All Boys Till APRIL!!

Where I was 10 years ago!

2011-09-11T17:46:00.000-07:00

As I reflect on this day, my heart and prayers go out to those who will ever be affected by this truly humbling experience. As I hear the stories of those that were there, those that ran from the terror of the falling towers, and the families of those who lost loved ones, my heart sympathize in trying to understand one another's unhappiness or suffering, especially in this time of grief. As I stood there 10 years ago, in Prattville Alabama, I was froze with unbelief of the sight. Who would with all the evil in their hearts do such a selfish act. I recalled later that day opening up the scriptures to find answers, answers the that question WHY?
Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
There is no answer for why people do bad things.
We can only find hope.
Ether 12:4
4 Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God.
My prayers go out to all those that hope for a better world, yea when the Lord returns and brings the fold together.

2011-09-04T20:14:00.000-07:00

How did I ever forget to mention my football spirit!!

2011-09-04T18:15:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is a Zoo Trip, The boys are so excited! They want to see the Monkeys, Giraffes, and Elephants. Mommy and Daddy are looking forward to a fun time together.

Crazy Summer

2010-09-26T17:44:00.000-07:00

Conner 2010 Christmas

John-Davids 2010 Christmas

Atlanta Temple Open House

This is an old update... we have more pictures coming!!!

2010-06-18T09:27:00.000-07:00

Conners Bithday!

2010-06-17T18:56:00.001-07:00

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Happy Birthday CONNER!!!

2010-06-17T17:47:00.000-07:00

How Cute Is This???

2010-04-22T18:05:00.000-07:00

Easter!

2010-04-22T11:23:00.001-07:00

Right Now!!

2010-04-17T19:17:00.000-07:00

This is what is going on right now in the boys room. JD has done this before but it has never ended with both of the falling asleep. it is the sweetest thing! I love it!!

2010-04-11T18:34:00.000-07:00

Ok I am so frustrated I guess I don't know how to work the blog pictures!! I accidently deleted the first three pictures and now I can not get them to move back to where they belong. So the first two are from Spring Break .

This one is fun Snacks I made for Play Group. If you can't tell what it is.......... Its a snail.

We got invited to a 1 yr old Birthday party that was held at the Barn Yard. It was fun, I think John Davids favorite part was feeding the fish/ ducks! He really didn't want to touch anything except the bunny and he also really liked riding the horse!

Conner on the other hand wanted to eat the poor bunny!

Randomly placed picture. He likes the box.

These are our Cute easter outfits from Grandma & Grandpa North. I think they look so much older in the vests.

Funny ways conner sleeps!

Like Father like Son!

These are the Suits Grandma & Papa Loden got us!!! My little mobsters!!! I love it!!!

We went to Medevial Times on our Spring Break! It was alot of fun and now everything is a sword to John David.

We also got to see some of our cousins! Thanks for letting us crash at your house! I do have video of the leap frog place but you will have to wait for it!

JJ's sign to tell me he was cleaning up the kitchen!

These next three are backwards!

John David Found his own breakfast, too bad it didn't make it to the table!

These are fun snacks that I made for Play group.

Just a fun day at the park!!

John David Turns 2

2010-03-12T13:57:00.000-08:00

My baby is now 2 and here are some facts about him that I would like to remember.

*He learns a new word almost everyday.

*He makes sure I do not forget the baby.

*he calls Conner "nonner" and "baby"

*if you ask him which one he wants he will point at both and talk and then you just have to say this one? and if he says ok that is the one he wants.

* everything is YELLOW

* he loves his cars

* when we watch a movie he needs a pillow (we have to watch movies on our bed. the DVD player in front room won't work)

*He knows how to sing twinkle twinkle little star.

*I asked him to sing to conner and he started sing (Pickle pickle pickle) it is a song JJ made up it changes everytime but the main thing is pickles.

*he knows what a Star is and can pick them out.

*He knows when colors don't match and will move them around until they do.

* he tells us to stop if he doesn't want us to sing

*He loves to hide!!

*He loves Trains Buses and big Trucks, He has to see the Garbage Truck when it comes. Can we say ALL Boy!

*He is starting to say phrases like : it hurts, we're in here, where is it?

*he reminds us to say a pray(even if we have already said it)

*Eveyone Loves his hair!!

*Loves to dances!

*He says Get up to daddy in the morning

*He copies daddy.

*He will go to time out if we tell him to and stays there.

* He still eats fruit like it is going out of style! He now ask for Strawberrys and apples and bannana.

*Loves to make conner Laugh.

April Wilson Photo Shoot!!!!

2010-03-06T15:45:00.000-08:00

April Wilson took these pictures for us. She is just starting out doing photography but did an awesome job! It was a cold day, and my boys were not at their best. My boys are usually happier. Her web site is aprillaurenphotography.blogspot.com. (I could not get it to paste on here sorry about that!) Thanks again April!!

This is so John David when he is like "what are you doing?"

I did get a hair cut mom!

Conner

2010-02-09T13:22:00.000-08:00

Learning to scoot is so much fun.

Video's

2010-01-28T18:29:00.000-08:00

John David Loves to dance! It is fun to turn the music on. He is also singing more which is sooo cute! I love this kid!

Too Much to post....... here you go

2010-01-26T11:05:00.000-08:00

Changes all around.

2009-11-06T09:21:00.000-08:00

Ok so first Halloween! I made their costumes. It was fun But I just didn't feel like they looked finished.

John David and his bestBud. They get so excited when they see each other! They were born exactly a week apart.

The Trunk or Treat was on Friday. We did not go trick or treating on Saturday. On Sunday my sister came to help me with everything!! it was so good to have her here I really miss Family when they come to visit me.

On Monday he the 2nd we went and took some picture of John David before they put his cast on. Thanks to my sister and her camera we have some non blurry ones.

On Monday we found out that we needed to be at the hospital by 6 Am so we tried to go to bed early. At 2 I just woke up and could not fall back to sleep. 2:30 I hear JD say Oh-oh twice. Then I hear Conner Start taking. So I go in their room and JD pointed to Conner's bed and said Bug.. Bug. I look and sure enough there is cockroach at the top of the pack and play. any way everyone then slept in my bed so no more sleeping for me. we got to the hospital at 6 was called back at about 6:30 There were supposed to be two kids before us. but they didn't show up. so we were first. the doc gets there at about 8 and they come to take him away. I thought it was going to be hard but nope. The girl that came was cute and friendly and asked if he wanted to go find some stickers she held her arms out and he went right to her. I told him I love him and we will be right here waiting and he left. That was it no screaming no crying from me or him. JJ didn't even realize he left for the surgery.

His regular thumb did not have a ligament on the outside so they had to take one from the extra thumb and pin it to the other thumb. She said that his thumb may be alittle stiff.

This Video was taken Tuesday night after the surgery. THANKS FOR COMING JESSICA!!! We love you!!

These are just random pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Our Beach Trip!! YEEE HAWW

2009-10-11T19:02:00.000-07:00

I still have more pictures to load but I am going to bed now....

Conner's Blessing

2009-09-22T09:46:00.001-07:00

Conner's Blessing was Awesome! My Dad decided to fly in on Saturday~! I was very surprised, I had asked my mom if they were coming on Friday and she had said No. Then Dad decided he did not want to miss it!! THANKS DAD FOR COMING!! It meant alot to us!

The two best Grandpa's in the WORLD and Conner!

THANKS FOR EVERYONE WHO MADE THE TRIP!

Random .....

2009-09-21T16:09:00.001-07:00

The day we went to Texas, which I think was the 4th, we had some excitement in our neighborhood. So we were eating a lunch late and in the background my husband and I heard sirens. It was nothing at first because we hear then often. (On the Main Road) But then all of the sudden we hear a helicopter motors and a shocking bang and the lights went out. JJ get up and runs to the door when he looks out the window. There was this silver SUV that was smoking. JJ saw two people running to the back of the neighbors house (One was an Officer!) I freaked out told him to lock the door. When the crash happened John-David got scared and started crying because he saw that JJ and I were scared. So we tried to be happy and cheer him up but it is surprising how much little kids sense our fears. You can see the top of our mail box in the above picture.

If you look close the car that is on the left side is a cop car (left of the firetruck) This is where the silver SUV tried to turn on the road. This is also my other neighbors front lawn.

Better picture of where the chase came from.

Come to find our that this was a High speed chase that had started in Holt. The Helicopter was trailing the guy and there were two undercover agents that were chasing him. I am assuming that it was a drug bust of some kind. It was pretty exciting.This picture was taken after everything happened. They had two sets of dogs there but we never saw them out of the car. This guy had the fun of staying here until the tow truck came for the suv. I wanted to see the dog, so JJ asked him if we could see the dog. He let us then we got to take a picture. You can see the pink bandage on his foot, she got hurt tracking he said. I thought it was cool but I am weird like that. LOVE DOGS!!!

Father like son!

Our Hut! JD loves to pull the couch cushions off the couch.

JJ put up some shelves for me.

My first time canning Peaches. I only wish I had more to do!

I LOVE these Blocks I just wish I could take better pictures with them.

These two are good Buddies. But together they will DESTROY anything they can get their hand on!!

More pictures from TX. Grandma did pass away on Sunday the 20th. I am so glad we got to see her one more time! Just look at that Smile!!! 5 Generations on that couch.

Cute Sunday.

2009-09-21T11:05:00.000-07:00

So two sundays ago I thought we all looked so cute so we took some pictures. Conner was asleep when we took the ones outside.

TEXAS!!

2009-09-11T20:05:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the pictures from our trip to Texas to see Grandma Barns and Grandma Ginny. We had a great time there. It was the first time we have really heard Conner Laugh and he did it quite often.

Don't you think John David needs a Puppy???

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UTAH

2009-09-10T14:14:00.001-07:00

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There were way too many pictures to post by its self. plus these are pretty fun!

Mom I know I took a lot more Pictures then this they must be on your computer.

My Portrait Style

2009-09-10T08:54:00.000-07:00

My Best Friend Brandy took these Pictures for me while we were in UT. I hope she forgives me for not posting them sooner. These are just some of the pictures. Go to her website to see more of her Pictures. http://www.myportraitstyle.blogspot.com/ This is Brandy's little girl giving Conner his first kiss not from a relative.. haha

Check it out!!!

2009-08-31T11:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so my best friend has a blog that she does give aways on, and I have one some chocolates off of it and they were good! Well this week she is doing a whole week of two give aways a day! There is some really cute stuff already and it is only the 2nd day! Go check it out and enter to win. http://bzzagentroyalty.blogspot.com/

Good luck! Make sure you tell her it was me that sent you there!!

Graduating Field Training, Maxwell 4 2009

2009-08-01T18:16:00.000-07:00

Taps

Day is Done... Gone the Sun

From the Hills

From the Lakes

From the Sky

All is well... Safely Rest

God is Nigh

Training Day 1

- One of the Hardest things I ever did was to leave my beautiful family, just two weeks earlier my wife and I had our second child Conner James Maxwell Loden. Driving to Maxwell was nerve racking and the craziest roller-coaster ever. Upon arriving at the AirForce Base my friend Cadet Birstch and I took a little detour around trying to find the correct location. After finding the Richety Center, we soon found out that this was the final destination. As we both exit the car, not a second later the D.I. (Drill Instructor) was closing in fast! Yelling from 50 to 60 yards away, we understood him loud and clearly. " This ain't Camp Cupcake, get over here now, MOVE MOVE MOVE!!!!" We both picked up our 60lb packs, About half way to the D.I. and the Richety center, Cadet Birstch reliazed that he left his papers (Orders) on top of the car. This was a prime opportunity the D.I. was looking for.. A Single Cadet, leaving his Wingman. " Do you understand the importants of Wingmanship? Go back and help him! NOW! " Totally confused as wether to come of go or go and come, I stood still. Silently still. At this time the D.I. was like 10 paces away and I was like... ok its game face time. So I droped my bags and prepared to salute him. As my hand went up his mouth was blazing. "You do not salute me, I am not an Officer!" If I could understand him clearly from 50 yards I definenlty got an ear full 10 paces away. About this time my friend came running back with his papers and bag and he knew not to salute him from my mistake. So after another ear full we both line up for in-processing... at the position of attention we are told to read our manuel, get our money ready and not to move. Talk about confusion. Do you want us to get our manuels? Our Money? or Not to Move?... That was a reoccuring headache. (Being told three things and trying to figure out which one they actually want.) So during in-processing my passport photos were thrown away by accident. andI got reemed for that later on in the day. So... after a lot more yelling and no time to do anything.. I finally was told which flight I belonged to. It was Golf Flight Griffens. I placed my bags into my room and started to unload when other members of my flight started to fall in and report to our Field Training Unit Commander. Maj. Feil. After a few mishaps reporting in, because of nerves (8x) I finally reported in and had a few more minutes to unpack, get sheets and blankets, laundry bags, flash lights, ponchos, and everything else I would need. When I thought I had some time to sit down... hugh mistake.. No Smoking or Joking, Sitting, or laying down. 110% engaged all the time! So its about time now to have dinner and let me tell you.. When your mind is all a mess and chow is in front of you... you have no problem with eating. The only thing is you have 10min to eat and you better make sure everything is off your plate.

Wow Baby!

2009-07-12T13:27:00.000-07:00

This was the first time that JD met Conner.We miss Daddy!! I wish there was a kiddie Kandids in AL. I was just walking by and they talked me into getting the pics done to get a free picture. I did end up buying them(sneaky people) but Who couldn't buy them they are so cute!!
Hanging our with Uncle Gordon

Grandpa and Me are best buds! JD cries when he leaves to go to work.

Jd did not like the noisy 4 wheeler that much and now will run away if you start it.

Cousin Carson getting loves from JD.

Playing Tractors with Conner

Grandma B made this BEAUTIFUL Blanket for Conner. (JD wanted it as soon as it was out of the package!!)

At 2 weeks Conner weighed 10 LBs He is growing so fast!!

Details Details

2009-06-21T19:47:00.000-07:00

ok so I have had a request for the details of the labor so hopefully I won't give to many details out, but this is a warning it might be to much for some of you.

So we decided to be induced on the 17th. I was dilated to a 3 on the 10th and so the doc was more then willing to induce to whenever we wanted. I really did not want to be induced but I guess it was meant to be. My mom flew in on Tuesday. We went to the hospital at 4:20, I was having contractions but the were between 2 and 6 min apart so nothing very consistent. They started potocin at 6, and they broke my water at about 7. I was going to try going natural and was doing good until my water broke then it was no good. I went about a half hour and asked for pain medication, by the time the nurse got back with it I had decided to go ahead and get the epidural. So I got the epidural and was happy and relaxing about 20 min later. I was a 5 at 8:30 and an 8 at 10:00. The nurse said that she would be back to check in about 30 min. I said great! I was feeling good and just relaxing. At about 10:20 I got this pinch in my hip I could not get rid of I tried moving, rubbing it, anything I could do to get it to move. Nothing helped me. I had paged the nurse twice but I guess it didn't go though because she said it never rang.(side note I really liked my nurse. If I had to choose a nurse she would it!! she was awesome!) So when she came back she was very surprised at how much I had moved around. So she goes to check me and was like "there is a head, no wonder you are uncomfortable, We will get ready and see how well you push then call the doc." So she was busy getting stuff ready and came back to see how I pushed. she told me to push and then said stop. and she left the sheet up and went to do something else and so I pushed the sheet back down. She called the doctor and Said we were ready and another nurse in. She came back and lifted it up and went and did something else and I pushed it down. This happened like three more times. I felt so exposed cause she just left the sheet up. so the last time she lifted it up I told her so, she said "well there is a babies head and I have to make sure it does not fall in the bucket." I was like HELLO could have told me that earlier. I was so surprised that it had come down so fast that I cried and they were making me laugh and told me not to laugh till the doc got there. when the Doc got there I pushed like 4 times total and he was out. It was totally different from JD where I pushed for like 2 hours. It was AWESOME. I didn't tear or anything so I feel Great! I am so happy that I did get the epidural and that it went so fast with being induced. It was a total of 5 hours. I am so glad he is here and gets some time with his daddy before we all spilt up for a month. He is a very good baby. I am a little worried about jaundice and we will find out tomorrow if it has gone up or not.

Right now I am totally sore, I never got engorged with JD and am so surprised at how BIG I am!! If anyone has any suggestions I am more then willing to hear them!

I am working on getting more pictures.

Conner James Maxwell Loden

2009-06-17T12:15:00.000-07:00

CJ is doing great... He diffently set the bar high @ 8lb13oz Thank-you for everyones love amd support. (Unedited Version)

The Loden's Familys

Big Boys.

2009-06-07T14:18:00.000-07:00

So today I wanted to take JD outside to play. (I have felt guilty about not being alot of fun for him lately, I have been cleaning and then I am way to tired afterward.)So here are some pictures of our fun! Even Big boys like to have fun.

So it won't let me add anymore pics so there will be another post sometime later.

Long Time

2009-05-31T18:13:00.000-07:00

ok so I now have something to post about! JJ finally got the word that he is going to field Training!!! This is happy and sad for me. It is actually happening. I am glad that he is going and doing what he really worked hard for all spring, but that also means we are joining the air force for sure and that he will be gone for a whole month. (of which I will be in UT). I am very proud of him for what he accomplished this year,With the grades he got (with his 15 credit load) and losing 35 lbs. Way to go Honey!!!!! I love you!!

Doesn't He look good!! (So sometimes we have a problem matching things but I was so impressed when he came out of the closet in this outfit!)

My first three Cherry tomatoes of the year! Of which we ate today.

My Garden when it was first planted.

My Garden about 3 weeks ago. They are huge I planted everything way to close!

The Ennis's gave us this little slide when they moved. JD LOVES IT.

Thanks Jeni!

The rest are just for your viewing pleasure. hahahah.

I Love GREEN!!!!!!! Thanks for the Shirt Jessica!!

Learning to use the spoon, yummy pudding!!

34 weeks

Easter pics.

2009-04-15T14:38:00.000-07:00

The Zoo

2009-04-15T11:37:00.000-07:00

We went to the Zoo about 3 weeks ago. It was raining in the morning and we were not sure if we should go or not but it was a great day to go!!! It turned out to be beautiful and not crowded. This old monkey did not want to be with the others. It kept running away from everyone then climbed this pole.

What a cute family of turtles.

Daddy and JD at the elephants. This was at the end of the day so they are alittle tired.

Chillin in the sun

Cute Baby elephant! My favorite!!
This lion was awesome!!! He roared for us twice! it was great! I have never been this close before. His paws were huge!!!!

Just Starting out. Notice we are already missing a shoe.

There was this snake that tried to bite JJ. It was crazy He struck at the glass 4 times trying to get him. I don't think he liked JJ's red shirt.

This zoo trip the animals were up and moving for the most part. The snake and the lion were awesome to watch.

Utah .... Should have been a March post

2009-04-15T10:42:00.001-07:00

Best buds JD Loves music, you turn some on and he will dance. He LOVED playing the piano with Grandma
Great Grandma North

Great Grandpa North

All of the cousins as of March. We have added 1 since then and two more are on the way.

Great Grandma Pond. JD just walked up to her and started eating off her plate. What a friendly kid (to anyone who has food)
First Hair Cut
First 4 wheeler ride.

Not sure he liked it.
I am going to post a slide show of all the pics later.

Seriously Annoyed

2009-04-15T10:34:00.000-07:00

Ok so as title states I am seriously annoyed with myself. I can not find anything!!!! It is ridiculous how much time I waste looking for things. Today it was the camera cord so that I could post the best pics from Easter .... but no luck on that so we will have to find another way to get them off the camera. I need to organize everything but it takes way to long and then it still gets messed up. JJ finally found the new camera we had been missing since January. Guess where it was..... The couch had ate it. Do you know how many time I looked under the cushions? I even vacuumed them. I am wondering if that is where the camera cord could be too..... I will have to ask JJ to look when he gets home.

Fun with Daddy

2009-02-24T20:24:00.001-08:00

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John Davids Birthday

2009-02-24T20:12:00.000-08:00

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John Davids Birthday was great. We had cake twice, first with our friends the Holley's. Kemptons B-day is a week before JD's. We had a ton of fun on Sunday the 22nd with all the family, I did not get pictures with anyone I am such a slacker!!

Video's of JD's First Christmas

2009-02-24T17:49:00.000-08:00

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Pics pics and more pics

2009-02-24T11:24:00.000-08:00

This is Lola.

Pretty lake Tuscaloosa
John David fell and got his first bloody lip. It was no good!!

John David and lola lov to play with this ball!

This is right after Christmas when it was still warm enough to go outside. He wanted to go in the street and threw a fit when I would not let him so we came inside.

JJ being silly

John David has learned how to climb.

This is at a club house we had a Family party. It was so pretty.

John David Riding the horsey at Paw Paws house.

Loden Grandparents

Great Grandma, John David and Nora.

Christmas morning wearing moms new socks on my head

Daddy and Me on Christmas moring.

I am working on Video's and then I will do his Birthday stuff!!!!

Trouble!!

2009-02-05T12:49:00.000-08:00

Ok So first I am so excited to have more trouble coming my way! Yesterday we found out that we are in fact having another boy!! We are positive it is a boy he wanted us to know for sure! I am so happy that everything looks great and healthy! It will be alot of fun for JD to have a little Bro. We have no names yet(we might not have any till the baby comes again). We are Very Happy!!! (We would be happy if it was a girl to. It is just so nice to know now.) I am also very excited because I have only gained 3 pounds so far and I am half way through. I have always had issues with weight and I feel so good about it.

Ok so we also had Jd's hand appointment on Monday and he is going to have his surgery April 7th. I wouldn't say I am happy about this but I feel good about it. He will not have to stay in the hospital overnight so that I am really glad about. Also he might not have to have a pin like we thought he might. I was having a really hard time with it while I was driving there. ( I could not decide if this is what I should be doing or not. he is small and doesn't really need to have it taken off.) So I called my mom and was talking to her. There is one kid that makes a huge deal out of the extra thumb and it serious BUGS me so much!! My mom told me that JD is going to react the way that I react to it. I need to say Yes He is special and so are you and that is how god made him. While I was at the Doc I realized that it wasn't that big of a deal. That he could have alot of other things that were more noticeable. I just want to say that I am very grateful for my special son to make me realize this. I have always thought that I would be able to deal with a handicap child, I am just not sure I would be able to deal with how people look and treat them. My son is by no mean handicap but it just has made me realize that everyone has their own special thing about them and that is how good made them and to be more compassionate.

Long lost Lodens

2009-01-28T19:28:00.000-08:00

So I thought I would give an update on stuff that has been going on in my world.

I will start off with what is the most important. John David.

He is now fully walking and hardly ever crawls. He even trys to run it is funny.

He also started giving kisses. (yes they are wide open mouth kisses but still so sweet!!)

He is getting his two top teeth, which should be here like yesterday.

He loves to push things around the house.

He is still talking up a storm and will respond to you sometimes. He does say mama and dada but it is a constant thing unless he can't find his mama then you can really tell he knows what it means.

If you start to sing he will too! He is so cute and such a hand full.

(side note: I was folding clothes in the front room and he was just walking around talking, so I wasn't really watching him. Well like 3 min later I wasn't hearing anything (he has started to be interested in the doggie door) so I walk down the hall looking for him and I can't find him. so outside I go to make sure he did not go out the doggie door. no luck so I come back in and I am starting to panic. I start calling his name and he starts talking to me..... He went into my room and was just sitting in the closet playing with some clothes. He never has gone in my room before. it scared me! He is way to fast.

Ok next is JJ is doing so good in school. I think the no working thing is working out in his favor!

Me: still pregnant and feeling fat. It is alot different the second time around. You get the belly a lot sooner but it is not as tight as it was, so I just feel like it is flab. It is no good. I am still gaging and I don't think it is ever going to end. I have an ultrasound next week. I still think it is a boy.

Dogs: We did get another dog from the shelter. Her name is Lola she is some kind of spanial. She is very good with John David! She takes everything out side (shoes, socks, her toys, magnents off the fridge) It is very annoying. She also like to chew on stuff if you leave her alone which is annoying because all of the toys are outside so you know it is something she is not supposd to be chewing. Also we did get the report back on baby and it was rat poison. So who ever did this will get theirs one day.

I have taken a lot of pictures but we have had computer issues so maybe one day soon I will post them.

Suprise!

2008-12-31T13:34:00.000-08:00

Ok so after that last depressing post I thought yall would like a little pick me up! hahah

So alot of you already know but I thought I would share with the rest of you.

We are EXPECTING!!! Suprise!!! We are due July 1st. This picture is from Dec. 23rd.

The baby is laying on its belly so we could not see its face. I have been sicker with this one but I have also had more stinky stuff to deal with . :) No it was not planned but we are excited and nervous. They will be so close together.

Hard Times

2008-12-18T20:18:00.000-08:00

So the last couple of days have been really hard for us.
Sunday we gave Shilo away to a new home.
Monday everything was good.
Tuesday Baby Got mad at JD and me and then started throwing up all night long.
Wednesday we went to the vet when I saw blood in the throw up. He said that I had changed the food too fast and that is why she was throwing up. So she was only allowed water which she kept down. so I thought we were on the up side. We traveled to Pratville. She had a lot of water but I could tell she was getting alot weaker. She had this hacking cough and coughed all night. We finally put her outside she was keeping everyone awake. So this morning I get up let her back in and she is still coughing and extremely weak. Denise Talks me into going to the vet again and as we are leaving I notice her back paw will not go straight when she walks. So Something is really wrong!!
So we get to the vet and it is not good. She needs oxygen They took X-rays and she only has one side of her lung that is not full of fluid.come to find out latter that it was full of blood. anyway to spare you the gory details, The vet keeps asking about rat poison and We have never had any or ever been around any. it can take up to two weeks to cause any noticeable effects. So we come home and JJ calls the guy that took Shilo, come to find out she Died Tuesday night, she had the same hacking cough. (the guy even took her to the vet and they said it was Kennel cough). About two hours later I get a call from the vet saying that Baby has passed away. We are just sick about it all! I can not believe that in less then 48 hours both of my dogs have died. Something is seriously wrong about that!!
We have some ideas about what happened but none of them I want to share right now. We are having test done on baby to find out what the really cause was and then we will go from there.
Baby was our first kid until JD was born, so I am having a really hard time(as you can image).So if you see me at church or whatever please don't ask me how I am I might just start bawling again!

The 1st and 2nd day of Christmas

2008-12-14T19:22:00.000-08:00

So on the 1st day of Christmas my True Friend gave to me a Partridge on a pear can!!

On the second day of Christmas My True friend gave to me a two plus a few Turtle Doves

I LOVE IT!!

Thanksgiving.

2008-12-12T19:35:00.000-08:00

Ok I am soooo slow but I just wanted to let everyone know how much fun I had at Thanksgiving with my family here! My Dad worked the whole time he was here, putting tile in my laundry room! So thanks sooooo much DAD!! I love my floor!
Here are the Pictures.

Tags.

2008-12-12T19:11:00.000-08:00

Ok so I have been tagged twice and I am so slow at blogging so here it goes.

First I will do the picture tag.
1) Choose the fourth picture folder on your computer
2) Choose the fourth picture
3) Explain the picture
4) Tag four other people

JJ took this picture at the Air show. It is of the chooper that the OCC (Orange County
Choppers) made for the airforce.

Now the Christmas Tag
1. Egg nog or Hot chocolate? Hot Chocolate
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps them
3. Colored lights on a tree/house or white? WHITE one the tree color in the windows
4. Do I hang mistletoe? Not this year maybe next.
5. When do I put up my decorations? In December matters on whats going on.
6. What is my favorite holiday dish? not sure
7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? Hmmm there are alot!!! I think most of them have to do with service though! maybe that says something
8. When and how did I learn the truth about Santa? HA HA I don't remember
9. Do we open a Christmas gift on Christmas Eve? Yes and No My mom reads a story about christmas and then she gives us the book and usually an ornament to go with the book.
10. How do I decorate our tree? With all the ornaments I have received through out the years.
11. Can I ice skate? yes
12. Can I remember my favorite gift? No but I do remember the best gift I ever gave my mom. She cried!It was great.
13. What is the most important thing about he holidays for me? Family
14. What is my favorite holiday dessert? My moms carmel corn
15. What is my favorite holiday tradition? The christmas story my mom reads
16. What tops my tree. a Gold star
17. What do I prefer - giving or receiving: I like to give I think when I know what they want or would like if not then it is just a pain.
18. What is my favorite Christmas song? Silent Night Usually makes me cry.. also Picture a Christmas the primary song
19. Candy Canes? They are good to suck on sometimes

Ok I tag anyone who wants to do it!

Picture

2008-12-08T10:18:00.000-08:00

2008-11-04T19:35:00.000-08:00

Halloween

2008-11-02T13:31:00.000-08:00

OK here are the Pics ya'll have been asking for. Our first tooth! We had no problems with the 1st one but this second one we are up about every 2 hours.

JD did not like the feel of the pumpkin! he cried every time it got close. I have a really cute pic of the scarecrow but I do not have it with me! Sad day.

We went to the boom fire on Friday night with some friends. It was fun! JD liked to watch the fire.

It got extremely hot!!

Daddy over reacts!!

2008-10-30T11:11:00.000-07:00

Ok so Not even 10 minutes ago, JJ is home from lunch and sits on the floor with his legs out and JD crawling around. So JD holds on to JJ's legs and stands up. Then all of the sudden JD does a head dive over JJ's legs , JJ hurry and gets up, and sits him up and looks at me and says "I think his tooth just came out!" all concerned ( JD has a tooth Post to come soon.) It was so cute how concerned he was, But I busted up Laughing, I was crying I was laughing so hard. JD's tooth is like so small it could not even come out. JD had a piece of celery to chew on for lunch and he must have got a little piece out and it came out when he fell. It was sooo funny and happened so fast. JD was scared more then hurt because of how JJ reacted.

Details

2008-10-21T19:00:00.000-07:00

So I finally have time and internet to put detail with the pictures!!

First a Thanks to Chris for letting me steal your daughter and wife! for a week!! Thanks for Flying by yourself to get here! It really means A LOT~!!!! The week went by too fast! It was so great to have you here.

So the first day we hung out and went shopping at sears for hours. It was fun I got a dress that was $12.
Thursday we decided to go to the beach and leave JJ at home. We had planed to leave early but did not get out as early as we hoped. So we got to the beach at 11:30 with a couple of stops on the way.
So we got up and went to the Shrimp festival. it is right on the beach. John David Loved to eat sand it was funny and gross! We ate alligator and got some sun! It was a blast this was only the 3rd time I have been to the beach in what almost 3 years. SAD HUH!!!
Saturday we got up a and went to the outlet mall! We spent all day there. It was great with all the sales going on! I wish I had more money :) but who doesn't??

The kids had a blast playing on Sunday. We made a lot of good stuff! Cinniamon Roll, Pumpkin rolls, and some stir fry.

I think we just chilled on monday. My memory is not that great~!

Tuesday was a busy day we went to main street and took pics and went shopping! It was alot of fun!

Thanks B for coming to visit me!!!

2008-10-19T19:47:00.000-07:00

Our Best Buds

This is alot of pics from our visit with Brandy and Addie. I will write more later but thought that the pics would suffice for now. Click on the pic or "Our Best Buds"

2008-10-01T09:59:00.001-07:00

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Pics

2008-10-01T09:31:00.001-07:00

Too Much

2008-09-17T10:06:00.000-07:00

Warning: This blog is a mess!

My son love to EAT!! if we are eating he wants some no matter what time or what it is. He is a great eater! At his 6 month appointment he weighted in at 16.4LB which is in the 25%, His height is also in the 25% The doc said he was perfect.. DUH I know that he is my son!!! hahahah
JD also surprised me this week and decided to pull himself up in a laundry basket! He did it again last night in his crib, so mom and dad had to lower the crib at 10:00 last night.

He is getting teeth and has a little congestion right now. He like to chew on Otter pops. ( I don't open them he just crushes them and then we refreeze.)
These are two crayon Holder that I made. They both have some mistakes but I thought I did pretty good for my first two.

JJ helped our neighbor with cutting down a tree and they brought over this bird feeder. He put right in front of our door so we could watch them. Hummingbirds are the only ones that use it and it is so fun to watch . I didn't know this but they are very Territorial birds so we have fights all the time. ( Dang that is a good Picture ) hahaha

Ok so we had JD's appointment yesterday, It was not very exciting actually. The Doc. Came in asked us a few questions looked at the X-rays we brought and then told us that she won't do the surgery till he is at least a year old. So we go back in Jan or Feb. The surgery is going to be ALOT more detailed then I would have thought. He will have a pin and a full cast for a while. Crazy!!!
While we were in Birmingham we decided to go THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM OR FLIGHT. It was pretty fun I forgot how much I like doing things like that. It was pretty fun!

My Husband

2008-08-30T08:39:00.000-07:00

So JJ did the last post and there is some confusion on what is going on since I have not said anything about the air force. He did NOT sign his life away Yet! He is taking some air force classes now so that when he graduates he will an officer if that is the way he decides to go. But he does get a uniform and has to go to physical training at least twice a week. The pictures he posted were from a "field trip" He was so excited when he came home it was awesome! I am pretty excited it sounds like a good thing for him to do.

Another story about the life with JJ.

So on Wednesday I always do laundry. (if I have a set day to do it it actually gets done more)anyway, I reminded JJ that it was laundry day and he said ok can you please check the pockets before you wash things. (I have washed alot of stuff that he puts in his pockets and forgets about it... a red crayon in the whites no less... my Ipod Shuffle...... .Not good!) SO I say sure I will. SO he leaves for school and I go in the laundry room and the first thing I see is this..........

It made me laugh so hard. IT says (if you can not read it all)

"Please check the Pockets

Thanks Management

haha Just kidding "

IF you see this guy on the road WATCH OUT!!

This is JJ's new scooter.

2008-08-25T20:59:00.000-07:00

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 26,000 Ft above Panama City FL. Refueling F-15 Fighters, in a RC-135 Tanker
AIM HIGH AIR FORCE

Growing up!

2008-08-22T18:11:00.000-07:00

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So My Baby is getting sooo big!! He is 6 months already!! Can you believe it?

My Suprise!!

2008-08-20T18:39:00.001-07:00

So on Monday JJ had to work. Well when he came home I was sitting on the couch and he told me to close my eyes so I did. I heard a bag so I knew he had bought something. I heard him set something down on the computer. So I open my eyes and this is what I see...............

I was sooooooo excited! I have not had a gotten a wrapped gift in a long time! It was an awesome surprise!

SO these are my two new outfits!! Sooooo cute. Good Job honey!!!

Lots of Pictures

2008-08-13T16:35:00.001-07:00

So nothing is going on but I have taken alot of pictures so I must share. :)

We had a yard sale a couple weeks ago with the Holley's (we didn't really sale a lot), but it was fun to hang out with the two boys. These are our future missionaries.

They have the same look on their face. They both just woke up.

We started cearl about 3 weeks ago and he really likes it. he gets all excited when he sees the bowl.

Phone Issues

2008-08-11T14:07:00.001-07:00

So my phone is offically dead so if you need to get ahold of me call JJ's phone I guess. I am up for a new phone on the 21st so hopefully they will give it to me early.

Our weekend in Auburn.

2008-07-30T08:15:00.000-07:00

So this weekend we went to Auburn to see Nora be blessed. She is three months old and this is the first time I have seen her. She is so Sweet! We also celebrated her brothers Nathanal and dads B-day with a BBQ.

Joey, JJ and Lance Spitting watermelon seeds in a can.

Niki and JD Chillin at the BBQ

Isn't my baby cool!!

Nora and JD ready for bed. JD is already asleep.

JJ, JD and Papa.

JD hanging out with Grandma.

Tie Anyone!!

2008-07-30T07:36:00.000-07:00

So I went Yard saleing last weekend. There was one that started at 5:30 that said it had lots of sewing stuff and material, so I decided to go. I was set my alarm to go off at 5, well JD did not want me to go because he kept waking up.. anyway I got there at about 7. Well they had about 5 boxes of material and batting and a box of ties... for those who don't know, JJ's Grandma makes Quilts with ties. So I offered 5 dollars for the whole box of ties. (they were asking 50 cents per tie) she said yes. Guess how many ties were in the box?????

There were over 40 ties!!!!! CRAZY huh?

5 Months and getting big.

2008-07-21T12:00:00.000-07:00

So my baby is 5 months old! It has gone by so fast I can't believe it! He has learned a few new tricks. Below are pictures of him sitting up and in his new tub. He love the tub and wanted to get the frog that was in there with him.

This is his buddy Kempton. They are a week apart. Kempton is about an inch and 1/2 Taller but JD is about a pound heavier.

Girls Night

2008-07-16T17:51:00.000-07:00

Well ladies of Tuscaloosa (and the nieghboring whereabouts), it is finally time for another girls night... what does this mean???? welll, get the hubbies situated with the kiddos' and enjoy a night of just us gals doing just gal things.
A recap of our last night out : eyebrow waxing, a yummy dinner at chipotle's, and then some window shopping at midtown, along with some special purchasing advice ;)
This time, we will be doing a dip night/recipe exchange. That means make and bring your favorite dip and whatever the heck goes with it, ei chips and dip/veggies or fruit and dip/WHATEVER! Just make sure you bring the recipe written on an index card on one side, THEN on the OTHER side, write a little bit about yourself, like a little auto biography. THEN, make sure you bring some of your favorite cookbooks and some post-it-notes to stick to the recipe's of other's cook books. then what you will do is take home your books and make copies for whoever wanted one out of your books, and then bring them to church or the library or playgroup and everyone else will do the same. any questions???
while we're searching for new meals, we can gab and watch a movie, so bring a favorite and we can choose from there, OR make suggestions and i can get it from netflix! any questions now???
oh yes, the info! Saturday, July 19 at 5:30 at Joane Loden's house.
let anyone you think might need a break or be interested know!

4 and 1/2 months

2008-07-10T10:36:00.000-07:00

Ok so I finally took JD in for his 4 month appointment
15.7 LB 50%
24.5 inches long 25% ( Noel I knew he had to be shorter then Kempton)
Everything looks great! Here are some pics from this last week.

RED, WHITE, AND BLUE 4th of July

2008-07-05T07:45:00.000-07:00

So Joane and I had been planning for the 4th of July.... well over 6 months, however; you really can't plan on the weather to be what you want. Plus I thought we were running low on some of the main "Food Group" (the Meat) and asked Joane to go to the store. We had too much! One day very soon I will understand that when she says we have enough... we have enough. Plus I need to shot out to my Mom and Dad. "Thanks for watching John-David and thanks for grill'n those Delicious hot dogs and hamburgers!!!!."
So early morning 4th Joane and I go to the UA pool on campus with the Kira and Pete, Kellie and Andrew. So much fun. John-David had his own little inter tube with its own little splash pool. He totally had a long day with lots of excitement. I was toasted and felt like I was on fire the whole night.
But as the say... Save the best for last. Here are some unedited pictures and video of JD's first 4th of July.

How well do you know your spouse??

2008-06-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

Funny story!
So JJ kissed me and turned to get ready for work. John David was sitting in his swing and JJ turned and said "that is the only woman that you will be kissing until you are 16"
Joane said"Whatever he is going to be just like you and start kissing at 12 or was it 8 or.... when did you have your first kiss?"
JJ said" I was 12 but my first girlfriend was when I was in 8th Grade and she played the flute, but I like them saxophone players"
Joane is laughing like ok whatever.... JJ ask" that is what you played right?"
Joane said" No not even close"
JJ said" Clarinet? tuba? Trombone, trumpet?"
Joane "Not even in the same family"
JJ " Percussion? Brass? Winds? ...
Joane is laughing now.... and say Stings.....
JJ says " Viola... THE BASS....."
JJ says "I like those bass players...."

HAHA

Empathy, Selfishness, and Love

2008-06-25T22:24:00.000-07:00

So those of you that visit my blog often, know that I am not a writer. but tonight, for some reason I feel like I need to write. My heart is very full. I am so thankful for everything that I have and have been blessed with. My son is such a huge blessing in my life and I Love him so much each day. I started a book tonight that is called "Dancing in the light" If any of you have read it will know why my heart is so full. I am only on chapter 6 and I have cried at least once in every chapter. It starts out with a man coming home from the hospital where his wife just had a baby girl. Everything is perfect but he has this feeling that it is not going to last. well two weeks later his wife dies. I personally have not had to deal with death on a very close level (besides my great grandma and she was almost 100 and time to go) I am so grateful for that. I am not sure how well I will deal with it when the time comes. I am grateful for the knowledge that we have of the after life and what will happen to each of us. I am so grateful for the knowledge that we will and can be together forever no matter what happens in this life. I am so thankful for my marriage in the temple, and for the temple so close to us.

My selfishness is regarding my son. My son is 4 months old this month, and it seems to me that quite a few people are asking if I have started him on rice cereal yet. (I am sure it has only been a few though but with all the mailings I have got on it lately it feels like alot) Just tonight I have really started to feel selfish in not doing so but I am going to stay selfish for awhile. I have really enjoyed breast feeding and do not want that connection to end. I told JJ about it and he asked jokingly if I was going to breast feed until he was three. Obviously I am not going to but I just feel like he is growing up so fast and I want to stop it. It is funny I did not think that I would ever Not want to stop breast feeding, I thought it would be a pleasure to stop. I believe that as long as I am breastfeeding I am the only one that can take care of my son. (this is where I sound really selfish.)I think JJ wants to feed him but I am not ready to let go of that responsibility yet. I am sorry honey but you will have to wait for another month or two.

My heart goes out to all of those who are trying to have kids. I understand that we all have different trials in our lives and I want you all to know that I love and support you and want you to be able to cry on my shoulder if needed. I know that God has a plan for each of his children and some of you might have children just not in the way you expect them. (I am not really sure why I wrote this I have erased it like three times but it keeps coming up so I guess it is supposed to be here.) If I ever offend or step over my bound please let me know. if I don't know about it I can not fix it.

Well I feel alot better now that I have written this all down I can probably go to sleep.

Our Utah trip through Pictures...

2008-06-23T10:24:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have a tone of Pictures from Utah but I think these are the most important.
Grandpa

The Mountains What I miss the most while in AL(Besides my family!)

Grandma

Best Friends

Grandparents!!

I thought this was funny!

My Pride in Fatherhood

2008-06-16T09:24:00.000-07:00

I may be a day late and a dollar short on posting this, but I am the richest man alive when it comes to the blessing of being a father; and having a father who has taught me so much about what a father should be. I first want to start out by saying I love my beautiful wife and my most handsom son. They are my pride and joy and I love seeing them laugh, play, and giggle. For those that truely know me, I have thick skin(tall wall) and rarely show my emotions. But my wife has seen first hand the "small and simple things" break down my mighty fortress and put me in tears. Truely John-David Tucker is my small and simple little joy that melts my heart everytime he looks at me and smiles.

LAKE POWELL

2008-06-08T20:59:00.001-07:00

Lake Powell is so GREAT!! I love how the pictures turn out with all the different colors!

The first day we got there it was pretty stormy and windy. This is a picture of the clouds rolling by.
This is where we always camp. This is an island in the middle of the lake that used to shelter us from some of the wind, but this year the water was so high that it was alot further away so it didn't really help out alot. They say the water is raising a foot each day. I am not sure it was a foot but it did raise alot while we were there. It was crazy!!!
The Fishing was the best we have ever had down there. I am the proud owner of the First Fish of the Trip!! I was seriously sooo excited. (Below is the traditional pose for when you catch a fish... kissy kissy)
The small fish are catfish, then the really shinny one is a striper, and then there is a large mouth bass. Everyone on the trip caught a fish except one person and they only fished for an hour the whole trip.

The water was pretty cool so John David only got his feet wet.
John David had so much fun with all of our cousins! They made him laugh so hard! it was very cute!

This is John Davids life jacket. It is the smallest size they make.

John David Loves his Uncle! He smiles every time he is around. It is so cute. John David would be asleep and Gordon would check on him and if the blanket was at all on his face Gordon would come tell me and move it off. It is very sweet!!

We went for a walk and John David fell asleep in his carrier. So when we came back I laid him down in it. He slept in it for about an hour.
John David is such a happy boy! My dad has said like three times he was worried about taking a baby this small to lake Powell but he was very surprised that he did so well! This is him in the car on the ride home. He love this little from that sister blowers gave him! It is just the right size for him to hold and suck on his face..

JOHN DAVID also rolled over twice on the boat with no help. it was very exciting.

Oh, how we love our dogs!!!

2008-05-31T11:13:00.000-07:00

I can't tell you how grateful I am that we are able to have dogs. Of course they do get annoying and make a mess but I still love them. They make me feel so safe while I am by myself. They keep people out of our yard for the most part, and our little boy giggles at them.
This is John David's stuffed dog. It is so soft. It was on his belly and he was eating its face. I thought it was funny.

John David LOVES the dogs. Every time they are around he is smiling and talking. He is normally a very happy boy but the dogs just enhance it.

It is very interesting Shilo will try to lick his face all the time. Baby just sits and looks and smells him I don 't think she has licked his face once. I am very surprised at how gentle she is with him. When he cries she tries to see what is wrong. It is very sweet. Sorry you can't see his face in these but it was the best I could do by myself. JJ is working.

Last few weeks

2008-05-31T10:49:00.000-07:00

So here are some pictures from the last few weeks. We went swimming for the first time last weekend. The water was a little cool with the wind blowing but really not that bad. He loved it but was really tired so it didn't last long.

We also have been trying out some of our PJ's, and not swaddle him at night. It is going ok. I think we will still swaddle most of the time.
John David is getting better at holding things you just have to put them in his hand.
Last week he turned on his side from his belly, so I helped him out and pushed him the rest of the way over. Then I put him back on his belly and I wasn't watching and he rolled all the way over by himself. I don't think it was on purpose because he has not done it since but it got me all excited. He is getting so big it is crazy.

John Davids Favortie Person

2008-05-13T14:54:00.000-07:00

John David has shown a preferance to one person. I find it kind of annoying cause it is not me but I love watching the two interact. I guess I am boring cause he sees me 24/7. I really could not ask for it to be anyone else. This person loves this little boy so much! Of course you are all wondering who this Great person is and of course it is............
HIS DADDY!!!

This is the scene as soon as his daddy comes home every day~

Random stuff.

2008-05-13T14:27:00.000-07:00

Eyelashes

John David has such long eye lashes! I think they grow like every day. We have been bringing the dogs around more often and he seems to like it. In this video he is getting tired and baby is not sure what to think of it. Shilo trys to lick his face all the time so we try to keep her farther away.

The second video is of him really trying to hit the middle toy on the bar. He really likes this toy and one other that he will concentrate on hitting.

He giggled!!

2008-05-06T18:39:00.000-07:00

So on Sunday JJ had to work at night, so it was just me and John David. I was feeling kinda bad about ignoring the dogs so much, so I let them in the front room with us. Well they were very excited and they always play in the front room when they are in. They lay down, put their heads together and act like they are biting each other. It is pretty funny. Anyway John David was watching them and he giggled at them. It was so cute. He has giggled in his sleep before but not while he was awake. He has done it every time I have let the dogs in(and now that I know he likes them it has been every night). JJ still has not seen it because he seems to be gone all the time.

It has been pretty hot here and we have not turned the air on yet so this is why he is naked.

This was at the park today.

He is dancing. Kira and I thought it was pretty funny.

I got Tagged

2008-05-02T04:54:00.000-07:00

A. Attached or Single? attached
B. Best Friends? JJ, Brandy, Melissa, Kira
C. Cake or Pie? Cake please make it chocolate
D. Day of choice? Sunday, JJ is usually around to take a nap with us.
E. Essential item? I really don't think there is one item that I could not live with out.
F. Favorite color? red!!
G. Greatest Accomplishment? my family
H. Hometown? Riverton UT any chance to go home I will take it!
I. Indulgences? Latte Chocolate cake from Publix's. SHHH don't tell.
J. January or July? July in Utah but I would have to say January in AL because it is less hot.
K. Kids? 1 little boy.
L. Life is incomplete without? my family
M. Marriage date? January 21, 2006....Also my parents anniversary.
N. Number of siblings? 4
O. Oranges or Apples? Apples, Oranges make me gage.
P. Phobias or fears? ummm There is a lot I could put here right now but I will save you all the reading.
Q. Quotes? It will all work out... (I just need to listen to it!)
R. Reason to smile? My son!
S. Season? Fall I love the Color changes and The feel of it getting colder, in Utah it is the feel of the first snow falling where you just want to cuddle up and not do anything but just watch the snow fall. ( if you can't tell I am a little home sick this week I guess)
T. Tag three friends? Anyone who hasn't already done this.
U. Unknown fact about me? I keep thinking about having a little girl...
V. Very favorite store? I really love to go into book stores, if I could go in there and not buy anything I would probably do it daily!
W. Worst habit? Worrying to much, as JJ says it will be fine.
X. X-ray or Ultrasound? Ultrasounds
Z. Zodiac? Aquarius

Blocks

2008-04-27T19:56:00.001-07:00

These are the blocks that we got from our Pottery Barn Gift Card from my work. I was very impressed by them. They aren't so heavy that a little kid can't pick the up. I am very excited to start playing with them. (I had to play with them already just to make sure they were safe to keep.)

And of course I have to show you how cute my son is! This is our church outfit for the last couple of weeks.This is my chicken pot pie that I made. I didn't mean for it to have a face on it but it did and I thought it was funny.

I AM MULAN

2008-04-27T12:27:00.000-07:00

Which Disney Princess Are You?

You Are Mulan!

Strong and spirited. You're no one's girly girl; actually you are very determined person with a strong sense of self. Never let go of that! The only thing that equals your sense of self is your family, but the traditions of society can always be bent to protect something or someone you love.

http://www.greatestjournal.com/quiz.bml?Q=16354

Dino Song By Loden and Family

2008-04-26T10:29:00.000-07:00

This was the day that JD was blessed. March 9th

I'll let you know when our agent publishes the song.

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2 MONTHS

2008-04-22T12:54:00.000-07:00

So I can't believe my baby is already two months. It really does not seem possible. You wait for them to come for what seems like forever and then when they are here time flys by so fast!! I love him so much! We had our two month appointment yesterday, He now weighs 12 lb 13 oz 75%. and is 23 inches long 50%. He is doing really well holding his head up. We did not get our shots yet I told the doctor that I was concered and she was pleasnt but told me that she would not do anything to my child that she wouldn't to hers. She also said that we had to feel good about it and for us to go home talk, research and pray about it.(Her dad is a preacher hahah)She did say that if she could talk us into anything it would be the meningitis shots, because that can kill him. we are still researching. Here are his two month Pictures. This was taken saturday night durring his bath. These both were taken Sunday morning. He is such a happy boy in the morning.

Baby Holders

2008-04-18T15:18:00.000-07:00

So recently we have been trying out different ways to hold John David. I decided to get a sling and we also had a different carrier. He absolutely loved the sling and the carrier took a little while to get used to but after that he fell asleep. Here are some cute pictures of both.

All sorts of fun!!

2008-04-15T15:08:00.000-07:00

My Handsome boys with spiky hair! John Davids hair is acutally spiked you can't really tell in this picture but it was cute!

This is John David with his cousin Ben! They have just moved back to AL from Iowa.We are very excited to have them back here!

Another Cute Smile! Doesn't he look good in Green!

This was made by Nichee Lloyd in our ward! Thanks so much!! I love it!

Just chillin in his overalls.

Love Spring!

2008-04-06T19:46:00.001-07:00

I love the colors of spring! These are all from my neighborhood. The one thing I miss are all my moms tulips. I am planting some this year.

SMILE!!

2008-04-03T13:11:00.001-07:00

So I got a big smile on Tuesday! it was soooo fun. I chopped off his head because I was not paying attention to the camera but oh well!

WHAT A STUD!!!

MY LIFE AS A SOUNDTRACK- Joane's version

2008-03-31T15:38:00.000-07:00

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the "next" button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool!

Opening Credits: "Permanent" by Courtney Jaye
Waking Up: "Pot of Gold" by Akon
First Day At School: "If that ain't Country" by Anthony Smith
Falling In Love: "Learn you inside out" By Lifehouse
Fight Song: "Tickin' Away" By TimMcGraw
Breaking Up: "Kickin' In" SHeDaisy
Prom: "The Difficult Kind" Sheryl Crow
Life's OK: "Complicated" By Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Mental Breakdown: "Rumor Has IT" by Clay Walker (This one fits)
Driving: "Oh! Look at me now" By Frank Sinatra (This is what my husband thinks when I drive)
Flashback: "Prayin' For Daylight" By Rascal Flatts
Getting Back Together: "Nothin' To Lose" by Josh Gracin
Wedding: "Your Man" By Josh Turner
Birth of Child: "Shut Up" by Simple Plan (hahah that is funny!)
Final Battle: "I'm Still Waiting" by Jamie O'Neal
Death Scene: "Live to Love Another Day" by Keith Urban
Funeral Song: "83" By John Mayer
End Credits: "Angeles" by Josh Kelly

This is pretty fun!
I think that Kira, Brandy and Brittney (and any one else who wants to!) should do this.

Catching Up.

2008-03-31T15:16:00.000-07:00

ok so this weekend we went on a date! it was nice to get out and have some fun! We went to dinner and bowling.(I lost both games but it was still fun!) It is great to have good friends to leave John David with! I thought I would be freaking out but I was only nervous for like the first 15 min. It is weird dropping your baby off and driving away. THANKS PETER AND KIRA!

This is the Build a bear Dog that my mom got for John David. It is soooo soft. it also has this cool Heart Beat. It is Awesome! THANKS GRANDMA NORTH

1 MONTH OLD

2008-03-20T16:12:00.000-07:00

He is dancing!!

He can sleep in any position

So this week we had a little suprise, I got a call on tuesday morning letting me know that I will not have a job after the 15th of May. Our bussiness has just gotten so slow that I am no longer needed. If things ever pick back up I will have a job waiting for me but until then I am out of work. So if anyone hears of anything that I can do with a new baby Pleaase let me know! I am really going to be looking for anything I can do with him. I really don't want to leave him.

Pictures

2008-03-16T19:00:00.000-07:00

More Pictures...

2008-03-16T18:41:00.000-07:00

JOHN DAVIDS BLESSING!

2008-03-14T09:31:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that drove out to Tuscaloosa. We love you all!

More Pictures!

2008-03-12T19:04:00.000-07:00

We went to the McWayne Sicence Center on Tuesday. It was alot of fun this is my parents trying to see who could relax more. Both my mom and I won over our husbands and then her and I tried to do it and it mostly stayed in the center. Us women know how to relax I guess..
This is our hand prints and in the middle is little John Davids feet. it is really hard to see them but they are there.

John David was not to happy to see Grandma and Grandpa leave. He was Crying just like his mom!

He loves his baths! His embilical cord feel off on sunday night so tonight is the first of the real baths.

He loves to Arch his back and hold up his legs to his butt. He does this every time I pick him up it is kinda funny.

3 Weeks Old!

2008-03-12T12:28:00.000-07:00

My baby boy is so big, He is 3 weeks today! It has gone by so fast!
My parents also left today, it was soooooo sad! every time I think about it I start to cry.
SO at our Two week appointment John David was 9.2 LB and 21 inches long. He gained a full pound in a week that is 2 ounces a day. If we keep that up we are going to be pretty chunky. :) He is starting to get a double chin. It is amazing how much I love this little guy! He is very strong and the doc said we could already start doing some tummy time. He came out keeping his head up. We talked to the doc about his finger and she said that she would make the appointment with the Plastic surgeon and give us a call. Well when they called the plastic surgeon they would not even see us until he is 6 months old. So put it on your calender that on Sept 16th at 1:00 we have an appointment with the plastic surgeon! I was very surprised that they actually scheduled it that far out. All in all we are doing very well!

This is his extra little finger. It just stays under the other thumb so it is hard to see unless you are really looking.

My baby!

2008-03-02T19:29:00.000-08:00

Ok so here are some recent pictures of my baby and Grandparents. John David has had an infected yucky eye so we have not taken to many lately! It is clearing up so we will be have photo shoots probably daily! (maybe even some with his mom)....

For those of you that do not know John David has a 6th finger. It is on his right hand on his thumb side. They took X-rays at the hospital to see if it is a bone or just cartilage, we have not seen the results yet. we will know more by the end of the week. We will have to get it removed because we think it will interfere with him using that hand correctly. The doctor we saw on Friday said that she recommends that we go to the Pediatrics Plastic surgeon in Birmingham. She said we should probably wait till he is at least 2 months old. We learned that it is Hereditary from JJ's side.

1 Week old!

2008-02-27T18:45:00.000-08:00

It is Crazy how fast time flys when you are having fun!! I love my little guy!! He so sweet. We have had some Belly Ruben problems this week but today it finally went down! yeah I am so happy that they don't have to make my baby bleed anymore! It was so sad I cried! Here are some more pictures from this week!

John David Tucker Loden

2008-02-26T16:17:00.000-08:00

So I know I am such a slacker so here are a few Pictures from the first week. So they only let me get these two on before it decided it didn't want to work anymore..... will post more later..

My Version

2008-02-25T18:02:00.000-08:00

So this is what I looked like on Sunday and then me sometime at the hospital.

I thought that I would have had a ton more pain to let me know that I was in labor. Well that didn't happen at all. So I woke up at 2am and thought it was very early for me to have to go the bathroom, so I went and came back and noticed that I had a bit of Back pain. Nothing out of the ordinary for me so I noticed the time and thought if it doesn't go away by 5 i will wake up JJ. So I am laying there and Stretching trying to make the pain lessen. I turn over on my back and about 5 min later I hear a pop. (earlier that day my mom and I were talking and she said that she HEARD her water pop before she felt anything. I thought that was very weird!!)So I heard a pop and then felt a pressure change below... So I got up and made it like half way to the bathroom before I started leaking water....... I TRIED to call for JJ like 10 times before he responded (He thought I was screaming but that was after like 5 min of me calling him so I probably was yelling by then but I was pretty calm, just really surprised at what had just happened) ANYWAY... I showered and told JJ what I needed him to get around. So I called my mom and was like what do I wear... Just go to the hospital was her response..... umm ok... so off we go. Anway... After that everything pretty much happened like JJ said below... I felt so good once I got the epidural they did actually take a nap. Pushing was a lot harder then I thought it would be we pushed a total of about 2 hours.. all in all it was a pretty good time! I will do it again sometime down the road I am sure...

The Newest Loden on the Block

2008-02-23T07:46:00.000-08:00

To those of you have heard, and those of you that are still waiting we have wonderful news. Feb. 20th 2008, JJ and I had the most amazing experience! Yes Yes, the birth of our little baby boy Loden. Of course JJ and I had thought about some names for him before we came to the hospital, but it wasn't till we held him and looked at how cute he was before we knew what his name was. (And then we changed it about 5 times) So here is the story of what happened!!

Dad's Version

Woke up from a screaming wife 3:00 am

Realized what she was taking about 3:10 am

Started to Panic and run around like a crazy person 3:10.05 sec

Joane called her mother around 3:15 am

She took shower and got dressed 3:25 am

I put everything and everyone in the car 3:35 am

Arrived at the hospital and dropped Joane off at the ER 3:45am

(For those that our Expecting, Fathers should do test runs during all Hours of the day-

Notice time to hospital 10min - Time to hospital will be different during daylight hours)

Joane was put in Room around 4:00 am

Joane was tortured by the I.V. nurse sometime between the hours of 4:30 and 5:00 am.

(Really it took that long for then to actually put an I.V. in her)

Blood work came back around 5:30 am and the talk about the Epidural soon followed.

Epidural was giving around 6:20 am with a few doses of potosen. (Speeds up the contraction)

Called work to inform then that I wasn't going to make it today or the rest of the week. 7:00 am

(I think I was replaced around 7:30 am)

Took a short nap for 7'ish to 10:00 am

Record the most amazing Miracle in my entire life 11:29 am

(Due to the rush of posting this I might have left out some important information)

(Like his name) IT'S OFFICAL

JOHN-DAVID TUCKER LODEN

GOOD NEWS

2008-02-14T11:47:00.000-08:00

So we had our Dr. appointment today! it was a good thing because I could not wait another day! I finally know that all this back pain is doing something! I am dialted to a 2 and 1/2 and 80% efaced... YEAHHHHHH!! He said we are looking great and could go anytime! I am very happy with that. Here is a pic of what I looked like last night... not that it has changed that much since then..