Thanksgiving

Freezing our faces off at the Harry Potter Premier

Our little angel boy (7 months old)

Attitude Gratitude

So .... I decided I should probably say everything i'm grateful for, since it IS Thanksgiving in 3 days. I am soooo grateful for my family. For my awesome dad, caring mom, and amazing siblings. Also, of course, my own family! Kyle is so awesome. He treats me like I have never dreamed I could be treated. He listens to me and helps me solve my problems. Sure, we definitely have our trials, but there hasn't been one time that we haven't worked it out and solved it together. And for my beautiful son, Rocky Kyle. He has been such a blessing. He has opened my eyes to so many different things. He's such a little trooper. It has been the hardest thing ever to put him through these surgeries, but he's come out of them fine every time and been able to recover perfectly.  And for the best in-laws I could ever ask for!

This one's hard for me .. but I am grateful for my job. There are so many people out there without a job at all. It may not be the greatest place to be but I would definitely rather have this crappy one than being jobless.

I am grateful for modern technology. If it weren't for all those smarties out there, my son probably wouldn't have survived birth. In fact, I probably wouldn't have survived either! It's amazing what's out there, how there's a cure to almost everything. It kind of scares me sometimes what technology can do ...

I could go into detail about everything I am thankful for but that would take up way to much paper ;) so here goes my Primary list of "100 things I am thankful for:"
1 Food, 2 shelter, 3 bodies, 4 mountains, 5 electronics, 6 heat, 7 eyesight, 8 clothing 9 rain 10 schooling 11 popcorn 12 salt 13 water 14 Dr. Pepper 15 employment 16 beds 17 transportation 18 blankets 19 socks 20 money 21 happiness 22 laughter 23 flip flops 24 doctors 25 tears 26 windows 27 electricity 28 movies 29 Michael 30 Pam 31 Dwight 32 Erin 33 CeeCee 34 Jim 35 Creed 36 Angela 37 Andy 38 Kevin 39 Toby 40 paper 41 brains 42 hair 43 nice people 44 customers that clean up after themselves 45 restrooms 46 smiles 47 toes 48 soap 49 showers 50 baths 51 baby mohawks 52 jackets 53 ipods 54 music 55 email 56 telephonos 57 carpet 58 cameras 59 discounts 60 garage sales 61 zippers 62 Mountain Dew 63 love 64 kisses 65 hugs 66 America 67 Freedom 68 printers 69 ears 70 Will Ferrill 71 "end of construction" signs 72 hands 73 quarters 74 justice 75 Christmas 76 rocking chairs 77 fish 78 sand 79 beaches 80 underwear 81 headphones 82 radio 83 guitars 84 roses 85 diapers 86 garbage mans 87 jingle bells 88 Spaghetti 89 cookies 90 facebook 91 blogs 92 hospitals 93 medications 94 jewelry 95 noses 96 pens 97 pictures 98 mirrors 99 clocks 100 grass

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank heaven for friends

I was reading my BFFFF's blog when I came across a particular post I thought was quite hilarious. I decided, since it's my family she is referring to, I will re-post it! It's actually quite brilliant.


So you know my Best Friend Savannah. Well I am at her Parents house right now with Eliza Eating this rice krispie treat...i guess if you could call it that. it had cornflakes and honey nut cheerios and and get this....sunflower seeds. with rice krispies. i guess you could call it a treat. As i was chewing away I was thinking to Eliza " Hey Eliza you know when you are at the Evans when..." and we came up with a good list of things and decided to post these amazing things so you can get to know them like I do....so
You know when you are at the Evan's When...
1. You come to eat spaghetti and there are all the noodles you can think of because they were just trying to get rid of the noodles they had before.
2. You eat a hamburger with just one side of the bun.
3. You have homemade pizza (which is delicious by the way) and you put hot dogs on this.
4. You make a whole bunch of cookies or cinnamon rolls and you see a whole bunch of partial cookies or cinnamon rolls  because they don't know how to just finish one before they start on the next. It's a team effort here.
5. The phone rings.....and rings and rings. No one really notices until you say...uhhh you should probably get that. or you answer it yourself.
6. The Kids come in for like 5 minutes and Mom's already suggesting that they need to go "explore" "go to the mountains on an adventure" or  jump on the tramp.
7. When Mom says Family prayer we are there for at least 57 minutes. praying for everyone in the room. and the entire world. :) and you think your knees might give out. and you end up with everyone sitting instead of kneeling.  Bless her heart.
8. Gathering EVERYONE for Family prayer takes another 57 Minutes.
9. the cereal is always nuts and cheerios or shredded wheat all mixed together in one new creation!
10. Dad acts just like the kids. or do the kids act just like him?
11. The girls actually fight over who is Changing Rocky's Diaper or putting him in his car seat. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO!
and last but not least. 
12. you make Pizza with hamburger buns. and yes they put hot dogs on them.




Yes, it is true. All of it :) 

Halloween 2010

This costume was as homemade, last minute, "put together as I sew" as you can get! It turned out way better than I thought, and got more compliments and "oh, hunny you've GOTTA come see this. You just GOTTA!" than I ever imagined. Haha Trick or treating is fun again! Love this kid.

My big boy

Can I just say, I love being a mom. It is still weird sometimes when I think about it long enough, but it is the best thing in the world! I love watching him grow and change. I love that I am the one he trusts. He is absolutely the best thing that has happened to Kyle and I.

Rocky's second surgery

August 30, 2010. This surgery was supposed to take about 6 hours, but luckily it was only a little more than 2 hours!  Kyle had just started the paramedic program and it's really difficult to miss a day, my mom had to get the kids off to school, and than she would meet me in the waiting room, Kyle's mom had to work, and everyone else either had work or school. So we were doing this on our own!  

They had us come in a couple hours before the surgery was scheduled, to get checked in and get him weighed and such. We got to the room and I sat him on my lap so the nurse could take his vitals. It wasn't until I moved him when I realized he had leaked through his diaper and left his doo doo all over my jeans. :) What a sweetheart. After I got that taken care of, we set him on the table and changed him into his little hospital gown so he would be ready for the doctors. As I picked him up, he thought it would be a good idea to puke all over me. So that was fun as well! 

The nurse took us to the pre-surgery room, where all the families and patients wait until it was their turn to go to the O.R. That's always a scary room ... but comforting at the same time. No matter what, there is always someone else with a more difficult situation who makes you feel like you aren't so picked on. It was hard to keep back the tears in this room, especially after the anesthesia doc came and talked to me. I already knew what was going to happen, but it was extra hard hearing it. Finally Dr. Morales came and talked to me, again explaining what they were going to do and what all the plans were.  One thing that was especially hard for me to cope with was when he said that they will do what they can to help with his pain, but he can't get rid of ALL of it.  That broke my heart. I felt like a bad mom, like I was making him go through this pain and traumatic experience just because I thought his face looked different. I thought, if he was older, he wouldn't care and would choose to just have the face he had, than to have to go into surgery. If we had to wait much longer, I probably would have just left! 

When they are ready for the patient, they call the name, and one of the nurses walks the parents/patients to the doors of the O.R. This is where we take our separate ways. I'm putting the life of my 5 month old in the hands of someone I bearly know, and when I see him next he will look like a totally different baby. I wish so bad I could just stay by his side and hold his hand the whole surgery. But of course, I don't think that wouldn't go over so well. :) I would probably hurt some people. I learned you just have to do this like a bandaid. Just hand him over, turn around, walk down the hallway and into the waiting area. Throughout the surgery, I had to keep myself busy every second. If I stopped to think about what was happening, I would loose it. 

About an hour and a half later, Kyle calls and tells me he is on his way over! They were doing introductions in class, and when it was his turn he mentioned Rocky's situation and that he was in surgery right then. His teacher stopped him and said ".... See ya." So off he went! I was so relieved. My mom was also on her way, so it worked out well. They just met half way and drove up together. Right after that phone call, I was informed that Rocky was doing fantastic, and Dr. Morales would be out to talk to me in about 20 minutes! Woohoo :) Well, everyone knows what "20" minutes mean in any medical term .... An hour later, he shows up. Luckily Kyle was there as he went over the surgery, explained what to expect, everything went great, etc. 

Only one of the parents is allowed back in the Post-op. It is just a big open room with all the other patients. He was crying in the nurse's arms when I first walked in. I couldn't believe how good he looked! Besides the swollen face and visible stitches, he was one handsome, completely new little boy. As I held him in my arms, I couldn't hold back the tears. I wanted to squeeze him next to me and let him know that I was here and everything was going to be alright. That was near impossible though, with all the chords and tubes attached to him, and the "bow" over his mouth. We stayed there while the nurse checked with the doctor and made sure it was ok for him to go to his own room. She had to call him, take his vitals, and than call the nurse down in the patient rooms to check in with her and give her all the information she needed to take care of him. 

We finally were able to leave that room, into a more private, cozy one of his own. Kyle and my mom were excited to see him, and also couldn't believe how awesome he looked. He had trouble eating at first, so he and I ended up staying that night, but left that following evening. Once he was home, he started eating and sleeping much better. 

Enjoy the pictures!

Waiting in the Pre surgery room

They send you home with these tubes in the nose and tell you to figure out a way to keep them in ... this is what we came up with!