Heber Valley Girls Camp

We got to spend the holiday weekend with my parents at the Heber Valley Girls Camp. My parents are serving a mission there. What a great time we had! Lots of wild life to see and fun times with family! I am having a hard time picking which pictures to add! Lots to choose from. Here are some of my favorites.

Look at how cute my boys are!

Will my boys ever quit growing?

My boys are getting so big every day that I am having a hard time keeping up.

Kristian is no longer in preschool - he has officially moved on to Kindergarten and he is very excited about it. Thanks to Ms Pett for all the wonderful things she taught. Kristian LOVES school! We are looking forward to a fun summer so that mom does not have to think about the first day of 'real' school. What is a mom to do?

Bodee thinks that he is big enough to ride the scooter. Brian took it out for a ride and Bodee just loved it! He got off for Kristian to have a turn but as soon as they got back he climbed right back on. He is a funny boy. He knows exactly what he wants and is not shy about making sure he gets it.

I have the best boys in the WORLD!

We went to Flordia!

We finally got to go on vacation. Grandma and Grandpa Bingham went on a cruise and ended in Florida for a couple days so we decided to join them. The boys did WONDERFUL and had lots of fun. We were there for Kristian's birthday, (Can you believe he is 5?) and so we took him shopping at the Lego Store at DisneyWorld. What a cool place!

This is Bodee and his trained alligator eating his brother. I just loved this picture and had to share!


My super tough 5 year old. He was not so sure about doing this and I was very proud that he worked through his fear! Way to go Kristian!

Great times to be had by all!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for letting us crash your vacation!

Kristian is such a great big brother! He was so much help with Bodee at the airport. Bodee wanted to walk around everywhere and watch people and Kristian was very willing to be his tour guide!

Picture for the Eclipse shirts - let me know if you want one and what size - shirt will be black and print in white.

Yellowstone

We had a wonderful time in Yellowstone though we have decided that we must always travel with someone as we are horrible picture takers. Thanks to Camille we do have a few shots. This is one that she sent over to me. I will update with some more when I get a copy of all of hers. I love my boys!

Doctors

So I went to the Dr today and want to know what happened to the good ones. I saw a Dr in Insta Care that was my family practice Dr when I was a kid. I have seen him a few times over the years and my parents still see him from time to time. I miss having a REAL Dr that really cares about me and not just my ailment. My parents tell me that he asks about me and my family each time they see him and that he sits down and visits with them before actually inquiring as to why they are at the Dr. That was my experience today. He came in the office and actually gave me a hug and asked about my family, wanted to see pictures of my family, asked about how this last pregnancy was. Truly wanted to know about me before he ever got to my not so broken toe (the reason I was there). It was nice to have a visit with a physician that actually cared about me and did not just push me out of the office for the next 'paying customer'. It makes me sad that they system has pushed him out of family practice because it would not allow him to be the kind of Dr that can actually visit with his patients. I guess I will just have to go to insta care more often. Thanks Dr Brown!

Kristian is 4

As crazy as it sounds, my little one is 4. (Kristian is the little one, where as Bodee is the littlest one) He is the most amazing child I have have ever know. We are truly blessed to have him in our home. We learn so much from him each day. I love his smile, his laugh and his heart. He is always thinking of his family. After his birthday party the other day I asked him if he had a good time and he said 'yea, the WHOLE family was here.' (we were missing our Boise family) I love that it was not all the presents that he got, and he got a ton, but the family that stuck out in his mind. I thank my Heavenly Father each day for allowing me to be apart of this amazing soul.

I love you Kristian!

Bodee's Room (sorry it took so long to finish)

So there is a story behind this. Kristian's room at our old house was 'loud' with color. Big red stripe all the way around the room, green doors, yellow built in drawers, and an orange toy box. I like to believe that it stimulated his brain and that is why he is smart. (we moms are funny that way) So a couple days before Bodee was born I decided that the walls were to 'quiet'. So I asked Brian if he would draw something to add color. This is what he came up with. Nothing is ever a small project in our house. Hope you enjoy them!

He is Here!

Sorry it has taken me so long to get this post done, but I have 2 kids now! Not a very good excuse but I am using it anyway.

Bodee Brian Bingham is here. He arrived at 8:02 on Tuesday evening the 9th of March. Weighing 7lbs 12ozs and measuring 19 inches long. He is perfect!

We went to the hospital at 7am and they started me. I was dialated to a 2. Dr came at noon to break my water and I was still at a 2. Mind you this was being on pit for 4 hours. They came back at 2pm and tried again, this time was successful (I was at a 3). Things continued to move slow but by 4pm they came in and told me that if I did not get my epidural then I would have to wait a couple hours. I was at a 5 by then so I gave them the go ahead. We did some funky rotating and was finally able to be ready to push by 7:30ish. 4 or 5 good pushes and he was here! Brian went out and got Kristian before I was all cleaned up and he came in while dr was still stiching me up, not really impressed with what ever that boy dr was doing to mom but he got distracted by his brother. Notice the clip on his belly button, well Kristian thought it was his pee pee and was VERY upset. Wanted it off and now.
This experience was much different then when Kristian was born. After 26 hours I really don't rememeber any of it. Take it from me, 12 hours is MUCH better.

We came home on Thursday evening. I was glad to get out of there. Bodee was a bit fussy when we got home and Kristian wanted to know why. I told him that Bodee was just not sure where he was and Kristian got right down by him and said 'This is your home Bodee, and we are your owners.' He is used to having a dog. We set him straight that we are his family and not owners and we are all good now.

He loves his brother! He holds him every morning for about 20 mins, and is all about kisses. If he is crying he is always right there to see what is wrong. In fact he gets sad when he gets up in the morning and finds out Bodee was up crying in the night because he did not hear him and how can he find out what is wrong if he does not know he was upset. I love my boys and am so excited to have my WHOLE family home and well. Thanks to all of those who have checked in on us. Here are a few more of my favorite picutes of the last couple weeks.

Grandma Gifford is funny - everytime she walks in the rooms she takes him from who ever has and says 'I have not held him yet'

This is a 4 generation picture. Love you Grandma Randall!

BABY TOMORROW!

I am going in to be started in the AM - YEA

Grand Mother

Wilma Gay Thurston

My dear sweet grandma passed away this morning. She has passed her test and has been reunited with grandpa. What a joyous reunion that must have been. Through out the last couple of days I have had time to think over her life and the impact it has had on me. I have great memories of running around her house as she chased us with her wooden spoon because we stole a piece of what ever she was baking. She was always willing to take the time to play with us, letting us know we were as important as what ever else she had going on in her day. She showed me how to love when she served grandpa for so many years, and how to survive when he passed. My favorite time though has to be the years I got to spend with her after she moved to Moms house. As I was living there at the same time I spent many hours with her. I also watched the progression of her Alzheimer's each day. Some days were better than others. Some days made me cry. - the day I crawled in bed with her while she cried after I told her that Grandpa was dead. Some days made me laugh - the day she put her mascara on her eye brows. And some days just made me shake my head - the day we loaded her clothes in the car and drove her around while she tried to tell me how to take her home. I was truly blessed to be able to serve her as she always did for others. Thank you Grandma for being mine, for loving me and for blessing my life. Thank you for teaching my mother to be all that you were.

Please forgive me - this whole baby thing has totally thrown me out of my zone. Not that my zone has even been very efficent but I feel off base on all the stuff I try and do.

Enough excuses. I have no picture to post, nothing exciting to talk about, just thought I would get on and talk. I am down to single digit weeks left and am very excited about that but now I really need to get to work on getting ready - I start the day with all these grand plans and none of them ever come to pass. I have even started the day with very little plans and those seem to fall through as well. Anyone one have a suggestion as to a way around that? I need to paint the craft room/office so that I can move the office down stairs. Then I need to change the current office into a baby room. But all of that seems to fall behind the go to the grocery store, make dinner, watch a movie with the kid, take a nap on the couch, and just about anything else that gets thrown on the list. I was off work the week after Christmas and thought that I was feeling so good. In fact when people asked how I felt I actually thought, I can say good and not be lying'. But now that I am back to work and am up every night till 1 (at least), I am tired again. No one told me it would be this hard this old.

I am tired and off to bed - good night my friends!