When Mallory is napping and the Boy's are having quiet time, I love checking out these ladies sites...I think I've spent half of July checking out make up, hair, and clothes!
Lauren Curits: https://www.youtube.com/user/laurenbeautyy/featured
I love all of her make up videos! plus she is Australian so it's fun to listen to her accent :) I think she has almost 2M followers on YouTube.
Jaclyn Hill: https://www.youtube.com/user/Jaclynhill1/featured
Professional make up artist and girl knows her stuff!
Cara Loren Van Brocklin: http://www.caraloren.com/
Super cute LDS Chic! She has fun tutorials on her website and it makes me want to try everything she uses.
Lauren Conrad: http://laurenconrad.com/
Girl can do no wrong in my book
I can't believe I only have one more week until it's back-to-work time! I was pretty bummed out that we weren't able to fit in a California trip this summer, but we still had fun keeping busy in the Valley.
Cody and Trevor had swim team practice every Mon-Thurs with swim meets Thurs nights.
We went swimming at the lake a couple of times...
Went Jet Skiing...Cody is the only child we took, but the other 3 had fun before we left.
Took a trip up to Show Low...
Went to see "Maleficent" and "How To Train Your Dragon 2".
Took the Boys to Wet n Wild...
In July Greg started his EMT course, so the kids and I were pretty much on our own.
We went to Jump Street...
Made slime...
And had fun just passing the time....
Dear Cass,
After Gregory and I decided to go through the adoption process for Miss H, he thought getting a puppy would be good for me. I thought he was a little crazy wanting a Pit Bull. One day he asked if I wanted to go somewhere with him. We pulled up to a house and he said "Let's go get our puppy." I think there were 13 in the litter and you were the last one to come out of the crate, yawning. This little tiny, 6 week, white and brown runt of a dog. You were the cutest thing ever and it was puppy love at first sight. Best $120 ever spent. Well, I took you every where with me. You went to Home Depot, the mall, most parties, the lake, camping, or just a quick trip to the grocery store. Greg and I would take you to the dog park almost every day. And you were fast. You could out run all the other dogs to the ball 99% of the time. When Greg and I moved to Yuma, you became my road dog, laying in the front seat so calmly every time I made the 2 1/2 hour trip from there to Phoenix. And then when Gregory went to Iraq, you became my protector and companion. You were many things to me over the past 15 years, but most of all, you were my best friend. I have so many wonderful memories of you that I will cherish the rest of my life.
Mingus Mountain
Digging for rabbits
I'm not sure why you were on the table, but nothing you did surprised me. You always made me laugh. You had the funniest personality I've ever seen in a dog.
Curled up in the nursery
Watching after Cody Boy. I think you were a little jealous when you realized you had a brother but you loved him.
Playing in the snow with Red up at the cabin.
Rachel - Thank you for making her last couple of 'Silver years' so shiny :)
All About The Kiddos
Cody was born in Yuma, AZ on May 10, 2005. He was born at 2:54 on a Tuesday morning. He was 7lbs 2oz and was 19 inches long... I think back on it now, and all I really remember was being in pain for the whole day. I had a Drs appointment Monday morning and my Dr stripped my membranes. Yes, it's as painful as it sounds. After my appointment, Greg and I went and walked around Wal-Mart. Sounds funny, but it was the middle of summer in Yuma and Wal-mart was the only cool place to walk. I had been having little contractions here and there but nothing substantial. After walking, we went home and waited a while. Finally by 8 o'clock that night, I was ready. The hospital was 30 minutes away. Once I got into triage, I wasn’t dilated enough to be admitted so 2 more hours of harsh contractions walking around the hospital. I do remember Greg being a wonderful coach though. It seemed like the only thing that would help was to sway side to side. Im sure it probably looked like we were dancing. Finally around 11:30 they admitted me. I had my epidural and I was set. They called my Dr around 12. Too bad for me it took her 2 and a half hours to get there!!!! I always wondered what took her so long. I think I had to push maybe 5 times and there he was. My mom and Greg’s family made it just in time. They drove down from Phoenix just in time to see sweet Cody Boy. Cody was a colic baby which made for long nights and hard days. I think he was pretty much over that by the time he was 3 months. He has always been very expressive about what he likes and does not like. He makes it very clear when he wants or needs something. There is really no ignoring him, b/c he'll find a way to get what he wants. He is also very stubborn and hard-headed, but at the same time he is so cute, it's hard to be mad at him. Ever since he was a baby, he had to touch my hair in order to fall asleep. He still does that. He's a mama’s boy when it comes to cuddling, but he also has to get in his wrestle time with Daddy. Cody loves all animals and animals seem to love him (could be he always has some sort of food on him). He loves to play cars and trucks. I think he must have 100 hot wheels. My mom got him a spring horse that he loves to play on, especially when Gregory is watching Westerns. He gets his cowboy hat on and his play gun stuck in the back of his diaper and just goes to town being "Cowboy Cody." It’s so much fun just to watch him play and use his imagination. He is such a wonderful, free spirited little boy. He is also turning out to be an awesome big brother.
Just a quick tid bit...My best friend Kate and I found out were due a day apart last March. Her due date was November 19th and mine was the 20th. Well, Kate had baby girl Riley the same day I had Trevor! What are the odds right?
Trevor was born on Wednesday November 21, 2007 at 10:19 in the morning. He was a big boy at 8lbs 12oz and 21 inches long. I was induced with Trevor because there was no luck with stripping the membranes (twice) and I never had any contractions. I was supposed to go in early morning on the 19th, but the hospital was too full. So, I was put on a waiting list. Finally, around 11 at night on the 20th, I was called in. I had sent a text to Kate to let her know I was on my way to the hospital and her husband Cody text me back to let me know she was already there (we delivered at different hospitals). Once I got there, they gave me patocin to induce me and an epidural a little while later. It was great! The delivery part of it was nothing. I had to push maybe 3 times and he was born within minutes, healthy as could be. However, a little after he was born I started to feel nauseous. I ate some yogurt and sure enough it came right back up. I sat up in bed and saw white spots everywhere and heard ringing in my ears then blacked out. They took some blood work and it said I was anemic. I was having lots of blood clots coming out. The Dr ran in and started cleaning me out and pushing on my stomach and let me tell you it hurt like heck. I like to think I have a pretty high pain tolerance too (2 kids before this, 2 tattoos, and a couple of piercings with no complaints) but this sucked!!! I was shaking uncontrollably; I thought I was having a seizer. I guess I was going in and out of it, b/c I woke up later and Greg had put a rose on my chest. I remember waking up and asking him if he thought I died. It was probably one of the scariest times of my life (besides Greg leaving for Iraq). Im so glad my mom was there to explain to me in English all the Doctor lingo. I did get to go home for Thanksgiving with a beautiful, healthy baby boy. This was a big deal because I had some scares early on in my pregnancy. On the first ultrasound, we found out that my placenta was sitting way too low so it was squishing Trevor’s kidneys. They were way too small. That was terrifying for both Greg and me. After a couple more ultrasounds and a visit to a perinatologist (sounds serious right) we found out everything was fine. I couldn’t figure out what the big deal was for having small kidneys. I mean, there are two of them. Turns out after some research, it can be a sign of Down Syndrome. It was very scary!!!! We are so blessed that Trevor is healthy! Trevor is turning out to be an angel baby. He rarely cries and sleeps all through the night. He smiles all the time and loves to look at the color blue. He loves to watch Cody and always smiles when he gets to take a bath. Trevor just seems to love life. It is so much fun just to sit and cuddle him. He makes the cutest cooing sounds. I can’t wait to see more of his personality. It just goes by too fast. Greg and I are so blessed and we are reminded of that every time we see our beautiful boys.
Justin Gregory Tieman was born Friday September 18, 2009 at 9:11 in the morning. He weighed in at exactly 7 lbs and was 19.5 inches long. Everything in a time period of about 36 hours happened so quickly. I had my Dr’s appointment at 2 on Thursday and when I was there, he asked if I wanted the 12 am or 4 am spot to be induced. I took the 12 am spot. Gregory and I made it to the hospital around 12:30, checked in, and then went up to Labor and Delivery. I was given “the gel” around 2:15 am and by 2:20 I was already having small contractions. My nurse had me get up and walk the halls for about 40 minutes. I’m not sure what time I had my epidural? It was with the first nurse I had, so sometime between 3 and 6 am. I got a new nurse around 6:15 and she let me sleep for about 3 hours to get some rest. She came in 8:45-9:00 to check on me and see if I had dilated at all. To my surprise (and hers), I was fully dilated!!! I had slept through all of my contractions! It’s a good thing my Dr was just down stairs getting ready to come up and break my water. I felt so bad for him. I pretty much shot my baby out at him. I pushed 3 times (for about a minute) and he was out. They did have to use to vacuum on him because I already had some abrasions and was starting to bleed. Luckily I got all the medicine I needed and then some to help with the bleeding and everything went really well. I was able to leave the hospital the next day, feeling pretty good. Justin is only a couple of days old, but he is already such a blessing for our family. He is a wonderful baby and absolutely beautiful. Cody and Trevor can’t seem to get enough of him. They love getting to help feed Justin. They are such good big brothers! With Justin now here, I feel our family is complete. Gregory and I couldn’t be happier to have 3 wonderful boys in our lives!
.JPG)
