Update

There is nothing go on in our house lately. I am hoping that spring will be here soon. This morning I actually heard birds chipping, so that's a good sign!! Hunter is a little ball of energy, he would run all day long if we would let him. He has finally started saying a few more words. He says No(to everything), Jesus(we have a calender of Christ in our kitchen and he will point to the picture and say "jsis" and then wave, it's really sweet.), Hi-ya(like he's a ninga), those are just a few that I can remember right now. He is getting so big, he has climbed out of his crib twice. I am not looking forward to the day that he really gets it, I know for sure that he will not stay in a "big boy" bed. We have also bought a "big boy" potty. It was on sale and the one I wanted. We haven't really started working with him yet. He does like to sit on it before he gets into the tub. Anyways, enough of my randomness.

Playing in the snow!

This past week we received some more snow this past week, so I decided I would take Hunter out to play. He didn't really get it, but he still had fun. I couldn't find his gloves so he had to wear socks on his hands. It was pretty cute. The only snow pants we could find were a 3T, he's in 18 months right now, and the boots were a 7 and he is in a 5. He had a hard time walking, and ended up falling alot. I think he still had fun though. I wish I had taken better pictures, but I was trying to keep his face out of the snow. We haven't been up to much lately, just doing the same old stuff. Hopefully as the weather warms up(slowly) we will be outside more and doing fun things!

P.S. My cousin is trying to sell her house. It is so cute and it is only a few years old. She has made a blog with pictures and details about her home. If you or someone you know is looking for a new house, this is a perfert home!!
http://www.funhomeforsale.blogspot.com/

Our Trip to Boise

( Brian's sister Mary)

On January 16th our niece Jennifer had her first baby, Gabriel. The weekend after he was born we were able to go visit them. It was alot of fun. While we were there we went to Cabela's, it isn't as big as the one in Lehi, UT, but it was still fun. While we were at the store they fed the fish. It was a little disturbing because they feed them dead fish and live goldfish. Brian enjoyed it! On the Sunday that we were in Boise Brian and his parents went to see his Great Aunt Alice. She is 102 and still lives in her home. Her grandson lives with her and helps around the house, but other than that she still takes care of herself. I am really happy that they were able to visit with her. We didn't do to much while were down there, but it was still fun. Hunter was really good which made the trip that much more enjoyable. He normally doesn't do well in the car but we now have a dvd player. It is a life saver!!!! If you don't have one I would suggest it to you. Hunter was in the car for a total of 6 hours on the way there and 5 on the way home and he didn't even cry once. Other than our trip to Boise 2 weeks ago we haven't been up to much. We have all had our turns for being sick so hopefully we will be able to start having a little more fun!

Rough Couple of Days

It all started last Thursday. I could tell that Hunter didn't feel the best, but he was still very active. On Friday he has diarrhea all day, I just assumed that he was teething. On Saturday we woke up and he was his normal self. We had a birthday party to go to for my cousins kids, Kolby and Jett. He was happy and had alot of fun and didn't seem sick at all. That night I had a friend come over to watch Hunter so Brian and I could go on a date. We haven't had one since our anniversary in July. Around 4 pm on Saturday Hunter felt a little warm so I gave him some Tylenol. Again, I thought that he was just teething. So Brian and I left for dinner and then we went to the movies. Just as the movie began, my friend called to tell us that his fever had gone up a little and that she was giving him more medicine. Then about 10 minutes later we got another call. She said that she was putting him in his pj's and he began to have the shivers, but he was shaking a little worse, and his lips turned blue. So we hurried home, and he was fine. His fever was still there and he was just laying around. So at this point I figured that he was sick. He had a fever all night long and into Sunday. That afternoon I called his doctor's office to see if maybe they would like to see him since his fever hadn't broken yet. The nurse said that they had seen a lot of patients that had the same symptoms, but that it was just a virus and he would be fine. Around 7pm Sunday Brian gave Hunter a bath, when he got him out of the bath he was shaking again and his lips were really blue and his hands were now blue. So I freaked out a little and wrapped him up in 2 fleece blankets. About 10 minutes later, he was still on my lap, he seemed to pass out a little. He closed his eyes and I rubbed his chest and it took about 6 seconds for him to open his. When he did open his eyes he seemed a little confused. I took his temp and it was 103.1. We hurried him to redi-care and they PA thought that he maybe had a seizure and to see his regular doctor in the morning. His temp when we got there was 103.5, they gave him some Tylenol and Motrin and sent us home. I was just glad that he was ok. At this point his temp had only dropped .2 degrees, so I felt that it was time that Hunter needed a blessing. My good friends dad was able to give him a blessing that night, he blessed him that his fever would leave his body. I took his temp about 30 mins after the blessing and it was back to normal. I am so grateful to my friends dad that he was able to do that. Without the blessing Hunter was probably in for a really rough night. I have such a testimony on the the power of the Priesthood. Later that night his fever returned, not nearly as bad this time. I made an appointment with his doctor on Monday afternoon. He doesn't think that he had a seizure, but that the sudden change in his temp made his body have the shivers to try to bring it down. I was relieved to hear that! The doctor thought that he was over the worst of it, so he didn't run any test and didn't really tell me what was wrong. On Wednesday, I babysit for a lady in my ward so that she can go to a class and ISU. While we were there Hunter had a rash brake out all over his tummy, back, and head. So I called the doctors office again and they told me that with all the other problems he had over the weekend that he had Roseola Virus. Once you get it you can't get it again and most kids by the age of 2 have already had it. I can't believe that he was so sick. It makes me feel so helpless. He is finally starting to feel better and hopefully by this weekend he will be climbing the walls again. This is a picture taken on Saturday night, he fell asleep on the floor on top of a mound of blankets. I don't know how anyone could be comfortable like this. Poor guy!

Crazy Day, or atleast 5 minutes of it!

Today has been a little crazy. Hunter learns so fast that sometimes I feel like I can't keep ahead of him. We have a gate in between our kitchen and living room so that he can't get into everything. Well he has learned how to break down the gate. It only takes him like 5 seconds. He has tried to climb over it and doesn't have any success, so he has learned to pull really hard at the bottom corner. Today I was doing the dishes and left him in the living room while I was doing them so that he didn't get hurt or into something he shouldn't. My hands are all gross from touching the dirty dishes and I can hear him pulling at the gate. So I begin to raise my voice telling him to stop. It didn't work. Since my hands were so gross I just let him do it, he broke it down and just kind of wandered up and down the hallway. I was ok with that. Then he decided it would be fun to be on top of the table. He climbed the chair and then jumped onto the table, where our laptop is at the moment. So I quickly get him down and put him back in the living room and put the gate back up. He bulldozed through it again. He wandered up and down the hallway(all the doors were closed or so I thought). He got very quite so I peeked around the corner to the hallway and there was no Hunter, only my open door to my room. I knew right then that he was in the bathroom, in my room. I ran back there to see him dunking a puzzle piece in and out of the toilet. How GROSS!!! I was so mad, this is not the first time he has done this. What is his fascination with the toilets. This all happened with in 5 minutes. He is a speedy little thing. Even if I keep my doors shut he has figured out how to open them. He is only 15 months old. AHHHH. He is a little bugger, but we love him. He definitely keeps us on our toes.

Our Christmas!!

We had such a nice Christmas, minus the blowing snow! We stayed in Idaho Falls this year and got to see my dad and Brian's parents. We got up around 7 am and opened presents at our house and then went to my dad's for more presents and a big breakfast. It was so much fun. I had hoped that Hunter would be into opening his presents this year, but he just wanted to see what everyone else was doing and play(eat) with the wrapping paper. Oh well, maybe next year. We then went to Brian's parents house and opened more presents and had dinner. It was really yummy!! We also got about a foot of snow on Christmas. In the last picture it is the drift that covered our side walk up to our apartment. You can't really tell, but it is like 4 feet high and 4 feet wide. It was nuts. I don't ever remember this much snow on Christmas. I am so blessed to have the family I do. They are so wonderful to us. I am so thankful to them all!!

A few things I want to remember about Hunter

He is now trying to say more words: Mama, dada, owie, uh-oh, nana NO, and then he just jabbers and it kinda sounds like words that I don't think someone his age could say. He will hit you and say owie and then love you better. What a little nut. He is a monkey, he climbs everything and if he falls and gets hurt he's right back at it. You would think he would learn a lesson, but no he's like his dad that way!! He is getting to be so big. We love him so much!!

Christmas Parties!!

We have been pretty busy around here lately. Brian finished his fall semester. Some of his grades aren't posted yet, but so far he has received A's and B's. Way to go hunny!! On the 13th we had our annual Wolfe Christmas party. This year we went to Pocatello and had it in a gym of one of the churches. It was a lot of fun. Santa even made an appearance. We were also invited out to my aunt and uncles family Christmas party. That was also a ton of fun. They always have yummy food out there. We played the white elephant game, had a gift exchange, and played bingo! Thanks for inviting us. Last night we went to my dad's house for our game of bingo. We play for our stocking stuffer's. We have been doing it now for like 10 years and it is so much fun. It was also Kacie's 18th birthday. I can't even believe that she is 18. I told her that she is always going to be 10 in my mind. We have had a lot of FUN this month. I can't believe Christmas in on Thursday. I hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday!!

Kacie and her friend Troy

Kayla Aodhan(Kayla's youngest)

Kyle (kayla's oldest son)

And I couldn't resist this picture of Hunter, Brian had him laughing so hard

P.S. My mom sent me this in an email. It so reminds me of my parents and probably what I will be like. It's pretty funny. http://blogs.northlandchurch.net/2008/08/11/the-mom-song/

My Super Man

My mom bought Hunter some new pajama's that are "super man" pajama's. I just love them . I don't know if you could tell in the pictures but there is a small cape that come with them. There just too cute.

Temple Square Lights!

This past weekend we went down to Utah to visit my mom. While we were there we were able to go see all the beautiful lights at Temple Square. I haven't been in years. It was so nice to be able to walk around Temple Square. It wasn't even that cold out. The top picture is supposed to look like it is floating on water and there are floating candles all around the pond. It was so pretty.

Me and my mom

If you look hard enough you will notice that Hunter's arms are just dangling at his sides. He wasn't able to move them to much, he was pretty bundled.

Hunter enjoyed all the lights. We weren't able to get his thumbs in his mittens so it looks like he's giving everyone a thumbs up. I love this time of year. I am so happy we were able to go see the lights, I think it was Brian's first time ever. Hopefully we can make this a tradition in our family.

Hunter is growing up way too fast. He is now climbing on the couch and onto our side tables. Last night I had the last of the chocolate cream pie and I shared it with Hunter. Well I decided to leave the tin pie pan thing up on the counter(our couch is on the wall of the counter). I should have just thrown it away. This morning Brian missed his bus to go to class in Pocatello, so I made him get up with Hunter. He decided he would make breakfast for all of us and left Hunter in the living room. He heard Hunter making sounds like he was eating something(he always says yum-yum). To his surprise Hunter was on the side table eating out of the pie pan. I guess I didn't finish all of it. I can't believe what a little climber he is. He is getting to big.

Our Thanksgiving!!

This Thanksgiving I had two friends that didn't really have a place to go for Thanksgiving dinner, so I decided that I would cook and invite them over. It was my FIRST Thanksgiving dinner that I had cooked all by myself. I have to say that I was pretty PROUD of myself! It was so fun to be able to have it at my house and have people come over. It definitely doesn't seem like it is Thanksgiving "time".

After we had stuffed ourselves, Brian had convinced us to go shooting. We Shot a 22 hand gun, and 9mm hand gun, and a 20 gage shot gun. It was alot of fun. I don't know why I like to shoot them, because I definitely don't like them in my house. Anyways, it was a ton of fun.

I just want to say that I am so thankful for my FAMILY and FRIENDS!! I am also so thankful to be an AMERICAN and the FREEDOMS that brings. I am so thankful to all the soldiers that defend our freedoms and the sacrifices they make doing that. I am thankful for the ATONEMENT of Jesus Christ. He provides me with comfort and love. This time of year I think alot of people forget what we are celebrating. I think it is important to never forget or take advantage of what Christ has done for all of us. I am so thankful to be a member of the LDS church! Without that I don't think I would be same person I am today.

All about Brian(tag)

1. Where did you meet your husband? The very first time was at a stake dance. He just came up and kissed me on the cheek. What a weirdo! Then about a year later we had a science class together. He did all my homework for me. What a nice guy after all.



2. How long did you date before you were married? We dated my junior year (his senior year). He left for the Marines the summer/fall before my senior year. He came home in January from an injury. We were engaged Dec. 2002 and married July 2004.



3. How long have you been married? 4 years and 4 months.



4. What does he do that surprises you? Every once and a while he will bring home flowers for me. He also will help me clean up the house without even being asked lately!!



5. Favorite Quality? He is a hard worker. He is going to school full time and still manages to get as many hours at work as they will give him so that I can stay home with Hunter. I don't tell him enough how much I appreciate him for this. He is an awesome father, he would do anything for Hunter. He is even the one that gets up at night with him!!



6. Favorite Features? His "little boy" grin, his eyes. Well everything about him is my favorite.



7. Does he have a nickname for you? Honey, umm....some pretty embarrassing ones that I'm gonna leave out.:)



8. Favorite Food? Anything Mexican. He loves spicy food. He also loves my tater tot green bean casserole.



9. Favorite sport? Well before he got hurt he loved to go rock climbing and float the river(doing dangerous stuff), he loves to fish and go hunting when he has any free time, which is very rare.



10. When and where was your first kiss? Well we were still in high school. He was over at my house just hanging out. I walked him to his car and he kissed me under a full moon. How romantic huh?!!



11. What is your favorite thing to do together? Well I would say going to the movies and dinner, alone! I think he would say just hanging out at home.



12. Do you have children? Just 1, Hunter. He turned a year in October.



13. Does he have any hidden talents? Well, he is a very good singer.



14. How old is he? He is 24.



15. Who said I love you first? I can't remember, but when I have asked him about this he's pretty sure he did it.



16. What is his favorite music? He likes pretty much anything.



17. What do you most admire about him? His willingness to help others. He would help just about anyone.



18. What is his favorite color? Blue or Red, I'm not quite sure.



19. Will he read this? Maybe, if I tell him to.



20. Who do you tag? Amy, Kalie, Lynette, and Devoney

Fun House for Sale!!

My cousin, Kristy, is selling her house. It is so cute and homey. If I could buy a house right now I would totally buy hers. She has made a blog with pictures or her house. http://www.funhomeforsale.blogspot.com/ go check it out, and let anyone who is looking at buying know about it!

What we've been up to

My mom finally moved to Salt Lake, so I spent the last week down there visiting and helping unpack. It was so nice to see her and be able to just "hang out". Hunter has been learning so much lately. He now says "what's this" which comes out ss tis. He points at everything and says what's this. It is so cute. In Relief Society today I stood up with him in the back of the room, there is a picture of Christ and he pointed right at Him and said "what's this". I told him it was Jesus and he got the biggest smile on his face and cuddled right into me. He is such a sweet boy. I truly believe that Hunter had a very close relationship to Christ, since he was born he would always stare at the picture of Christ that we have in our living room and any time he sees a picture of Him he always gets a big smile on his face. Another thing that Hunter does is hit people. I don't know how to make him stop doing that. Any time he hits me I always say "owie" and he loves me better. So you all notice that I have changed my back ground to Christmas and my music is now Christmas music. I couldn't help it. I LOVE Christmas. I didn't decorate last year because we had just moved and Hunter was only 2 months old. So I am making up this year, I have lights out on my patio and lights on my counter(I know that sound weird, but it looks really pretty). I don't have any pictures, I left my camera at my mom's house. I am begging her to visit this weekend and bring my camera with her. So as soon as I get my camera back I will post pictures.

Mommy's little helper!!

Hunter is into everything!! If I am doing laundry he always tries to climb into the dryer. Well we were at my dad's house and my step mom let him climb right in. He loved it. He thought it was the best thing ever and couldn't stop laughing. Now I just have to teach him how to do the laundry!

Halloween!

On Thursday the library had story time and trick or treating, so my friend Amy and I met up with our kids. It was Hunters nap time so he didn't love it, but Karley did so it was worth it. Outside the library there are a ton of leaves on the ground and both Hunter and Karley loved playing in them. They have finally started to play together and it is so fun to watch.

Friday afternoon Toys R Us was having a trick or treating parade sort of thing. My cousins, Holli and Kristy and their kids, all met up and went to all the stations. Geoffrey the Giraffe was there and I wanted a picture of Hunter and him, but he wouldn't hold still so I had to be in the picture.

(We carved our pumpkins a little early I guess because the faces all started to cave in. Hunter's is the smiley face, Brian's is the middle one, and mine was the one on the right it is supposed to say trick or treat.)

Halloween night we met up with my step-sisters kids and my step-mom and trick or treated their neighborhood. My dad has a big wagon and we just pulled them from house to house. Hunter really enjoyed getting in and out of the wagon. This has been a fun Halloween, it was warmer than usual and Hunter was able to participate. Thanks to Kristy and Holli for the costume, it is so cute and it was perfect!!

Pumpkin Patch!

On Saturday we decided it was time to buy our pumpkins. We have a family tradition to go to this pumpkin patch, it's off of Sunnyside going toward Shelley. I guess we waited to long because the pumpkins that were left we green or rotting. We still had a lot of fun, all though it was very windy. In the end we bought our pumpkins from walmart. Hunter had fun running up to every pumpkin and trying to pick them up.
THE MAZE

The people that own the pumpkin patch have also made a little maze for little kids out of hay. Hunter went right in and started walking back and forth. I was a little surprised that he walked through it, I thought that he would plop his bum down and try to eat the hay. He had so much fun and kept a smile on his face to prove it.