Check ups, food allergies and meetings.....

I thought Brielle's 15 month check up appointment was yesterday afternoon, but after not getting a confirmation phone call the day before, I called yesterday morning to make sure and the idiot receptionist had scheduled it for Friday. I know for a fact she told me wednesday on the phone and I am going to be extremely busy friday getting ready to go racing that night, so I knew I wouldnt have done it that day. Anyway, we were able to reschedule for this morning. She is FINALLY 20 pounds and she is super long at 30 inches. She had to get two shots, but she seems to be handling it just fine now.

I asked the doc about Owen because the poor kid has been having some pooping issues. He is potty trained, but he still sleeps in a diaper or pull-up because he is unable to stay dry at night yet. He wakes up in the morning and poops sometimes and its terrible! Okay, so a little history, we have know since Owen was under 2 years old that he cannot handle apple juice. It goes straight through him and gives him aweful diarrhea. It actually gives him an instant rash, but its more like it burns his skin. Anyway, lately that has happend a few times, and I had no idea why. It has actually happend alot over the last 3 years and we just thought it was Owen. We know for sure though that happens when he has apple juice. Well, a couple of weeks ago when Forest's parents were here, he had a really bad day where he would have super small accidents in his pants and when he did make it to the toilet, it was super watery. I asked the doc about it today and she said it sound like a possible food allery to her. I was thinking, oh great, how am I going to figure this one out! As I was putting Owen down for his nap, I got to thinking, and when Forests parents were here, Sheryl had bought a big bag of apple slices, adn we had all been munching on them like crazy, including Owen. So, apparently, Owen must be allergic, or at least has a bad reaction to apples. Poor kid. He has had a decent amount of apples lately, and his diapers have been aweful. I am in the process of trying to get his little bum cleared up right now. So no more apples for Owen!

Wow, that was alot. Hopefully that wasnt the most boring thing ever...haha! We have our montly car club meeting tonight also. I always look forward to that.

Pictures, being sore, and check ups

These pictures are all from this past weekend.

Brielle ADORES her uncle Bryce (my brother)

Man, I am sore today! I did a pretty good workout on the Wii Fit yesterday afternoon and then after dinner we hooked up the kid trailer to Forest's bike, and we all went for a bike ride, neighbor kids included. It was alot of fun, but I am paying fo rit today. I can't wait to do it again hopefully tonight. Brielle has her 15 month check up this afternoon and she will be getting shots, so we will have to see how she is feeling. I am anxious to see how big or should I say, how little she is. She was 17.5 pounds last time at her one year check up, so hopefully she is at least 18.5 or more.

I will update on her appointment for sure tomorrow.

It's about time!

Sorry I have been a slacker to anyone that reads this regularly! We had a crazy busy weekend. Forest had a four day weekend and we got a ton done! He worked late Thursday night, soI decided that our main bathroom needed a makeover. I went out with kids in tow and bought new stuff for the bathroom, including paint, and new flooring. Thursday evening after the kids went to bed, I got started. I painted the ceiling that night. Friday, I did two coats of paint on the walls and put in the new "stuff". Friday night, we did the floor. Man, what a difference it made! It looks pretty stinkin good if I do say so myself! Saturday I spend the day cleaning up the rest of the house and then we went our for Chinese food, yummy! Sunday we went to Church and then my parents and brother and his girlfriend, Kara, came over for a BBQ. We had yummy hot dogs and hamburgers with baked beans and chips, and strawberry shortcake for dessert. It was YUM and we had a great time hanging out and playing with the kids. Then yesterday I FINALLY did the dreaded grocery shopping. Oh how I pretty much hate grocery shopping. I love some good retail therapy, but groceries suck! And at last today, I am still not able to relax! Haha, relax, thats funny, right?!?!? Our lawn needs mowed and since I am so super nice, or maybe crazy, I offered to mow the neighbors lawn too. Her husband travels alot for work and he is out of town for the moment and her lawn needs mowed bad! OH and to add to the weekend, we also dog sat for the neighbor. They have THE SWEETEST pomeranian EVER. I totally forgot she was even here most of the time. She is such a good dog! Here are some bathroom pictures. I LOVE it!

I got my hair done yesterday and the color looks awesome. Its perfect and exactly what I wanted! Forest ended up working late late late lastnight. They had an emergency and it needed to be fixed asap. He didn't get home til 1am. I hate when that happens. Since he was going to be home so late, I stayed in Hermiston a bit longer so the kids could see papa and uncle Bryce. They had a good time with them, but they both fell asleep on the way home, so I put them straight to bed. It was only 8am. Thats close to Brielle's bedtime, but it was about 7:30 when she fell asleep. Same with Owen and he usually goes to bed about 8:30. So, needless to say, they were up EARLY this morning. Like 6am early, yikes! Being that I didnt get to bed til after 1am since I couldnt sleep, I am going to be a bit tired today. I need to try to get the lawn mowed too. Ugh!

Not a whole lot to report today. I am getting my hair colored and trimmed though! I can't wsit, its badly needed. We had to give in and turn on our air conditioning in the house yesterday. It feels MUCH better, although I still need to get used to it because it still feels a bit warm to me. Oh well, off to the salon I go!

Wow, what a weekend!!! We were extremely busy. Saturday we had our carshow and it was a huge success! It went perfect and could not have been any better. The weather was awesome also. Forest got 1st place with his car, which was awesome because he had some pretty good competition. Paul (Forests Dad) cleaned house! He ended up going home with four trophies. He won first place with both of his cars (cars were in different classes) and also poeples choice and officers choice with his 1972 Dodge Charger. WOOHOO!

Forest's car

Pauls Charger


Paul and Sheryls Challenger

Yesterday we didnt do a whole lot. We had to teach in Owen's sunday school class at church and then we came home and all four of us took a nice long nap. I still dont think I am quite caught up on sleep though.

It was in the low 90's yesterday and I am so ready for it to be warm....but not quite that warm yet! Its supposed to be the same today and I believe it because when I took out Brielle's stinky diaper this morning at 7:30, its already hot!!! It is supposed to cool down to the 80's for the rest of the week though. Let hope!

I posted yesterday, but it must have been having issues because it would not work! So, here we go again.

Sheryl (Forests mom) bought Owen the Toy Story movie a couple of months ago and hei s in love with it! Well, we let him stay up late and wait for Grammie to get here wednesday night. And Gramma, like usual, had prizes! She had found Owen a Woody doll. He was so excited when he opened it up. The next morning, Owen, Grammie and Daddy went down for coffee. On the way home they got Owen all jacked up about Buzz being lost and Woody having to find him. So, sure enough when they got home, Grammie had abother prize. Theyfound Buzz! He is on top of the world.

She also got Brielle a cute outfit and a little doggie purse. SHE LOVES IT. She puts it on her shoulder and struts around all over the house with it. It is the cutest thing ever.