200 pages in

So I'm 200 pages into Breaking Dawn (and I cheated and skimmed a couple hundred more) and all I have to say is:
1. I am glad I wasn't covered head to toe in bruises on my honeymoon.
2. It's been six years--I'm ready for another honeymoon on a tropical island in the middle of nowhere.
3. Man, pregnancy really, really sucks. Too bad she thinks all those symptoms start that early only for vampire babies. I guess I've had vampire babies.
4. I'm so glad I didn't get pregnant on my honeymoon.
5. Fun, interesting read. But sorry, Stephenie Meyer is a little predictable. Sorry if I've ruffled any feathers with that statement. And I realize I may change my mind when I've actually finished the book, but come on, the whole imprinting thing. That did not blow my mind.
6. THANKS to Jess for shipping her copy of the book to me while she was on vacation. Very thoughtful and this book is keeping me company while Mike is away in New York.

A Child's Prayer

Brayden, "Heavenly Father, I'm thankful for this day. I'm not thankful I left my bat and ball at Collin's house. Bless the food. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

Mom, drop it

After 10 minutes of ignoring Caleb's pleas, I finally went upstairs to see what the heck was going on. He kept telling me he had dropped it. So I started picking up everything that was on the floor that he had dumped out of his bed--blankets, sippy cup, pillow. But he just started crying harder and saying "potty." So I reach up and instead of a diaper, I find something else. Whoops! So I turn on the light and Caleb's diaper and shorts have been thrown half way across the room and he desperately wants to go "potty toilet." Well, nice try, but the diaper and shorts are going back on and if I have to I'll restort to the too-small onesies to keep that diaper on. But hey, I'm glad he's so interested in being potty trained. I really find the whole thing funny, and I wish I could have taken a picture of what I saw when I turned on the light, but I'm told half-naked little boys on the Internet isn't really a good idea.

Firecracker Race

My brother, Jeff, and my sister, Michelle ran a race with me in downtown Seattle on July 3rd. It started at 11:55 pm and we ran into the 4th. I was pretty scared once we got there because the only contenders were cross country runners and I really didn't want to come in last. But by the time the race started there were lots of people of all age groups and I finished 200th out of over a thousand. I was pretty happy with my time: 24:10 with the average mile time as 7:50. Nothing compared to the old days, but I was happy with it. And I felt great the whole time. In the race there was hardly any flat ground, you were either going up or going down, so I thought I'd die on the hills but I felt great. Lots of fun. I would love to do it again next year. Jeff and Michelle did awesome. Jeff finished 15th overall and Michelle was the 7th girl to finish and 75th overall. Yeah for running!

Sunburned in Seattle

Who would have guessed the first week in Seattle we'd get sunburned!! But we had one really hot day and we spent it at a lake and I thought I was being careful with suncreen, but let's face it, it's not one of my strong points. At least I lathered the boys so they are not burned. :)

The boys have adjusted to being in grandma and grandpa's house. Brayden is not saying he wants to get on a plane and go back home to see his tomato plant growing anymore. Caleb isn't clingy all the time either, so things are going well. I think all my family is enjoying seeing the kids. But we all miss Mike!

Other highlights: I played Guitar Hero for the first time; I ran in a race in Iowa on our way our here and made myself dry heave during my finishing kick; I've run with some very fast people here and they've killed me; and went to Ann Taylor Loft. Although that might have been a low-light--nothing worked out. Mike would say that's a good thing. But one major bummer: I forgot my camera.

Prom & Mother's Day

A boy in our ward has met my sister a couple times when she was out here, so he flew her out for his senior prom. So on Friday after her track race she jumped on a red-eye flight and flew here. He picked her up, they went to breakfast and then she came back here to sleep a bit and then get ready. Phil and Noelle also came up since Michelle was here, so we had a party. Brayden had his first soccer game that morning, so we were all there to cheer him on. Then Noelle and I went with Michelle to get her hair done and I got my hair cut while Michelle was styled (first good hair cut in a while!). We came back for pictures, the happy couple took off in their party bus and danced the night away. Or more like they laughed at how everyone else danced. A little (or a lot) too much grinding for their taste. While they were at prom, we had our own party and did parmesan cheese fondue, tempura and then we tried to do chocolate fondue, but we were so stinkin' full that we really couldn't eat any of it. We then all piled on Phil and Noelle's areobed to wait for Michelle and Sean to come back. I gave them a 2 am curfew. I'm not sure what Sean thought seeing four adults all asleep in a bed together, but we had fun with our slumber party. Then we had mother's day. It was pretty fun to have everyone here. Good food, good company. On Tuesday when everyone's gone I think I'm going to be pretty depressed.

Asthma Action Plan

Preventative: Pulmicort (inhaled steroid) 2 times a day through nebulizer
Rescue: Albuterol every four hours as needed
When to use Albuterol: bad cough, retractions, grunting, belly breathing
Call doctor if Albuterol doesn't help.

Caleb started wheezing about a year ago, and they told me that if he continued to wheeze when he got colds, it could be asthma. For whatever reason, I just knew Caleb would have asthma. Now it is officially diagnosed. He does pretty well with the nebulizer (what he's wearing in the picture) and he seems to be sleeping a lot better since we started his asthma medication. So with tubes in his ears and preventative asthma stuff, I'm hoping that we can take care of him at home for the most part and not need to go to the doctor so much. We have a follow up visit in six weeks or so where we'll see how he is doing on the pulmicort and then we'll ween him off and wait to see how he does. I believe this is so we can figure out what kind of triggers his asthma. I feel really good about what we're doing for Caleb and I've just been waiting for them to tell me he really did have asthma, so now we're going forward.