Live Like You Were Dieing

The song by Time McGraw Live Like You Were Dieing has always been a favorite of mine. I think it has a good message. Life is so short, we have no idea when your time will be up here on earth, so we do need to live each day to its fullest, not taking any shortcuts, being nice to everyone, and doing all the things we want to now, and not putting them off for another day.

You might ask what spurred this....yesterday at a training for work we broke for lunch and all drove a half a block to the food joint....well one of the men in our training, apparently had a seizure when he pulled in the parking lot, was able to pull into a stall,, opened his door to his car, but fell out and went unconscious. The woman who car pooled with him, thank heavens called 911 as soon as he had the seizure and the ambulance station was right across the street so as soon as the volunteer EMT's got there(which was INCREDIBLY fast) they were working on him. He had no vital signs when he left. He has just been joking around with us all, giving the teacher a hard time, and telling us how excited he was to work for the census, and in 2 minutes from training to the lunch he was gone. They did revive him on the way, and they are hoping he will be just fine...he had a massive heart attack and respiratory failure at the same time.

This is why i am thinking about all this. Life is so fragile. Life is so short. We need to make sure that we are doing all that we can everyday, and not forget why we are here...its not to sit idly and let life pass us by, we need to be moving everyday up the mountain of our existence, learning, growing, laughing, loving.

Last night while laying in bed i also thought about how blessed I am in this life.

I have this man:

 (don't mind his scruffiness...we were camping...but really i like the scruffiness...and i love his smile in this one, and it is rare to get him to smile for me...so its a favorite picture)

Who is an amazing husband and father. He is my eternal companion and i am so grateful, so grateful for him and what he does and who he is. I wish there were better words to express how i really feel about this man.

I have this little boy:

Who is my pride and joy every minute of his life. He brings so much excitement and joy into our home.

I have this mom:

Who is my lifeline. She is my example of everything i hope to accomplish in my life. She is my best friend, she means more to me than any of you will ever know. She is everything good in this world, she teaches, comforts, encourages, expects goodness, loves, and so so much more. I love this woman!

I have this best friend:

Who also is my lifeline. She is there whenever i need someone to cry to, complain to, ask questions to, share happy moments with that others might find insignificant. She is the kind of friend we all hope to have sometime in our lives, and i have been blessed to have her for somewhere around 6 or so years. She doesn't live close, she actually lives pretty far away, but its like she is right across the street...she is wonderful to me.

I have these brothers:

Who love me, teach me, and are all big brothers to me...even the one that is younger than me. I love them dearly

These in-laws:

Who are wonderful people. I feel so blessed to have them in my family and to be in their family. They have incredible attributes that have taught me lots in the last 3 years i have known them.

I have this house:

(this is a picture from last year..my yard is much nicer this year!)

That is a lot of work, but worth it in the end to see how beautiful we have been able to make it

I have this job:

 Which is a blessing in and of it self...i worked one project and was just invited back to another that was by invitation only and was only for those who came highly recommended. WOW, i didn't even know my boss liked me...i was chosen with 2 others out of 17 people. What a blessing. I know my Father in Heaven was looking after us on this one. We really needed the money right now.

Long post, but i had to write down my thoughts and if you are still reading...you get a gold star!

I am grateful for all you good friends too...i learn from each of you as well, and feel your support all of the time. I come from a great family...one full of cousins that populate the majority of my blog list...i am grateful for them:

This life is worth something. We are are surly here on earth for a reason. I am blessed to know why, know what i am doing, and where i am going. I am blessed to be a member of this church:

cause without it all of the above mentioned people and things wouldn't matter as much.

Thanks for reading....here is your gold star....

13 Months Young

I am going to continue doing these hopefully every month. More or less just to document his advancements in life and development so i can look back and see just when he started talking, walking, spiting, you get the idea. So you in no means have to read these, They are for my benefit, and i am a HORRIBLE journal keeper, but i can do the blog with no problem, so here we are, and here we go:

Typical happy face

What a CHEESE!!

13 months and......

~stood for atleast 30 seconds yesterday with NO help! Yippy!
~Is getting lots better at walking behind objects...like his tractor (Sunday he was almost running behind it)
~He for some odd reason has started looking at his hand and saying "Oww" with the saddest look on his face--whenever he wants so attention, or if he thinks he did something that seems like it should hurt ( i can tell the difference between his "faking" and his real only cause he grabs his ears when he gets hurt for real (i think this comes from having a constant ear infection for so long, pain=ear, sad but true)

 apparently it hurts to get your picture taken...he kept doing it when i was taking pictures

~ He has been doing this since he was born, but i don't think i have ever documented it, so i am today. He ALWAYS crosses his little feet at the ankles. When rocking him to sleep, he cant fall asleep until his ankles are crossed, when eating, they must be crossed(unless he is kicking the back of the high chair)

~ He has the sound down like an art for cars and trucks or tractors or really anything that moves and has wheels :) I put sleepers on him the other night and he realized they had cars and trucks on them, so he would point at them and make the sound...dang cute!
~ he is my little scientist. They always referred this stage of life in all my child development classes as the little scientist age...its so true. He loves figuring out how the wheels turn, trying to figure out the dang TV remotes, which he has found the power button and uses it often, he is just so curious and i LOVE it! So fun to watch him learn.
~ He is the worlds fastest crawler...and i mean this in all seriousness...just ask anyone in our ward they watch him often scurry away from us in a hurry
~ He officially signs the correct sign for food, but when i ask if he is finished and sign it, he just claps...so that is his sign for finished, but he is consistent with it, so i know what he means, which is great! Go baby signing!
~ He is just the funniest, cuddliest, most handsome little man in my life and i love him to death

I am sure i am forgetting something, so, as i often do i will add them when i think of them

Kyler Learning

Its a little blurry sometimes, the camera was being dumb, but it gives ya an idea of his cuteness! :)

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Crafts

Well like i mentioned in this blog post i have been sucked into the world of crafting. I thought i would hate it, but honestly i quite like it, when the sewing machine, the baby, my mood all a line for the good of my home. :) This doesnt always happen...it is rare, but i have mananged to accomplish two more craftyness's.

This one in a LARGE way is my mother-in-laws doings....i had the idea, bought the material, sewed the first one, took it over to show her and ask what in the crap i did wrong, she told me, but i forgot to pick it up, and the awesomeness in her fixed it for me and then volunteered to help with the other pannles i had to make...a total of 5 for my whole kitchen...not all pictured...i dont have curtain rods for them yet :)
I love them...they just warm up my kitchen and make it feel all homey and all that good stuff

The next thing is more practical than cute, but i think it turned out cute enough. I have a friend who's little man is just 6 months older than Ky and after hearing her tell me that he was munching on her crib i thought in no way am i going to let a baby destroy my nice expensive crib that someday can convert to a bigger bed ( i cant imagine using a head board or having the food of the bed have bite marks in a nice room, sorry.) So i got on babys R Us to look for some crib protectors, i wanted the kind that stick to them and they can chew on that rubbery stuff...but after seeing how incredibly expensive they are (for my crib i would have had to spend around $80!!) and after reading the reviews that they pulled of crib stain, or didn't stick at all and the baby could peal them off with ease, i decided there had to be a better way...i then found this on their website, it inspired me ( I knew i could make them much cheaper than that!)
So i found material that matched Kys room, and sewed away..this is what we have now...all protected and can stay nice for the future!

Calling All Moms

So I have been known to say things like, "Ky is such a great teether, he hardly fusses" or "I don't know what you are talking about when you say teething is hard, its been pretty painless around here." or maybe even, "bring on the teeth...he is a non fussy teether and i want those molars so he can chew."

I DO NOT FEEL THIS WAY ANY LONGER!!!

With that said, please help me! :) What did you do for teething toddlers who scream endlessly? tricks, helps, etc are very welcome at this time, because faces like these:

and this

and  this:

are becoming more frequent lately

Overheard at Our Home

So I could hear Brandon getting after Kyler in the kitchen while trying to feed him cause he kept spitting his dinner out....so I walked in and this converstaion follows:

Me: "Mister are you being naughty?"

Kyler: "No.....dada" (already trying to place blame on others)  :)

Mom and dad then bust out laughing and so does he

So great when the few words they know play so perfectly into conversations and have such great meaning!
And really how can get get mad at a boy as cute as this:

Family Pictures

I am so far behind in posting things...its not even funny. I still need to post pictures from Kylers bday party, but i am not in the mood to write, but i need to start posting all the things i would like to get down in history. . . . so for today here are our family pictures, my friend from high school took them for us and did an awesome job...you all should look into her doing your pictures next time! Here is her link to her blog.
Anyway we love them and are happy to have a current family picture to display...instead of just wedding pictures :)