2011 Flashback

2011 has been a great year of changes and excitement.
Here is a little flashback of what went on
January- The year started out rough with the passing of my Grandpa Ron then Madi and I paid a visit to all our wonderful family out in Arizona, Joe started the school semester
February- Not much happened I guess lol I can't remember.
March- Joe turned 26
April- Joe and I had our 4 year anniversary and Madi turned 2.
May- Joe and I moved to the apartments we are in now
June- We visited our best friends out in Chicago
July- I turned 26 and we found out we were going to have another baby
August- Started and stopped potty training Madi, Joe started school again
September- Went to Joe's uncle in Eminence, MO and had a float trip
October- Started to potty train Madi with success this time! Found out we are having a boy this time around
November- Had our first Thanksgiving at our place
December- Joe finished up the semester ate lots of good food and celebrated the holidays Uncle Cole and Grandma and Grandpa Rich came to visit.

2012 I can tell had a lot of great things to offer us and I am ready for it especially in March when we welcome our baby boy to our family. Happy New year everyone I hope it will be great!

Christmas 2011

Christmas Cookies

Our cute little Christmas tree

Future hair dresser at work

Grandmas house checking out the presents

Madi and her Grandma Crosby

Joe passing out presents

Zac, Grandpa Rich, Steven and Sarah

Santa gifts

She got RIO liked she asked for from Santa (We have watched it now 4 times lol)

Christmas dinner we set up my Mom's fine China we really only get it out once or twice a year!

Christmas this year was great! We had my Grandma and Grandpa Rich and my Uncle Cole come in town. We only get to see them about once or twice a year which is just not enough. We ate tons of good food visited played games (scrabble mostly). Ate some more LOL. Watched RIO entirely too many times. It was great. Since I can remember we have always spent Christmas Eve with my Grandma (my mom's mom) and Grandpa Rich and then Christmas with my Grandpa Ron (my Mom's dad). This year in January my Grandpa Ron passed away and unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the funeral. So this year at Christmas it really hit me that he wasn't here anymore. I guess it became a reality. RIP Grandpa Ron you are missed. I will miss your jokes and your giving us Cashews every year for Christmas and McDonald's gift certificates.

I am very excited as to what this new year has to bring for me and my little family. I am getting super excited/nervous to have this baby boy join our family. I am almost 30 weeks along only 10 more to go its going to fly by. Bring it on 2012 I am ready for whatever you have to offer me. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and will have a great New year!

Let play dress up!

Twirling in our pretty dresses

Posing for a pic

And they all fall down

Ring around the rosie

These cute bunch of girls sure have fun together when they quit stealing toys from each other and bossing each other around. You got to love 2 year olds! It will be fun when they are old enough to have sleepovers some day.

Hair Schedule and Availabilty between now till I have the baby.

Here is my schedule and availability to do hair from now up until the baby comes make your appointments now if you would like especially if you are wanting to get in before Christmas and again before I take some time off with the baby. Granted these may change if I am put on bed rest for any reason. Hope this helps you all to get your hair done before the holidays and before I am on Maternity leave.

11/21 Mon- 3pm or later
11/26 Sat- A-ll day

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1/21 Sat- All Day

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(last 2 days before maternity leave)
2/27 Mon- 3pm or later
2/28 Tues- 4pm or later

Halloween 2011

This year we spent Halloween with my parents here is all the cousins together

Here was our crew Left to right: Enzo, Micah, Madi, Devon, and Paige

My beautiful Cinderella

Also I threw in a baby belly pic I am now 21 weeks and we are having a BOY!

Spooktacular

This year we took Madi to Spooktacular it is an event that they have at the zoo here in Springfield every year. I remember going when I was little. We had lots of fun and went with Madi's cousins and Uncle Mark. Pretty much most of the animals are put away and it just lots of decorations and candy being passed out. Madi loved it. It wasn't too cold as well.

Meet the Browns Most of them act like Bam bam instead of Pebbles Lol

Left to Right: Arielle, Madi, Me, Seth, Marcus, Izzy, and Noah

All night she said Momma I am a pretty pretty princess!

Family pic pretty much the only one we have of all three of us in the last 6 months!

14 weeks pregnant, potty training and Kidney stones

Well I had my doctors appointment on Wednesday and the baby is doing great got to hear the heartbeat which is always an amazing comforting thing to know that little one is thriving. We have our Ultrasound date set for October 12th and we are so excited to find out what we are having. If you know me well enough you know I am a planner and already feel like I should have everything ready and set up for the baby. I haven't posted a baby bump picture mostly because I am not really showing yet. I didn't really start showing until about 20 or so weeks with Madi, Not sure Madi has fully grasped the fact that we are going to be having a baby yet . When we ask her if she wants a sister or a brother she ALWAYS says sister!
Madi is doing well she is definitely a 2 year old and very stubborn like her parents. She is a very independent kid which isn't necessarily a bad thing just sometimes frustrating. She now has all 20 of her teeth she finally cut her 2 year old molars on the top! We at the end of week 2 of potty training and she is doing well for the most part lately most of her accidents are #2's. Hopefully she will be fully potty trained by Christmas! She is such a little Mommy she puts her baby dolls in time outs and down for naps and feeds them. She will such a great helper when this next little one comes along.
Okay so about the part of the title that says kidney stones... All this week I have had random pains in my back. I thought maybe I had a UTI but doc said nope. Well last night just all of the sudden at about 7:30 I was in so much pain it just got worse and worse and I was doubled over in pain and crying. So I called my doctor and they said to go into the ER. So we called my parents (by this time it is 8:30pm) and had them come over and be at the house while Madi was sleeping. Before we left my Dad and Joe gave me a blessing the second they laid their hands on my head I immediately felt relief I was still in pain but not excruciating pain. I love that I have worthy priesthood holders in my life. The Lord truly helped me get through the pain last night! So off we went to the ER. They took me back did my vitals, got a urine sample started an IV and took some blood and then sent us back to the waiting room until the results came in. At about 10pm they took us back to a room and had me change into those oh so stylish gowns. My urine test showed there was blood in my urine. They did some feeling around on my kidney and they were 99% sure I had a stone. Unfortunately with being pregnant they couldn't confirm that because they couldn't do and xray or CT scan. gave me some morphine to take the edge off of the pain. Talked to my urologist and decided they were going to prescribe me some pain meds and send me home with a pee strainer and watch for a stone. So off we went to the Walgreens to get my pain meds and we got home about midnight. Shortly after we got home and my parents left I had to use the restroom had the little strainer thingy and there it was the evil little thing we like to call a kidney stone. So I passed it and am feeling much better. My kidney is still very sore and I am tired I will definitely be napping while Madi is today! Hopefully that will be my only other stone I ever have!