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Time flys!

Sorry its been so long. Time has just flown by.

Channing turned 2 on March 12th and I just cannot believe it! He is just talking so much and putting sentences together that I had no idea he knew! He loves to run and jump and flirt with girls. He loves to dance and play outside with dad and go to the park. He loves helping Brandon in his garden. He has plucked a few unripe things but he's learning. He had only his top front teeth for forever and last night we noticed two more! yeah for more teeth!

Brandon is still going to school as well as working. It gets pretty busy around here. He may start reffing volley ball for a community center two nights a week which he is pretty excited for. Besides that, all our focus are on the kids.

Im almost done with 3rd block. It's been alot of fun and alot of work. Little time for anything else besides school and family. We are so excited that at the end of the semester our lil girl will be here! She has tried to show that she wants to come early but we are doing everything in our power to not let her!
Im currently 30 weeks and my school ends in just over 3 weeks. That will put me at 33 1/2 weeks and my dr wants to get me to 34 at least. I had a test the other week that is supposed to be 90% accurate at predicting labor within the next two weeks. Mine came back positive on 4/8/11 and so she sent me to the hospital to be monitored for 24 hours. During that time I had very minimal contractions and baby did great with accelerations. I got the steroid shots of Betamethasone to help her lungs develope faster in case the test is right. She also put me on modified bed rest, mainly no pushing,lifting, or pulling. And rest as much as I can. No more long walks with Brandon and Channing. I am going weekly to the dr so she can monitor everything. She said she can stop anything except my water breaking which is exactly what happened with Chan. Well see, all we can do is put our faith in the lord and do whatever we can to prevent it. If she comes then she comes. We have come up with a name for her but Brandon wants to wait a bit longer before putting it online.

baby is a girl!!!!!

We were so excited to find out the baby is a girl!! Were not completely certain on a name yet. The name we've had picked out for years we are questioning now.
They are doing ultrasounds every two weeks to make sure baby is staying in there this time and starting 28 weeks they will be doing more testing every two weeks. Its alot of trips to the drs office. But if it will keep her in there longer, I'm all for it.

School is the same, busy! We just had our first exam, a month into school, and we are waiting to see how it went. Grades take so long to be posted. Brandon started our history class (I have to take it too but he's pretty much done all the work). We are looking forward to spring break when the big potty training will take place... Brandon really wants me to do it all... I do not blame him at all.

Weve all been pretty sick around here. First Channing got the bad croup and had a hard time breathing, we made it without taking him in to the hospital, then the bad colds hit so were watching him to make sure it doesn't become RSV. That's going around alot right now.

Time to add

Time flies. Simple cliche that is so very true. The semester is over on Monday. I am so happy to be done with 2nd block. NExt block we study OB and that is my most fav subject ever!

Channing continues to be such a blessing in our lives, he grows and learns and teaches us everyday. He can count to three and will repeat the alphabet after you and can say all the letters pretty clearly. He is running and jumping and climbing over everything! He needs to get more social interaction though, sharing is very hard at the moment. He loves watching toy story and playing with his grandparents and cousins and uncles/aunts. Im so glad all our family is close enough that they take the time to get to know him. I didn't have that growing up since everyone lived so far away. I knew I had family somewhere and we'd get together sometimes but its just not the same. Family is the best! His Nana Cindy got him a little people nativity set that he just loves! He carries baby Jesus around everywhere. Even in the bath, he will wash him and say he stinks.

Brandon continues to work at Scottsdale healthcare and is loving that. He is almost done with his prereqs to apply for the radiography program at Gateway. His hospital has an affiliation with them so once he applies hopefully it wont be that long of a wait.

We are expecting again and are due in June. We weren't exactly planning on this baby right now but are very thankful it was able to happen during summer break. I will be done when the baby is 5 months. Grandma Penny and Nana Cindy said they are willing to help us out and watch the kids. We are so thankful for them! We couldn't do school without them! I am 12 weeks along right now and already showing. I started showing a bit with Chan around now but it seems I showed very early with this one. I have been sick alot and this pregnancy seems very different from his so maybe its a girl, but a lil boy would be nice too. Channing would LOVE a lil brother. He is so sensitive to babies. Anytime he hears a baby cry, his lower lip comes out and he says baby sad, baby sad! He is very empathetic to anyone that is sad. His cousin Jager bumped his head the other day and has a big scratch on his forehead. Channing just points to it and wimpers poor jags. Grandma Penny broke her wrist early November and everytime he sees her cast, he has to give it a kiss to make it better. He is excited for the new baby and will poke my stomach and kiss it goodnight. I know he has no idea what hes doing it for but it makes mom and dad happy so he does it haha.

Not a baby anymore.....

Today my baby is an official toddler. At 18 months Channing James is a spunky beautiful boy! He is amazing and very curious and loves to find out how things work. He is fascinated with putting things together and anything with wheels. LOVES cars and other kids. He also started nursery today. I sat with him for a bit last week and did he notice me at all? Did he come up to me once? NO.... But this week we walked up there, he went right in, took a toy from a lil girl and started playing like it was the best thing ever. Well I guess 10 min into it he started crying. I peeked into the door hole and he was being held each time. I went to relief society and when I came back, they had gotten Brandon and had him sit in there for lesson time and snack time. Owell, well try again next week.
He has learned the infamous word... NO. You ask him anything, its "noooo!" He says it in the cutest lil voice so I have no choice but to laugh. He is learning so much and out of the blue yesturday he pointed to a toy and said... yellow! And it was yellow! Such a smarty pants.

Pic is him not feeling well at all, he had been throwing up all morning, he wanted to wear his yellow hat though.

Even more busy!

Hawaii was amazing!! A much needed vacation! However I will say, a week without chan was hard. Our fav island was either Kauai (bc it was beatiful) or Maui. There was alot of stuff to do!

The first day we got there we visited PCC and then saw the show that night. We also went and hiked up Diamond head. Thats ALOT of stairs!! We also went to pear harbor for a bit. We didnt have enough time to ride out to USS Arizona but maybe next time.

We went from Honolulu to Maui where we went out on a catamaran to Molikini crater to snorkle then to turtle cove and swam with some sea turtles! Then left there Sunday over to hilo MON and tues we hung out on the beach then wed we headed to kona, did some sight seeing. Then to Kauai for other stuff. Not too sure what all we did bc its all a blurr right now but it was amazing! The cruise ship had such great food, we both gained some weight! :(.

We came home to chan and he was so very excited!

Whilw we were there I got a call that I got into nursing school!! I FINALLY am going back to school!!!! Very overwhelmed yes but in the long run it will serve our family greatly! I do feel bad about leaving Channing so much but its only a year or so and he wont even remember me being gone i hope!! My mom said I was in day care alot and I have no recollection of it. I just remember a happy childhood. Thats what I want for my son! I got into the Paradise Valley nursing school. I is about a 45 min drive but I do have a friend who ended up being in the class that I carpool with. This year will go by very fast and I have to study sooooo much! Its been about 4 years since Ive been in school and alot of things have changed. I just hope I can do it!! Brandon is also taking his last few prereqs before he can apply to his radiography program so we hope he can get in that soon as well!!!

Sloan is getting big and we hope that she can make things very easy as she is in her kennel alot. Poor dog in this heat but she will LOVE the winter weather here!

Channing is becoming such a lil man! He shows us things each day and is getting to be quite the little smarty pants. He loves connecting things and putting things together. He LOVEs wearing my stethoscope and listening to peoples hearts.

thats about it, nothing else is really going on!

Finally walking!

At 15 months and two weeks our Channing has FINALLY decided to take the huge leap of faith and LET GO! It was fathers day in june and he took his first few steps and has not stopped since. Its so cute to watch how wobbly he is. He has been alot better lately and soon he wont remember what crawling is. He has changed so much even in this last month. A personality that noone has seen has just come out! Hes so sweet and in a great mood all the time except when hes tired. He never really gets hungry, just eats whatever we give him. Hes thinned out some but hes still a whoppin 24lbs and its killing my back trying to carry him everywhere so I'm super glad hes walking. Last night, he brought me two different shoes to put on. He actually got mad when I took them off for bed. He loves his puppies, he will go up to them and give them a big bear hug and make a kissing noise. Hes giving people alot more kisses too lately, so thats been nice.
The other day when auntie Kalie was watching him, When Brandon came home I was able to take Kalie home. When I came back Brandon had asked if I had checked on him in a while, I said no. We went in there and what do we see? A bear bottom poking up at us!!! What the...he took off his diaper and was SOAKED in pee. He felt freezing but surprisingly it had been his best nap ever! It was like 3 hours long.

The nursing advisor called me and said there is not a spot open but this girl is trying to transfer to another school. She said if the girl succeeds then I can have her spot. So for the girl to transfer, someone at that school has to fail....so I'm sorry but Ive been praying for failure for someone, do I feel bad? Yes and no.

Sloan is getting bigger and is potty trained now. I still wont trust her in the house for like 8 hours but at least 4 hours. Lady is adjusting well, they are still competing with each other sometimes for attention.
I have been working alot this summer. 4 days a week and two weeks have been 5 days a week. LOVE the extra money but its making me soo tired and Im just about done with the whole thing!

Vacation is coming fast, so is Brandon's 24th bday.... Hes SO old! We are heading on an interisland cruise to Hawaii. Im so excited even though travel for me in the past has been torture. I get carsick very badly as well as plane sick..and boat sick. I have no business going on this trip!!