Happy Anniversary and an ER visit

And no it is not what you are thinking. So I'm a paranoid NICU nurse mom. I took Beya to the ER yesterday morning at 4am, because there is no instacare close by, only a wee care, but that is like going to get a monkeys opinion. She had at temp of 103,after motrin and a heart rate of 150-160. They were not concerned. So we went home, $150 dollars later! Happy Anniversary, Zach has put up with me for 7 married years, and 1 year of dating. So for our romantic evening we went to the Parrie Schooner, not very romatic, but very very good.

VENTING

Beya has cried ALL DAY, and I mean ALL DAY. I'm not exaggerating. She is teething, but will not take anything and spits everything out. I'm ready to go to work. In the time it took me to take the garbage out today, she moved the kitchen chair away from the table, climbed up on it, then climbed up on top of the kitchen table. Then moved her booster chair over to her highchair, and finally climbed on top of that. I walked around the corner to see her fall. So today she has climbed and fallen, thus leading to crying. And then has a tooth coming in, thus leading to crying. I don't want another day of a crying Beya.

Christmas Questions

Okay I saw this on Jen's blog and I wanted in too.
Eggnog or Hot Chocolate? Definitely eggnog for me, but my husband and kids prefer hot chocolate.

Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Usually everything is wrapped for the kids or if too big its in their Santa bag.

Colored lights on tree/house or white. Totally prefer white lights.

Do you hang mistletoe? NO, But I should that would be a fun tradition to have.


What is your favorite holiday dish? Candied Yams!! YUM


Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Daniks favorite thing about Christmas is "Getting a lot of presents." I remember my brother getting a power wheels and a gas tank. We played with that thing for hours and hours.

When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I can't remember. But I think the Spirit of Santa is real.


Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, we open PJ's so that we can have cute pictures the next morning.


How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? I let Danik do decorate the tree. All of the ornaments are at the bottom on 1/8 of the tree. I then fix it when he goes to bed. So far he has not noticed. The first thing Danik does when we get home, even in the middle of the day is turn the Christmas tree on.

Can you ice skate? Kinda Sorta, we live 2 minutes from the Ice Sheet and we never go, maybe we will go tomorrow.


Do you remember your favorite gift? Jelli shoes. I loved them, especially if they were pink.

What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Family. I love to be with my family. Even though they drive me crazy, I can't imagine the holidays without them. Our new traditions, now that Danik is old enough to play with toys, we stay home on christmas morning and have breakfast, and then family come. Danik's first response is "Do you have a present for me." And he will continue to ask for about 2 weeks, whenever anyone comes over.

What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? I don't think I have a favorite. I love all sweets and salt. My new found dessert that love is creme brule. It is to die for, I first had it on the cruise. I have to learn to make it.


What is your favorite holiday tradition? We go over to the Chatelain's house on christmas eve, but then we come home and open our one present, make a gingerbread house, decorate the cookies and leave them out for Santa. Our new tradition this year, we are going to have cake for christmas dinner, It's going to be a birthday cake for Jesus.

What tops your tree? Nothing, I can't find anything that I love. We did have star, but it kept falling over.


Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving. I love to buy for my kids and Zach. I love to spoil them.

What is your favorite Christmas Song? I love Believe by Josh Groban, and where are you christmas by Faith Hill.

Do you feel Christmas is too commercialized? Yes. I wish we could focus on the meaning of the season, instead of buying my great aunts, uncles, 3rd cousin a gift, which is suppose to mean something.

Madagascar 2

Tonight we went to Madagascar 2. Danik really liked it, but beya wanted to walk around the whole time. We will not be going to the movies again in the near future. UGGH!!

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Danik loves cartoons. So he is very excited when it is not a school day and he is able to watch cartoons. Beya will usually have nothing to do with the TV, but occasinaly will watch bits and pieces of WordWorld.

Cupcake Monster

My friends and I trade dinner everyweek. So I cook 1 time a week for 3 families and then they do the same. It's great. So yesterday I made cupcakes, Beya and Danik kept asking for one. Beya kept screaming and pointing so I finally gave in and gave her one.

The Carribean

Zach and I went to the carribean. It was so much fun we took a 7 day western carribean cruise. We flew out on saturday night at midnight and got into Atlanta for a 3 hour lay over. Then arrived in Orlando at 8 am rented a car and drove to Cape Canerval. We boarded the boat after 6 lines that you have to wait in. And we took a shower and went to bed. Then we went to the lifejacket/lifeboat drill. The first day was at sea, the Second day was Labadee Hati, we played on the beach and in the ocean all day. It was so fun to be with Zach and we were not missing the kids at all. The 3rd day was Jamaica, we sea kayaked to Dunn falls and then climbed the falls. I love the sea kayaking, and climbing the falls was fun. The 4th day was Grand Cayman, we went suba diving. I did not know but they weight you down so you can actually suba dive, well my mask did not fit properly and I kept getting a little bit of water in the mask and then I would breath it in and then I would panic. So I snorkled. It was a lot of fun their were 6ft long fish in the water, we saw the reef, not very colorful. A Tropical depression was comming in 6 hours so most of the fish were out deeper in the water. Then did some shopping about 1 hour and then had to board the boat. The last stop was Cozumel. We docked and then we got on a boat and went to the Yucatan 10 miles south of Cancun. This was our favorite part. We went and saw Tulum, then had lunch at a resturant on the beach and then we swam in the ocean. we loved it and did not want to leave.We got back to the boat just in time. Then the last day was at sea. That was when we started missing the kids. We docked at 7 am, we got up showered ate breakfast, got off the boat and rented a car and drove to Tampa to see my Aunt and Uncle. Went to dinner with my Grandpa and then stayed the night in Orlando. We flew first class, I felt like a snot, andthey feed you lunch in first class, and you get drinks 3 or 4 times. and they pass out snacks twice and not just peanuts, you get your choice of 3 or 4 things. When we got home the kids were so excited. I picked up Beya and see kissed me 3 times right in a row. Very Fun. Look forward to Cabo in March!!!

Halloween

Danik and I have spent a lot of time talking about what he wants to be for halloween. So we went to Target, and the first costume he sees he must have so he got a Ghost Rider costume. We went to the Treehouse enchantd forest, Danik was spiderman, and Beya was Cindy-lou-who. We had a trunk or treat and Danik was The Thing, Beya was Snow white. For the Chatelain Halloween party Danik was Batman, and Beya was a cheerleader/snow white. Danik had a Halloween party at school and he was spiderman. Halloween night we go trick or treating with our friends. Beya was Snowwhite, Danik was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Notice that Danik was never Ghost rider, I take that back when we went to Frightmares he wore it to ride the rides. Danik got soo much candy, Beya went to 2 or 3 houses. she loved walking around with the other kids, but could not keep up. Danik, Kanyon, and Josh were running from house to house. They had so much fun. Danik started asking when could we go trick or treating starting at 9 am and kept asking every half hour to every hour

Lagoon with Kayon

We went to lagoon with danik and beya for frightmares and we saw Kanyon while we were there so the boys went on a couple of rides together. Beya went on her first ride- the boats. She loved it and after she got off she wanted to go again. We have definetly gotten our money out of the pass.

Happy Birthday to Danik and Beya

It was Danik's and Beya's birthday party. I did not want to throw the parties together, but felt bad about having everyone come over on 2 seperate days. And Danik said he did not care. Beya had a princess birthday. I love having a girl to do the girl stuff with. And Danik had another superhero party. He loves his superhero's I tried to get him to do something else, but to no avail- Superheros again. I made the cakes, well with a "little" help from my friend Shannon. She is excellent at decorating cakes. It was a lot of fun.

New Car

Okay, so I put my car up for sale on KSL, and it sold! So now I need a new car. I have talked to so many different people about their cars and what they like about it and what they do not. I have also met enough yucky car dealers to last me a life time. I finally decided to get a VAN!!! I never in a million years thought that I would drive a van, but after driving the SUV's danik still could not get in himself, and especially not to the 3rd seat, if you can even call it a seat. So yeah I'm a soccer mom.

First Day of Pre-Kindergarten

The first day of Pre-kindergartenat Washington Terrace school of Music. What this means is 1- a lot more money for tuition, and 2- he goes 4 days a week. The little boy-Kanyon who lives behind us is going to go the preschool also. This is great so we are going to carpool. We will take in the morninng and Kanyon's mom will pick up.Yeah. Danik just missed going to Kindergarten this year by 6 days.

Gateway Water

All of the Chatelain cousins and danik's 3rd cousin, who happens to live across the street and they are great friends. We all went to the Gateway to play in the water and have lunch, if was a fun day. Beya was too nervous so she slept and sat and watched the cousins. We were going to go to the zoo after, but they all wanted to stay and play.

I scream You scream for Ice Cream

Both Danik and Beya love ice cream. We had to go and pick up my car form being repaired form the "little" fender bender, but it was not ready so we went to the Treehouse after playing we stopped on the way back to the repair shop and got ice cream, Beya would not allow you to help her eat it. So she ate it all by herself. The workers at Farr's we laughing so hard. They took a picture and put it behind the counter.

Park on a rainy day??!!

It was raining all week and the kids were going stir crazy, so we went to McDonalds and picked up some lunch and headed west to the park in Riverdale. To our amazement it was raining in the parking lot, but not on the playground they had a great time.

Lagoon Play date July

We went to Lagoon with our friend that live up the street. It was a lot of fun. Danik and Gavin loved the rides. Their favorite was The Bat, a tame roller coaster. They rode it 3 or 4 times in a row. Beya patiently waited in the stroller. No rides for her yet, mom is too scared to let her ride.

Bookworm

Okay, so I have so many books this last 2-3 weeks all of which were very good. I read some of Shannon Hale's books: Princess Academy, Goose Girl, and A Book of a Thousand Days. Loved book of A Thousand Days and Goose Girl. Then I read the Constant Princess, the Other Boelyn girl, and The Boelyn Inheritence. Very good, and sinfully entertaining. Then Breaking dawn was released on Aug 2, and I worked. So I took my "lunch" break and ran to walmart. It was crazy, and barely made it back in time. But the book was soo good. Can't wait for Midnight Sun to come out. Then I also got a bug in my ear to try and learn to sew. I know, me sew. I take all of our clothing to the dry cleaners to get a button sewn on. But I bought the material, a pattern, and a sewing machine. It is very time consuming and still don't have the dress made! For all the time I have spent I could have bought the dress 5 or 6 times over. But it is fun, I know I can't beleive I'm saying that. And I have been busy trying to plan a 1st princess birthday and another Batman birthday for the kids. I ordered beya's birthday cake accessories today and her birthday dress. Danik now thinks he needs a birthday outfit. I asked him if he wanted a dress, but he said no!!!

Very Busy Day

Today was a very busy day. First we went to go and find the new park everyone is raving about. We found it, but were unprepared, I thought it had maybe 2 or 3 squirt guns. But it was way more and a lot of fun. Daink and Beya were drenched and then the also have a great playground. Then we met up with Jamie and Ryan at Lagoon. Daink and Gavin got to ride some rides together. Beya hung out in the stroller. Vey fun and very hot. Tomorrow we are just going to stay home.

Too HOT to be outside

Today it was much too HOT to be outside, so we went to the Treehouse museum. At the Treehouse we watched a praticiplay house. Danik did not want to be in it. It was on the Princess and the Pea and he thought it was funny and Beya enjoyed it also whenever the audience would clap. Danik made a mask of a monster. Beya really liked looking at herself in the mirror and kept trying to kiss the other baby in the mirror. Then we went to the Library. Beya crawled from her bedroom out to the living room. She loves to move- this makes me tired.

First Hairstyle

Today I did Beya's hair. She screamed and Danik was mad because I was hurting her. Danik said "I'm going to tell daddy you are hurting her." But she was adorable. Zach is home. Good to have everyone home. Danik got to go play with josh. Just a day at home cleaning and doing laundry.

Neighborhood waterslide party

Today has been a very long day. I worked last night, came home slept really fast and then took danik over the Kanyon's house to the waterslide party. It was fun to chat with all of my friends. Then came back home and beya was awake, which means I missed my nap!!!Ugh. Danik had a belly ache for the rest of the day and beya wants to walk all over. Very tiring, and not easy on the back. Finally kids are going to bed and so am I. Zach is up in Park city, He said he went on a really fun ride today and tomorrow he will get an award for being one of the top 50 bike shops in the US. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Pictures

Yesterday was picture day for Danik and Beya. We had Skye Johansen take the photos. We drove all the way to Lehi. She is such a nice lady, havent seen their pic yet, but she did such cute things. Worked really good with Beya and Danik. Danik tried to be on his best behavior, but wanting attention got the best of him. a little time out! Grandma Lemon drove down with us, and we got to stop at "Donalds" on the way. The perfect lunch for Danik. Earlier in the morning planted phlox in the rocks in the front yard. I bought 20 plants and you can not tell that I planted anything. Beya went out and sat so nicely as we planted the plants. A very good girl. CANT WAIT TO SEE THE PICS.

Hi everyone. I wanted to start a blog so that I could journal what is going on with our family. It seems like only yesterday that Danik was born, Now he will be 5. He is busy planning a superhero/benten party. He asks everyday "how many more days until my birthday". Today we went to Lagoon. It was very fun. We went to lagoon a beach and beya walked around the kiddie land and Danik went down the waterslides. We had lunch and danik asked if he could have " you know mom I want some of those chips with cheese" Met up with the cousins and had a good time. All cousins rode rattlesnake rapids and ate ice cream cones, while nana had Beya and Gabe. Very fun. Before lagoon we went to the libaray to get another captin underpants book, but they were all checked out. Danik said" you know mom I really hate the little boy who has all the books". He was so bummed out, but we did get another Dav Pilkey book and a zombie book. After all this fun mom headed to work and Danik and Beya were tended by Grandma Lemon. Thanks Grandma Lemon.