Mommy's Having a Baby!

I'm 13 -14 weeks along, due Dec. 20! We tried to avoid a December baby, but with my past miscarraiges, we couldn't be too picky. We only tried for a couple weeks in March, then decided to wait until June to try again. We were already pregnant by then! We started preventing in April and I didn't find out I was pregnant until I started getting sick, at about 6-7 weeks. I've been pretty sick, nauseous all the time, and wanting to throw up. It's pretty annoying and nasty, but it's for a good reason! I wasn't sick with my miscarraiges and miscarried at 5, then 7 weeks. So we are good to go this time around! I've been taking B6 and Unisom to help with the nausea, but sometimes it doesn't work and most days it just takes the edge off, to where I'm only a little nauseous. I get sicker in the afternoons and evenings.... blah, but I'm just truckin along and trying to do my best. The doctor found a heart beat at 8 weeks and we just had another appt. last week and everything looks great. I've never had 2 ultrasounds so close together. It's amazing how fast they grow. In just 4 weeks the baby grew 3 times it's size! No wonder I'm so sick. It's taking everything out of me to make this little human inside me :) We are so excited to add a new little one to our family. I'm still running Ragnar this weekend and have still been running. It's been extra hard with the nausea, but I've just pushed through it, but I'm taking my time. It will be a little different this year with racing, because I'm not going to push myself. As long as I finish I'll be happy :)

ER visit and such

It has been a very eventful week for us! I was working in the Kids Klub at the Sports Academy, (like I do once a week for a family membership) and my 3 yr. old Tyson was playing upstairs with some other kids and workers. I was down stairs with the babies. I was very suprized when one of the workers brought Tyson down to me and blood was soaking his shirt, running down his head and neck! I rushed him to the bathroom and got paper towels. Blood was soaking through the paper towels onto my hands. Other workers got a towel for me, that towel was soaked in seconds! Then I was rushing to the ER. I couldn't see how bad the wound was because of all the blood. Tyson was so brave and had stopped crying by the time we got in the car. We got to the ER, by then, the bleeding had stopped, thank goodness! He needed 3 staples. I had to apply local anesthetic for about a 1/2 hr. to make sure the area was somewhat numb. Tyson only said "Ow" a few times, when I had to hold a cotton ball to his head with the meds, and of course, when he got the staples, but that was it.

About a year ago, Tyson was in The ER for stiches (you can see a slight indent on his left ear) and now this. I'm hoping this won't be a yearly thing!

The story on how it happened: The Sports Academy had their yearly, opening pool party the previous weekend and they had a bounce house for the kids. They had rolled that up and stored it upstairs, where the kids play. Heather, the boss of the Kids Klub, had told the manager to take care of it, cuz it wasn't safe for the kids. Of course the kids are going to play on it. I don't know what the workers were doing up there before it happened, but all I know is that Tyson was playing on that, fell and hit his head either on the edge of it or on a pole next to it. The ER visit was billed to my insurance, but then I talked to Heather, boss of Kids Klub, and asked if I could bill Sports Academy, so we didn't have to pay for it, because it was their fault for having that upstairs where the kids play! I talked to the manager and so did Heather, and they said they couldn't do anything about it, which I thought was really dumb. I would understand if he hit his head on a table that is always in the kids klub, but it was something they should have taken care of and was unsafe for the kids. An accident is an accident, so they wouldn't pay for it. Owell, atleast my kid is okay.

Sweet Tyson, only hrs. after the incident.

Brayden started summer school last Monday! He is in this free, Kindergarten readiness, summer program, where he will be attending Kindergarten. It is so nice and he loves it!

Thursay was my last day of work! (until summer school) it will be so nice to have that break, catch up on things and spend more time with my kids and hubby.

Here are some of the aides, teacher and nurses I work with. I would post pics of me and the kids, but I would get in trouble for confidentiality reasons. I just put them in my own photo book of memories :)

My boys also started T-ball Thursday, they will play for 5 weeks. They love it! Yes, my week has been full of lots of fun and crazy things!

Soccer

Brayden was in the Logan Rec. indoor Soccer league, this season, and Tyson got to play too! I didn't sign Tyson up, afraid he might be too young, but one of our friends was coaching his age group, so we brought him a couple times to play on their team.Cute little Tyson!

Brayden, Getting ready to play soccer (streching):

His Team, The Cosmos :)

Brayden and his friend Chloe:Nice face Brayden!

I tell him to smile, and this is what I get!

I really tried to get a good one, but it just wasn't working out. The more I laughed at his faces, the more he did them. Silly Brayden!

Easter

The true meaning of Easter: The Resurrection. How blessed we are to know that we can all be resurrected and live again after we die :)

The fun stuff:

Brayden and Tyson, getting ready for the Easter Egg Hunt, in Mendon, with their cousins, Dylan and JakeGo get 'em Brayden!

Too bright for Tyson :)

Look what I got!

Cool!

Tyson is 3 but he still loves the baby swing. :)

Easter egg hunt at our house

The boys loved it!The Easter Bunny came to our house Sunday morning.

Brayden says he wants to hug the Easter Bunny :) I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Snow Days to Spring.......

I'm kinda glad these days are over, now we get to look forward to spring!

Boys and Worms!

yes, that's the same worm... gross!

And a couple pics of my cute little Niece:

My Sister, Trisha's 30th B-day!

Those of you who don't know my sister, she has Autism and she loves basketball! So I suprised her with the USU Aggie basketball team! All I did was ask on Facebook if anyone knew of a USU basketball player that could meet us somewhere to shoot hoops. I got lots of feed back and was able to get a hold of Tyler Newbold, who said he'd meet us at the Spectrum. He gave us a tour of their team room and locker room. It was so cool!

Trisha was so suprised and had no idea what we were doing until we met Tyler. I told her we needed to stop by the spectrum to see when the next gymnastics meet was. While we were walking up to the spectrum she asked where the Aggies were. I said I didn't know, probaby at home. :) She was so emotional and went from crying to laughing, to stunned and amazed that this was actually happening. Later, the whole basketball team showed up for practice! They sang her happy birthday and signed an Aggie t-shirt for her. Her with Tai Wesley. The star of the Aggies this year! Then we got to watch them practice. We felt pretty cool that we were the only ones watching them play. It was awesome! Take a look at my slide :)

Shamrock Shuffle 5k and video

I ran my fastest 5k over the weekend. 24 min. 53 sec. I was so excited!

I ran it with my sister and our friend Leslie
Leslie got 2nd with 20 ish min. I got 3rd and Alisha got 4th! My sisters' boyfriend made a video of us running, take a look: (scroll down and pause the music to my blog, on the right side, to get the full affect and turn up your sound)

Park City

I got to go to Park City Saturday to Sunday with my Sister-in-law Joann, and her friends. This was the first time I've been to the outlets there. I found some pretty good deals, just shopped mostly on the clearance racks and got lots of stuff for me and the kids. It was a girls get a way, so Brent stayed home with the boys. We stayed the night and had lots of fun talking and laughing. It was a much needed short trip with us girls :)

Breakfast, on the way home.
The trunk of Joann's car after our shopping trip. Our luggage is in the back, we took up about half the runk with clothes and such :) I don't really like shopping, but I love it when I find nice things for good prices! That's what makes me happy about shopping :)

In Memory of Brett Peterson

It has been a very emotional year already, with my miscarraige, and 2 deaths of people I know, it's been tough!

My good friend, Kristins' Dad passed away a couple weeks ago, only 51 yrs. old. Brett was always so kind to me and my family and had such a fun, goofy personality. I remember a time when I went to Masacre Rocks with their family and we were on the beach. Brett put my flip flops on and continued to walk around the beach. His whole heel off the edge of the flip flop. He walked into the water and the flip flops became slippery. It was the funniest thing to watch him try and get his balance and walk out of the water. I remember laughing so hard! He actually broke one of the flip flops and I had to finish the trip with a broken flip flop. It was almost impossible to walk with it and keep it on. I remember being a little mad, but it was so funny I couldn't stay mad long :)

My heart goes out to their family. My prayers are always with them. Brett will never be forgotten. In memory..........

Brett Wayne Peterson (1959 - 2011)
Brett Wayne Peterson, 51, returned home to his Heavenly Father and the loving arms of family Feb. 13, 2011. Brett was born Oct. 29, 1959, in Fort Benton, Mont., to loving and hardworking parents, Lyle Roland and Corma Mae Peterson. Brett was the fifth of seven children.
Brett and Laura first saw each other at the Preston Cafe; it was love at first sight, and they knew that they would spend the rest of their lives together. They were married a few months later on Feb. 25, 1982, and were later sealed in the Logan LDS Temple. Together, they had three beautiful children, Cortney, Kristin and Kaden.
Brett's career in construction began right out of high school at the side of his father, a builder and carpenter. Brett took this knowledge, hard work ethic, and desire to make something out of nothing and built a very successful construction business, CFCM Inc. These fourth generation skills have been passed throughout the years, father to son, down to Cortney and Kaden. Brett had many friends and associates in the business and was known for his quick wit and humor.
Another of Brett's loves in life was music. He started playing bass guitar at age 14 with his brothers and dad in the Peterson Brothers Band. This is still a source of happiness for them all.
Brett taught his kids how to ride motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles and took them on many outdoor adventures in tents. He always taught them the importance of laughing as a family. Brett had a gift to turn any situation into a joke. He never failed at getting smiles, laughter, and rolling eyes from those around him.
His passion in life was his granddaughters, Shelby, Hallee J. and Olivia. Brett excelled at being "Grampa" and "Papa Pete." He was their "Prince Charming" at Disney on Ice for five years running; he even had most of the Disney songs memorized ... but wouldn't admit to it! Instead of watching the nightly news, he endured many nights of watching Disney princesses, Dora the Explorer and Strawberry Shortcake for the hundredth time. He was their dance partner, their source of quarter machine gadgets, and their Hot Wheels Mustang Mechanic. Brett was often found on the ground, Barbie in hand, with an intricate storyline unfolding, all of the girls giggling as Grampa did his version of Barbie's voice.
Brett taught "his girls" how to camp and took them on many memorable family motorhome trips to Heise, Lagoon, and, of course, Massacre Rock. He always snuggled with them by the fire and counted the stars.
Brett is survived by his loving wife of 29 years, Laura; his three children, Cortney and Coppelia Peterson of Smithfield, Kristin Marie Peterson and Bobby Brown (fiance) of Smithfield, and Kaden Lyle Peterson also of Smithfield; his beautiful granddaughters Shelby, Hallee J. and Olivia; his parents Lyle and Corma Peterson of Garland; brothers Kirt Peterson of Salt Lake City, Kent and Christie Peterson of Salt Lake City, Kevin and Nancee Peterson of Blackfoot, Idaho; sisters Debi and Dick Nourse of Salt Lake City, and Darci Weaver and Craig Knight (Fiance) of Clinton; and many aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, and all those loved ones that called him "Uncle B."
Brett was preceded in death by his brother Steven Hans Peterson; father-in-law Jack Garrett; brothers-in-law Lyle Green, Stanley Jack Garrett, and Corey Chris Weaver; nieces Giana Nourse and Amy Lynn Peterson; nephew Chad Phillip Peterson; cousin Rob Peterson; his Grandpa and Grandma Bergstrom and his Grandpa and Grandma Peterson.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, at the Smithfield 20th Ward chapel, 600 E. 120 South, Smithfield, Utah. Friends and family may call at the Nelson Funeral Home 162 E. 400 North in Logan, Utah, from 6 to 8 on Thursday evening, Feb. 17, and from 9:30 to 10:30 Friday morning at the church. Interment will be at the Smithfield Cemetery.
Brett, we love and miss you and will keep you in our hearts always. We can't wait until we get to see you and be in your loving arms again. Condolences may be extended to the family online at www.nelsonfuneralhome.com. Published in Logan Herald Journal from February 16 to March 2, 2011.