so everytime I do is a treat! Love you guys!

This makes me happy...

2010-06-17T23:00:00.001-07:00

St George

2010-05-21T22:09:00.000-07:00

We took a fun little weekend trip with our friends the Ashbys last week. It was tons of fun! Lots of sun and outdoors. I went mountain biking for the first time ever and it worked me over pretty good but it was a really good time. Jack had a ball spending time outdoors. We haven't been able to do much of that in the rain at home.

It's always funner to swing with a friend.

We also went to Zion National Park and did some hiking, including a little trip up to Angel's Landing. The view was AMAZING!

This is the ridge you hike up to get to Angel's Landing.

At the Emerald Pools.

We took the kids to a splash park and got lots of cute pics of the little man. Thanks again to the Hatts for letting us stay at their home!

Jack thought it was pretty awesome to spray us with water.

One of all the kiddos.

It's all fun and games until your bum gets wet.

The down side- Jack got sick. Then Lindsay got sick. Then Jack developed croup. Then we drove home a day early at midnight and had easily the worst night of everyone's life. Especially Jack! We took him to the dr's the next day and had to get him on some breathing treatments and steroids. He's lookin' pretty buff now. And then Jason got sick. And that's where we are currently.

Jack is one! (Okay, he's one and one month now)

2010-03-26T22:37:00.000-07:00

Warning! There are a TON of pictures in this post. But it's not everyday that the Jack man turns one! For Jack's birthday last month we wanted to take him someplace fun so we thought about the zoo. Turns out Mother Nature wanted to snow on us that day so we headed to the aquarium instead. I couldn't really think of a ton of places that a one year old would really care to go, but I think he seemed to have a pretty good time!

He pointed at lots of fish, and hit his head on lots of glass fish tanks. I wonder if he thought they were just giant tv screens.

We touched the sting rays. And then washed our hands really good. :)

After the aquarium we had a big party with both of our families at the Buhlers, and I unveiled my masterpiece. Ta Da! It's AG Bear. For those of you that don't know, AG Bear was Jason's first and best friend. He's still a valued member of the family but now he sleeps in Jack's bedroom instead of Jason's. So this was my tribute to good ol' AG Bear.

Holy smokes, this kid got spoiled! I don't think he'll ever need another toy again. Thanks to everyone who bestowed gifts upon our son.

And now the best for last. Jack's first trip into sugarland. He started out pretty casual, but I've included a sequence of photos that illustrate what happened over the next few minutes. I think you should be able to pinpoint the exact moment when he reached the peak of his sugar high and lost all control, followed by a dazed and full little Jackie afterwards.

Thanks to all the friends and family that made Jack's special day so much fun. If Jack enjoyed himself even half as much as I did then it was success!

St George trip

2010-02-24T12:48:00.000-08:00

Jason and Jack and I took a little trip down to St George two weeks ago. I thought I'd write about it before I let it just pass by and move onto Jack's birthday post (which will be next!). We went down during the week and then some friends came and met us for the weekend. It was tons of fun! Before everyone got there, Jason and I went for a hike around one of the sites where I did my field school three years ago. To my surprise, there is now a fenced off area and a plaque talking about one of the room groups that was excavated by our field school! I took a close up of the part where it talked about the site being excavated by BYU students in 2006-2007. If Becca reads this, she'll probably be the only one who really cares, but I thought it was cool! :)

I took Jason on a tour of the rock art. He must think its pretty funny to pretend to deface valuable history.

We tried to do a Lion King thing but Jack and Jason were hooked together too well with the backpack. Oh well.

This rock overhang is where I dug my first test pit. Ah the memories.
After all our friends came down, I for some reason didn't feel the need to pull out my camera again, so this is the last picture I got. We went on a bike ride and Jack wasn't a big fan of the trailer. That's probably why he's elbowing Leighton in the gut. The weekend also included a trip to the public pool, and the girls went for an all day hike around the parade of homes. The boys, however, did a little mountain biking on their own. This sure looks like a group of professionals if I've ever seen one.

Lava Hot Springs

2010-01-21T16:11:00.000-08:00

Last week we went to Lava Hot Springs for a few days. Jason planned a surprise trip for me! I was so excited- I've never not had to plan a trip before, it was really nice! All I had to do was pack and go. Jason and I went snowboarding one of the days we were there and Jack went to hang out with the nice lady at the daycare. The mountain didn't have much snow but it sure was a lot of fun snowboarding with Jas! Oh, and it was really foggy. Kind of cool, and kind of scary because you couldn't see very far ahead of you and there were signs everywhere telling you to watch out for rocks. We also went to the hot pools there and Jack seemed to enjoy it. We tried to stay in the coolest end of the coolest pool so the little guy didn't overheat! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures that night. I'm really bad at capturing memories. All in all a very fun trip. The bed and breakfast we stayed at was pretty interesting. It was really old, so anyone who knows me will know that I liked it just for that reason alone. However, they advertised that they had a few hot pools of their own in the hotel, so when we ventured down to the basement and found them, I opted out. They kind of looked like something you would see in a horror movie. And I'm not sure why I look like I'm doing kung fu in the first picture.

Its been forever!

2009-11-29T22:50:00.000-08:00

Over the last, hmm.... 3 months since I've posted, I've meant to blog about numerous different things, including Halloween, Jack and other various family fun. But since that would take a lot of time and effort, I'm just going to post the family pictures we had taken at the beginning of Nov. :)

They were done by a girl named Abbey Kyhl and I think she did a great job! I'd recommend her to anyone looking for a really good photographer.

And just as a quick update on Jack, he can now clap his hands and wave. He also says mama and dada all the time, but I don't really think he has meaning behind it, I think they're just fun sounds to make. It's so cute to hear though! He still doesn't have any teeth, but I bet it won't be much longer. He's a speed crawler and moves at an incredible pace if he's motivated by something he wants! He sure is a little stud! I can't go anywhere without Jack working his charm on everyone around him. It's his infectious smile. He's probably the happiest baby I've ever seen. I may be a bit biased, however. ;)

Jack's favorite song

2009-08-01T23:31:00.000-07:00

I love finding out new little things about Jack that show me his personality. I've recently discovered Jack has a favorite song! Whenever I'm in my car I put my ipod on random, and the other day when Jack was crying, Three little birds by Bob Marley came on and the moment it started to play, Jack was instantly calm. As soon as the song was over he started to cry again so I put it back on and he quieted right down again. The next day I was telling Jason about it while Jack happened to be crying in the car again and we decided to see if it still worked. This time it put him to sleep. It's uncanny! The moment this song comes on, Jack is happy. I've used my little trick quite a few times now and it hasn't failed me yet. I just never took him for a reggae guy.

Some Random Pictures I've Been Meaning to Post for a While

2009-07-27T22:35:00.001-07:00

It's been a while since I've posted, so here are some random pictures to catch me up a little...

Jason and the boys at Station 10B. Crockett, the one on the right, got a bid at a new station so we took a picture to document the original crew.

Since Jason had to work on the 24th, the station decided to have a family bbq and they fed us really well! Here's some pictures we took next to the engine.

Jack's pretty happy to be here.

Jack's even wearing his firetruck outfit - not on purpose.

Driving the truck. We're training him young.

We went to a Bee's game with Jake and Shalise, lot's of fun!

Jack has a new trick. If you set him up on the hill outside our house, he can sit up! He hasn't mastered this on flat ground yet, however.

I love these pictures! I took like 20 of them, because this is the first time I was able to capture jack's smile on camera. Up until this point, the smiles would completely turn off as soon as the camera came out.

I love these smiles!!

This is what happens when you try to feed Jack baby food. He's not a fan.

Here's Jack right after the bath!

Me and Jack just hangin' out.

Jack likes to share with Daisy. They're good pals!

I'm so excited!!!

2009-07-03T08:20:00.000-07:00

The main picture is in honor of my favorite 4th of July tradition.... THE CORVETTE SHOW! Every year the corvette club of Utah has a show at the West Jordan Park (except for last year and we don't want to talk about how they ruined my 4th of July.) I'm so excited!! There's nothing better in my opinion than a snow cone in one hand and a multitude of bright, shiny, beautiful corvettes in front of me. But there's a chance we might not be able to bring ours to the show like we do every year because she's not really equipped for car seats. Oh well, we'll see what happens.

I'M SO EXCITED!

P.S. This picture is from when we visited the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY.

Strawberries, anyone?

2009-06-11T22:21:00.000-07:00

Does anyone know anything about growing strawberries? I obviously don't. They started out so pretty, and I even got a picture of my very first berry, but sadly they've taken a turn for the worse since then. Am I watering too much? Too little? Too much sun, maybe? I have no idea. But just as a side note, this is the planter box that Jason and I made for Mother's Day. I think they came out quite nice!

P.S. I thought this was a cute picture I got the other day of Jack. He always has his hands up in his face, even when he sleeps. Myabe the lights were too bright. Cute little guy!

Makin' a break for it....

2009-05-11T16:48:00.000-07:00

Apparently Jack thought he could escape. Or maybe he was just going for the binky he dropped.

Two months old!

2009-04-19T20:18:00.001-07:00

My baby is two months old today and MAN has time flown by! I guess that's what happens when you run on a consistent lack of sleep. :) Jack's doing really well. He just started smiling at us and that is sooo much fun. I think he smiles more at dad though. Not fair. He's growing like a weed. He just broke the 10 lb mark so he's almost double his birth weight. He's such a sweet little boy with a very good temperment, unless he's hungry and then he thinks the world is coming to an end! I know I've been a slacker when it comes to posting about Jack, so in honor of his two month birthday, here are some of his Easter pictures.

My handsome little devil in his church clothes. This was the first week he got to wear them and I was way more excited about it than I should have been.

Jack found his basket! He doesn't look to excited, however.

All the kids with their baskets.

Showing off what the Easter bunny brought him!

And while I'm posting pictures, here's one of his room. It's almost done, I need a few more things on the walls and a valance on the window and then it's complete!

Jack's first photo shoot

2009-03-17T10:51:00.000-07:00

My brother in law, Chris, did Jack's first photo shoot and I think he did such a good job!! Jack is 10 days old in these pictures. Here's a few of my favorites....

Jack Rawson Buhler

2009-02-20T13:58:00.001-08:00

Little Jack is here! He was born Thursday morning at 3:33 am. He's just a little guy, weighing in at 5 lbs 10 oz and 19 inches long. He was about a week and a half early - and I was planning on him being a week and a half late - but I guess he just didn't want to wait any longer.

Here is a brief (ok, not so brief) rundown of his birth - I started having some contractions towards the end of work on Wednesday, and as the night went on they started to get more and more frequent, and more and more painful. I called my mom just to let her know and she insisted that she and my dad come down and be with me just in case, because Jason was at the fire dept that night. I didn't think it was the real thing, but thought it would be nice to have them anyway. My dr had told me numerous times to wait until the contractions were 5 minutes apart for at least an hour. Well I didn't want to be an overreactor, and my contractions were all over the place, anywhere from 3 to 8 minutes apart, but by 12:30 in the morning the pain was getting really bad so we decided to go in. That morning I had a dr's appointment and he had told me I was dilated to a one, but when I got to the hospital I was a 3 1/2. The nurse told me I was really in labor so I hurried and called Jason to come home from work and they started hooking me up to IVs to get me ready for the epidural, which I was really needing at this point. It was about an hour later that I actually got the epidural, and I'm sure glad my mom and dad were there to tough it out with me because the contractions were REALLY frequent and REALLY painful. I just need to say right now that I love modern medicine! The person would invented anesthesia is my hero.

So Jason got to the hospital right as I got the epidural and they checked me again and I was dilated to a 9. They told me to wait for the dr before pushing because I was so close, so when he got there about an hour later he noticed that the baby's heart rate would drop every time I had a contraction. I guess it made him really nervous because he laid it all out on the table for me and told me that most new moms push for at least two hours but that Jack would only last through about 20 min of pushing, and then he'd have to do a c-section. I really didn't want a c-section so I pushed with all my might through 3 more contractions and he was here! They discovered his dropping heart rate was due to the cord being wrapped around his neck and body 3 times! He hardly cried at all when he came out, so the respiratory team came and gave him oxygen and all of that but they soon decided he just wasn't crying because he had a good attitude so they took him off all the machines and Jason got to help with his first bath.

Well that was supposed to be the quick version but it definitely turned into the long! I'm so happy that little Jack is here. I've never seen anything so precious in my entire life. He is such a little angel and its true what everyone tells you about love at first sight. I still can't believe Jason and I are parents but it sure is a blessing to have a healthy little boy. We just got home from the hospital tonight and I really like having Jack home. Here are some pictures of the little guy. You can also go to hospitalportraits.com and see the picture the hospital took of him, it turned out really good.

Baby Showers

2009-02-16T20:14:00.001-08:00

Baby showers are so much fun!! I get so excited for tiny, little baby clothes and things because it just makes me want to put them on a tiny little body! I've had some really great showers over the last few weeks with my family and friends so I thought I'd post some pictures for memories. The first one was with my mom's side of the family. Here are all the cute girls in my family!

I also had a shower with my dad's side of the family but I forgot to bring my camera! I'm not surprised though, I forget a lot of things these days. :)

And here are some pictures from the Buhler family shower! This is little Bucket, which happens to be Jason's baby name of choice.

And all the ladies from Jason's family. I married into a really great family, I'm a lucky girl!

I think this is the cutest thing ever. Ahh, the creativity!! Thanks again to all who came to my showers and brought me such adorable gifts. I finally feel like I'm ready to have this baby. I even packed my hospital back tonight....

New paint - before and after

2009-01-11T18:53:00.000-08:00

So we have successfully finished painting the baby room! We're not done with our painting projects, however. We started the baby room about a week and a half ago and were finished within a few days, and then last week Jason decided to be spontaneous and painted our entire bedroom while I was at work on Tuesday. It was a total surprise - he even picked out the colors on his own! I was very impressed, it was the best surprise ever! We learned, however, that red walls take A LOT of coats in order to look good, so these pictures are not the final product. There was also an accident in the process involving our bed and some broken rails, so our bedroom is anything but put together right now. The bedframe is currently in the baby room with clamps and glue and our mattress is on the ground for now. Oh well, it's a small price to pay for a room I didn't have to help paint!

Baby room before....(someone spent a lot of time and effort on these stripes, but let's face it, they're pretty awful)

Baby room after....

Our bedroom before....

Our bedroom in process....In case you were wondering, that's a portrait of daisy, corvette racing flags, and the bottom says "the chamber of secrets has been opened...)

Our bedroom almost finished....

The Beautiful Oregon Coast!

2008-12-11T12:43:00.000-08:00

Just before Thanksgiving Jason and I took a little vacation to see the Oregon coast. Neither of us had ever been there before, but we'd heard great things so it seemed like it would be a nice getaway! Well I know it was a while ago now, but I couldn't pass up posting these pictures because it's just so beautiful there! I would definitely go back again. Maybe a summer home...

Until recently I didn't know the difference between seals and sea lions. Apparently these are seals, and they're much cuter than sea lions.

These are sea lions. Kinda blobby. Still cool.

These are at the aquarium where you can walk through tunnels in the tanks, it was way cool!

The fish could even swim below you!

This shark swam right over our heads - hence the weird angle.

This was the first lighthouse in Oregon. It's supposedly haunted....

This lighthouse replaced the first one a few years later. We got to go up inside this one.

Lighthouse #3

This was a lightkeepers house, now its a bed and breakfast. I asked Jason if he would buy it for me and he said yes so I'm sure he'll surprise me with it any day now.

The world's largest sea cave. Sounds a little cooler than it was. It was supposed to be full of sea lions but they were all out in the ocean that day.

i rescued a laptop

2008-12-08T19:39:00.000-08:00

i put out my second car fire today. it was in the U of U's parking lot, where you have to drive passed a guard shack to pay your fee's with one lane going in and 3 coming out. due to the position of the flaming car, we drove lights and sirens in going right into traffic which caused quite a panic. i jumped out and got to the nozzle first so i could squirt it out. it was flaming up pretty good, we knocked that down then popped the hood to even bigger flames. tons of smoke, lots of fire, but we got it out. then we got into the car to check to see if the fire got in, and there was a lap top under the dash right by where the fire was. without thinking i climbed into the non flaming, non dangerous car, and moved the lap top to the back seat. i'm no hero, just doing my job. the owner of the car came up in time to see his car flaming and a fire man breaking his window. he lives in provo but goes to school at the U. i told him thats probably a sign from the good lord that he should've gone to BYU.

fire house station tours

2008-11-20T19:54:00.000-08:00

things have been slow around the ol fire house lately. the most action i've had has been when i put on all my fire clothes to power wash all the showers in the station (i got soaked, which is why i wore my fire clothes. imagine washing your shower out with a fire hose). today was we gave a tour, which we commonly do, to an 18 year old boy with down syndrome and his grandpa. it was by far my favorite tour we'd done yet. this boy was so excited to see the fire truck, and his face lit right up when we let him get in. he honked the horn (not so bad inside the fire engine, deafening standing next to it) and turned on the lights and he sprayed some water from the hose. his grandpa said he'd never seen him so happy and excited. his grandpa was really funny to, so we all had a great time.

birthday presents!

2008-11-11T21:27:00.000-08:00

i had a great pre birthday party with my sweet wife and family. we had my annual spice cake (which i recently found out was cheap enough i can have it whenever i want) and some iced cream, followed up by presents! linds got me a neoprene life jacket to enhance my waterskiing abilites and my siblings and sibling in laws got me madden 09 to hold me over thru the winter until i can use my chafe-proof life jacket. thanks again to all of them! i was so excited that when everyone left i tried both of them out together

moody dog

2008-11-11T21:21:00.000-08:00

daisy has been going thru alot of phases lately. there was a long independant phase, where she didnt want us unless she wanted a belly rub. then there was eating things she knows she shouldnt such as half a bag of oatmeal cookies and a phone book. but now she is in the needy/cuddly phase. which is much better than eating phone books

Ultrasound Pictures!

2008-11-03T08:21:00.000-08:00

I'm a little late for my post deadline (sorry Arlene!), but I figured better late than never! I'm finally posting the pictures we got from our ultrasound, hmmm.... almost a month ago? We found out we're having a boy, as most of you already know by now. I was a little shocked when we first found out, but Jason called it on the way over so I don't think he was surprised at all! It's so great knowing what we're having now, it makes it seem so much more real. I think that's the reason I was shocked, not to find out that it was a boy but to finally realize I'm really having a baby!! Well I'm 23 weeks along now, about 5 1/2 months, and a few people have been requesting another belly picture so that will be soon to come, and I think you'll all be more than a little surprised. I've grown a ton since the 4 month picture! But for now...Ultrasound!

This one confirms that we're having a boy! He was hiding for most of the ultrasound-the tech was getting kind of frustrated when she was looking for his organs, but as soon as it was time for this shot, he wasn't shy at all!

Here's a spooky Halloween shot. He looks like an alien or something, it's kind of frightening at first, until you look closer and you can see his little belly and he has his knees pulled up to his chest. I think this one is probably my favorite!

The rest are not quite as clear. Like I said before, he was being a little camera shy, but here is his little foot, and the next one is a profile. I'm a little jealous of Michelle's ultrasound because she got some 3D pictures, but I guess I'll find out what he looks like soon enough! Hopefully not an alien... but I'm sure I'll love him no matter what!

Boy or girl - place your bets!

2008-09-30T14:29:00.000-07:00

Well here is my first official (and long awaited) blog post. I'm still learning how to use this thing, and I'll be honest - it's a little hard! But I can't rely on my husband to be the blogger of the family anymore because he's already passed the torch to me, so I thought that we should probably make an official announcement about our new little addition! We're having a baby in March, on the 2nd to be exact, but we don't know what it is yet. We find out on Oct 7th - 7 days from now!! So I'm posting a poll to see what everyone thinks we're going to have (boy or girl, because we already know it's a baby!). We've discovered that neither Jason nor I have any parental intuition and have no idea what it is, so that's why we're requesting your input. We sure are excited though!! I bought a crib on Saturday, so now we just have to clean out the spare bedroom, which will be no easy task.

Here are some shots of my growing belly! The first one is at about 3 months, the second is at 4 months. It may not look like a lot now, but just you wait!

fire station excitement

2008-09-09T20:32:00.000-07:00

the last two shifts have been pretty slow, even for station 10. today started with some excitement, a small (very small) fire at a local high school. it was a full alarm so 3 fire engines, a fire truck, the battalion chief, and me in my utility (water boy) truck. when i got out and walked over to meet my crew i was greeted by a group of high school students asking "hey, who ordered a stripper?" kids are so clever. i told them to stay in school and say no to drugs. other than that, i spent my day reading my text books and examining the fire stations sprinkler system. in the afternoon the my captain brought us out to practice throwing ladders up onto a building which was really a trick to get me to wash the windows. so not only did i sharpen my skills our windows look great now. so i will probably head to bed now, so i can get some sleep before the next elderly person falls out of bed.

state fair 08

2008-09-09T20:27:00.000-07:00

last night we went on our annual trip to the state fair with our good friend jeff jackson. we had a great time as expected, fun you can only have at the fair. we saw a giant sculpture of cows made from butter, the great clips nascar, a bunch of captive tigers, many interesting fair going people, and countless animals. i had funnel cake for dinner, with dippin dots for dessert. while i was in line to buy my dinner, linds and jeff made their guesses what i would come back with. linds guessed it right on, including the kinds i was debating between. my girl knows me so good. the night was bitter sweet though, bitter for linds, sweet for me. due to being pregnant linds could not ride the zipper, which is what she looks forward to all year. i on the other hand get the night off from feeling nausious. all in all, a great night

ok, catching up on blogging

2008-09-09T20:13:00.000-07:00

so its been awhile since i typed anything on this thing and i've recieved a few complaints about that. so here's what jason and lindsay and daisy have been up to. i'm happy to report that daisy still has 4 good legs, knock on wood. keep her in your prayers. we bought a boat a few weeks ago and since have been putting all the our money into big oils deep pockets. (totally worth it.) Linds is carrying our child, constantly sick and sleepy but is a little trooper. i'm real proud of her. she only throws up when i'm not home so thus far i'm no help. this week our baby is the size of a lemon. we have our second baby appointment tomorrow morning, so in about a month we'll be able to find out what sex it is which will be exciting. linds is busy at work helping students fund their education, and doing quite well. although she still refuses to hang her diploma on the wall of her office, probably because she doesnt want to intimadate anyone who comes into her office with her intelligence and expensive looking picture frames. hopefully more pictures to come on this blog soon.

blogs are hard

2008-08-02T15:45:00.000-07:00

For some reason, we have a blog and never add to it. To be honest, i was hoping that lindsay would get into it and take care of this for us since she is the smart, wordy, good speller of the two of us. But since i work at a slow fire house i have time to type stuff between doing homework and saving lives. my siblings all have interesting things to type about, where do you get your inspiration? hmmmm... whats something interesting... i did my first chest compressions on a real person last week! it was a little weird, i felt his ribs crack as i pushed on them. he was unconscious, but his eyes were open and one was looking at me. lots of vomit. i was good to get some real expirience. i'm not sure if he made it or not. i'm open to ideas of how to make this a more decent blog

2008-07-19T15:40:00.000-07:00

today we made a blog. ldz made fun of me for it, because yesterday i hated blogs, but now we have one. but today is a new day. as of saturday july 19th, we have a blog, a video camera, ldz has a new phone, and daisy got her cast off, and i have new undies that hold in the heat to well so i have a sweaty bum. good thing i have a blog now so everyone will know that.