Enjoying every minute of it!

I miss this! I miss having him fall asleep in my arms! So when this does happen I just take in every moment of it and enjoy the time with my little guy!

Standing!

STANDING ALL BY HIMSELF!

Well...we hit another milestone, he is standing by himself! I was holding his hands today at my moms and he just let go and the next thing I know he was balancing by himself, he stood there for quite awhile before falling to his butt or to his knees, he kept doing it all night and I loved the look on his face everytime he did it, he was just so proud of himself and we are so proud of him, and I can't wait to see what comes next (maybe walking???).

Private

Starting April 1st our blog will become private, there are still some e-mail addresses I haven't got, so if you are interested in continuing to check out our blog please e-mail me at carrollhl@gmail.com I still want to stay in touch with all our friends and family, and don't want to leave anyone out. Thanks again for understanding, I just will feel a lot safer once we do this.

Finally DONE!

Well we are finally moved and finally unpacked, I can't believe we did it this quick, but I just couldn't stand all the boxes, so my parents were nice enough to take Daniel for a night and we went to town on this place, but it finally feels like home! Moving day went very smoothly for the most part, we did have one little problem, once we got the truck all loaded up and were ready to head out, Jason got in the truck and it would'nt start. Just our luck, things were just going to well, so after being on the phone with what seemed forever with U-haul, I asked Jason what they said, and this was there response..."within a half hour someone will call you and let you know when a mechanic can come and check the truck out" seriously....thats all they had to say, so we decided to check around with our neighbors and see if anyone had any jumper cables, and hopefully that is all it needs, once we finally found some and tried it out, it worked! Thank goodness, because if we had to wait for U-haul, who knows how long we would have been sitting there. But I'm just glad the day is over and everything went smooth for the most part (and I am just loving our new place, and all the room we have!), and thank you so much to all of you who helped us out, it was such a big help, we couldn't have done it without you!

Well, it might be awhile before I post again, we move on Saturday and having no internet and house full of boxes, I'm going to have my hands full, but we hope everyone has a enjoyable Easter, and a wonderful weekend. Also, I'm still not sure exactly when I'll be going private, i'm just kinda watching things for now, but if you haven't sent me your e-mail address and you want to be added make sure you get it to me, my e-mail is posted below on my entry "going private".

Big Shout out for KARY and RYAN

I just wanted to give a big shou out to Kary and Ryan! They are having a BOY! We are so excited for them, and can't wait to meet the little guy! Congrats and we love you guys!

I just don't get it.

So as Jason and I were driving home from the new apartment the other day and Daniel was just in the back talking and making all kinds of sounds, when all of sudden he was quiet, as I looked back to see if maybe he had fallen asleep, I found this instead. I don't get it, but maybe I don't need to, but it was funny to look back and see this 2 year old with his sock in his mouth looking at me like "what". As if there was nothing strange about what he was doing.

Our new place

Kitchen

dining area
straight ahead is one of the bathrooms and the doors to the right lead to my bedroom.

I couldn't get a good picture of the rooms or the bathroom.

Living room, Daniel was a little worn out, as I was bringing things in he just layed there, I kept waiting for him to fall asleep, but he never did.

Sorry the pictures aren't the greatest, but here is just a idea of what our new place looks like, once we get moved in and things are put together I'll post more pics.

Speech Therapy

Daniel and his Speech Therapist Donna.
Working on oral stimulation, she has a few different techniques she would use, inside and outside the mouth, he usually was not a fan of this, but the more we did it, the more he would tolerate it.
Animal sounds!
This last week was our last session with Daniels Speech Therapist with the Kids who Count Program, with us moving we no longer will be able to have the same therapist :( I just feel so lucky that we were able to be involved in this program and get the right help for Daniel, and what made it even better is that they come to your home! We are sad to leave the Kids who Count, but excited for the transisition to the new program which will be with with Kids on the Move, lucky for us we will be able to have all the same services, just new therapist. Thanks Donna for all you have done for Daniel!

Blog Slacking!

So recently I have been terrible at keeping my blog up to date. I wish I had a really good excuse or something but in reality we have just been really busy, we move next week into our new apartment and have just been packing like crazy. But we just went by the new place and are getting way excited, its weird to think we are going from a 3 bedroom to a 2 bedroom but we have twice the amount of space. It was just nice to see the apartment without the other tenants things in it and kind of figure out where our furniture will go. Plus I'm loving the fact that we have a garage to park in, a neighboorhood to take Daniel on walks and a yard to play in! Its going to be a much more enjoyable spring, knowing I won't be cooped up inside all the time! Daniel had his follow-up from his surgery this last week, they took out the pin(its huge, as soon as I get a chance I'll post a pic of it) and took off the cast, and then put a new cast on that he will have for 2 more weeks. And then we are done, well....for now. But his foot his healing very well, and lets just say when they took the pin out of his foot I almost passed out, thanks goodness my dad came with me and held Daniel, or we could of had a very bad situation. I don't know if its because I'm pregnant and he's my little boy and I hate seeing him pain, but for some reason I just didn't do well at this appointment, so Thanks a million Dad for coming and helping me out. But as always Daniel was a trooper and just cried a little bit when they were taking the pin out and taking off his cast, but once they were done he was just back to his happy little self. As for me I'm feeling good, she is kicking like crazy, i feel like I have a little gymnast in there! I love that I can "she", doesn't that sound so much better than saying "it". Anyways I'll have more soon about my pregnancy week soon on my other blog. And for Jason, he is trying to enjoy his spring break, but I ruin all the fun with making us pack(I'm such a mean wife, ha ha). But he has been great dealing with everything and handling his pregnant wife trying to pack. But hopefully once we get this move done with and life gets back to normal, I'll be able to get back to my regular blogging again, its funny I actually miss it, I guess I'm addicted.

Going Private

So after much debate I have decided to take my blog private. I just no longer feel safe having all my family information and pictures out there for everyone and anyone to see. I still would love all of our friends and family to continue checking out our blog! I hate that it has come down to this, but after some suspicious activity on my blog I feel it is neccesary. But before I do go private I'll need your e-mail addresses so I can add you onto our blog, so we can all continue to stay in touch. So if you would like to be added please e-mail me at carrollhl@gmail.com

Also, if you have us posted on your blogs links could you please erase our last name, we would appreciate it. Thanks for understanding and we hope we can continue to stay in touch with all of our family and friends!

Its a........

So we had our ultrasound today. And drum roll please........its a healthy baby girl! Yeah I'm pretty excited right about now. And its even cute because Jason is too, he was all giddy and already putting together a list of names he likes. So for now its baby girl, but I just love that I can refer to the baby as a she now instead of a "it". Well I'll have the whole story of how my appointment went on my prego blog, hopefully soon I'll get it all posted. And Thanks Mom for coming down and being a part of this with me and helping take care of Daniel! You were such a big help!

Remembering Mike

(click on the x in white box of the song to get rid of it to see the whole picture)


Heather is the one who usually posts here but I needed to do this one, and its long overdue. I originally wanted to do this around Mike's birthday but gathering my thoughts and pictures took awhile. It has only been a couple of months since Mike's passing but he is already greatly missed. I find myself remembering him often, usually when I'm driving or just by myself. I've told Heather many times since that whenever a particular movie comes out i say, "I would have gone with Mike to see that." Songs that I hear from their wedding to the smallest things remind me of what a great friend was. He was one of my closest friends and it saddens me that to think of the times that we will miss. All my memories of Mike are good ones. Late night Wendy's runs, paintballing, gaming it up, to the intellectual and spiritual conversations we had; just hanging out with him was always fun and interesting. My words cannot describe how much I miss him and respect him. He was a great father, husband, and a fierce friend. He always made me want to be better in life and with his passing has inspired me to continue on that path as he would expect his friends to do. Mike, I love you man, you will be missed and never forgotten.(Mike and I liked this band and i have always liked this song. I dont know why but when I thought of doing this post it came to mind)

That can't taste good!

So I'm not really quite sure what started this, or how he even got the idea, but lately I have been finding Daniel crawling around with his sock in his mouth, the minute I put them on they come right off, and usually he just throws them on the floor, but lately I guess he has decided he found a better place for them. All I can say is that can't taste good, but it doesn't seem to bother him, and its not just in the house he does this, the other day I was driving and when I looked back at him he had taken his sock off again and shoved it in his mouth and was trying to holler, I couldn't do anything but just laugh. Oh the things these kids come up.

Playing to hard

So every day Daniel has "room time" basically everyday we have time set aside where I put him in his room I put the gate on the door so I can at least check on him and hear him if he really needs me. But I mostly do this for him to learn how to play by himself and that he doesn't need me every moment, and its also for my sanity as well. It is my time when I usually either get ready for the day or do my blogging stuff or just lounge and be lazy for a whole half hour. But on this day Daniel decided he had played to hard enough and was ready for a nap, he pulled his pillow out of his bed and layed it on the floor and decided he was going to lay down, it started out with him just laying there singing and talking to himself, but as time when on he grew more and more tired to when eventually he fell asleep. It seemed everytime I would check on him he would be in a different position and one step closer to being asleep. Now this is a little unusual for Daniel, he doesn't ever just fall asleep just anywhere, he is to much of a busy little guy to settle down enough. But I guess for him to pull his pillow down and lay down with it, he knew what he was doing and he had just had enough of playing. It just started out with him singing and talking to himself
Giving mom some cute smiles!
Starting to get in that daze right before he goes to sleep
Getting even more sleepy
And finally asleep.

Happy Birthday Jason!

So yesterday was Jasons 27th birthday. But sadly we weren't able to do much, on friday I came down with the flu and have basically been in bed since then. But this next weekend we decided we would go out and celebrate, so thanks babe for being such a tropper and putting up with your needy sick pregnant wife on your birthday! So with that I just hope he knows how much I love him and what an amazing father/husband I think he is. He does so much for us and I'm so proud of him and all the hard work he has put into supporting our family and going to school. Thanks for all you do and Happy Birthday!

Still no luck

Still no luck with my laptop yet, its actually quite frustrating, I would download my pictures on Jasons, but I'm afraid if I try to do to much I'll mess his up too. So I'm not taking any chances. But this last week has been busy and even more busy and then having dealing with two sick boys(but I do admit, I enjoy taking care of them). Jason has been extremely sick for about a week and it wasn't until yesterday that he finally felt some relief, and Daniel, well it seems this winter season he has been on and off sick. Whatever it is, he just can't get over it. Lucky for me I haven't had it to bad, I have had a little cough, but nothing to serious, but thank goodness, because having a cold is never fun while being pregnant. But we do have some other fun news, we're moving again. We are heading out to Eagle Mountain, just with Jasons new job being in Draper and us only having one car it just didn't make sense anymore for us to live all the way out in Spanish Fork and work in Draper. Especially with me soon to have 2 kids I just didn't feel safe having him so far away, so with the new place, we have cut the commute in half and the time driving in half, which makes it nice for me if I ever have to take him to work. We were looking at apartments in the lehi, american fork, Draper area but they were all pretty pricey, and considering Jason still wants me to be able to stay at home and not work, we started looking a little more out, and we ended up finding a great place in Eagle Mountain, its a basement apartment, but Its extremely nice, the home itself is less than 2 years old, and its in a really great neighborhood, I'll finally feel safe to take Daniel on walks! Plus we even have a garage to park in! Now thats great for us considering the entire time we have been married we have not had that luxury, so I must say I look forward to that. But as soon as I get some pictures of the new place I'll post them(that is if my laptop is working by then, I'm keeping my fingers crossed)

So I have been hoping to get some posts here, but me not being computer literate did something to mess my laptop up and so for now I have to use Jasons while he tries to figure out what I did to mess mine up, so no pictures, sorry. But hopefully soon I'll have it back up and running and finally get some pics up of Daniel and the rest of us and what we have been up to.

All about Daniel

So I saw this on someones blog and wanted to do it, this is all about Daniel. It was kinda fun.

• Age(s)? 2 years old


• 2. Name(s)? Daniel Jaycen


• 3. Birthday(s)? November 23, 2005


• 4. Time(s) of birth? 3:18 p.m


• 5. How long did labor last? I was in the hospital 23 hours and in labor for about 20 hours


• 6. Who was in the room when baby was born? Just Jason


• 7. How long did you push? Didn't get a chance too, after all that labor we ended up having a c-section, he just wasn't ready to come.


• 8. Weight? 5 lbs 12 oz (he was a little guy)


• 9. Length? 18 1/2 inches


• 10. Any hair? yes and it was dark


• 11. Who does baby look like? all around me!


• 12. Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? about 26 lbs


• 13. Was the baby early or late? Early about a week


• 14. Who drove you home from the hospital? Jason did


• 15. How many baby showers did you have? 2 one back in Virginia, and one in Utah


• 16. When did baby start sleeping through the night? at about 4 months, slept about 10-12 hours! lucky me!


• 17. Did you breastfeed? sadly no, due to so many complications(hopefully with the next I can)


• 18. Who takes care of your baby/kids the most? Me, i'm lucky enough to be a stay at home mom!


• 19. When do you want to have another one? Well....in about 5 months, considering i'm already pregnant and due in July.


• 20. How did you pick the name(s)? Jason actually picked it


• 21. How did you know when it was time to go to the hospital? I didn't, I was at my 39 week apt and the doctor was a doing a ultrasound and the amniotic fluid level had dropped to much, so he looked at me and said you ready to have this baby? He said you better call your husband and then imediately walked me across the walkway to the hospital and got me admitted and started me.


• 22. Anyone spend the night with you the first night home? At the time we were living with my inlaws so there were a house full of people


• 23. Did you cry the first time you held your baby? Yes! I didn't get to hold him in the OR and it was about 5 hrs before I got to see him, it was pretty emotional!


• 24. Where was the baby born? Fredericksburg, VA


• 25. Did you video tape the birth? No

Tag

Tag I'm it!

Valentines Tag

• *How long have you been together? Married for 3 1/2 years
• *How long did you date? Dated for 3 months and engaged for 2 months (yeah it was quick but when you know its right, you just know.)
• *How old is he? 26 (he'll be 27 on the Feb 24th)
• *Who eats more? Usually he does, but being pregnant I'm catching up.
• *Who said "I love you" first? He did (he was so nervous, it was so cute!)
• *Who is taller? He is, by like 6 inches.
• *Who sings better? Well, neither one of us really sings, so we are equally as good, and equally as bad.
• *Who is smarter? I would have to say he is
• *Who does the laundry? All me!
• *Who does the dishes? All me again!
• *Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do
• *Who pays the bills? Mostly me, he always forgets, but I also spend more too!
• *Who mows the lawn? our landlords
• *Who cooks dinner? Unless we want Wendy's then I do all the cooking.
• *Who is more stubborn? Definatley me (and its even worse being pregnant)
• *Who kissed who first? He did
• *Who asked who out? well it started with us just hanging out, then he finally asked me out on a real date.
• *Who proposed? He did. It was just a perfect night! Candles, flowers, chocolate covered strawberries and Diet Pepsi, what more could a girl ask for?
• *Who is more sensitive? That would be me
• *Who has more friends? we both have our close group of friends, so numbers don't really matter.
• *Who has more siblings? He does, there are 5 kids in his family and 3 in mine.
• *Who wears the pants in the relationship? we are about equal on this one
• *Who are you tagging? Jenny, Darcy, Emmy, Janalee and whoever else wants too(Viv, I figured you didn't need to be tagged twice!)