Happy Halloween

Croix was a pumpkin

and not too happy about it!

Brent and I were tired parents! Not very creative I know but it was as good as it was going to get this year!

I Miss Fall!!!

Fall has always been my favorite season. I love the crispness of the air. I love the colors of the trees. I love wearing sweaters and jackets. I love the crunch of leaves under my feet. Fall smells different. Fall feels different. Well fall doesn't exist so much for me right now. Wednesday's high....99!!!! I HATE IT!!! We were in the 90's all week. I'm so ready for it to be cool. I just might buy into global warming if it keeps going like this (not really)! It makes me a little sad to think about how I live somewhere that really only has two seasons.....extreme summer and summer! Makes me wonder if I really want to live here the rest of forever, but that is another post all in it own. I do miss winter too but not as much as fall. There are more bad aspects to winter then fall....scraping snow off your windshield, freezing, the bottom of your pants getting wet and then freezing. But fall, oh fall it's so perfect! Prescott where I grew up has a great fall season. When I lived in Utah fall was beautiful in the Rockies. Then I lived in Connecticut. I think that sentence speaks for it's self. This was my fall in CT.



This one is worth scrolling over for! It's beautiful!! I said that but once I posted it it wont show the whole pic. Can't figure it out :(








I'd drive down the road and see this!!

And those were not taken in the peak of fall, the colors were just starting to change!

Since I was missing fall, and feeling a little cabin fever, Brent took a random Thursday off and we went for a drive to try and find fall. I wore my warm shoes that are too warm for Phoenix! Seriously I can't even wear them here, my feet get too hot! We headed north. First we went to Flagstaff, this is where we found winter! There was snow and it was literally freezing! Then we went and got some Macho Nachos at

They were so good! If you're ever in Flagstaff go to Charlies in the Hotel Weatherford and order some Macho Nachos!

My boys!! TOO CUTE!

Then we drove through Oak Creek Canyon. This is where I was expecting to find fall. This is what we found.





We even saw a touch of snow!








Then we drove to Sedona and saw the beautiful Red Rocks


And this cute little gem.

Then we headed home through Payson. It was a great trip. So fun to spend the day with my boys! So fun to wear a sweater! So fun to be chilly. But I still miss fall!

Trip Up North

A couple weekends ago we headed up north to Chino Valley to visit my family. It was so fun to visit, since we don't make it up there too often. It was even more fun to show off little Croix and see everyone ooh and aah over him! I was so happy to find out Croix travels well. He pretty much slept the whole way up and when he was awake he was happy and looking out the back window. I was a little worried about the elevation change and his ears, but he did great! Every now and then we'd hear a little "ahh" as he opened up and yawned a little. I've also really enjoyed observing my family members in new rolls. Grandma, Aunt, Uncle, etc. They've all been these rolls for two years now, since my nephew is now 2 but it's interesting how it seems different watching them with little Croix. I love to see my Mom as Grandma! She's a good little Grandma! Well anyway a big thanks to my Aunt and Uncle for hosting our little BBQ get together. Here are a few pics from the day that I stole from my sister Crystal since I was too busy visiting and didn't get hardly any pictures of my own taken.

Croix absolutely loved being out side laying under the tree on the grass!!

My brother Trenton and his son Seth on the sea saw

My sisters Crystal and Chelsea. Aren't they pretty!

My Grandpa, doesn't he just look so happy? He's a funny guy, I said to him, Grandpa I think Croix might have you're eyes and he says, no he doesn't they're still in my head!

Seth and Croix.....Grandma's little boys

My Mom, Me, Croix, and My Grandma.


Mom, Me, Croix, Grandma, Grandpa

Ethan...chillin

My Uncle Doug grilling up the burgers.

My Aunt and Cousins

Seth scooting around!

My Aunt and Cousins have some animals on their property.

Like this giant pig! They were growing it to eat, but Courtney my cousin got attached to it, so now it's a pet. Did I mention Chino Valley is a small town ;-)

Two Months

Can you believe he's already two months old?!?! His two month check up was last Monday and he's healthy and perfect! He weighs 10 lbs 11 oz. Getting to be a chunker! He also got shots. I hated it! I kept debating weather I wanted to get them all, if I did when to get them, how many to do at once. There is just not enough solid info out there! I decided to get all of them but no more then two or three at a time. But even making that decision I still felt unsure about it. I felt a little like I was deciding between Autism or something like measles! Ugh, tough parenting decisions. Hate it! Well he got 3 shots. He was a little traumatised! He cried so hard he turned purple, stopped breathing for a second and had tears running down his face. I don't think he has a very high pain tolerance! He was bleeding at the injections sites. I cried right along with him! I was a little traumatised too! I think the Dr. put it well when he said, "We don't have kids to see them in pain so a lot of Moms have a hard time with it." Glad to know I'm right there with "a lot of Mom's" Thankfully he calmed down quickly after ward once I was snuggling him. The Dr. once again commented that he's very strong. He asked if he's smiling yet and I said, yes and he's rolling over too. He looked at Croix and said what you're not supposed to be doing that yet! Then when the Dr. put him face down on the table to see how well he could hold up his head, as if to show off, or prove himself, little Croix rolled over! I'm so grateful that he's healthy and growing and developing well! I'm glad recovery from shots was quick. The day he got them he just wanted to be snuggled. He would wake up from sleeping whimpering, and then start screaming. It was so sad. I must have told him I'm sorry a 100 times! I would move his legs every time he ate to help work it in. That night I gave him a long hot bath. The next day he seemed to be feeling mostly all better. He was still not quite back to his normal happy self but was doing much better! I'm already dreading his next check up and round of shots! I'm sure he would be too if he knew! And because he's so cute here's some recent pics of our little Angel!

Blog Vomit

I apologize for blog vomiting! I hate it when people do this! It makes it hard to read everything when they post so many things at once and I feel like I'm missing out on things when I don't read it all. I understand very well now why they do! Life gets busy, kids demand attention, but you still want to document life! So I'm sorry to have blog vomited and I promise to try and be more on top of things!

Sunday Best

Croix was just down right adorable on Sunday!!



He wasn't so happy about having to wait to eat after church for me to take a picture!



My handsome boys!

He's growing!

Croix is smiling!



And since it's so cute here's another one!





And the next day he rolled over!

He's adorable and I can't believe he's rolling over already! Just a little over achiever already!

Croix's Nursery

I think it turned out pretty great how about you?


I picked out all the fabrics for the bumper.






It's the little things




My "art work"

Croix's Blessing

Croix was blessed this past fast Sunday. It was such a beautiful, sweet experance! As Brent walked up and our family and good friends went and joined him and stood in a circle around our little boy the tears flowed. I was overwhelemed with love and joy! I am so in love with Brent! It's absolutly amazing how having a child, creating life together, grows your love! I think I fall a little more in love with him everytime I see him with Croix! He is such a wonderful Dad! And little Croix is just the light of my life! I don't think there are even words to describe the depth of love you feel for your child! It's a love I've never known before. I value this even more since we watied so long for this experance! It was wonderful to see them together in such a tender moment! It was also so great to have my family come and visit and be here for his blessing! Here are some of the pics from the weekend.

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hi-ho hi-ho It's off to Work I Go

I started working again this week. I'm so glad that for me going back to work means working a couple hours a day a few days a week. If I had to go back to work full time I'd be freaking out right now. But the fact that I can work for a couple hours, interact with some clients, and then come right back home, or just down stairs and see my baby again I kind of like. Now don't get me wrong, my first day back I got Croix all dressed and ready to go and as I'm rushing to get everything together to take him to the baby sitters he's smiling away I did shed a few tears that I was leaving him with someone else, especially during his happy awake time. But Croix did great and it was good to feel productive. It makes me so happy that when I was deciding what to do with my life I thought this far into the future. One sad thing about going back to doing massage, no more finger nails! They did look like this:




BEAUTIFUL!!

Now they look like this:



Ugly! :P That's one down side of being a massage therapist, no finger nails.

I was a little worried going back after not being able to work for 7 months. I gave Brent a massage and then two of my brothers back massages, and I felt like I had lost my flow. Flow being my protocol, my rhythm, my massage. I was having to think about what I was going to do, and didn't know where I was going next. I used to be able to just do a massage with out thinking, I could even have done it blind folded! So I was a little thrown off by the fact I had to think about what I was doing and didn't know what I was going to do next. But with my first client as soon as I was in my massage space, with the lights off and the music going it all came right back. It wasn't quite as effortless as it had been but I didn't feel lost. And as I've worked this week I've felt more and more comfortable. So if you or anyone you know needs an amazing massage just let me know.....'cus I'M BACK!