Surgery

Maylee was born with an umbilical hernia, usually something that heals but just looks gross. I made sure everyday that it was soft so we knew it was ok. Then a couple weeks ago on Monday it got really hard and an after hours call to the doctor sent us to the ER to get it checked. Course after waiting for 2 hours it went away on it's own and was soft again, they told me to watch it especially if she appeared to be in pain or it was discolored. Then Thursday I got a frantic text at work from my sitter, it had gotten hard again and Maylee was hysterical. I left work and ran her to the ER again. Her bowel had slipped into the space left in her tummy muscles and had gotten stuck. We spent several hours waiting and they finally took her in for surgery around 6:30 that night. They pushed everything back in, closed the stomach muscles, and cut off the extra skin left behind. She spent about 24 hours in the hospital. It was sad because she is so smiley and she didn't smile at all til later the next day. She is now minus a belly button but seems happier and is all healed up. So glad my poor baby is all better.

Birthday Boy

Sadly, this is my oldest son, now 14 and way too grown up. It is an awesome and strange experience having this kid, who was once a 7 lb 21 inch baby, now tower over me and be a high schooler. He is such an amazing person and I love him and the relationship that we have. I really hope we will still be as close in another 14 years....LOVE YOU RONI!

Girls Galore

We had a bbq at Miss's house for Memorial Day and I got some cute pictures of my little girl and her many girl cousins. Emma and Channing were cuddling on the couch, so cute!
Keira, Emma, and Maylee, the dark haired beauties!

Keira was being so cute with Maylee, here she was giving her kisses! She wanted to hold her and was thrilled when her dad helped her, but Maylee is pretty big for tiny little Midge to hold so it was pretty funny.
The one time Maylee is happiest is in the bath, but she hates the before and after (aka getting dressed and undressed). I think she looks so cute in her little towel!

Big Girl

I can't believe it but my baby is almost 7 weeks old! She weighs 9 lbs 9 oz and is dong great. We finally got her on some acid reflux medication and it has already helped. I put her hair in a pony tail the other day, I'm pretty sure its the smallest ponytail in the world. I love dressing her up but most of her cute outfits are for warmer weather. She will probably grow out of them before it's nice enough...the joys of Idaho. She is a cutie though and I can't imagine life without her.

Weekend With The Twins

This weekend just the twins came to stay. It's hard to have them all here with so little room so we are switching between the older boys and Bryce and Brenon sometimes. On Friday we went to Amy's house. The kids all got guns and they were having tons of fun playing outside, they even included Emma (but she was the target so I'm not sure that counts). Hard to believe these boys are going to be 4th graders in just a few days!
On Saturday we went to see Miss and family. Channing and Maylee have the same dress so we dressed them alike and attempted to get a picture. As you can see that was easier said then done.
The boys were so sweet with Maylee, they never got tired of feeding her and holding her. With our crazy sleep schedule we usually don't get up for the day until 10, but without fail the boys would be in my room by 7 asking if they could take her. I was happy to oblige since it meant I got a couple hours of sleep. This is Bryce holding his baby sister after he fed her and rocked her to sleep.
Friday night Brenon picked out some jammies and helped give Maylee a bath. It was so cute how patient and loving they both were. This is Brenon, the proud brother, after helping get sister ready for bed. They really are amazing with her and I am so happy to see how much love they feel toward their little sister.

Plethera of Pictures

I have a ton of cute pictures and Jen encouraged me to do a post with a bunch so here we go! This one is her cute little outfit I bought her for Mother's Day. Alas, the crappy weather has made it hit and miss for her to wear most of her outfits instead of jammies.
This is the sweet little face I get to gaze upon while she sleeps peacefully in my arms. Too bad that's pretty much the only place she is so content. Sigh.
Look at those cheeks! 'Nough said!
Another adorable outfit of hers, paired with her curly mohawk, a recipe for total cuteness!

One Month Old!

Just some cute pics of my baby girl I took today after her bath. This one cracks me up, I think she looks like Dr. Evil saying "One Meelion Dollas"

I like this one cuz you can see her adorable dimple. She only has one and it's so cute. Love my baby!

More Maylee

Sucking her thumb, she couldn't get that paci from the other side of the bouncy chair so she took matters into her own hands, literally.

I call this one "I pity the fool!". Just rubbing her head with the towel after the bath ended in this curly mohawk. So cute!

Cute Baby Pictures!

I managed to capture a baby grin, she was sleeping but seems that her dreams were very pleasant. She kept smiling so big!

Maylee always has her hands in front of her face like this, I have a bunch of funny pictures of her with her hands like this, I call it the "No pictures please" look.

She looks so cute in purples and blues, which works for me since purple is my favorite color! Isn't she sweet?!

New Edition

This is Maylee Grace Anderson, the newest member of our family! She will be a month old on the 10th which is actually a day before her due date. Despite being an early bird, she is doing great. She is a shorty and don't let the chubby cheeks and double chin fool you, she is one tiny little thing! Her brothers are over the moon for her and this will be our first weekend all together.

It's Been A Long Time

I can't believe that so much time has gone by without me doing anything to my blog! I could offer up a whole range of excuses but it doesn't really matter in the end! I'm back in Idaho Falls, living with my sister Jen for now while I look for a place of my own. I missed the boys WAY too much and I wasn't able to see them as much as I thought I would so I was left with no choice but to move back to them. I'm glad I did it even though I miss Boise and my friends terribly. Tyrel is 13, in 8th grade, and playing football which he loves! Trevor is 11, in 6th grade, and keeps everyone laughing with his comedic asperations. Bryce and Brenon are turning 9 in just a few days, in 3rd grade, and playing flag football. They are all as sweet and adorable as ever and I am mostly in denial about how old they are. I love my boys!

Fast Forward

I have not updated since July, where did the time go? So let's do a brief recap:

August: Became employed! Starting my semester at CWI and a job with Quik Cash which I love, mostly because of the awesome chicks I work with.

September: Work and School and Work and School.

October: My babies turned 8 and got baptized! I gained my freedom and got a new apartment.

November: Bryce got glasses and he looks so cute but I haven't seen him in person yet. Still working and going to school. I'll be spending Thanksgiving with my manager (and friend) Tracey. It will be my first every year of not being with my family. I will miss everyone but with the help of medication should survive! My cord to my camera is lost somewhere amongst all the boxes I haven't gotten around to unpacking so more pictures will have to wait until I can get to it.

I hope everyone has an amazing Thanksgiving and I'm thankful for the part each of you play in my life!

Summer Fun and Fun in the Sun

My sister Amy came to visit with her kids Kaden and Emma for 5 days in June. Her husband had to go out of town to work so we took it as the perfect chance for her to come hang out in Boise. We had sooo much fun and the kids were comfortable right away. I think they would have stayed forever, in fact they did say they wanted to. Here's some of the fun stuff we did.

We went to the zoo and visited the nearby rose gardens. We also had a picnic lunch and the seagulls were being a little too bold for my taste.

We went on the paddle boats around this little stream and pond. Kaden and I were in a giant swan and Amy and Emma had a pelican. Kaden wanted to race everywhere, typical boy. It was funny to watch Em try to reach the pedals and help out.

We stayed at a hotel one night just for fun and to have access to a swimming pool! We swam once the first night and once the next morning before checkout. Our room was nice and seriously it was the most comfortable hotel bed I have ever slept on. Em's wore herself out and practically fell asleep sitting up that night.

We had such a good time and I'm grateful that she came and endured the endless husbandly comments about her spending money while he was making it! We loved it and I am hoping someone else will come see me soon, I'm getting lonely!!

Tyrel is 12!!

Tyrel turned 12 on June 10th. His dad and step-mom were kind enough to host a sleep over for him and his friends. I heard it was fun, if not incredibly loud and crazy. At least they were laughing and joking about things like robots and toys still and not about girls. Ty currently maintains that girls are gross (yeah right) so we'll see how long that lasts. This is the only picture I have of him during his week at my house. We all know how much he LOVES posing for pictures. We went bowling and he is really good! I was very impressed, he must have inherited the bowling gene from his dad. We went to the park so he could skip rocks and went swimming twice. Pretty much everywhere else we went he would get bored in 5 minutes and just want to go home to play video games. We also went to the new X-Men movie "Wolverine" with Trevor Coronado which I know he enjoyed. I think he had fun and even though we are officially at the beginning of the awkward stage I was glad he was here. Yes people, it is no longer cool to hang out with mom. Or to answer questions with more than one word. On June 14th I went to Shelley for his ordination. His dad got to officially make him a priesthood holder! He now passes the sacrament in church and got to MUTUAL...oh man when I made that connection I almost died. I am so glad that he has such a desire to do these good things. Check out how tall he is compared to Jakob, and yes he is by far taller than me. He is well on his way to "manhood", including his the awkward facial hair that is obvious but too fine to shave. On one of my visits home I was giving Bryce and shower and washed his face. He asked me why I was doing that and I said "You have a koolaid moustache" to which he replied "You don't make Ty get rid of his moustache". Oh gosh, they kill me! So if you see Tyrel somewhere and say hi, try not to stare at his upper lip, hope he remembered to put on deodorant, and don't feel bad if he acts like he doesn't know you.

Twinnerific!

A mere month later I am finally posting about the week I got to have Bryce and Brenon here with me. It was action packed so I will skim over it and put more pics up at a later date when I have caught up on it! So first we went bowling, it was interesting....for some reason the twins were taking turns being whiny and would be very frustrated if they didn't do "good" but then they cheered up and had fun (I think). This ball really isn't as heavy as Bryce is making it look! Good grief, you'd think it was a 15 pounder!

Brenon is quite the good bowler, even though he had bumpers he threw it straight many times. The funniest part (they both did this but Bren was more extreme) is that they would just run full speed to the lane and drop they ball, then run back. Oh man, you'd have thought they were throwing grenades!

Pojo's is a must for the boys and we had a lot of fun that night. This is them on the bumper cars, a family favorite. Bryce is pretty lucky with hitting the button on games at the right time to win tickets but Brenon was a ticket fiend, frantically trying to amass as many as possible. Thanks to Ramil, at the end of the night they both walked away with an armload of prizes!

This was our at home movie night. We got Spy Kids 3-D from the library and it had the glasses so we watched it but Bryce wasn't as into wearing them as Brenon (note the unenthusiastic thumbs up on the right).

It was a fun day at the park for mom and the boys. We had a picnic, then walked around on a nature hike looking for the items we put on our list. Brenon was loving putting leaves between the pages of the notebook and making a rubbing of it. Bryce was Mr. Safety keeping us informed of nearby dogs, getting too close to the water, or whatever else might spell trouble. I have a super funny story about the park but it will have to wait. I will post more pics and stories later. Sorry I got so behind. My computer is on it's last leg so at the latest I will be blogging up a storm in August when I get a new one!

Switch

Saturday Trevor and I drove to Twin Falls to bring him to his dad and get the twins for me. Jakob and Melissa wanted to do a temple session so the boys and I went to a couple parks, had lunch at McDonald's, and then spent about 45 minutes walking around the temple and taking pictures. The boys kept calling everything on the temple grounds "holy", so it was holy grass, holy rocks, holy water, ect. I was sad to see Trevor go, we really had fun. It was great to see the twins though and as we left Twin Falls one of them made the comment that they missed Trev and didn't want to leave him. So now we have a couple weeks with Bryce and Brenon in Boise, it should be fun and I will make sure to get plenty of hugs and kisses for all the missed time.

Trevor's Trip, In Review

My computer has been acting up more often than not, so instead of the daily posts, I will do one quick recap of each fun filled activity that Trev and I experienced this last week.

At the movies (Night at the Museum), Trev ate a giant tub of popcorn almost by himself.

Smelling a rose at the Rose Garden in the Julia Davis park right before we went to the zoo.

Getting eaten by a tiger at the zoo; we had so much fun and couldn't get from one exhibit to another quickly enough for Trev.

Thumbs up for the cake he made with a little help, he ate most of it too!

And finally, today we went to a different park and were delighted to see the fountain was on. Trev was wishing we had our swimsuits but I pointed out we didn't need them! The cold water spraying over the sides felt great since it was like 86 degrees outside. We spent about 2 hours just walking around, playing ball and frisbee, and relaxing.

All in all it has been such a great time having Trevor here all by himself. Tomorrow we meet dad in Twin Falls to exchange him for the twins. I am looking forward to that but can honestly say I don't want him to leave. He was so good and I hope maybe we can do it again before the summer is out.

Future Photographer

Trevor snatched the camera a few times to take some pictures of his stuffed animals, airplanes, and other random items. I have to admit he has a good eye and I couldn't help but laugh when I saw these!

Cuddles the dog tucked into the pocket on the back of my seat.

Cuddles in the bushes outside.

Leon the lion (his paws are magnetic) clinging for dear life to he lamp.

Time Flies...

I can't believe it's been so long since I blogged!! My computer was acting up, making it impossible to do anything but the basics, and then I went back to Idaho Falls for 10 days for a visit. I have tons of pictures and stories from that but I'll save them for when I have nothing else to talk about; because right now I do! Trevor came home with me for one full week of mommy and Trev time. We're having lots of fun and keeping busy. Here's what we've been up to so far: Monday we went to the park and walked around. Trev was a little scared of the geese, they hissed a lot because there were a few babies around, but he managed to stay calm. He really liked the walking path and we are planning on hitting a couple more parks while he's here.

After our walk, Ramil took us bowling which was lots of fun. Trevor was a little grumpy the first game. I didn't know about the fancy bumpers nowadays, they would come up automatically for him and go down for us. So the first game we played with none and he was getting frustrated, even though he did have some nice shots. The next two games he had bumpers and really cheered up, partly thanks to the nachos and rootbeer Ramil bought him. We had a fun time and I'm looking forward to going with the other boys next time. Today Trevor had to endure lots of mom's doctor appointments and otherwise just wanted to play video games. We had tacos for dinner (he ate 3!!!) and now we're watching a movie. We have lots more fun stuff planned so stay tuned...

Sick Bed

I know I haven't posted for a long time but I have a good reason. I had sinus surgery last Monday, it was my fourth one so not really a big deal. Everything went fine, it's more one of those deals where you aren't well enough (or allowed) to do much but not in so much pain that they give you the kind of drugs that allow you to remain comatose. So this is a picture of where I have been for most of the last six days....my bed. Complete with laptop, phone, t.v. remote, and books. I am slowly getting better, still get worn out quickly, but I will be back to my high functioning self soon, ok well medium functioning self.