Finally an Update

I am finally finding a spare moment to update my blog! I am a little curious of how all these mommies keep their blogs updated. I find myself doing the bare minimum to myself in the morning to get ready for the day and my head hits the pillow not long after the munchkins but decided it was finally time to get even less sleep and get a new post up. (It's funny that I started to put this post together a week ago!)

Tomorrow is a very exciting day at our house....we get our daddy home! Heath will be home and stationed at Hill Air Force Base, which means we will have a weekend daddy!

On December 30, 2010 we welcomed our sweet little Quincie Bedelia who is truly my Heaven sent little lady! She is so sweet spirited and hardly makes a noise. (Sometimes, I think it is a disadvantage because she doesnt get as much attention as I would like to give her)

January was full of adjustments. Not only was it an adjustment to having a new baby, but to being a single mommy of the 3 little munchkins I have.

Febuary was a very hard month for us. (The tears are already streaming down my face, as this is hard to write) We were planning to go to Phoenix to see Heath and play in the sun. The day before we were planning to leave, Feb 16th I asked my mom to come and tend Paislee and Riker so that I could go to a doctors appt and then get my hair cut. I drove to Salt Lake and after my doctor appt I decided to go spend some quality time with my Grandma and enjoy some lunch. I tried to call her before going to her house to see what she would like for lunch, she didn't answer. I was hoping that she was in the tub or just couldn't make it to the phone. I decided to get Wendy's as I knew that if I went to the house first I wouldn't have time to go and get lunch before my hair appointment. I also had a feeling something was wrong, but thought that maybe if I got lunch everything would be okay. I preceeded to Grandma's house with two #1's with a sides of Chili, a Diet Coke, a coke and of course two Chocolate Frosty's for each of us. When I got to Grandma's I went to the back door and new something was wrong when her news paper that her neighbors put by the back door was still there. The door was also locked. I call my mom and asked her to be on the phone with me while I climbed through the garage window to get a key and open the door. When I opened the door, I found my sweet little Grandma still in the chair at the kitchen table. There was nothing I could do for Grandma as she had passed the afternoon/evening before after my mom had been to see her before leaving for my house.

Although, it is VERY, VERY, difficult to have Grandma gone, as she will surely be missed, my family has alot of neat memories of Grandma. Heath was the only one in the family who could give Grandma a hard time and get away with it, Paislee and Riker adored great Grandma and sweet little Quincie was able to meet her.

March has also been a bit of a challenge at our house. Quincie was diagnosed with RSV. We started by taking her to out patient suction clinics, but that only lasted 3 days. She ended up being admitted to the pediatric unit at Utah Valley for 4 days. We are finally on the mend. If it wasn't for my mother in law and parents, I would have been in a world of hurt. I am so incredibly thankful for them and for all the help, support, and love they give to Heath, myself, and our kids. We are truly blessed.

We are also looking forward to Spring/Summer. Riker is now potty trained, but with that comes a lack of clothes. It is hard to keep them on him! Although, it is funny that he always seems to have some kind of cowboy apparell on.

Our Fall 2010

As usual I am playing catch up! There are lots of fun pics of our family and our adventures in which we have enjoyed. We went to my sisters house for Thanksgiving and had a very enojoyable day. The kids has so much fun we decided to stay the weekend and play some more. I didn't take any pics, they are on Mollie's camera, so hopefully I can get them posted before baby Quincie makes her arrival!

Riker enjoying the first real snow fall of the season. He has a blast playing while Paislee was at school. He really wants to make a "humphrey" aka a snowman! We have yet to make one, but hopefully real soon.

Riker trying out his new gogs (bogs!)

Riker broke his arm on November 16. He was attempting to get off of my bed after quiet time and lost his footing and did a front flip right off my bed. Since this picture he has a bright, neon green hard cast on that has been wonderful. From the time that he had nothing on his arm and a splint, Riker was unable to sleep for nap time and bedtime, since the cast he has slept all night every night! The pics of his new cast are on Mollie's camera as well and Riker is being stubborn about me taking more pics!

Riker getting really good with his left hand!

The kids and I were fortunate to go to Texas to see Heath the first part of November. We decided to stay in the hotel on base, which ended up being heaven sent. They put us in the temporary housing. We were able to stay in a town house for a week. It was great, it definately beat staying a tiny little hotel room and it was even cheaper then you would pay for a cheap hotel! The kids called it "the house"!

We had a blast playing at the playground every day

Having some fun play time with daddy on his day off

While in Texas, we decided to go down to Ft Worth. The kids had a blast. We were also able to meet up with Uncle Benny and his family in Ft Worth. The kids really enjoyed seeing their cousin Parker. Oh how we wish he lived closer.

Daddy riding the mechanical bull, Uncle Benny insisted a real cowboy show us how its done!

My cautious cowgirl. She says she is never going to ride bulls.

I am a little worried that Riker already has the right form for riding a bull. I am really hoping that he will decide that another rodeo sport is his thing, but I am not going to keep my fingers crossed!

Our little family

Uncle Benny, Aunt Amberlie, Parker, Amberlie's brother Mark, Daddy, Riker and Paislee, waiting for the long horns to run down the middle of the road.

Happy Halloween! This year we decided to stay home and celebrate by ourselves. We had a great time, although it was a little chilly.

The kids and I went to Disneyland with a friend of mine from work when Heath left for Texas. We had a blast and are already trying to talk daddy in to taking us next year.

Paislee and I waiting to see Tinkerbell.

Riker enjoying his ice cream sandwhich.

All of these adventures started when we went to Kansas in September to see our Papa. The kids had such a fun time with Papa. We found a frog and had many fun ventures. This is just a couple months before Papa left to go back to Iraq. Pnut and Riker really love Papa and miss him tons already.

We hope you enjoyed seeing our many fun adventures. We hope that you enjoyed the fall of 2010 as well. Our next update, will probably include a little addition, one that we are very anxious and excited about. We wish you a very merry holiday season.