Stuff n' nonsense

Things around here have changed a LOT since the last time I blogged! I'm sure you can imagine, since it's been like 4 months... :) So I suck at blogging, what else is new you ask? Well about 2 months ago I had a job interview and was offered a full time job! I have been working for about 3 weeks. So far it's pretty good, I really miss spending so much time with Zachary, even though he is naughty! But what do I expect from a 2 year old? Not much. He seems to like 'pre-schoool' just not for the first 5 minutes after I drop him off. But when he is picked up he is happy as a clam. He reall has a hard time listening and obeying though! I hope it is just a stage, anyone who has gone through this, please advise! :) Today he dupmed a bag (snack size) of doritos on the floor and when I aske him to clean it up he said "no". So I asked him two more times and on the last time I said if you tell me no one more time and don't clean it up you will have to go to bed. He said no and ended up in bed. Sometimes it is really hard not to strangle him.... But he is too cute most of the time. And I guess I love him. I think right now everything just seems harder because I am 6 months pregnant. I have a lot less patience and most of the time I am thinking "what was I thinking? I can't even handle one child!"
We found out about a month ago that this little one will be a girl. The ultra-sound tech said not to paint the room, but that she would bet girl. My mom doesn't think it will be a girl. I guess she is just used to grandsons! We will find out for sure soon. If I don't get another ultra sound at the Dr we will have a 3-d one and find out. I personally think it is a girl, I have felt a lot different this time and have been sick for a longer time than I was with my little Zac. This baby sure moves alot when no one else is around to feel it, just in the last day or so I can feel Her/him on the the outside too. He/she is VERY low just like Zac was (this is the only thing that makes me think it may be a boy), so I pretty much would only let greg feel the baby kick.... it's a little personal... :) LOL. In my last ultra sound at the Dr. they said the baby looks long and they asked how tall Greg and I are! I hope this one is not longer than Zac was. Zac was 7.8 lbs and almost 22 inches. Long and skinny. On his last ultra sound I felt so bad, cause his knees were touching his forehead. He was so cramped in there. I guess maybe all babies are like that.... We also have a name picked out for a girl, Sophia Ashleigh Taylor Fullerton. All of the names are after someone we love/loved. Sophia is for my uncle Stephen (this was the closest I could come up with that was feminine), Ashleigh is for Greg's cousin Ashlee who passed away about 4 years ago and Taylor is after my dad and grandma. Greg is not sold on Sophia, but I am :) He has to come up with a good reason not to like it. Other than I just don't like it... LOL.
Sorry if this is a boring blog, just had a little up-date. Hope everyone is doing great! Love, me

The cat's out of the bag....

Why would you have a cat in a bag? I don't get that saying :) Anyhoo.... Greg and I are going to welcome another baby into the family. We are excited, for the most part and would be even more if I wasn't so sick. Being pregnant makes me feel like a horrible mother, I am tired and sick all the time and Zachary is in the terrible 2's for SURE! If I even sit down on the couch he freaks out. It is so sad, and make me feel awful, but I just can't...... I feel sick 24/7. I really envy the women who have pregnancies where they just feel "great" the whole time, I wish that was me SO bad. We are just out of the first trimester so MAYBE I will feel better soon (I didn't w/ Zac, but every one is different, right?) I'd post a picture, but I just look the same, chubby LOL!

Now I keep thinking

.... Of all the cute words Zac says that I didn't list... LOL... Here are just a couple more and I promise I'll be done.

Sho= Shoe
doe= toe
sheese= cheese
tos= toast
dow= down

He is just the best and learning everything too quickly for me. I don't want my baby to grow up! HAHA. I'm sure most of these words only Greg and I know know what they mean, but that is how it all starts :)

Out of the mouth of my babe

Zachary is just talking away and learning new words everyday, it is my favorite to hear his sweet little voice! Here is a little list of some of the words he can say now:

Dada (which is first cause it's his favorite!)
D-you= Thank-you
Peese= Please
OUsie= outside
moomoo= more
foo= food
teef= teeth
eeyee= eye
no= nose
NO= no
mymy= mine
grink= drink
guy= gone
OW= ow
EW= ew
caca= caca (greg doesn't like that he says this one, my favorite is when he says "EW, caca" LOL)
maw man= aw man
mama= momma
baby= baby
beebo= belly button
sheek= Shrek
ey= HI
gog= dog
woof woof= dog
mou mou= cat
car
vroom vroom= car
chow= kachow (from Cars)
Tree= treat
ish= fish
nigh nigh= night night
ballball= Ball (he does say it like it is one word)
guy guy= all gone

That is a lot of the words he is saying, but not all, he is so cute.... except when he is trying to play with the computer! LOL.

The Zoo, Santa Barbara

hey.

Greg keeps saying "you haven't blogged in awhile." I think he is saying, "why don't you get off your lazy bum and write a blog....?" Well I just haven't really felt like it ok? We went to the park earlier today and I will post pictures later, but for now this is it. :) Love you Greggy.

Little update

Well we have happily been home for almost a month now, and it has been wonderful. This last 10 days or so have been stressful cause my mom and 3 little nephews have been here visiting, we were very busy. I'll post some pictures soon, maybe in the next day or so. So Zachary had his appointment with the neurologist last Friday. She said that what I described to her was a seizure. So we had an ECG done and are scheduling an apt for an MRI. She said she was a little worried cause his head is so big, it is the only thing that has grown consistently since he was born.... So we are just going to see if maybe that had something to do with it. Anyway I figured I'd do a little post just in case anyone is reading :)

Un-packing, blueberries and no make-up :)

here is the kitchen, this actually looks good....

sitting room....

Eating blueberries for the first time, he loved them!

so cute

moms room, she is sleeping on dad's side of the bed, how sweet.

Mya's stuff on the back porch, I think she is getting a storage unit soon

Mom fixing the oven drawer.

The office

Another view....

We miss you babe. No make-up and all :) (Greg requested a pic of me too, otherwise I wouldn't torture the rest of you guys... LOL)

Lofty ambitions

I know I said I'd blog everyday, but I really had no idea how busy and tired we'd be. Here is a catch up blog.

Cousins! :)

Isaiah dressed up in Dad's work gear, for when he is out of the office. I remember always putting on his hard hat when we went to see him at work, there is something so cool about it...

Dad's co-workers did a presentation to send him off, it was really funny.

I'm glad he invited me to be there!Back at home causing trouble, he about gave me a heart attack

every time he looked through here

Shena and Joe, being cute and snuggle-ly

Watching his last movie in America... I'm not sure he liked it....

Mom liked it though, it was called "Happy Texas"

Yep, he fell asleep.

This is the last picture I took of dad before he left. I can't believe I forgot to get out my camera at the airport! It snowed the night before and Zachary loved it.

The movers came 2 days after dad left. and it only took them 2 days to pack the whole house.

The dining room on the day we left.

Isaiah trying to wipe off the black lipstick on his cheek, after I kissed him with the witch lipstick I found in the Halloween box.

OMG. What a big boy. I love him. He is sitting at great grandpa's with out a highchair.

Look at that smile!

Playing in the fresh snow @ g-pa greats house in fairview.

He REALLY loved the snow, just like his mom.

So I've been busy, I'm sorry ok?

Well these last few days have been crazy busy trying to get dad really ready to go. We dropped him off this morning, ready or not! He was by the way. He should be in the air between Chicago and Amsterdam right now, sleeping peacefully. So here are the last few days in a nut shell:

Zac and grandma playing, her hair is tickley!

BRB

I'm a disaster!

Joey showing Zachary a ball that glows! He love balls and his cousins love him.

They tell him all the time all day, it is super cute. He just follows

them around like a little puppy :) Trying to help the big boys figure it out! What? I don't know either. ;)
Here is a SMALL portion of what we are tackling,
this is also after we were almost finished! (this is the disaster, btw)

HAHAHA, grandma trying to clean out Zac's nose, he loved it!

I know it's gross but it was just too funny not to post.

Everything is better now, I guess I'll help grandma :)

HAHAHAHA

It was a good idea, but I haven't kept at it too good. The last two night I haven't written for a couple reasons. First, Greg is sick and I'm pretty sure he is not too worried about checking the blog! I'm talking deaths door. But I'm not there to witness it, so I'm taking his word for it. His mom says although hes pretty bad, she thinks he'll survive. I hope she is right ;) I feel bad being so far away. It's too late now though. Second, we have been so tired! we've gone to bed pretty early both nights, Zachary has been sleeping OK, only ok. He gets up at least once a night, but I'm actually glad these day to hear him. He has been acting totally normal since my last blog! That is a huge relief to me and everyone here. We didn't take him to the Dr or anything, but I called the nurse and my mom called her friend who is a P.A. They both said to monitor him and if it happens again to take him straight to the ER. The reason we didn't take him in is cause our insurance doesn't cover us out here, we have Kaiser.... They said to go and then after the claim was submitted they would decide if they would cover it or not.

Yesterday he went to my mom's friends house to play with her kids and give my mom and I a chance to get something done around here! Roney (mom's friend) said he was SO good, I love to get that report. He LOVED the big boys and sat with them like a big boy. I guess while they were playing video games they unplugged a controller for him and he sat there the whole time making noises and acting like he was playing too. He is so cute. She loved watching him and is going to help out a little today too. So while Zac was gone my mom and I cleaned the house and worked in the garage. I should have taken a picture of myself, I was so bundled up, I had on my dad's mountain climbing coat, a hat, gloves and boots! When my dad got home he called me a pansy. Whatever it was COLD!

Then last night after we got home from dinner, he was playing with his big cousins. They were all being silly and crawling under the bed, so Zac thought he needed to be under there too. It was so fun and cute watching him try to figure out how to get under there with them. He finally had to army crawl. Well I'll stop talking now and put up some pictures. :)

Here is Zac playing in the boys closet.

Here he is about to get his hair cut cleaned up by Auntie Mya.

UH, here is the INSIDE of the doors at mom's dental office, yeah it's that cold.

Zachary loves to pretend like he is drinking soda, don't worry I

don't give him the cup till it's empty!

911!

Today was basically a good quiet day, until I decided to take 4 boys, 9, 6, 4 & 1 to the movies. It all started out ok, we got loaded up and arrived at the theatre with about 5 minutes to spare. As we walked in I set Zachary on the counter as I got out my wallet to pay (with my dad's money, lol), he started leaning back like he couldn't keep himself up. It was WEIRD. I can't describe it, the look on his face was blank, he wouldn't focus on anything. I thought he was just being a weirdo and wanted down with his cousins. Nope, I set him down and he fell over I could tell he was trying to push himself up, but it wasn't working. I was scared. At this point I was already crying (I know crazy mom), I called my parents to find out where the hospital was and to tell them to come get the other boys. It was then that dad said call 911. I did and luckily Green River WY is very small and the police station is right across the street from the movies. The police and EMT's were there in no time. The police were first and he was still acting very strange and had no balance and was not connecting with anything or anyone. the office set him down and he fell over again. In the next minute or two the volunteer EMT's arrived. Zachary started acting normal again, it was that quick. In a split second he was walking around and trying (he was still wobbly) to chase his cousins. My mom and dad arrived next and I started crying again, I'm telling you it was WEIRD, he has never acted that way. Well Zachary and I came home (mom ended up taking the 3 other boys to the movie, against her own desire) my dad and his friend Jerry weren't far behind. They gave him a blessing, he was so still and quiet, that is not normal either :). Even though I know he is going to be fine now, that was the scariest moment of my life so far! I plan on taking him into the Dr. this week, maybe tomorrow, just for a check up, even acting like that for 5 minutes is not ok and it is very scary. So that was our adventure for today. Zachary is upstairs sleeping soundly, and I am now on my way. Love you!

Big ideas & big adventures

So Zachary and I have embarked upon our 5 week adventure, solo.... Sorta. We are in WY with my family. My dad is moving to Kenya on the 18th of January and will be gone for 2 to 3 years (depending on how fast he can get the plant functioning....), so I am helping my mom move to St. George UT. I came out early to see my newest nephew, Toby blessed. That was just today. It was wonderful to be with my family, but we really missed Greg. The pictures are definitely missing someone :(. As of right now, if we can make it, we are planning on being here until the first weekend in February when Greg will come and get us in St. George. So that is the big adventure, the big idea is that I'm going to TRY to blog at the end of each night and keep Greg in the loop and up dated with pictures of his baby. So here is our first 3 days in UT and WY:

On the road to Toby's blessing, with the cousins.

At auntie Cherry's house, laughing at her cooking cookies :)

AW, new cousin Toby Ray Plaisted born 12/25/09 7lbs 14ozs 21 1/4 inches SO sweet!



Cousin Joey showing some love to Toby, these boys are so cute.

Momma and baby boy, I seriously love him :)