Coloring, painting, writing...you name it my little artist loves it. I love that Raylee loves all those artistic things because I don't have an ounce of that in my blood. She also begs to do homework with Bradock every night, so now I have worksheets for her too. I hope this love of learning and artistic ability continues with her for life:)
Bradock, Raylee and their friend, Lilly Mann having a blast on the tramp. Oh and you better believe I joined them after snapping these pics. All I want to know is how in the world did I used to spend hours jumping on the tramp as a kid because man it sure is tiring...it probably doesn't help that I had three little ones that kept tackling me. Too much fun though:)
We had an awesome and very fun Thanksgiving week. Actually the Sunday prior, my brother and Meggan came up to our house to spend the night. Meggan had to leave on Monday to get to work, but Justin stayed until Tuesday and then we drove down to the the valley together. I love spending time with my brother and am always bummed that it's so limited, but that doesn't mean we don't have a total blast. Tuesday night we stayed at my mom's condo and the next morning the kids, my mom and I had a fun little walk/drive through my mom's good ol Senior community. Bradock and Raylee just love riding in the little kids golf cart.
About 2 weeks ago I headed down to the valley for a fun day/night. Anytime I go down to the valley I try and cram as much stuff in as I can. So, I started off my day with a hair appt with Rachel. After several hours of coloring and then re-doing my extensions I was off to see Harriett Hamilton who is a Herbal Homeopathic Medicine provider. I had been recommended to her almost 8 years ago when Brett and I were in the brunt of all our fertility treatments. I was then recommended to go to her by a neighbor we moved in next to when we lived in Marbella. Rachel had recently gone to her and I decided it was finally time to bite the bullet and go and see her myself. It was a very interesting experience and I am very excited to try her method of treatment. Harriet uses kinesiology and reflexology to see what our bodies are deficient in or not in alignment with the rest of our body. She was feeling different pressure points in my feet and would ask if it hurt. She was making record of my answers and then used my hands/fingers to identify other areas of concern. Without giving her any information as to my past or current issues she told me it would be impossible for me to ever get pregnant because my hormones were so off. She said I was at a 0% when it came to Nitric Oxide production, which is an important cellular signaling molecule involved in many physiological and pathological processes. Low levels of nitric oxide production can also effect the protection of many of our organs. She said that due to a O% production my pituitary, pineal, parathyroid, adrenals were being heavily affected which in turn affects other areas of my body. I then told her that I have never been able to get pregnant in the 10 years I have been married. She was not surprised. She said that my low hormone levels would lead to osteoarthritis and kidney failure later in life. She then asked if I exercised, which I said yes. I also told her I eat very clean as well. She said that by exercising my body was releasing just enough endorphins to have any sort of energy. She said it was the only thing keeping me functioning otherwise I should be a lot more of a mess than I am and that a person with as low levels as me should be a sleeping, aching mess. I told her that I actually feel that way on days I don't workout and that's why I am so dedicated to it. She also said that my digestive problems are partly due to the hormonal imbalance and until that is fixed my body can't even process what it needs or doesn't need. After further discussion and questions she put me on a prescribed herb supplement plan. I am now taking Calcium, L-Arginine and Turmeric pills and American Gensing, Gotu Kola, Burdock and Chickweed drops daily. I am scheduled to see her again in 4 months where she said I will be feeling like a whole new person. Even though I didn't even go to see her about fertility issues (mostly just to get my hormones balanced) she said that she sees no reason why I would have any issues getting pregnant after I complete treatment...crazy!!! I may not want to get pregnant, but I am so excited at the possibility of my body getting back to normal...it's about time:) After my appt with Harriet I was off to join my fam for the Breaking Dawn 2 premiere. For the last 4 years I have been to every Twilight movie premiere and every time I have such a blast. Usually we are waiting in the crazy, long line for the midnight showing, but we lucked out this year. My sister got us tickets to a private 7pm showing for a fundraiser being held. I was happy to spend a couple extra bucks to be able to see the movie earlier. So, the crew included my mom, sister, me, Meggan, Sarah's friend Tara and a few of her family/friends and my brother who just flew in from San Antonio that afternoon. The movie was awesome, but the company was even better! I am sad the movies have now come to an end and our fun movie tradition is over...I guess we will just have to come up with some more fun traditions!!!
3 little bears all snuggled in bed...well that's what we do when I have the stomach flu! Mr. B had it a week ago Monday, Raylee on Tuesday and well just my luck because I have had a queasy tummy since Tues night. These two are the only things putting a smile on this mama's face:) They told me that I needed to lay down and they would join me...how did I get so lucky!
My handsome young man got his school pics back and I just love it! He is such a cutie! I also think it is hilarious that school pics have not changed one bit since I was in kindergarten. Not only is this little boy good looking, but he has been seriously cracking me up lately with all the things he says or does lately. The other day he pulls out the game "Battleship" and says "Hey mom, I'm going to show you how to play this game!" I said "Oh yeah...so how do you know how to play it? Have you played it before?" He says, "No, but I know how because I saw it on the commercial." I love that tv commercials are such wonderful teachers. Later that night Brett and I were talking about upcoming Stake Conference and Bradock says, "You mean General Conference." I said "No that was a couple weeks ago. Next Sunday is Stake Conference." He gets this puzzled look on his face and then says, "So are we going to be eating steak at church?" HAHAHAHA!!! Love that kid. And apparently so do all the kids in his class. The other day I went to pick him up from school and his teacher came running over to my car. She told me that Bradock is quite popular and everyone in class wants to be his friend. She is so happy to see this shy, little boy come out of his shell and is now Mr. Outgoing and has lots of friends. I am also super impressed with how well his fine motor skills are improving. It may not seem like much, but these two projects from school that I took pics of are HUGE improvements for Mr. B. He is able to use scissors and glue so much better and his coloring skills are getting much, much better:)
