The Sayre Family

Count your many blessings

2011-03-07T21:51:00.004-07:00

So lately I have been feeling like I need to look at all the good in my life rather than complaining all the time like I normally do! Well it all started on Saturday when when I was hanging out with Joslyn at KFC just passing the time till we needed to pick up Cory from work. I noticed a mom with her daughter eating dinner with her dad and you could tell that he bought them dinner because they couldn't. I don't know why but I instantly thought about how it must be hard for her to get a job, and that I should be grateful that I was able to get a job so quickly.

Than at church Bro. Balmforth in my ward talked about a story in the ensign that I had just read on how we should look on the bright side of things rather than complain. And it made me think again about how fortunate I am to have a job at a dental office.

Than randomly on Monday I got a call for an interview for a medical sales rep position. I didn't think that I would have a shot , but was actually really excited for the possibility to make some good money like I use to when I was working at Melaleuca. Then I went and sat in the waiting room and there was an established older gentleman inter-viewing for the same position. I thought "crap, I can't go against someone who actually has experience". But decided to give my best. During the interview process, lets just say it went awful, I don't think they will call me for a second interview.. she basically said there were more qualified applicants, and offered me a job in customer service (slap in the face).. So I walked out feeling horrible, and then I noticed that the waiting room now had at least five people sitting and waiting to be interviewed for the same position, and I saw someone who use to be a MIT with me at Melaleuca.

That was the first time that the economic hardship has really hit me. there were so many people going for this same position. Jobs have always come really easy for me but I knew I wasn't going to get this one, because the best of the best was going to get this job, because the company can be that picky. But even though I felt even crappier, again I had the feeling that I should remember how blessed that I was able to have a job as a front desk receptionist. I mean pay is decent, i get free dental, and I only work 3.5 days out of the week. Yea I wish I could find a job where I don't feel like i'm on the bottom of the totem pole, and that I'm challenged and get great pay like when I lived the corporate life, but I need to focus on the fact that I was fortunate unlike a lot of american to get not only a good high school education but I was able to get a bachelors degree, and get a stable job, I'm lucky to have a wonderful supportive husband that when work calls and says they need my help, that he is willing to watch not only our daughter but our nephew because I had promised to watch him, I'm blessed that we can pay our bills that we have and slowly pay the debt that we have to we can try to get ahead. a week ago I wanted to have a melt down because I didn't think we had enough and now I can't help but think we have soo much.

February craziness

2011-02-21T15:46:00.004-07:00

February has been a crazy month for us. Seems like life is on fast forward in the Sayre home. Both Cory and I are working now, and we both switch off taking care of Joslyn and the house work on our days off, plus Cory is doing school, and I'm in young womans. So we are constantly busy.. so February decided to through so much busy things at us like, super bowl sunday, valentines day and Presidents day. ha ha

Well Super Bowl Sunday was not a very good memory for us. Brom was very ill and had had two operations because he swallowed one of Joslyn's binky. We were hoping he would turn around and get better even though he was septic. Well as we were driving to Blackfoot to do the whole super bowl fun at my bro. and sis.-in-law's place, we get a call from one of the vets. she said that Brom was getting worse fast, and that now would be a time to say good bye and put him down so he wouldn't suffer any more. So we quickly turned around and stayed with Brom till his last breath.

next was Valentines Day... that was def. a pick me up holiday that Cory and I needed. We both had been feeling down because of the death of Brom. Cory and I got each other presents, but I thinkwe both were more excited watching Joslyn open her presents from us. Cory got her a purple bouncy ball, and i got her a book that reads to her as she turns the pages. My friend and I made an amazing romantic dinner for our hubbys. We made a copy cat chicken madeira from the cheese cake factory, then we did choc. fondue for dessert dipping strawberries, oreos, and marshmallows in the choc. it was all delicious!

Presidents Day so far has been busy with getting income taxes finished off, errands, shoveling more snow, visiting teachers, and getting my house ready for the week. Lets just say my house has been neglected when cory stays home with joslyn. but hey he takes really good care of Joslyn so I can't complain. So maybe I'll be able to catch some shopping before the stores close. But I had to do something fun with joslyn so we built a fort and read books together, and played with our baby dolls! ha ha.. I love this stage... now I just need to figure out how to make her talk. I hope everyone else's February is a lot slower paced and fun than mine has, but I wouldn't trade this moment for anything. I love how close our family is growing with this new stage of our lives.

I'll love you forever

2011-01-16T19:29:00.003-07:00

I couldn't help but think of one of my favorite books as a child I'll Love you Forever by Robert Munsch as I caught Joslyn unraveling our toilet paper in the bathroom. I don't know why but she really likes to explore and play in that room. I could get upset but I can't help but laugh and think how cute she is.

Well this has been a pretty emotional month for me. Okay not really, but kind of. This month has been the weaning month. I just didn't taper off like most people because Joslyn just liked nursing and so I just kept at it. But when I would ask how often my friends nursed at 10 months or 11 months old I was nursing much more than they were. Then the holidays came and I did not want to have to deal with her not nursing while traveling on a plane and being in a different house for a couple of weeks. So January became the month. Nursing for 13 months isn't so bad right?!

Well I decided to take one nursing session out at a time and leave the night time nursing to be the last one. Well Joslyn handled it like a pro until I took out the morning time. I did it on a Sunday which wasn't fun. Cory was at work and she was cranky... plus at that time she wasn't liking vitamin D milk too well. But as I pushed the milk she did great. TONIGHT is the first time we put her down with out nursing. I mean we have put her down before for the night with out nursing because of going on a date and the babysitter didn't have the goods, but I would always nurse her once I got back.

Last night I wanted it to be her last good nursing time.. even though she didn't realize it and wouldn't ever remember. But she fell asleep because I had to go pick up Cory from work. the Car always puts her to sleep. So once we got home I woke her up and let her nurse as long as she wants. Truth be told I did it for me.

When I first started to nurse I couldn't understand when my mom would ask me "Don't you just love nursing?" When I first started to nurse it was painful. I couldn't understand why anyone nursed their kids. I seriously would have quit if I didn't have a great husband and a mom to cheer me on. but after two 1/2 months of painful nursing it slowly started to be okay. So then a couple of months it was easy to nurse and then teeth came in and then it hurt again, or the one nigh that Joslyn decided to get nipple confusion because of me working and giving her a bottle. I got huge that night because she wouldn't nurse and it hurt. But now that I've gone through it all I'm glad I didn't quit. If I would have quit I wouldn't get to experience the learning process between a mom and child, or the special moments when you catch a cute side smile while nursing, or when they are just soo anxious to nurse just for comfort and only you can do that. I like to feel needed and to care for someone and Joslyn let me do that this past year and hopefully for a long time.

I know Cory felt a little left out in the beginning and wanted to be able to put Joslyn down for the night but couldn't really because well he didn't have what I have. So tonight I asked him if he wanted to do the honor. I didn't have to ask him twice. He is such a great dad and I hate to admit it but there is no way I could do this on my own or without him. I rely on him way too much. But we said prayers as a family and then Dad tucked Joslyn in her crib. I took a picture to remember that Jan. 16th was the first day of her starting her big girl stage.

Joslyn I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be.

One year Mark!

2011-01-06T15:00:00.002-07:00

So I know I already posted about Joslyn's 1st Birthday. But we did celebrate it early and we weren't able to go in for her one year doc appointment till this week. But Josie officially turned one while we were in Oklahoma. I wanted to do something special for her so I made rice Krispy treats and stuck a candle in it for her and sang her Happy Birthday on her true day at night Because she was born in the evening.

It was a really weird Christmas for me this year.. I was surrounded by all of my family and Cory was still in Idaho because he had to work Christmas day but that didn't bother me as much as I could help but reflect on last Christmas when our whole focus was on getting ready for our baby girl. We brought her home on Christmas Eve and no present or christmas decoration could make me happier than to be with my little baby! I still can't believe she is one. I thought that it would be so much easier once she turned that magical number but all of a sudden I feel like there is a lot of pressure on me getting pregnant again. I mean I want a family and I want Joslyn to have siblings but I still feel like I just had her, but if I don't get pregnant soon than I could mess up the whole two years spacing, and I don't want to be still getting pregnant in my thirties. I want to be able to have fun by then with my kids rather than taking the back seat all the time. sooo... thanks a whole lot for turning one Joslyn. j.k... no I'm excited but scared. Growing up is full of decisions and responsibility and it's scary.

Well here are Joslyns' one year check up- we changed Doctors. We were going to the Pediactric Center, and we like them ( we really like Dr. Olson) but we just felt like maybe going to our friend Dr. Fackrell. So he did Josie's 1 yr. check up and here it goes:

Head circumference: 17 inches (25th percentile)
Weight: 17 pounds (3rd percentile)
Lenghth: 28 1/2 inches (25th percentile)

Dr. Fackrell was really nice and Cory was really nice but I could help but cry after the appointment. One mainly because shots seem to hurt more for a one year old, and the other is the concern still with her weight. I can't help but feel like I'm failing as a parent and that is why my daughter isn't as chunky as she ought to be. We are weaning her off of nursing and onto vitamin D milk. At first she hated it, and she didn't even care for chocolate milk or warm milk like what was suggested. I just had to keep pushing milk, and she prefers it plain and cold. So hopefully with her taking whole milk this will help her gain the appropriate weight and dr.'s and husbands won't be looking at me like "why isn't she bigger?"

but this is what Joslyn has been up to:

she has a total of 6 teeth that have cut through (4 on top, 2 on bottom)
she likes to crawl with this extra wiggle her her hips and shaking her head - very dramatic
she pulls her self up and walks only with walker, while holding onto a finger, but never by herself.
she still has a thing for playing with q-tips and tampons
she loves to wear fake pearls and have mom pretend to put make up on her
she loves to dance like nobodies business
she screeches all the time
her hair finally fits in pig tails- sooo cute!
she can wave good bye, direct music by waving her arms in the air when music is playing, say milk in sign language, and clap her hands when you say patty cake.
she will give kisses when you ask, but she will also deny you... she is very selective on who she kisses.
we let her play with crayons only when she has a binky in she so doesn't eat it.

there are probably tons more that she can do, but I can't remember them all. I hope everyday that I am teaching her what she needs and that I'm not slacking. I am so grateful that I get to stay home with her. I know it is a struggle for us and we can't have whatever we want anymore but have to budget now but it is such a blessing to be a stay at home mom and I take it seriously. I love you Joslyn with all my heart!

Joslyn's Early Birthday Party

2010-12-15T11:35:00.003-07:00

let me explain... My daughter was born on December 22nd... enough explanation right?! Well there is more. So Cory and I are leaving at different times to fly to Oklahoma for the Holidays. This year we are going to spend time with my family. But due to Cory's work schedule and that my mom begged for me to stay for a long time to help her get ready for last minute christmas stuff Cory won't be around on the 22nd when Josie officially turns one. Well because my nature is to please everyone and I feel bad no matter what i do, I wanted to at least celebrate Josie's birth in Idaho so her father can witness the whole opening presents and digging into the cake. SO on December 9th we did a little family get together for Josie's early owl Birthday party.

You see this whole year we kind of did an owl theme for Joslyn, and so we got her a charm to make an owl bracelet (thanks mom), she dressed up as a owl for halloween, I made her an owl beanie to keep her warm, so naturally we had to do an owl birthday. My friend Jen knows how to digital scrapbook and she made jose a cute invitation that I was able to send out to everyone... I attempted making an owl cake and cory frosted the owl cupcakes. we made Josie a birthday owl banner, and owl gift bags for her cousins, and she had a blast.

I want to thank everyone who came to her party. I know its more for me than anything else, but I appreciate all the love and support from everyone. I just love this little girl of mine! enjoy the pictures....

I am Thankful!

2010-12-10T15:42:00.002-07:00

Now that I am serving in the YW I get to teach and listen to other lessons that are amazing. Last week was on optimism. After the wonderful lesson that our president gave I decided to be more optimistic and complain less... lets just say that on day 1 I failed that new goal. I had a self-pity moment that lasted about 2 in a half days. Eventually I got through this week and I was able to get last minute items done for Joslyn's early 1 year birthday party (I will post about her party soon).

I'm trying to prepare for this Sunday's lesson for my girls and it's on Gratitude and Appreciation. Perfect.... I failed last weeks lesson so maybe round two I can be better. Well I cam across a wonderful poem from sugardoodle.net and the poem was talking about my house and pathetic trials, but is how I ought to be thinking more. I hope you all enjoy it, it really lifted me spirit up!

Lord, thank you for this sink of dirty dishes;

We have plenty of food to eat.

Thank you for this pile of dirty, stinky laundry;

We have plenty of nice clothes to wear.

And I would like to thank you, Lord, for those unmade beds;

They were so warm and comfortable last night.

I know that many have no bed.

My thanks to you, Lord, for this bathroom,

Complete with all the splattered mirrors, soggy, grimy towels and dirty lavatory;

They are so convenient.

Thank you for this finger-smudged refrigerator that needs defrosting so badly;

It has served us faithfully for many years.

It is full of cold drinks and enough leftovers for two or three meals.

Thank you, Lord, for this oven that absolutely must be cleaned today.

It has baked so many things over the years.

The whole family is grateful for that tall grass that needs mowing,

The lawn that needs raking;

We all enjoy the yard.

Thank you, Lord, even for that slamming screen door.

My kids are healthy and able to run and play.

Lord, the presence of all these chores awaiting me says

You have richly blessed my family.

I shall do them cheerfully and I shall do them gratefully.

Josie meeting Santa Claus!

2010-12-04T14:00:00.001-07:00

we shoveled all this by hand! than bought a snow blower! ha ha

2010-11-30T13:47:00.002-07:00

Joslyn is 11 months old!

2010-11-30T13:40:00.003-07:00

I know it is ridiculous posting her being 11 months old. But the first year has the most changes and I'm doing this more for me so I don't forget all that she did in her first year. I promise not to be so crazy and post month by month once Joslyn turns one!

But here are her stats:

I weighed her at her best-a-mama's house: 16. 2 pounds (so she hasn't really gained any weight)

she loves to pretend that she is walking all over the place, but she has to be holding on to something or someone. I have witnessed her standing all by herself for a whole 10 seconds and then she just sat herself down. So I know she will be walking by herself soon but I think we will try to be patient and let her decide when she wants to. she loves to dance, and yell gibberish. She is the entertainment at dinner time at the Sayre household. She loves playing with cousins and friends. She think knocking a water bottle off the coffee table is the most hilarious thing in the world. She loves climbing up stairs (but can't figure out how to go down correctly). Well that sums up her 11 month mark. one more month and then the big birthday! I will be posting her party pictures soon because I have to celebrate her birthday before we fly out to Oklahoma, since Cory is leaving later than us. I want him to be a part of her first birthday ever! so stay tuned!

4 Years and going!

2010-11-22T09:37:00.003-07:00

Today is our Anniversary! Cory is working the day shift at the hospital so we decided to celebrate on saturday. It was a lot of fun!.... well let me start from the beginning.

Friday night we got invited to watch the midnight show of the new Harry Potter movie in Blackfoot for free! So Joslyn went to the Robbins for her first sleep over, and Cory and I watched the movie. It was amazing, but long! We didn't get home until 4:00AM! Josie wakes up at 6:00AM so I went over to the Robbins to pick her up and nurse her. Lets just say I wasn't a very good mother that morning being sleep deprived.

I finally got up and started getting ready around 9:30 AM. Cory left the house, and I started to get ready for his surprise date. I love it when he's gone so I can try and look my best for him. My sister in law offered to watch Josie while we went out..... Well I reserved us private dancing lessons to learn the argentine tango. That is his favorite dance to watch on dancing with the stars, plus he served his mission in argentina.

I have to say I loved dancing with him, and having him take charge in that type of dance. Cory has always been a great dancer so I knew I would have fun with him, but this exceeded my expectations. when we got home he surprised me with my presents: picture frames to hang from the rod he bought me last year along with 4 roses. Later that night we went out to dinner with some friends to wrap it up.

It was a fun day to celebrate 4 wonderful years with Cory. Happy Anniversary!

Learning to Crochet

2010-11-22T09:30:00.002-07:00

Joslyn grew out of her awesome infant beanie, and since it was starting to get cold again, I figured it was time to get her another one, but I wanted to make it since I have time now. Well I went etsy.com and saw some stinkin cute owl beanies and instantly wanted one for Joslyn. They were running anywhere from $25- $35 for one kid beanie. So I bought a pattern for $4! It took me a week to make it because I had to visit youtube a lot and learn how to do all the different stitches. Plus I visited two elderly ladies from church that were nice enough to help me and give me some tips along the project. I thought it turned out pretty good. Now I wanted to learn how to make baby mittens that will match her hat. It's been a lot of fun learning how to crochet. I feel like I have an actual useful skill now.

Joslyn walking!

2010-11-14T18:56:00.002-07:00

Its Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas!

2010-11-09T10:50:00.001-07:00

Sunday night we ate dinner with my in-laws. Before we let to go home Cory said, "It smells like its going to snow". Well all day yesterday it snowed. While it was snowing Cory couldn't help himself, but he went to Pandoras music online and played Christmas music. I know I know it's not after Thanksgiving, but Cory and I love the snow, and Christmas. We just get soo excited with the first snow fall of winter.

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T08:22:00.005-06:00

I kept going back and forth on whether I was going to take Josie Trick-or-treating. I mean people know the candy won't be for her, and I don't want that candy around to tempt me. Well my mom as you know made Josie an awesome Owl costume, and Josie used it a lot this month. She used it when she went to Jen's Pizza Halloween party, she used it when my sister in law and I took the kids to see Melaleuca's trick-or-treating, and again at the Snake River Landing trick-or-treating.

The last two places looked at me funny like where is your treat bag. And when 6:00PM came on Oct. 30th and I saw little kids walking down the streets with their parents, I couldn't help it. I said to myself " who cares what others think, I'm going trick-or-treating with my daughter". I figured if anything this will be good exposure for her.

So I waited patiently for my husband to get home from work, and as soon as Cory got home we left. It was soo much fun! The weather was perfect, everyone gave us the good candy since they knew the parents would be eating most of the candy, and everyone loved seeing Josie in her costume! the best part was Cory. He was soo proud to be with his daughter and to do this with her. I kept asking him if he would like me to carry her, and he wouldn't give her up. So the two of them went door to door to the houses that we knew while mom took some pictures!

Happy Halloween!

Josie getting ready to go trick-or-treating

Josie and Dad in their Halloween costumes

Scary!

check out all the loot!

going home after a great 1st Halloween experience!

Beware of Dusting!

2010-10-26T16:26:00.002-06:00

I asked Cory to remove our two window ac units awhile ago. Well when he removed them I noticed that the windowsills were filthy. So today while Cory was out pheasant hunting I decided to clean the two windowsills up and since I was doing that I decided to clean the blinds too. So I grabbed a bowl and went to town. I was almost done when the very top faux wood thing that covers the top of the blinds fell down and smacked me in the mouth. It knocked my front tooth completely out (the one I just got a crown put on). Right when that happened Cory came home and I told him to make sure Brom didn't come in the kitchen because I was still searching for my tooth and I didn't want him to swallow it up.

When I called the dentist they luckily had an appointment call and cancel so they were able to squeeze me in. Thank goodness because I didn't want to look like the wife of Bubba for Halloween all week long! My dentist says he is going to make me a mouth guard for the next time I need to dust the blinds! So beware of dusting!

Josie's 10 months old!

2010-10-22T18:49:00.003-06:00

Josie has three teeth in now. her two front bottoms, and now her top front one. she likes to say "da da", "ma ma", "no", "owe", and we are working on "dog". she likes to make noises out of her mouth while she wiggles her tongue from side to side, and she like to shake her head no but she doesn't say "no" when doing it. again another thing we are working on. and just recently she has been starting to dance a little when music is on. Oh my word I love this girl!

Halloween fun with the kids!

2010-10-20T22:25:00.004-06:00

My Father in law asked me to talk with my sister in laws and get stuff together so we could eat dinner, possibly catch a hunted house, whatever before they left to go to AZ. I was really excited since I just went to a kid halloween party at my friends house so I had some ideas but I was nervous on whether or not I would have everything ready within two days. Well with the help of my lovely sister in laws and a good friend I think the kids ended up having a blast. Thanks everyone for all your help!

Subaru for sale!

2010-10-16T09:07:00.004-06:00

Hey everyone. I've already posted this on craigslist, ksl.com, and superidaho.com and have already got 5 people who have emailed me. but in case you or anyone you know needs an awesome subaru, buy it from us!

we are asking $11,000 OBO. we just need to get at least what we owe on it. i'm sad to sell it, it really is an awesome car, has super low miles (52,000).

email me if you are interested: stefanie.sayre@gmail.com

2010-10-12T15:29:00.002-06:00

October!

2010-10-12T14:57:00.003-06:00

I honestly thought that becoming a stay at home mom life would slow down. NOPE! I am not complaining one bit though. I am loving it... This month so far there has been tons of riding, hanging with family, a wedding, and Josie just got her owl costume in the mail today from her grandma so we had her try it on. Enjoy the pictures!

9 months old!

2010-09-22T20:22:00.002-06:00

Joslyn is 9 months old today! crazy! She has progressed probably the most this past month. She has been crawling, gone up steps, pulled herself up, started being comical (on purpose), had another tooth come in, and jabbering about who knows what. I mean I feel like I woke up and a different more busy girl is in front of me. One of her favorite things to do right now is to be funny she will look up with her eyes and shake her had no really fast, every once in awhile she will add in a circular movement with the no. ha ha ha.

We went to the Dr. Apt. I have to say so far the 9 month appointment is the best by far. NO SHOTS! But we couldn't go to the doctor we normally see because he was on vacation. And every time we go to another doctor they make me feel bad for Josie being small. I like Dr. Olson because he reassures me that Josie is just petite. Well we decided to try Dr. Petit again. He was the Dr. that saw Josie when she was first born. Well we have heard that he may not be the best with parents but he's great with kids. Since I never got to see him work on Josie I decided to try him out and see what he is like with Josie. Well I have to say he is one goofy guy, but seemed to want to make Josie happy and safe. His nurse gave us these stats:

weight: 14 pounds 15 oz.
height: 26 inches

The Doctor didn't like that Josie has dropped from the 5th percentile to the 1 percentile. He even suggested me feeding her milkshakes. He also didn't like knowing that I'm feeding her food from my plate instead of baby food. But She won't eat the baby food from the jars, and it's not like I give her big bites, I cut it up and I'm with her to make sure she doesn't choke. And I feed her tell she wont eat anymore. But I will keep trying. All I know is that we love Josie and she is a joy to be around. I think she is starting to become a little comedian- most likely again from her daddy! Happy 9 months birthday Josie!

Garage Sale

2010-09-10T07:52:00.004-06:00

Hey for any of you in the Idaho area and love to garage sale shop.. I got a good place for you to go. My mother-in-law is doing one in the Ammon area. She is selling her stuff, and her friends and family have pitched in so there are a ton of good stuff. I went over last night to scope it out and they have a lot of good stuff! I grab a few myself. :)

just to name a few:

variety of sized TV's
jewelry (not the cheap stuff either)
clothes and shoes of course (name brand stuff like North Face, Keen, Old Navy, etc)
baby stuff
home decor
fences
etc.

My Mother in law lives off of Lincoln and 45th in Ammon. her address is: 4260 Smithfield Way. Have fun shopping!

Cory's Birthday!

2010-09-08T16:03:00.004-06:00

Cory had his 27th birthday on August 26th. I really wanted it to be special for him. I mean 27 isn't a special number but I can't help but feel bad because of all the changes that we have done this summer. I didn't want Cory to feel shafted just because he has a stay at home wife and our income was literally been cut in half. I also wanted him to know that I really appreciate him and love him.

So back in July I non-sholantly told Cory to circle everything he would want in his dirt bike magazine. ha ha. I know it wasn't the most sly thing I've done but hey it worked. So I got him a bunch of dirt bike junk- he loves it, and Joslyn bought him a remote control helicopter. He has had his eye on it since Christmas.

I also thought real hard on how to celebrate his birthday. The only thing I could think of was him riding his dirt bike with friends and family. So just him and his brother Josh and friend Jeremie took off riding in Fall Creek. Apparently they went on a gnarly ride and got heat stroke- so basically they had the time of their life.

In Cory's family they make wacky cake for their birthday's. It is one of the most moist yummy chocolate cakes with peanut butter frosting on top. This is the only cake I have every made from scratch. ha ha. Well I wanted to jazz things up this year so I made his wacky cake but I attempted to make it look like a guitar since he plays the guitar. ha ha I didn't know how to do a dirt bike and this was the easy route. Well I think I nailed it cause I took pictures of Cory from Sun up to Sun down and he was smiling in all the pictures!

I love you babe!

7 and 8 months

2010-08-23T21:53:00.004-06:00

I promise to be better. Not necessarily for the rare folks that actually look at my blog, but for our family records. I need to keep track of the mile stones in Josie's life cause I know I will forget about it later. So here are the up dates:

7 months:

Josie has been trying to crawl. She gets in the crawl position but then goes flat on her tummy. Cory taught her to wrinkle her nose. She passes toys or any object from one hand to the other.

8 months:

Josie now is able to crawl backwards (meaning her movements are her getting further away from you rather than closer) and she can get from her stomach to a sit position. She loves Elmo and will clap her hands for joy and is trying to start to wave her hands.

I don't have any stats for height, weight, IQ (just kidding), etc. because her next doctors appointment is during her 9 months check up. Time really has gone by way too fast. I feel like my daughter is such a big girl. She loves to try and mimic whatever mom and dad are doing. Forget the baby food she wants chicken alfredo, or mac and cheese. ha ha. I know I am so partial but it seems like the older she gets the more beautiful she gets. It may be that she is getting more features or that I'm seeing her personality mixed with what she looks like. But I just can't but think WOW every time I see her. okay enough bragging form the mom. I love you Josie!

Adjustments

2010-08-21T20:35:00.003-06:00

So I haven't been good about blogging as well as other things this summer. It just seems that I've been super busy with work or with Family that I just keep thinking "oh summer will last forever, I will eventually go visiting teaching, or do that project, or start working out, etc". Well its August and time is gone and I still haven't done a lot of things.

oh where to begin!

Well I had family on and off for about a month in a half. I love seeing family but it really threw my schedule off. So it took some time adjusting back to the rhythm of the Sayre

household once they all left. My Sister Amberlyn Stayed while her son was visiting his dad in Cedar City, My Brother Dallas came to visit me so he could see his new niece and date as much as possible. My Aunts Jo Jo and Janet came by a couple times (My House is the official pit stop). So i got to see a ton of family which was great!

Cory's Grandpa Owens Past away. It wasn't completely unexpected but you always think you will get another visit with them. It was sad because he past away the day after their Family Reunion. Everyone was able to see him one last time except Cory and me. Cory had to work that whole weekend and couldn't get it off. I wish we would have tried harder now. But Cory and I were able to drive down to California for his funeral. It was neat because I was able to meet so many people that I hadn't seen ever in their family. Heck Cory hadn't met them either! Cory's Grandpa decided to be cremated for cost purposes, and that was the first service with a cremated body that i had ever attended. Very different but simple. It was a nice quick trip!

I put my Two Weeks at Melaleuca- August 9th was my last day of work. I have to tell you that this was a big shocker! I was planning on working no problem, but the last two trips to the temple I had these strong feelings that I need to be trusting and relying on Cory more and to support him in his dreams and goals! I didn't really know what that meant except be a really good cheerleader. I kept it to myself at first but than I had a talk with Cory and told him about my trips to the temple, and he said that I better put my two weeks in. I was shocked that that was the answer. I didn't really believe I was going to be giving my two weeks at work but that next sunday Cory announces to everyone in our Sunday school class that I was quitting. I was shocked because I hadn't even told work and here he was telling everyone. So needless to say I had to quit after that announcement. I slept awful the night before trying to figure out how I was going to tell people at work. As soon as my boss got in I asked if I could talk to him.. and the rest is history. Now right after I gave my two weeks I wanted to renege my resignation. Our Washer was leaking, our water heater broke, the projector exploded, and the service engine light went on in the car. But I stuck it out, and left a great job, position, friends, and company after 4 years.

Cory and his dad climbed the Grand Teton. Cory has wanted to do this trip for a long time. At first he was going to climb it after he graduated from his Nursing degree, but he got right into a job and didn't have time to climb. Then he planned a trip last year and due to weather the trip was cancelled. Now this year he planned a trip with his dad. Four people backed out of the trip. I don't know if all the deaths this years scared them or if they had other engagements to attend, but their trip wasn't going to happen unless they could get some more in their group. The week before to guys from the hospital joined in on a whim. One from the ER and one from Radiology. Cory's dad wanted to do the trip in two days which meant they gad to not only bring their climbing gear but their packs as well. Cory got 500 feet from the summit when his dad had hit the wall. So Cory's new focus was to get his dad off the mountain safely. I am so proud of both of those guys. Cory says that next time he goes he wants to do it in a day and not bring his pack.

Sayre Family reunion in Lava Hot Springs. Let's just say our camp spot was the most windy and most busy traffic for trains in the planet. ha ha. the sleep wasn't the best but it was fun to be with family. Cory has been spoiled to be living near all his brothers. Casey the brother right above Cory decided to further his education and attend Washington State, which is just 20 minutes outside of Idaho. So that was the last time we got to see their cute family before they headed out.

And now to the current times. Now I'm trying to adjust being a stay at home mom. I'm trying to figure out a house routine with laundry, and de-cluttering, writing out a calendar of meals to cook. I know crazy right?! I'm very much a goal orientated and task person, so i'm trying to tie that into my new role in life so its not too mundane. Course watching after my new 8 month old keeps me plenty busy. Lately I've decided that I'm not waking up anymore at night, so I'm trying the cry tactic. I started when Cory started his night shifts so hopefully he will notice a difference once he isn't working nights. It really only took one night of Crying (Sorry Edwards) and then she has been pretty good. She keeps waking up at 6:20AM and so I feed her then. But at the same time I've been trying to slowly up her bed time in 1/2 hour increments. Tonight I got her down at 8:00 PM. Joslyn really is a good baby and is easy to care for. I love her so much. I especially love her more now that I'm getting some sleep.

Well that is all the adjustments and updates in the Sayre household. I will try to be more on top of things now that I'm a stay at home mom. Hopefully at least! :)

Come to the Hearing about the Windmills TONIGHT!

2010-07-21T09:11:00.003-06:00

Anyone who is a resident of Bingham County come to the hearing tonight. I know we are all busy, but we need to voice our opinions on what we love in our neck of the woods. My friend just created an awesome website that goes over the facts on the the Windmills, and Wolverine Canyon. visit: http://www.savebinghamcounty.com

Please invite everyone you know that lives in Bigham County TONIGHT at 7:00 PM at the Court house in Blackfoot rm. 1.

Hope to see some familliar faces!

Come to the Hearing about the Windmills in Wolverine Canyon Wed. Night at 7:00PM

2010-07-20T11:41:00.004-06:00

I was invited to go to a meeting at work Monday night that would include Frank Vandersloot speaking to any of his employees that live in Bingham County over the matter of Wolverine Canyon and the Windmills.

I was excited to hear Frank speak because he is so good at public speaking but I also wanted to know more about the windmill issue because I honestly hadn’t heard much about it except that it was probably going to be happening.

First of all I am not opposed to Windmills. But I learned some things that made me un-happy and I hope doesn’t happen. For one- the Windmill Company was doing some things that were illegal and the Judge told them they couldn’t do some things like go and build wherever they wanted to because of zoning laws, agricultural resource laws, etc. So the Windmill Company said they will just change the law. Right now they are in their 14th edition of the new ordinance hearing (I had not even heard of the 1st hearing). If nobody in Bingham County (meaning the people) then this will get approved and then could potentially become a law. So if this gets approved as a new law it will not only affect Bingham County but all of Idaho.
Now I’m not an expert, but I do know that I like riding my dirt bike through Wolverine canyon, and Cory likes hunting out there; heck we like to drive through and do mini hikes out there. If the windmills are approved we won’t be able to do any of that and neither will anyone else. In fact if the new law gets passed we could be potentially seeing Windmills in the future out by Island Park, the Grand Tetons. Which I absolutely do NOT want that to happen. Idaho is a beautiful state and I appreciate the natural beauty. I don’t want it to look like Wyoming. I don’t know, but I don’t think Windmill being a Green concept is correct when we would be replacing our forest with metal towers.

There was a ton more that I learned at that meeting but for anyone who wants to learn more for themselves you can see the new ordinance at: www.co.bingham.id.us/PZ

The Hearing for this will be at the Court House in Blackfoot Wednesday Night (7/21/2010) at 7:00 PM. If you don’t have any plans and you live in Bingham County please come. I would hate for all the windmills to come up and then the people to voice their opinions when we have the potential to stop it before it starts.

Josie is 6 months old!

2010-06-22T20:57:00.007-06:00

today josie turned 6 months old. today we went to jc penney's to take her pictures rather than from my crapy camera. they did a really good job, but josie didn't seem too thrilled with the guy and woudn't really smile, which is funny because she smiles all the time for everyone else. here is a sneek peek on her pictures.. hopefully in 2 weeks i'll have my prints done so i can pass the out to family! Enjoy!

Here are her stats:

head circumference: 16 1/4
height: 25 inches
weight: 13 pounds 7 oz.

She has just started to sit all by herself. She gets a little wobbly at times but she loves to sit than to be held. I think it's the beginning of her independence! She hates getting too many kisses now. I think the mixture of me wiping her nose anytime it's runny or the excessive kissing from her Aunt Amberlyn, but she does not like people up in her face bubble! ha ha. she is now really starting to eat a lot of a variety of baby food as well as items off of our plates. She loves otter pops!

Happy Fathers Day!

2010-06-20T20:21:00.004-06:00

This has already been a fun and busy month. My sister has come to stay with me most of this month and part of July. As soon as she got here we found out that she got limes disease. ha ha.. if it weren't for bad luck she wouldn't have any luck at all. It isn't contagious but she has been on medicine to get rid of it and it hasn't been making her feel very well.

(This is what a limes Disease rash looks like- bulls-eye)

Cory has been keeping up with his soccer whenever he gets a chance. He's been missing a lot of games lately due to work. But last Monday he finally got to play a game. He was super pumped; especially since the World Cup is playing. So he played in a game and was doing awesome. But one of the guys on the other team couldn't keep up with Cory so he decided to cleat him. That makes me more mad that anything else. It's just a game. I'm competitive and all, but why deliberately try to hurt someone just for a game. So Cory has been super sore and has some nasty bruising going on.

(the next day after Cory got cleated)

Today is Fathers Day. Cory's big present was that we upgraded his 250 to a KX 450F. He loves it and has already gone riding with it a couple times. But I wanted to give him something tangible on the actual Fathers Day. So Josie, Brom, and I did some pictures of us with letters spelling out DAD. Cory loved it. I hope Cory knows how much we love him and adore him. He really is a fantastic dad. I know he's only been a dad for 6 months know, but he is great with not only his own kid, but all kids. Happy Fathers Day Hun!

Joslyn is 5 months old!

2010-05-25T20:31:00.004-06:00

Josie turned 5 months old on May 22nd! I can't believe how much she has grown. Already I feel like she is getting too heavy to carry in her car seat and she still is a tiny thing. I don't have any real stats because her next doctors appointment will be in June. But these are some of her favorites

eating rice cereal
rolling over
playing in her jumper thing on the door
spit bubbles
making vibrating noise from her mouth
grabbing her toes
sucking her thumb
and playing with her dad

she is such a joy to be around, and i love her so much!

things you learn about

2010-05-24T21:55:00.004-06:00

So Cory and I are new parents. And with that we gets to experience things together. Such as... What to buy, and where to buy.

1) we new Joslyn liked riding in the car so we decided to buy this really cute portable swing from Target. It's very gender neutral, and is outdoorsy looking. So we saw it and bought it on a whim without doing any research on it. we had to buy weird size huge expensive batteries, but Joslyn loved it. then one day it stopped working. We figured oh, its out of batteries, so we go to target and buy more random sized expensive batteries. We put it in and it still doesn't work. We have only used it maybe two months and now its just a swing chair that you have to push to make it swing. LAME!

2) i bought a really cute play mat from target (online). It wasn't available in the stores. Again very gender neutral but way trendy looking. I really bought it because it had a giraffe toy that played music. Well when I got it the giraffe didn't play music. I called Target and they couldn't do anything for me because it was a hot item and so i could either return it or they could give me a $5 credit. I took the credit, called infantino and they wrote down my information and sent me a replacement giraffe that played music within a week. oh and two weeks later I ended up getting fraud on my bank account and they asked if I had done any online shopping.. only target.com

3) I think Josie might be teething. She still is a pretty good baby, but she has been drooling a lot, bites on everything, chews to soothe and only one night the only thing that comforted her was baby oragel, but ever since she has been normal. So I decided to buy some baby oragel and baby teething tablets rather than borrow my friends. Well I was soo excited to go to Toys-R-Us and buy all my babys needs: 1st time veggie purees, baby teething tablets, baby oragel, etc. Well, i found out that i paid $1.48 for baby food at toys-R-Us that cost only .48 at Wal-Mart and when i came home the baby teething tablets were not in the box. Somebody must have shop lifted and I was the shmoe that bought and empty box.

So the moral of this story... research your items before purchasing rather than buying a whim, go directly to the manufacturer because target.com customer service sucks, check your boxes before buying anything especially if they seem oddly light, and last wal-mart is usually cheaper. I guess you have to go through these kinds of things to be a parent helps us become wise i guess.

scary times

2010-05-19T18:13:00.002-06:00

I don't mean to offend anyone at all by this post... but lately divorce has been on my mind. Before everyone panics.. it's because so much has been going on around me and it scares me. I have friends from church, work, family that they are going through divorces right now or just went through it.

i talk to cory about it all the time, because my heart is so sad when i hear another marriage didn't last and I can't help but think Satan is winning right now. i feel like i need to be a better mom, and a better wife, and i should read my scriptures more and pray and go to the temple more just to try and avoid this plague of divorce.

i pray for those that are going through this trial especially when children are involved. and i just hope and pray that my marriage can last during these times that satan is working so hard to make sure that it wont.

Sorry for the super long blog post!

2010-05-15T12:19:00.002-06:00

So this will be a long blog post.. you can go to a different friends blog now if you want. ha ha. No.. it's just that May has been a super busy month already. May 1st we decided to start giving Josie some rice cereal. That lasted about 3 days, and she just didn't seem too into it, so I think we will try again this week or the next.

Then Graduations and Mothers Days just popped up out of nowhere. I seriously spent the whole weekend looking like a chicken with my head chopped off. Cory was working that entire weekend too. My mom graduated with her Associate degree at TCC on May 7,2010. I wanted to fly home to Oklahoma to support her on her big day, but my dad told me not too. I regret listening to him. My parents came to my high school and college graduation and I'm so proud of my mom. I really wish I could have been there. The next day May 8, 2010 Cory's brother Casey graduated at ISU from the Pharmacy program. It was really cool to see someone graduating with that much schooling under their belt. I've never been to a doctorate degree ceremony. And of course I didn't think to get a present for either of these grads. I'm so horrible.

The next day was Mothers day. I went crazy trying to get my mom's and mother in laws brag books together. You may think oh thats simple. Well it's not when you spend 8-9 hours a day at work, spend half the day pumping or feeding a baby, spend 3 hours a day to play with your kid, and 1-2 hours a day to clean up and get ready for bed the next day. So I had to neglect some cleaning in order to get two brag books done and mailed in time. I thought they both turned

out pretty cute, but not because of me, but because I have such dang cute nieces and nephews

that i got to put in the book.

Oh yea.. My first ever being a mom on mothers day- Well lets just say... Cory worked all weekend long. ha ha. Actually he has worked every single Mothers Day since we have been

married (4 yrs). So i'm use to not having him on Mothers Day. But he did do something cute for me, and I ruined it. I told Cory that all I wanted for Mothers Day was flowers that I could plant in front of our house. Well he woke me up at 6:15 AM and said Happy Mothers Day and handed me my card and present. My present was a membership at Massage Envy and I get 6 1 hour massages. I know you are all probably like - wow he hit the jack pot there on that one. But I looked at it and was like oh. Cory looked at me and was like you don't like it. So i spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how I can re-do that whole moment over and again and let Cory know that I loved it. Needless to say he wouldn't let me back peddle at all. ha ha. But I have used up one of my massages and it was great!

Next Josie went to her first ever friend birthday party. Jaislyn Robbins turned 3 and invited josie to her Princess Birthday Party. It was so cute. Her mom went all out, making a castle cake, decorated burger king crowns for everyone, played pin the kisses on the frog. It was amazing. Sorry Josie I don't think your parties will ever be that nice. ha ha.

Last but not least.. today is my birthday. Cory is not working this weekend so I get him for myself. That right there means it's already great birthday. But he has already made me breakfast in bed (a large cheese, hame, bell pepper, and onion omelet), and some sausage links, and a large glass of orange juice. It was great! He has already baked me a cake, and is going to take me out to a nice dinner tonight, and the whole family is going to a drive in movie to watch Iron Man 2!. Thanks hunny you are the best! So I would have to say it's been a crazy month, but a fun one too.

Josie is 4 months old!

2010-04-23T22:28:00.003-06:00

April 22nd Josie turned 4 months old. I woke her up and brought her to our bed and sang happy birthday to her. Cory told me it wasn't her birthday, but i said it was her 4 month birthday! She was pretty fussy that whole day, but even when she acts fussy I can't help but love and thank Heavenly Father for bringing her to our family. She brings us so much joy!

Josie 4 months old!

Today we had to go to the doctors to give Josie her 4 months shots. I was not looking forward to this since last time was such a hard experience. Luckily Cory wasn't working so he was able to come with me, and I was able to take the whole day off from work. here are her current stats:

Height- 24 inches
weight- 11.6 pounds
head- i forget, but it's growing too!

she's been in the 25th percentile with her height and weight and 1o percentile with her head circumference. But this time her weight was starting to drop on the charts closer between 5- 1o percentile. Doctor didn't seem worried but I still couldn't help but feel bad. He thinks we should start her on rice cereal (about 1-2 tsp/day). All the books I read and my mom, and everyone says it's better to wait till closer to 6 months. But shouldn't I listen to what the doctor says? he says if she needs the calories than this should help her. I don't know what to do. So far today Josie has slept some, been pretty fussy on and off, and has ate a little less than normal but way better than last time she got her shots.

Here are some more pictures of Josie from Easter, I never did post these pictures, but here they are, enjoy!

Hoppy Easter!

Josie Sleeping and holding her hands together!

This is what happens when these two listen to General Conference

josie being a model

2010-04-03T18:40:00.003-06:00

This past week my sister in law couldn't watch Josie while I was at work since it is their Spring Break and they went out of town. So my friend down the street offered to watch Josie. Well She just got a brand new super sweet camera (I don't know what kind it is.. it's just awesome), and so while she was taking pictures of her girls she also thought to take pictures of Josie. I know they were just having fun but I think they turned out so dang cute! enjoy!

Birthdays, Egg Hunts, and more!

2010-03-29T18:08:00.006-06:00

This weekend was a blast. We went to our Nephews 1 year old birthday bash. It was cute to watch him eat his cake or should I say.. wear it! I tried really hard to take a picture of my nephews Rob and Jack with Josie since they were all born in 2009. But it was late and everyone was cranky.. so I will have to give it a go another time.

Then on Saturday my mom's co-work invited a bunch of people to go to her home in Ammon and to have an egg hunt and eat hot dogs. It was way more fun than I could have imagined. she had a huge yard with different areas for egg hunts one for the infants and toddlers, and another section for the big kids. IN the eggs there was candy, money, gift certificate to take home a baby chick, and she even handed out some toys for the kids (kites, coloring books). She even had jars full of different kinds of candy and had people guess how many were in them. the winners took the jars home. Josie tied with one of the winners who guessed how many tootsie rolls. SHe was only 29 off. She is sooo smart!

Since next Sunday is General Conference weekend I decided to put Josie in her Easter Dress that her Grandma Carroll bought her. She looked so dang cute in such a puffy dress. On Sunday Cory spoke in the spanish branch in espanol. He was super nervous but he did a great job. I don't think he has had to give a talk in spanish since his mission 5+ years ago. Crazy!

Josie's 3 months old!

2010-03-23T21:48:00.004-06:00

I can't hardly believe it.. Josie is 3 months old. It's funny I see new babies being born and Josie now looks huge compared to them, but it really wasn't too long ago that she was that tiny. I swear you blink and they grow. She really is a good baby. She puts up with me as her mom, and she is a truper for learning to drink from a bottle and take a binky since I had to go back to work I love you Josie girl!

3 months old!

Team Green!

2010-03-23T21:37:00.004-06:00

So last weekend was an actual great weekend in terms of weather. Cory and his buddy Jeremy have gone riding once in Twin Falls and us wife's wanted to go too. So last weekend we met up with Cory's brother Josh and his family and we met up with Jeremy and his family to go riding in Ammon at the gravel pits. It was really one of the most fun weekends in a long time. Josh and Kaylin had their kids riding on their bikes, and so did Jeremy and Jen. Josie is still a little young to ride on a bike, so Cory and I took turns and Kaylin was so kind to watch her once so Cory could take off while I was riding. But it was so much fun.. I can't wait till summer so we can go camping and riding all the time!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

2010-03-17T20:03:00.005-06:00

i love today, not only is it St. Patty's Day, but it's also my dads birthday. I can't help but think that everyone is dressing in green in honor of my dad. ha ha j/k! But seriously its such a simple yet fun holiday to celebrate. You see people wearing all shades of green, weather is starting to warm up, you start to see some grass, i love it! well i quickly took these pics. of josie. the four leaf clover onesie i made! igot the idea from http://angieasplund.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

Back at Work

2010-03-13T07:50:00.003-07:00

So my first day back at work was Thursday. I'm glad I started on a Thursday rather than a Monday for a few reasons. I didn't like being away from Josie that long, and she is just now learning how to take a bottle, and last because I just need to learn how to juggle one more thing in my life.

Now I was surprised that my first day back wasn't as hard or as bad as I had envisioned it. Everyone says that they cry on their first day back. But I didn't. I came very close but not for the same reason as those other women. It was actually fun to see everyone again, to socialize with grown-ups and with my friends. Its great to know that I am responsible for projects and to get recognized for the accomplishments (it's harder to get a pat on the back for raising a child, or cooking a meal, or keeping the house clean). So there are some great pluses to being at work. Now of course I missed my daughter and I thought of her the whole time, but I wanted to work harder at work so I could go back to her.

Now back to the part where I almost cried.... I Felt kind of weird asking my supervisor but I had to ask.. where am I supposed to pump? Now Wed. night Sis. Wittwer in my ward told me that by law the company has to provide a place, so I was curious to see where that pumping place was. Well I was told to go to our Koala Kids Academy. So I walked over there and asked where I could pump. I pumped, and when I got out of the door, the lady told me I couldn't occupy that room anymore and find another location. I understood of course, but with my hormones all wacky I had to hold back the tears. I mean I'm already feeling embarrassed about pumping milk out of my chest like a cow, and now I'm getting kicked out. So I called HR, and they old me that the designated area to pump was the women's IT Bathroom. I couldn't handle it. Maybe I"m making it a bigger thing than I should, But I feel like for one, there is no privacy for pumping, I don't like to expose my chest to everyone, and second I don't want poo particles flying into my babies milk that will be going into her mouth. And yes poo particles are real just watch Mythbusters. So I emailed HR asking if there was anywhere else that was private and sanitary for me to pump. they told me the best place was the bathroom, and if I wanted I could find a conference room that locks and schedule it a little bit, or the tanning room in the gym. Well I found a place across the street. There is our recording studio building and they have two single bathrooms with a lock. I figured that was better than a bathroom with a bunch of stalls, and no on e is going to the bathroom, and I'm by myself and when you turn the light on a loud fan noise turns on too so I know no one outside can hear the pump. I emailed the guy in charge over there and he said I was welcomed to use their place anytime, which made me smile.

But I was curious how other moms felt, because I know I'm not the only person who has gone through this. My friend Liz at work told me that a bunch of girls use the Tanning room in the gym, or they use on of the shower stalls and turn the water on so no one can hear. She told me to hang in there, because a lot of mom's at our work end up quitting pumping because it's so complicated at our work area, and end up feeding their babies formula. she told me that it's hard, but think of your baby. I was glad that I wasn't alone, and that there are some places that we can pump. HR did say that someday if Melaleuca build a new place, they are going to build a room specifically for woman to pump and breast feed their babies. So I know they are are trying and that they are doing the best that they can with the current resources, but I have to say it day make going back to work a little more dramatic than I would have liked.

Well that is the update. Cory wanted to see if I would like to play soccer this summer on a women's league. The only problem is that they play monday nights.. the same time Cory plays on his men's league. I lve soccer, but if I played we would have to get a babysitter. And where I don't get to see her all day, I don't want to get a babysitter on top of the 8 hours I'm missing out on. So for the first time ever, I'm retiring my cleats.. at least for now. I'll have to become the worlds best wife cheerleader/mom at the same time.

Bear World is FREE Tonight!

2010-03-12T16:08:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to give everyone the news I found out. Today till 7:00PM and early morning tomorrow (Saturday) Bear World is FREE!!!! I even heard that they are letting people feed the little bear cubs, for FREE!!! This is a great Free family activity! Enjoy!

2 months old

2010-02-26T16:01:00.005-07:00

Josie is officially a 2 month old. I meant to let everyone know sooner, but life has been pretty busy. Well for Josie's 2 month old birthday, she got to go to the doctors. Now these are her current stats:

weight- 9 pounds 11 oz (I know not a great number)

length- 22 inches (3 inches since her birth)

head circumference- 14 1/2

So basically for her height and weight she is in the 25th percentile, and her head is in the 10th percentile. But the doctor says that was what she was since the beginning and she just keeps on growing- he calls her in the petite category.

Not only did we get these stats but she had to get a whole lot of shots: Hep B, Hib, DTap, and Polio. Now she did great. She of course didn't like the nurse pushing on her legs so she couldn't move, and then she gave a surprised face and then screamed, but what surprised me the most was that I started to cry a little. I mean of course I love my baby, but she was in so much pain, but it was suppose to be good for her, so I had to let it happen, and so I couldn't help but cry. The nurse was sweet and let me hold my baby for a long time in stead of kicking me out of the room.

Josie was pretty much tired and wanted to sleep the rest of the day, she ate very little which made me nervous and she did fever. I read and watched on the news that studies are now saying don't give babies tylenol before the vaccine but after instead. So I waited for a fever to come and it came. I felt even worse when I came home to a freezing home (our diesel ran out, and so I had to wait for a guy to fill up our diesel tank and wait for our house to heat up from 65 degreees..bbrrrrr).

needless to say I was more than willing to hold my daughter and comfort her for two days straight until she got back to feeling normal!

my 2 month old big girl!

Josie and Mom!

Big Dogs with Babies

2010-02-21T22:24:00.003-07:00

People ask me a lot... "How is Brom with the baby?" I have to tell you Cory and I ( mainly me) were nervous about bringing a baby home when we have a big dog as an indoor pet in our house. Don't get me wrong, Brom is a great dog and everything. But he can get pretty hyper, and his big body just gets in the way sometimes.

Well before Cory brought the baby home he did everything we read about to do before she came home. Cory took Brom on a long run to get his energy out, and than gave him a bath. Cory brought something from the baby to Brom so he could get use to the scent of the baby. We introduced the baby to brom while she was still in her car seat. We had him behind a gate for a long time and slowly allowed him more and more time with the family and baby.

And with all that he did pretty good with the baby. The things though that surprised me was, him barking at some people when they would come visit the baby. He was very protective of her. Or that he sleeps in the hallway between our room and the babies room to look after us all during the night. (one of my favorite thing, was before Josie started sleeping through the night she would wake up every 3 hours like clock work. And I would be dead tired but still woke up and Brom would get up and lay down in fron tof Josie's room, sometimes even lay down in her room by my feet while I was bursing her, and getting her ready to go back to bed. I don't know why, but it seemed to help me, because I knew I wasn't the only one not sleeping all the way through the night.) Or getting me when the baby is crying, or doing tummy time with Josie. He really is a sweet dog, and a great family dog. Now even though I think he does really well with Josie, and I am so relieved he is being gentle and not too hyper around the baby, I still NEVER leave those two in the same room together EVER. I mean he still is an animal so you never know, but overall I do really trust him with her, when Cory and I are around. So I Hope you enjoy the pictures that I have taken of Brom and the Baby.

I posed Brom and the Baby. ha ha!

Brom and Josie doing tummy time

Prank gone wrong

2010-02-18T11:51:00.003-07:00

so i don't know if any of you gals prank your husbands or if your husbands prank any of you? Well in our little Sayre family pranking has existed since the beginning. I have had Cory hiss like a snake in the dark, jump out and scare me when i get home, pretend he is sleeping on the couch when i get home, etc.

well a few months back i decided to prank him good.. while he was showering before church started , i decided to fill an EIRMC mug up with ice cold water and dump it on him, he got so mad he decided to dump shower water all over me. need i say we were late to church that day. ha ha!

Well i guess cory remembered what i did to him and he decided to prank me back. while i was showering; i had soap in my eyes and was washing my hair, cory threw ice cold water on top of me... well it startled me so bad; i screamed, threw my hands up in the air, lost my balance and slipped and fell. while i was falling i tried to keep my ground by grasping onto the shower curtain, yea i took it down, and my back and left arm hit the spout. cory was scared because all he saw was the shower curtain falling and my legs in the air with a big bang.

after it was all done all i could do is wipe the soap out of my eyes look up at cory and laugh! the moral of this story, be careful which prank you do, it could go wrong! painfully wrong!

Platinum Blonde

2010-02-07T15:11:00.003-07:00

Well I finally did it. Saturday morning Cory woke up and said, "You should ask Jen to see if she can make you blonde today". I was a little nervous, and so I just said an excuse like, "She probably has too much to do today, maybe later in the week!"

Well like always, Jen is an amazing friend, and she just went to town with my hair. It didn't take as long as our initial hair day, but still took awhile since we had to bleach the entire head this time, and add low lights. I hope you enjoy my new look, I look like a brand new woman.. I don't even know where Stefanie went! : )

My new Do!

2010-01-26T14:34:00.005-07:00

I'm posting about my new do.. so that it won't be such a shocker for when everyone see's me later. I love doing a new change, but I hate the first day that people see you and all the attention that you get. I get real nervous on those kind of days. So enjoy the pictures of my new look.

Cory and I have been trying to figure out what to do with my hair. I've been wanting to color it for a long time, but couldn't because I was pregnant and we didn't want to risk anything. So Cory bought me two hair magazines and we went to town for the search of a new look. We both decided to be daring and have me do the Kherington Payne Look from Fame.

I was just going to do the cut but Cory wants me to try going as Blonde as this actress/dancer. So in a couple of days or weeks I am going to go completely blonde like Kherington. But for now I will just be getting use to my new do.

My friend Jen was such a good sport and did my hair for me. She was so nervous but I think she did an awesome job. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Josie has a cold

2010-01-22T16:05:00.002-07:00

I have been trying really hard to be a good mom and to keep Josie away from sickly people and their germs. Well... She is sick. a week after she was born she started to sound somewhat congested, and it has just lingered. I figured it was because I had a cold after she was born. But then this week she started sounding more and more congested and started having a cough. Well we took her into the doctor yesterday after a bad night of her coughing and sounding awful. He says that it is probably a cold but could easily turn into RSV since that is going around. He told us what to watch for. Just in case we need to bring her back into the doctors.

There is basically nothing we can do to give her to help her start feeling better. So we bought her a cool mist humidifier, and my sister in law told me that when her kids were congested she would hold them all night to help elevate their kid and have all the junk flow down. well Cory and I like our sleep way too much so we put her bouncer chair in her crib and have strapped her in. She really likes sleeping slightly elevated and I think the humidifier is starting to help. She still sounds pretty congested but she sounds better when I'm feeding her rather than her fighting to eat and breath. I hope she gets feeling better soon. It breaks my heart every time I hear her coughing and sounding so full of junk.

1 month old!

2010-01-20T14:46:00.002-07:00

I officially have a 1 month old baby! I don't know why, but I am relieved that we have made it this far. I get so nervous when people are around her with a runny nose, or are coughing but say that they are not sick. I get so nervous each night when she sleeps 5 hours straight. But everyday I can honestly say that I look at her, and I think to myself, How did I get to be so lucky to have her?

Joslyn Sayre 1 month old!

Josie's first photo shoot!

2010-01-11T11:01:00.011-07:00

When Josie was just 1 week old we decided to get some professional pictures of our baby girl and some family pictures for the first time. I looked around and there was a lot of great photographers to choose from but we decided to go with Andrea Sponeburgh. she did such a great job and was so patient with us. She let me not only take pictures of Josie, but family pictures, and grandmother pictures. So here is her website if you want to check her out:

http://andreaspon.com/photography/main.php

And here are just some of the pictures. enjoy!

Being a new mom

2010-01-08T15:10:00.003-07:00

This morning I woke up to do my morning feeding for Joslyn. She sounded a little congested, but was eating like crazy. She started choking a little so me being the nervous mom that I am.. I lifted her up and started patting her back, and she projected mothers milk all over me, the chair, the wood floor, everything but her. Cory came running in to save the day and wiped up everything.

But I was thinking today. All I do now is stay in my pj's all day and feed, burp, and change diapers. Maybe I'm getting a little cabin fever, but I'm really not liking the stage that I am in. I'm too tiny to wear most of my prego clothes, but way too big to fit in my before clothes. So the only thing that fits right now is pj's. The reason why i was thinking about this, is because I was thinking of of all my sister in laws, and friends who are stay at home moms. They don't stay in their pj's all day. They always look perfect and put together. So even though I'm not at the size I would like to be right now, I've decided that I'm going to try and put make up on and do my hair every day even if I don't leave the house.

Even though I am complaining a bit about the monotony of life and my appearance right now, I really do love being a mom. I love just holding my baby girl in my arms and watching her sleep. I love having this time with my husband and watching us both grow up as parents together. I love our little girl.

Joslyn

2009-12-25T13:49:00.003-07:00

Dr. Oldroyd told us that between 6-7:00PM on Monday night that we could start being induced by cervidal. Cory called EIRMC, and they were really busy, so they told us to call back around 6:30PM. So we called then and they were still busy. They told us that it should calm down around 9:00PM that night and they would call us if there was an available room. I was starting to get worried that we weren't going to get started.

Well We went into town and had a nice meal with my mom and Cory's Parents at Sizzler. Afterwords we decided to just stop by the hospital and just check to see if there was a room. It was the weirdest feeling. I always envisioned arriving at the hospital in a wheel chair screaming because I was going to have a baby. Instead we just calmly walked down the halls of Labor and Deliver, and asked the nurse at the desk if there was a room available. She told us that one room just opened up and got us in quickly. All of a sudden I'm in a hospital gown and hooked up to a monitor to check the baby's heart beat and my contractions and they put the cervidal in me.

The nurse said that some woman find that the cervidal makes them cramp a lot and to let her know so she can give me pain killers. Well I didn't feel a thing. I slept all night and woke up and Dr. Oldroyd came to check to see if I had progressed any. I didn't really. So he told the nurse to go ahead and put me on the Pit and if by noon I had not progressed to send me home. So i was nervous. I didn't want to go through all this work just be told to go home and try again later. If i was at the hospital i didn't want to go home unless I had my baby with me. Well when Dr. Oldroyd came at noon on Tuesday, he checked me and i had progressed.. I had dilated to a 3, and that was good enough for him. They got the epidural in my back, and then the Doctor broke my water. I would dilate 1-2 cm every hour. Right during shift change the new nurse came into my room and asked to check me, and i told her that the other nurse checked not too long ago and that i was at an 8, and she said that she should check anyway. Well she did and she said that she felt the head. So she told me to start pushing.

I was so nervous because Cory and I didn't take any classes, didn't do any reading or anything on how to deliver a baby. But I really had an amazing team. I had Cory holding one hand, my mom holding one of my feet, the other nurse holding one foot, and Cory's mom holding my hand and the camera.

I Started pushing and by the time Dr. Oldroyd came into my room he told me to stop pushing because i was giong to have that baby without him. So the nurses quickly helped him put his gown over his scrubs, and with to pushes our baby came. I guess it took only 22 minutes of pushing for our baby to come out. The Dr. didn't have time to give me an episiotomy, so I did tear a little (1 in.).

It has been a long and exhausting week, but very enjoyable. Let me introduce to you:

Joslyn Sayre
Born: December 22, 2009
Time: 8:02P.M.
Weight: 6 pounds 9 oz. (currently 6 lbs. 4 oz.)
Length: 19 inches

EIRMC

2009-12-21T14:26:00.002-07:00

We all woke up early this morning so we could go to my Doctor appointment. Here is the update:

Weight- gain 1 1/2 pounds
BP- 120/80
Belly size- looks good
Baby's heartbeat- strong
Dilated- still the same (1-2)

So after the doctor checked everything... He told me that he was going to call EIRMC and see if there was any room to have me go in tonight. He came back and said that anywhere between 6:00-7:00PM I need to go to EIRMC and they will have me do cervidal. He says typically this will start the contractions, and by midnight I could be ready to deliver the baby. But if for some reason the cervidal doesn't do anything than he said Tuesday he will have my water break. So that's the update. I will be for sure spending the night tonight at EIRMC, but either today or Tuesday I will have a baby. So the next time you read my blog I'll include a picture of the babe!

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

39 weeks

2009-12-16T22:09:00.002-07:00

I picked up my mom last night. She is here until Jan. 4th. I know I am the luckiest girl ever to have my mom help me that long. I really do love having her here, and I can't wait for her to spend some time with her new grand- daughter. Well today I am 39 weeks pregnant. I asked the Doc if I could be induced this Friday; and he said it depended on how "favorable" I was. For those who don't know what that means, because I sure didn't...it means it depends on the thinning of the cervix, and how much you have dilated.

Well today we had our weekly appointment and the doctor checked me out. Here are my stats:

weight: lost 1 1/2 pounds
BP: 120/87
Baby's heart beat: Strong and healthy
Size of tummy: still measuring to Dec. 23rd
Dilated: 1-2

So after finding all this out, I asked Doctor Oldroyd to see if Friday was a possibility, and he just turned and looked at me and said: "You're getting more favorable, but still not there". We were a little sad, but are okay with it. Dr. Oldroyd wants me to come into his office on Monday morning (8:30AM) to get checked out, and if I have progressed a little more, than he wants me to go to EIRMC to get started on Cervital (I think that's what it is called). It is supposed to thin the cervix, and once I get where I need to be, than he will start me on PIT (prob. on Tuesday). He said no matter what, he won't let me go over my due date and that he will let me be home for Christmas. So I may have my baby either on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.... unless by some miracle my water breaks from now till then. Wish me luck!

2009-12-12T09:05:00.002-07:00

Brom is getting pretty good, We got 5 big roosters this day. He was pointing them out like a machine. It was like a switch turned on when he finally realized what we were trying to do out there. He was putting all the other dogs and their owners to shame, we were the only ones shooting birds out there. Actually Brom is making me look like a good hunter, the majority of these birds were brought back to me alive in brom's mouth. I would wing them and send Brom after them and he would swat them out of the air as they were trying to get away and bring them back to me. I hope next season is as good as this one was.

Strep B Test

2009-12-10T17:45:00.002-07:00

So the past two appointments that I have gone to the doctor I keep forgetting to ask if I tested positive or negative for Strep B. I had heard that if you test positive that not only do you need to take the antibiotics, but they make you stay in the hospital for at least 2 days. Well since Cory and I decided that we want to be induced on my due date if I haven't had the baby already, I was thinking that I could potentially still be in the hospital on Christmas day. So today I remembered (with the help of a friendly reminder form my husband) to finally call the doctor and find out.

I called and asked the front desk receptionist if she could look into my file and tell me if I tested Positive or Negative. She said Negative!!!! I cheered on the phone, and she asked me if I tested positive before and I said " No, this is my first baby", but I was so excited that I won't be held up at the hospital just because of some test. So hopefully Baby and I will just stay healthy and strong so we can at least be home before night time on Christmas Eve!

38 weeks

2009-12-09T21:01:00.002-07:00

Today I am 38 weeks pregnant. the last two times that i have gone to the doctors office i have been disappointed. Not because of them, but because i get my hopes up. i would love to have this baby, but i know i need to at least wait till my mom flies in from Oklahoma on the 15th. But i was hoping that i had at least started dilating some more since last time. But NO! I'm exactly the same place i was last week the size of a finger nail. I still have not started having any contractions, but i have been cramping a ton- which they say is good. I just want to start having the signs and symptoms like I'm supposed to. I know tons of people are are stuck at a two a month before their due date and I'm two weeks away from mine and my body acts like it wants to be pregnant forever. Hmmm... this is very frustrating. But at the same time, the closer everything is getting the more excited and super nervous I'm beginning to be. We packed our Hospital bags for Family Home Evening. So that is all ready- but i doubt we'll be in a rush of hurry like i always figured we would be. I bet i will end up being induced on my due date, and i won't get to experience the part of pregnancy that you get scared and nervous about, but excited at the same time. I know its a funny thing to want, but i just wanted this one thing to be normal about my pregnancy, and feel the things that everyone talks about. Enough venting. Here are the stats from today's office visit:

BP: 120/70
weight gain: 1 pound
Baby's heart beat: Great
belly measurement: Great
Dilated: 1 fingernails width AKA Nothing!
Aprox. Due date: Still Dec. 23rd.

I told the doctor that if i have not already had the baby, that i want to be induced by my due date and no later. But I want to try some natural ways to help speed the process up a bit. So if anyone has any suggestions to get me into labor that won't hurt the baby, I'm all ears!!!

2 1/2 weeks left

2009-12-06T19:22:00.003-07:00

it's been awhile since i last posted so i have a lot to update. Last November I hosted my very first Thanksgiving ever. I took the whole week off from work and had my whole family stay at mynhome for part of the time and also at my In-laws cabin for the other half of the week. It was so much fun to see my family. Typically i see my side of the family about 1 -2 times a year. There was a family reunion during the summer so i got to see them for the second time this year for the holidays. I was afraid i was going to be so tired and not a good host since it was 4 weeks away from my due date and Cory ended up working most of the holiday at the hospital. But i have to say honestly that Heavenly Father truly was watching over me. The whole month of November i was having such horrible back pain, and i have had zero energy. The minute my family came into my house i was on the go constantly. Staying up late, serving everyone, making sure everyone was having fun. I even baked all the food and did tons of shopping with the family, went on a snow hike, shot some guns, played rock band, you name it. my dad kept saying that he was impressed with how much energy i had. To be honest so was i. But the minute the last family left my house, my body felt like i had hit a wall and luckily i had the weekend to rest before going back to work. I was so worried i wouldn't be able to handle hosting my family on my own since Cory was working, but i know the only reason why i had so much energy and zero pain was because of my heavenly Father blessing me.

my work gave me a surprise baby shower. I felt so stupid, because my guy co-worker said we needed to head to an IT meeting. i was trying to reach for a notebook and pen, and he said that i didn't need it. he walked me to one of the conference rooms and then there was a bunch of co-workers there with pin balloons and presents just for me and baby. I can't believe i felt for it. but i was super happy that my friends at work threw the shower. It made me feel so special and cared for.

two in half weeks till my due date. Cory and i did a ton of last minute shopping so we can pack my bag for the hospital. I could have this baby any day now, but we just want her to wait till my mom fly's in. but we are getting nervous, and excited all at the same time. I will try to be better to post all the updates till i have this baby girl. So stay tuned. My next appointment will be this Wed. (my 38 week apt). Stay tuned!!!

BROM'S PHEASANT

2009-10-19T17:02:00.003-06:00

This posting is by none other than Cory himself. I just wanted to share with everyone Brom and I's first pheasant. Ohh and I added the music to our blog, pretty good for not being blog savey.

Week 30

2009-10-15T19:29:00.007-06:00

So I went to the Doctors office this week. It was my 30 week appointment. Just for an update. I have gained a total of 24 pounds this pregnancy, my BP looks great, my urine looks awesome, and the pain in my groins is normal, and the baby's heart beat is still healthy and strong. I was surprised though to find out that the office did receive the H1N1 Vaccine. They gave me some paperwork to feel out and to read and if I wanted to they would give me the shot right there. As youall know i was really concerned and i wanted to be prepared for this moment. So i have been doing a lot of research, weighing the pros and cons, and a dear friend (Lisa) suggested that i pray after making a decision and ask Heavenly Father if that is a good decision. Well I did just that. I made a decision to get the vaccine and prayed and when i went into the doctors office and they offered the vaccine, i asked a few more questions... got some facts from the Doc (like: if you are pregnant and get the swine flu you have a 50% chance of going to the hospital, and a 30% chance of mom and baby dieing). When i told them that i was getting the vaccine i felt completely at peace and not scared like i thought i would be. I thinks it's because i did do a lot of prep work on deciding what to do. The doctor also said that they were only allotted 20 vaccines at their clinic and if they use them all and submit the paperwork back they will get another 20. I feel very blessed that i was able to get that vaccine so quickly; especially since so many people at work are getting it or their families are and Cory working at the hospital and bringing home soo many germs.

So I have been starting up on some new things... Scriptures every morning, FHE, date night, and a scheduled temple night. So far I have been reading at least 1 chapter every morning for the past three weeks in the Book of Mormon. My first week i was really stressed and had a crappy time at work and at home. Cory says it's because I'm doing something good and Satan is working twice as hard on me... Now I feel so much better throughout the day, i show up to work earlier, and i love reading to Cory when he is half awake and half asleep an when i have a question about something i just read he can spit out the answer... he's so smart. We just barely started FHE.. we usually had tons of soccer on Monday nights, but now that my jr. high girls are done with their season, and Cory's city league is over, we have a few more free Monday nights. So we tried it and I can honestly say there was an awesome spirit in our home. I really really hope we keep it up. Cory has been super busy with work, hunting season, riding his dirt bike, Dragons, etc... i told him that i don't mind all his activities but that I wanted at least one evening a week devoted to us. So we went on a double date with the Robbins and it was so much fun. We tried to dress up and smell good when getting ready for our date. We went to dinner ( Johnny Corrinos) and watched a movie (Couples Retreat- hilarious)... It was really such a fun night, and it made me feel so special to spend it with my sweet heart! We have scheduled a night to go to the Temple this month. I hear that once you do somethign like that things will come up... so we are going to really try hard and avoid temptations as that day gets closer... But yet again i'm excited to go to the Temple. These few little changes has made me soo happy and want to be a better wife for my hard working husband!

Well Last Sunday the Sayre's did their Fall 2009 photos at Grandma's pumpkin patch. Such a cute little place here in Idaho. I hope you enjoy the photos!

Sayre Grandkids Fall 2009

Mom & Dad Sayre

Ryan & Lynnette Sayre Family

Josh & Kaylin Sayre Family

Casey and Amber Sayre Family

Kaylin & Stefanie Sayre
The Sayre Girls!

Goofy Picture!

H1N1 Info.

2009-10-07T19:51:00.002-06:00

So I have been curious about the H1N1 vaccine and whether or not I should get it. I finally found some great links that gives tons of information. Read about it if you are interested!

www.flu.gov
www.sde.idaho.gov/site/flu/
call 1-800 CDC-INFO for the most current information about the flu.

For more information about the flu in our community visit the East Idaho Public Health Department website at http://www2.state.id.us/phd7/.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/why-are-we-afraid-of-the-new-flu-va
ccine/

6 More Doctor Visits Left!

2009-10-06T18:46:00.006-06:00

Last Friday I went to EIRMC to do my glucose testing. I was given all sorts of advice, but when I gave them my slip they opened the mini fridge and gave me the orange drink. That was the flavor I was told to stay away from. hahhaa.. Truth be told.. I didn't think it was that horrible. I just downed it as fast as possible and waited patiently for the hour to pass by. Next time i think I'm bringin a buddy to taht testing, because an hour feels like forever when you are by your self. It wasn't till the hour was about over that I started to feel kind of yucky. I don't think my buddy likes that much sugar in my system all at once. They drew my blood and then i was done.

Well today I finally got around to going back to the doctor's office to get the report on my glucose test and to get my rogham shot. Everything checked out normal. She said that I'm not low in iron, my sugar count was at 68 which is a little lower than average. She says I could eat more protein and carbs to help that.. but that I can basically do what I'm doing now cause I'm healthy. I'm Blood Type O negative, and so I have to get a shot during my 28th week; so my body doesn't hurt the baby. Well I got that done and I won't lie... I am not a fan of the needles. The last time I got this shot the nurse shoved the needle on my side and I was sore for awhile. This time I barely felt the needle. I think it's because I have the best OB nurse in the world.

Well while I was at the doctors office I asked her what Dr. Oldroyds views were with the H1N1 vaccine. And she said that he is strongly recommending his patients to get the vaccine because pregnant woman are a high risk. They are getting the vaccines through the syringe not the nasal by next week or in two weeks. So I need to make up my mind within a week or two on whether or not I will accept the vaccination. I'm normally okay with getting vaccinated, but I'm nervous sense this is a new vaccine, and how can they test for side effects to pregnant woman in such a short time, or what it could do to my baby when she gets older. I'm trying to do some research online but I haven't found anything real so far. So if anyone knows of any legit Medical articles that can help me with this decision email it to me!

Well that is the baby update so far. I hope you enjoy the little video I made.. it's my nursery so far. It's still a work in progress, but my mom has been dying to see what I've done so far so here it is! I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

13 weeks left!

2009-09-23T20:05:00.002-06:00

So I had my 27 week appointment today! That's right I am officially in the third trimester! woo woo! It's funny because my count down of 13 weeks left for having the baby is another persons countdown to Christmas.. that's right.. Christmas is just around the corner too! : )

Well Everything looks great so far.. My BP was 90 over 60 (pretty low still), I've gained a total of 19 pounds so far in the pregnancy. Dr. Oldroyd says the average person now a day gains 30 pounds during their pregnancy, so I'm pretty sure I'll be gaining a lot during this last trimester! This was the first time the doctor measured my belly. He keeps telling me that all my measurements are calculating to the exact due date.. I know I should be happy, but I want some how to have the baby's due date moved up and away from Christmas time.. But I will settle for healthy baby girl.

Funny thing... When the doctor was trying to get the heart beat of the baby; she kicked my belly really hard and knocked the doppler off my belly. I don't think she likes items on her.. She does the same thing when i fold my arms and add pressure on her. I think she may just end up having some red in her hair because she definantly has attitude already! : )

The doctor gave me a note to go do lab work at EIRMC sometime this week or next to check my glucose levels and blood work. I"ve already been told to choose the lime and not the orange ( Thanks Steph and Stacey).. so i will report back on how that goes!

Other than that there is nothing too new with us. Just slowly getting ready for baby, still coaching soccer, and trying to relax day by day!

Ode to the Honda 100!

2009-09-13T12:28:00.003-06:00

So Last March, Cory bought me a dirt bike! I didn't know how to ride it, but he bought himself a used bike, and wanted me to get into it with him. So I tried it out! Well needless to say, I loved it. I bought all the gear: Helmet, chest protector, boots, jersey, gloves (still need the knee and elbow pads). I rode it about two maybe three times before I found out I was pregnant so then I had to stop riding.

I was sad that my bike would be left alone for 9 months, until my sister-in-law wanted to try riding. So I would watch her learn like I did, and then she got better and better, and even better at riding than myself! It was fun to watch her get into it, so that when I had this baby we could have something in common we could do together.

Well Cory has been riding a lot with his brother Josh, and friend Jeremy. And he really wants a newer bike that is a four stroke and doesn't foul plugs all the time like his current bike does. So he put his bike up for sell, and then later thought to put my bike up for sell.. which is fine. I didn't think I would care, and Cory said that he would like to get me a newer one with an electric start.

Well His bike has been up on the market for two weeks and no serious hits yet. Mine on the other hand was going like hot cakes. People wanted to buy it for their wife, or kid, or whatever, and were giving us tons of offers. Well last week we traded my 1998 Honda 100 CRF for a 2005 Polaris something something 900 snow mobile. Pretty nice trade.. if I don't say so myself. We got it looked at by Action Motor Sports, and they said the engine is in great condition and there is nothing wrong with our snowmobile minus some minor cosmetic cracks. So basically we double our return for my bike.

Now Cory can trade this snowmobile or sell it and use the money to get himself a newer 4 stroke and keep on riding.. The funny thing is... I kind of miss my bike. It was my first bike, and I didn't get that much time with it, but I miss my little Honda! So this post is just a little tribute to the bike I owned for such a small time but brought great happiness to me and the rest of the family!

6 Months and counting!

2009-09-08T21:23:00.005-06:00

I have had a few request to post a prego shot on here! Here it is: 6 months huge! Now that I am pregnant; i can say that pregnant girls are so cute when they are showing and you can tell they are pregnant, but when it is you being the one being looked at and being big and pregnant you don't feel as cute.

Everything is same oh same oh with us Sayre's. We both work, and relax,and we don't have any big exciting news.. we have just been slowly getting everything ready for the baby to come. During the Labor Day weekend Cory and I painted the baby's crib and dresser. It looks amazing! I can't wait to get a picture on here for our baby's nursery. We still are wanting to sand and re-stain the wood floors, and then I will set up the crib. My mom has made a beautiful quilt for the baby's bedding but she won't show me until she comes up for Thanksgiving... so I'm curious to see it so I can start decorating the rest of the room. So far the colors are going to be a rustic red, browns (creams), and white, with just a tiny bit of baby pink for an accent color. So other than that nothing new for us! Pretty boring to talk about, but it's new and exciting for us!

Random thought of course... I was thinking about how we use to do some girls night out with some gals in Shelley, and I was thinking it has been awhile. And now that school is back in session, and things are slowing down, maybe a Girls night should happen again! Let me know if anyone else is wanting one!

6 months prego!

August is a busy Month!

2009-08-23T22:27:00.003-06:00

Sorry still no pictures... but it's time for another update. So August has been a busy month.. i think the first weekend in August was the only weekend i've actually had some R and R time. One weekend we did our Ward camp out which was fun. It was funny to see which women in the ward liked camping and which ones didn't and the one's that compromised with their husbands by getting a camper trailer! At the Ward camp out.. Cory got a new calling: 2nd counselor in the Young Men's Presidency. we are both excited for his new calling.

After that, i spent almost a whole week in Orlando Florida... Before you all get so jealous.. I saw the airport, the hotel and the Convention Center that I worked in all week long for Melaleuca. It was a lot of work but it was fun. But i have to say it's nice to be home.

After working hard in Florida I went back to work and worked hard. Cory had a week off from work and so i took Friday off and we went to the Sayre Cabin in Island Park. Cory did some Fly Fishing with his brothers, and we walked around West Yellowstone and grabbed some ice cream, and then Cory's Brother made a great Dutch Oven roast, and dessert! We then had to leave, because Saturday morning Cory had his first responsibility with his new calling. we both helped out Saturday morning with the youth doing baptisms at the Idaho Falls Temple. It was so much fun! Later that same day we did our first MelaMasters Golf Tournament. It was a blast. We had golf carts, did 18 holes, had all you can have drinks and junk food, it was great. We even won a few prizes. They had a competition and Cory was a contender in the putting contest but got out beat at the end. on the second to last hol i won the longest putt, and won a gift card (7 feet 2 inches, was my put). It was the perfect most fun date in a long time that i've had with my husband! Te next day, we were slackers and instead of going to church drove to Utah to pick up my crib from my friend finally, and drive back all in once day.

So far that has been my busy August Month and it's not over yet! Tomorrow i go back to working hard at Melaleuca, have a baby appointment, Wednesday is Cory's Birthday (got to still wrap presents, make a cake, and clean house), oh and i am now an assistant coach for a Jr. High soccer girls team, and we have soccer practice four days out of the week plus two soccer games a week, and then this weekend the Sayre's are all going to Boise to visit Cory's grandparents for a couple of days!

August has been fun, but i can' wait for September and i hope it starts to slow down!

I'm a slacker

2009-07-31T18:59:00.003-06:00

Sorry I haven't added a new post in forever.. but i do have a good excuse. The iphoto is not working on our computer so i can't load new pictures and i can't crop any pictures.. and i hate posting news without pictures... but here it goes anyway.... things to update:

Cory's dad did our ultrasound at week 16 and he said "I'll bet my next paycheck that it's a little girl".

Last weekend we went crazy and decided to do a weeks worth of stuff in two days- Cory bought a paint sprayer and stained the fence, and we painted our living room (FINALLY) and did an accent wall. Everyone really should come over. It use to be a light sage (but looked more light lime) but now it's a khaki color with a yellowish hue, and the accent wall is a medium brown. I promise it looks great and its way more refreshing to sit in the room.

Wed. Cory and i went in to see Dr. Oldroyd for our week 19 apt and they did an ultrasound. He says he's 90- 95% sure that we are having a girl. Good enough for me! two out of two ultrasounds showing a little girl.. So now we have to plan on drama and a cute little girl name, and finish buying baby stuff.

I believe that is all the updates. Again sorry this post is so lame and without photos. Hopefully i will be able to post some soon!

Week 16 check up!

2009-07-09T20:17:00.002-06:00

Sorry no pictures. This was another routine check up... but I have a funny story to tell. So at Dr. Oldroyd's they make you bring in your own urine sample each time to come. Well last time I peed in the cup after breakfast, and apparently you are supposed to pee first thing in the morning before you eat; so you it doesn't mess up the blood sugar levels. I felt bad, so this time I was determined to do it right. Well the night before I put the urine cup on top of the toilet so that I wouldn't forget when I woke up. Well it worked... I woke up and I peed in the cup! I was so proud of myself. Well I had to get to work early , so I grabbed my cup of urine threw it in a purse, and went out the door. I got to work, and I was excitd to get a great parking spot; but then..... I grabbed my purse and it was soaking wet. The whole passengar seat was wet. I opened my purse up and yup, the lid to the cup was off and the te cup was empty. I HAD URINE ALL OVER MY SEAT! well... I had to re-fill it up, so i grabbed the purse and the cup and brought it to work. I drank a ton of water and re-filled it at work... Yea talk about embarrassing.

Needless to say, I had a successful urine sample to take to the doctor's office, but it was still post east breakfast. But everything checked out. They weighed me, and the nurse was proud of me because I'm finally starting to gain weight. I gained a wopping 4 lbs-- though I feel like I've gained much more. It took the doctor awhile to find the heart neat this time; probably because my blatter was still full from me dowing the water earler. But he found it.. 142 beats per minute. We are excited each time we hear good news. The doctor even pushed up my date to July 29th for our official ultrasound. He doesn't know that I am having my Father-in-Law give me one this weekened so I can maybe tell what we are having earlier. Wish us luck!

Carroll Family Reunion

2009-07-03T21:03:00.004-06:00

Cory and I got almost a whole week off from work where we got to see not only my family, but a ton of cousins, and aunts and uncles and my grandparents from the Carroll side. It was so much fun. We bought a book on CD to help with the long 8 hour drive to the Heaton Ranch in Southern Utah. Once we got there, we went camping, played at some red sand dunes, went on a hike, did some spelunking (don't know the spelling), visited a graveyard with some family tombstones, went bowling, took tons of pictures, saw transformers, did some shopping, and went to a wedding reception. So needless to say it was a very busy week. I will have to say, that even though we did tons and tons of fun activities, it was just so nice to just be with my family. I didn't realize how much I miss my brother's famiy in Washington state. I met my nephew for the first time (he's 6 months) and got to see my niece for the second time ever (She's 2 1/2). It makes me want to go and visit my side more often. we went, we conquered, and now we are back to the work life!

Freebies

2009-06-18T17:39:00.002-06:00

If your family is crazy about escaping to the National Parks, here is a way to do it for free this summer.

This weekend both Yellowstone National Park and Craters of the Moon National Park are free!

http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm

Jackson's Baby Blessing!

2009-06-14T19:01:00.002-06:00

I feel bad since we have missed two sundays in a row at our church. I was sick last sunday with pregnancy (Cory worked), and then this sunday we went to church in Pocatello for Jack's baby blessing! It was fun to see my sister-in-laws family and the Sayre's family all get together for one little boys blessing. I love family gatherings, and I love newborns, so it was fun. Casey blessed his son, with all his family and in-laws in the circle... And Amber made lunch for everyone ( the best chicken salad sandwiches). Casey and his son Jackson

Jackson Casey Sayre

The First Camp Out of the Summer!

2009-06-14T18:55:00.002-06:00

Cory was wanting to go camping this weekend; and usually I'm the one begging to go, but it's been too rainy the past couple of weeks. I looked and it was supposed to rain on Friday night around midnight, and I didn't want to get soaked in a tent. Well.... We drove my friend to the airport, then hing out with Cory's family, and yes it did rain during that time; but by the time we go home around 11:45PM the rain had stopped. So we decided to camp in our Back yard. It was so much fun. I think we need to do it again soon!

12 week appointment!

2009-06-10T19:07:00.002-06:00

So Cory and I went in to see Dr. Oldroyd for our 12 week check up. I don't know why, but I geuss I just assumed I would be getting another ultrasound. I didn't. It was a quick in and out check up. They weighed me; I weigh 1/2 pound less than my 8 week apt. My urine sample looked pretty good, and then he pulled out the doppler. We got to hear the heart beat. We've heard it before when we did the other ultrasounds, but this time it was more clear sounding. It was a strong and fast heart beat. So everything seems to be in check. Cory feels like visits like these are pointless; but I'd rather have an in and out visit because that means everything is looking good.

Broms Photo Op

2009-05-18T18:28:00.007-06:00

Cory and I always feel super guilty when we have to leave Brom with someone else when we go out of town. I know it's pathetic, but we really do love our dog. So Sunday after we picked up our dog from my in-laws Cory and I decided that it would be fun to take Brom on a walk somewhere where he could jump in some water and swim since it was a hot day. So Cory took me to his secret hunting spot where he likes to go bird hunting. Well I ended up taking a ton of pictures of Master Cory and his Dog. It was really cool to see Brom in his element and to sniff and swim, and point out in the outdoors. He really is a beautiful smart dog. enjoy the pictures!

Best Birthday!

2009-05-18T18:13:00.006-06:00

I had a great 23rd Birthday! I woke up on May 15th.. took work off, and my husband was in the kitchen cleaning dishes so I would not have to, and he made me waffles for Breakfast. Then I begged to open my presents from him... I had already opened one early because I could not wait. Cory got me some Clinique Happy Perfume, a thermarest sleeping pad, an Osprey Back pack, and a Sherpani wallet purse. We watched some office, 30 rock, and a movie.. just relaxing. then we took Brom to Pet Smart to get his nails filed and his face trimmed before we dropped him off at Cory's parents for the weekend.

We drove to Pocatello, and my wonderful sister and brother in law threw me a small birthday party. We had hot dogs and hamburgers, and i got some presents; which no one should have. It was wonderful... I think my favorite part was that my sister in law made me my favorite cake in the world: Boston Creme pie.

we spent the night in Pocatello, and drove up to SLC with the Schanz's to see ReAl Salt Lake play Kansas City Wizards. We lost 2-0. But it was still fun. We went to REI, and I got to introuce Tai Pan to my friend Rachel.. and yes she is addicted!

It was just a wonderful fun weekend.. Thanks to everyone who made me feel special I really am blessed to have such wonderful family and friends in my life!

Baby Sayre is growing strong!

2009-05-13T17:39:00.004-06:00

I went to the doctor today due to some lower abdominal cramping. I was a little nervous since that was what I felt during my last pregnancy. The doctor said those were normal symptoms but just in case we did another ultra sound. Well, Baby Sayre grew a whole 1 cm from last week and we heard the heart beat again. A cool thing.. last week you could see the yolk sack and hardly any baby, this time the baby was twice as big as the yolk sac, and we had to look hard to see that. So we know everything is going great still. The new aprox. due date is Dec. 23rd, so it is still close to Christmas.. hopefully as we progress in the pregnancy the due date will keep coming earlier and earlier. I can't wait to meet our new baby!

Extra Extra Read All About It!

2009-05-09T20:18:00.003-06:00

Cory and I found out that we were expecting last Fall. We found out we were pregnant on our 2nd Anniversary! We were going to tell our parents for Christmas and Surprise them, but later found out that I lost the baby and miscarried after 6-7 weeks. It's weird how fast you can be attached to something you haven't met yet. It was by far the hardest thing I have ever had to go through both physically and spiritually. I read a post from a friend who recently went through a miscarriage and her blog post really helped me even three month after mine happened.

Well after much meditation, prayers, and ovulation tests, Cory and I are again expecting. I am still not that far into the pregnancy, but so many people already know about it, so I figured I would make it official! So now that you know.. it's your duty to pray that this pregnancy lasts! : ) I feel really great about this pregnancy already, last time I cramped the whole time and had zero pregnancy symptoms. Now my chest feels slightly bigger, still not puking, but I am slightly queasy in the morning if I sleep in too late, and I am tired all the time. I had Cory give me a blessing, and things just feel more peaceful.

We went to the doctor for the second time (Dr. Oldroyd- Thanks Marcie for referring me to him) and had our first ultrasound. I was a little nervous since my last experience wasn't a great one, but we saw the baby, and the heart beat, and he even let us hear it. It sounds like a strong Heart Beat that goes really fast. : ) My aprox. due date is Dec. 26th, so pray for me to have a healthy baby and that I will be due early so it won't be a Christmas baby! Well that is the official update for the Sayre's. We feel extremely blessed that we have been giving second opportunity to be pregnant and be future parents of our Heavenly Father's special child.

Tough Times!!

2009-04-10T18:31:00.003-06:00

So Cory and I have been reflecting a lot on how lucky and blessed we have been. We have a friend that graduated in the nursing program with Cory and he has a wife and two little kids to provide for and he got let go.

We are so lucky that we both have employers that work hard to allow us to keep our jobs; no matter what job that is. Cory has been working in the ICU, and we recently saw a post at EIRMC that in order to get into the ICU you need at least 10 years of nursing experience. Cory is lucky he got in when he did. Melaleuca announced that they will not let anyone go; even if that positions does not exist anymore, they will find a spot for you... And that is exactly what Melaleuca has done for me.

So I can't help but feel like I need to count all my blessings and be grateful for what I do have!

My Husband the artist!

2009-03-30T20:01:00.002-06:00

Cory draws really really well. I swear if he wasn't a nurse he would do great making making logo designs for Burton, Volcom, etc. So one day I was in Porters and they had a sale on their Canvas, and paint supplies. So I was like what the heck; I bought a few small ones, a couple mid-sized, and one huge canvas. The first painting Cory did is the one with the Mountains. He gave it to his dad last year for Father's Day. The second painting Cory did of our dog Brom! As you can tell; Cory has some talent. He may not be the next Picaso, but I love it because he made it. Right now Cory is wokring on the HUGE canvas and doing a pretty cool scenary painting with a hunter and his dog in the background. And of course the dog will be a wired-haired pointing griffon!

(Painting of Mountains)

(Painting of Brom)

Next Hairstyles

2009-02-22T15:47:00.011-07:00

Cory and I are very goal-oriented. I have been wanting to do a different look to my hair but I want to keep it long. Last Christmas I added a ton of layers, and I like my hair but when I watched the movie "The Women" I fell in love with Meg Ryan's look. I love her hair straight with the long layers, but I am almost tempted to perm my hair if I can get to look like that but Brown.

Cory has been wanting to grow his hair out for a very long time. Cory has an xbox360 and recently they added a feature where you can create an avatar that looks like you. Well Cory's looks like him but it is how Cory would like his hair to be. Since I have been trying to grow my hair out like a celebrity, we googled what hair would look similar to his avatar. It's a cross between Zac Efron, and this blond guy that we don't know who he is.

Oh Canada!

2009-02-22T15:33:00.004-07:00

It's Sunday and I need to still pack. I will be gone all next week on a Business trip to Canada. I will spend 2 days in Quebec, and 2 in Toronto. I have already promised two people I would bring them back some candy. I am excited and nervous. At least this time I don't have to travel by myself like I did when I went to San Francisco.

Cory is trying to decide if he is going to buy a dirt bike in the meantime. It's the Sayre thing and I told him that if he buys it then he has to sale the Audi, put my mirror up in the Living room wall, patch up the holes in our room and in the bathroom. He totally is going to! I know I am a mean wife but I figured he is getting what he wants and I will too.

So now all I need to do is pack, get all my addresses and information printed, eat dinner, and leave! Canada here I come!

2009-02-15T11:25:00.005-07:00

We had a simple Valentines Day! Cory had to work at the Hospital all weekend long during the nights and slept all day. We also spent money on a new computer last week so we each agreed not to get the other a present.

So Saturday morning Cory came home and I made him this V-Day card-thanks to my sister for giving me box-ful of scrap book stuff.

Then I made him chocolate waffles with choc. chips in side. We put whip cream and strawberries on top. It was amazing! Then I helped Cory to bed in the basement where it i dark so he could get ready for another hard shift at the hospital. Even though it was simple; I loved it. We didn't have to deal with expensive gifts, or the traffic in restaurants. It was just the two of us enjoying breakfast.

Nothing New!

2009-02-08T19:59:00.002-07:00

Sorry it's been awhile since I've posted updates on our lives. We have been very busy during the holidays with the usual travels. Now all we do is work and play hard.

Even though we have no news to tell, I have a sister-in-law on both sides that have delivered babies. Melissa (On the Carroll's side) had a baby boy- Joshua- in Jan. Lynnette (On the Sayre's side had a baby boy-Rob- just a few days ago. And in a few months my other sister-in-law Amber (Also on the Sayre side) will be having her first baby boy. So this is the year for boys in our family.

Well that's all for now. I will try and get some new photos up of our little family.

2 Wonderful Years of Marriage!

2008-11-29T20:11:00.002-07:00

I was still traveling home on my anniversary day. At midnight I text Cory "Happy Anniversary" and at 12:01 AM he text back "Happy Anniversary Babe". I finally got home from San Fran at 1:30 AM. The light was on and the door was unlocked, and I opened the door to a freshly vacummed house, which was spotless. I walked in the Kitchen ans saw my flowers with the note attached to it: "Two roses; one for each wonderful year we have spent together. I've loved every minute. I will be glad to have you back from San Francisco. Love you Always, Cory" When I read that I couldn't help but cry, and I noticed he did the dishes (which means a lot mainly because we don't have a dishwasher and it takes awhile when you do it by hand. I said hi to Brom, and then I crawled into ned with my wonderful husband. He woke up early and went to work the next day. This was our 2nd year anniversary. Not like you would picture; but still a sweet one to remember.

2008-11-23T20:24:00.002-07:00

My work sent me to San Francisco. I Stayed at the downtown Marriott and went to an AMA Seminar to learn the "Fundamentals of Marketing". I think work was hinting something! But seriously; it was so much fun to go somewhere I thought I would never go. If I could change anything it would have been that Cory was there with me. I did not like being away from Cory and Brom for 4 days.

In San Fran, I saw China Town, Fisherman's Wharf, the Sea lions, Treasure Island, The Golden Gate bridge-from far away, Alcatraz-from far away, and North Beach.

I ate a lot of fancy food, and foreign food; but I have to say my favorite meal was the French Dip. I know that doesn't sound great; But It was Sourdough Bread, with butter, sliced roast beef, grilled onions, and bell peppers, and then you dip it. I've never had a french dip that way, but it's a new favorite.

Two Years Ago!

2008-11-04T19:25:00.005-07:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

The Results!

2008-10-21T10:33:00.005-06:00

These are the great Pumpkins! At night they are terrifying, but in the day they are cute by the scarecrow.

Carving the Pumpkins!

2008-10-21T09:47:00.006-06:00

Cory Decided to work on cutting out a skull with a spider web coming out of his head!

I was carving out a witch with the moon in the background and the witch is brewing something special in her cauldron!

Hunter (really Amberlyn) carved out a scary spider!

Hard at work!

Silly String War!

2008-10-21T09:42:00.003-06:00

I think the pictures speak for themselves!

Going to the Pumpkin Patch!

2008-10-21T09:32:00.004-06:00

There was a cute Pumpkin Patch out in the middle of nowhere! You had to look hard for a good one. There was a lot of green pumpkins and the picking was slim!

Brom had fun smelling everything! Hunter found a tractor to ride!

Hunter found a pumpkin! Amberlyn inspecting the pumpkin!

What a cute kid! Our little family!

Brom picked his pumpkin!

Playing in the Leaves!

2008-10-21T09:26:00.002-06:00

Most of the kids that went to Cory's soccer game watched him for about 5 minutes, then they found that it was more fun to play in the park! Hunter had the idea to play in the leaves. Amberlyn (My sister) asked one of the neighbors if she could borrow their rake. Hunter Built a huge pile of leaves and Jumped in!

These two pictures of Hunter, and then of Hunter with his mom are my favorites! Isn't my family so cute!

Hunter found a friend! He loved playing with my nephew Ben! They destroyed those leaves!

Cory's Soccer Game!

2008-10-21T09:22:00.002-06:00

Cory played against ISU and they won! Cory put in a sweet goal... He shot it like a cannon from outside the box, the ball went over the keeper and hit his finger tips, then the ball dropped perfectly in the lower right pocket of the net! It was great! A lot of his family was able to witness his mad skills... Ryan, Lynette, and their kids, and Casey, Amber and Little Gwen! My sister Amberlyn and her son Hunter came too! Thanks everyone for supporting Cory!

Cory's First Bird Hunt!

2008-09-11T08:53:00.010-06:00

Cory bought a hunting dog... So naturally he has gained interest in hunting. He knows how to hunt Deer and Elk and his buddy Casey and him drew and won an area in Idaho to hunt this December. He has never gone Bird Hunting though.. His Brother Casey and his buddy Grant invited Cory since it is Open Grouse and Dove Season. They had no luck with the Grouse, but....

When they decided to go home after two hours of no Grouse, they spotted a Dove. Since it was Cory's first hunt, the boys told Cory to go after it. Cory tried to slowly sneak up to the Dove when when it started to fly away. Cory quickly pulled his Browning shotgun up, aimed, and shot! And the rest is history for the Dove!

Jenny's Lake

2008-09-10T22:10:00.009-06:00

We went to camping finally this Summer! It has been a busy summer. With me and Cory both starting our new jobs, and projects around the house we haven't had time to do a lot. Cory's parents asked us to go camping and hiking with them in Jackson Hole, WY. We went hiking aorund Jenny's Lake, the Falls, and to Inspiration Pt. Aprox 8-10 mile hike round trip.

Our New Puppy!!

2008-09-09T19:30:00.012-06:00

Brom is our new Puppy! He is a Wired-haired Pointing Griffon. It seems like everyday he is getting bigger and bigger. Here are some pictures of Brom's first night with us:

Eating out of his Dog water and food bowl:

Cory and his new best friend:

Brom all tuckered out:

Cory begged and begged to have a dog. He kept saying "I've always wanted a hunting dog!". We'll I gave in. But Cory is so great with Brom and he takes care of him. Cory has been trying really hard to slowly get Brom associated with the outdoors, and he wants Brom to naturally start following his Breeds instincts. This footage is Cory with a pheasant attach with string at the end of my Broom stick. He is trying to get Brom to start pointing

VIDEO COMING SOON

We bought Brom at SnakeRiverGriffons Kennel in Buhl, Idaho. They are a great Breed. The Ultimate Hunting dog! Not only do they point like their name, but they can retrieve. They are considered a Versitle hunting dog. Cory wants to eventually have Brom not only going with him when he goes Bird Hunting, but he wants him with him when he's hunting deer and elk. But not yet... Brom is still only a puppy!

Island Park

2008-08-13T19:53:00.003-06:00

We love going to the cabin, camping, hiking, riding the bikes, or anything fun! This summer has been busy and has gone by way to fast. Luckily we have fit in a few fun trips. We went to Yellowstone with some soccer buddies (the Benson family, and the Schanz family) and had so much fun just relaxing. Then we did a Sayre cabin trip and went to West Yellowstone again but not in the park this time. Then my in-laws invited us to go with them at a KOA spot in Jackson Hole, WY and camp and hike around Jennies Lake. So much fun! I think we may have one more hike in us.. and then the weather will start to cool off and we'll have to find other means of entertainment.

My first Triathalon!

2008-08-13T19:48:00.004-06:00

My friend Terrie called me and asked me to do a triathlon with her.. I said sure when do you want to do it... she said how about two weeks..... WHAT!!! I know... she had been in training but need someone to go with her, so I said what the heck.. I'll do it!

Well the water didn't come into the man made lake in time so it ended up being a duel-athalon. Which meant we ran 2 miles, biked 10 miles, and then ran a 5K at the end. It was so much fun. But needless to say.. since I had no training I was sore for a good three days. will I do it again? Of course!

The pinning ceremony

2008-08-13T19:43:00.005-06:00

Cory graduated from the BYU-Idaho nursing program in July. They do a pinning ceremony which is where the girls wear all white, and the boys wear church clothes but a light colored tie and they wait for their name to be called, then they walk across stage to receive a pin. I'm so proud of him! He became a GN (graduate nurse) then passed his NCLEX exam which made him a RN (registered nurse). He got a job working at EIRMC in the ICU. So, if you're ever injured he'll take care of you.

Our little addition to the family

2008-08-13T19:23:00.007-06:00

Cory and I decided to add to our family... We bought a dog. His name is Brom and he's a Wired-Haired Pointing Griffon. He's a gun dog!
Cory and I have been getting all prepared. We laid sod in the backyard so Brom could have good grass to play on, and we are installing a fence so he will have more area to run around in. We're so excited to have him; we get to take him home September 8th, 2008!