Happy Halloween....

We had great times this weekend... 1st off to start the festivities Fri I dressed up as MJ and headed off to work, nothin much but a white shirt and black pants and of course cant for get the glitter socks and glove!! Boy was I a BIG hit. Oh and I cant forget my boss brought me a monkey hand puppet, so I was set..bubbles and all. I had a great time parading around the halls and leaving a great glitter trail all over the place. To my amazement I took 1st place in the contest and took home a cool hundie!! That was the best way to start off the weekend. Sav came down and trick-or-treated at work, then we were off the ABC to join the fam for Lisa's b-day. After dinner we all went back to out house and carved pumpkins!! fun fun.

Sat the 31st was ready to hit the streets for more candy...she was a M&M witch, blue face and all!!

My baby is Turning 3......

as I reflect back on this week almost 3 yrs ago, there are a lot of things that i want to write down before I forget. I went to see my ob on a Monday and he told me that he would like to start me the next day and I was like "no, i have a baby shower on thurs" He told me that the sooner the better to get this little gal out, because the fluid around her was getting low and my blood pressure was getting a little high. So when i went to work the next day, I told them we needed to move the baby shower to Wed, because I was going to be a MOM on Thurs, so sure enough, the baby shower was moved to Wed and little miss Savannah was born on Thursday Sept 28th..... I labored all night long and pushed for a good 2 hrs, before she finally came at about 9:30am, weighing in at 7lbs 6oz. Perfect little thing, eyes black as charcoal and no eyelashes...but cute cute non the less. She was perfect! Johnny was the only one in the room and he was very very sick, so he wasn't having fun. I was so very excited to finally meet her, that I was in a little bit of shock and couldn't believe that I was finally a mom. What a great great experience.

She will be turning 3 in just a few days, and boy is she the light of my life! We have had a great summer with her. Potty training, camping, zoo, pool, water slides. We have been busy, but it has been so fun. She is talking in sentences and even telling her mom and dad "time out, time out" when we argue, it is funny how much and what she learns so quickly. She is truly a blessing to us. We Love you Savannah! Happy Birthday! We will be getting you a littlest sha pops and a green ball that you want!

Random Pics.......

Tired of the belly shot........here are some cuter ones The Mom
Rosie and Mobie, best buds!
Sassy SaVers

Classy SaVs

And last, but not least, J still is without Leggit. Poor thing just sits in the corner....(Leggit that is) Surgery #2 SHOULD be a sucess! (We are hoping and praying)

Sleepie SunDee

Here are my 2 loves, in their best positions....laying down and asleep!


AnyWho, there is nothing new at the Zoo! We did get a new baby kitty named Rosie and Sav lobes her so so much "mom" (she says). She is gray with no tail. She is very playful and Sav loves to SQUEEZE her. She is learning to run and hide now!

P&G just celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Fri May 1st. It was a lot of fun, we ate dinner at Maddox and then had a small open house for them at the ward house and of course I forgot my camera..ugh. I was in charge of the flowers they turned out pretty good, if I don't say so! They had pink and turquoise carnations so I thought it would be fun and got the same colors. Lynn was in charge of the cake and boy did his wife deliver!! IT was beautiful floating tears it was big and beautiful! The true highlight! She spent a lot of time on it, it was perfect! The rest of the table was decorated with moms white candle holders and big 8x10 pictures of their wedding day. It was nice. We also had a wall of pictures of all of kids and grand kids and Lyle put together a video of all of our old slides. Fun was had by all!



We took Sav to big tub and added bubbles! She had a great time splashing around

Easter Fun

She didnt like the EB that much as you can see. She was determind to sit on his lap by herself though!




This year was a busy one, Easter egg hunts everywhere.... The Lovelands festivities this year was at Lyles. It gave us all a chance to see his house. Thanks LD for being the host this year. We had great food and an egg hunt for the kidd-o-s.

Steven Checketts

I just wanted to write a short post about my cousin, Steve Checketts. He passed away suddenly 2 and 1/2 years ago. His daughter just posted a cute little post about her adorable daughter Emily. Please visit her blog http://buzzinblacksons.blogspot.com/ to read it, it is very touching, have a kleenex close. Thanks Stef for sharing. I wish I had a picture of him to post on my blog. I have very fond memories of him. I too miss him dearly.

Yummy Yummy........

My hubby may not have two legs to stand on right now, but man he is a great homemade ROLL maker! I came home to these beauties on Thurs. Nice n warm with homemade jam...they were delicious. Watch out Martha...here comes JP.

We are hoping to get the "round 2 " stitches out on Monday, the hole looks really good, nice and closed from what I can see, so cross ur fingers with us, that the HOLE is closed and I can stop bloggin about the stupid thing..hehe

Not good news.....

So....J had an appt with Dr. Sellars (one of the BEST cosmetic surgeons in Ut) today in HIGH hopes that his stumpie would be on the mend, but to our dismay, the stupid blank blank and a peep peep is NOT CLOSING. What to do???? So Dr S proceed to re-stitch it, and he might be sending him to a wound treatment place for a little hybobaric treatment, not to mention he has been denied any sort of disability pay from workers comp. SO today has really been a bumer for me. I cant image what poor J is going through. I have only been through this rough road for a short time, where he has had to deal with this on and off since 1990! So here we go again...keep it above the heart and pray pray pray that it will eventually close. (Love you J, keep smiling)

We have had a bit of set back

Shoot I had this all typed about and I lost it somewhere in blogland, dang it! Anywho J's leg hit a stopping point and had to be operated on after all, so now he must keep it elevated above his heart, no so it can heal. His cute little Mormon Tab choir singer Dr, seem to think this will be the end to "never closing/healing HOLE" We HOPE as this has been not fun for us at the POLL's.

We also have been having a ton of snow lately so Savy decided she wanted to play in it. After she kept throwing snow back on the sidewalk that I had just finish shoveling I decide to put her in the snow bank...



She continues to sleep with me...ugh, but each morning we must start the day with the song Twinkle Twinkle little star. She is starting to put words together it is fun. The other song she really likes is Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam, so fun to sing that with her. I am soo glad to be her mom!

J's leg is healing

Just a quick update...J stumpie is healing great, its just very very slow, he is trying as much as possible to keep off of it, because it does heal faster when leggett is not attached. The hole is getting smaller, thats the great news. He will be back to work all week long, this week, still with help of his niece though.

Savy is having great fun with my friend Carrie who is here staying with us. Carrie even got Sav to sleep in her bed the WHOLE night without getting out once! (she has not stayed in her own bed for months) Love you Carrie! Sav calles her Cherry, it is soo cute.

I BIG congrats goes out to Carrie....she will be getting hitched in June!! We are very excided for her and cant wait to be able to go to Canada to participate in all the festivities that come with a wedding....

Caution if ones Queezy***

Yes we are still battling the ever hole on J stummpie...ugh. I have been packing it with gauze twice a day, in hopes that it starts healing from the inside out!! We go back to his DR tomorrow to see how well I have done at packing it. It all started over a 1 yr ago with just a little sore that wouldn't heal so I am hoping it is on track now. He has been off work for 4 weeks now. He has been working 2 days a week with the help of his niece..."Thanks Tiff" she has been his legs and he has been the driver. Also a big shout out to his employer "P" for understanding that having a "below the knee amputee" you have these trials and set backs.

Don't view the pics if you have sensitive eyes and a week stomach.......





And last but not least Sav got hair cut #2 we are trying to get it to fill in. Now its really stort snif snif.. goodbye curls (i hope they will be back.) This week she starting telling me that she missd me "mom". She runs to me and hugs my leg when I get home from work. So so PRICELESS.

New Years

Happy New Years everybody....A little late but what can I say! I have been busy working 2 jobs, being the Nurse to my husbands wounds (shoulder surgery, and stitches to the leg stump)the mommie, taking car of the MIL and the whole BIT! While doing the cleaning, cooking & taking down the X-mas decor! As my older brother said... "I am a WOMAN hear me ROAR!!! I love you Lyle...:) J will not be back to work for a week or so still, depending on the healing of his leg. Prosthetics and stitches don't go together.

We had fun New Years..... Crazy aunt Suzie, and Tara came over for some Karaoke and Madison joined the party a little bit later. We had a seafood buffet, it was delicious! Savannah had her friend Tex come over and spend the night, she had a great time playing with him. Thanks Ben and Chal for letting Tex come!! He is a Q-T!!

This is stumpie.........healing nicely...dont you think?