FIRST OF ALL

OK first of all I was in the hospital today for nine hours waiting, with absolutely nothing to do. So I was reading every one's blogs and could not comment on any of them. That's right, for whatever reason blogger has been keeping me from leaving comments on every one's posts. It's frustrating when you type a big long comment and then it won't post. I get really mad. So sorry that I cannot comment on anything you all are sharing. ANYWAY Kody was supposed to go into surgery at 9:00 am this morning. He got up at 6:00 and went and played basketball. Came home and showered, then we got in the car and headed to St. George. We got there on time and they prepped him for surgery, started his IV, got him dressed, etc. At about 9:30 Kody said he saw the doctor coming. Then a nurse came and said there was a patient in the ER with chest pain and the doctor would be back when that was taken care of. After 4 hours of waiting for him to come back we were getting a little impatient. Kody suggested I go get lunch and come back. He obviously couldn't eat and was starving but no reason why I have to suffer. So I got in the car, made some phone calls, and headed up the road. Of course as I'm driving the phone rings and they are ready to take him back and need me to come back to the hospital. (The doctor likes the family to wait in recovery in case he needs to talk to them) The nurse, Derek, said to get something to eat and bring it back. So I ran into Durango's, got my food and headed back. I then watched 16 and Pregnant and Made on MTV until they brought Kody out of surgery. He did really well. They switched the old pacemaker with the new, and left the leads that are attached to the heart alone. It went fine and well. Then we waited for another 4 hours while he recovered until they would let me take him home. It was a long day but worth every minute to make sure the device keeping my husband alive is working properly. Thanks to everyone that sent messages. We love ya'll! Oh Oh Oh I almost forgot. In the middle of all that my principal called and offered me a Kindergarten position at my school. I've been in first grade for 5 years and am now going to give Kindergarten a try. We'll see how I do!

More Heart Surgery

So right this very second I am sitting in the hospital with Kody. We are waiting for the doc to come and get him. He is getting a new pacemaker today. His battery is running low on the one he has now. The surgery should be smooth and I will take him home later today if all goes well. He should have gone back by now but the doc had to go to the ER, so we are just waiting. This is the third heart surgery for our family in 8 years. This is the least stressful one but it is still surgery on someone I love. I will let everyone know how it goes later. TTFN

Taya Ju Turns 2

Happy Day! Birthday Girl

the balloons

the cake

the mama

the cousin and brother (PS her cousin is only a few months older. Can you say TALL)

the entourage

More entourage

Blowing out the candle

sampling a delicious funfetti cupcake made by the mama

opening presents with some helpers

Tal said the cake was too pretty for just one person to cut. So we did it wedding style while Kody rolled his eyes in the background. He was just jealous.

After the present opening and cake eating we walked to the park so the kids could run around. This park is only a few steps away from my house.

So June 8th rolled around again. . . And Mataya turned 2! What a fast couple of years. We love our baby girl more than anything -except our baby boy. We love both our babies OK. Anyway, so my friend that taught second grade at my school last year (Kristi Godfrey) made the cake. It was amazing! I made cup cakes which were also mighty tasty. We had a small family gathering to celebrate her big day. She got so spoiled as usual. My sister gave her a little stroller to push her baby dolls around in and she LOVES IT! Whoa don't mess with a girl and her stroller. If McKoy even looks at it she gets mad and pushes it where she can enjoy it all to herself. I took her to the Doc yesterday which was a week after she turned 2 and here are her stats:

Weight 19 pounds 14 oz 0 percentile

Height 33.5 inches 41st percentile (applause for this please)

Head Circumference 44.5 2nd percentile (applause for this one too. First time on the charts for head)

She has gained 6 pounds since she turned one! Isn't that amazing! She looks so great! Everyone that sees her agrees she looks fine and is just going to be petite. What she lacks in body mass she makes up for in sass. She is seriously so funny! We love her guts to death. She isn't mean to other kids really. I think she is kind of scared of them but she is seriously mean to her brother. She will stomp a foot and slap the ground if he makes her mad. She doesn't talk a whole bunch but she can say Ba Ba No! She calls McKoy Baba. We don't know why but he responds, so she just keeps doing it. He loves her so much. He told me our next baby should be a girl so she can be just like Mataya. Too cute! Mataya loves being outside. McKoy got a little Cadillac Escalade when he turned 2 which Mataya loves to ride around in. She can't reach the pedal so McKoy drives and she rides until the battery dies. She also loves to ride bikes. She has a little seat on the back of my bike that was McKoy's but now she sits in it. She will go in the garage and cry by my bike until I take her for a ride. I love riding my bike so it works out well for both of us. She loves eating popsickles in the shower and playing with her princesses in there too. At bed time I'll say it is time for bed and she will say, "Dada Hide!" Then she and Kody will hide from me under a blanket so she doesn't have to go to bed. We have a little quote in her bedroom that reads "My finger may be tiny, but I can still wrap my daddy around it." When I see Kody play princesses or hide and seek, or jump on the tramp with her (that's right we got a new one) I melt. It's too cute. We thank our lucky stars we were blessed with our little peanut. Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!! (yes I know she can't read, but it felt like an appropriate way to end this post.)

Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me

Yes it's sideways and I don't know how to fix it Hot chicky babes

Waiting for the show to start

That's Chelsea in case you can't tell

Ok so I have been slacking with this blog lately. I have started many posts but my computer or blogger or something has really been fighting with me over it. I will be posting my girls bday pictures soon. It is taking hours to upload stuff so I will cross my fingers.

So check me out!!! I went to Chelsea and it was so fun! Kim and I left the day after school got out (oh yeah, I'm too cool for school again) Saturday morning we drove to Viva Las Vegas. We went shopping at the mall. Kim is pregnant and so she probably didn't have as much as fun as I did but who cares, I took her to Chelsea. JK Ok so then we met up with our cousin Talia and her cousin Aleisha. We went to Aleisha's house and got gorgeous. Tal did our hair and we changed into uncomfortable shoes so we could live it up at Chelsea. We drove to Caesar's Palace (and no Caesar didn't actually live there)(name that movie?) to eat and see the show. We were too slow to eat somewhere nice because everywhere had a huge wait and we didn't want to be late. So Kim and I ate something quick while Tal and Aleisha tried to get their ticket fiasco figured out. Kim and I went into Chelsea and had to leave Tal and Aleisha outside. That's why they aren't in any of our pics. They made us throw away our drinks to go in. But as soon as we walked through the door they were selling drinks for the show! What the heck?! Dang Vegas trying to make a buck! The line was too long and we didn't want to be late so we made our way to our seats thirsty. The show was so fun. Brad Wollack was first. He was funny and awkward just like on TV. Next was Heather McDonald who is so quirky and weird. I love it! But Josh Wolf was the best. He was so dang funny I was afraid Kim was going to go into labor right there in the Colosseum. If she did I told her she would have to get a taxi to the hospital and I would check on her after the show. I wasn't going to let her baby ruin my night at Chelsea! So Chelsea was last and was as mean and sarcastic as ever. It was great. A guy on the front row fell asleep so she picked up her drink and threw it on him. Then she made fun of him throughout her routine. It was way fun. After the show we walked around for a bit and found out Tal and Aleisha got into the show during Heather's performance. We stayed the night and came home the next day. Good times! PS I forgot my camera at Chelsea so we used Kim's which totally sucks and takes blurry pictures. Just bear with them.