Tyler and Heather Huish

New Blog

2011-09-16T11:59:00.000-07:00

Hello out there! :)
I just thought that I would inform the masses that read my blog (Ha... right) that I will no longer be posting on this one... I have started a new private blog :) If you really want to follow that one please leave a post with your email and I will send you a invite! :) I will delete your email address when I send the invite. :)
Thanks
Heather

Start Your Engines!

2011-07-17T21:53:00.000-07:00

I swear! I have gotten on this blog 3 times this week with the intention of writing some amazing post... then I start reading everyone else's amazing posts and there is nothing to be said for the Huishs. So here I am dad-gum-it! I will post if its the last thing I do tonight... which will probably be the case!

Now Where To Start?!

Life at the Huish house has been fun... (most days)! The arrival of Stacie Lynn was cause for an adjusting period but we are loving our little family! Landon has been an amazing big brother! When Stacie cries he goes into protective mode and begins to softly sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." I love him! It is cute to see how big brothers instinctively look after their little sisters! I can't tell you how happy that makes me! Of course he is a three year old and can be quite a stinker! He enjoys pouting (not so fun) and that is what we have the hardest time with. I am sure this is what I deserve though since I was exactly the same way for my parents... as everyone likes to remind me. :)

Landon likes to fill his day enjoying food, art projects, and anything that has to do with Lightening McQueen or Thomas the train! He is a pretty loud kid and is complete with all sorts of sound effects. The other day I sat down to race some cars with him. He leaned back with his head raised to the ceiling and shouted, "Gentlemen Start Your ENGINES!!!!" I rolled the car backward (it is one of those cars you pull back then let go and it zooms away) and he gave me an outraged look and put out his hand to stop my car. "Mom! Start your engine first!" haha I made some sort of revving sound, then waited for him to rev up his other two cars before we could race! I love being with him and am grateful that Stacie still takes 2 naps so I can spend quality time loving on him!

Stacie is basically perfect! If she was a color she would be yellow! I can already tell that she has a big heart! She loves smiling at everyone. She is happy to just lay on her belly and chat to whomever or whatever she is with! She loves laughing at Landon! Today after I finished nursing her Landon was crawling around her changing table playing with the curtains and she was cracking up! She is a busy body and wants to grab everything right out of your hands... and boy is she quick! When she gets really excited or frustrated she spits and vibrates her lips which totally cracks me up!

Tyler is pretty busy with work and our schedules are kind of crazy... and don't always compliment one another, but that just makes us appreciate the time we do get to spend together. :) I appreciate him so much! He is so good at making me feel appreciated and loved!

So, there you have it! I am one lucky duck! I have been blessed with a family that I cherish more than I thought possible! I never thought that it would be so rewarding to be a mom. I am finding that I am most happy when my family is happy doing the things that Heavenly Father has asked us to!

July Randomness

2010-08-10T20:50:00.000-07:00

So July seemed like a very long month!

Here is Lando sporting a winter hat that is too small for him as well as a pull-up (which he absolutely loves... more on that later...) just driving his truck around like no body's business!

Side note.... I think it is fascinating how boys seemed to be wired to understand cars... Whenever we are driving Landon points out other peoples cars... not just by the color or size... the actual model! The other day a white Equinox pulled up next to us and Landon was so excited that there was Mom's car! He's amazing!

We had a fun 4th of July. Landon and I went to the ward breakfast while Tyler was working. We managed to lay low until Landon was walking on the bench of a table and fell between the two... then everyone noticed us! :) Oh man. Once again I believe I'm in the running for Mother of the Year!

Sunday night we got together with Holli and Brenley's families and went out to watch fireworks! Landon learned how to use the camera while we were waiting and proceeded to give himself a photo shoot of his face. Now he loves the camera and always wants to take pictures! Maybe he will have a natural talent! :) Or maybe he is a 2 year old that likes to investigate like all the rest!

Landon's June Faces

2010-08-10T20:29:00.000-07:00

Landon has such a funny personality! He has always been a pretty serious little guy but he has some fun faces! Of course I can never catch any on camera but here were a few of his fun faces in June!

Ahh yes... the "cheese" smile... I'm hoping that this one doesn't come out too often when we get our family pictures done soon!

I'm not sure what this is from but this is the face he gives Tyler and me when we ask him to do something that he doesn't want to but knows that he's not going to get away with it.
PS... Please don't judge the kitchen cabinets... they are in the process of being stained... the very long process that has been going on since we moved into our house!

This is where Landon decided to eat his lunch one day! He was so proud of himself it was cracking me up! Despite the fact that we don't like him eating outside the kitchen I let it slide! I just couldn't help it!

He loves accessories... sometimes this makes me worry. It's not just the sunglasses he's into... necklaces... headbands.... the works. I do worry a little that if I have a girl that I'm going to have to do some serious Boy socializing with Lando. For now its fun... He would definitely choose a truck or ball over a headband so I am safe for now I think!

Yes it is True....

2010-07-19T06:57:00.000-07:00

Landon is going to be a big brother! I'm pregnant once again! We are very excited! Seeing as how Landon came while we were not trying to get pregnant I thought it would be fun to try and plan this little one.... I decided that January would be the month for us. That would make the birthdays 6 months apart. I figured that if Tyler and I ever had anymore children I would simply fill in the other gaps.... April then October.... we shall see.... at the moment we are thinking we are done! Then believe it or not the planning worked! We got pregnant the week I wanted us to and now we are hoping that this baby doesn't come too early and is born on our anniversary.... or New Years!

Anyway... that's the scoop for now! Just thought I better put it out there before people start wondering why I am putting on the weight!

PS Holy Canoli It is so true (at least for me) that you show sooner earlier! Golly I feel huge!

The Cold sore from ____

2010-07-18T17:22:00.000-07:00

Tyler got the worst cold sore ever. A half dollar would barely cover the blistering, scabbing sore that plagues the upper left side of his mouth. I think he got it from one I had on my nose.

Well, when Tyler gets sick, everything gets sick -- his immune system can't keep up. So he first started with the cold sore - attack 1 -- and the immune system was wiped out. In came the flu for a nasty three day blow, and finally a cold that has left a sinus infection and a dried out, cracking nose, bleeding randomly throughout the day.

Sorry, no pictures for this post; I couldn't bare sharing knowing that you may loose your lunch when confusing Tyler's face for an outer-orbit shot of Mars!!!

--;)--

My First Flowers!

2010-05-17T08:45:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not these are the first flowers I have ever received from Tyler!

He is a strong believer in not buying gifts that do not have a long life expectancy!

I was so surprised!

I loved them, loved them, loved them... and then they died. :(

Project: Yard

2010-05-17T08:25:00.000-07:00

So fixing up our house has been our on going project this last year. Tyler and I have started SO many projects... and most of them are still in the works! Hence... there haven't been any

pictures of our new house since we moved... Oops!

Well... Here is one of the projects we are getting closer to finishing... the YARD!

We have been blessed with so much help on this project!

Here is Landon hanging out with his Uncle Eric (Ewik). They are great pals!

Tyler striking a pose! ;)

Naturally... Brenley and I were sent off to get more gloves and drinks for Tyler and Eric!

Tyler and Eric digging the trenches for our sprinkler system. Eric and Brenley took of a whole day to come and labor in our yard! They are so amazing! I am inspired by their selfless service!

Landon was just happy to be outside! He is so much like Tyler!

My boys!

Even my wonderful pregnant friend Asheli helped! She's amazing!

So the yard now has a sprinkler system and the concrete has been poured around the area for the grass. Tyler has constructed a big planter box, and will soon begin another one. Landon and I spent one day planting flowers. We put in grass plugs as a family so hopefully... someday... it will start growing! :) Maybe next time SOD! At least we are getting close to the

end of this big project!

Out of Africa

2010-05-17T08:10:00.000-07:00

Okay... I know that my blog is sad right now.... The problem is that it was discouraging to log on and see the fun things people were doing and how cute their blogs are and all the cute pictures when I haven't been able to make the time to do any of those things. I figure that I better get back on board with this so that I have it for memory sake! After all... its not that I don't have super cute pictures of our little family! :)

Here is our spring break trip to Out of Africa!

Always a pusher and never the passenger!

Did you know that 1 ostrich egg is the equivalent of 12 dozen chicken eggs?

(At least that's what I think the tour guide said)

Here is Pilgrim the friendly giraffe that we fed! Landon loved this guy!

Getting ready for the Safari Tour ride

Of course we are surrounded by amazing animals and Landon is in love

with the big Tonka Trucks!

We absolutely loved our little African trip!

It was nice to get away and just spend time together. Too often Tyler and I have been just seeing each other in the evenings after work and school. We do our homework then go to bed. We really needed this time to bond as a family! I am grateful that I have been blessed with

two fantastic guys in my life!

Hanging Out a Brenley's Wedding Events

2009-11-30T09:34:00.000-08:00

Just Pictures

2009-11-30T09:28:00.000-08:00

Landon's Sticker-pox

2009-11-30T09:23:00.000-08:00

The Buddy Walk

2009-11-30T09:15:00.000-08:00

Lando's Birthday Party

2009-11-30T09:10:00.000-08:00

Sea World Pictures

2009-11-28T14:57:00.000-08:00

These pictures are all out of order.... This is the flamingo parade. Apparently everyday the people in charge of the flamingos open the gates and invite whatever flamingos feel like going to parade around the streets of Sea World! They are funny birds!

The "Believe" show at Sea World was incredible. It gave us all chills! I was holding the camera ready waiting for a big moment. This was Tyler's first time at Sea World and he was so amazed at what these amazing animals can do! :) We had a fun time at this show!

Asheli and Me waiting to go on the rollercoaster. I am trying to hide my nervousness.

I was so excited to hold the starfish, but man is that water cold! Brr.... We took a shot underwater with the waterproof camera and the guy that was talking on the microphone about all the sea creatures was in the middle of talking as said something about us putting the camera in the water... then he realized everything was okay and we weren't crazy!

So... while I am in the process of avoiding homework I thought that I would FINALLY update my blog with pictures from the summer... :) Nice? Geez... I'm so far behind but oh well!
This is a trip that Tyler and I took with some really good friends of ours.... Asheli and Kirk Blackburn! :) We went to go visit Kirk and pick him up from Marine camp (sorry if I just said that wrong Asheli) and have a fun weekend at Sea World!! :)

The Boys organized this picture! Nice...

The seals at Sea World are CRAZY!! They are vicious beggars for the nasty slimy fish. I could not resist joining the herds of people (kids) buying the overpriced dead fish. I wanted to feed those cute seals... It was definitely a fun moment.

Underwater at our awesome hotel! The place that we stayed was a cute little vintage hotel and we had to park underground. It was fun. The area that we stayed at seemed like an older place. When it was time to eat there were tons of little Mexican restaurants. We eventually chose one that didn't have a wait (because we said we would be willing to sit inside... bad idea). We sat in at a hard wooden bench (not that bad) next to crazy pictures that covered every inch of the walls. There were rock-and-roll posters, beach souvenirs, and crosses all over the place. I sat by a lovely little collage of Jesus being crucified. It was really, really nasty and disturbing. I felt like Satan was Staring straight at me through the frame.

Tyler takes control

2009-11-05T13:51:00.000-08:00

I am bored sitting in room BAC 118 of the W.P. Carey School of Business waiting for my class to start in 5 minutes (3:00 pm). I noticed Heather hasn't posted since September. But I know why. . .
She has been so busy - more than me. She has been working so hard each week to bring in a good income, takes Landon every day, and still does all her online classes. Wow she is amazing.

If you all have the time when you read this, please send her an "You're awesome and keep up the good work. Your husband will kick it into gear someday!" message. I know she will like it.

Thanks,

Tyler (the slacker husband)

I'm Back!

2009-09-27T21:33:00.001-07:00

It has been so long since I have updated that I am not sure where to begin. Pictures would be nice, I know... I will consider taking some soon! :) It seems like I have been caught in a whirlwind since our move to Queen Creek and still have not caught up with everything. So.... I will start with Landon....

He is now 14 months old! He started walking the day he turned 14 months. I think he is enjoying the independence and so am I! He talks a lot... unless he's in a new situate then he only says "Hi" as he buries his head into my neck. He loves hanging out with Max, our cousin. They can often be found together either laughing for getting into trouble. He loves the Your Baby Can Read movies and every now and then surprises me by reading a word before it is said! I am impressed by him everyday. He is such a sweet little guy and I can tell that he is a special gift from my Heavenly Father.

Tyler is back in school and is enjoying his semester! Hallelujah! He has a class where he is able to apply the marketing strategies that he is learning and his group is number one thus far. He also had been enjoying working at Sherwin Williams!

I, too, am back in school. I am anxious to get my sociology degree done with. My favorite time is when I am at home playing with Landon and cleaning my house! Cleaning and organizing is so therapeutic for me. I also really enjoy going to work, and so does Landon.

Our house is slowly coming along. We have more than half of it painted, as we try to squeeze in home improvement jobs in-between our busy schedules and homework loads. Our cabinets are half stained... so they look like they are going through a 70's makeover... not the best look. Tyler is also been working hard on the baby grand he bought. So far he has sanded it down and stained most of it black. I think he is getting close to bringing it into the house! :) Yea! Then I can park in my garage again! That will be so nice!

We really love our ward! Tyler is teaching Gospel Doctrine and has recently been called as the ward chorister. I have been enjoying leading music in primary. We have made some really good friends!

We recently, the weekend that ASU started, went on a trip to San Diego with another couple from the ward. It was such a funny adventure. My mom came to pick up Landon in the valley, then we were off. Tyler and I drove with Asheli to pick up her husband from this Marine station in California, then barely made it to dinner before the restaurant closed. We ended up sharing a hotel room to cut the cost of the trip and it ended up being very entertaining. We spend the next day at Seaworld enjoying ourselves. Then we came home on Sunday. It was a quick little trip but such a nice get-away!

We are happy and doing well out here in Queen Creek! We miss all of our good friends from Gateway ward, but are excited that we have made friends here too!

As soon as I find pictures from the Seaworld trip I will post them... as well as some pictures from our "still in the process" house.

Our 1 Year Old!

2009-07-13T16:27:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to our little Lando on the 7th of July!
There are so many things I love about you being one....
Firstly, we have FINALLY turned your seat around so that you can see us as we drive! As a result, for the first time ever we have seen you bring your toes to your mouth (DISGUSTING... but a milestone in itself). So, who knows how long that business has been going on...
I love that you are so adventurous and love to move around
I love that you are learning to communicate how you are feeling
I love that you are more snugly and enjoy giving kisses
I love that we finally made it thought a sacrament meeting with no one having to take you out
I love your social laugh even when you don't have clue what is funny
You are just the greatest little guy! You are a blessing and a challenge. You make me feel needed and accomplished. You have strengthened our family and we love you so much!

At the one year appointment Landon weighed in at a whopping 24.63 pounds... we have now broken through back down to the 70's percentile (about 77 to be exact)! Landon is 29.75 inches long (50th percentile), and his head is 18.25 inches around (50th percentile) for those that keep track of that kind of stuff!
He has many words... mama, dada, joe, hi, bye, ball, done, more, no, yeah, nose, uh-oh
Signs: all-done, more, eat, wave, bye (blowing kisses), I think that about it. He loves to make sound effects especially car noises, and enjoys copying whatever noises other children happen to be making.
He is one smart little guy! :) We couldn't be happier!
Pictures of the Birthday coming soon!

Great Giveaway

2009-06-22T20:11:00.001-07:00

Check this out!!
Liz is offering a free session which includes a 1 hour session, unlimited outfit changes, and a CD of 15 images (color and black and white- so 30 total) from the session. $250 value.Anyone can enter, but for anyone 25 miles from her house, she charges a travel fee that can be determined at booking. The giveaway is transferable, so anyone can enter and give it to a friend/ family member that lives here if they don't want to pay for travel expenses.

visit her blog at... http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/ She is really good! :)

Busy Busy Busy

2009-06-11T08:52:00.000-07:00

So this is just a putting it out there blog... please feel free to skip over and not read.

Moving has been wonderful. The house is fantastic! Painting is great... but super tiring... especially after helping my aunt watch a few extra kids for 10 days!! (although I did have Sunday off...) Arg... why don't 4 year olds listen? I'm all about the talking through things, reasoning, whatever... but nothing works! I hate that age! It baffles me that they can be so stubborn. I'm really hoping that this wears off before Landon hits that age. I've come to learn that it really is not so much a parenting thing as it is just an age thing. I'm sure that a lot of this animosity is also coming from be super exhausted from trying to keep up with them! Holy cow! Anyway....
I have been trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my life... I am currently pursuing my sociology degree and will be graduating in May... but then what? Do you know what a sociologist does? I sure don't. I still want to be a nurse but am dealing with the guilt of leaving Landon with a sitter for so many days all day long, and how can we afford that if I don't work, and there's no way I will be able to work in nursing school? Hmm....
I feel sometimes that I am not family oriented enough. I love Tyler and Landon and love being around them, but sometimes I just want to do more things outside of coming home and going to bed. I want to go on vacations with them, get out and do activities, go hiking... I want to be a fun mom and spontaneous wife. I'm so scared of becoming boring. I love reading other peoples blogs and seeing what they do with there kids but them am left feeling like a loser. Even as I am writing this I know it sounds incredibly dumb... so if you are reading please just tune out. I'm not a pessimistic person but I totally feel like venting! :) I know I should journal, but lets just not get started with that!
I feel like since we moved from our past ward we didn't make enough of an impression for anyone to care to keep in contact, which I'm sure is not completely the case. People have lives and they keep going. I am totally for change, there's just people that I wish I got to hang out with still.
I totally love our new ward! Everyone is super friendly and we both have callings now. I am serving in primary with the 7-8 years olds which is a great class!
We are sending Joe to Missouri to live with my grandma! Thanks Grandma Dulcie! He will be so happy roaming around free. Ahh... what a life!
So... I am resolved to exercise and be more creative with my time with Tyler and Landon (please give any and all suggestions for fun family activities). There we go. This was a great post.
OH! Last but not least... I sure hope that Jake does NOT get kicked off the Batchelorette... I was telling my aunt this when she pointed out that I feel this way because Jake is just like Tyler... A straight laced, super nice and compassionate guy... and he's Smokin' Hot!! :) I love Tyler... and I love realizing that he is so perfect for me! :)

This Just Might Kill Me....

2009-05-26T20:35:00.000-07:00

This will be one of the hardest things I've had to do in my life thus far... My dog, Joe Boxer is officially up for adoption. He is the greatest dog! I love him! We have come to the realization that we are not home enough for him to get out and exercise and play like he needs. He is a great dog with an awesome personality! He is so lovable and so friendly, even with other dogs. He absolutely LOVES kids especially babies. He is 100% pure AKC Boxer, with a lineage and papers. He is still a stud and able to breed, in fact he's at the best breeding age, 1 1/2. He is mostly current on his shots, he could use a couple boosters if he is going to be around a lot of other dogs. We have all of his medical records, etc. To me none of that is all that important... he is just a great dog. He's graduated from the beginning obedience and agility MLF Dogsport school, so he knows several commands. He's pretty smart... but I won't lie... he can be pretty dopey! He's an inside kennel trained dog, although if he had a grassy backyard that's not in the valley he would probably be okay there too. I don't know what more to say about him. I would take him in a heartbeat, but the poor guy deserves to not be locked up in a kennel all day long. I want him to go to a good family, and I would be willing to give him up for free if only I could find a better home! Please let me know if you would be interested.
As dumb as this sounds... I am so heartbroken to be writing this. I really love him! :)

Happy Birthday Tyler!!

2009-05-10T16:04:00.000-07:00

Yeah!! Tyler's birthday was yesterday (May 9th) and I have to be honest... I totally dropped the ball. Poor guy. Last year his birthday was amazing and this year he said he didn't want anything... we both figured that buying a new house was a pretty good birthday present! :) Anyway... I tried to warn him that I had nothing planned for the big day and really that's how it went. So, I thought that I should write down a few things that I love about him (and maybe someday he will read this):

1. I have always loved your smile... particularly your great teeth

2. I love to wrestle with you, even though I always get hurt for real....

3. I love watching you play with Landon when you don't think that I'm around

4. It cracks me up to watch you laugh when you're on the phone... you always do this funny tongue smile

5. I like the way you dress

6. I love your jokes when you teach gospel doctrine

7. I appreciate your honest critiqe

8. I love your strong and simple testimony

9. I love hearing about your mission

10. I love it when you call me by my first name

11. I love knowing that I'm more imporant to you than computer games!

12. I love that you're SMOKIN' HOT

13. I love your hands

14. I like that you like to be clean

15. I love watching shows with you, even if we have to watch them on the computer...

16. I love our family court arguments

17. I love that you can fix anything

18. I LOVE the way you sing

19. I LOVE the way you play the piano (I'm not sure how these made it down here so low! This list is definitely NOT in any order!)

20. I love kissing you

21. I love coming home to you after a long time of being away

22. I love waking up next to you on Sundays

23. I love that you are patient with me as I try to figure out what's wrong with me

24. I love that you're my husband!! You are the best!

Tyler, there are so many reasons that I love you!! I am very grateful that

YOU ARE MINE for-ev-er!

Happy Birthday Love!!

A little Chub in the Tub

2009-04-26T19:51:00.001-07:00

This is for Noelle!!

Our friends, Noelle and Jacob Lewis came to hang out with us last Sunday night so of course Landon and his best friend, Talmage, had to take a bath together! They are so stinking cute! Two little chunks in the tub together! We can't wait for the Lewis' to move closer!

So... bath time consisted of Landon splashing and kicking his legs and crawling all over the tub while Talmage played with whatever toys Landon wouldn't steal from him! He was such a good sport! I'm so glad that we have the Lewis' as friends! It's funny because they were married two months after us, then they had Talmage two months after Landon. We became friends while I was subbing for someone as the ward chorister and Noelle played the organ. Once we knew we were both pregnant and having boys it just sealed the deal! We will have to be friends forever!!

Unfortunately... I could only find two pictures that were okay to post... so I will have to send the rest to you Noelle! :)

Easter Bunny and Moving Day

2009-04-26T18:44:00.000-07:00

This year I took Landon to the Sharing Down Syndrome Easter Egg Hunt!! It was so fun. We went to Rockin R Ranch and met up with my parents, little sister (Emily - 4 years), and my Uncle's family. Of course we stopped by to see the Easter bunny (who happened to be my cousin's music therapist! Then we headed off to the dancing area and shook our groove thing for a while! By that time it was raining pretty bad so I decided to check out to help Tyler with the moving.

Tyler, his dad, and Kaylyn were moving all morning in the rain (we decided to rent a U-haul that morning). So, thankfully... Landon slept the whole time we were loading the truck in his car seat. I can't believe how smoothly our move went, regardless of the rain and lack of able bodies... All I can say is THANK YOU THANK YOU to Tyler's dad and sister... and of course my GREAT husband! (There you go Tyler... you made the blog). I will be posting pictures of our new house soon.... I can't say how nice it is to have carpet! Ahhh..... and a big kitchen with cupboards that I'm not scared to put my dishes in! Joe loves the stairs, I love the light in the house (and the giant master bathtub, Tyler just loves being a homeowner in general.... he's already dreaming up projects! I'm pretty sure that Landon's favorite things about the house are the little door stoppers that when you slap make a bbbrrjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjrrrrr sound, he also loves taking baths in his bathtub, and crawling freely without us picking him up and putting him on our little patch of carpet in the other house! :)

PS If anyone wants to buy a house there are several on our street! :) Also, we found the BEST real estate agent ever! Let us know if you want her info!

Study Buddies

2009-04-26T18:38:00.000-07:00

Here are the last pictures we took in our house on campus... Tyler and Landon studying! Landon enjoyed sitting on Tyler while he was reading. Maybe us being students will somehow benefit Landon and make him want to read... so far he likes to eat books! :) Mmmm....

If Ye Love Me Feed My Boxers

2009-04-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

I don't know how this came about exactly but Tyler and I got to talking about every sheep matters even the one that wanders off.... so somehow Joe became the lost sheep.... boxer. So naturally Tyler had to pick him up then run and get my bathrobe... nice.

It was way more funny while it was happening!

Oh the things we do to entertain ourselves while we are poor college students and parents! And poor Joe... he looks very ashamed to be part of this entertainment.

Our little Family

2009-04-26T18:26:00.000-07:00

Darn wind... This was the best one...
I don't think Landon gets the whole taking a picture idea.

Ahhh... the sun!

I love this kid!

So, here are some family pictures we took out in the grass on campus before we moved. The grass was fabulous!! So, maybe we're not the best picture takers of ourselves... but I still think that it's important to take pictures, especially since Landon is growing so fast!

Kate Lines photography

2009-04-23T08:03:00.000-07:00

Hey, Check out my friends photography website! She is amazing... I have never known a more talented photographer! Honestly!

http://www.katelinesphotography.com/

A Lovely Day at the Zoo

2009-03-28T17:20:00.000-07:00

So, yesterday as I was getting ready to head over to work (AKA my aunt's house) she called me up to say that we were going to the Zoo! I love the zoo!! So I packed some sunscreen and extra food and headed out! We had so much fun... until Landon got grumpy...

Of course he started to scream and have a cow by the orangutans, the only exhibit that I was really anxious to see since there's a new baby orangutan. Needless to say... I did not see the baby. I was not too thrilled about that. Eventually, I realized that Landon was hungry... yep! It was all my fault! So I couldn't really be mad at him, I too would be pretty ticked if I was hungry and no one would feed me!

Here he is post-bottle! Back to being a happy camper! What a fun kid! At this point I decided that I would not be selling him to the zoo. Lucky.

These are two of my cousins! I spend 5 days a week with these cuties! Tyler (left) is 5 and Max (right) is 2. Tia (age 7) was off somewhere else at the time. I love these kids!

Apparently... So did this chipmunk! The little guy came right up to Tyler and took something out of his hands. Fascinating for all of us watching, scary for poor Tyler!

After the zoo we headed to Chili's to wait for rush hour traffic to subside and get some good food! Landon did great! Going off of no nap and staying up past his bedtime! Here's him and the wonderful spoon that kept him entertained almost the whole time we were eating! I enjoyed some chicken tacos and Landon enjoyed some tortilla bits and sliced Mandarin oranges! It was a super fun day! Thanks Shawnie!

Inch By Inch

2009-03-25T08:33:00.000-07:00

Sorry the movie is so dark... I havn't figured how to upload video from our actual video camera so this is just the regular one...

So here's our little inchworm. He started crawling March 21st!! He is a little on the turtle speed though. He will go a little then he's back down on his belly investigating things, then back up, then down.... on and on. Now that he's getting the hang of it he is such a little busy body! There is no more just sitting and relaxing he always wants to be on the go or studying something. Its amazing how much he loves to figure things out.

Another couple of things.... we started him on Stage 3 baby food but of course he just prefers to eat whatever we are eating. He LOVES to chew!!
He just got his two top teeth for a total of four! Also, two more are coming in on the bottom.... I can't wait for them all to be in so I will get a good nights sleep for the first time in many, many months!

On a different note... it looks like we are going to be closing our house before the beginning of the month, so yes.... that would be in the next couple of days!! :) Yeah! Tyler and I seriously need to get on the ball with our packing efforts. It is still so weird to think that we're buying a house and moving. I am really going to miss our ward and all of our friends!! However, I am a huge advocate of change! I love meeting new people, trying out new things (except for strange foods), rearrainging and reorganizing all of our stuff!! Finally, a backyard for Joe... and CARPET!! Ahh... YES! I cannot wait! :)

Speaking of Joe.... Here is a picture I took yesterday when I saw him hanging out in a chair outside. I swear he must think he's human... Also, a quick update on him... It looks like he has done his job. His girlfriend is pregnant, from what we understand!! :) Oh, I love puppies! We chose to get pick of the litter so that Holli (my big sister) and her family could pick one out!! I can't wait to see them!

A little "randomness" about my Great Life!!

2009-03-17T20:21:00.001-07:00

Here's our Happy Little Family
This is now Landon's favorite face to make...
as you can see...
Yep! He started doing this face when he was working on saying "mama" and he just hasn't stopped making it. It cracks us up! He looks even more like a turtle.
I love this kid and his little sausage fingers!!

Man, I love my life!! I thought that I better do a positive post since the last one... Landon is doing great! He is seriously the greatest. I just got back from my parents. Landon and I took off Monday morning to go watch one of my mom's choir concerts since we had some time on our hands. I forgot how cleansing it is to just drive and think. So, we show up and visit with my old seminary teacher who of course puts me on the spot and I bare my testimony about the importance of reading the scriptures, then we head off to find my parents who of course are no where to be found. We run into my favorite English teacher who just ate Landon up! And, seriously, I could not blame her. He was lovin her... even giving her some "kisses" (an open mouth head band to your face). Nice. Eventually, we found my parents and then I took my little sister back to the house and we had some time to relax. The concert when great and my sister belted out her solo (she forgot to turn on her mic.). It was fun. Landon was super. He sat through the whole 1.5 hours concert and watched all the action. For a kid that begs to go to bed at 6:30 he was up until 9:30 and he was amazing!! We had fun and were ready to come back home and help Tyler pack. I can't believe that we will be moving into our own house in a few weeks. It's so surreal!!
So, my life is great! I have the best baby and a fantastic husband who manned Joe and Gus (my uncle's puppy that's about the size of Joe's head who we're babysitting).
I love my life!!

Our Hospital Stay

2009-03-10T10:11:00.000-07:00

Last week was a week that I am so glad is over!! Landon had been dealing with RSV's close cousin like so many other kids are this time of year. I had read about it and determined that since it was viral so there was nothing that I could really do about it. I didn't really see a need to take him in to the doctor since antibiotics wouldn't have helped. But Monday he was having such a hard time breathing that he started choking on his food. I decided I better take him in to see if we could get him on some breathing treatments or something.... By the time we got to the doctor he was huffing and puffing like he had just run a marathon! They rushed him back and started breathing treatments right away... his oxygen level at was about 87%! So... shrinking my story... two more breathing treatments and 4 1/2 hours later we leave the doctors office and head to Mercy Gilbert hospital where Landon resides in a white metal crib for the next three days and I reside on the pull out couch! Believe it or not I somewhat enjoyed being in the hospital. I was able catch up on some needed reading and studying and I got a lot of one-on-one time with Landon, who by the way thoroughly enjoyed his stay!
We got home on Wednesday and things seemed to be okay until Friday when I got the flu. There's nothing like taking care of a baby when you can't get out of bed. :( Thank goodness Tyler took him to work with him!! I love my wonderful husband! Too bad he caught the flu later that night too! Poor guy. It was just a nasty week. I think the most frustrating thing is Landon loosing his appetite and having to try to get fluids in him. I didn't mind going to the hospital once, but I do not want to go again for a long time!!

New Exciting Adventure!!

2009-01-11T19:22:00.000-08:00

Okay, for anyone that reads my blog... if there are really any... I don't know if I update enough for there to be any reason to follow it... :) ANYWAY...
I am SUPER excited. I am signing up to work for a marketing company that lets me make a percentage of the bills that I pay! I'm serious!! They also give great discounts and coupons to stores and restaurants that I love to go to... American Eagle, Texas Roadhouse, etc. (for example... they have $100 gift certificates for $40 and you don't even have to be an "employee!!")I can't tell you how excited I am about this! If anyone is interested in making money off of paying your bills let me know! This is such a smart company that helps people who don't have a lot of money earn enough to have savings, go on vacations, update their high school wardrobe ;)!! Okay, let me know because I would love to share this great opportunity! If there's enough people interested I think I'm going to throw an ice cream sundae party and have my brother in law give a "no pressure" explanation. :) I really can't wait to get started! I have actually been having dreams about this!!

Our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

2008-12-28T19:50:00.000-08:00

Here is my attempt at a quick catch up...

We had so much fun selecting our Christmas tree this year. We got a permit to cut down one tree... we were so excited that we weren't going to have our white, fake, see through, five foot tree that we used last year!! We cut it down on our way home to the valley after Thanksgiving. We drove for a while then finally pulled over and unloaded. We were pretty determined to pick the perfect tree but only having an hour of daylight we settled for the perfect Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

The Pitneys

2008-12-10T07:32:00.000-08:00

Here are our good friends... the Pitneys!!!
This is just a typical evening together... trying to take a nice picture... but apparently not trying hard enough!! :) Oh well. We had a little chess competition. Jay beat Tyler, but I SMOKED Jay! :) We're grateful that the Pitneys keep us somewhat social!

Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner

2008-12-10T07:03:00.000-08:00

Our little family Thanksgiving!!

Pictures from New York Trip to Melissa's

2008-11-22T12:37:00.001-08:00

Landon Update

2008-11-21T15:28:00.000-08:00

Landon started growing his first tooth on Nov. 5th (on the airplane is when it broke through) then his second on started to break through a couple days later! Holy cow! It was so weird... I had this big feeling of pride that my little boy was growing his teeth. How funny is that? It's not like he was trying very hard, it's natural, but it made me feel so proud of him!! How silly! He's so young, but oh well. That explains why he has been wanting to chew on everything all the time and he's always so slobbery!

Tyler took him in for his 4 month appointment on Tuesday. Okay, hold onto your chairs... the kid is 19.3 lbs!! Yeah... that's the 97th percentile. Apparently he has been eating more than he needs to be! :) He just loves to eat and always complains after his bottle is taken away! Who knew? Needless to say, we are feeding him less so he can average out with his 50th percentile length and head circumference. :)

He is getting close to rolling. He can get onto his side and he can roll over... he just has to connect the two! He works so hard to get his pacifier into his mouth by himself! He usually ends up with the opposite end in the mouth! I can't get over his huge smile! He cracks me up when he does it. His cheeks are so big that his eyes disappear!

Here's some pictures of after our trip, back home with Tyler and Joe! (Yeah I look ridiculous and Tyler is doing a weird face on purpose. In one of the pictures Landon is doing a football pose in his jamies.)

Halloween

2008-11-21T15:10:00.000-08:00

Here's for the long overdue Halloween pictures. So, Landon never actually wore his turtle costume ON Halloween because he was too sleepy and Tyler and I went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse (because Halloween is my birthday). Anyway... He did wear it to a Trunk or Treat. Poor guy was so congested that by the end of the night he was miserable - sneezing out snot and having cough attacks. And, of course, he is still congested but doing much better. His costume was so cute that none of these pictures did it justice. Darn.

Tyler and I were able to go to a Halloween party and it was so much fun! We dressed up as pirates, as you can see from Tyler. He looked HOT! Supermodel, me not so much! I looked like a little boy pirate that swabs the poop deck (if that's even the right terminology). We also had a great time eating at Texas Roadhouse, aside from the quirky little waitress that was very much involved in our meal. Apparently, everything I wanted was her favorite thing on the menu not to mention that it was all "out of this world." I kept feeling like maybe I should have just let her sit right on my lap and eat with us, she didn't have a sense of personal space anyway. :)

Trip to New York!!

2008-10-22T13:53:00.000-07:00

Okay... I am so behind on my blogging! So, I'm going to put things out of order. I'm going to start with the latest news and eventually get to Halloween and Landon's SUPER cute turtle costume...

Okay! So here's Landon and my trip to New York (in a nutshell):

Tuesday (Nov. 4th) - I experienced major anxiety of traveling on planes all the next day... worried about the layover and extreme excitement to see my friend and experience New York!!

Wednesday (5th) - Tyler drove Landon and I to the airport and waited for us to get on the plane. Everything we smoothly. As soon as we got off the plane we had to run to the next plane. I had so much help lugging around my stuff (a carry-on suitcase, big diaper bag, and Landon in his carrier.) Landon was super good on the plane, only a few outbursts! :) Melissa was there to pick us up as soon as we got off the plane. After stopping by Wendy's for a quick sandwich we headed to her place and had a fun evening chatting!

Thursday (6th) - We relaxed and adjusted to the time difference. We went shopping at an interesting grocery story where you have to rent your grocery cart for a quarter, buy your own grocery bags and the cashiers just sit in chairs and throw your groceries into the cart. After you pay for your groceries you pull up to a big metal table and bag your own groceries. It was super strange, but way fun to experience. When we were leaving a little buggie full of Amish folks pulled up and parked. I couldn't help but stare. I am so intrigued by their lifestyle, I'd love to just sit and talk to them - see how they spend their days!

Friday (7th) - This was such a fun day. We went to Palmyra to see the church history sites. We started at the Hill Commorah. It was beautiful!! There was a cool statue covered in ladybugs. Then we took a little tour of the visitor's center, drove by the Palmyra Temple, and saw the replica of Joseph Smith's house and the restored Alvin's house. It was amazing! After touring the homes we walked through the Sacred Grove. It was an amazing experience. It was easy to feel the spirit as we walked and appreciated the beauty we were surrounded by. The ground was covered with the fallen leaves. Landon really enjoyed himself (even though it was pretty chilly). He loved to watch the leaves falling. He looked so cute and never really stopped smiling! Maybe he felt close to the Spirit too, after all he's pretty close with him I'm sure.

Saturday (8th) - I was sick this day... what a bummer! I'm still not sure what I had... the flu, a migraine, a mixture of staying up late and not eating very well the day before...? Any are possible! Anyway... Melissa totally took care of me and watched Landon for me. Thank you Melissa!! Anyway, by evening time I threw up and felt much better.

Sunday (9th) - I felt a lot better so I went to stake conference with the Steinbrechers. I was amazed at how well behaved all the kids were, including Landon. He sat and smiled through most of the meeting but eventually got tired and grouchy and we roamed the halls. By this day the weather had gone from mid-60s to 30s BRRRR!!! We were so cold!

Monday (10th) - Hmm... what did we do on Monday? Oh yes!! Monday was FREEZING! We decided to go see Lake Ontario since Melissa's daughters were home from school. It was so funny. We got there and by the time that we got Landon zipped up in my jacket we had to turn around because it started snowing!! Needless to say we ran back into the car and went home to be warm. We also went shopping at the dollar store. That was fun! We spent the day cooped up trying to stay warm. Eventually we went outside and tried to sleigh down a small hill, no success.

Tuesday (11th) - We spent the day at Melissa's new friend Crista's house making jewelery and talking. Time seemed to fly by because by the time we were done it was late afternoon. Melissa took me to eat some great Chinese food that night! Yummy! It was so fresh!

Wednesday (12th) - Time to go home! How bittersweet -- by this time I missed Tyler SOOO much, but I was so sad to leave my good friend. We went to the airport and finally got through security. Our first flight was awesome! For the first time I got to walk out onto the pavement and walk up the steps into the plane, just like some famous person, but less glorious and glamorous. The flight was pretty empty to I got to keep Landon in his car seat on the short flight. We ended up getting to Detroit (our layover) a bit early so I took off to the next flight all the way on the other side of the airport. I had to run to my next flight (again with all my gear). My arm is bruised from carrying Landon in his car seat, OUCH! Thank goodness the flight was a bit late or else we would have missed it! Okay, now for the scoop...... This last flight was packed. I sat by two awesome women who loved Landon and were so nice. They loved to hold him and squish his cheeks. The flight seemed to experience a little turbulence the entire time so we all had to stay in our seats. About 2 hours in, right after all the stewardesses put away all the drinks and snacks, the plane hit serious turbulence. The plane began to be thrashed around, laterally. Thank goodness people had complied to the seat belt sign because we were on a roller coaster. It was probably the scariest thing that ever happened to me! Everyone was bumped around in their seats and were bouncing up and down. It is amazing what goes through one's head when they think that they are going to die, or at least in my head when I taught I was going to die. I worried that Tyler wouldn't be able to see his little boy grow up. There was no life flashing before my eyes or anything. I just felt love for my husband and trust in the Lord's decision. The gospel is such a comfort in times of distress. I was grateful. After we landed it was obvious that I was not the only one thinking that it was the end. We were all so grateful to be alive and safely on the ground. I leached onto Tyler and enjoyed being back in his arms.

Going to New York was so fun, but I think it will be a LONG time before I decide to take such a big trip without my husband!! :) However, I did get a chance to learn more about myself and Tyler!! :)

Time with Grandpa

2008-10-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

Tyler's dad came into town on business but stopped by to visit! I don't know why, but every time he comes Landon will not smile, the little stinker! This time grandpa came while Landon was sleeping. My plan was to have a nice well rested boy to see his grandpa but he just kept sleeping and sleeping so we helped him wake up. Perhaps that was not the best idea we ever had. At least there was no screaming, there was just no smiles. Bummer.

Look at those big cheeks!

As you can see, Joe was thoroughly jealous of the attention everyone was showing to Landon. I love this look of sadness and disgust as poor little Joey is outcast.
Tyler- just loving being a dad! Every now and then Tyler just asks to take Landon for the day! i love this - I am able to go to work and spend more time playing with my cousins and Tyler is able to get in some good 1 on 1 time with Landon. I can only imagine how much fun they have! Tyler loves to play with Landon, and it seems to be mutual.
I guess this baby loving trait is in the Huish bloodline! When we went up to Snowflake last weekend everyone loved to play with Landon! I'm so glad! I'm sure he loved all the attention and love. Tyler has a great family and I'm so glad to be part of it!

Blayze and Landon

2008-10-22T13:12:00.000-07:00

Here's my nephew Blayze!! My little sis, Bren, and I got to watch our two nephews, Titan and Blayze a couple weeks ago. So, of course Brenley feeds the youngest an Oreo. Hello! That was a mess! How cute though? Huh? I have got the two cutest nephews ever! I'm bummed I didn't get a picture of Titan! Holli's boys are so fun!

Here's Landon watching something on the TV - probably Baby Einstein! What a goofy kid! He's already a TV addict. Perhaps I'm a terrible mother, but I've got to get ready for the day somehow!! I love how is into sitting up these days. Although, its a little tough when he wants to sit up while he's strapped into his car seat and I'm driving down the road! He has his wonderful ways of letting me know that he's not happy with the restrictions!
Landon is quite the little drooler. I'm scared with all this drooling and chewing we're going to be seeing some baby teeth soon. Yikes. I'm not ready to be bitten! I guess at least I'm not longer nursing (thanks to Landon's many allergies).

Little Landino

2008-10-22T12:39:00.000-07:00

Little quirks about Landon:
*He has to sleep on his side... in the shape of a backwards "C" (see picture for visual)
*He loves to get his diaper changed - probably because it involves the removal of clothing, and he really loves to be naked.
*He likes to lean to the right side every time he sits in his little rocker. We are constantly sitting him back straight and slightly to the left but he always finds a way to lean.
*He chews on his tongue and reminds me of a cow chewing the cud. Actually, he'll chew on anything he can get near his mouth!
*His armpits sweat!! Is that normal? It's not like I dress him in long sleeves and sweats! What's the deal?
*He rubs his eyes with his little fists when he gets tired! I love this! Its sooo cute.

This was so funny. I wish I would have captured it on camera a little sooner... Tyler was holding Landon and talking with our friend Jay and Landon fell asleep in Tyler's arms while he was sitting up! As soon as I got the camera, of course, Landon woke up.
Here's a random shot of Landon... just hanging out!!

Family Update

2008-10-05T19:44:00.000-07:00

This is Landon's little toy that I keep writing about! We are so excited that he's starting to play and interact! We are going to start practicing rolling over this week! :) Woo hoo!!

So... here's a little update on the rest of the family...

Tyler is busy with school. He's taking 16 credits

at ASU this semester. Phew! Business school seems intense! He is currently sitting on the couch studying for tomorrow's test. I love his drive!! He is a great example of hard work! He has an amazing talent to get the job done, even if he really, REALLY doesn't want to do it! Right now he's not particularly enjoying school. I think that as he gets the basics of marketing down he will start to enjoy it a whole lot more. He always says that his problem is that he would like to do too many different things. He has so many interests and he is pretty much great at everything he tries! This has really started to frustrate him because he would like to try everything but know that he needs to choose something! :) I just look at him and smile to myself! He's a great guy and I know that whatever he does he will do well! I just want him to be happy!

I spend my weekdays at my aunt's house. I'm pretty certain that I have the greatest job ever. I do respite and habilitation with my cousins! I love hanging out with my aunt and being in their home. I am taking my last nursing pre-requisite online from GCC, and am waiting to hear from ASU as to whether or not I've been accepted into the Spring 09 nursing school. I'm excited!! I am ready to go through school. I've wanted to be a nurse for so long! Plus, the sooner I get done the sooner I'll be able to work a little and spend more time with my little family!

Joe is anxious to repopulate the earth with little boxers... we'll leave it at that.... He loves the dog park, and he's a great swimmer (funny looking, but great). He loves to run around our new "grass." - We just moved into a larger home on campus so we have a new grass patch outside our back door. He also enjoys licking Landon and sticking his toys on people's laps.

Wise Guys

2008-10-05T19:04:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures of Landon hanging out with some great guys! There's a shot of Landon with his Grandpa Huish. We always enjoy seeing Tyler's dad on his quick work trips to the valley! And of course... Landon always enjoys his special time with his dad! Landon is always at work with me so he doesn't get to see Tyler a lot during the week.

The Nine Week Update

2008-10-05T18:50:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to get caught up here.... so even though Landon is 12 weeks old, here are some 9 week pictures! We were lucky to get some smiling shots because Landon will stop smiling and giggling as soon as he sees the camera... Joe on the other hand comes running to get in the picture! What a goof ball. So, the very top picture is after we went to the doctor for the ear infection... they told us to let him sleep in his carrier. The rest are just fun shots of us hanging out at home! Good times! I love my little guy!

Conference

2008-10-05T18:25:00.000-07:00

I love General Conference!! This weekend was so wonderful! First of all, Landon has been sleeping through the night so I was well rested!! Saturday was so fun just staying home and hanging out with my boys! I really enjoyed watching conference. The talks were great! I really enjoyed talking with Tyler about the traits we admire in the leaders of our church! I also found exercises that Landon and I can do together and he loves them! Tyler and I were able to spend time studying for his upcoming marketing test. I love helping Tyler study, its nice to know that he needs and appreciates me plus I get to learn a little about things that Tyler is interested in! I love that Tyler gets so distracted by Landon! Its so cute to see Tyler at the table "studying" as he talks and smiles at Landon in his swing on the other side of the room. They are such great buddies!
Today we watched conference with some of our great friends, the Pitneys. They are so much fun! I was also able to get my cross-stitch pretty much completed. Ever since we had a mutual on how to cross-stitch I've been addicted! Since conference we have been home playing. Today Landon started to open-handedly (is that a word??) reach at his little infant gym thing. I'm so excited that he's figuring things out. He is such a blessing in our lives! We can't get enough of his smiles and giggles.
Honestly, its been a pretty hard 2 1/2 months. We could never figure out why Landon was always upset. So, here's Landon's medical history breakdown: He was born with a high level of jaundice and was on the billi-blanket for about 2 weeks. Shortly after Landon got an ear infection, poor little guy. Tyler got ear infections when he was little so I guess we will have to keep a close eye on him. At the same time he developed some kind of cold or allergies. When he started to throw up his meals we knew something else must be wrong. We took him in thinking that he had reflux, which he did have, and the doctor told me to try going off of dairy. So, I did that until the day that we moved... I accidentally had a piece of cheese on my sub sandwich!! Ahh... that was the day we discovered Landon was allergic to milk, poor little guy. Since then... he has been on medicine and we've started ailamentum (a super expensive formula for babies with allergies). Now, Landon smiles and plays! We love it! We have so much to be thankful for!

Landon at 8 weeks

2008-10-04T21:31:00.000-07:00

Here's Tyler and Landon at 8 weeks. He was really starting to fill out! In the top picture Tyler was hanging out with Landon during "tummy time." The bottom picture is Landon taking a nap on ole mom and dad's bed. For some reason he sleeps really well on OUR bed! :) Wow, that pacifier looks really big, now it looks so small. In fact we need to get him some new ones! I'm so surprised at how fast he is growing! This week I pulled out the 3-6 month clothes and got them washed! It was so fun to put new little outfits on him! I think he's been more comfortable because they're not skin tight! He doesn't look so fat! Yea!!

I'm so grateful that he's doing so good. He's been so much fun! 8 weeks was about the time he started to smile and now he smiles even more! I love spending time with him, and I love being a mom!

Lucky Number 8

2008-09-24T21:41:00.000-07:00

8 OBSESSIONS

* Tyler - I've been so blest to have him, he takes great care of our little family
* Kissing Landon - I was sitting in a class and I guess I kept kissing his cute little head because a lady leaned over and said "It's hard to keep from kissing them isn't it?"
* Joe Studly Boxer
* Milk - Landon is Milk and Protein intolerant and I can't tell you how badly I miss dairy! :(
* The Batchelor/Batchelorette - I was in the hospital on the last Bachelorette's finaly so I was desperate to get ahold of my aunt's copy of it as soon as I got back to my senses.
* I love to organize and clean my house.
* Reading blogs - I need to get better at keeping mine up to date
* Young Women stuff

8 WORDS OR PHRASES I USE OFTEN
* I love you babe
* Are you kidding me?
* "like" - I'm working on getting rid of this bad habit
* Laaaaandon - As he screams in the car
* You are SO cute (to Landon)
* I don't know
* "Uhhh" I think I say that every time I have to wake up to feed Landon
* Oops

8 THING I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
* Go on a mission with my love
* Live in the house that Tyler is constantly designing
* Go on a cruise
* Take a church history tour
* Finish School (sometimes it seems like it will never end)
* Go to law school
* Ride an elephant
* Ride on an old-fashon horse-drawn sleigh through the snow on a wintery evening with Tyler!

8 THINGS I'VE LEARNED

*I can't try and live someone elses life.
*You can burn boiled eggs
*Be patient through trials
*Joe is a sneaky dog
*Differences between Landon's cries
*How to cross-stitch
*How to make Melissa's pepperoni lasagna... Mmmmmmmmm
*Family ties are a lot stronger than ties with your friends

8 PLACES I WOULD LOVE TO GO
*Tyler and I would LOVE to go to Hawaii
*Nauvoo
*Missouri, to visit my Granparents, and my Great-grandparents.
*The San Diego Temple
*London, England
*The Carribean
*This really cool boat hotel I saw in California
*Virginia

8 THINGS I CURRENTLY WANT OR NEED
*I definently need more sleep
*I could use more time (for eating, showering, painting my toenails, you know... basic nessesities as well as visiting teaching, home teaching, and interviews with my young women)
*I would love some new clothes, heck... I would settle for some new undershirts - all in good time I suppose
*I need to start my exercise routine again so I can have some muscle tone in my body
*I need to write in my journal
*I want scrapbook materials
*I want to be a better communicator with my husband
*I want to see my mom and dad and my sisters

8 PEOPLE I TAG
*Yolanda
*Stephanie
*Nikki
*Ashley
*Shawnie
*Chelsea
*Holli
*Jennifer

Our Sunday

2008-09-10T22:32:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling inspired! It's 10:36 PM and I'm so tired, but I've been feeling guilty for not writing in a journal about Landon, so I figured that if I blog maybe I can copy and paste and somehow make up for it? Oh, well...
So, Landon was blessed on Sunday. It was so fun! All my family came and Tyler's parents and grandparents. Also, Tyler's mission president flew in, with his family (the Kirks), for the big day! :) We couldn't be happier to be surrounded by so many loved ones! It was so weird though, I felt nervous. I'm not even sure what I was nervous about, all I had to do was just sit there and listen. I think I'm now starting to feel like a mom! WOW! On, that note... I have so much more appreciation for mothers, I've always loved my mom and grandma, but now I feel like I am starting to really be able to understand and appreciate them more! :)
Back to Sunday... after Sunday school and visiting with the Kirk's for a bit we headed over to my Uncle Kevin's home to visit with family. After Landon woke up he was not happy. We figured that he was over stimulated, since my family is super loud when we get together, but after a very long night Tyler and I knew that something must be wrong with our little guy. Low and behold he has an ear infection, and a cold! :( I felt so bad for him. He's doing a lot better now, thank goodness. I feel so guilty to admit this, but since he's been on Tylenol I have been sleeping FANTASTIC! He eats around 6/6:30 and goes to sleep until around 3am! :) Then goes back to bed until 7am! :) Oh, bliss... Sleep!! How I have missed it! So, now I ask myself... what am I doing up still??? Goodnight!

Landon's Pictures

2008-08-14T17:12:00.000-07:00

We finally were able to get together with my friend Brandis to do Landon's baby pictures! He he is in all his glory! :) This was so fun! Brandis was a good sport... Landon was WIDE awake so he was wiggly and not the easiest to pose, but she was able to get some cute shots!

One Month

2008-08-08T07:48:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post...
Landon was officially one month old yesterday! I can't believe it! Where does the time go? He is already a chunk... weighing in at over 11 pounds he is somewhere in the 85 percentile! Yikes! I swear, all I'm doing is nursing him... no doughnuts or anything!! Heck, I'm not even eating doughnuts! I guess the kid just likes to eat! :) Tyler and I couldn't be more grateful for such a healthy and happy little boy! He is fantastic!! He likes "belly-time" and having his back rubbed with lotion! What a silly kid! Oh! He has slept through 1 night (6 hours is a full nights sleep for me now), but he hasn't done that again for a while. I think he is still a little mixed up with day and night! It's just so hard to keep him awake when he wants to sleep!
As for Tyler and I... this has been quite the experience! We have had our moments of frustration but so far we've been a pretty good team! Joe has also been great... he enjoys the "belly-time" when he can lay on the ground and hang out with Tyler and Landon! I'm so lucky to have all of my boys!

Whistle While You Work

2008-07-29T16:08:00.000-07:00

I finally got the chance to clean! Hallelujah! Last night was SOOO long! Landon would not fall asleep and stay asleep! Just as soon as I would be ready to lay him down his eyes would pop open! Needless to say I was exhausted when I finally got into bed this morning at 5:30! Landon slept all morning which gave me a chance to sleep a little then get some cleaning done! I swept the house and got the mop water ready so I could mop the house. I put on some socks, then put socks on Joe so I wouldn't have paw prints dried to my floor like always! So, here's Joe in some little socks that I wouldn't be able to use for Landon (they came with little blue ribbons, not so manly). So, Landon woke up just as I started to mop, and since he hadn't eaten for four hours I figured I better stop and feed him. Maybe I'll mop next week?

Bath Time

2008-07-29T14:49:00.000-07:00

I can't say how happy I am that Landon's umbilical cord finally fell off!! Now he can enjoy baths! We put him in his tub for the first time and he seemed to like it! Tyler usually does the scrubbing and I do the drying, lotioning and snuggling! This has been great for getting Landon to sleep at night (as long as we do it later at night). I'm so glad that Landon takes good baths, its a fun time for the whole family... as you can see Joe is very involved! Sorry about the pictures I couldn't figure out how to delete them so I could turn them around!

Pictures and Stories!!

2008-07-28T21:56:00.000-07:00

So here's some pictures... just trying to get them all out there so I can stay "caught up!" So, from bottom to top... Tyler and Landon hanging out on the couch (sleeping was all Landon did for the first week of his life!) The next is a picture of Joe hanging out on my mom's blow up mattress while she was staying at our house. Every morning I would walk out and find Joe curled up, and on occasion sprawled out, next to my mom on the mattress. He loved to snuggle up next to her. This created some pretty funny moments like when Joe flew off the mattress when someone got on it (I can't remember who) or maybe it was someone flew off when Joe got on? I can't remember but we had a good time! :)

The next picture up is hard to see but it's Landon when he was strapped to a billiruben belt for having some serious jaundice issues. We had to keep him in his bassinet with this big light around his belly all day for the first week or so. As you can see he looked like a little glow worm! It was sad because I wanted to snuggle him but he's doing good now.
Then we have my dad holding him! When we went to Snowflake we spent one evening in Holbrook with my family because my dad hadn't seen Landon yet and my Grandma Dulcie was there too!

The top two pictures are of my Grandma Dulcie holding Landon! It was so good to see her! I never knew that she is AMAZING with babies. As soon as we walked in I just passed him off to her and he was perfectly content! My grandma is the best! It was nice to sit down and talk to her, she's so full of love and great advice!

The Traveling Huish Family

2008-07-28T21:34:00.000-07:00

Landon has been quite a traveler since he's joined our family! My mom and sister came to stay with us for the first week and half then we packed up and headed for Snowflake to spend some time with Tyler's family. We had such a nice time! It was nice and cool... we were all able to sit on the porch and watch the rain. Joe loved running free in the backyard all day! He even made some dog friends. He ran off for the first time with his "friends" and was gone for a while so my father-in-law and I took the 4 wheeler out to search and rescue! We drove around for a while before I spotted a lonely, lost little boxer. After he realized he knew us I think he was relieved to be found. The other dogs had left him and he was a little shaken up. My father-in-law picked him up and held him on the the 4 wheeler while I drove us home! It was so fun! I married into such a great family! We really enjoyed being there! Here's a picture of our family and Landon being cuddled by his uncle Spencer!

Landon Is Here!!!

2008-07-08T08:26:00.000-07:00

Landon has finally arrived! He came to us at 4:09 p.m. on Monday, July 7th.

He weighed in at 8 pounds flat and 20.5 inches long. He has big cheeks and pretty blue eyes.

He will be on display in your area soon!

Landon's Due Date

2008-07-03T20:23:00.001-07:00

Today was Landon's due date... but apparently he has other plans! No worries! I thought he might be a little stubborn so we scheduled an induction for tomorrow! So, here's our little adventure this week -
I went to my doctor's appointment on Tuesday at 3:10pm. Everything was looking good, I was 2 cm dilated and 70% effaced. The doctor stripped my membranes to try and help me go into labor before the 4th. Two hours later I was experiencing pretty hard contractions that were only 2-5 minutes apart! Of course I got all emotional and Tyler and I finished packing the last minute items into our bags. We went to the hospital at 7pm completely confident that this was it!! Ha... NO! The contractions weren't helping me dilate! They were just hurting! So, after some routine business they were worried I might have warning signs of preclampsia so we were scheduled for some additional tests and an ultrasound for Thursday (today), and sent home - No Landon... :( and a small possibility of being induced on the 3rd!
Today we went in for the tests at 10. Somehow I have caught a head cold and I couldn't sleep all last night so the morning was somewhat miserable. Going to the hospital was not bad. Tyler and I hung out playing Phase 10 while Landon and I were being monitored! Fortunately, both of us are healthy, and unfortunately we were sent home - No Landon :(.
So, it looks like tomorrow is the day! We are so excited! My parents are coming and helping take care of Joe, Holli might be coming, and Tyler's family is also coming sometime! I'm so excited to be having the first Huish grand baby!! We'll see how it goes... but at least when we go to the hospital tomorrow we know that we'll be coming home with our little Landon! :)

Are We There Yet?

2008-06-23T19:14:00.000-07:00

Holy Canoli! Am I almost done being pregnant? Tyler's ready, I'm ready, and it sure seems like Landon is getting uncomfortable!! No, no... really I have nothing to complain about. My pregnancy has been a dream pregnancy it think the heat has just been getting to me... not to mention my uncontrollable bladder! I'm really getting to be great at maneuvering around our house in the dark, if you know what I mean!
So... my bags are packed, the camera batteries are charged, we've set up the nursery, and we now have chosen our pediatrician. I think we're ready to go...

Trip to Virginia

2008-06-21T14:13:00.000-07:00

Tyler and I went to Virginia last August to see a great friend, a girl he baptized on his mission, get sealed! It was such a fun trip. We went with Clark Richardson, his companion at the time she was baptized. We basically spent two days traveling to and from the D.C. temple! It was gorgeous, and it was SO tall! Virginia is a beautiful place, and one that I'm sure Tyler and I will return to often throughout our life!

Tyler Caught Snoogling

2008-06-21T14:04:00.000-07:00

Poor, Poor Tyler! I'm wearing him out! This is such a funny picture to me because the pillow that it looks like he wrestled before falling asleep is my "Snoogle." Its the pillow I made him get for me so I could sleep at night when my belly started to need more support. Its the most wonderful pillow and Tyler sometimes makes fun of me because I will carry it around with me wherever I lay down. But, hah, I caught him! I knew he really liked my snoogle deep down!

The Baby Belly

2008-06-21T13:53:00.000-07:00

Here is a bit of a belly shot-in the eighth month. This was the weekend of Tyler's Birthday (May 9th) when his family came down and we went jet skiing (we meaning everyone but Joe and I). It was a blast. I am definitely bigger now! It's amazing how a baby can grow so much in a month! It is an awesome experience, but one that I will be waiting a few years before trying again!

Joe Graduated!!

2008-06-21T13:38:00.000-07:00

Joe is officially graduated from Obedience and Agility Level 1 on Monday!! He now knows how to sit, lay down, get up, stand up, "front," "swing," come, stay, "scramble" up the "A frame," jump through hoops and over bars, run through tunnels, and can almost do the dog run. Phew! Tyler was a great trainer! I tried but every time I was up for more than 10 minutes I need the restroom! Although Joe was the class clown, always rolling on his back and pawing Tyler during directions, I must say that he was one of the best "stayers" of the class. On the last night of class the dogs and trainers did a relay and it involved "staying." Joe did great... but was then a goof-ball the rest of class. Well, at least he KNOWS lots of tricks... we'll see if he will listen!! (The picture was from the first day of class)

Pre-Landon Days

2008-06-20T16:20:00.000-07:00

Since the great 'heir to the throne' has not yet come to claim his future rule, we will feature his Highness' royal nursery in his stead. Be it known that the Great Landon Kirk Huish's face will appear soon enough (we hope)!

What We're Up to Lately

2008-06-12T16:17:00.000-07:00

Tyler has been busy improving our home, like usual, since work as a school bus driver ended at the end of May. He has also been on the search for a job that is more along the lines of his business major. He's had great perseverance and I'm glad that he's not just become a depressed couch potato! I love that Tyler is goal oriented. He's an amazing husband and is always willing to serve... even though I am asking for help more and more each day. It's been fun to see him around little kids lately. He's really going to be a terrific dad.

I just switched companies that I work for, but I'm still doing respite and hab for my cousins, Tia and Tyler. It is definitely a rewarding job. I love the closeness I feel with Kevin, Shawnie, Tia, Tyler, and Max!! When I'm not with them I'm usually at home. I'm pretty much a hermit. My favorite social interaction is being with my husband and Joe. Right now I have been working on finishing my application to ASU's nursing school, and everything that goes with that ordeal. I'm really looking forward to my baby shower this Saturday (thanks to my Aunt Debbie and Terry)!! I have been having fun working on Landon's room. It's a great way to pass the time!

Joe is going to obedience and agility school. He's doing great, but he is the class clown. He mostly spends his day moping around the house... probably a mixture of boredom because it's too hot to play outside and our house is pretty small. Poor guy! Joe is growing like crazy!! Right now he looks like Bambi because his legs are so long. He is so dang cute!

Landon has been moving around like crazy. He seems like he's ready to come out, and that's fine with me! Only 3 weeks left and we all can't wait! Folding Landon's little clothes has been so fun. I just can't wait to be able to put him in the little outfits! We have really been blessed as far as help with baby things. My parents purchased Landon's crib, and a sweet woman from Tyler's mission bought us our stroller/car seat and the changing table. Tyler had a baby shower thrown for him at work, and my friend Melissa threw me a shower just recently... and I got a pedicure!! We are so thankful for all the help!

How We Got Started

2008-06-11T15:40:00.000-07:00

Tyler and I met when I was a sophomore in high school. We had a mutual friend so we saw each other every now and then. We became closer friends just before his mission and we wrote throughout those two years. About six months before he came home we realized that we wanted to date when he got home. The day after Tyler got home (June 9, 2006) he called me to set up a date for the following day... but of course I could not wait! I invited him to Brenley's (my little sister) dance recital that night, and we've been together ever since!

We were engaged on August 19, 2006 and were married January 5, 2007! We are both going to ASU - Tyler majoring in Marketing, I'm majoring in Nursing - and living in the family housing and loving it. Tyler loves finding new ways to make our home more enjoyable. We got Joe Boxer in January this year, and we found out that I was pregnant this last December! We look forward to Landon Kirk's arrival in the beginning of July!

Our loving dog, Joe Studly Boxer, is an AKC registered purebred boxer (hence the name Joe). We plan on dressing him up as a boxer with a slick robe and Joe Boxer boxer shorts. He'll look great. He about 6 months old now and already weighs almost 50 pounds. He is going to get huge!!!