Any ideas?

Yesterday, Brylee started sneezing and then her nose started running all the time. I was thinking that maybe she had allergies, but I was not sure. We have considered ourselves pretty lucky because she has not been sick since she was born. We are usually pretty cautious in making sure that the house is sanatized, so she can't pick up germs and then come to find out her runny nose and sneezing has nothing to do with allergies!! She has a cold and is not feeling very well. I am sure that she picked it up from me because I have been sick since Tuesday, but I am just wondering how we made it all through the winter and now she is sick? So, I have never dealt with a sick infant and we are going to try and get into the doctor tomorrow, but for now I am not sure what to do. She still is sleeping and eating well, but she is a little bit grumpy. I feel blessed because even though she is a little bit grumpy, she is still being a pretty good baby. Brylee and I spent the day cuddling and it has been kind of fun. She normally is not a big cuddler, so today it has been fun to have her snuggle up and sleep. If anyone has some suggestions, please feel free to share.

It's finally over!!

Yesterday, I finally graduated!! I graduated from UVU with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. It was such a big relief to know that I am done!! It was fun to have all of my family there, my little sister surprised me by coming! My cohort has become such good friends that we were all excited to graduate, but sad to know that we won't get to see each other every day. They have been such a good group to go through the program with. During the 2 years, so many went through hardships and it was nice to have such a big support group behind us. On top of all 30 classmates, I have had the best support from Cory, Brylee, and my Mom. I couldn't have done it without the 3 of them. So, here are some pictures of our day. It is crazy to think that it has taken me 8 years to graduate from college. Here are some pictures.

These two groups are some of my closest friends. The majority of them will be teaching in a different district and some even in another state, however we still plan to stay in touch! Sue (the one on the right) is one of the greatest friends around. We first started in education with Southern Utah University and when they dropped the program we were doing we ended up in the same cohort. I can not even explain how much I have learned from Sue, and what a great person she is. She has been such a great partner and has given me courage when I thought I couldn't go on!! I love her tons!!!
After graduation, my family and friends went to dinner at Chili's. This is one of my favorite places to eat. We had a great time visiting and of course eating! Overall, it was a great day and such a huge accomplishment in my life!!!

Spring BreakOur family had so much fun over spring break!! I was glad to be off of work for a whole week, so I could spend it with Brylee. On Wednesday, Cory had the day off and so we met Angela and her family at Big Rock Candy Mountain. The mountain was really neat and we had a lot of fun. Brylee slept the whole the way there and the whole way home. Angela's boys Zac and Tyler love being big helpers with Brylee. Zac especially loves to help and play with Brylee. You will notice him in some pictures! While we were there, we did a little bit of Four Wheeling and of course a lot of eating. They have some great Cafe's down there. We feel so blessed to have such a healthy and happy baby girl.

The Big Rock Candy Mountain Resort
The resort got its name because of the carmel looking mountain. You can see it in the second picture. I have never seen anything like it.

Brylee and Zac just hanging out! Zac was having so much fun with her, he enjoys entertaining her! She is lucky to have so many friends and family members that love her!!!

On Saturday, we had a girls day out. We went to Sandy to the Scrapbook Expo. It was crazy busy! Brylee was such a good girl and enjoyed looking at all of the different scrapbook ideas. I can't believe how much money people spend on scrapbook supplies. After walking around the Expo for four hours, we met up with Kristina. We ate dinner at Chili's and went shopping at South Towne Mall. We had a great day and it was fun to hang out with my family. I am truely blessed to have such a great family!!! So, that is how we spent our Spring Break. I am wishing that we had one more week off, but at the same time I am excited to get back into the classroom and teach!!!

IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR GRADUATION!!!!

After graduating from high school eight years ago, I am extremely excited that I will be graduating with my bachelors degree in Elementary Education in less than a week. The past two years have been so difficult, but now I am glad that I went through with things. As many of you already know, when I found out I was pregnant I was not ready at all. It came as quite the suprise and then she was coming in September, right when fall semester of my senior year was going to start. However, I went to the doctor on August 6th and he sent me to the hospital on August 7th for some non-stress tests. When the nurse called Dr. Nance, he requested that they admit me and keep a close eye on me. Well, on August 8th our nurse came in and thought things were fine (that was at about 9:00 a.m.) and then about 30 minutes later the news came......... I was having a baby at 12:00 p.m. I was so scared and didn't even know what to think. Well, I delivered Brylee and they immediately took her the NICU. (Those two and a half weeks that she spent in the NICU) were the hardest weeks of my life! As soon as we got the okay for Brylee to come home on August 23rd, I was so excited. Then life just got harder, UVSC's Education Department gave me two weeks and I had to be back in class. This was the hardest decision of my life and luckily I have a great husband who was able to stay home with her at the time. However, even though these last 8 months have been the hardest of my life dealing with a new baby, school, and work-- I am excited to be graduating!!!!! Sorry to ramble on, but tonight I just got thinking how I thought I would never make it through and I have!! I am done with school and I don't ever have to go again if I don't want to! (that will change since I plan on getting a masters later on in life) Anyway, I am grateful to have such a great baby girl, an amazing husband, and a great family who have helped me through it all! I will be posting some pictures tomorrow of our two day trip to Big Rock Candy Mountain!!!!

Look at that Smile!!!!

Brylee and I have enjoyed playing today. She ate a whole bowl of mush for breakfast this morning, yeah!! While she was eating, she even drank out of her sippy cup!!! We played on the floor and then she played in her exer-saucer (her favorite toy)! I spent time this morning rearranging the family room and trying to de-clutter the house. I moved the majority of the items upstairs to the hobby room, so now I will have to go through and clean it!! It felt good to just clean, I was even motivated enough to wash the walls. We are looking forward to a good day today. Dad is at work and we miss him. Tomorrow we will be packing up to go to Big Rock Candy Mountain in Richfield. We are going to meet Angela, Justin, Tyler, Zac, George, and Ilene. We will be staying overnight down there. Ang said we have plans to go four-wheeling and hiking. It should be fun as long as the weather is nice. I am looking forward to a mini vacation. I still have a lot to do and spring break is going by to fast. (Of course, isn't that how it works! When you are on vacation, time flies and when you are working time goes slow.) Later this afternoon, Brylee and I are going grocery shopping which is the ultimate worst chore in the world.

I have been watching the news and it sounds like they are searching for Kiplyn Davis. I hope that they find her. That would be such a hard thing to deal with. Well, Brylee is waking up from her nap and so it is on to more mush and the store.

Our Weekend

So, I am just barely learning how to blog and am extremely excited. We spent Saturday at the Sand Dunes with Cory's family. Our trip started off great with Cory sending the four wheeler through his back window. I was just a little upset! We did a lot of four wheeling and I was scared to death. Cory was taking me up the sides of the sand mountains and I was screaming. Brylee slept most of the day and enjoyed being outdoors. However, she does not like to ride on the four wheeler. She cried the entire time. Now, I am home for a week on Spring Break and am excited to just be a mom for a whole week. Brylee is so much fun and I am so excited to spend the whole week with her.