Mikelle might think I am writing an email at this moment. I think I will keep making posts on the page until she notices and takes over. Alright family. Who is actually seeing these? Leave a comment!
MIKELLE IS AWESOME.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Mikelle's Heroics
Howdy all!
Russell here again. Mikelle is asleep, so I get to hijack her blog AGAIN. I was in a training this week that helped me have a bit of an a-ha moment. I can't even remember now what we were talking about at the time in training, but the insight is well worth it.
Mikelle is pretty stellar. I watched her Wednesday night as she was going through homework with Felicity. She is helping Felicity to work through everything and learn so much. I know it wasn't a one-time event. Felicity is smart because of Mikelle. She is an incredible mom and a gift in our lives. We love you Mikelle!
Russell here again. Mikelle is asleep, so I get to hijack her blog AGAIN. I was in a training this week that helped me have a bit of an a-ha moment. I can't even remember now what we were talking about at the time in training, but the insight is well worth it.
Mikelle is pretty stellar. I watched her Wednesday night as she was going through homework with Felicity. She is helping Felicity to work through everything and learn so much. I know it wasn't a one-time event. Felicity is smart because of Mikelle. She is an incredible mom and a gift in our lives. We love you Mikelle!
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Reboot!
Howdy Everybody!
It is Russell here today. Mikelle stumbled through here yesterday and left the page open. I miss reviewing her stories and pictures of the adventures with our family. (She is pretty awesome.) I am going to encourage here to pick it up again. Email her, text her, whatever, but I feel that you ought to encourage her too!
It is Russell here today. Mikelle stumbled through here yesterday and left the page open. I miss reviewing her stories and pictures of the adventures with our family. (She is pretty awesome.) I am going to encourage here to pick it up again. Email her, text her, whatever, but I feel that you ought to encourage her too!
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Moving forward
This week along with Detroit changing to the crib he figured out how to get up on his knees and rock he now scoots his knees up by his hands but doesn't have moving his hands forward yet so he will just fall on his head to move!!!
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Same room
Well I feel that my baby isn't quite a baby anymore because he is beginning to get his knees up and rock I suspect he will be crawling anytime now. We also bought Felicity a toddler bed and put the side back on the crib for Detroit yesterday. This makes me so sad why do they have to grow so fast? I'm having anxiety about not having him in our room and them in the same room I really don't want him to wake her up! He has taken naps in the crib but last night after he had been asleep in the crib and woke up to eat he would NOT go back to sleep!! After trying normal things that usually work to put him back asleep but trying to let Russ get some sleep because he has not been feeling great this week Detroit and I ended up sleeping on the living room floor around 3... Nights like this with felicity I would just turn on her music and let her cry her self to sleep I just can't seem to get myself to do that when they are in the same room so he is back in our room tonight and just let him cry it out. Why am I having so much anxiety them in the same room? I don't know. I don't know what to do! I want and need him out of the bassinet because I want my room arrangement I used to have a he is past the weight recommend HE IS SO HEAVY! 22 pound at 7 months heavy!! He is sure going to take after his daddy in being a big and tall guy! :)
Saturday, February 9, 2013
6 months old
His new favorite things at 6 months old are:
-Sitting up but still tips over
Sippy cup of water and also thinking he can drink out of a regular cup!!!
- rolling around grab toys with felicity which of course doesn't think that it's fun at all! but he doesn't even trying to push up his knees .
- what I call baby crunches because he looks like he tries to sit up.
-Sleeping in his high chair when it's tilted back.
- snuggling with mom in the middle of the night!!
-Sitting up but still tips over
Sippy cup of water and also thinking he can drink out of a regular cup!!!
- rolling around grab toys with felicity which of course doesn't think that it's fun at all! but he doesn't even trying to push up his knees .
- what I call baby crunches because he looks like he tries to sit up.
-Sleeping in his high chair when it's tilted back.
- snuggling with mom in the middle of the night!!
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Ice storm
Remember that ice storm we had well these pictures draft has been sitting on my blog so here I thought the snow looked kinda pretty.. All shiny..
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Basketball
Men's basketball has started in our ward so one night after Russ had been at work all day and me and the kids were in the house all day I decided to get the kids all ready for bed and go cheer him on.. felicity cried pretty much the whole time because she wanted her daddy!
The pictures are of them stretching and warming up before the game. She sure loves to play games (including Wii fit) with her dad. Daddy's little buddy..
The pictures are of them stretching and warming up before the game. She sure loves to play games (including Wii fit) with her dad. Daddy's little buddy..
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Detroit 5 months old
Detroit seems so much older to me then only 5 months. This month so far had been pretty tough for him. he got a left ear infection and then the antibiotic upset his little tummy that gave him a terrible diaper rash! Russell got ALOT of ear infections as a child and most of the time he would have no symptoms or signs his mom would see until it was ready to rupture so I worry we could have the same problem with Detroit.
Even with being sick he is still very smiley but is still very hard to get to laugh he is probably thinking HA mom is trying to make me laugh I'll just show her and just maybe if I sit here long enough just staring with no reaction she will leave me alone!! he figured out how to roll from his back to tummy he gets very proud of himself but other times he gets frustrated that he can't get back on to his back. He loves his big sister the amazement in his eyes as he watches her play and the excitement as he looks like he just wants to get up and play too! He does pretty good sitting up by himself until he pushes himself back and tips over. Durning night he still wakes up once or twice to eat. Right after Christmas I started him on oatmeal banana cereal and he LOVES it! He always pulls my hand in toward his mouth but since his eyes coordination isn't perfect he ends up making quite a mess but when the spoon is in his mouth he holds my hand so tight he doesn't want to let the spoon go!! Squalling and smiling the whole time. He is still a cuddle bug and I think is starting to became quite a mommy's boy.
Even with being sick he is still very smiley but is still very hard to get to laugh he is probably thinking HA mom is trying to make me laugh I'll just show her and just maybe if I sit here long enough just staring with no reaction she will leave me alone!! he figured out how to roll from his back to tummy he gets very proud of himself but other times he gets frustrated that he can't get back on to his back. He loves his big sister the amazement in his eyes as he watches her play and the excitement as he looks like he just wants to get up and play too! He does pretty good sitting up by himself until he pushes himself back and tips over. Durning night he still wakes up once or twice to eat. Right after Christmas I started him on oatmeal banana cereal and he LOVES it! He always pulls my hand in toward his mouth but since his eyes coordination isn't perfect he ends up making quite a mess but when the spoon is in his mouth he holds my hand so tight he doesn't want to let the spoon go!! Squalling and smiling the whole time. He is still a cuddle bug and I think is starting to became quite a mommy's boy.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Family night
So I've told myself that I want to start doing better at having family night every Monday night even though it is without Russell. So tonight I decided it was time to cook the cookie mix that our neighbor gave us as a Christmas gift. Yes I know I totally slacked so we made Christmas cookies tonight. Well while they cooked felicity was trying to talk me into turning on Diego and I told her no which I totally regret now because she burned her hand!! I was so frightened I told her to stay back where she was every other time I use the oven she's great she knows to stay back and decently not touch but this time I opened it went to grab the oven mit and at the exact same time she went to grab the pan!!! I couldn't believe it! I swooped her up threw her hand under cold water an then called my friend she came right over with some lavender oil. I keep meaning to by some but just never get it. I wrapped it in a cold towel but she hated that. She just wanted in her blanket. She is in a stage where she carries 4 or 5 with her everywhere, but anyways I finally talked her into letting me get one if her blankets cold and wrap her hand that way. With the help of lots of chocolate I was able to get some tylenol down her and it just broke my heart when she would look a me and say mommy it's not working it still hurts!! It took an hour then she was sitting up talking about Diego as usual so I got her to eat cucumbers, strawberries, and cheese, and of course some cookies awesome dinner right. Well she eventually she fell asleep out on the living room floor. Here's to hoping she sleeps through the night. Well Detroit has gone back to sleep so I should try to but him down and try to get some rest so I hopefully get rid if the cold.. Goodnight
Saturday, January 12, 2013
5 months
Well I have this horrible habit of starting post but never get them finished and posted..
As I sit here at 11pm holding Detroit going on 3 hours now trying to get him to sleep I thought would try to catch up on a few things, first, a couple of weeks ago felicity got a cold and was nice enough to give it to Detroit. Yeah NOT cool! Detroit turned 5 months old. Then just when I thought he was doing better, Sunday night he wouldn't sleep and cried all night! I felt hopeless I had no idea what could be wrong he had never cried like that and for all night long EVER! So as soon as the doctor office opened I called I knew something had to be wrong with my little man! But he was full so could not see him! I was so sad NOW WHAT I thought what kinda doctor won't see my child who cried all through the night!! A few minutes later a different nurse called back and said that he would fit me in at 11:15 so we hurried and got ready and dropped Russell off and his class so that we could have the car. When we got to the doctor he had a fever of 101.2. Doctor Jackson came in and said he had been seeing RSV going around so checked that first and everything sounded good so great i thought but he is still screaming! Detroit has a very bad left ear infection he said and gave him so pain killer and wrote up an antibiotic. I was so grateful that he fit him in so that we could get an quick answer because Russell as a child got a bunch of ear infections to where they would almost burst. I just got lucky that Felicity never got an ear infection. But it is hard to tell how Detroit is feeling because he really is so good nature really never complains so I never know when I need to give him Advil but then at night he hates sleeping he will only sleep if someone is holding him! It doesn't matter how tightly he is wrapped or how softly and quietly you put him down he can be completely asleep snoring even and then he always seems to wake up as soon as we put him down!
So during the day he seems fine so even being sick he had figured out how to roll back to tummy and is very proud of himself but doesn't quite have tummy to back yet so gets a little frustrated when trying to play..
As I sit here at 11pm holding Detroit going on 3 hours now trying to get him to sleep I thought would try to catch up on a few things, first, a couple of weeks ago felicity got a cold and was nice enough to give it to Detroit. Yeah NOT cool! Detroit turned 5 months old. Then just when I thought he was doing better, Sunday night he wouldn't sleep and cried all night! I felt hopeless I had no idea what could be wrong he had never cried like that and for all night long EVER! So as soon as the doctor office opened I called I knew something had to be wrong with my little man! But he was full so could not see him! I was so sad NOW WHAT I thought what kinda doctor won't see my child who cried all through the night!! A few minutes later a different nurse called back and said that he would fit me in at 11:15 so we hurried and got ready and dropped Russell off and his class so that we could have the car. When we got to the doctor he had a fever of 101.2. Doctor Jackson came in and said he had been seeing RSV going around so checked that first and everything sounded good so great i thought but he is still screaming! Detroit has a very bad left ear infection he said and gave him so pain killer and wrote up an antibiotic. I was so grateful that he fit him in so that we could get an quick answer because Russell as a child got a bunch of ear infections to where they would almost burst. I just got lucky that Felicity never got an ear infection. But it is hard to tell how Detroit is feeling because he really is so good nature really never complains so I never know when I need to give him Advil but then at night he hates sleeping he will only sleep if someone is holding him! It doesn't matter how tightly he is wrapped or how softly and quietly you put him down he can be completely asleep snoring even and then he always seems to wake up as soon as we put him down!
So during the day he seems fine so even being sick he had figured out how to roll back to tummy and is very proud of himself but doesn't quite have tummy to back yet so gets a little frustrated when trying to play..
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Families forever
It's been a hard couple of months for my family first my grandpa Tom( my dads dad) died unexpectedly on Thanksgiving Nov. 22 then Grammy Gayle( my moms mom) died exactly a month later Dec. 22 right after we had a family Christmas party.
Today was grandma gayle's funeral. It was a great winter day to celebrate her life. She was an amazing women. She had real unconditional love for everyone she was always optimistic and always smiling and loved treats and was always handing them out.
How can I be so happy for her to be reunited with her family and grandpa but yet have it hurt so much. I am so grateful she is happy and no longer suffering. During her life she always had to be busy and doing something so having this sickness was so difficult as she forgot how to do everything. She didn't know how to just do nothing. She made all her grandchildren feel loved and important supporting us in what ever we did. I remember her coming to all my dance performances she could. She loved this gospel and she loved teaching in church and teaching school. She had a strong testimony of the power of prayer and say she had a direct line to heaven, and she did for sure!
I am so grateful for this gospel and for the knowledge that I have she is in heaven healed and happy. I will see her again someday. I'm sure she busy serving and teaching others there.
Grammy gayle I hope to live a love filled life just like you. You were as near to perfect as anyone could be I believe -thank you for your example in family life and eternal families. Till we are together again.. I love you so much!
Today was grandma gayle's funeral. It was a great winter day to celebrate her life. She was an amazing women. She had real unconditional love for everyone she was always optimistic and always smiling and loved treats and was always handing them out.
How can I be so happy for her to be reunited with her family and grandpa but yet have it hurt so much. I am so grateful she is happy and no longer suffering. During her life she always had to be busy and doing something so having this sickness was so difficult as she forgot how to do everything. She didn't know how to just do nothing. She made all her grandchildren feel loved and important supporting us in what ever we did. I remember her coming to all my dance performances she could. She loved this gospel and she loved teaching in church and teaching school. She had a strong testimony of the power of prayer and say she had a direct line to heaven, and she did for sure!
I am so grateful for this gospel and for the knowledge that I have she is in heaven healed and happy. I will see her again someday. I'm sure she busy serving and teaching others there.
Grammy gayle I hope to live a love filled life just like you. You were as near to perfect as anyone could be I believe -thank you for your example in family life and eternal families. Till we are together again.. I love you so much!
Monday, December 17, 2012
Thanksgiving
This year at Thanksgiving it was at my parents house and Felicity was the only grandchild of my parents there so Myndee was able to give her most of her attention so she was loving it!! My mom's brother and sister and most of their kids came so we had a house full but it was great to catch up with the cousins and play games! UNTIL we got a call saying grandpa Tom had been taken to the hosiptal and wasnt going to make it...
Grammy Gayle
I love my grammy so much. about 6 months ago she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia. every day she is weaker and weaker and more and more confused it is really is so hard for me to watch her going away so quickly and beginning to suffer day after day. She doesn't want to leave her house EVER but can't ever be left alone now anymore so we are just taking it day by day with any family member who can help out taking a turn to sit and help her. My mom is basically living in Logan most on the week until the beginning of the year when we will possibly try a nursing home. She cold and shaky most of the time and is losing alot of weight because she is never feels hungry its just got to be hard that the messages are not communicating with the brain properly. The nurses have brought a wheel chair and a hospital bed for her- but for a woman who never liked to sit down and always needed to be doing -something this sickness where she can't remember stuff and is hard for her to even move is being so difficult for her. She hates the hospital bed which I can't blame her cause its not her bed and lets face it they are very uncomfortable!
I was up there a couple of weeks ago when a nurse came to check on her a clean her up I started to help grammy up off the couch the nurse stopped me because she wanted to check her muscle strength see if she stops using them we know they will deteriorate even faster and she did it! once she got the chance to try and told she could the (nurse had to remind her to push with her hand on the couch and use also for stability, push down on the floor with her feet.) so she has the muscle.. its that she is forgetting how to do it and is very scared and nervous about everything.
She is suffering there is not much living ability left, she talks about wanting to be home and be where Frank is, grandpa passed away four years ago, I long for her to be with her best friend. I, of course, don't wish or hope that she pass away. it is just that I know that she misses him so much and wants to be with him in heaven! I am grateful for the gospel so I know that he is waiting patiently for her while gram and us finish what ever lesson we need to learn from this. Then we will all be together again someday.
When I was looking through my pictures that I have I was surprised by the difference in theses pictures. They are just a month a part -Detroit's baby blessing Oct. 14, 2012 then Thanks giving Nov 23, 2012..
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Detroit's Blessing
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| 5 generations |
Family Pictures
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| this one captures her personality so well because she loves books! |
Felicity loves to have her pictures taken and she so adorable so I can't help posting a bunch of her...
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| Teaching Detroit early to be a giants baseball fan.. :) |
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| Love my Family! |
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Winter wonderland
Could Felicity's attitude problem be caused from the snow?? The weather went from being 72 to 30 degrees and a lot of snow within the last few days and my little angel perfect child has changed. Seriously she has become like a whole different girl! These tantrums are driving me nuts because it is like everything I ask or say is the wrong thing and she just gets mad, screams, and cries! Oh the screaming! I have reached my breaking point I can't take it! She refuses her baths at night you probably think big deal right well if you know her then you know that something has happened because she is usually begging for her bath! Missing her bath was the most horrible thing ever!!
Last year we didn't get much snow and everything we did get it didn't stick more then a day so Felicity really hasn't gotten to experience it before and she HATES it! when it first started so intrigued she liked to look our the window and watch it but then when it never ended it wasn't as cool anymore she Hates it! In this one storm we got more snow then got all winter last year! She doesn't do we'll with change so I wonder if that could be part if her total personality change! I basically had to drag her outside and into the car to go to Abi and Bella's birthday party. She just wanted stay home!! Oh I was so frustrated it was the first time I realized I fit into regular jeans I was super excited so we HAD to get out if the house. I knew if we went to the party I would be able to have break from her whining! I was right she loves aunt Dee Dee so right away she had to have her full attention! I could just not win because when it all over and everyone was gone she didn't want to come home!! Getting ready for church today was miserable I had almost had it was thinking about not even going because it was a fight the whole time many tears were shed because with her screaming Detroit thought he needed to be in in the action an got upset himself!! Two screaming kids while trying to get out the door I was about ready to pull my hair out! But we some how managed to make it there because because I need to feel like I actually have friends to talk to. Our ward is so transient that people are moving in and out every week! I hate it most because no one stays long so it's hard to make friends because no one stays long.. Well that's enough rambling for tonight.
Goodnight!
Last year we didn't get much snow and everything we did get it didn't stick more then a day so Felicity really hasn't gotten to experience it before and she HATES it! when it first started so intrigued she liked to look our the window and watch it but then when it never ended it wasn't as cool anymore she Hates it! In this one storm we got more snow then got all winter last year! She doesn't do we'll with change so I wonder if that could be part if her total personality change! I basically had to drag her outside and into the car to go to Abi and Bella's birthday party. She just wanted stay home!! Oh I was so frustrated it was the first time I realized I fit into regular jeans I was super excited so we HAD to get out if the house. I knew if we went to the party I would be able to have break from her whining! I was right she loves aunt Dee Dee so right away she had to have her full attention! I could just not win because when it all over and everyone was gone she didn't want to come home!! Getting ready for church today was miserable I had almost had it was thinking about not even going because it was a fight the whole time many tears were shed because with her screaming Detroit thought he needed to be in in the action an got upset himself!! Two screaming kids while trying to get out the door I was about ready to pull my hair out! But we some how managed to make it there because because I need to feel like I actually have friends to talk to. Our ward is so transient that people are moving in and out every week! I hate it most because no one stays long so it's hard to make friends because no one stays long.. Well that's enough rambling for tonight.
Goodnight!
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