Oh the fun of moving

So I haven't been able to update ANY of what has been going on.
Sorry.
I don't even know where to begin.
I may update with pictures later once I have them all organized.
For now all I can say is stress.
Appointments, moving, selling, and unpacking.
Moving can be such a job but at the same time it can be relaxing
When you have found the place.
We just love our apartment.
Sure it may shake a little but it's a reminder that we live near future temple.
Other than that it is great.
It's just the unpacking and find places for our things.
The best part is that I have the best partner that I could ever ask for.
I absolutely love when Casey is home and that he can help me.
Can I do things on my own?
I am sure that I can BUT
I like working together... him and I.
I like him involved because it's our home.
The one thing that I am completely ready for is being able to just sit and enjoy my kids.
I want to play with Eliana and Liam and not stress about finally getting everything unpacked.
The best part is we finally got rid of our couches and bought comfortable and perfect couches for our home.
Like I said before I will some day post pictures to all my page fans.
Until next time.

4 months 17 months

 Hellur Few Fellow Followers.
Finally have internet.

Liam 4 Months                               Eliana 17 months
14 lbs 1 oz                                     20 lbs 1 oz
26.5 in                                           30 in
size 2 diapers                                 size 2 diapers


Man time is flying by so fast.
Liam turned 4 months on the 15th making it his 1 month since brain surgery.
He is doing great for having gone through something so huge.
He loves to smile and baby talk A LOT.
We love it.
He obviously can't do a lot of things but he is making up by growing.

Yesterday Eliana turned 17 months.
This gorgeous and intelligent girl is growing and looking more like a little girl
and less like a baby.
She is still my baby.
She is loving being the overprotective sister.
She loves her brother and will defend him from everyone.
Early intervention was here and they were so surprised at how Eliana is very much ahead for her age.
They said she had a lot of sound.
She did but they didn't hear her awesome phrases.
She loves to repeat "Of course" or how she says it "A Jorse"
Her favorite is "Ah man!" or how she says it "Ah Meen!"

We are loving our new place.
Neighbors look friendly but maybe when the weather is nice and we are fully settled in I will have the courage to make friends....maybe...

It's a great townhome so we have our rooms upstairs with a bathroom and washer and dryer and walk in closets.
Ceiling are awesomely high!
Downstairs is the living room dining room and kitchen.
Not as high as upstairs but higher ceilings than our last apartment. And a half bath.
Love the microwave, ceramic stove top, and DISHWASHER!

The best part is the underground parking lot with an elevator and security. The whole place is gated with only entrance with access codes.
And the beautiful view of mountains and the new Provo Temple being worked on.
Man I sleep so much better, It could also be that we bought our first brand new bed. 
We got the courage to go to IKEA and we loved it too much. We'll be going back soon.
I will post pics of finished everything.

March 2013

So everyone that has my blog knows how busy I have just been and have had no time for blogging.
This is just a little summary of this month.
Besides the great trip back to the hospital the beginning of this month....
Liam is full of appointments. Mainly for June but has been seeing Neurology and Vision and Physical Therapy.
They haven't started exercises yet but hopefully soon. 

Since we were at the hospital for my birthday, a friend stayed and "baby sat" Liam while Casey and I went to City Creek mall in Salt Lake, by the hospital.
I got a little makeover.
It was not my style but hey it was relaxing.
I bought some expensive makeup.  I deserve it.
We ate at the Cheesecake Factory at my parents expense.
And just had a great time. It was a little hard. Maybe you can tell with the pics but it was still fun.

Eliana got to visit her great-grandma who is 98 going on 99 in April, with her grandma in Delta.
Heard she had a blast using her chair.
I know I had fun when my grandpa taught me how to use his electric wheelchair.

Eliana has developed a thing for hair.
She likes to play with my hair.

I was able to finally get a haircut since November. Phew it was a mess.
She cut it too short but in the end it worked out.
I have no time to deal with hair.
But I may grow it out after today.

We finally moved from our apartment. Thank you Nancy for helping.
Who knew I needed to clean every day so that I didn't take weeks to clean?
I was sore the next day. Should have just paid someone.
We now live in a great apartment, where I am not scared someone will break in.

We live in an apartment where you next a code to get in.
Underground parking.
3rd and 4th floor.
Yes it's a cute townhouse.
2 story.
Beautiful windows and high ceilings.
Eliana loves the stairs but I must be careful with her.
We have a pantry!! YAY!
2 bathrooms and a luxurious closet with a sink.
And a beautiful view of the temple or how Eliana likes to call it "Pentoe!"
Hopefully we never move again.
Well at least until Casey is done with school.

We also sold A LOT of our things and yet it feels like I sold nothing.
I use to tell my mom she needed to burn everything. At times I feel like I need to do that.
We also went to IKEA for the first time in our lives.
What were people thinking not convincing us to go before.
I mean really?
I wanted to buy EVERYTHING!
Since we sold a lot of things we bought new things.
We had our first new bed.
Note to self: (and others) When you buy an Ikea bed...do not buy one with drawers. You have to build it yourself.
We took 5 hours.
But in the end it was great. I somewhat felt like we were finally situated...in our bedroom.
Eliana thought we were building her a play ground.

Eliana found a new place to nap. The bottom of the staircase. IT must be comfy.

She is an Elmo fanatic.

Casey and i are talking and eliana is in the pantry when I start to sing an Elmo song. She quickly says "ELMO!" Gets out of the pantry closes the door while saying "OK! Elmo! OK! Elmo!" Runs in front of the TV points at it nods her head and puts both hands at her hip. "Elmo ok." She must have ADHD because as soon as that TV came on she went to the dining room. Ookaaay....

 As soon as the fridge door opens, everything becomes "Apple"

She has learned her ABC's but gets to g while skipping d and so on lol

Casey and I were able to go on a Date to the Beach Resort here.
It was a ton of fun. We ate, bowled and played some games.  
It's so nice to have a little time together.

 
The only thing that was not so great this month and it happened today, happened to Eliana.

Eliana has been picking at her ears for a while and we took her to the Dr.

She apparently had an ear infection. So they prescribed her some medication.

As a mother if you know something is not going to work do voice your opinion. 

Even though I did it didn't work, so be louder than me.

It has been exactly a week from Friday that she began to take it.

This morning as we got ready for church Eliana seemed red to me as I bathed her. 

Once I was done it had gotten worse.

I ended up taking her to the ER.

She had an allergic reaction to penicillin.

It was I suspected from the beginning, which did not take me long to take her to the ER.

I had a more deadly reaction to penicillin as a baby, I nearly didn't make it.

I was around Eliana's age.  

These children of mine and ER, Hospitals, Dr.s

I'm glad they were faster with Eliana and we were home soon. 

No matter what she was still the happy child she always is.

It was quite a month but I tried to make it short and sweet.

Moving

Its Sunday and I can't help but think all the things we have left at the other apartment.
Yes. Other.
We slept for the first time in our new apartment.
We love it.
Minus the carpet.
And the fact that last night for at least an hour we had two fire alarms going off. Not only beeping but repeating "battery is low" 15 seconds between each other.
It wasn't great but the dishwasher, microwave, awesome pantry, 2 toilets and the walk in closets make up for it.
The best part is I get a sink all to myself. We have an extra sink in our walk-in closet.
I think after the past month and the year to come Casey and I really deserves this home.
We finally feel relaxed and our kids love it.
Our neighbors seem really nice and a family introduced themselves last night in the elevators.
That's right...elevators.
I will post pics when I have more time but for now I will enjoy my little man who fell asleep on my chest.

Chaos...just chaos

So many things to do and I feel like I don't have all the time I need to get them done.
Liam is finally home.
We were able to bring him home last night.
What torture.
For him more than for us.
We finally found a new place.
Sooo much nicer and a great price.
I think.
That's all that matters right?
If it was just Casey and I,
I would pick the cheapest.
We have two kids now so cheap isn't always the best option.
Call me what you'd like,
Judge me if you must
BUT
The new place HAD to have
Dishwasher. My kids need me more than the dishes.
Washer and dryer hookups. I don't want to be taking the kids out for that. This place comes with washer and dryer. That's even better.
Tile in the dining area. This was the only thing that I couldn't find.
AND security. This place has it. The whole place is gated.
What do I love? We have the 3rd and 4th floor. It's a townhouse.
What's even better? No train to shake the walls.
Now the waiting for approval.
It was so hard to find a place sitting in a hospital.
We tried booking views of apartments in the same night and morning we'd be in Provo.
Nothing like it.
We had one night and morning to run errands before heading back to the hospital.
We had to squeeze it all while still trying to make time for Eliana.
The place is a total DISASTER!
And I don't feel like cleaning.
I just want to be approved, move everything we want to keep, keep the rest in the old apartment and have an indoor sale.
Much more easier.
I had many appointments to book and my heads going to explode trying to remember it all.
Now that the worst is over I'm starting to feel it all.
Finally relaxing and I'm getting nauseous, headaches, body aches,  the whole enchilada.
I'm just glad to finally be with my two babies.

16 months 3 months

It's been a while since I last posted something here.
Sorry for those who check.
The last couple of weeks have been crazy.
I have been working on Liam's new blog
So look out for that one.
Liam had been doing fine,
Or so we thought.
At exactly 3 months Liam was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
That evening he went into surgery.

Eliana.
My sweet little girl.
We didn't see her the last week of her 16th month.
We did see her on the 21st.
We took her to Wendy's while a friend stayed with Liam in the hospital.
When we left her she was talking and walking.
The week we had to leave her my mom took care of her.
She said "Eliana is the boss. You have taught her well and knows her schedule."
"She wakes up at 6 am.
I try bringing her to bed with me but she says 'Come!'
She stand in front of her high chair says 'UP yum yum!'
When she is done she pushes her tray and let's me know.
She gets down and straight to her "Your baby can read" 
CRYSTAL SHE CAN SAY GORILLA!!
What? We have been trying to get her to say it and now she says it when we are gone.
When she is done. It's time to eat again.
When she done she points at the TV.
She watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Elmo.
She eats.
It's back to baby can read.
She eats and then plays.
She eats before bed.
Oh! and she asks for her toothbrush too."
Oh sweet girl. You are so smart and only 16 months.
She knows so much.
We miss her.

We hope this month is full of better things and that our love as a family grows stronger and we learn from all of this.  

A Great Day!

Every day this semester Casey has class early and has to leave at 7:30 or 8:30. 

This means I have to be up at this time as well.

Unless the kids decide to sleep in.

Today I felt like Super Woman.

Only because Casey stayed and I was able to get several hours of sleep.

Thanks Love.

When I was finally up 

I made breakfast and off he went to school.

I had to give the kids a bath and couldn't just leave them unattended.

So I put the high chair by the bathroom while I bathed Liam and Eliana had some snacks.

After that I fed him and he fell asleep.

Which worked perfectly because I was able to give Eliana a bath.

Wish I had the camera for it.

Then Eliana had her nap.

After that I was on a roll.

I did laundry...making sure I didn't leave a single dirty thing...of course with kids that didn't last.

And surprisingly folded it all. Normally I put clothes to wash, forget to switch, or leave it in the dryer.

I cleaned the kitchen, put away the clean dishes, washed dishes, bottles.

Cleaned the bathroom, swept, mopped. 

Vacuumed. 

I had so much energy and by the end I was out of it.

But I was ready for Casey to just be home and be able to relax.

After I gave Eliana her bath I let her play.

I just watched.

I loved being able to sit and enjoy that moment.

To watch her and just think how much she has grown and learned this past year.

It was as if it was just yesterday that she was Liams age.

I enjoyed watching her play and laugh.

She was amazed at what she could do with a cup and water.

She would say "WOW" and giggle and look at me.

She would speak her own little language and I would pretend to know what she was saying.

I could tell she was having such a great time.

Liam was just all smiles during his bath.

Of course because I was talking to him.

I am so thankful with my Heavenly Father for giving me these two precious babies and Casey for giving me the opportunity to stay home with them.

We may be in debt with school loans but I don't regret having them at this time and being home with them instead of working to make money. 

I just love my husband, my kids, my life.