Elder Curtis Fetter

My top Ten

1. Curtis comes home on Thursday. To say I am excited would be a severe understatment.

2. Halloween is coming super quick! YAY! My fave holiday! Well Mykah and I love it. Todds fave is christmas.. wink wink.

3. Mykah wants to be an owl. 'Wants' is used loosely she feels she needs to be an owl! Where am I supposed to find an owl costume? Help?!

4. I just found a massive widow spider by my front door. I know who will be deep cleaning/checking every inch of our house during nap. They massive creep me out! Gross...ugh

5.Curtis come home in 2 days.....

6.Dinner. ...Pancakes. Pancakes are always awesome.

7.Curtis gets to meet Mykah for the first time!! Yay again!

8.Laundry.

9. When you ask Mykah her name she will respond 'Shara'. That probably needs to be fixed. Work on that.

10.Mykah=Drama. Anyone have any ideas on how to tame a 'free spirit' daughter, who has a cute obsession with Owls?

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So.....

So.... I finally took the plunge and went solid brown! Its really brown with a red tint.. I LOVE it! Its nice not to be blonde! (for a while)Thanks Christy!! Um my daughter takes after me when it comes to random sleeping positions. Sorry Todd! And Mykah can use a pen when she turns like 10! Yep thats it!

And she was like 'WHHAT?'

Out of all the places for a Kiddie marker to end up.. When I saw her and asked her why she threw the marker in and began to tell her "we DONT put things in the yucky toliet." She looked at me like 'WhhaT?'

Yeah that faced changed into a screaming-kicking sad face when she realized she was NOT getting it back.. Oh Sad Day.

How to save money on cleaning supplies..

Stop buying them. REALLY.
I have discovered so many ways to clean, deodorize, and disinfect my home with out buying the nasty chemical-ized cleaners. Mykah has been a real eye opener to me. As in I think a lot about what I do and how it affects her. I use to see a newly scrubbed bathroom and spik n span. That same bathroom is now "chemically" and really, every time I use Windex I get a wicked headache! So I did some research on natural cleaners. I cant even to begin to tell you about all the ways you can use ; Baking Soda, Vinegar, and Essential oils.
The amazing benefit? I can clean my home knowing that I am not breathing(we are not breathing) harmful chemicals. Oh and talk about CHEAP! Cha CHING! Vinegar and Baking soda are uber cheap! So I suggest you google some more about this! Here are my little tips!
Fabric Softener: Add to rinse cycle instead of Downy. I just fill my Downy ball with it! If you use a good smelling(i use a lavender soap) it will intensify the smell and I SWEAR your clothes will not smell like vinegar! My husband about died watching me do this the first time! Haha
Floor cleaner: 1 cup vinegar, 1 gallon warm water.(i have vinyl floors and this works)
Tub cleaner:I sprinkle Baking soda that has a few drops of eucalyptus essential oil in it. Scrub and rinse.
Windows& Counters: Vinegar,water,few drops of essential oil(lavender,tea tree, eucalyptus..)
Bathroom: Vinegar, water, borax, shake well until borax dissolves. Ok in reading this I realized I had all three these ingredients.. Um I don not add vinegar and Borax. Just Borax and water and a few drops of tea tree oil! SORRY! So no vinegar! I am a crazy girl somedays!
Deodorizer:Sprinkle baking soda on carpet, keep it on 30mins, vacuum.
There is also some great recipes for homemade laundry soap, I have yet to try! It comes out to be like .03 cents a load!! I am dying to try it! If I could just find a store that carries WASHING SODA! any one?? I cant remember the exact measurements on these cleaners, I just kinda make em the day I clean! Hopefully I have peaked your curiosity of the other natural, cheaper options out there!If you have any great tips I would love to hear them! Happy cleaning!

Holy Moly like WAY BETTER than TWILIGHT!

I am totally pumped about this new book series I have been reading. Its "THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE" by CHRIS STEWART. It is amazing and I dare to say I like it far better than TWILIGHT. yep I do. I always have a twinge of guilt for putting my life on hold for vampires..It is a series of 6 books, I am on the 5Th and I guarantee this series is just as addicting! It is written by an LDS fellow and is a fictional series about the last days. Let me just say I have never read a fictional story that has made me think so hard about the events going on in this world, and at the same time given me a better understanding of the gospel, and brought me closer to the spirit. I will never be the same because of theses books. That are just that great. They are fiction but.. well you just gotta read them to understand. PLEASE I am DYING TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT THEM!!!!

ugh...

So after dinner last night Todd and I head upstairs to give Mykah a bath. We get up there and it is hot! Maybe its just us.. yeah.. NO. My mom and sister say the same thing. We take a look at the thermostat and it has not budged of 80. (My mom set it at 77 earlier) So we figure ok we can handle this, lets blast some fans. We finish getting Mykah ready for bed and put her down. An hour later she is still up, sweaty and pink cheeked. crap. An hour later and we are showered and all tucked into bed ..the 3 of us. Oh rolling-kicking-random sit up and laugh-thing that I call my daughter, I still love you. We get dressed and eat breakfast and heard to Wal-Mart. Grab some essential, Mac n cheese, ice cream sandwiches, rice crispy treats cereal, face wash... I get to the checkout and realize I dont have my debit(waiting on my new one old one got washed AND dryed)crap pretend to have forgotten something and bolt to asses my wallet.. 10 bucks in cash.. and my credit card. SO I run back and pay..I hate no, I loathe using a credit card. I thought about abandoning my cart payed and left.

Get home water the garden and put the dogs on the side of the house so the air conditioner guy doesn't have to deal with 3 shar peis. After some massive moving and lifting I think Ive got them blocked. An hour later still working on blocking them in. Damn dogs. Mom, I think we should donate them to the pound or butcher em. Needless to say the dogs kept escaping and the air upstairs never got fixed. No air upstairs means no nap for mykah. No nap means ..ugh I need a ginormous bowl of rice crispy treat cereal.

Happy Birthday Shawnie!

Love, your sister

Our little girly

I am not a very 'monumental mom'. I never went and got newborn pics, we never did the maternity belly shots marking my 7week/ 20week/36week ...and so forth. I am not the best at marking when Mykah did this silly thing or that. A little part of me wishes I would have been better but ya live and learn! I have to even take a second to think about how old she is when someone ask! Gosh I am sounding pretty bad.. On the up I am loving having this sweet baby girl in my life. We love having a daughter.. How did I ever get through a day without her!!? She is all girl. ALL GIRL. All lipgloss wearing- fit throwing- booty shakin'- laundry helping- makeup wearing- Yo Gabba Gabba lovin- tantrum throwing(said that uh? well she throws those A LOT).. oh the drama! She is such a little momma. When I do chores around the house she is right there helping, where there is a baby she is on it! Oh man oh man she loves 'poo poos' (thats baby to her). Somedays I almost want another.. ALMOST. We will be driving in the car and Mykah will be in her seat making it known how much she 'loves' the car and I will explain to her where we are going and she will say 'jes'(yes) she wants to go and just stop. Like that. Such a silly girl! I never imagined all the work being a mom would be, but its by far the best job I ever had. EVER.

Baby Sammy is here!!

I will let Amy give all the stats but we are so excited to have Sammy join our family!! She is totally perfect! Happy Birthday, we love you Sammy! (I adore your big pinchy cheeks..) Congrats Shawn and Amy!

i heart you mykah-roo

Sneaky sneaky....

Worried about pesticides in fruit and veggies?

I am always worried about pesticides on my fruit and veggies, after reading this maybe I was focused on the wrong thing? I don't normally get into stuff like this but the facts are just to outstanding to ignore. It just shows you that we need to educate ourselves(which is tricky with the Internet, its hard to find non-biased materials) and prayerfully do what we feel is best for our families.



Number of Human beings that could be fed
by the grain and soybeans eaten by U.S. livestock: 1,300,000,000

Human Population of the U.S.: 243,000,000


% of corn grown in U.S. being eaten by human beings: 20%

% of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 80%

Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on 1 acre of land: 20,000

pounds of beef that can be produced on 1 acre of land: 165

Amount of meat imported annually by U.S.: 200,00,00 pounds

User of more than half of all the water used
for all purposes in the U.S.: livestock production

Water needed to produce 1 pound of wheat: 25 gallons

Water needed to produce 1 pound of meat 2,500

How frequently a heart attack kills in the U.S.: every 45 seconds

Amount you reduce your risk of heart attack by reducing
consumption of meat, dairy, and eggs 100%: 90%

The Dairy Council tells us: Milk is natures most perfect food.
The Dairy Council does not us:
Milk is natures most perfect food for a baby calf, who has four stomachs, will double its weight in 47 days, and is destined to weigh 300 pounds within a year.

Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide residue in the U.S. diet supplied by meat: 55%

Supplied by Dairy products:23%

Supplied by Veggies:6%

Supplied by Fruit:4%

Supplied by grains: 1%

Relative pesticide contamination in breast milk of meat eating mother's compared to pesticide contamination in breast milk of vegetarian mothers: 35 times as high

Sperm count of average male compared to 30 years ago: Down 30%

Principle reason for sterility and sperm count reduction of U.S. males:
Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides
( including dioxin, DDT, etc)

% of hydrocarbon pesticide residues in American diet attributable to meats, dairy products, fish and eggs: 94%


% of total antibiotics used in U.S. fed routinely to Livestock: 55


% of staphylococci infections resistant to Penicillin in 1960: 5
in 1988: 91

Only man to win Ironman Triathlon more than twice: Dave Scott 6 time winner
Food choice Of Dave Scott: Vegetarian

I saw these Stats as I was reading a book and the Author had pulled these from 'Diet For A New America"by John Robbins. Now I have not read this book, and there were many more Stats I did not list..I have no clue how old these are I am sure now they have changed and need to be
re-evaluated but it got my mind thinking. I am obviously not going to pull all these things from my diet but it gets my wheels turning! I am not quite sure how we are gonna replace all the protein, and so forth but I am defiantly going to be looking for ways to adjust our diets!

Like cake batter... LOVE THESE

These have NOTHING to do with cake batter.. Unless you count that she just helped me make some of these yummy cookies mentioned below! However.. I just wanted to point out the little pony on top of her cute little head she is finally letting me do on good days. Oh and I loved how cute her fat thighs looked with her leg warmers(note the tile floor.) Mykah is starting to thin out so I gotta love it while I can! She is getting so big a couple little milestones...She has learned to fold her arms to say her prayers! This girl will sit (most of the time) with her arms folded while we do am & pm prayers. she also brushes her own teeth! Well I gotta go back through just to be sure but for the most part shes got it down! Growing up! Onto the cookies......

Like cake batter.. I DO! Just ask anyone who knows me next to frosting its my fave. So in case you have been living under a rock and have never heard of these cookies here ya go;

Package of cake mix (I like yellow or funfetti, devils food is yummy too)

2 eggs

1/3 cup veg. oil

any mix ins (choc chips, candy bits, whatever)

Mix cake mix, eggs, and oil all together till completely mixed. It will be like dough. Add your mix ins. Cook for about 10-15 mins @ 350 Obviously ovens vary and so does the size of the cookie but I like mine softer so I do about 11 mins!

Our fave combos; Yellow cake & Reese's pieces bites(they are like m&ms)

Devils food cake & choc. chips(I make these into ice cream sandwiches and roll the exposed sides in sprinkles, nuts, mini cho. chips...) wrap in aluminum foil and your set.

Funfetti cake mix with lots of frosting on top.

As you can see you can come up with tons! If you already make em what are your faves? Happy baking!

Kick @$$ Song...

Check out Matt and Kims song DAYLIGHT... Saw it on a bacardi(is that bad?) commercial.

LA LA LOVE IT!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgBeu3FVi60
really dumb video +
really dumb people=
My new jam!(L, ya know what I mean.. haha this is my jam this is my jam) Got it? k.

Troubled times call for a simpler life

We are obviously living in troubled times. A while back(don't remember when exactly) President Packer spoke about the trials we are facing these days in this time, his talk was very frank and to the point. I really wish I could remember when I heard it! However the thing that really sunk in to my soul was how amidst all the chaos it is still a wonderful time to be raising children and a wonderful time to be alive. I cant think of many who have not been affected one way or another in these tough times. We have all heard about the failing economy, and I find it hard some days to find the positive in my own life. I hate those days, but I am happy to say they are coming less and less;) just keepin it real.. sorry. I know mine have to do with things other then just the economy but all the same they are there. Going back to President Packers talk about it being a wonderful time to raise a family... I remind myself of how wonderful it is to have the simple things in life; food, clothing, shelter, my babies tummy full, my family, sweet friends, and so much more. When I focus on the good it always seems "THE LAW OF ATTRACTION"(watch the movie the secret) kicks in and viola I have even more to be grateful for. It is a wonderful time to be raising a family, it is a wonderful time to be alive. Sometimes I am guilty of making life so much harder then it has to be.. but I am finally learning to be happy with what I was given no matter if it pertains to my housing situation or the clothes I wear, or the body I have. My circumstances have not changed but I have. I am grateful to be have such a sweet little girl, a HOT husband who is always willing to help, loving family who has allowed us to stay with them, family who has shown so much love and support, loving friends and sisters who allow me to vent and forget life with.. blah blah blah... Life is simple, its me that complicates it.

Well I have to admit I kinda got off subject. I was gonna post some cleaning tips for Organic cleaners.. Organic cleaners.. being simple.. simple times.. see where I was going.. yea prob not;) That being said now I use my time to blog about being grateful. Cleaners will have to wait till tomorrow. Yes I procrastinate ALL the TIME. I like to blame it on the I still have a new baby.. only now she is 1 and I am kinda not getting by with that anymore;)

Mykah Rory Hancock

Today exactly one year ago I was up walking models house with my mother-in-law Sheila trying to keep my contractions coming. I had woken up at 3.30am with cramping and thought maybe this could be it. Living almost an hour away from the hospital and already having one false THIS IS IT we decided to go back to sleep. After all if I was in labor I was gonna hurt and these did not hurt. Well not much later I woke up again this time we timed them they were a steady 10 min apart. We packed our bags called our parents and headed to the valley. Oh boy little did I know it would take a full day of walking and timing contractions. Sheila and I went to every model houses we could find(at least I felt like it) I wanted to keep these contractions strong and coming! I did NOT want to be induced! Well Todd met up with us later in the day and walked some homes with us. Contractions are stubborn! I would get them every 5 then they would start to space back out! Finally they were coming pretty consistent and starting to hurt. Finally when they got 5 min apart I decided I needed to go home and shower and get ready to go to the hospital. Todd and I drove home and I jumped in the shower panicking I was gonna stink like a sweaty dog when I had this baby! While Todd sat in the bathroom counting my contractions. (my family delivers really fast once we get to a six, and I had no clue what I was) SO I dry my hair, screw the makeup! Get downstairs and am trying to see how much longer I can brave it. Finally I gave up! LETS GO NOW TODD and we drove to the hospital. You know that feeling where YOU want to drive cause ya know you could be going faster running lights and all?? Oh I felt it! We waited in the car till my contraction was done then rushed in! Well I must not have been your typical moaning prego gal cause the nurse asked me if we could walk to triage. 'Oh HELL lady I am gonna kill ya' musta been the look I gave her cause she got me a chair 'super speedy'. When they checked me @ 7pm I was at 5 1/2 cm. They got me all set up and an hour later I got my epidural. I WANTED TO TAKE NO CHANCES OF HAVING THIS BABY NATURAL. A little later they broke my water and after 30 min of pushing and a lot of burning down there(ripping like no other) she was here. They layed her on my tummy while they took another 30 min to stitch me up and towards the end I could feel the stitching SO FUN but as long as I had my baby I was fine. We were lucky to have both of our mom's there to welcome little Mykah. Todd and I thought for months about her name. Piper, Scarlett, Isabella, Chloe, were some of my faves and up till right before we had her it was going to be Isabella Marie when we thought of Mica. Of course we changed the spelling. Mykah is named after her grandpa Michael also Todd first name, Todd is his middle. We are so proud that she carries a name with such great importance to us. Mykah is our miracle what better name for her than to be named after her loving grandpa who was a great man. It brakes my heart that she will never know him hear on this earth, nor will I but we have felt him so close with that sweet baby girl that is our daughter. I know without a shadow of a doubt that that girl is very dear to him. We are so lucky to have this sweet spirit in our home. She is such a blessing to us and is so full of spunk and character. Mykah we love you with all our heart Happy Birthday baby girl!

JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG...

i WAS GONNA EXPLAIN THESE..BUT NO EXPLANATION NECESSARY. WELL ALMOST, THIS ONE IS OF MYKAH AND I. WELL IT'S MOSTLY JUST MYKAH'S HAND (GO FIGURE) MY FUN SWEET DARLING LITTLE GIRL...

Lauren's photo shoot

LAUREN WAS A LUCKY WINNER OF A PHOTO SHOOT WITH 'RACHAEL EARL'. I GOT TO ACCOMPANY HER TILL MY MOM WAS ABLE TO MEET UP WITH US. RACHAEL WAS SO SWEET AND PUT LAUREN AT EASE (SHE WAS A PINCH NERVOUS).. AND AS YOU CAN SEE GOT SOME AWESOME SHOTS! I EVEN GOT TO BE IN A FEW! LAUREN YOU LOOK GORGEOUS!

http://earlphotography.info/ GO HERE TO CHECK OUT THE SESSION! YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH HER BLOG! RACHAEL ROCKS!

DRAMA........... SO SICK OF IT.

girl gone WILD!!

SHE STARTED OUT SO SWEET....

NICE TODD, NICE. SOMEHOW I DOUBT WE WILL NEED ANY HELP MAKING THIS GIRL WILD.. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HER KNOWS SHE CAN HOLD HER OWN.

Hello gorgeous!

CARS, I MUST BE THE CRAZIEST PERSON BUT I GET SO ATTACHED TO THEM. IT WAS SO HARD TO LET TODDS TRUCK GO... ALL THE MEMORIES; OUR FIRST DATE, OUR WEDDING/HONEYMOON, BRINGING HOME OUR FIRST 'LONG AWAITED' BABY, GOING ON DATES.. ITS PATHETIC.REALLY. SADLY WE MUST MOVE ON WITH 'BUCK THE TRUCK' ALREADY UP TO 180K+ AND BEING A FORD, ALREADY HAVING ITS TRANNY WORKED ON (OUCH) WE HAD TO SAY SO LONG BUCK!

THE HAPPY ENDING...

MY AWESOME SUPER FANTASTIC BROTHER NOT ONLY FOUND US A REPLACEMENT BUT A BUYER FOR BUCK,SWEET. ANYONE IN NEED OF A USED CAR I KNOW A PLACE.. WE ARE NOW THE OWNERS OF A 02 VW PASSAT. I AM SURE WE WILL FORM A TIGHT BOND SEEING HOW SHE IS SO PRETTY AND I AM SO EXCITED TO DRIVE HER!! YAY SAID THE GIRL WHOS PREVIOUS CAR WAS DUBBED THE 'PIRATE CAR'.*CHRISTY YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN;)* You can see why I am SO STOKED!

NOW I NEED TO WORK ON MY 'VALLEY GIRL' DRIVING ;)

More Roo..

Here kitty kitty. Mykah LOVES anything that moves and that unfortunately means the mean boy cat named Maggie. Yeah "boy" cat named mags. Long story short I got him in 7Th grade thought he was a she (hence the name).... Found some 'un' girl parts had my grandpa who is a veterinarian check her..um him and it was a done deal. Besides I don't know any girl cats who would have the balls to attack huge dogs and this cat can be pretty ornery. None the less Mykah finds him uber entertaining.
How can you NOT crack a smile with that cheesy grin? Love this girl!

Best Swimsuit!

Oh yeah I am already thinking of swimming. Well here in AZ how can you not? It get so blasted hot so fast. I have to confess I have always been a 'kini' kinda girl, but now being a mom I wanted a cute suit that's a bit more covered( i will save the kini for Todd and tanning, but dont judge if it still makes its debut!) Anyway.. I went searching high and low for a cute suit. All I could find were these I will call them 'Cancun' attire suits! I mean yeah sure I want my super toned 'buns of steel' hanging half out for all to see...(puh- lezze!) Well I decided to give the online thing a go and tried the Shade Clothing site. I ordered the Balboa top and slimmer bottom in black. LOVE LOVE IT!! I cannot believe I am spilling this seeing how I so want more of their suits, but I have to save!! They do run big( i was a small) but perfect butt coverage and perfect fit! Imagine that an online suit I love, and Mykah will be proud of her covered momma! Gotta make good choices.. most the time ;)

ps- If you rock a cute suit tell me where you got it! Ecsp if it is a cute white one ;)

Around here we all pitch in with the cleaning... Its totally been one of those weeks. TGIF

Sweet baby girl

Sweet little girl. Mykah your MY sweet little girl. Here is why love,

Today the Ensign was stewn in with the bills,junk.. Lucky day. I love when it comes! I sat down with you in one arm and my read in the other. You of course found something more interesting to do(pull on moms pant buttons) While I started to see what great articles where in store this month. Being the sneaky thing you are, you snuck up and would NOT leave my magazine alone! I was getting so annoyed! When I realized something. Silly me. I pulled you on my lap and started to show you all the pictures. My sweet girl your face got that grin when you saw the ones of your heavenly father. I thought uh, maybe I am being biased. The next page had a large picture of the savior. While I was showing you, you bent down and gave him a kiss. That Mykah is why you are my sweet girl.

Birthday Whoo-pla!

(Paityn helping Todd blow out all 26 of his b-day candles)

(Mykah chillin with uncle Todd)

Well sadly my friends I am not posting about my super fun paddleboat experience. We got to the lake at 10 mins till 7, the boats close at 7. Bummer.. I was actually pulling Todds arm to get to the boats;) So we went and got ice cream(which is always GREAT). Sunday night all of our family came over and celebrated with cake & icecream. It was so fun to have both sides together!

Todd's Day

Todd,
Today you turn 26. Wow your kinda getting old..guess I better keep my mouth shut though seeing how I am not still 19 like I think I am.. I want to make this a special day just for you. I think your extra sweet, seeing how you chose a date with me instead of a camping trip;) So I in turn will be kind. I will go wherever you choose! Yep WHEREVER! Even those paddle boats at Tempe Lake you have always wanted to do, that I always say NO too.( I am secretly afraid of... What if my legs get tired in the middle of the lake? What if my boat has a leak? What if I have to go pee when I am in the middle of the lake?.. I really could go on..) So make it count after all you only turn 26 once! Love,
Your Best Friend & her trusty sidekick( mnbn )She typed "i luv u"


This was last year at Christmas. We had gone to visit my grandpa fetter. You were so kind to remind mom to keep her eyes OPEN for the picture! oh I thought it was great how like only 3 of us are looking.. maybe ya shoulda helped out the rest of us!

Welcome to motherhood...

Mykah and I were/are sick.. together. Welcome to motherhood! I have never felt so crappy and my poor little girl.. I cant imagine how she feels! This was my first time dealing with feeling like I wanna die/ having to take care of a sick baby. My hat goes off to moms all over! I never imagined how HARD it would truly be. Tearing yourself out of bed feeling like your gonna die and knowing you have to give 100% to a little life completley dependent on YOU! Luckily my sweet husband helped me out a ton! Taking her downstairs at 2am..she WouLD NOT go back to bed, just so I could sleep. Giving us both dinner, entertaining roo.. all the good stuff. Man I am not gonna lie this momstuff is hard work! Lets just say this has cured my baby hunger;)

Nursing Woes...& Huge belly

Nursing. Oh how I loved it. I am proud to say I made it 9months plus. We had lots LOTS of issues at first. I will spare you and not name them... Oh heck I will its gonna get graphic/ honest so beware! OK first we had latching issues, I think about everyone who came to the hospital knows this or saw this(embarrassing now).;) I got thrush not once not twice but 3 times. I pumped blood on several occasions.. not just a little like 2 oz worth!! yucky! Got several blisters and mastitis.. Not to mention what my "nursing tools" look like now!! But I was so proud for making it through.. I loved the time it gave Mykah and I am sad to see it end..On the upside I lost that extra weight nursing held on to for dear life.. AND now... Ta DA! I can fit in my skinny jeans!! Oh now if we can figure out this extra skin.. ALL this extra skin! Not that any of you care! I just had to tell someone!

(This was my ginormous belly..I had no clue what I was getting into!!)

Claim 2 Fame: 8 Babies+6 kids= 14 kids

Dear Nadya,

What the hell were you thinking? 6 kids, pregnant with 8? At any point in time did you maybe think enough was enough? Seriously, now your asking for donations? Your poor kids are going to suffer because of your actions. That is simply not fair. They should make a law cause of you and it should go like this;

If a person is collecting disability they cant undergo pricey fertility treatments.(how are you paying for these??) A person cannot have 14 children if they have no job, no home, no father, and pretty much NO way of supporting them or their children. Well obviously I am not a law maker.. But seriously? I normally try not to judge, however this is just insane! You are in grad school so I hope you get a kick-a job, oh and it wont hurt to marry rich ;) Just my two cents I think 14 is plenty..... By the way, you way topped Angelina Jolie.

I know this letter is kinda ornery, but I am venting!

Mykah's mini Adventure

Catching leaves on the trampoline... Trying to eat them... almost succeeded..... mom saw....ruined my fun. she always does.Mykah's view.(still not giving up my snack!)

Checked out the garden daddy planted. Tried to pick the blossoms off the almond tree.

Runuculas, mommy's favorite. So pretty, tried to pick one for mom....

Petting the guard cat. You cant see my face, its the "I cant believe my mom is letting me pet this beast!" face! She is so cool!

Now that was a whole 15 minutes.. what next mom?

Homemade Baby Food...

Eat out of a jar? ABSURD! That's what Mykah thinks. She will not touch jar food... I swear is this normal? So out of desperation of her only drinking bottles.. SNUBBING her nose up at any BABY FOOD I offered I have resorted to making my own. WHICH SHE ACTUALLY EATS! (Ooh I frigging swear!) Surprisingly its fairly easy. Thank goodness or this would be an add for a frigging FREE baby! Its good to now she is getting straight up FRESH stuff! Some of Mykah's FAVES: Mangos,Blueberries,Pears,Green Beans,Carrots. Boy howdy, this girl keeps me on my toes! Oh I just noticed I did not post how I make it.. so if you have any ?'s just ask!

What you see....

What you dont see..... ya we should probably just buy a highchair......

Firsties! kinda like besties.... Get it! Ha

The past couple weeks have brought Mykah many firsties like...
-2 not just 1 but 2 brand spankin new pearly whites. ( she better not bite me....)
- double ear infection
- trip to the urgent care @ 2am
- 911 call(she called)
- The Roo, Mykah-Roo is CRAWLING!!! shooot!

Merry Christmas

It was Mykahs first Christmas, and Todd's first year to be 'Santa". If you know Todd you know how much he LOVES Christmas... just ask his family! I think he was more excited than Mykah to wake up and watch her open presents. (OK OK it was me who opened Mykah's presents early not Todd. Ill try not to mention the fact that the presents were not even under the tree for 4 hours before I opened them. Yes that is right I could not even wait for 4 hours. So Todd had to hide the presents from me so I wouldn't open all of her presents before Christmas. Yes he hid them in a locked closet. Just ask Lauren she will agree to this.) Little did I know I would get one too! Todd surprised me with flowers.. It was so sweet he had a cute little poem to go with them oh I love that boy! Well anywhoo here is the princess Mykah enjoying her first Christmas....
It took her no time at all to figure out that under all the ugly paper was some pretty rad stuff!

OOh La La!

Mykah and Santa

Christmas eve we spent with my Dad's side at my Aunt and Uncles house. Every year we eat clam chowder and chat and the last couple years Santa has made an appearance! Mykah and Dax, Tayler and Caden loved him! Paityn and Carter thought he was a bit scary! I am betting next year Mykahs not so fond of him!

P.S. - The writing in red was Todd! I went to change Mykahs Diaper and Todd came in and said "oh no no! That is not how it went down!" He took it upon himself to write his comments. So while he is standing over my shoulder I have to leave his comments there! It is a family blog! Yes I was naughty, Yes I learned my lesson! (No I did not learn my lesson. I do this every year!)He married a peeker, aren't we all guilty of peeking?(no only shara peeks!)

Hope everyone had a memorable Christmas!(peekers and non peekers)