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Welcome Little I

2011-03-07T09:48:00.005-07:00

Here are some pictures of little I. Its been a long time coming. Welcome to our blog little man! Sure love you and your happy spirit!!

Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years..

2010-01-03T20:23:00.008-07:00

It has been a while since my last post so I have a little catching up to do. Thanksgiving this year was at my big bros Lyles,in Lehi. What a grand feast we all partook of. The true highlight was Dad using his South African black kettle pot with 3 legs to cook our 25lb turkey!! It was pretty cool to see that. We all ate, ate and ate. Played a few games. It was GREAT. We then headed to the movie to see big dogs. What a day!

Oh and how could I forget... Sav was in her very 1st performance, she was in the nutcracker! She was a little jester and boy did she have fun! Her mom was worried that come performance time she wouldnt be brave enough to go on stage, but to her amazement, she was great for all 3 performances!! Her dad and I were so proud of her! WAY TO GO OUR LITTLE BALLERINA! Her cousin Sheldon was in it too, he did a great job as well!

Christmas.......

What a busy time... I spent a couple Fridays helping POPs with our annual chocolate dipping/candy making. That is always a grand time, learning his techniques I will always treasure. I have always loved to spend time with my POPS!! Those chocolates are always a big hit, thats for sure. On the 19th we had a Poll X-mas party, with hot soup and rolls. Santa even paid us a visit and brought Sav a ballerina barbie, she loved it, of course until she saw Mya's little pet shoppes. The 24th brought the annual Loveland X-mas eve party!! We were all there to join in the fun all 6 of us and spouses. I dont think anyone would miss the annual white elephant exchange and of course we were the lucky ones to get LEGGIT and the white elephant!!!! UGH. Christmas was great fun with little Savvy, she got spoiled as always, but to see the joy on her face was priceless!! Her favorite toys are of course her little pet shops. She will have fun this summer crusing in her barbie Jeep.

JP did have a nice stay in the hospital for a week. The MARSA staph infection came back for a visit in his leg. He started with high high temps and bad swelling in his stump. Finally after 4 days of IV antibiotics he went in for surgery. Because the swelling was still there and he had to have it drained. So again leggit has left us for a while...ugh. He is now doing oxygen treatment everyday for the next 20 days at a wound center. He also wears a pump on the wound to help in the healing as well. Hopefully he will be back to work soon..

New Years.....

I wasnt feel well, so we decided to stick around home. We did go to a motel with Posells, Lovelands and Goodsons for a little swimming and porker. It was for Sav and boy did she love it! She is a little fish and loved the water.

That about sums up our holiday, and one more thing Sav is now a SUNBEAM!! Her 1st day was today. It was a little rough, since I have been with her for 3 yrs in the nursery. She did have a hard time at first, but then I just left her with the teacher screaming and all.... but she was fine after a few minutes.

Last but sure not least.....I found out that we are expecting again and couldn't be HAPPIER about it!! I am due the 1st week in July. I have had 2 ultrasounds so far and baby is doing just great! Sav is excited to be a BIG sister. We told our families on Thanksgiving. Sav wore a shirt that said "BIG NEWS" "I AM GOING TO BE A BIG SISTER" Everyone is thrilled for us! Morning sickness is still not fun and nausea seems to last a good part of the day. But if that means a healthy baby, then I am all for it!

Happy Halloween....

2009-10-31T22:37:00.003-06:00

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......

2009-09-22T21:01:00.004-06:00

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.......

2009-06-14T18:48:00.010-06:00

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

2009-05-03T12:06:00.005-06:00

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

2009-04-13T18:22:00.005-06:00

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

2009-04-03T09:22:00.002-06:00

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........

2009-03-14T15:47:00.003-06:00

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.....

2009-03-02T18:44:00.004-07:00

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

2009-02-22T10:37:00.012-07:00

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

2009-02-08T18:36:00.003-07:00

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***

2009-01-18T19:30:00.006-07:00

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

2009-01-10T14:50:00.007-07:00

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?

Dora and Savannah

2008-12-30T14:12:00.003-07:00

The 2nd week in Dec, we took Savannah on her 1st trip to Disneyland....ya I know call us crazy..... A 2yr old and the the big Mickeys house. We had a grand time, despite a few break downs. A BIG shout out to Aunt Suzie and her fam for hooking us up and going with us to enjoy the fun!! Our 1st stop was at Sea World to see Shamu jump out of the water as Savannah would say. Then to Disneyland for 3 days. Non-stop fun, I tell ya! On our last day we stopped at Universal Studios. It was great to go back since I hadn't not been there since I was like 8. It was fun, Savvy LOVED Dora and Diego. Those were the 1st characters she liked, she was scared of them at Disney. I hope I can get the pic to load, they are my fav by far!

CONGRATULATIONS LYNN & CLAUDIA!!

2008-12-06T11:41:00.006-07:00

The deed is done Ol' Lynn J is married again! Congrats to you both and happy days ahead!!

We are going to miss you girls!

2008-12-01T10:03:00.002-07:00

Well, this weekend was the last weekend we got to spend with Karlyn, Hailey and Mya. Savannah has had GREAT fun with these girls! They have been fun to have around every other weekend!! Lynn will be getting married on Thurs, so they wont be coming over much anymore, i am afraid...:( It is bitter-sweet to be honest with you. I am very happy for Lynn and wish him happiness with his new bride. Blending families will be work, but he is great and Claudia(my new sister-in-law to be) makes him a better dad. I know it will take time for the adjustment to her house and her family, but in time I think it will be great! That also means he will be moving out... So now we can make his room back into a play room for Savannah. We love you girls and please ask your parents if your aunt Lana and uncle Johnny and Savannah can be in the roting weekend, every 3rd weekend would work fine for us!! We love you guys!!

Potty Time at the Polls

2008-11-08T16:55:00.001-07:00

Thats right kids.....we have started down the road of potty training!!! I am getting it down pretty good, ever 20 min or so "lets hit the pink potty" She is using pull ups but I think she thinks its just a diaper, so I guess im the one that getting trained right now! I have been searching for the thicker training pants, for right now anyway. All I can find are those thin panties. So the search will go on, I think when she gets those on and can really feel when she is wet, then maybe SHE will start the training....lol

Halloween 08

2008-11-08T16:33:00.000-07:00

Savannah so much fun, this year! We had a fun filled day, begining at my office where S did trick-or-treating through cubieland. Then we headed home for an hr of it around the neighborhood, she got so much candy, that we started giving it to the kids that came to our door. She was the cutest witch on the block!! When she would get to the door she would just say "candie" and hold out her hand. I am sure next year she will say the whole thing!

Alisha 's Creations

2008-11-05T08:10:00.000-07:00

Check out this blog creationsbyalisha.blogspot.com, my niece has made some pretty cool jewelry! She makes those awesome bracelet watches that are way popular. All of Smiths Corp are wearing them!

Savannah.....

2008-09-20T17:44:00.000-06:00

You are showing Stockton your snake..sssssss
Here you are with your favorite cuzins at Bear Lake This shirt says it all "Patience Tester"...but we sure love you. Savannah, my how you have grown!! you are almost 2 and you are the apple of my eye!! You are soo precious to me, I love you with all of my heart!! Your Birthday is next Sunday and I cant believe that 2yrs ago that I was in the hospital waiting for you to make your entrance into the world. I pray everyday that I will teach you how to behave and be a good little girl, the world is a wicked place, but always know that I and your daddy love you very much. I just love it when you call me Mama....it is soo cute, you are getting soo big. "Help Mama" is my favorite