Some of you may have seen this incredibly long video, but if you're in the mood to see some things we've been doing the last five years of marriage, here's a little (long) snippet.
Apr 24, 2009
Five Years Married
My how five years has flown by and how much fun we've had! Happy Anniversary Mark. Life with you is more than I ever imagined. Thanks for five fabulous years of adventures.
Some of you may have seen this incredibly long video, but if you're in the mood to see some things we've been doing the last five years of marriage, here's a little (long) snippet.
Some of you may have seen this incredibly long video, but if you're in the mood to see some things we've been doing the last five years of marriage, here's a little (long) snippet.
Apr 23, 2009
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Apr 21, 2009
Brian and His Blue Hat
I have a feeling that from here on out you'll be seeing a lot of pictures of the blue GAP hat with Brian's little face shaded underneath. This kid loves (and I mean LOVES) being outside. Thanks Emily for the hat hand-me-down, without it Brian's face would be fried.
This is at the park with Vivian, Xander and our neighbor Shelly. Shelly took the great pictures.
Brian's favorite at Wheeler Farm, the pigs.
Apr 13, 2009
Easter Weekend - Backwards
MONDAY: We had a final Easter Egg hunt for Family Home Evening with family and neighbors. Thank you Mom for bringing all the food and dessert and eggs and candy and fun. You are the best! Thanks everyone else who came!
SUNDAY: We of course went to church and then had a delicious Easter dinner with the Evans family.
My boys
SATURDAY: Mark painted the bench for the front of the house and I planted flowers. Owning our own house makes yard work so much more satisfying than doing yard work for a rental house.
Saturday night we went to a delicious BBQ at the Hsiao house for Mark's brother Jake's Birthday. The food was amazing and the party was fun. Sorry I didn't get any pictures, I was too busy chasing Brian around.
SUNDAY: We of course went to church and then had a delicious Easter dinner with the Evans family.
My boys
SATURDAY: Mark painted the bench for the front of the house and I planted flowers. Owning our own house makes yard work so much more satisfying than doing yard work for a rental house.
Saturday night we went to a delicious BBQ at the Hsiao house for Mark's brother Jake's Birthday. The food was amazing and the party was fun. Sorry I didn't get any pictures, I was too busy chasing Brian around.
Apr 10, 2009
The diagnosis was. . .
. . .tonsillitis, but does tonsillitis come with an extremely high fever that lasts for days and little red bumps all over the body? I didn't think so.
Brian had several new and not so fun experiences in the past week and a half. He experienced his first high fever ever, his first trip to the doctor other than for a well child visit, and he drank almost a bottle of Motrin (over the course of a week not all at once).
It all started last week with a couple days of fever and a little runny nose after his horrid immunizations. Then he was perfectly fine for about four days and he woke up on Tuesday the happiest little guy ever. That morning he took a nap and then we went to visit with some friends down the street. I brought him home for lunch and he started eating. About half way through lunch he started moaning and breathing really fast. I put my hand on his head and he was on fire! Out of no where he had a fever of 104.6 F and it got worse before it got better. I quickly tried to cool him down and gave him some Motrin. Now what? I thought. I'm not a doctor and my little Brian is starting to get lethargic. It took an hour to get a hold of a nurse at the doctor's office so I'm grateful for a Mom who's taken care of sick kids and 200 sick missionaries to talk to while I was waiting to ask a nurse. Why didn't I go to nursing school?
The nurse said his fever was pretty high so I should bring him in to get checked out and we made an appointment for an hour later. After a little nap we went to the doctor for an extremely traumatic checkup. I've never seen Brian scream that loud for that long. In the end the doctor said he had tonsillitis and to just make him comfortable and give him Motrin. So we went home. The fever lasted through the night, disappeared in the morning and came back with a furry that afternoon. By Thursday he seemed much better except for some little red bumps appearing on his tummy. This morning they had spread to his back and by the afternoon he had them all over his body and face. Come to find out it wasn't tonsillitis at all. Brian has Roseola or "baby measels."
So much for the Easter Egg hunt with all my little nieces and nephews we were going to have here tomorrow. Sorry guys. Despite the rash, Brian feels much better, but I don't want his little cousins to get it from him so we won't have them all over to play with all his toys etc.
I guess I better just get used to taking care of sick kids because I'm sure there will be many weeks like this and worse to come. I am grateful that it took Brian a whole year to even get a bad fever and that his attitude held up pretty well for how nasty he felt. I hope you are completely better tomorrow kiddo.
Brian had several new and not so fun experiences in the past week and a half. He experienced his first high fever ever, his first trip to the doctor other than for a well child visit, and he drank almost a bottle of Motrin (over the course of a week not all at once).It all started last week with a couple days of fever and a little runny nose after his horrid immunizations. Then he was perfectly fine for about four days and he woke up on Tuesday the happiest little guy ever. That morning he took a nap and then we went to visit with some friends down the street. I brought him home for lunch and he started eating. About half way through lunch he started moaning and breathing really fast. I put my hand on his head and he was on fire! Out of no where he had a fever of 104.6 F and it got worse before it got better. I quickly tried to cool him down and gave him some Motrin. Now what? I thought. I'm not a doctor and my little Brian is starting to get lethargic. It took an hour to get a hold of a nurse at the doctor's office so I'm grateful for a Mom who's taken care of sick kids and 200 sick missionaries to talk to while I was waiting to ask a nurse. Why didn't I go to nursing school?
The nurse said his fever was pretty high so I should bring him in to get checked out and we made an appointment for an hour later. After a little nap we went to the doctor for an extremely traumatic checkup. I've never seen Brian scream that loud for that long. In the end the doctor said he had tonsillitis and to just make him comfortable and give him Motrin. So we went home. The fever lasted through the night, disappeared in the morning and came back with a furry that afternoon. By Thursday he seemed much better except for some little red bumps appearing on his tummy. This morning they had spread to his back and by the afternoon he had them all over his body and face. Come to find out it wasn't tonsillitis at all. Brian has Roseola or "baby measels."
So much for the Easter Egg hunt with all my little nieces and nephews we were going to have here tomorrow. Sorry guys. Despite the rash, Brian feels much better, but I don't want his little cousins to get it from him so we won't have them all over to play with all his toys etc.
I guess I better just get used to taking care of sick kids because I'm sure there will be many weeks like this and worse to come. I am grateful that it took Brian a whole year to even get a bad fever and that his attitude held up pretty well for how nasty he felt. I hope you are completely better tomorrow kiddo.
Apr 6, 2009
Animals and Semi First Words
Brian just hasn't quite caught on to the whole saying understandable words yet, but he's making a little bit of progress. For awhile he's been saying da da for Dad, but just in this last week he has made a further attempt at more complicated vocabulary. Like most little kids, Brian loves animals and out of all things it is the animals that have inspired him to say two new words.
Last week I took him to the Aquarium which he LOVED. The whole time he held on to the little fish my parents had given him for his birthday. When I pointed to the real fish swimming around and said "fish" to him, he would point, smile and say "ish". . . his second word I actually understand.
I had a hard time getting pictures of him because I was either holding him or chasing him around as he crawled after other kids yelling gibberish at them.
The second semi understandable word he's attempted, occurred for the first time when he was swinging in his swing in the front yard and a nice black lab walked by. I said "do you see the dog? The dog says woof woof" and then out of no where he said "oofff oofffff." And there you have it, our little guy is talking.
Today I took Bri Guy to the zoo for the second time on my new yearly pass. We have such a great time when we go and it makes for a great day. He didn't say any words today at the zoo, but he loves looking at the animals so much I won't be surprised if his next word pops out the next time we're there.
Last week I took him to the Aquarium which he LOVED. The whole time he held on to the little fish my parents had given him for his birthday. When I pointed to the real fish swimming around and said "fish" to him, he would point, smile and say "ish". . . his second word I actually understand.
I had a hard time getting pictures of him because I was either holding him or chasing him around as he crawled after other kids yelling gibberish at them.
The second semi understandable word he's attempted, occurred for the first time when he was swinging in his swing in the front yard and a nice black lab walked by. I said "do you see the dog? The dog says woof woof" and then out of no where he said "oofff oofffff." And there you have it, our little guy is talking.
Today I took Bri Guy to the zoo for the second time on my new yearly pass. We have such a great time when we go and it makes for a great day. He didn't say any words today at the zoo, but he loves looking at the animals so much I won't be surprised if his next word pops out the next time we're there.
Apr 1, 2009
First Birthday Parties
Our little baby is one year old! I just can't believe how much an infant changes in that first year. It really is incredible and so fun to be a part of. We had two parties for Brian so that both sides of our family could come celebrate and still leave room in our house to find a seat and walk around a little bit. Saturday was the Evans family party and Sunday we celebrated with the Hsiao family.
~opened two presents
~Brian loves the toy fish he got from Grandma and Grandpa
~Brian is still figuring out how to use the truck from his parents
~plays with it often throughout the day
~sang Happy Birthday
~cousin Jordan blew out the candle before the song was over
~lit the candle again and Jordan blew it out again (Brian really did need the help)
~Brian tentatively started eating the AMAZING cake my mom made
~he couldn't stand the stickiness and decided to fling it all over the kitchen
~everyone enjoyed cake and ice cream
~adults talked while the kids played outside with Mark
~family went home and Brian went to bed
Thank you everyone who came and who helped with the parties. Brian had a blast!
Saturday
~cleaned the house and put up a few decorations
~Evans family arrived
~ate delicious Chinese food and fruit
~played around with the kids
~cleaned the house and put up a few decorations
~Evans family arrived
~ate delicious Chinese food and fruit
~played around with the kids
~opened two presents
~Brian loves the toy fish he got from Grandma and Grandpa
~Brian is still figuring out how to use the truck from his parents
~plays with it often throughout the day
~sang Happy Birthday
~cousin Jordan blew out the candle before the song was over
~lit the candle again and Jordan blew it out again (Brian really did need the help)
~Brian tentatively started eating the AMAZING cake my mom made
~he couldn't stand the stickiness and decided to fling it all over the kitchen
~everyone enjoyed cake and ice cream
~adults talked while the kids played outside with Mark
~family went home and Brian went to bed
Sunday
~didn't take as many pictures but had just as much fun
~first thing in the morning Brian played with his truck
~we all went to church
~came home and prepared soup and bread sticks
~Hsiao family arrived
~ate way too much soup, fruit, potato salad, and bread sticks
~enjoyed conversation with the Hsiaos
~opened presents again
~sang Happy Birthday
~Brian wanted to play with his new toys rather than eat cake
~he scared himself when he reached for the cake and it moved
~he was a sad little boy after that and only ate a little bit of cupcake
~he was happy to go back to playing with the toys and following his cousin around
~Brian went to bed and the party ended after a few games of Chinese Mahjong
~didn't take as many pictures but had just as much fun
~first thing in the morning Brian played with his truck
~we all went to church
~came home and prepared soup and bread sticks
~Hsiao family arrived
~ate way too much soup, fruit, potato salad, and bread sticks
~enjoyed conversation with the Hsiaos
~opened presents again
~sang Happy Birthday
~Brian wanted to play with his new toys rather than eat cake
~he scared himself when he reached for the cake and it moved
~he was a sad little boy after that and only ate a little bit of cupcake
~he was happy to go back to playing with the toys and following his cousin around
~Brian went to bed and the party ended after a few games of Chinese Mahjong
Thank you everyone who came and who helped with the parties. Brian had a blast!
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