Another view of the rail
Sterling's 3rd Birthday
1 week ago
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Well, I am way overdue for an update! Sometimes theres just too much to write about to even start, and other times theres just nothing. I'm always trying to think of witty things I can put on here...but since I'm not witty thats kinda difficult.
We've had an exciting month- we're all moved in to our new house. Yay! We love this place- it has tons of extra room, and aweome paint, and its just so darn cute!
Tyson's whole family (minus brother in law Scott) came down from Idaho to visit us last week- and we had such a blast with them! It was awesome to see his brothers and sister and the other 2 grandkids on the Higham side. Jeffrey had a blast playing with Eric and Nicole! And they all thought Emily was a doll, of course! 2 of Tysons uncles and 1 aunt also came to visit at the same time, just for fun! So it was really neat to have a big family party. Tyson found a really nice resort in downtown Scottsdale for them to stay in for only 100 bucks a night! Which was nice considering everywhere else around here was closer to $200 a night. The first day they were here it was beautiful so Tyson and his dad played some tennis and then we all sat around outside chatting and soaking in the sun! I think thats the funnest thing to do with family.
After all the relaxation we put mom and dad Higham to work- they and Tyson built a rail for our staircase! It turned out to be more of a project than we intended, with quite a few little roadblocks, but it turned out great! Tyson even finished it all by himself by putting in all the spindles. I'm so proud of him!
The finished product- ta da!
Look at the sleepy girl...
Emily just keeps getting cuter and cuter, and shes even starting to put on a few pounds! She slept for 5 hours for the first time last night! Yay! It was the best feeling when she woke up at 4am and I realized how much uninterupted sleep I just had! She gives us lots of smiles and has the twinkliest eyes ever. I can tell she's going to be a very happy little girl!
Jeffrey is...well, busy. He doesnt stop, ever! He touches everything he can get his hands on and doesn't like it one bit when we take away whatever it is that he's been touching. he jabbers all the time, and its been really fun to see him understand more of what we say, and how he tries to respond! He had a major owie the other day- he tripped outside on the sidewalk and bloodied up his lip pretty bad. I have never seen a lip swell up as much as his did! It was so sad! Tyson brought him in screaming and bleeding- almost broke his poor mom's heart! But, let me tell you, this kid is such a trooper! He gets over things so quickly. 10 minutes later he was smiling and playing again.
I'm still trying to figure out how to take care of 2 kids, a husband and myself, not to mention keeping the house clean. If any of you have tips on how to keep a clean house, fill me in! It seems I can only get a couple little things done each day, so the whole place is never clean at once. I suppose I'll figure it out eventually! Until then, sorry Tyson, I'm trying!
I decided to run again! I just signed up for the Race for the Cheetah- a 5k at the Phx Zoo. I cant wait to start training for it! Since thats the same distance that I ran in high school, it will be very interesting to see what my time is and how much skill I've lost. :) Luckily I have an awesome personal trainer for a husband, so he's going to whip me into shape in no time! Thats the plan anyway!
Sorry for the long post- It's definitely been a while! I promise it wont be a whole month before I post again... maybe only half of one ;)
We've had an exciting month- we're all moved in to our new house. Yay! We love this place- it has tons of extra room, and aweome paint, and its just so darn cute!
Tyson's whole family (minus brother in law Scott) came down from Idaho to visit us last week- and we had such a blast with them! It was awesome to see his brothers and sister and the other 2 grandkids on the Higham side. Jeffrey had a blast playing with Eric and Nicole! And they all thought Emily was a doll, of course! 2 of Tysons uncles and 1 aunt also came to visit at the same time, just for fun! So it was really neat to have a big family party. Tyson found a really nice resort in downtown Scottsdale for them to stay in for only 100 bucks a night! Which was nice considering everywhere else around here was closer to $200 a night. The first day they were here it was beautiful so Tyson and his dad played some tennis and then we all sat around outside chatting and soaking in the sun! I think thats the funnest thing to do with family.
After all the relaxation we put mom and dad Higham to work- they and Tyson built a rail for our staircase! It turned out to be more of a project than we intended, with quite a few little roadblocks, but it turned out great! Tyson even finished it all by himself by putting in all the spindles. I'm so proud of him!
The finished product- ta da!Look at the sleepy girl...Emily just keeps getting cuter and cuter, and shes even starting to put on a few pounds! She slept for 5 hours for the first time last night! Yay! It was the best feeling when she woke up at 4am and I realized how much uninterupted sleep I just had! She gives us lots of smiles and has the twinkliest eyes ever. I can tell she's going to be a very happy little girl!
Jeffrey is...well, busy. He doesnt stop, ever! He touches everything he can get his hands on and doesn't like it one bit when we take away whatever it is that he's been touching. he jabbers all the time, and its been really fun to see him understand more of what we say, and how he tries to respond! He had a major owie the other day- he tripped outside on the sidewalk and bloodied up his lip pretty bad. I have never seen a lip swell up as much as his did! It was so sad! Tyson brought him in screaming and bleeding- almost broke his poor mom's heart! But, let me tell you, this kid is such a trooper! He gets over things so quickly. 10 minutes later he was smiling and playing again.
I'm still trying to figure out how to take care of 2 kids, a husband and myself, not to mention keeping the house clean. If any of you have tips on how to keep a clean house, fill me in! It seems I can only get a couple little things done each day, so the whole place is never clean at once. I suppose I'll figure it out eventually! Until then, sorry Tyson, I'm trying!
I decided to run again! I just signed up for the Race for the Cheetah- a 5k at the Phx Zoo. I cant wait to start training for it! Since thats the same distance that I ran in high school, it will be very interesting to see what my time is and how much skill I've lost. :) Luckily I have an awesome personal trainer for a husband, so he's going to whip me into shape in no time! Thats the plan anyway!
Sorry for the long post- It's definitely been a while! I promise it wont be a whole month before I post again... maybe only half of one ;)
Sunday, February 3, 2008
New Pictures and a Confession!
I love my little girl!!
Hey everybody, this is Tyson writing. It is Sunday the 3rd of February. Okay, I'm only going to make this confession becasue I know that probably the only people who will read this blog are a bunch of ladies.
Okay, here it goes.... On friday night, Kim and I watched We are Marshall, it's a true story about a college football team in the 70s that lost most of it's coaching staff, most of its players, and some boosters and fans in a plane crash. They were on their way back from an away game and crashed about a mile from the runway where they were supposed to land. One of the assistant coaches who was supposed to have flown with the team decided to drive home instead. I think that he had to do some recruiting or something. He was unable to reach his wife to let her know that he wouldn't be on the plane, so he called a neigbor and asked her to give his wife the message, but she didn't get it. So, when the plane crashed, everybody in the town heard about it and this coaches wife thought that her husband had been killed. Anyways, it showed her lying (lying or laying?? which is proper grammer) in bed that night alone weeping and then she heard a car pull up in the driveway so she ran outside and it was him, he was still alive and she thought that she had lost him.... I cried!!! It made me think of what it would be like to lose Kim and I just lost it. It was a true story okay, it wasn't fiction like You've Got Mail or Sleepless In Seattle or Return To Me, this actually happened, so give me a break. Just becasue I'm a guy doesn't mean I am void of emotion.
This Picture is just for fun. I hope everyone likes my tan:) I wish that I had a picture to include with Kim but unfortunately, we don't seem to have any recent ones.
P.S. For any of you english majors out there, please inform me of any grammatical or punctuation errors.
Hey everybody, this is Tyson writing. It is Sunday the 3rd of February. Okay, I'm only going to make this confession becasue I know that probably the only people who will read this blog are a bunch of ladies.Okay, here it goes.... On friday night, Kim and I watched We are Marshall, it's a true story about a college football team in the 70s that lost most of it's coaching staff, most of its players, and some boosters and fans in a plane crash. They were on their way back from an away game and crashed about a mile from the runway where they were supposed to land. One of the assistant coaches who was supposed to have flown with the team decided to drive home instead. I think that he had to do some recruiting or something. He was unable to reach his wife to let her know that he wouldn't be on the plane, so he called a neigbor and asked her to give his wife the message, but she didn't get it. So, when the plane crashed, everybody in the town heard about it and this coaches wife thought that her husband had been killed. Anyways, it showed her lying (lying or laying?? which is proper grammer) in bed that night alone weeping and then she heard a car pull up in the driveway so she ran outside and it was him, he was still alive and she thought that she had lost him.... I cried!!! It made me think of what it would be like to lose Kim and I just lost it. It was a true story okay, it wasn't fiction like You've Got Mail or Sleepless In Seattle or Return To Me, this actually happened, so give me a break. Just becasue I'm a guy doesn't mean I am void of emotion.
Kim and I watched the funeral of President Hinckley on Saturday. I'll miss seeing him at General Conference. He always reminded me of my Grandpa Higham who passed away a couple years ago. I was touched to see Mitt Romney(R) in attendence. Only three days before Super Tuesday he took the time to pay his respects when he sorely needed to be campaigning. Harry Reid(D) also attended. For those of you who don't know, he is the Senate Majority Leader.
This Picture is just for fun. I hope everyone likes my tan:) I wish that I had a picture to include with Kim but unfortunately, we don't seem to have any recent ones.
P.S. For any of you english majors out there, please inform me of any grammatical or punctuation errors.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Emily's eyes!
I just saw that my mom got some pictures at the hospital with Emily's eyes open- yay! I love her eyes! 
They are so sweet.
They are so sweet. Sunday, January 6, 2008
Picture crazy!
Here are a bunch of random pictures I've been meaning to post over the last several weeks, but never got around to it!
Jeffrey absolutely loves to swing! As you can see from the look of exhilaration on his face :) He got so good at holding on to the swing all by himself while I pushed him- what a big boy!
I'm ready for my close up... :) Doesn't he look like a model here? These were taken at our family reunion on the 29th. Funny story...while at the reunion my sister and I were talking to my aunt, and she asked if I had ever had a c-section. We told her that none of the girls in our family had ever had one, and I expressed my desire to never go through that! Well...2 days later, what else should happen but I have an emergency c-section! Ironic, isn't it?
This is our cute little Christmas tree! We absolutely loved it- it was the perfect one for us. You'll notice the lack of ornaments. Well, they were up at one point (as you'll see in the next picture) but keeping them up with an 18 month old is practically impossible! So we decided it w ould be much easier to just not have any than to keep re-decorating the tree after Jeffrey would take them off...again and again and again!
Even though he's not wearing any pants, I just thought this picture was so cute! I love how fascinated he was with the ornaments, I just wish he could have enjoyed them without removing them! lol
This was my tummy at 8 months
Jeffrey wanted to help clean up after our ward Christmas party. He is so strong! He pushed that cart across the gym with no help! One of his absolute favorite things in the world is to push things. Anything he can find! Including the bottom rack of our dishwasher! He pulls that out at least 3 or 4 times a day and pushes it around the house!
This was a really special moment because Jeffrey does not cuddle for very long. But one day I was resting on the couch and he just climbed up right next to me and fell asleep with me! He had never done that before! It was so cute.
This is the little terror after eating raviolis one day. I love how the sauce made a perfect goatee around his mouth! And look at those eyes! What a stud!
Here's another of baby Emily. One of these days we'll get some pictures with her eyes open!
Finally, baby and mommy in the hospital. I wore my new pink jammies in celebration of the sweet little girl!
Jeffrey absolutely loves to swing! As you can see from the look of exhilaration on his face :) He got so good at holding on to the swing all by himself while I pushed him- what a big boy!
I'm ready for my close up... :) Doesn't he look like a model here? These were taken at our family reunion on the 29th. Funny story...while at the reunion my sister and I were talking to my aunt, and she asked if I had ever had a c-section. We told her that none of the girls in our family had ever had one, and I expressed my desire to never go through that! Well...2 days later, what else should happen but I have an emergency c-section! Ironic, isn't it?
This is our cute little Christmas tree! We absolutely loved it- it was the perfect one for us. You'll notice the lack of ornaments. Well, they were up at one point (as you'll see in the next picture) but keeping them up with an 18 month old is practically impossible! So we decided it w ould be much easier to just not have any than to keep re-decorating the tree after Jeffrey would take them off...again and again and again!Even though he's not wearing any pants, I just thought this picture was so cute! I love how fascinated he was with the ornaments, I just wish he could have enjoyed them without removing them! lol
This was my tummy at 8 months
Jeffrey wanted to help clean up after our ward Christmas party. He is so strong! He pushed that cart across the gym with no help! One of his absolute favorite things in the world is to push things. Anything he can find! Including the bottom rack of our dishwasher! He pulls that out at least 3 or 4 times a day and pushes it around the house!
This was a really special moment because Jeffrey does not cuddle for very long. But one day I was resting on the couch and he just climbed up right next to me and fell asleep with me! He had never done that before! It was so cute.
This is the little terror after eating raviolis one day. I love how the sauce made a perfect goatee around his mouth! And look at those eyes! What a stud!
Here's another of baby Emily. One of these days we'll get some pictures with her eyes open!
Finally, baby and mommy in the hospital. I wore my new pink jammies in celebration of the sweet little girl! Shoutout
Wow, can I just say...Thank goodness for nurses! The nurses that helped me at the hospital were all so awesome. They do everything! Including all the gross, awkward things that we wont talk about here. :)They see a lot and deal with a lot every day- and I am just so grateful! really admire all my friends who are going through nursing school right now, because its not a glamorous job! But definitely a worthwhile and appreciated one. I was talking to one of my nurses after I got out of recovery, and she was telling me the sometimes on her 12 hour shifts, she doesnt get to eat or go to the bathroom the whole time, but then she gets to do things like take care of my little baby in the nursery and its all worth it.
Thank you nurses!!
Thank you nurses!!
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