Sunday, May 26, 2013

Memorial Weekend 2013


The weather has been nice, we have been at times relaxing, napping, cleaning, grocery shopping and lots of doctoring to our sweet boy who has horrible diaper rash, but all in all we are enjoying this memorial weekend and thanking those who have served our country. God Bless. 

Ever since we started giving Bridger soy milk he has had lots of diarrhea which in turn has made for horrible diaper rash, a fussy baby and lots of cuddles. It's the sacrifices that we make, his skin is doing wonderful since we started the new program, but with any new routine there are always bumps in the road. 

I spent yesterday morning with my sister-in-law taking our mother - in- law shopping for some new outfits. It was a success! So much fun. 

Today was spent at the splash pad/park by our house. It was the opening weekend and I have looked forward to taking Bridger there as soon as we found out we were expecting. He LOVED it. He didn't want to leave. So it looks like we will be adding the splash pad to our summer adventures. 




Here are lots of pictures. Enjoy! 









psssssssssssst.........3 days till summer :)

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Results

After yesterday's puking incident on our way to school I was fed up and wanted answers as to why he just isn't feeling better and why his skin is not clearing up.

I demanded to get in sooner then June 5th. I just couldn't justify waiting that long and after Bridger puking every day for the last week I knew I had to get in sooner. So, thanks to the secretaries at the allergist office and a few key tips to mention (thanks to my ladies) they didn't hesitate and found a cancellation for 10:15am today.

Hurray!

I took the day off, not knowing what to expect. We spent all morning at the doctor's office and walked out feeling confident that we have some answers and a game plan to help Bridger get better.

I opted NOT to do the blood test, because of various reason, so we ended up with the skin test which shined some light on some triggers. Bridger is very allergic to cat hair, cat saliva and he there is a good chance that his atopic dramatise is being triggered by milk and eggs and possible nut in his diet. The doctor prescribe some things to help and we will slowly start to watch his diet and for any triggers that cause him to flare up. Doctor told us to not get all "crazy" and go to the extremes, just to use our judgement and limit it when we can.

Currently the doctor doesn't seem too worried about any asthma since he has not had any wheezing, but we will continue to keep an eye on it.

We made a day out of staying home from school today. We visited daddy's work, we went to the volunteer tea, went to the "soft" grand opening of BabiesRUs to look for a new car seat and we checked out there bathrooms too. Okay now I understand the purpose of these toddler chiars in the restroom.

Daddy treated Bridger to his favorite restaurant.... Flat Bread.

I kid you not, Bridger ate all of his happy hour cheese pizzatte.

He loves, loves loves flat bread.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

all in a weekend

We were busy this weekend. By we I mean mostly daddy. He was busy trying to put the finishing touches on our landscape.



Concrete curbing was on his list of hunny-do things. Boy was it a job. but it looks great. We have one last stretch that we will get done next weekend.

Yesterday I attended one of my students dance recital. She was a beautiful ballerina and I was honored to be invited. Great job Miss. Macy!
 Love my boys!

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Round 2 and 9 days

Bridger has been down for the count since Monday. He went back to daycare yesterday but was still not feeling himself.

Poor guy!

His allergies are raging right now and his eyes are so swollen. I feel horrible, and we won't get any answers till the first week in June when we see the specialist.

Between daddy spending the day in Seattle on Tuesday and a sick baby at home for a two days this mama was ready for her spouse to be home at normal hours and through the night.

On a happier note we have 9, yes 9 days till SUMMER BREAK! So excited.



I have to share this fun video with everyone. My students are working on geometry and learning about house shapes can move so what better way to learn the mathematical terms then to pair it with a dance and song. Enjoy!


Monday, May 13, 2013

Mother's Day weekend


The boys spoiled me all weekend. I truly felt like a princess.

Friday night we went to The Bostrom's for french dips and lots of laughs. So nice to have friends who are close by with kids around Bridger's age. We celebrated the end of the school year and the beginning of a super fun summer. We all got our summer passes to Roaring Springs (well not the husbands, they have to work :) and we celebrated that baby Bostrom #2 is on its way. Due date: November 20th. Meg's is feeling great and looking fabulous as ever. Bridger and Olivia played hide- and - seek all night. So fun to watch.

Saturday came fast, we were up at 6:00am to get dressed and ready for Race For The Cure.


 I captain our Centennial team and we had 18 people on our team. It was a fantastic event and so fun to go with all the girls. Even some of the babies of Centennial came, including my boy.


He was such a trooper. By the end he was exhausted from running around, walking/pushing the stroller and lots of cuddles from all the fabulous ladies.



There was 11,700 people at this event and it was very inspiring to see all the pink shirts in the crowd. They were the survivors!

It was fun to chat with the people who were walking along side of us and the people watching was out of this world.

After the race we all headed over to Willow Creek Grill for drinks and lunch. It

was a beautiful day and such a memory to share with all these ladies.

Bridger and I got home around 2pm and a nap was in store for our little boy while mommy freshened up and admired the work that Ben did in our yard. I swear this yard is never ending, but it sure looks great.

Two hours later it was off to Audrey's dance recital. I always look forward to these. She is so darn cute and such a great little dancer. It's no wonder she is front and center! Such a great job. Bridger did great too, by the end he was getting a little antsy, so daddy took him out to the cafeteria to run off some steam so I could stay and watch the last few dances.

By the time we got home we were exhausted and ready for bed.

Sunday morning the boys got up and let me sleep in. It was SO nice. Also SO quite. I woke up about an hour later and they were not home. I didn't worry to much and continued about my morning with  some relaxing t.v watching in bed and allowing my mind to wonder for a little while.

A little while later the boys showed up, nothing in hand, and when I asked what they went and did they said,"O we just went for a little drive." Hmmmm...... I knew better then to believe that, so I walked to the living room and played with Bridger for a little bit and the next thing I knew daddy had Starbucks in his hand and breakfast at the table.

Such stinkers! Boy do I love them though.

Breakfast was great and it was still early enough in the morning that we decided to go for a nice long walk and stop by a park along the way. Bridger loved every bit of it.

Later in the afternoon we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Parsons for a bbq and sprinkler fun. It was 91 degrees yesterday. HOT!

Poor Bridger started feeling bad right around the time dinner was being served. I didn't think to much about it but by the time we got home he had spiked a fever and was very unhappy. It was a long night, poor kiddo was so hot and the drainage kept him from being able to lay down without coughing up all the flem which ended up within him throwing up two time last night.

So today I stayed home with him and we headed to the doctor. Ears and through look fine, alittle red and alot of drainage. Doctor thinks that it is related to allergies and his sinus, so we are now being referred to allergist specialist since Bridger is having a reaction on his legs and arms as well. He has been sleeping almost all day today. He did hit the 25lb mark on the scale 66 percentile. Such a little boy.

My mother's day was fabulous and there was love all around. There is no better job then being a mother to Bridger and a wife to Ben. I love you both and thank you for treating me like a queen xoxo.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

14 months and so much more

Our boy turned 14 months on Thursday!
 

Boy does time fly. We are having a blast and just yesterday he learned how to open ALL the doors in our house. Since we have the door handles that have the hand knob, not the round knob, he gets on his tippy toes as high, grabs onto the handle and then lets his feet come out from under him so his body weight will help unlock the door.

Such a tank! We are in for it!

Bridger has his top four teeth in, bottom two and is cutting all four molars at the moment.

His favorite sayings are:
abee abee abee
no, no , no , no
dada dada
he..y he...y
mommy me when he is really mad

He is on cows milk now, yay for not having to buy formula! I swear though he can go through a gallon a milk every 3-5-7 days and still is weighing in at 23-24lbs. He is none stop from the time he gets up till he goes to bed and if he could have it his way all the time he would be outside every day.

He loves drink from the bathroom tub faucet, so cute and take a bath almost every night (because he gets SOOO dirty outside).


So what have we been up to the last few weeks; well ALOT. Between our jobs and all that comes with that, committees, track and field at the high school, retirement party, host a baby shower, looking at land options, getting ready for the Spring IRI, working out, getting our lawn beautified and finding time for each other we go to bed and CRASH.


Heidi is having a GIRL!
What's a track meet with out me wearing my perals!
 

Track meet, Bridger was in charge of the long jump!
 

I think Bridger enjoyed our shopping at Target! Let's say I didn't win the best parent award!
I love the month of May, we are 19 days away from Summer, vacations, friends, bbq's, swimming and so much more. With May comes lots of activities, parties and other commitments so it makes life just a little more cray cray.

Girls night out, PBR Rodeo.

Life is good.

Look mommy Gabby has a tail!