the thorpe family

Draw a Stickman

2011-12-07T12:50:00.001-07:00

Need to try!!!

http://www.drawastickman.com/index.htm

Testing the camera

2011-12-03T14:26:00.002-07:00

Here's a test of my camera. London was talking a whole bunch, and then of course when i get the camera out she stops. She looks a little different too. Kinda funny how the camera can do that. Oh well.

Merry Christmas

2011-12-03T13:56:00.004-07:00

Today Reagan and I went with her aunt Beckie and cousin Courtney to the Tooele Christmas parade. It lasted all, of about, 10-15 minutes but it was fun. We saw santa on a fire engine and Reagan got excited AFTER he left. She's been saying "Ho! Ho! Ho!" since she got home. Here are some pictures from it.

"HO! HO! HO!"

Speaking of pictures, I opened my Christmas present today - A NEW CAMERA!!! YAY! Larry did a great job picking it out and since there are so many things to take pictures of, I agreed to open it early.

had to laugh

2011-11-04T09:05:00.004-06:00

So Reagan wated her nails painted and brought the polish to Larry. So he decided to paint her nails. It was...sweet. But i don't think he'll be going into buisness any time soon. (sorry about the crappy quality of the pictures. My camera stinks.)

LONDON ELISE THORPE

2011-10-13T10:31:00.005-06:00

Finally here i go. My camera is out of batteries and the batteries are packed away somewhere, so i only have older pictures. when we get settled in the new place and i find the batteries i'll get updated pictures up.

London was born August 23rd at 9:30am. I was at Home Depot the night before with Larry getting stuff for our sink that we were installing. The whole day I had been doing squats and anything I could think of to get this baby going because not only was i ready to have her, but I was scheduled for an induction on Wednesday which i didn't want to do. So, while we were at Home Depot a guy from our ward was there looking for some help in which Larry new what he needed. So i decided to take Reagan and walk around while larry was helping the guy out. While i was walking (mind you, no contractions thus far) i felt a gush of water between my legs. The more i walked the more it came out. It stopped for a minute and i thought i had wet myself. but as i continued to walk around in a bit more of a rush to find larry more water kept coming. Luckily i was wearing a skirt and my tighter garments so it didn't look like i wet my pants. that would have been awkward. So i found larry and before i even made it to him, and in front of the home depot workers and our friend, i told larry we had to go. now. he asked why and i told him my water broke. so, we went home and i called the hospital and they told me to come in to check me. larry had an appointment with a family in our ward so he went there for about an hour while i fed reagan and got her ready to go to her aunt beckie's house. i wasn't having contractions and i had a feeling that once i got to the hospital they weren't going to let me go back home so i told larry to take his time cause i didn't want to be stuck in the hospital.

Well, when i got there my doctor happened to be on call and came and checked me out. I was only dilated to a 2 and the baby was high so he talked to be about an induction. Urg. That's what i was trying to avoid. While going over all the pros and cons of different medicine and induction Larry noticed that I had a little contraction. So the doctor let us wait it out for a while to see if things would progress on there own. They went pretty slow and for about a 1/2 hour i had to be put on pitocin because my blood pressure was really low and it was affecting the baby. when things started to progress again the doctor took me off of it and let everything happen naturally the rest of the time. Im' grateful for that.

I ended up getting an epidural during the night which didn't work. My legs were really numb but i could feel all the contractions. That was absolutely miserable cause I couldn't move to help with the contractions. So then the guy came in later to adjust it and my epidural didn't wear off until about 6 that evening. Miserable. Miserable.

London was born 20", 7lbs 7oz. She was really healthy and still is. She's growing into a little chunk and a lot taller than Reagan was. She' s smiling so much now and talking which makes it so much fun. If i have a hard time getting her to smile or if she's grumpy, I can have Reagan come over and talk to her and London will just watch her, smile, and talk back. It's so stinkin cute. I'll have to get it on video sometime.

London's a lot different than Reagan was. A lot louder, but she's fun. Anyway. That's the story. Sorry so long.

She kept pulling her beanie over her eyes.

2011-10-13T10:28:00.001-06:00

...we've had
6 cars
6 dogs
2 children
and 2 homes.

yep. we're moving!!! It's actually a trailor, but it's on more land, it's 4 bedroom and 2bathrooms, it's up the street from us in our desired area, and about double the size of our house now. We've been cleaning it the past couple days and still have a bit of cleaning to do left, but we closed yesterday and got the keys! yay! Reagan was running around going crazy. She didn't know what to do with all the space. I'm so excited for her to have room.
I haven't taken pictures of the inside yet, but i'll try and do that today. I have some pictures of the outside, but I'm afraid to show them cause it's a bit scary. It's a fixer-upper, but in the end it'll be worth it and our family can grow in it. Eventually the plan is to build a house on the land. So, we'll be patient and live here for a while and be happy. Yee-haw.

kinda cool

2011-10-02T09:32:00.002-06:00

http://www.heraldextra.com/tabernacle/article_db328b06-0b0f-11e0-a131-001cc4c03286.html

ok. and i realize i haven't posted ANYTHING about London, but pictures and stories are soon to come. It's just so busy!!

oh, and p.s,. - is that not so cool about the new temple there?!!! Exciting!

It's about time!

2011-08-20T23:01:00.003-06:00

For the sake of living on the edge larry and I decided we would wait a bit over a day from my due date to figure out our unborn child's name.

Yeah right.

We thought we knew she'd be named Elise but then we changed our minds again and again and again. So tonight I told larry he couldn't take a nap (he was really tired) until we nailed down a name. So...
London Elise Thorpe
That's the winner. Now all she has to do is be born. Somebody mind explaining that to her?

I'm having a what??

2011-08-17T09:48:00.002-06:00

So, Monday night I had a very interesting dream. I was at an appointment-ish thing with a Health nut/work out guy. Why i wasn't seeing a doctor, who knows. But he continued to tell me that I was pregnant, but was having a guinea pig. Huh? yeah. ... So as time went on I started to become more and more confused. I asked him how, with Larry and I both being human, can we have a guinea pig? He explained it to me. I wish I remembered what his explanation was, but I don't. All i remember is being satisfied with his answer for just a minute and then going back to confusion. I soon started to face the facts that I was indeed having a guinea pig, and I remember wondering what color fur he would have and what not. Soon the guy came back and told me I wasn't having a guinea pig but I was having a midget! He told me that to make the news a bit easier to take he made up the guinea pig part so a midget wouldn't seem so bad. Ha. Weird.

New Bed

2011-08-17T09:43:00.003-06:00

A lady our ward called Larry and asked if we wanted a toddler bed. We had been looking for one for a while but hadn't decided on one. Lar said sure and we picked it up yesterday - mattress and all. Reagan loved it and surprisingly slept in it the whole night hardly moving at all. I thought she would fall out because she's quite the mover but she stayed with her head on one side the whole time. Then when i woke up and looked at the monitor, she was just laying there awake. She didn't even get out of bed! Hopefully it stays like that.

10 days to go!

2011-08-12T15:33:00.004-06:00

So obviously i suck at taking pictures and can't even get myself centered. but to my defense, i am taking a picture on the phone and it's really hard to press the button with one hand. oh well, at least you can see my big belly...40lbs later. Ha! I just keep putting em on. There's no stopping me!!! Mua-ha ha!!

And just because, here's reagan wishing ya'll a merry chirstmas a bit early. She likes bubbles. I don't know what her facial expression is all about. Ha.

Seriously???

2011-08-09T10:01:00.002-06:00

oh my goodness.

So i had a big slap in the face on Sunday. How did i not realize i was so close to my due date?!! I kept thinking I had almost a month. I think my "logic" was that it was the beginning of August and my due date was the end of August. Well, time sure crept up on my fast. I have, now, less than 2 weeks until my due date. AND if this birth is anything like Reagan, she came almost a week early. DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THAT MEANS??!!! I can be going into labor in a week!!!! Yikes. So, yesterday - realizing that I'm not close to being ready - was spent organizing, packing and washing. Still more to finish today. Then I kept having dreams that I was having contractions. There was a few times I woke up in pain but I don't know if it was the stress of my dreams or just serious Braxton Hicks contractions. My goodness. Wish me luck.

what a girl

2011-07-27T14:55:00.003-06:00

Seriously. Where does she get it from?

I got Reagan up from her nap yesterday and while I was walking around picking stuff up around the house she came out of the bathroom and into the bedroom where I was looking like this. She had gotten into my drawers in my bathroom and decked herself all out. She's so funny. Later on she grabbed a "phone" (an air conditioning remote) and walked around talking on it while holding her blanket. She usually uses my sponge curlers for her bracelets but today here she opted for the rubberband look. What a fashionista.

So last night I finally got her some real dress up bracelets and necklace. She's so cute.

And yes i need a new camera. I take all my pictures on my phone and when the blasted thing finally focuses (which is not always) she has looked away. Thus none of her pictures are her smiling or really looking happy. Sigh. Someday.

Nursery

2011-07-24T15:46:00.002-06:00

So Reagan isn't yet 18 months (will be August 12th) but because i'm due on the 22nd I didn't want to deal with the nursery transition with a newborn if it was going to be bad. So i talked to the Primary Pres and asked if i could give it a trial run to see how Reagan does. She said that would be great. She also asked Reagan if she wanted to just go to primary and skip nursery because as we were speaking Reagan went, found a chair and sat down next to some "friends". Reagan said yes, but i figured we should still start with nursery anyway.
On to nursery we went and when i stepped in the door to talk to the nursery leader and ask her, Reagan went straight for the toys and didn't look back. I told the nursery lady that i could help out in nursery or even just come back in, like 10-20 minutes and she said if she needed me she'd come get me, but to leave Reagan there. Reagan did great! I spied through the window and she was playing with toys and the kids without any problems. I came back to see if i needed to get her after Sunday school and she didn't even look up at me. She was too busy playing and having a good ol time. So, i left her. When it was time to go home she didn't want to leave. How awesome is that!! Hopefully it stays that way.
Here are some pictures from when we got home. The only way i could get her to stay still was with a dounut hole and Shawn the Sheep, thus she's not really looking at the camera.

Look what she colored in nursery! Can you believe it? ... me neither. But it sure looks like she wrote her name. Ha.

Cheese! Show me your teeth!

2011-07-01T15:36:00.001-06:00

ok. so it's been a while since i last posted anything and just thinking of all the things to update is making me a bit overwhelmed. so...i won't think about it and i'll do it later.

but to tackle one item of buisness...or information...or whatever you want to call it.

so, our home has been up on the market since, i believe, last september. not so many bites. we currently have a 2 bedroom 1 bath with no storage, pretty small bedrooms and a floating foundation. what? what do you mean by a floatin foundation? well, the original house that is made out of railroad ties has had an addition put on by the same man that built a boat in his basement, couldn't figure out how to get it out,and so just left it there for a long time. i'm not judging or saying anything negative. i just thought it was funny. anyway, the corner of our bedroom, which is the addition part, doesn't have a foundation...for like 2 feet. to get it fixed will cost quite a bit of money. and larry and i don't feel comfortable selling our house in that condition since it's kinda hidden. making any sense? sorry if its not. i don't know how else to explain it. ANYWAY.
larry and i were talking over our options and we've decided, with a lot of prayer and research, that we're going to tear down the current addition (the bedrooms) and put in our own; now making it a 3 bedroom 2 bath with a basement under the addition to be finished later when finances allow it. larry and his family are very talented and very experienced at building so we're doing it ourselves. this now, also, allows us to refinance and get a better interest rate keeping our payment close to where it is now - but with more house - more LEVEL house (for those of you who understad our slanting floors, wall, toilet...ect).
Now to the point of the post. I'm already starting to look for deals on bathroom stuff to keep our cost low. I'm thinking about putting vessel sinks in the master bathroom. I don't want something too modern that'll go out of date in a year but there are some pretty cool things out there. So,anyone want to give their option???? I would love to hear from ya. So, let's see how to do this. I'll post some pictures of the good deals that i found and then let me know which ones you would choose, if any. if there are ones that you like but i didn't post, let me know. ok... so here we go.

SINKS

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#4 #5 #6

FAUCETS

In case you know of somebody

2011-05-26T09:20:00.005-06:00

Ok. So we are selling vehicles to help pay for the baby and also get a commuter car for larry since he got a job in salt lake. So, if you know of anybody looking for a 02 ford explorer xlt or 95 ford f150 Eddie Bauer edition, feel free to let me know. Even those in Cali. That would be a good reason to take a trip!

Didn't see that one coming

2011-05-24T14:59:00.002-06:00

2011-05-22T21:46:00.006-06:00

Ok. So I have to laugh.
I was looking at some of my friends blogs who are pregnant. One is due about a week before me. She had weighed herself, about 2 weeks ago or something close to that, and had gained 4 lbs thus far. My other sweet friend who is due almost a month before me had gained only 7 lbs about a week or so ago. April 21st was my last appointment and I had gained about 15 lbs!! That was a month ago. And I know I've gotten bigger since. Ha! Is my dr gonna have to tell me to watch the foods that make my lips shiny again? Maybe it's really all muscle gain from carrying around Reagan... even though she walks most everywhere. OR maybe it's the 10 lbs of milk I'm carrying around. Yeah. That must be it! Well, here's my first "pregnancy picture" taken yesterday. Enjoy.

Ok. P.s, it's awkward taking these pictures of yourself. So ignore the weird face. I was focusing really hard on trying to focus the camera/phone and hold it still. I wasn't very successful, but you get the point.

Easter

2011-05-11T16:33:00.000-06:00

For Easter this year we went and STAYED out in Condie Meadows. Usually Larry can't get time off, but this year he did! Too bad it was freezing, but we still had a good time.
Brent, Marie and kids came out too. We hung around the fire most of the time because it was so cold, but we also had an Easter egg hung that Saturday too. Hopefully next year the weather will realize what month it is and warm up a bit so we can stay and play.
Reagan playing in the sand. Going on an Easter egg hunt.

Ethan watching while Marie pulls Reagan and Dillon in the wagon.

More pictures to come. They're just on my other camera.

One down One to go.

2011-05-11T16:16:00.000-06:00

So it looks like Larry and I have decided on a first name.

Elise!!

Now we need a middle name. Any suggestions??

Surgery

2011-05-11T08:37:00.000-06:00

What a day.
As most of you know, Reagan was born with a clogged tear duct in her left eye. The doctors wouldn't even consider fixing it until she was at least a year old so the poor girl has had a goopy, runny eye this whole time. Not very fun.
Last week I went to an eye specialist to see if she qualified for the surgery to fix it, and she did. I kinda hesitated. It might have been good for her to have a nasty goopy eye as she got older because maybe that would have prevented her from dating. I could have saved the surgery as a graduation present! But, on the other hand, her cheeks were always dry and cracked from her tears, and people always thought she was sick because she had goop in her eye all the time. That's why Larry and I opted to get it fixed.
So this morning I woke up at 5am to get ready and get Reagan to the hospital by 6am. Lets just say all 3 of us were tired as we all went to bed too late, and Larry and I didn't sleep too well. When we got to the hospital, though, Reagan was in a really good mood; laughing and talking to the nurses. She liked her new bracelet, dress and hat that they let her wear! The paper work and talking to the doctors took the longest, but they were all so nice. Finally they took her. Larry and I had to go one way while they took her another way. She didn't even look back. Goodness. I was doing really well up until this point. I lost it. I knew she would be fine. The procedure was really short and not high risk. It was just really hard letting her go with strangers when I knew in just a minute she was going to be put to sleep and not be happy about it.
All went well, though. We were probably in the waiting room for 15-20 minutes before they came in and told us we could see her. I could hear her crying as she was waking up from the anesthesia in the hall. I just sat with her in my lap as she was waking up and she did such a good job. I'm so glad all went well and I'm excited that her eye is fixed. The doctor said she had 2 plugs/clogs but that it went really well. Whew.
Here are some pictures of her new outfit. What a cutie.
Checking out her new bracelet.Mind you, it was really early in the morning, so just ignore the scary mom in the picture.

What in the world?

2011-04-20T21:12:00.003-06:00

So, yesterday was a bit scary. Reagan was playing outside with her cousin on her play toy...(i don't know what it's called, but the thing in the picture) ...and was totally fine. Beckie and I were sitting on the porch watching and so her cousin brought Reagan over to us. Well reagan started walking and after a couple steps fell. Normal for a child to fall, right? Well except that she kept standing up and as she tried to walk her legs wouldn't function right. It was like her legs couldn't hold her up. It was really weird and hard to explain. We took her to the doctors and had to wait an hour to get in. During that time (after about 45 minutes or so) she started getting better and by the time the doctor saw her she was pretty much normal. Huh? It was weird and scary and the doctor said he didn't know why it happened. He threw a couple ideas out but in the end he said if it happens again try to video it and bring her in. Let's just hope it doesn't.

It's a ....

2011-04-06T10:24:00.003-06:00

...girl! We were all pretty sure it was going to be a boy. I think that's because this pregnancy has been so different from the first. We're excited, though, to have a girl and i think/hope it'll be fun for Reagan to have a sister so close in age. Now the only thing is to think of another girls name! Yikes. Any suggestions? We like Kennedy but that's scratched out because we already have a president. That might be weird. Larry likes the girly/classic/cheerleader (nothing against cheerleaders, I'm just stereotyping) names and I lean towards something a little different. Hmmm....

New addition

2011-04-05T21:36:00.006-06:00

So we are pretty much finished with the lawn part of the backyard and the best part is we've done it for free! "You're house is up for sale. Why are you waisting your time with this", you ask yourself? Well who knows when it's gonna sell and I would like to go out in our backyard this summer and play with Reagan on grass rather than thorns and weeds. Plus it makes our yard look a ton better. So, our daughter loves rocks. No. you don't understand. She LOVES rocks. She will go through the dirt searching for just the right one and when she finds it she will either hold on to it wherever she goes (and cry when she has to put it down) or she'll try and eat it. Well she got a bit confused in her rock finding and got a dirt clod instead...and ate it. You can't really tell by the pictures but she has mud all in her teeth and her tounge is covered in mud. But she was happy. Beckie, Courtney, Andy and Larry's dad came to help. Thank goodness. Our sweet neighbor Sue was working in her field (right behind our backyard), saw us working and came to help and also brought dinner. What a sweet woman. These pictures were taken the next morning. It snowed that night. Crazy weather. Taken from my kitchen window

dedicated to emily

2011-03-11T10:35:00.000-07:00

it goes a little longer than needed, but you get the point.

Yay for Dollar Tree and pinwheels

2011-03-10T20:35:00.002-07:00

Pinwheel. Pinwheel, pinning awound. Wook at da pinwheel, see what I found...

...Pinwheel.

why didn't we do this 2 1/2 years ago?

2011-03-10T20:07:00.005-07:00

So it all started when Larry wanted a double sink. I said it might not be a good idea because that meant even more counter space taken away, which we already lack. Well, that lead us looking on ksl at over the range microwaves. Quite expensive...except one. There was a black one in perfect working condition but the lady was redecorating her kitchen and so wanted to get rid of it along with her other appliances. Well, it was the last appliance they had to sell so the lady sold it to us for... (drum roll please)...20 dollars! Quite a deal. Larry and his dad went and took a look at it and everything was as the chick said. Sweet deal. Larry and I had looked at a cabinet to go over the microwave but they were out of our price range so we decided to wait and keep our eyes out for good deals. We did keep or eyes out but didn't wait long cause Larry decided to check out Lowes after he picked up the microwave and found a good deal. The cabinet is not stained but we'll either do that or paint it down the road.
Anyway here are the pictures. Enjoy.

What a good helper Reagan is!

We'll someday get another cabinet to go on the left side of the microwave, but that WILL be down the road.

Calling all recipes!!

2011-03-08T13:43:00.001-07:00

Does anyone else feel like they' re fixing the same dinners over and over again? I'm in the mood for something good but yet in my skill range. What are some meals you enjoy eating and/or cooking? You can include sides if you so wish. Share your recipes with me PLEASE!

Day 3 or 4 or.. I don't know

2011-03-07T15:32:00.008-07:00

Ok. So here is the finished project. Larry worked so hard and I think it turned out so good! So, before you get to feast your eyes upon the new floor unless you scroll ahead and look - cheater) let's take a look back at the floor that was so difficult to part with. (Could you hear the sarcasm? I was trying to lay it on thick)

Now, with this view why wouldn't you want to but our house!? Ok, so don't start really listing off the reasons. Just enjoy the view!

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Not too shabby.

Evening number 2

2011-03-02T22:42:00.004-07:00

Smile for the camera! What a cheese ball, but a great helper.

We' re so close and I can't wait to get our house in order. Larry has done a really good job on the floor. We like it so much, we might not want to leave. We' re hopefully gonna finish everything tomorrow. More pictures to come.

Day...or rather, Evening 1

2011-03-01T22:02:00.002-07:00

After comptemplating much and getting some outside opinion from my family, Larry and I decided to FINALLY replace our carpet in the kitchen with Laminate flooring. We started today and it has been a process. Not because it's really that hard to put down, but because our house is loppy and our floor is wavy. So, we had to figure out some way to fix that. So far I think it looks really good and I'm excited to see the final product. More pictures to come, but here's a sneek peak.

Anybody want to look at our beautiful house and buy it?? Hmmm....

I've got a new way to walk. Walk. Walk.

2011-02-21T22:07:00.003-07:00

Yee-haw! So I thought Reagan was ready to walk around 9 months but I guess she didn't feel the same. She has been so close and very able for quite a while, but a bit chicken. When she knew you were playing the game of trying to make her walk she would go limp- either lift her legs in the air or refuse to stand. Well on sunday she decided to stand for long period of time on her own and today she finally walked on her own. She's been taking steps with motivation (when she wants to) but she finally tried it on her own. She had been walking a bunch with the help of Beckie, Andy, and coutney and doing really good. But when I was going to the bathroom (i know. TMI) she was using my knee for balance and then instead of crawling to get in all the drawers under the sink, she walked!! I was so excited I peed myself...peed in the toilet, actually.
So I'm thinking this is the week for her to just take off. I don't know how excited I'll be when I find that her walking just makes my life more difficult, but for now I'm enjoying it.

And here we go again

2011-02-07T11:34:00.002-07:00

What does this...

...Plus this equal?...

New calling

2011-01-04T10:29:00.002-07:00

So I just got called to be our ward choir director and I'm really excited. We have a very small library of music, though, so I was wondering if I could get some help from you folks (whomever that might be). What are some of your favorite choir songs? Either ones you've heard mo-tab perform, your ward choir, maybe just church hymns that you really like, ect... Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!

First Step!

2010-12-04T18:31:00.002-07:00

Reagan took her first step by herself today! We were over at Beckie's and her and Courtney were trying to get her to walk. Sure enough she took a step towards Beckie! I was at the bottom of stairs and only saw a sliver of her. We all got really excited and when I went on the stairs to take a video all she did was cry after that. Tomorrow's another day, right?

Goodbye goodbye number 6

2010-11-21T20:07:00.003-07:00

So Trixie is gone. surprised? Well it turns out I was extremely allergic to her. If any of you saw Jane's eyes after she touched a cat, that's how half of my face was when I didn't wash my hands and then touched my face. She was a good dog. We gave her back to the original owner who was really excited to have her back and decided she would keep her. There will be a number 7 someday but definitely not anytime soon. I think 6 dogs in 2 years is good to keep us satisfied for quite some time.

9 months old today!

2010-11-12T17:39:00.003-07:00

So this is me trying to get a picture of my clingy 9 month old. Ha.

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Yay. She finally did it! We've been trying to get Reagan to wave bye and she's done it twice today to her grandma. Yep. Well...that's all. I was excited.

Number 6 in 2 1/2 years

2010-11-10T11:37:00.002-07:00

So, we've done it again. It was mostly my fault this time. Every time we go over to larry's parents house Reagan sees Chloe, their dog, and loves her. Well the kicker was when linda brought Chloe over to our house and seeing Reagan's reaction. She was so cute with her and so excited as she followed Chloe everywhere. So I said to larry that we should get a dog. That started us just looking at what was out there. Just curious. Anyway, larry happened to get on ksl one time and found this cute chihuahua/yorkie mix dog for free. A lady worked at an appartment complex rescued it. She had had it for a month, contacted the lame owner who said she was to much work and didn't want to pay the pet deposit, so she kept her until she went into heat. Her male dog, although neutered, was going a bit crazy, which in turn traumatized this lady so she decided it had to go. I was still pretty skeptical about this dog, if I even wanted a dog and how it would do with Reagan. Well we went and saw her last night and right when we walked in she was so friendly to us and especially to Reagan. The only problem the lady said she had was bolting for open doors. Well, problem solved already. She's great. When reagan has been crying, she'll go over and lick her or lay by her. And when Reagan has been a bit rough with Trixie (that's her name) she either moves away or just deals with it. We're really lucky to have found such a good dog.

What have I done?

2010-11-07T12:56:00.002-07:00

So yesterday as I was trying to update my blog and pick a new backround I decided to click on the button for new templates. Bad idea. I have no clue what I've done and no clue on how to change it back. Blast it all. Well, yesterday as I was trying all this it decided to keep freezing making it so I couldn't do anything to it after I had messed it up. Oh well. Hopefully you can read it.
I was looking at previous posts and noticed that I didn't update you on Reagan's eye. It kept getting worse and more gross so we took her to the doctors and found out she had pink eye. Crazy. I took pictures of it but I don't have batteries in my camera so i'll have to wait to post those pictures.

do I laugh or throw up?

2010-11-02T15:26:00.005-06:00

So Reagan is changing her nap schedule once again. She'll wake up around 7-7:30 and then go down for a nap around 9:30. Well, yesterday about 9 she was acting really tired. I put on a chistmas cartoon and while she was playing she would stop and lay down on the floor; like so. I didn't sleep so well so I was laying on the couch. I was talking to larry on the phone while Reagan had moved above my head by the front door. I forgot that earlier that morning/ last night I had put a poopy diaper by the front door. So as I turned around to check what she was doing I found her once again laying on the floor. This time, though, she decided to make herself a bit more comfortable by getting her poopy diaper, bringing it over to the carpet and using it as a pillow. Ummm... Gross. I wish I would have taken a picture because it was kinda cute in a sick way, but was far to concerned at the moment of removing her face as far from her poop as possible. Silly girl.

8 months old and what a day!

2010-10-13T11:51:00.006-06:00

Yesterday Reagan turned 8 months old! She is growing so much and i love watching her do it. She is such a sweet girl and Larry and I are so lucky and blessed to have such a good tempered baby.

A few things about Reagan.

She's crawling around and pulling herself up on things.

She is such a cuddly girl (which i love!) any time of the day.

She loves paper. If you ever lose an important paper, just let me know and I'll bring Reagan over. She'll find it in a matter of seconds.

She loves Loves LOVES "Disneyland Fun Sing Along". No matter what mood she's in, if we put that on she will smile, crawl over to the computer by the TV, pull herself up and watch the movie while bopping up and down.

She's easy to make smile.

She has 2 bottom teeth that she cut 2 weeks ago. So stinkin cute.

She loves baths and tries to get in when someone is in the shower.

Though her eyes were bright blue when she was born, now they have green in them on occasion.

Ok, well, i could go on and on but I'll stop for now. So...

Yesterday.

She started off the day with a few falls and following, a few bumps. But she's resilient and seemed happy. Later dad came home. We were eating lunch and dad decided to give Reagan a lick of cupcake. Well, a few minutes later when i was feeding her i start to notice some red splotches on her face. Soon her cheeks were puffy and those red splotches were spreading across her face. We called the doctor and eventually she was back to normal. Larry got a bit scarred and said he will now listen to mom and not give her food that mom says not to. So a bit later while we were getting ready to go to grandma Thorpe's for dinner,,,well, i won't get into details but we had an incident with canned air. Mom got mad and Dad learned another lesson. Dinner went fine and as it was time to go to bed Reagan was playing in the other room with her cousin. All i know is that i heard her scream, her cousin ran and she had a bruise and scratch on her face. Well, when i woke up this morning she had a bruise on her cheek and a swollen eye. Poor girl.Needless to say, it was a rough day,

New Links

2010-09-03T08:32:00.001-06:00

So if the last like didn't work, try this one. It's the 3rd house down. http://www.coldwellbanker.com/property?action=list&freeTextAddress=Tooele,+UT+84074&countryId=1&numberOfBaths=1&minPrice=139000&maxPrice=140000

It's also listed on KSL, so here's the link to that. Hope something works.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=475&ad=12243282&cat=&lpid=&type=0&city=&zipcode=84074&distance=&sale=1&start=139000&end=140000&state=0&sort=&keyword=&sqftstart=&sqftend=&acresstart=&acresend=&bedrooms=&bathrooms=

Where in the wolrd....

2010-09-02T10:17:00.003-06:00

AHH! So much has happened and i haven't put it down in my blog- which is acting as my journal most of the time - and now i can't find my camera computer cord and i feel overwhelmed with all the stuff that i'm going to forget!!! (breathe*sigh*... ok)

So our house is officially on the market.

http://www.coldwellbanker.com/property?action=list&freeTextAddress=Tooele,+UT+84074&countryId=1&minPrice=130000&maxPrice=140000#modalDetail

Who knows why. Well, i know why we were originally selling it - that's so Larry could go back to school and the only way we could afford it was if we lowered our house payment. So, up to the market the house went. Well, plans are looking as if to change and so i don't know what we're doing or where we're going to live. That is if our house even sells. Who knows. Well, so you can all enjoy a look at our humble abode, here is the link to the realtor co website. Enjoy. Ah, do you like how Reagan is asleep in the crib? That's because the guy said he was coming at 1:30 (even called to see if he could come early) and then didn't show up until 2:30. Well by 1:50, with Reagan crying because she was tired and hungry i finally said, "whatever picture guy" and so i fed her and put her to bed. And there she stayed, thus in the picture she be. Ok, well enough with feeling overwhelmed.

Reagan crawled yesterday!! She has been so close for a while but she was so motivated by some walmart bags that were on the floor that it pushed her over the edge and she did it! She's been scooting/rolling/falling around to get to things for a while but hadn't quite accomplished the crawl("the crawl" - it sounds like a dance) until yesterday. I got it on video, but i cannot share it with you until i find my camera cord - BLAST! So, until then, just use your imagination.

Well, i will try to post more in just a little bit. It helps to have pictures cause they help me remember what in the world has been going on. Hmmm...

That's My Girl!!!

2010-07-16T09:53:00.002-06:00

Yesterday I had to take care of some stuff around the house. Usually if Reagan's not happy I'll put on Baby Einstein on You tube. She likes it and just stares at it. Well, yesterday i decided to show Reagan a little something different - "Disneyland Fun - Sing along". Not only did she stare at it but she was laughing/cooing at it!! She loves Disneyland even at 21 weeks old!! That a girl! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnn7F34Cd0g&feature=related

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2010-06-25T12:40:00.003-06:00

I sure miss her. She's so stinkin funny and i miss having her around. Thank goodness for the Plan of salvation. Our Heavenly Father sure loves us as he gives us the opportunity to see our friends and family again.

Fun events

2010-06-23T10:26:00.008-06:00

This morning when i was changing Reagan's diaper after she woke up, she decided to play with her blanket a bit.

Yesterday after i changed Reagan's diaper i was talking to her on the ground. She had been trying to roll over and getting pretty close, but yesterday SHE DID IT!!!! I screamed really loud in excitement. Apparently too loud cause she started to cry. Ha. It was pretty funny. Hopefully i didn't make it such a bad experience for her that she's now afraid to do it again. We'll see.

So, the Friday before last i went to the Hoggle Zoo with Beckie, Courtney, Nikki, her kids and Linda. It was pretty cold, overcast, and rained a little, but it was a blast. I love the zoo and it makes me wish i would have stuck to wildlife biology as my major in college...and finished it! It's a really nice zoo and i'm excited to take Reagan there when she's older and actually knows what's going on. Before leaving the zoo we went to the gift shop where they had a lot of fun decorations. Well, i decided then that i should do Reagan's room jungle instead of surfer-ish girl theme. Money's tight, as always, and i figured i already had a bunch of stuff that i got from home where i could do her room for cheap. So i got out my stuffed animals, paper, and bought some paper grocery bags from the store for 90 cents and went to work. It's still in the making, but for only spending a couple bucks total (i had to buy more white paint) i think it is turning out pretty good. I'll take pictures and post them when it's finished.

Well here are some pictures from the zoo (i'm gonna try to get more from the other's i went with) and some other random pictures.

I know you can't tell, but we're looking at the penguins.
Diaper changing station - in Nikki's wagon.

There's a playground to play at and there are also prairie dogs that you can look at. She was watching them at one time.

In the front of the zoo there was this huge wooden elephant that every once in a while would make a sound and squirt water from it's trunk. Well, Reagan didn't like the sound it made when squirting water so much. Kinda funny.

Sick and Wrong!!

2010-06-09T12:40:00.004-06:00

So when i got Reagan out of her crib this morning she had had a bit of a blow out. No problem. I've dealt with quite a few already so nothing too new. So i lay her on the blanket that she had slept in and began to change her diaper. It had gone up her back a little so i cleaned it off with wipes. Before putting her new diaper on i folded the blanket so she was laying on everything clean. (I didn't see any mess on the blanket, but wanted to make sure). So, i had to pee really bad so i left her on her blanket in just a diaper. After going pee i went to get a onesie on her and feed her so i put her on my lap while she's sucking on her fingers. When i go to put her hand through the hole i have to take it out of her mouth and guess what i saw!!?!! POOP!!! THERE WAS A GLOB OF POOP ON HER HAND! Sick. Sick. Sick. I grabbed a wipe and cleaned both of her hands really well. How did it get there? Did she eat some poop and just suck of the evidence?? All i know is that i wanted to throw up a little. Nasty.

Well, Reagan is growing up fast. She's been playing with her hands and legs a bunch and of course loves her fingers. We took her to the doctors cause she was sick and she's now 14.5oz and 25 inches long! She's still in the 80% of her weight, but now in the 90%of her height. Larry thinks she's gonna be a giant. Hmmm... She's still lots of fun and smiles so much. She tries to push herself on her side with her feet. She'll be in one position on her play mat and when i look at her next she'll be flipped 180 degrees or will push herself off the mat. Crazy girl. She loves her fingers. Tummy time! Getting ready to go on a walk and not get sunburned.

Larry turned 24!!

2010-06-09T10:25:00.006-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARRY!!!

Wow. So now with Larry being the big 24 it's almost like we're only 3 years apart. Too bad i turn 28!!! this year. Yikes.

So, this year for Larry's birthday I had a lot of fun. I'm not sure if he did, but that's not really the point, right? Just kidding. So with a lot of help from Marie I did a scavenger hunt for Larry. One of his gifts was a trip to the aquarium so i did a pirate/beach theme. After he got done with work there was his first clue. He had some struggles along the way, but he eventually found all of his gifts. He got movie tickets, tickets to the aquarium, and a trip to his favorite restaurant, Rodizo grill. Yumm... We weren't able to do any of that on his birthday but on saturday we went to Rodizo grill with his parents and someday will do the others. I also made him a cup with candy in it full of "sweet thoughts". It was candy with compliments and "sweet thoughts" wrapped around the candy bars. Good fun.

On Sunday his family came over for cake and ice cream. I made him a pail of sand cake on his birthday (keeping with the beach theme) and a sand castle cake for his family. The sand castle cake sure didn't turn out how it was supposed to. The circles were not the right size and the middle cake fell apart. It was a pain to frost and as you can see in the picture, i couldn't cover it up as well. Towards the end of making it i just got frustrated and finished it really fast. Not my best cake, but at least it tasted good. So i took a picture of the cake after Larry had moved it a little. So it looks like there's cat poop in it, but originally it was all covered and looked like sand.

Projects

2010-06-09T09:40:00.007-06:00

I am no Martha Stewart, that's for sure. But sometimes i like to pretend that i can be a little crafty. It's really to save money, but it's fun in the process. I guess the more i do it the better i'll get. I hope, anyway.

Well, I'm trying to be more organized. TRYING is the key word. So, i decided to make a menu calendar - Something that i can write and rewrite what i'm gonna cook for dinner and a place where i can put things i need to buy at the store. I got the frame at DI for a buck and used what i had around the house. I'm not a huge fan of how it turned out, but i think i'll give it a little bit and maybe do it over. We'll see.

Another project is a vase that i made for Reagan's room. It started out as a small glass vase found in the dollar section of target, but i wanted something a bit more beachy/luau/Hawaiian/surfer chick-ish. If you can't tell, i'm not sure exactly what her room is but i'm figuring it out. Any ideas would be welcome.Here's some pictures of random things in her room. Yikes. I just threw the flowers in there. It's not totally finished, but you get the idea.

Another thing that i'm really excited about is refinishing Larry's mom's old picnic table. She has had it for a long time and when she heard that i wanted seating for my backyard she said i could have it. It needs a lot of work, but i'm excited for the end result. It's sitting on the cement slab that our "shed" used to be on. We knocked it down finally. This is a picture from my kitchen window so you can kinda see where things are situated. This is a before and this is it in the process of being "after".

A project that Larry did was put a sprinkling system in the backyard. He did this all while i was in cali as a surprise and was going to put sod down, but the sod hasn't quite worked out yet. Soon, though, and i'm so excited to have a backyard!! So here's a before and when we finish it i'll put up an "after" pic. I'm so stinkin excited!

California Trip

2010-06-07T18:07:00.010-06:00

So, like i said. I went to California. Sunny Cali, except that it rained most of the time i was there. It's alright, though. I still got to see family and friends. It was a good trip. While we were there we went to the Jelly Belly factory. It was pretty fun taking the tour. We went with Anna's girls, Marie, her kids, her niece, Lynda(Marie's mom), Keiran(i'm not sure how to spell his name), Laura's youngest, and me, my mom and Reagan of course. We were all told that we had to wear hats during the tour so even Reagan got a hat. She did such a good job. This is Keiran wearing Larry's sunglasses on the way to the Jelly Belly Factory.Reagan talking while waiting for the tour to start. The kids were in a photo booth while waiting for the tour. Apparently Ronald Reagan quit smoking with the help of these jelly beans. He had them in all of his meetings. so, the picture behind us is all made out of jelly bellies.

Outside of the factory. My was it windy.

Laura's kids were over so we went outside to play and fly kites since it was windy windy!. It was a lot of fun.

Jennifer (my friend who's withering away) and her mom came over for dinner while we were there. Reagan wasn't very happy, but it was a lot of fun seeing them.

OH! I almost forgot. While we were there we found out that Jane is allergic to cats! I don't think she wants to rub her face in their fur anytime soon.

I wish Nevada wasn't in the way cause it would be a lot easier(and cheaper) to come home more often. It was a lot of fun and a good trip.

I DID IT!!!

2010-06-01T18:11:00.003-06:00

I know it might not sound like a big achievement, but to me it is. I got back from California on Saturday (which i'll post about later) and we set up the crib that my sister Anna gave us. Well, to get to the point... Reagan slept in her crib - in her own room - WITHOUT ME!!!! It was pretty crazy, but larry and i decided we might as well just rip the band aid off and do it while we had the courage. The video monitor helps a lot so i don't have to get up and check on her. i just open my eyes and look at the little TV. i love technology. So, yay for me and yay for Reagan.

Go figure

2010-05-19T15:03:00.003-06:00

So, right when i am getting sleep in the night Reagan decides to start growing some teeth. She's so selfish!!! I'm kidding. I feel bad for her. She's a lot more fussy and she doesn't just fall asleep on her own now. I know. I'm spoiled. Well tomorrow Marie and i are driving to california with the kids. Yikes. This will be interesting. I'm curious to see how Reagan will do. I wasn't worried about it a week ago, but now that she's teething i'm a bit nervous. Wish us luck.
Speaking of California...YAY!! I'm so stinkin excited!!! I'll be there from Thursday the 20th to Saturday the 29th!! That's the longest i've stayed for quite some time. It'll be loads of fun and i'm excited to see my family. Yee-haw!
When i get back i'll have to post pictures and try and update my blog. We got a new car so i'll put pictures of it up soon.

wonder of wonders - miricles of miricles

2010-05-10T12:53:00.002-06:00

WHAT!!!?? WHAT TIME IS IT??? That's right. It was 7:15am before i woke up this morning!! A few days ago Reagan slept through the whole night, but it was a fluke. She ended up sleeping pretty much the whole day. Probably a growth spurt. When i woke up i panicked and had to check if she was breathing. She was. No worries. Well, yesterday she slept until 6:30 and today 7:15!! It's amazing and i hope it continues. What a great day!

Why did the turkey cross the road?

2010-05-07T09:43:00.003-06:00

What a helper

2010-04-20T23:01:00.004-06:00

Today I washed my car!!!! I was doing laundry and when Reagan fell asleep i decided it was a good time to do some of my outside chores. So, i washed the car and cleaned it out! i was so close to being done when Reagan woke up. She's such a good baby and helped me finish cleaning the windows. Well, i guess she pretty much just watched, but that helped me out.

Ha Ha Ha! I must have said something really funny.

Watch and learn, Reagan.

It was a bit windy and she doesn't look like such a fan here.

I know what your thinking. She is a little chub, but since she can't speak for herself I'll do it for her. It wasn't very nice of me to squish her in the seat and take a picture when her rolls are showing. Her chubby wrists? Well, i know they're not squished but...well, ... ok. She's chubby.

Hair

2010-04-20T08:12:00.006-06:00

So i was watching Oprah a few weeks back and the cast of Glee was on. I haven't seen the show so i watched her show to see what it was about. There was a guy on the show who had dark hair and a buzzed head. Larry, who had been talking about shaving his head, saw him when he came home from work and decided he wanted a hair cut like that. Well, the only thing was is that the guy had black hair. To make a long story short we ended up going to marie's house and she dyed both of our hair dark brown. Larry's turned out pretty dark at first but has now lightened up. I don't have a picture of it buzzed so I'll have to post that soon. But here are pictures with his really long hair.

She had to color his eye brows too. He's eating some bread. Yumm..

Here's his tough man/why are you taking my picture pose. He eventually shaved his red beard and that looked a lot more normal.

2 month check up

2010-04-20T08:07:00.002-06:00

So i took Reagan in for her 2 month check up. I was supposed to get her some immunizations, but she has been sick - AGAIN - so i told them to pass on it. Well, seeing as she was born 6lb 7oz and realizing she had gained some weight i thought she would be around 9lbs. Well, i was wrong. She was 12lbs 3oz and 23inches long!!! Holy cow. I asked the nurse if that was a normal weight gain and she just looked at me, kinda smiled, and then told me to adjust her so we could get her height. What does that mean??? So when the doctor came in he said, "well...you have a healthy child." He said that she's taller than 80% of the girls her age and heavier than 85%!! At least we know she's not starving. Geesh.

Time for bed

2010-04-06T23:32:00.003-06:00

So, Reagan has started to smile. She's so cute. Her smiles are getting bigger and bigger and not just when she's pooping!! Of course i couldn't get a picture of the huge smiles she was giving me just moments before, but i got some little ones. This is right before she went to bed. What a good kid! (k, so i just looked at the video and she's looking a bit...fat. She's chubby, but to give her some credit she's not THAT fat. Also, she has blue eyes. not hollowed out black ones. It was dark in the room. Sorry.)

It's a mom picture!! Just kidding, mom. I love you.

Hungry??

2010-04-06T22:39:00.002-06:00

That's all i can stands and i can't stands no more!

2010-04-06T22:34:00.002-06:00

I'm tired of sickness in this house!!!!!

Ok, so i shouldn't be complaining as i don't think Reagan is really sick, but I sure got sick with the flu this last weekend. Happy Easter. It was miserable and I don't wish to repeat it. Larry is feeling not too shabby so I'm also grateful for that. But really. How do you take care of a baby when it's 3am she's crying because she's hungry and you're puking your guts out in and all over the bathroom. (Sorry. too much info. But really, I'm sorry for Larry who had to clean it up. Yuck!) Well, today I'm feeling much better, so Yee-Haw.

1 Month old

2010-03-13T12:17:00.005-07:00

Yesterday Reagan turned 1 month!!! Well i'm happy to announce that Reagan is doing so much better. She still gets a bit stuffy but besides that she's doing great. Her appetite has increased dramatically and the past few nights she's made it, on occasion, to 3 hours of sleep before eating!!!! Happy day for me! She's a great baby and we sure love having her in our family.

It's fun to see her little personality and little quirks come out. When she lays down she likes to take her hand and play with the hair on the back of her head. Also, she HATES to be bundled with her hands under the blanket. At about a week old we figured out that if we tucked her arms in, she'd work all night just to get them out and wouldn't sleep well. She also has a very strong neck and likes to use it to look around . She's so much fun. It's fun seeing her grow, but already, it's sad to see her getting bigger.

Yesterday larry and i went on our first date. We went and saw Percy Jackson - the lightning thief. It was pretty cute. But by the time the movie was over i was rushing to the car to go pick up my daughter from Beckie's. It was nice having her home.

Well, here are some more recent pictures. What a cute kid.

She's holding the bottle by herself!Playing with her hair, as usual. Hopefully she doesn't go bald.You can't see it in the picture, but it's snowing really hard. Crazy weather.

2 weeks and what a welcome we've given her!

2010-02-28T17:35:00.002-07:00

My heart hearts.

I love my daughter and i can't believe she's already two weeks old. She had jaundice when she was born and didn't seem to feel all that well. We went and got her checked at her one week appointment and she seemed to be doing well. (she had also gained almost a pound in a week - 7lbs 4oz!! - the doctor couldn't believe it and said i should sell my breast milk on e-bay to those whose babies had problems gaining weight. it was pretty funny. He actually made us weigh her twice. Anyway -) Well, Larry had been coming down with a cold so we made the rule that he couldn't hold her or anything and if he had to he had to wash his hands. We also sprayed disinfectant on furniture and everything he touched...i had thought. Despite our efforts Reagan got sick. Tuesday night she seemed a bit off and had a hard time falling asleep. By Wednesday afternoon after letting her sleep to her hearts desire, she had started to develop a cough so i called the doctors and got her an appointment for Thursday morning. By Thursday morning she had a bit of a harder time breathing so they decided to test her for RSV, which came back positive. Sad day and scary day. She's so young and it's scary to see her sick and struggling to breathe. We've gone to the hospital everyday since to check her because the doctors are worried because she's so young. Well after a few sleepless nights, the doctor said yesterday that she's probably hit her peak and that she shouldn't get any worse. She's been such a trooper and we sure love her a lot. Please keep her in your prayers.

Next time Larry get's sick, he's moving out.

Reagan Elizabeth Thorpe

2010-02-22T17:01:00.006-07:00

Last Friday at around 6:00am i started feeling a bit crampy. So, after feeling that for about a 1/2hour I woke up Larry and told him that I thought i might be having contractions. So, around 6:30am i started timing them. They started off pretty mild about 10 minutes apart. That lasted a couple hours and i told Larry to go to work because i thought it was false labor. Sometimes the contractions went to 15 minutes apart and other times 8 minutes apart. Well, i figured out after about another hour that this was more consistent then I had thought. They went to about 8 minutes apart. Soon after that it was 5 minutes apart and by 10:30 they were about 2-3 minutes apart. My doctor told me to come in when the contractions were 3-5 minutes apart so i decided to call Larry and tell him that i needed to go the hospital. I took a bath thinking it would ease these contractions that had grown steadily more painful, but it turns out that after vomiting(i know- probably a bit too much info) a bit in the tub and having the contractions increase in pain and closeness, i got out. I was talking to my mom while i was waiting for Larry to come home and by then they were about 1-2 minutes apart and some of them not having a break in between them. OUCH! Larry finally got home, we went to the hospital. As we were pulling up, the Fisher family from our ward was just leaving the hospital. I was in the middle of a contraction and pretty much blew them off as they were talking to me. I feel kinda bad now, but at the time talking was not in the schedule. So, we get in a room at the hospital, my Doctor comes in a little bit later and tells me i'm only dilated to a one!! WHAT!! A ONE!! - that's what i felt like screaming. So she goes on to say that she's just had the night shift, was going home(thank goodness) and that i'd get a different dr. Then she said they'd probably send me home cause labor can last up to 24 hours and i wasn't progressed enough. She wasn't all too nice when she said it either. Well, luckily i did progress after about an hour and 1/2 to a 4 so they didn't send me home. Dr. Verad came in - who was absolutely wonderful and who we'd been praying to get - and was so sweet. I had smeared make up on my face which he kindly cleaned up with a wet towel and he just talked to me. After being in pain for a bit, and worried that my labor was going to last 24 hours i decided to get an epidural. There were many pros and cons to it but it all worked out alright in the end. The doctor was very sweet and sat down and talked to me, reassuring me that even though my plans to go natural didn't work out that everything was going to be ok. What a great guy. I was in labor for a bit longer when finally at 8:45pm I pushed her out and got to pull/deliver her myself. I also got to cut the umbilical cord which was way cool. It was a good experience and i'm so glad that we had the Dr we had. It was also so nice to have Marie there to help out and of course Larry who did a great job in supporting me and has done a great job with our daughter. I couldn't ask for a better husband.

So, here are some pictures of our cute daughter. She's starting to look more like a baby rather then such a squished new born. Cute either way, though.

Dr Verad, my legs and Larry's back getting ready to push.
In the hospital. 6lbs 7 oz and 20 inches long.
She still gives her dad this look. Heavens! What will she do when she's older?!
Emily came over on Thursday (Feb 18th) and took pictures.
She's a bit hungry - trying to eat the floor. Her umbilical cord fell off the next day.

A bit of a size difference. Here's Danica (Emily's daughter) and Reagan who just got smacked in the head because Danica loved her a little too much. It was pretty funny.
She had a bit too much to drink....

so we put her down for a nap.

I clipped her nails!!!

Here's Reagan at 10 days old - Today. She's growing and changing so fast.

Another Update

2010-02-10T10:04:00.007-07:00

So a bit of an update.

I've had wonderful support from those around me - from family and friends. In California, the day after Christmas, my sister Anna had an open house shower at her home. My sister's emily and Marie threw me a baby shower and also my mother in law and sister's in law threw me one here in Tooele. It has been such a help as we didn't really have anything. Well, here are some pictures from the shower in Tooele. Lot's of friends from the ward! I'll get some pictures up from the other ones soon.

On sunday Larry and i went over to Beckie's to watch the super bowl. Well, let's be honest. It was really just to eat all the good food and not so much for the game. The food was delicious. Larry's parents came over as well as Nikki and her family and Austin and Dallin(Kelly's kids). It was a lot of fun and it was nice to get together with all of them.

Also, I had my weekly appointment this last thursday and Dr. Anders checked me. She said

that i was dilated to a 1. A one!!!! my goodness. I'm afraid i won't ever go into labor. I'm in the middle of my 39th week and so i'm a bit worried that i'm going to have to be induced. Yikes. Well, i have my next appointment tomorrow so we'll see then.

Baby Shower

2010-01-31T16:13:00.002-07:00

I just got back from my other family baby shower. My sister Emily and Marie threw it and it was wondeful. I have already packed my camera in my hospital bag so i don't have pictures, but when i get some from family and friends who were smart enough to bring their's, i'll post some pics. It turned out way cute and it was so nice seeing faces that i haven't seen for a while. Thanks to all who came, the gifts that were given, and to my sisters for making it so wonderful. Thanks!!!

Shiny lips

2010-01-20T12:49:00.003-07:00

Well, I'm officially done with my job at the school. I'm still teaching piano, but it feels so weird not to be at work when i usually would. It's good, though, because i don't think my body could take much more of work at school. Crazy to think the next step now is having the baby. I hope I'm ready for it cause i don't have much of a choice. I've been a bit nervous about going natural because i haven't done all the exercises i should have and so I'm worried about my capabilities in giving birth and lasting. Well, my doctor didn't help much when i came in for my appointment after i got home from my trip to California. They had me do the usual of pee in a cup and get my weight and i had noticed that i had gained quite a bit of weight from the last appointment. So, i wait and wait and WAIT in the room for the doctor and the first thing she says as she comes to sit down is, "hmm...41lbs, huh? You might want to watch that." She continued to go on about how i should cut back on sweets, butter, sour cream or anything that makes my lips shiny. (Larry gets a kick out of that one and reminds me of it often). So I'm a bit fat. That's alright. I really think i had 10lbs of pee in me that day so it really didn't count. Ha. It made me laugh a bit.

2 weeks left...technically

2009-12-17T16:12:00.002-07:00

So today was our last day of school with the kids. Tomorrow's is the teacher's and para's. My last day of work is going to be the 15th of January which really is only 2 weeks when we all get back from Christmas break. Crazy to think about, but i'm pretty excited for a new adventure. I'm taking off earlier because I can't really do all the things my job requires - like lifting kids that can't walk or running after "runners". So, i'll have a bit of time to do things. So, any ideas? Crafts? New hobbies? Let me know what y'all think.

ok. Now to clear up the Pine Canyon thing. If you send me a letter with a city addressed to Pine Canyon, Tooele, or Lincoln I'll receive it. Pine canyon is like Lujan to Elk Grove. Or better yet - Elk Grove to where the Janssons live. It's pretty much the same place, but a bit more out there and rural. Pine Canyon is a bit separated from the subdivisions as we're at the base of the mountain. It was one of the first places established around here and it's name has changed a bit from what i understand. Because it's an older place there tends to be older people around and they live a bit of a simpler and down to earth life. Thus cooking with deer meat and all. My neighbor just slaughtered one of her cows and so i think i'm gonna get some of her meat. All natural (said like off of Wedding Planner). It's a lot of good fun.

2009-12-11T16:02:00.002-07:00

So too much has happened in the last 2 months for me to try and update at the moment. So, I'll try and get back to the computer soon.
Larry and I went back last month for my regular checkup and our doctor kindly did a free quick ultra sound to check the baby's sex again. So, it's definitely, maybe a girl. I'll try and get the pictures on here. She's pretty sure it's a girl, and the other ultrasound tech said she's pretty sure. So, we're taking both those "pretty sure"s and combining it to make a positive. Her name is Reagan Elizabeth Thorpe. I'm getting nervous as the time draws closer because i totally don't feel prepared at all, but it'll be all good, right???
So on a different note - i am officially a resident of Pine Canyon Utah. Last night for dinner i made spaghetti! I know, "Why does that make you a resident of PC?" you ask. Well, I've made spaghetti many times but this time i made it with DEER MEAT! One of Larry's friend gave us some deer meat from this last hunt. I'm grateful for the meat despite my newness to it. It tasted a bit different, but not too bad.
Well I'll try to update soon. It's time to get ready for our ward Christmas party -where 3 of my piano students are performing.

We're having a...

2009-10-04T17:02:00.002-06:00

Well, who knows really. But it seems like we're having a very modest girl. She had her legs closed the whole time during the ultrasound Thursday Sept 24th. Hopefully that's a bit of a premonition to how she'll be when she's older. Keep it up Regan...or maybe different spelling. We're decided on the name but not quite sure on the spelling or middle name. We have time, though, right? Suggestions on either are welcome, though. So, here's our daughter's first picture. Hopefully you can see something in it. Good luck.

2009-09-13T15:19:00.006-06:00

So i know it's not quite fall yet, but with todays weather i can't help getting excited for it. It's overcast and sprinkiling here and there and i love it!!! I'm ready for the wonderful holiday season coming up.

So, this last weekend Larry and I went up to Beckie's(his sister) in-law's cabin up past park city in a town called Kamas . It was absolutely beautiful! We went up in the Uintas and went to Mirror lake and walked around it. It was so nice to get out and smell fresh air. I was feeling a bit sick that day so if in the pictures i look off- that's why. We had a great time and enjoyed being away from the craziness of life.

Also!! This month, on the 24th, we finally get our ultrasound. I feel like i've been pregnant forever with no changes. Finally there'll be something new and i can start planning a bit more for the baby.

update on previous comments...

2009-08-31T21:25:00.000-06:00

Ha! well, as for the oquirrh HILL - that's where i work: Oquirrh Hill Preschool. I didn't even notice it. Woops. And about the font, i was in the middle of making the rest of the changes and the computer froze and i had to shut it down. So, hopefully ya'll will be able to read it and re-read it as much as you want. Oh, and i don't have a picture yet, but i'll get one soon.

This past week...or more

2009-08-29T11:20:00.004-06:00

So, for all those sitting on the edge of there seats in anticipation...I cut my hair. Last Saturday I went to Ogden to see Whitney (the chick that cuts my hair) and visit with Sister Tana Hall. I can't remember her real last name now. whoops. My hair doesn't quite look like how i wanted it, but it works and only takes me a minute to do. Quite nice.

Also that last Saturday Larry finished putting in our new sprinkler system in the front yard. It's really nice and makes it easy to water our lawn. I'm excited to landscape someday. Next we're going to put in sprinklers in the backyard so we can plant some sod. Eventually we want to be able to use our backyard and have our children play on grass - rather than horrible weeds that i won't even go out in. I don't know how i did it when i was younger. I remember going out with my sisters BAREFOOT and playing in our backyard full of weeds. I guess i was a lot tougher then. ~ But, Larry did a great job digging the trenches by hand, pulling out more tree root and laying it all down.

Last Sunday we didn't have church meetings because instead they had a temple dedication broadcast for the Oquirrh Hill temple. So, after the first session Larry, his parents and i went to some old mining towns and were able to see the old mine shafts. On the way there I saw my first Mormon Cricket. Quite a nasty big bugger.In Eureka we saw one of Porter Rockwell's homes that had been relocated there. But i guess he had quite a bit of homes that he would travel to in the area. It was lots of fun until on the way home i got really sick. I almost made it home but instead in front of our local golf course we had to pull over so i could...well, get rid of my food. I bet the golfers all thought that was really fun to watch. Oh well.

I NEED HELP!

2009-08-13T13:20:00.003-06:00

I don't have the energy to do my unmanagble hair anymore. They say that the second trimester is better than the first, but all i know is that for the past 3 months i haven't wanted to do my hair. Possibly because it's not a good cut. So, i have an appointment to get my hair cut. Short, long, i don't care. I just need something i can take care of. I can't find any pictures with me when i chopped my hair off last time, but it was easy to do some i'm considering it again. So, here's where you come in. What kind of hair style should i get??? Please help. Here's a pic of how i got it cut last time (the brown one), and then there's even a shorter version as an option. Hmm...maybe too short. Anyway, let me know what you think.

Oh my crazy dreams

2009-08-05T11:07:00.005-06:00

So, since I've been pregnant i've had some weird dreams. It seems more difficult to sleep and when i do i dream of the most random stuff. So last night i had a dream that i was over at grandma seavers house (which really wasn't her house by the way) and all the family was there. Dad and i were talking about the commercialism of Christmas in the car on the way there while looking at all the decorations. Well, we get there and at first it's just dad, grandma and i but then soon enough all the family shows up. I've realized that i've done most of the christmas shopping but haven't completed it and haven't even wrapped all the gifts as mom was bringing them out. STRESSFUL!!! Then i realized i hadn't even gotten larry a present yet. I got mom a wallace and gromit calendar which brent thought was his, got brent something retarded (which i can't remember), and didn't even get my husband anything. my goodness i was stressed. Well, soon enough i started to listen to the music in the backround and it was "Good Kind Wenceslas" and i got so home sick. I was at home, but at the same time i just had the yearning to be home for christmas. In the process of trying to wake up, still feeling stressed about getting my christmas shopping done, I started looking at my calendar trying to figure out when i could come home for christmas. My goodness. I think I need more sleep.
So, now that I'm in the Christmas mood and I have been having a Disneyland craving so bad i can't stand it, I thought I'd change my music to some fun mix of festive music. Enjoy.
Oh, and emily, this is for you. Hopefully by Christmas I can learn the dance!

Danica Shay Pearson

2009-08-03T13:44:00.004-06:00

While i was at the Derby Saturday night my ma called me to let me know that emily was at the hospital in labor! She had a beautiful baby girl on Sunday morning at 12:30am and all was successful. She was 6lb7oz and 19" long(if i'm wrong on that info, em, let me know!). Larry and I went down to Spanish Fork sunday morning and after church was over Marie, Brent, Larry and I went to visit her in a hospital in Orem. She had quite the nice set up. She had a huge room all to herself with nice chairs and a convertable couch bed for Tyler. It was really quiet. I didn't even see one other patient there. Crazy. She looks wonderful and her baby is so tiny and cute. Tyler is going to be a great dad. He's already changing diapers and seems to have things down.

Fun filled day

2009-08-03T12:08:00.008-06:00

On Saturday Larry and I had a great day. About 5 minutes away or so is a canyon (which name has slipped my mind) that we went up and had lunch. We parked the car and then went walking a bit and it was so beautiful. I'm so lucky to live close to such beautiful things. It was really nice.

Later that evening we went to Tooele County's demolition derby - MY FIRST! It was so much fun! *Notice in the second picture there is a "really cool, hot" chick on the back of a tow truck! How cool white trash is that!*

After all the rounds they had a VW bug made up to look like a brain brought out. It was sponserd by the "Most Don't" campaign all about not drinking alchohol. So, then they brought out some cars - Vadca, Whiskey, Rum, ect... So, i hope you learn by this lesson not to drink alchohol cause this is what will happen to your brain.

Besides getting really sick towards the end because i didn't eat soon enough, I had a wonderful day!

Update

2009-07-29T13:18:00.010-06:00

This is going to have to be a seriously quick update on a lot of stuff seeing as i haven't posted anything for quite a while AND life actually has gone on with me and Larry. So...here I go.

Well first off, I'M PREGNANT!! It's really true. Yesterday I had a dr's appointment for the first time since i've been pregnant and Larry and I got to hear the heart beat. Oh my heavens. It was so crazy. They were going to do an ultra sound but since larry and i are paying out of pocket we asked if she could just do the sonogram. No prob. So she starts off saying that there's a 50/50 chance that we will hear the heart beat. After what seemed like a decade of looking, she found MY heart beat. So, no worries folks. I am alive. Then after searching for a few more seconds, i heard it. This much faster fluttery, wave sound that was my child. Crazy. I've known i've been prego for quite some time but hearing the heartbeat made it real. What a cool thing to experience and I'm glad Larry was there with me to share in that experience. So, aside from being sick most of the time and not eating or doing much because of it, i am happy. I'm so happy to be apart of this wonderful experience and miracle.

Now, going back... A couple of weeks ago Larry's family got together to play softball for FHE. I wish i was feeling better so i could have played, but it was fun watching them all have fun despite the injuries that were attained.

July 4th was a lot of fun. We had Brent, Marie and kids over to play along with some of Larry's family. We did a BBQ, played Rockband, and lit some of Brent's fireworks and some of the fireworks that Beckie's family brought over. It was good spending time with the family.

Before all of this, in May i went home to CA to visit family, witness Kalla's baptism (whom i'm so proud of!!), go to emily's baby shower and go to my cousin Katie's wedding. I also got to go to my rockin uncle and aunt's house, Brad and April, and visit with my grandma (and see his backyard. so cool!) . Twas lots of fun seeing everyone.

Before all of that Larry changed our broken sink faucet and a bit later we painted our bathroom. I'll have to take pictures of that some time.

Life is good. I'll do better about updating the blog more oft.

Oops. It's been a while.

2009-04-18T11:52:00.003-06:00

So, not much has happened in the past little bit, but at the same time, much has. Most recently has been our garden. Larry and his brother in law Andy started to build our Jurassic Park style garden fence yesterday. It has to be huge to keep out all the critters. I'm so excited to have it finished and start planting in it. It'll be so nice to have a garden of my own. (More pictures to come!)

My parents came down...or...over to visit during Spring Break and it was so much fun having them here. I don't have the pictures but when i get them i shall post them. We went 4 wheeling, shot shotguns( mom actually shot a shot gun at some pigeons. it was awesome!), and we just hung out. It was nice having them here. This is the only picture i have and it's of Jordan shoving grapes in his mouth.

The next thing that has changed is we got a new fridge. Well, not NEW, but new to us and in really good shape. The original plan was to get a freezer so that we can store extra food when it goes on sale. Well, we found a fridge for around the same price as a freezer so we opted for that so we could have a water dispenser - filtered water. it's been really nice.

That's about all that's been going on in life. We've been trying to get our food storage where it's supposed to be and working on a garden. Life is good.

"You have lifted me up. You have lifted, you are"....huh?

2009-03-26T17:11:00.007-06:00

This is a shout out for all those from the Class of '94 - Feickert Elementary Alumni. Just remember when your part comes up to sing the descant!

So last night it Larry took me to see, as he called it, a river. There is this street that he was telling me flooded really bad everytime Tooele got a bit of rain. Well, i was kinda giving Larry a hard time because when we got there, there was only a bit of a puddle in the middle of the street. So, i started singing this song. Funny thing is that I was actually dressed the same way as this lady is! Good memories. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaHaqZJ0a4 Also, if you look hard you might be able to see Laura back in the day.

Too much hassle

2009-03-21T21:37:00.005-06:00

So interest rates have gone down and since Larry and i haven't even owned our house for a year we've decided to refinance to make our monthly payment go down. That's all great, but because we're doing an FHA loan they're more picky than normal about the house's appearance. Moral of the story is that all was well except that we needed to paint some spots on our eves on one side of our house. Larry and I started but Chance (Larry's nephew) came over to hang out with Larry thinking it would be a night of fun, but we quickly put him to work climbing this rickety and unstable ladder. Poor kid. It might not look that high in the pics, but I assure you, it is.

I tried to catch the squeels coming from them, but they figured out i was recording. So instead i got them acting "cool". Oh, and by the way, we're not always talking about drugs. Larry thought I looked like i was the type of kid who smoked pot in high school because of my glasses i wore on the mission. Thus the comment.

I love to see the temple!

2009-03-21T20:50:00.004-06:00

Larry and I have decided that our once a month temple attendance was pretty rediculous seeing as we only live about a half hour from the temple. So, we've decided to go every week on Fridays and it has been so great! Last Friday was absolutely amazing!!!! We went to do a sealing assignment for our ward and we had the most amazing sealer. This man was wonderful. He started off normal but then after the first couple of sealings he said, "if there are any questions, please feel free to ask". Well we did, and we were taught for the next hour our so. It was so so so neat. He was a mission president in Philadelphia and said that I reminded him of one of the sisters from the mission. He talked to Larry and I a lot and just like a mission president, when he would ask a question he kept looking to "his missionaries". Well, probably to Larry because Larry knew all the answers. It was a wonderful experience though.

After we left the sealing room Larry, I and his parents decided to go to the celestial room to sit, enjoy the Spirit of the temple, and discuss some of the things we'd learned. The sealer came in and said, "I'm not supposed to give tours, but I'd like to show you around." It was so cool! He showed us where the Holy of Holy's was, a lot of history and a couple sealing rooms i didn't know existed. I'm so grateful to that man for taking the time to talk and teach us. I'm so excited to keep going to the temple and learning lots and lots more. What a wonderful place!

Here are some pictures of when we went with Larry's parents. The pics are kinda blurry. Sorry.

Larry and I went with Beckie and Chance Boekweg along with a friend of Chances, that Saturday. This is us in the visitors center.

Remember this?

2009-02-27T14:11:00.004-07:00

I was showing larry who abba was because he thought the band, "the A Teens" wrote the song Dancing Queen. Then i did a random search and found what i was looking for. It sure makes me feel super old, but brings back good memories.<

I love this

2009-02-21T13:12:00.001-07:00

Ok. So I know a lot of people have probably already seen it, but I thought I'd put it up for those who haven't seen it already. I sure love it and I think it's one of my favorites. Enjoy.
http://www.reflectionsmg.com/reflections-of-christ-videos.php

The latest fun

2009-01-31T14:27:00.004-07:00

One of Larry's counselors in the elders quorum works for a flooring company. he had some left over tile and so he said that we could have it. It was more than enough to do our bathroom and our laundry room. it's quite nice. He and larry installed it this last week and it looks so much nicer. Here are some before and after pics. Now, the carpet's done, tile in the bathroom and such, now all we have to do is the kitchen. Maybe in a few years or so.

For those that didn't get to see all my cool pics of our house that i sent out when we first moved in, this is when we first moved in and had to remove the nasty pee stink carpet. I told larry to smile and so he posed for me. He LOVES it when i take out the camera and take pictures of everything.

The sun will come out....ummm...tomorrow???

2009-01-31T13:55:00.002-07:00

It's cold. I'm constantly afraid for my life as I am walking to and from my car to my house/job. This was taken a few days ago as i was getting ready for work in the morning. I'm afraid that when i posted these pictures all the people i've been trying to convince to move to utah will for sure not come now. but, i thought i'd put them up anyway because it's crazy cold and just keep telling yall that tooele IS great and you really should move here!

2009-01-21T20:05:00.007-07:00

Most of you know what's going on in my life. I'm married. Larry and I bought a house in Pine Canyon (aka Tooele, Utah) and it's a wonderful place. Quite a different pace from California, that's for sure, but it's great. The first time Larry took me to see our house i saw a goat tied up in someones front yard and some folks walking their lambs. Huh? It's been a lot of fun, though, finding cows grazing on our front lawn and deer in our backyard. It's a pretty place and I have grown to love it in such a small amount of time.

The latest fun has been my piano. Most of you know that I purchased it from the DI for a good price and found that there had been mice living in it. A huge clean up later I got it tuned and started teaching from home. Lately my students have been complaining about one of my keys sticking. So I decided to take apart my piano once again to see what was going on. Sure enough I found another surprise. Well, half of a surprise. One of the mice left it's arm in between my high C. Nasty.

I finally did it!

2009-01-21T19:16:00.002-07:00

Oh my heavens, I finally did it. I've joined the bloggers clan. I figured it would be a lot easier than sending emails out to everyone with random bits of information and stories. Now everyone else has to check this out if they're at all interested. There's really not much to write about seeing as Larry and I don't have any kids and our dog that we bought, we sold, and our only other family member we had died a few days ago. Poor fish. Despite all of that, I'll try and make this as interesting as possible.

Wish me luck!