Why do baby's get sick

OK . . . now I know why baby's get sick but it is a lot of stress not just for the baby but for the parents too. Bree came down with the cold last weekend after I finished putting up the new crib in her room. We had to take her into the emergency room at one point because her temperature would not go down. She was fine and it was probably more of her parents over reacting then her actually being in danger but we are new at this and I feel we have that right to do that still. Anyways . . . she has a serious cough but other then that she has been acting her normal self. I am glad because it is not easy being a cool and collective mom when your child is sick.

Breann Crawling

Just a little video of Bree crawling. She is getting so big!!

Mattress vs Mustang

So today Jeff and I decided to go to Babies-R-Us and purchase a baby gate that would actually attach to the wall and a mattress for her crib. Now when we left to go to the store we were just planning to get the gate, so we took the mustang. (Grandma Leslie was watching Bree). . . Anyways . . . we bought the items and once we reached the car we realized we should have brought the focus. The gate fit perfectly in the trunk but the mattress on the other hand barely fit in the back seat of the mustang. So imagine Jeff and I squeezing into the mustang with a toddler mattress in the back seat. I just laughed all the way home.

I wonder how many people looked at us and thought well their going to trade in that car for an SUV. Yea right . . . we will trade in the focus before trading in the mustang.

2009

It is 2009, Jeff and I rang in the New Year with my family and friends. Jeff was really nice and let me sleep in that morning while Breann and him played in the other room. Later that morning I cleaned the house a little, rearranged Breann's room to fit all her new clothes and toys from the holidays and moved some stuff to storage. Talked with my family on the phone because my aunt, uncle and grandparents are heading home tomorrow and I wanted to wish them luck. I got some good news from work that my schedule will change and I will have off Saturdays now. That means I will get three days off in a row and I won't be so tired when I go to church on Sunday mornings.

Breann is starting to crawl a little, which means I am going to have to cash in on my parents promise to refurbish our patio to make it child safe. So many things to start out the new year. I am also trying to get back in the reading habit by reading a book called,"The Lies My Teacher Told Me." should be interesting. Anyways Happy New Year to you all and I will talk to you soon.

Merry Christmas

It is the day of Christmas and I am working. I did have a fun time last night with the Bazen side of the family. We had our gift exchange and Breann was able to open some presents from the family. The only bummer part is that Jeff and I had to leave early so I can get to work. It kind of made the whole situation and bitter sweet event. I think it put me in a bitter mood to for the most part, one because I was tired and two I knew I wasn't going to sleep after laughing my head off with my family. I usually don't mind not getting any sleep but it is much harder now that I have a child. I am very excited though that I have Christmas night off and will get to relax and enjoy with my family. Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Years!!

Camping

So a lot has happened in the last few weeks. The Alcorn and Bazen families went on a camping trip to Silent Valley. The camp site is located in the San Jucinto mountains and it is a nice place to have a group camping trip. The down side is that you can't have camp fires at your site and in order to stay there you have to be a member or know a member. Anyways . . . it was a lot of fun, my sisters were there, my parents were there, my grandparents were there, and I was only sick one night. The weather was beautiful and we walked around the camp grounds looking at the stuff that they changed (I haven't been there in 6 years). The only bummer was that the weekend we went there was suppose to be a Thanksgiving/Christmas parade were you can ride your bikes and be a part of the parade if you wish. They changed that to a later date and I know I wasn't the only one bummed out about that. Still it was a very relaxing weekend and Breann had a good time. I wish it could have last longer and hopefully next more people can go, maybe another camping trip in the spring. . . Maybe. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, I love it when my birthday falls on that holiday. Nothing like some good turkey, stuffing, and granny beans. Happy Birthday to Amanda, hope the shopping was good. I love the Holidays!!

Up-Date

This is from a neighborhood by my condo

Hello I thought I would give everyone an up-date on the baby and myself.

** First off we were only affected a little bit by the fires in Yorba Linda. Jeff and I evacuated our home as the fire was less then a mile away and at that time you can't help but realize what is truly important that you need to bring with you. Thank God that there was no damage to our place or any one around us.

** Breann is doing OK, she gets a cough here and there but it doesn't last long. She is starting to hitch as well and soon will be crawling.

** Thanksgiving is coming and so is my birthday I love it when it lands on turkey day and then afterwards we go camping. Good times.

** I had to have some blood work done because I was going through some serious problems with sleeping all the time, feeling tired, loosing a lot of hair and some other things. Come to find out I have a thyroid problem that is hereditary in my family and it didn't start affecting me until I had the baby. All is well now I am on some medication that will help regulate it.