SUNDELL STORIES

Opportunity Village

2011-12-17T02:40:00.000-08:00

On Monday, Bryan, Kristen ( and their kids ), Kris, Nancy, Abby, Nixon and I went to Opportunity Village. It's something we do every year. They have lots of lights and rides for the kids. We went on the train, carousel, house of mirrors, and ate a funnel cake while watching kids perform dances and sing songs. The house of mirrors was my personal favorite to watch Nixon do. It's a maze with mirrors and it made me laugh so so so much. Nixon kept running into himself. I wish I would have videoed it. Here are some pics of us there.

Eventful week

2011-12-17T01:43:00.000-08:00

It has been quite and eventful week. On Tuesday, around 1:30 Nixon was playing with an exercise machine ( a ROM to be exact ) and on it it has a chain to make a wheel go round and round. Nixon and the kids play on it constantly. As I was in the kitchen ( which is right next to where the machine is ) I told Nixon that he "better be careful" and not even joking right after I said that the Spirit told me to move him away from the machine ( which I sadly ignored ) and not 5 seconds later Nixon started to scream and cry as he ran to me fingerless. It was the scariest thing ever! As I started to panic I ran and got a paper towel put it on his hand and started to squeeze it, yelled for my mother in-law to come down. We looked for a few minutes for his fingers ( which I could only find the tip of one and put it in a plastic bag with ice ) and rushed him to the hospital down the street. Seriously, NEVER GO TO MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL! It was awful! As I ran in I told him his fingers got cut off. They proceeded to tell me that they didn't have any doctors that could come look at it right now and that when there was an available room they would get him in. I gave them my information and maybe 30 min later they told me we needed to get an x-ray. I asked them if they could give him something for pain because he had been screaming the entire time. They told me no and that after we got him out of the x-ray they would take us to a room and the nurse would do it then. Well it was a good 50 min before they gave him anything for pain. The nurse we had was very nice though. If I had to guess, I don't think Nixon was in pain. I think that seeing the blood and Peter and I crying made him scared because as soon as the nurse bandaged his hand up ( before any medication ) and you couldn't see blood he was fine and by then we had calmed down. After giving him some meds and antibiotics the doctor came down and told us that they wouldn't be able to attach any of his fingers back even if we were able to find them. The doctor also said that he wouldn't need surgery and that the skin would just grow back on its own ( him telling us that was so unsettling to me. It just didn't make sense how someone's bones could be exposed like that and it would just heal normal on it's own. I know the body can do amazing things, but this seemed way unrealistic to me and painful for Nixon.) The one that I did find we threw away. When we got home Nixon wanted to jump on the tramp ( only my kid...seriously, he's so crazy ) so he ad Peter did then Peter looked and found his other fingers sitting on a ledge part of the ROM where there is a chain and we think he stuck his fingers in the chain and it just sliced them off. Oh...FYI it wasn't all his fingers. On his right hand his index finger just above the knuckle by your nail got cut off, his middle finger just above the middle knuckle, and his ring finger had the tip taken off with no bone taken off, but the bone was sticking out.
Get this...The ER told me to call a specific hand specialist ASAP so I did...waited on hold for 10-15 min then left a message to call me. Called again about an hour later waited again for 10 min left another message then when we got released from the hospital I actually just drove over to make the appointment and guess what they said?! That I had to call the number to make an appointment and that they don't have access to that! No freakin' way! I called Nixon's pediatrician and they got us in the next morning right away and he referred us to an amazing hand specialist.
Like I said before, We took him to the specialist the next day that the pediatrician referred. He told us that he wanted to do surgery first thing the next morning. We got to the outpatient surgery center at 5:30 and they took us back immediatly. They were amazing there. The nurse was so sweet. The doctor said he wanted to cut his bone down and pull the skin over so it wasn't exposed and it would heal faster. As they took Nixon back, he cried for Peter a little bit. An hour and 15 min later the doctor came in and told us that he wanted to keep as much length as he could so he ended up trimming the bone a little bit and cleaning the wounds, then doing a synthetic skin graph. Which from what I understood was like a piece of fabric type and somehow attaching it to the skin and as the skin healed, it would grow around it. That way it still wasn't exposed and they wouldn't have to cut his bone down to pull the skin all the way over. Nixon did amazing! When he woke up he tried shaking the splint off and when he realized he couldn't get it off, it seemed not to bother him that much. He has had a few meltdowns because he can't play motorcross on the x box and on the ipad, but other then that, he has been his same crazy Nixon self. He slept most of the day yesterday and today he slept until 2pm! Amazing. He hasn't complained of pain yet and hopefully he wont. Next week we have the follow up appointment and we'll see how it looks. Oh. They ended up having to take his index finger knuckle by the nail off. So that means he will only have 2 knuckles of his middle and index finger. His ring finger he won't have a nail bed either but will have 3 knuckles. Poor kid. I hate that this happened to him. It makes me sick every time I see the ROM machine. Thankfully we are taking it out. He actually has wanted to play on it today, but no way will I let him even close to it. I have pictures of the fingers we found after, but not of his hand. Don't worry. I'm not posting that. I will post however his hand when it is all healed up and how it looks.

At the ER

On our way home from ER

Jumping on the tramp after we got home from ER

Before surgery

Right after surgery

Today with his reindeer his Nana sent to him.

Target = the bomb!

2011-11-19T21:16:00.000-08:00

Seriously, these window things are the bomb! Nixon played with them for over an hour and it has been the best little crafty thing that I have done this week. I have been trying to do more crafts and stuff with Nixon during the day. These are amazing! He was so excited and loved them! He will still go and play with them randomly and reorganize them. So moms out there with a 2.5 year old that needs something to do, you can purchase these for $1 at Target ( my favorite store besides Costco ). I purchased like 7 and will give them to him randomly throughout the week. That's all for now.

We leave to Utah in like 2.5 days! I can't wait! It will be so fun!!!!!

Weather. Church. Halloween.

2011-11-17T20:23:00.001-08:00

On Sunday, while Peter and I were getting ready for church, Nixon came in with Peter's glasses on with his new favorite hat and told us he was ready for church. What a sweet boy.

I found a couple more pictures of halloween that I thought I would post. Sadie was a ballerina. As annoying as she can be, she did look mighty cute.

Nixon and daddy trunk or treating. Love my sweet boys.

All ready for church!

It has been really good weather this week and we have been to the park like everyday. Today it was finally starting to get a little cold. It is supposed to get colder this weekend and get colder from now on. I am pretty excited about it. I am ready for cold.

He was scared of the alligator so I told him that it was fake and couldn't hurt him. He was very cautious about touching it.

He LOVES watching and feeding the birds. There is a park that always has tons and tons of geese, ducks, and random birds.

It was pretty funny watching him run after all the birds. It was so funny to watch. He loved running after them and scaring them. He has been into making a "ROAR" noise and kept yelling it at them as he was running after them. He's a pretty cute kid.

On a side note, I am so excited for Thanksgiving next week! I can't believe that it is almost here! Time sure does fly! We will be going to Utah this year for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It should be a good time! My family is so excited because we have not been there for either holiday since Nixon has been born.

For my Aunt Kay

2011-11-13T03:13:00.000-08:00

My sweet Aunt Kay gets any chance she can get to remind me that I need to update my blog so this is dedicated to her.

Nixon LOVES nursery now and gets so excited when we tell him that he is going to be going to nursery. Last Sunday, Nixon was in nursery and he bit a boy that was being mean to him. The nursery leader told me and after I asked Nixon how nursery was. He said "good." I asked "were you a good boy?"
-Nixon "No. Bryan ( Nixon's uncle ) put time out."
-Me "Bryan put you in time out? Why?"
-Nixon "I bite boy."
-Me "You bit a boy? Why?"
-Nixon "He mean to me."
-Me "Okay. Well, you don't bite. If someone is mean tell me."
-Nixon "Okay, mom. Lobe you."

I couldn't get mad at him. I thought it was so cute that he was so honest and told me. What a cute boy.

All ready for church.

Halloween.
Nixon was a dragon for Halloween. Not by choice, but because it was $6.89 at Old Navy. He loved it though.
This year we went to our ward trunk or treat. It was so much fun. I have never been to a trunk or treat. It seriously is genius! So nice and safe. We also went to some of our good friends house for a party. It was so much fun and we had a fabulous night.
This picture was taken on our way to the party. Peter and I were talking and no joke, not a minute after....
this picture was taken. He passed out. He doesn't take naps anymore during the day so he gets really really tired after 6 or so. Notice the sucker stuck to his head. Awesome.

Also on Halloween, the guys went shooting. Nixon had a pretty good time.

Veterans day we also went shooting. Nixon always has a good time. He loves picking up the shells, running around ( not close to where we are shooting ) and getting in and out of the truck.

Seriously, SO SEXY!

We went over to Nixon's cousins house that live directly across the street. He loved playing with the kitchen. What a cheese ball. He has now started to smile with his eyes closed. So cute!

It has been pretty good weather lately and have been going to the park quite a bit.

Another thing Nixon is into is trying on different hats. He loves to go to Target and try on all the different kinds of animal hats.

Lake Powell

2011-08-02T22:09:00.000-07:00

one of Nixon's favorite things was to either ride the sea-doo or jump off it

My sweet son never wanted to get out of the water. He would break down in tears every time.

I forgot to pack swim diapers on one of our boat rides so he went in diaper less. Cute bum.

Again...he needed to get out of the water.

My boys are fearless. It's scary. He loved cliff jumping. Nothing too crazy though.

On most of the sea-doo rides we took him on he fell asleep.

STORY OF THE BRUISES.....So Peter and I decided to go out on a little sea-doo adventure. While we were out Peter saw a cliff ( about 50 ft. ) that he wanted to jump off. So he did. It looked fun and I don't do it usually, but I thought what the hell. I will be daring today. It didn't look that high up from the top. Peter yelled at me to make sure I shut my legs. As I was focusing on keeping my legs shut I jumped closed my eyes made sure my legs were crossed and leaned back. BAD IDEA! This jump is one of the worst decisions I have EVER made and I will NEVER do it again! I pretty much back flopped. I was wearing a life jacket which I think helped not bruise my back super bad, but boy did my legs and and lower back get it! I was all bruised up! And that is an understatement! It was bad! I was tingling all over...Peter was freaking out thinking I broke something...I was freaking out thinking I was going to be paralyzed or something. We said a prayer and we calmed down and after about 15 minutes I got the strength to get on the sea-doo for the 10 minute ride back to the houseboat. It was the longest most painful rides back. Seriously, I keep thinking to myself "what the hell were you thinking?!" I can't believe I got out with only bruises! I am so thankful! Well...Here are a couple pictures of my sexy legs...that's right...be jealous. :)

PICTURE OVERLOAD!

2011-05-29T17:17:00.001-07:00

I know...I know...I haven't posted in a while. It's hard for me to get motivated to post. You have to think of something to post about...something that is somewhat interesting, actually type it, and then get pictures loaded onto the computer and then actually load them my blog. BORING. Anyways, I am writing this as I watch the Justin Beiber movie. He is adorable!
Well...What has the Peter Sundell family been up to lately? Well, for Easter, we went over to Peters Aunt and Uncles house and ate some delicious food. We were as usual, late. The potatoes I made were extremely cold, but everything else was quite delicious. Then we headed across the way to Peter's Aunt Georgia's house for a fabulous Easter egg hunt. Lets just say my sweet son doesn't get it. He would go pick up some candy and a couple filled eggs, put them in his basket, then dump them out and pick it all up again. Bless his heart. We had lots of fun watching the kiddos and visiting with family that we haven't seen in a while.
After the Easter egg hunt we went to Robi's grave. Which by the way, now has a FABULOUS head stone. Walked around there for a little bit and then went home.
I think it was like 3 weeks ago we met my parent's and Mollz ballz in St. George. We always have a good time when we are with them! Peter LOVES golfing with my dad. They get into all sorts of trouble when they go. Mollz, my madre, and I played phase 10 (my favorite game) super late on Saturday night, we were so delusional and laughing so hard our stomachs were hurting the next morning. But the funny thing is that we were laughing about nothing really. One of us would start to laugh and then the next thing you know we were all crying because we were laughing so hard. Good times. You had to be their.
Nixon got an awesome bike from my parents. He is quite good. He now knows how to balance and ride without his feet on the ground. Seriously for at least 2 weeks straight he would wake up and say "BIKE, SIDE(outside)" Then I would say "No, after breakfast" And then he would cry. Nice way to start your morning everyday for 2 weeks.
Another thing that Mr. Nixon is up to...He learned how to swim. Well...with me close to him. It takes him a bit to remember how to come up for a breath, but after a bit he remembers and does really well. He loves to play with Shiro....like I have said before. Shiro even gives him rides in the water. Nixon holds onto his collar and swims around with him on his back. It's quite cute. I have a video of it, but I need to make it a smaller file and I am not quite sure how to do that yet.
Peter has gotten into mountain biking with his padre. He really loves it. He went to moab for a jeeping trip with a huge amount of people and while they were there they went biking. His padre even let him use some of his awesome biking shorts. Actually, they weren't that awesome. They made him look like he had a vagaga. His butt looked quite good though....but it always does.
Well...we don't really do very much around here. We are all doing good. Nothing very exciting going on. Same old. Peter has the summer off of school, which is exciting. Then he goes back full time in the fall. Other than that......that's as exciting as it gets here at the Sundell home.

Seriously...What a hunk!

These two are like brothers. They fight like brothers do and love playing with each other!

Love this picture of Auntie Abby and Nixon. So adorable!

Giving Shiro a kiss for pulling him on his back. Such a sweet boy.

Today

2011-03-28T14:43:00.000-07:00

Today it was fabulous weather...yet again. And we went to the park and played with Draven and Kayla. They had a fun time and I got some good pictures of Nixon and Draven.

Saturday

2011-03-28T14:35:00.000-07:00

Saturday was a fun filled day and BEAUTIFUL! Here are some pictures of what Nixon was up to.

4 Wheeling with daddy

Pretty sure he kept his helmet on most of the day

Motorcycling with Grandpa

Now riding the motorcycle with daddy

Walked Jack

Rode with Grandpa on his bicycle

Rode his scooter

Blowing out his candles

2011-03-28T14:26:00.001-07:00

This video is awesome! He had a difficult time blowing out his candles. It was so funny!
*Don't mind that it is sideways.

Happy Birthday Bubba! #2!

2011-03-26T19:52:00.000-07:00

HOLY COW! I am officially a mother to a 2 year old! Boy does time fly! I seriously can't believe it! This boy is so much fun and brings us such joy ( and stress, but mostly joy ). He is so crazy and is for sure all boy! In the last few weeks he has started to talk more and more. It is quite fun to hear all the things he comes up with. He has started to talk to the dogs when he is outside alone with them. It is hysterical to listen to. It's mostly just jibberish, but sometimes he will put some words together that make some kind of sense.
He loves being outside and is happiest when he is. His new movie he loves to watch is Megamind and loves playing with his cousins.
We had a delicious birthday breakfast in Utah with all the grandparents there and in Vegas had a yummy dinner and Oreo ice cream cake for dessert. He got so many great things and loves all of his toys and books!
We love him so much and are so grateful for the fun and crazy boy he is!

Nixon with his swim goggles and helmet. Love it! You can't help but laugh at this picture.

Enjoying his delicious ice cream cake.

Yummm......looks good.

Nixon loves playing with Ellyse and Lily. It's quite cute how Ellyse will dress him up and put make up on him.

(Don't mind the awesome creepy look Ellyse does in pictures)

Aunt Mollz Ballz looking awesome in her onesie pajamas

Grandpa and Grandma Lund

Kason and Aunt Jill

Opa and Oma

Riding his awesome 4 wheeler

#5

2011-03-26T19:44:00.000-07:00

I have been married 5 years! That is so crazy! To celebrate our anniversary we went to Benihana...which was delicious, but I wouldn't recommend it just for two. We were in Utah and had a ton going on so we didn't really do a ton for our anniversary, but it was so nice...my madre took Nixon overnight for 2 nights in a row! It was like we were newlyweds again. It was weird and for sure love being a mom to Nixon, but it was nice to just hang out. Peter has been the best husband ever and I love his guts so much! Thanks babe for being awesome! You're the best!

UPDATE

2011-03-13T16:56:00.001-07:00

Well...a lot has happened in the last few weeks. We moved into my in-laws while my hunk goes back to school and graduates. After he does we'll see where the road takes us. Kind of exciting, but scary. The weather here has been amazing to say the least! It is beautiful! Perfect if I say so myself. Nixon is loving playing with the dogs. Shiro ( the lab ) loves Nixon. He follows him EVERYWHERE! It is quite cute. Here are some pictures of our sweet Nixon.

4 wheel ride with Uncle Bryan and the girls

Notice Shiro following Nixon. So cute.

He LOVES riding the razor scooter!

This pictures is a bit overexposed, but I think it is so cute

Shiro following Nixon yet again.

LOVE THIS!

Jumping on the tramp is another one of his favorite things to do

I have tried to break him of this habit of putting his hand down his pants. He does it all day long! It is quite annoying, but I really don't know what to do about it.

I LOVE THIS! Such a sweet face!

FIREMAN ON DUTY!

Hangin' out

Camera fun!

2011-01-27T22:09:00.000-08:00

HaPpY bIrThDaY tO mE!!!

2011-01-11T18:16:00.000-08:00

So this year for my 25th birthday my sweet husband and family got me the BEST gift EVER! I have wanted a new, nice camera for quite some time. I have been using my father in-laws on and off for awhile now. I guess a couple weeks ago my sweet Peter had called my parents and in-laws to see instead of giving money, if they could just go in on a camera for me. They all said yes.
On Saturday we were cleaning the basement of his parents getting ready for us to move in when Peter said "do you want you birthday present now?". I totally thought he was kidding because I think since we have been married he has just gotten my presents after my birthday or I already knew what he got me. He went upstairs and brought down a big purple sewing machine carrier. He said "your gift is in here somewhere". I proceeded to open one of the zippers and saw the Nikon D5000 box. I immediately started to cry. I haven't put it down since. I LOVE IT!
Sunday, Abby made me my favorite cake, German Chocolate cake. She is seriously so gifted. It was DELICIOUS! I made some delicious mashed potatoes, a roast, and my favorite salad (which didn't turn out so good because my peppers weren't very crunchy).
I am still trying to figure out how to use different settings. Which will come with time, but I am so excited to explore it and try new things!

More pictures of Hawaii

2011-01-07T21:44:00.001-08:00

Couple more.

2011-01-04T20:00:00.000-08:00

Hawaii 2010

2011-01-04T18:53:00.001-08:00

This year we went to Hawaii for Christmas with the Sundell side of the family. We had a BLAST! It was so nice because everyone was able to come! We first went to The BIG Island! There we snorkeled, went to a luau, went to the beach multiple times, boogie boarded, ate some delicious food, and just hung out. The condo we stayed at was beautiful! However, the front door sucked because Nixon could open it and it would automatically unlock itself when you opened it from inside. So we spent a good portion of our time trying to find heavy things to block the door and chasing after Nixon when he would get out.
Snorkeling was so much fun! Unfortunately, my underwater camera doesn't do so well with water. Somehow water made its way inside the camera. The same thing happened to my sister in-laws camera. I was so bugged because I had the camera for 3 days! I am over underwater cameras! BABE! HINT FOR MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT! I WOULD LIKE A CAMERA!
We went to a luau one night and it was rained out so we had it inside. I have to say, it was still entertaining, but totally not the same! The food was alright.
Nixon loved the sand! He literally would roll around in it. He hated the ocean and would cry when I would even try to walk in with him. I was so surprised! He loved the pool though. I am guessing it is the salt water he doesn't like.
On our way to Maui Nixon was HORRIBLE! He cried so much! Good thing it is only a 30 minute flight! I thought it was funny because it was jam packed and here is Nixon screaming bloody murder on this little plane! Peter didn't think it was as funny as I did.
For Christmas Eve Jenny made a delicious dinner. Brown sugar pork something with delicious coconut rice. So yummy! Nixon opened his fabulous pajamas that Grandma Sundell made. They were so cute!
Christmas day we opened stockings, gifts, went to IHOP for breakfast, and went to the beach. It was great!
I can't remember what day it was but on Maui we went did a portion of the road to Hana. We stopped at a fresh water pool with a rope swing. Peter climbed across the huge tree to get it, but it was way too thin and we were worried it was going to break. The water was freezing and both Nixon and I weren't about to attempt to get in. Nancy was the bravest and got in first. Abby was the first to jump off the cliff. I was impressed. She's definitely got some Robi in her.
Robi was for sure missed. It wasn't the same. It was still super fun, but not the same. We all love and miss him so much and wish he was here. I know he is doing good work and watching over us though. Love you Robi. Miss you.
Now here comes the crazy amount of pictures! Enjoy.

When we were doing family pictures on the beach there was a turtle on the sand. Surprisingly Nixon wasn't scared.

My Sexy Hunk..Enough said.

We thought this kid was a girl without a top on at first glance.

There were these trees on the road to Hana that looked painted. It was neat.

Peter on the tree trying to get the rope.

Surf board fence

Miss Madeline

Miss Olivia

Sexy husband. That's right...be jealous.

Henry and Nixon...So cute!

We found Nixon like this almost every time on our way back from the beach.

Sweet Elsie

Such a sweetie, baby David.

Interesting....

Isn't he just the CUTEST EVER!

We only did stocking stuffers this year from Santa.

It's amazing how sandy he got!

Miss Elsie just got her sunscreen put on her face when she fell face first into the sand..

Our awesome flight that Nixon was amazing on.

My two handsome boys.

I got a kick out of this.

Yup.

2010-12-02T22:00:00.000-08:00

Yup. It's about time that I post. Honestly, I feel like it is more a chore than actual enjoyment, but whatever. We had a fabulous Thanksgiving! I LOVE Thanksgiving and I have so much to be thankful for! An awesome husband, son, family, my testimony, and much much more, but I don't want to bore you. This year we went to Utah for a week for Thanksgiving and it was so much fun! We got to spend some quality time with family and friends. Here are some pictures and a couple video's of the last couple weeks! Enjoy

I just love this picture of Nixon and Grandpa playing! So cute!

Thanksgiving family pic. Don't mind that fat face, I had just stuffed myself.

Cousins!

Grandpa and Jill doing some kind of dance with a dutch song.

This video is hilarious! Nixon thinks he is rolling the window down by saying "GO".

The things he does to make me laugh...

2010-08-29T11:04:00.001-07:00

I seriously am so in love with Peter! It's almost sick how much I love this guy! He makes me laugh so much and we have such a great fun time together! Love you babe. You're the best!

SWIM VIDEOS OF NIXON

2010-08-13T21:02:00.000-07:00

bAbY dAvId and SURGERY Before/After

2010-08-12T23:29:00.000-07:00

First off, I want to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. It was very much appreciated and I am so lucky to have such wonderful family and friends. Now I will tell you about my surgery. I went in on Monday at 2:00pm. Filled out paper work...signed some stuff...got my iv put in...I then met with Dr. Vaughn ( who was doing my surgery ). The anesthesiologist came in and I was so nervous for that more than the actual surgery. I am not sure why, but I was scared that since it was a 3 hour surgery I was worried that I would like wake up in the middle or something. I didn't like my anesthesiologist at all. He was so awkward and wasn't comforting at all! I told him that I was scared of that happening and his response was "that can happen." Thanks. Right after he gave me a little something something to calm my nerves. I don't remember anything after that. 4-5 hours later I woke up to my sweet husband giving me a kiss telling me it looked good, everything went well, and that he loved me. He really is the best husband in the universe. Anyways, my neck hurts pretty good. It has started to not hurt hurt, but become more super soar. It hurts to sleep. I am knocked out from the meds, but it hurts to lay down. My voice is a bit hoarse. Which is mainly from that breathing tube they stick down your throat. I can't drive for 2 weeks! I don't know what I am going to do with myself. It hurts really bad to turn my head plus being on meds they said for at least 2 weeks no driving. My sweet mom came into town and has been taking care of me and Nixon. He has been quite the little stinker, but he loves spending time with his Nana. My mama is the best! She really does so much for me and I am so grateful for all she has done!
Also, I have a new NEPHEW!!! David Simms Worden. He is the most beautiful baby I think I have EVER seen! He is so so so adorable! I am so happy for Melissa and William! They will be the best parents ever! They are such wonderful people and I couldn't be more happy for them! We miss you and we can't wait to meet the little guy!
( I will post a picture of him in a few days after I ask )

And here are some random pictures of Nixon and I thought were cute.

Past two weeks ( Revised )

2010-07-16T21:52:00.000-07:00

So for the past two weeks Peter, Nixon, and I were lucky enough to stay at my in-laws and take care of the dogs, plants, and most importantly the pool while they were in Powell. It was so much fun to stay somewhere else, but still not have to travel. Their house is like a resort in itself. The pool is beautiful! We swam every single day except Sunday. Nixon LOVED playing with the dogs!It makes me want one even more! He played with them every morning and then during the day would swim with Shiro. Nixon played with Shiro last Wednesday for over an hour and a half! It was amazing! I don't know what we are going to do now that we don't have a pool to walk out to in the morning and the dogs for Nixon to play with everyday.
On Saturday my mom, sister ( Molly ), her friend ( Casey ), cousin and two of her kids, Emma and Crew, came into town to visit. Emma, who is 6, was such a sweetheart and played with Nixon so so so much! She was such a HUGE help! Crew and Nixon are 6 days apart. Nixon was so mean to Crew though. It was so sad. Crew is such a sweetheart and Nixon would walk up to him smack him in the face and then right after give him a hug and kiss because he knew he wasn't supposed to hit. They did play though really well after a few days. Crew and Nixon LOVED playing in the dog water. They played in there so much! It sure was gross, but so cute to watch.
It was such a fun couple weeks! We sure missed Abby, Grandpa, and Grandma though. We are so excited to see them!

Edited by: Peter Sundell ( my husband who has delusions of eloquence )

Nixon

2010-06-20T20:12:00.000-07:00

Peter sweet cousin, Trina, was taking pictures of my sister in-laws kids and I asked her to take some of Nixon. She did a great job! Thanks Trina! Here are some of the pictures! Nixon hates taking pictures more than anything and it is so difficult to get him to smile anymore. You can see which ones were at the end when he was getting cranky. Enjoy!

Lately...

2010-06-11T19:02:00.001-07:00

I have probably lost all of my followers ( if I ever had any ) due to my lack in blogging. It has been a crazy few weeks. Nixon has been teething and cranky as ever! He just cut one a few days ago and has one more coming in that I can see. Hopefully he will cut it soon!
As some of you know, I have thyroid problems. A few years ago I had hyperthyroidism and had radiation to kill it. Well, it came back ( which only happens to about 5% of patients ). Fortunately ( or unfortunately, depending on how you look at ) they caught it before my symptoms came back strong. One symptom is loosing weight rapidly which is why I was a little bummed that they caught it so soon. I have been having problems with my weight ever since I was diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism. After they did the radiation it changed to hypothyroidism which makes it really had to loose weight. I have been so unhappy with my weight and so self conscious about it, but I can't do anything about it. I had an appointment with an endocrinologist here in Vegas and it was pretty much a joke, but I thought that I should just go with him because he was on our insurance. I had a feeling that I should just call my doctor that I was working with in the beginning but stopped because he wasn't on our insurance. Well, as of a week ago he started taking our insurance for one reason or another. I was so excited and canceled my follow up appointment with the other doctor. I hope that after my appointment we will figure something out to do I will get everything worked out and I will get skinny again. So I have that to look forward too! I really need to get skinny before Christmas! I am so excited for Hawaii it's crazy!
For Ellyse's birthday we went to Las Vegas Mini Grand Prix. We had such a good time. Nixon got to go down the HUGE slide, the go carts with daddy, and he went on a small marry go round. He loved it all! It was so funny. Every time we would go back inside he would go straight to the marry go round. It was so cute! Love this boy!
Well. To those who are still reading my blog. Have a wonderful day!
Warning: this video is super long.

So sweet...

2010-05-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

It's not the best picture quality, but I thought it was so cute! It was so sweet. I told Peter to go up to bed because he kept falling asleep and he said "No, I just want to cuddle with Nixon." He is such a great dad and hubby!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

2010-05-03T21:11:00.000-07:00

I am so grateful for my best friend, Meghan. She is one of those people that you can just talk to about anything and will just listen. She gives awesome advice and has always been there for me. We always have so much fun together and have some great memories! ( remember "the injuries" bahaha ) Anyways, I am so happy for her! She just got engaged yesterday! She and my cousin, Jordan, have been dating since....well forever. They are such a cute couple and I couldn't be more happier for them! CONGRATULATIONS!

Love you, Meghan. Jordan is a lucky guy!

2010-05-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

backyard is done! start from the bottom.

2010-05-02T13:08:00.000-07:00

hOpPy EaStEr!

2010-04-05T21:14:00.000-07:00

Nixon started crying when one of the cousins started playing with the fire truck. He walked away and started to cry. It was pretty funny.

I love this picture of Nixon checking Theresa out. He didn't want to go to anyone but me, Peter, or Aunt Kristen pretty much the entire night.

Lame title, I know, but whatever.
This weekend we stayed at Peter's parents house. It seriously was so nice to have a change in scenery. It is only about 10 minutes away from our house so there was no traveling which is a plus since Nixon isn't that good of a traveler right now. They have a HUGE backyard and Nixon loved playing with the dogs and exploring the front yard. When Peter went to Priesthood session of conference Nixon and I played in the front for at least 45 minutes! It seriously was crazy to me how much he loved it! It makes me really want to do our 5 foot backyard. For now, we will just play at G&G Sundells.
Conference was awesome! Nixon made it difficult to listen to, but I was able to listen to a few of them. I love getting them in the Ensign. I get more out of them when I read it.
On Saturday night, Nixon took a bubble bath in the kitchen sink and loved it! He made a massive mess with the water, but he had fun!
On Easter, we made some paper eggs to put on Robi's grave. We decorated the front and then on the back we wrote a note to him. For dinner we went to Peter's Aunt Georgia's house and visited with the family. Nixon had fun playing with his cousin's and this fire truck that Georgia had. Peter was getting killed playing the Wii with his cousins, but he looked way hott playing it! We took some family pictures in her back yard and then went home. We had a wonderful Easter weekend!

OKAY...OKAY...

2010-04-01T17:05:00.000-07:00

APRIL FOOLS! I am not really prego. I really really want to be, but I am not. And, for the record, I wouldn't tell my family through a blog.

I AM

2010-04-01T00:48:00.000-07:00

PREGNANT!! I AM DUE NOVEMBER 24! WE ARE BOTH SO EXCITED TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY! WE WONT BE FINDING OUT WHAT THE SEX IS SO DON'T ASK....IT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO FIND OUT MORE. WELL...THOSE READING THIS...YOU ARE THE FIRST TO FIND OUT!

LOVE YOU ALL!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIXON!

2010-03-19T22:40:00.000-07:00

My baby is ONE! I can't believe how fast the time flies! We love this little guy to pieces and are so grateful for the joy and sweet spirit he has brought into our home! I really can't believe that I have a 1 year old! It feels like I just had him! He is learning so much and becoming more independent everyday!

Nixon's first birthday schedule:

*Breakfast: A delicious cereal fruit bar with peaches ( his favorite )
*Had a bath and got dressed
*Went to the park and played ( took tons and tons of pictures )
*Lunch: In and Out burger grilled cheese sandwich with some milk
*Went home and took a very quick nap ( 15 minute )
*Went to grandma and grandpa Sundell's and ate pizza
*then opened awesome gifts
*dug into his cake
*took another bath
*pushed his new 4 wheeler around while naked ( it was so funny )
*came home
*got in jammies
*had some milk
*read a story and said goodnight prayer

I would say that it was a fun day for Nixon. He is going to sleep really well tonight for all that he has done and that his nap was about 15 minutes long. I think he was too excited for his family party we had for him.

G&G Sundells and the Park!

2010-03-16T22:41:00.000-07:00

The picture above is of Peter and Nixon riding a Costco cart.

I try to take Nixon to the park about everyday. Well, last week we weren't able to go because of not so great weather. Peter and I took him this evening and got some video him going down the slides. He LOVES going down slides and loves the park! The other video is of him playing in one of Grandma Sundell's kitchen drawers. He pretty much makes their kitchen a disaster when we go over, but I know they enjoy watching him pull out everything. I can't believe how much personality this little guy has! He is always talking and smiling. He is going to be one great missionary! We love this little guy so much! He makes us so happy! Enjoy the videos!

ADVICE PLEASE!

2010-03-09T16:16:00.000-08:00

I need advice. I am having such a hard time weaning Nixon off me. The thing is that it isn't him. It is me. He loves whole milk and will drink it just fine, but I am really sad and I feel more depressed now that he and I don't have our time together and the fact he doesn't "need me". I love breastfeeding him. I love the time we have together. I will go 2-3 days without breastfeeding him and feel really sad that he doesn't need me anymore, so I will backtrack and breastfeed him. How do I make these feelings go away? How can I be okay with the fact that he doesn't "need me" anymore? Why is it so much easier for him then me? I really need advice. I love breastfeeding him and I would do it longer, but I need to stop for personal reasons. I would love advice on how to help me not be so sad that he doesn't need me anymore. Thanks!

NO.

2010-02-25T20:29:00.000-08:00

Nixon surprises Peter and I everyday with something new that he has figured out. I was on the phone with Peter a couple days ago and asked Nixon if he wanted to talk to daddy. He shook his head "no" so I asked him again and he did the same thing. I couldn't stop laughing. Here is a video of him shaking his head.

babysitter

2010-02-19T18:01:00.000-08:00

So I asked Peter to text one of our babysitters to see if she could watch Nixon while we went to a movie. Here are the text messages

12:30pm

P: Can you babysit tonight?
K: I'm sorry, I have sadies tonight.
P: Alright. Thanks. See you tonight.
K: I'm sorry. I meant that I couldn't.
P: Great. Pick you up at 6.
K: I won’t be able to babysit for you tonight. I will be attending a dance tonight. Maybe tomorrow?
P: I am just messing with you. We will try to catch you next time. Apparently my sense of humor doesn't translate via text message.
K: O lol. I thought you weren't reading it right like I always happen to do!
P: No worries.

6pm

P: Hey I was going to get you some pizza for when you watch Nixon tonight. What kind do you want?
K: Oh um, pepperoni I guess. How long will I be babysitting?
P: I am out front.

6:15
She called us to see if we were serious. Silly girl.

I think I laughed for 15 minutes when I read this. I seriously almost peed my pants! I didn't help that I was still a little loopy from my back procedure. It went well for those who were wondering. I am very sore though. Hopefully that will go away soon. have a great weekend!

Valentine

2010-02-15T22:46:00.001-08:00

His shirt says "The ladies love me"

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

VERDICT

2010-02-10T16:54:00.000-08:00

SO...After last night's cut, I was getting a bit worried because my finger was throbbing so bad it was making me nausiated. I decided to go call the doctor just to make sure it wasn't infected. They told me to come in...I told them I had super glued it shut and they said that was a BIG NO NO! I felt so dumb. The nurse said that I should have for sure gone in for stitches, but because it had happened last night they wouldn't be able to stitch it now. She told me that if you can see the layers of skin, that means you need to get stitches. I am supposed to keep it straight with a stick and keep it dry. They gave me a tetnus shot, which by they way is making my arm hurt. That's all. Have a happy day!

TO STITCH OR NOT TO STITCH?

2010-02-09T19:17:00.000-08:00

How do you know when a cut is too deep and you will need to get stitches? I cut myself, what I thought pretty bad, and I showed it to Peter and he told me to clean it out and put super glue in it. So we did. It hurst so *bleeping* bad! It is throbbing so bad! What do you think? Should I get medical attention? I was cutting an avacado...nice huh?! You can see the insides coming out...sorta. It's gross!

Random pictures of my sweet boy

2010-01-31T21:51:00.000-08:00

Sweet boy

I know this is blurry, but I just love the face he is making

First Fort and the new gate

2010-01-25T00:10:00.000-08:00

So, Nixon and I the other day were playing and I decided to start cleaning up the kitchen real quick before Peter got home from work. It was probably 5 minutes later that I realized Nixon was really quiet so I had figured he got into something....Nope. He was sitting underneath one of the chairs from the table. On the couch I had one of his blankets and put it semi covering the chair. He loved it. He sat underneath there for about 10 minutes just playing with one of his socks. While he was doing that I was quickly trying to find my camera. After I found it I got one of him "inside" his fort and him starting to pull the blanket off. It was so cute! I love this little guy so much! He is quite the handful, but I love him!

On Friday, Peter and I decided that it was time for a gate so that Nixon couldn't bolt straight to the stairs EVERY TIME we put him down. These pictures were his reaction backwards....

Crawling back crying to mommy because he doesn't like it

Realizing that he can't get out and go to the stairs

Inspecting....deciding if he likes it or not...

BIG BOY

2010-01-14T23:33:00.000-08:00

My sweet Nixon is growing up so fast! He has been walking around our house with the help of his little push toy thing. He loves it! Also, Nixon and I have been taking daily walks to the park. This time daddy joined us so that Nixon could show him that he now can go down the slide. It is so cute!

SO SAD

2010-01-14T00:04:00.000-08:00

So last week Peter and I were in casual conversation on the phone and he tells me that that morning his computer had crashed and he had to reinstall everything or something. He proceeded to tell me the ONLY thing that he lost were the pictures of us at my parents house the weekend before Christmas to celebrate Christmas. Normally, it wouldn't be a big deal, but I am so sad because it was Nixon's first Christmas, Nixon meeting Santa for the first time, and some way cute pictures of him opening his first presents. Peter has tried everything to get the pictures back and hasn't succeeded. We tried getting them off his camera, but they are gone since we have taken a bunch of pictures after we deleted them off the camera. If that makes sense. So that sucks.

Beautiful Story

2010-01-07T16:08:00.000-08:00

Take 10 min and go to this blog! These people are some of the most amazing people. Their story is so beautiful. .

First go here

Then go here

There is a link on her blog to follow the whole story! If you take the time to read it you will be so uplifted. She has such a beautiful attitude about life.

ADVICE PLEASE!!!

2010-01-07T02:53:00.001-08:00

Okay. Nixon still isn't sleeping through the night and I don't know what more I can do. I got to finally reading a couple books and I tried their advice, but it didn't seem to work for him. He was sleeping with us for a while (6.5 months to be exact) and that transition went really well. Ever since he has started teething though he just hates sleeping in his room. I am not joking when I say this, but even when we are walking down the hall and he sees that we are going to his room he starts crying. It is so sad! Before he started teething I would just put his music on, lay him in bed and he would go to sleep. I do get luck every now and then when he is really good and only wakes up a couple times, but that isn't often enough.

So. I started off just letting him cry himself to sleep. He cried for over an hour. It was so sad! So then I tried giving him more naps in the day and that doesn't work. I tried not giving him a nap and that just seems to make him so tired that he couldn't go to sleep. I tried feeding him rice cereal before bed to make it so his tummy was more full and that hasn't seemed to work. I tried putting him to bed earlier like one book suggested and that didn't seem to work. I would put him right when he started to show signs of sleepiness and that didn't work. I keep the house at the suggested degree so he shouldn't be too hot or cold. I tried having him fall asleep with us and then gently putting him in his bed, but he always will wake up within 10 - 15 minutes. I am really tired and sick of getting up with him 3-4 times a night. I asked his doctor and he said that all kids are different and his daughter didn't sleep through the night until she was 4! FOUR! There is no way that this is going on until he is 4! I will not be sane if that happens! For the past week I have let him cry himself to sleep. I really don't like it. He still wakes up and I just listen to him cry. I will get up once to feed him and then I lay him right back in his crib and he will cry until he falls back asleep. I just don't get it. For awhile he was doing so well and then poof! gone! He just got 2 bottom teeth and I don't see anymore showing so do his gums still hurt and that's why he can't sleep? He is sick right now so that probably could be some of the problem, but even when he wasn't sick it was going on. I will give him tylenol and ibprofin and that seems to make him tired, but I don't want to give him that every night to help him sleep. I asked the doctor that too and they told me not to give him those together at the same time anymore. I need to do one or the other...which is fine, they just seemed to work good together. I know that even though I can't see teeth that his gums can still be hurting from teething, but I don't want to give him something that he doesn’t need. I thought that just after a few nights he would realize that he needs to sleep and he would do that. I thought that he would understand that after I bathed him, fed him, read him a book, put his music on, and lay him in bed he would get that it was time to go to sleep. He likes it when there is music on so I put this soothing primary songs cd on and he likes it, but not enough to just lay there and go to sleep. Oh. And I would just do each one of these for a day, I tried them each for a week. It would make life so much easier for the both of us if he could just tell me what's wrong. One day. Well, if anyone has any advice that would be greatly appreciated. T

I burned myself...

2010-01-04T22:27:00.000-08:00

Peter and my conversation....

Heidi: "I burned myself today"

Peter: "Oh yeah"

Heidi: "Yeah...wanna see?"

Peter: (staring at his computer) no response.

Heidi: "Fine. I'm not going to show you."

Peter: "Baby, let me see. Please. (Pulling my arm)

Heidi: (pulling my arm away) "Not after that display. You had your chance."

Peter: (Flicking me) "Please."

Heidi: (Flicking back) "No."

The flicking continues for a few minutes..

ENDING.......Peter never got to see my burn.

ChRisTmAs

2009-12-28T22:27:00.000-08:00

This year Christmas was exciting because it was Nixon's first Christmas and it was also sad because it was our first year without Robi here. We all miss him so much and are so grateful for the Plan of Salvation. Knowing that we will see him again is so comforting, but it still is hard not having his bubbly personality here. I remember last year when went to Opportunity Village ( there is a bunch of christmas lights and fun things to do ) I asked Robi to take a picture of Peter and I but to make sure to not get my gigantic belly in the pic ( I was prego ) and he zoomed in on my belly and took the pic. He always did funny things like that.

This year for Christmas we did gift exchange with the most of the family ( We missed you Melissa and William ). My Mother-in-law, Nancy, got us all gifts from Robi. When we opened them up there were the exact same brand of slippers that Robi would wear. They were hot pink, fuzzy, and super duper comfy! I can see why he loved those slippers so much. I will always cherish the memories that I have with Robi. We all miss you and love you. Keep watching over us!

Now onto Nixon's first Christmas...

Peter and I didn't really know what to expect. We didn't know if he would open his gifts or if we would open them for him or what. We were really happy that he loved opening his gift and ours until we realized he liked the paper more than the toys for the most part. We would put a toy in front of him and he would crawl over across the room to get to the paper that we put into the garbage bag. He did like his gifts once we put the garbage out of sight. Here are some pictures. Try not to get distracted with how hot we look in the pictures...

Nixon's sweet cousin, Madeline

As a tradition we go to IHOP for breakfast on Christmas morning. Nixon wasn't very happy sitting at the table so Peter got up and played with him.

Sweet face.

I love it when he yawns. It is so cute!

Opening his stocking stuffers from Oma

Christmas Eve Pajamas - I got Peter, Nixon, and I all footsie pajamas in remembrance of Robi.

Another tradition is every Christmas Eve we each get a new ornament. As you can tell, Nixon was so excited to get his very first ornament. Peter got me a Wonder Woman ornament and I got him one of Ralphy from The Christmas Story in his bunny outfit.

On Christmas Eve we went over to Peter's Aunts house for some delicious food, good conversation, and an awesome program of the nativity story. Nixon was a sheep. I made him an hysterical outfit! I glued cotton balls over a onsie and made some ears and attached them onto a headband of mine. He looked more like a bunny when we put the ears on him because I had no idea how big sheep ears were. He did make a cute sheep though. It was so funny because he left a trail of cotton balls when he would crawl. They either came unglued or he pulled them off. All in all it was a cute little program.

My sweet Nixon is all grown up!

2009-12-09T20:31:00.000-08:00

OH MY HECK! So yesterday I was playing with Nixon and I was trying to scare him by going behind the couch and then jumping up. He loved it! Well, he started following me behind the couch and saw the stairs and decided he wanted to try and go up them. Well he got up one then sat and looked around for a few seconds and started to cry. I am assuming that it was because he couldn't figure out how to get down or go up anymore. Tonight Nixon decided he wanted to show daddy. We got footage of it too! I also have some pictures of the last couple weeks. Plus the video below.

Nixon going up his first stair.

BATH TIME!

Helping daddy put the decorations away in the attic.

His new favorite thing to do is get all the dvd's out.

Another thing he likes to do now is pull the scrapbooks onto the floor and then step on them.

back view.

It was so cute! Nixon went on a wagon ride with Henry and Lily. Henry insisted that he hold onto Nixon. It was so cute! I hope Nixon is as cute as Henry when he gets older!

This is a small portion of the video. Enjoy.

PICTURES

2009-12-01T21:25:00.000-08:00

Here are the pictures from the dunes last weekend.

Daddy and Nixon

Nixon riding in Robi's Jeep

Daddy going to comp hill

Peter lookin' hot!

Family pic

Aunt Abby and Nixon in Robi's Jeep

These are some pictures of Nixon for my Grandma in his church clothes

SAND DUNES

2009-11-27T20:34:00.000-08:00

Today we were able to go to the sand dunes as a Sundell family activity. It was nice because it was perfect weather, a motor home to stay in when we weren't riding, and having the family there. We got there about 9:30ish and it hadn't warmed up yet so it was 43 degrees exactly. After about an hour it started to warm up a ton and was beautiful! I was really bummed because my very first ride on the 4 wheeler I rolled it on top of me and got knocked out for a second. It was crazy! I remember that I was turning and I got a bit out of control and tried turning the other way. Next thing I know I was laying on the ground with the 4 wheeler on my legs and Peter calling my name. I have a small bruise and had a bit of a headache pretty much the entire day, but I feel much better now. I still was able to have a good time and put that embarassing little incident behind me. After that, I rode in Robi's jeep and it was really fun to drive because the seats are really comfortable and it didn't hurt my tailbone. Riding the 4 wheelers it didn't hurt either because I was leaning forward and not sitting on it. Nixon also went in the jeep with me and he went on the children's 4 wheeler with me. He enjoyed it a ton. He loved watching the other people driving their toys. Oh, and might I add how HOT my husband looks in his motorcycle gear! Oh my heck! He looks seriously so SEXY! Anyways, I have a screaming child upstairs who needs me. Bye. I will post some pictures of the dunes when the camera gets recharged.

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-11-27T19:53:00.000-08:00

This year for Thanksgiving we stayed at home and had a delicious dinner with the Sundell's. It was so nice to have mostly everyone in town and to be able to spend time with one another. It felt a bit empty not having Robi physically there with us, but I know that he was with us in spirit. One of the things that I am especially thankful for is having the Gospel in my life and Plan of Salvation. It is so comforting to know that we will be able to see Robi and all of our loved one's who have passed again.

A small list of some of the things I am thankful for:

my loving husband, Peter

my energetic son, Nixon

mine and Peter's sweet families

that Peter is a worthy priesthood holder

temple marriage

my awesome calling doing the ward bulletin

family dinners

having Peter be a wonderful provider so that I can stay at home with Nixon

scriptures

my beautiful home

Like I said earlier, this was only a small list of things that I am thankful for. I could go on and on. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

STANDING AND PAINTING

2009-11-21T19:52:00.000-08:00

Well. This week was a fun week! My mom was in town from Tuesday until today! We had such a fun time! I love when she comes! She picks up after me, watches Nixon so that I can catch up on some much needed sleep, and makes us dinner! It's like having a housekeeper! Not only do I love having her her to do stuff it is fun talking to her and hanging out!

A couple weeks ago my Aunt Elaine came to town and I wanted her advice on decor ideas for my house. Well, she told me to paint my railing black. So I did. I LOVE IT! Peter and I started on Thursday night around 7:00. He helped me until about 8:30 ( his bed time ) and then I finished it about 1:30am. I had to wait an hour in between paint coats to let it dry, but other than that I was painting the entire night! I LOVE painting! It is therapeutic for me.

Also, this week Nixon has started standing and pulling himself up! I love it! He is getting around so much crawling and now he is standing! Before I know it he will be walking! I am a little scared for him to walk! Right now he is only crawling and I feel exhausted just following him around making sure he isn't putting anything in his mouth! Speaking about stuff in his mouth...last weekend Peter was watching Nixon. They went into our guest room to get something out of the closet. Peter looks on the ground making sure there isn't anything that he can eat then puts him on the ground. A few minutes go by and Nixon is chewing on something. Peter puts his finger in his mouth and does "the scoop" and pulls out what?!?...............................

A BUG! EWE! YUCK! I am so glad that I wasn't there!

Okay. Bye.

Just when..../

2009-11-15T09:07:00.000-08:00

I though Nixon was getting better he starts throwing up. He has thrown up 4 times this morning. It's not just a little throw up, it's like a cup! Poor kid! Well, maybe next time I will wait to post about us finally getting better until we are all actually really, truly better. Have a wonderful Sabbath!

sick sick sick

2009-11-14T23:01:00.000-08:00

My sweet baby has been sick all week! He is finally starting to feel better and isn't coughing as much and can actually breathe without me hearing all flem in his throat. We have had a bit of a rough week this week. Nixon started getting sick when we were in Utah last Friday. It just got worse from there. He then gave it to me, so we both had it. I ended up taking him to the Insta Care on Monday just to make sure it wasn't RSV or anything like that. Thankfully, all he had was bad cold. We came back from Utah on Wednesday morning and I took Nixon to his doctor and they ended up having me do breathing treatments on him. If you don't know what that is, it is an oxygen mask that you put on and it has steam come out of it with medicine to help loosen the gunk in your lungs. It has helped so so so much! I have used it on me a couple times and it has helped me a ton as well! Nixon is feeling much better. He still has a bit of hard time at night and I have had to do the treatments on him once or twice at night, but it really helps him and I can tell a huge difference in how he breathes. When I took him to his doctor they couldn't believe that he was sick. He was smiling and laughing at the nurses and his doctor. I am so grateful that Nixon and I are starting to feel better!

hAlLoWeEn PiCtUrEs

2009-11-02T19:53:00.000-08:00

For Halloween we went to our friends ( Brandon and Courtney ) house for a party. It was so much fun! There were was lots of fabulous company and food! Nixon wasn't very happy most of the time so we weren't able to be there for a very long time, but it was still nice to go for a bit.

Sumo ( Chad ) and Chinese Woman ( Jacque )

Mexican Man ( Tammy ) - Lady GaGa ( Chris )

Nixon trying to figure out who this is. He was so confused.

Me, Courtney, Andrea ( Jeff ), and Jacque

Peter and I went as a socket and plug. Nixon was a pirate.

Princess Leia ( Jenny ) and Darth Vader ( Spencer )

Nixon playing with Scarlett's jumper. He loved it until he started to get tired.

Nixon in his Halloween pj's and daddy watching tv.

Robison "Robo" Stewart Sundell

2009-10-26T21:46:00.000-07:00

My sweet brother-in-law passed away this weekend. He was such a fun loving guy! Anytime I was with him I was always laughing and having a good time. He was such a good example to those around him and knew him. The first time I met Robo was the day he came back from his mission. I didn't know whether to shake his hand, give him a hug, or just say "hey, I am your sister-in-law" and hi five him. Well, we met and he gave me a big hug like we had been family forever. He was such a sweet Uncle. He loved Nixon so much! He was so sweet with him and Nixon loves him too. Nixon loved it when Robo would hold him and play with him. He could always make Nixon laugh. He actually was the first one that got Nixon to stand on his hand. It was so funny because Peter had been trying to do it for a couple weeks and then Robo walks in and does it the first try. I wish that Nixon was able to know his crazy Uncle Robo. He was such a great Uncle.

I loved talking to Robo. Especially when he would tell me the crazy things he has done. Whenever we went to Powell I made sure that he was going to go because I knew that if Robo was there it was going to be a good time for sure!

I am going to miss him so much! I am so sad he is gone and wish that he never left. I know that I am being selfish because I know that he is in a better place. I am so thankful that I am able to know him and all the fun memories that we have. Love you Robo!

The viewing is going to be on Wednesday from 5:00 - 7:00 and the funeral will be on Thursday at 2:00 with a short viewing an hour before. He will be buried immediately following the funeral. After the burial, there will be a bbq at the Sundell's home. We will be sharing pictures and stories of "THE GREAT ROBINO".

GOOD NIGHT!

2009-10-18T02:31:00.000-07:00

Peter, Nixon, and I went to the Pumpkin Patch Tuesday and took some pictures of Nixon with some pumpkins. He, for probably the first time, wasn't having it. He smile at all! All he wanted was to suck on the pumpkins and eat the hay. I got a couple cute one's of him eating the hay and standing next to big pumpkin that I will soon post. My sweet in-laws let me borrow their really nice Canon camera! OH MY HECK! SO NICE! Now I want one! Unfortunately, they are WAY out of my price range! I have taken so many pictures of Nixon this week! It has been so much fun and I am super grateful they have let me borrow it!

A couple nights ago we were bathing Nixon and he kept trying to stand up in the tub to get one of his dolphin toys ( which by the way is his favorite one, he will seriously cry when I take it away ). It was so cute seeing him try. He stood up for a second and then I helped him so that we could get a picture of it. It was so cute.

Also, this evening I have been super productive! I cleaned the kitchen, made it dirty by making Peter his favorite homemade brownie cupcakes, then cleaned it again, moped the hardwood floor, sanitized Nixon's toys, cleaned the front room, put a load of laundry in the washer, folded the dried clothes, and just got done feeding my perfect son. It feels good to get all that done! It is now time for me to go to sleep! Also, I am super excited for church tomorrow! It is the Primary Program and I going to dinner and my in-laws! BRISKET AND POTATO HASH HERE I COME! For reals now, I am going to bed! Night!

I feel so bad.

2009-10-16T00:56:00.000-07:00

I feel so bad. I don't know what to do about my sweet baby boy. He was sleeping really well in his own bed before he started teething. Now, when I put him to bed he just starts crying. It just has been recently. I put him down and he cries and cries. The second I pick him up he stops and falls right to sleep. So, I sit in his rocking chair and sing a few primary songs and then put him back carefully. The second he feels me putting him down he freaks. I don't like listening to him cry and I don't want him to cry himself to sleep. It makes me feel bad. I want him to just be happy and sleep good. He just wants to sleep with me and I don't want to get in the habit of sleeping with us. He did so good at transitioning from our bed to his, but when he started to teethe all he wants to do it be with me. I love it, but it wears me out! It doesn't seem to bother him during the day and he will usually get a really good nap, but it is bad at night because I think he focuses on it more....I guess. I don't like to give him Motrin everyday, but when I do it seems to help. He has also been a bit constipated to add on top. Poor kid. It really makes me feel bad! I feel so helpless. I have been sleeping in the guest room too so that we don't wake Peter up and Nixon seems to like that, but again, I don't want to make a habit of it. What should I do to help this sweet boy? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SWEET BOY!

2009-10-14T00:26:00.000-07:00

I love this little boy so so so much! I just fed him and was sitting here thinking about how much I really love this little guy. I love looking at his perfect face, with his perfect nose, and his perfect cheeks that I love to kiss. He brings Peter and I so much joy and has brought the sweetest spirit into our home. I can't believe how fast time flies! He has gotten so big! He has started to crawl and he loves rolling around all over! He still doesn't like baby food yet ( who can blame him? mama's cream is just too yummy ), but we keep trying about every other day to come up with something that maybe he would like. He will eat rice puffs, yogurt melts, chunks of banana ( they have to be chunks or he will spit it right out, bread, infant apples juice, and he loves drinking water. He has also picked up the little habit of spitting. He loves spitting! It drives me a bit crazy because I will go to feed him and he will just spit. He is hungry, but that is his first instinct. Hopefully he will soon drop that.
He also loves to talk! The first thing I hear in the morning are his cute blabbing sounds! I love waking up to that! He still doesn't sleep though the night ( that's obvious..I am blogging and 12:45 in the morning! ). He wakes up about every 2.5 hours to feed. It is hard, but I have gotten use to it. I feel like he has been teething ever since he was 3 months, but still no teeth! He chews on everything and loves to suck his middle finger.
He finally has started to like some of the toys we got him. He still hates the swing, and the jumper, but he loves his bouncer! He loves watching Baby Einstein, but looses interest after about a half hour or so. We have discovered that he likes to watch the motorcycle races on tv with daddy on Sunday's. He really will watch the entire thing with him! Also, I just love the look that he gets when Peter comes home from work. He gets the biggest grin on his face when he walk in the door! It is super cute! Also, he has the cutest personality and is one of the happiest babies ever! He smiles all the time! You can just look at him and he will smile! Even when he wakes up in the night ( like tonight ) crying and I come in and pick him up and he will look at me and smile. When I get frustrated because he just wants to be held and will freak out when I put him down. The second I pick him up and he smiles and all I can do is just hold him because that smile just melts my heart. He seriously could get away with pretty much everything and everything if he just showed me that killer smile with those adorable dimples! To end I would like to add again how sweet he is and how much we love having him in our family! He really makes us so happy and we can't wait to have another! Night!

DIAPER CHANGING STORIES...

2009-10-12T03:07:00.000-07:00

I have a couple funny stories...well I think they are funny..about my sweet boy, Nixon. The other morning I was changing his diaper that was very full of pee. I usually will change his diaper in the middle of the night, but I was way too tired so I didn't. Well when I was changing it I looked and there were these little bead looking things that were super small. ( Get a good visual of this...he was on his back with his legs in the air and his hands holding his feet ) I had no idea of what these things were. There weren't very many, maybe like 10 or so. I started getting closer and closer trying to figure out what these things were. I am about 3 inches away or less when all of a sudden "PHEWW!" NIXON FARTED! I could feel the air coming out of his butt when he farted! I started to gag as I was laughing. I set myself up for that one! I felt so sick the entire morning! I could taste it! It was so sick! Funny, but sick! To make it even better his farts have been the worst smelling farts ever! So that is my first story. The second one isn't as funny, but still funny. Oh, and the little bead like thingy's were from his diaper. He had so much pee that it was starting to explode or something.

I think it was the day after the fart incident. I was again changing Nixon's diaper when I couldn't find a fresh diaper to put on him. I sat him naked in the middle of my bed when I ran downstairs to get a bag of diapers. I came up and I saw Nixon looking down touching his ding dong! It was so funny! I started laughing and he looks up at me and he started laughing! It was so cute and so funny! I love this little man so much! He has such a funny personality!

p.s. he has officially started crawling

NIXON'S 6 MONTH PICS

2009-10-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

EVERYONE MUST CHECK OUT NIXON'S PHOTO SHOOT THAT MY FRIEND MANDY DID FOR ME. THEY ARE AMAZING! SHE SERIOUSLY DID SUCH A FABULOUS JOB! YOU CAN CHECK OUT NIXON'S PICTURES AND OTHER PICTURES THAT SHE HAS DONE TOO. HER WEBSITE IS foreverstillphoto.blogspot.com

2009-09-24T21:19:00.001-07:00

6 MONTH

Nixon had his 6 month doctor appointment today and boy it was rough. He was really happy when we got there because he loves pulling and tearing the paper they put on the table for sanitary reasons. Well, Nixon just pulls it and pulls it so by the end of our appointment there was tons of it all over. He go three shots. Two in one leg and one in the other. It was so sad. He cried for a good 10 minutes. It make me feel so bad, but I know they will do him good and keep him from getting sick. His stats:

Head: 43

Height: 27 1/2

Weight: 19

He does really well with the shots. He gets a fever for a bit and he is a tad bit cranky, but he sleeps really well. So that's good. He and I got about a 4 - 5 hour nap today. It was great!

BLEW ME AWAY!

2009-09-22T00:31:00.000-07:00

Nixon just amazes me everyday! This is what he did on Sunday morning that just blew me away! He is a strong boy! He pulled himself up from sitting! Crazy! Also, there is a picture of daddy and him with matching Adidas outfits!

He has his doctor appointment on Thursday? I am not sure what day this week, but after I will post his stats. I can't believe he is 6 months already! I just love him so much and he bring Peter and I so much joy! He has the sweetest personality and keeps us very entertained! Love you bubba!

lAbOr DaY WeEkEnD!

2009-09-21T23:46:00.000-07:00

I know that this post is late, but I have a teething baby who needs his mommy every second of the day.

For Labor day Peter and I decided that it would be fun to go somewhere, but with my tailbone still hurting it is really hard for me to sit for a long period of time. I called up my mom and asked if their condo was available. It was and they decided to meet us there! I was so excited! I got to spend some quality time with my sisters while Peter and my padre got to go play some "golf" ( or just make trouble driving the cart around ). Nixon played with my mom a lot of the time which I am so grateful for! She is the sweetest grandma! She loves him so much and Nixon love spending time with her! We were there from Friday night until Monday. My parents left on Sunday night so they could go to my grandma Lund's breakfast. We got to spend some quality time together, lay out, hang out, and eat some delicious food. On Saturday, we swam, got our tan on, Nixon went on the swings at the park by the condo and down the slide with Aunt Jilly. For dinner we went to Roadhouse something. It was this country type place that you can eat peanuts and just throw them on the ground. It was super good! Thanks padre! On Sunday, we made waffles and my dad just bought wicked nice waffle maker from Costco. I was super jealous! I love waffles and I got this new recipe for some syrup that was super good. On Monday, Peter was so sweet and let me lay out for a couple hours while he took care of Nixon. Then we left. It was such a nice weekend! I can't wait to do it again!

He loved swinging! He got the biggest grin on his face!

On the slide with Auntie Jilly

Mommy and baby

If Nixon is in water, he is happy as can be! He loves splashing around!

Again...swinging after swimming

Watching football with Grandpa

At dinner with the fam! Love them all so much!

Exhausted after a long fun day! Snuggling with daddy to end a perfect fun day!

I'M PREGNANT!

2009-08-25T21:50:00.000-07:00

JUST JOKING! I am not pregnant again. But seriously I can't believe that my little man is 5 months old! It's just crazy how fast time flies! I love this little guy so much and he brings Peter and I so much joy! He has such a sweet spirit and personality! He makes the funniest faces and has the cutest laugh ever!

Arrival

1 month

2 months

3 months

4 months

5 months

hApPy BiRtHdAy!!

2009-08-25T21:23:00.000-07:00

Peter's 26th Birthday was last week and I am so happy that I have him in my life! He is such a wonderful hubby and father and I couldn't have asked for anything more!

I made him waffles and sausage that morning and then we went to Macaroni Grill for his birthday dinner with the family. After dinner we went to his parents and had cake. If you ever want a delicious ice cream cake go to Cold Stone. They are so good! Anyways...Happy Birthday babe! I love your guts and so glad you were born!

At Macaroni Grill

Happy Birthday!

Delicious cake!

Lily entertaining Nixon. Nixon loves his cousins!

HaPpY bIrThDaY dAdDy!

WE DID IT!

2009-08-25T20:55:00.000-07:00

WE DID IT! Yeah! Nixon now is officially sleeping in his crib for the 2nd night now. We started about a week ago and now he is sleeping mostly all night. He wakes up for 1 feeding and then goes right back to bed until 6:30! Yeah! I really liked having him in our bed bed but a couple weeks ago he had such an awful night sleep and it made Peter and I have an awful sleep that he wore out his welcome in our bed! The process was hard. The first night we put in him in his crib we had him cry for about 15 min. then got him and slept in our bed for the rest of the night. Then did that for a few nights. Then we had him cry for 30 min. for a few nights. Then for about 45 min. for a few more nights. He now officially will go to sleep awake and just fall asleep without crying. He has done that now for 2 nights! Hopefully it will continue. I hate hearing him cry. I have been so blessed to have such a sweet little boy. He is so good and has such a sweet spirit! I love him and Peter so much! They make me so happy!

ACCIDENT INFO

2009-08-03T18:57:00.000-07:00

Well, on July 17 ( the day before we were supposed to leave for Powell ) we were on our way to Peter's late grandmother's house to help out with some stuff. As we were getting onto the Interstate-95 from Durango there was a Nissan 350Z behind us. As we were approaching freeway speeds the Nissan got into the other on-ramp lane and was attempting to get onto the freeway. I am not sure what caused him to lose control but he swerved into us and hit us on the drivers' side door. The curtain airbags immediately deployed and the force of him hitting us sent us off the side of the road. Anybody who is familiar with the area will know that there is an open drainage ditch off the west side of the freeway. Peter attempted to stop but the dirt was not conducive to keeping the necessary amount of traction. The drainage ditch is about 20-25' in width and we launched from one side of the ditch to the other. The nose of our truck struck the opposite side of the channel and brought us almost to a complete stop. The front airbags deployed the instant we hit the other side of the channel. Peter got out of the vehicle immediately to check on Nixon and everyone else. I was pretty hysterical and didn't really know too much of what was going on. Nixon was a little bit shook up but no worse for the wear. Peter got a little bit of whip-lash and was taken away in an ambulance. I sustained the worst injuries and currently have a very sore tail bone/lower back. The accident was pretty nasty and pretty much ruined our trip to Lake Powell. The pain that I was suffering from severely limited what I could do while at LP. It has been two weeks since the accident and am not feeling much better. Peter's Tundra is totaled and now we are forced with the chore of finding a new vehicle in our price range. The accident was very scary and I definitely wish that it never happened. Here are a few pictures.

YUM....RICE CEREAL

2009-07-29T00:21:00.001-07:00

So I wasn't going to introduce cereal to Nixon until he started to eat more. He really doesn't eat that much in one sitting, but he has many feedings during the day. I wanted to see if I gave him cereal during the day it would be a bit heavier than my milk and it wouldn't make him as hungry so fast. Well...I still have yet to tell. He hates it! I haven't given it to him much, but he hates it bad! I got some awesome pictures of his first time eating it though. Molly was here to witness it and we were laughing so hard at the pictures! I will try feeding it to him when he gets a bit older. Hopefully then he will like it more. Here are some picture from start to finish...

Feeling it out. Seeing how he likes it. Wanting to feed himself...as usual.

Hates it!

"PLEASE, NO MORE"

"SOMEONE SAVE ME"

Last bite...and done!