It all Starts With a Hug A Kiss And A Promise

New Years!!

2012-01-06T01:35:00.002-07:00

Here is my New Years Resolution:
1. Im gonna try real hard to work on updating my blog once a week now that i have a computer.
2. Update Makinley's baby book. (or the blog with all her stats)

i think these are easy ones and reachable so here's hoping i can do it!! ill be doing a lil back log in the next few weeks so i can get you all up to date. the last year has been crazy busy i mean my baby girl turned 1, we went to Alaska, and just life so i need to catch you all up.. and Bart thinks i need to continue my "WTF" pictures so ill start working on those.. Happy 2012 Everyone in blog land..

Fotofly Santa (Dec. 2011)

2012-01-06T01:27:00.005-07:00

Makinley made a visit to Fotofly Santa at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah.. it was so worth it!! i paid $20 and got all 5 images on a jump drive. so i would recommend EVERYONE do it next year!!! we also had to make a visit to the Mall Santa (Santa's elf's) and she did awesome there too i was hoping i would get the all fun terrified of the ol man pic but nope my lil one Smiled and thought nothing of it!! here are the Pictures from Fotofly (ill work on the mall one) ... i loved how the pictures turned out...

Pictures with Terra

2011-05-07T22:13:00.006-06:00

ok so my pictures are a lil out of order Makinley was 2 weeks old in these pictures (dec 2010)

Birth Announcement
Mommy and MakinleyDaddy and Makinley
Grandma (Yia Yia) and her granddaughter Makinley3 GENERATIONS

too see more pictures check em out on Terra's site Magnifique Photography
-Makiney's {newborn}
shes the one who did our engagements, my bridals and our wedding

Makinley is 24 weeks old

2011-05-07T21:52:00.005-06:00

So its so hard to believe that Makinley is already 24 weeks (5 1/2 months).. I'm gonna start posting about her and what shes up too once a month.. but I'm starting late this month :)

- she is sooo vocal.. shes into screaming and growling back when you growl at her its so cute.
-she hates being on her tummy she will Roll right over
-shes getting good with sitting up unsupported :) i sit on the floor with her in between my legs and give her a few toys and she will sit
-she LOVES to stand supported of course
-she started formula a week ago i lost my milk supply from getting Mastitis (it sucked BIG TIME) but im proud that i made it to 5 mo with just pumping exclusively (she never latched on :( )
-she loves eating i started feeding her rice cereal and oatmeal a couple times a day (she will sit there with her mouth open waiting for the spoon so you gotta pay attention)
-she is starting to belly giggle when you tickle her tummy she doesn't do it all the time but we are getting there
-she still doesn't know about the zerberts on her tummy (she gives you a look like WTF are you doing to me)
-she loves it when Charlie licks her especially when she opens her mouth she will giggle, squeal, smile and grab him and Charlie is getting better with her. hes right there in her space when she burps cuz he has to clean her up if its a wet one
-she is now in 6mo clothing
-she loves her excersaucer she goes to town trying to eat all the toys on it
-she cry's sometimes when you sneeze it scares her
-she Loves her daddy she lights up when she sees him and talks to him and grabs his goatee (he has since shaved it down)
-she loves Tillie's girls too
-she loves her brothers as well
-she loves to put EVERYTHING in her mouth
-she likes to put her toes in her mouth when you change her

well thats some of the things i can think of off the top of my head.. now ill go post pictures :)

Makinley's Hat

2011-05-07T21:47:00.006-06:00

So my mom has a friend in Alaska that makes these AMAZING hats... her name is Michelle and you should join her fan page on facebook its called "Made by Mush" heres a link

she even makes adult sizes and all sorts.. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this hat..

OHH and i love this little girl so much!!!!

Its Been a LONG TIME Agian

2011-05-05T09:21:00.003-06:00

Ok so yeah i really suck at updating my blog so much has happened since my last post.. I had my sweet baby girl Makinley! I have waited my whole life for this little girl and SO glad i finally got her. so now where do i start?? I guess ill start where i left off so here goes (ill try to make it quick he he he) So i was on bed-rest after my uncle passed away my mom came into town on Nov 2nd for my Uncles wake and i was going in for Non stress test's twice a week with each one good!! my Uncles wake on Nov 6th was awesome alot of people showed up. He was Cremated cuz thats what he wanted he sat on my aunts fireplace with a lit candle atop his box it was peaceful and i knew he was with us, especially when a glass bowl just broke into pieces and no one was in the Kitchen... Towards the end of the night my Aunt handed me a note that had my name on it, inside was a letter from my uncle (that my aunt wrote for him) and a two pictures of my uncle back in the day how i remembered him and i lost it. this is what my note said Dear Danielle, Patti is helping me write this note to you. It is a quiet and clam evening and i am feeling fine but a little tired. I love you and hope that you feel my love. Your a good woman. Give my love to your daughter, who knows maybe i will get to see her. I wish you all the best in your life. I wish you happiness and good health. You will always be my "Pinky" All my Love, (then he signed) Your Uncle John K.

Those few words mean so much to me (even just reading them now brings tears to my eyes). i miss him every day and think of him all the time. and i feel selfish that i wish he would of hung on a few more weeks to meet his great Niece but i know he is in a far better place and met her in heaven before she made her debut with us. im sure he told her all sorts of story's too.. and that gives me peace!
My mom was supposed to be here a week then fly back a few weeks later to be here for the birth of Makinley, but her plans quickly changed a few days before she left my BP was high (my mom i think helped with that she would say things like "your car was hit in the parking lot ect to raise it ) so anyways Diane wanted to see about how big Baby girl was so i was scheduled for another ultra sound to get a guesstimate of how big she was..on the Wednesday she was supposed to fly back i had my ultra sound and the Dr. told us she was pushing 9lbs (8lbs 9oz) and i about died thinking to myself "no way in hell that baby is coming out of my who ha" after that appt i had another appt with Diane and was told to come back on Sunday night to be induced ( i would of been 37 weeks)!! My mom was EXCITED and i was everything excited to see my baby girl and scared as hell.. Now my mom had to change her flight cuz after my appt we where on our way to the airport to drop her off. she got her flight changed and i was no longer on bed rest i was allowed to go shopping and walking so i did. come Friday Nov 12th Diane called me with bad news "we have to wait to induce you" I guess the Dr. that originally said he would back her up for me to be induced early was no longer backing her up so we had to wait. at this point i had NST 3 times a week. so come Friday Nov 19th i had my NST and my BP was high and my mom wasnt even "helping out" after that appt i had an appt with Diane my BP was still high while i was over there so at 2pm Nov 19th i was told to go to LDS hosp at 8pm i was finally getting induced.. i wasn't miserable with this pregnancy it was for the most part a easy pregnancy other than the HORRIBLE heartburn from day 1 (she was not HAIRY at all so that wives tale is a MYTH) i was excited i was gonna see my baby girl! so we left i came home and packed my stuff we went to Arbys for dinner and then we where on our way to LDS Hosp. Here is my last belly pic Friday Nov 19th 37 weeks and 6 days..

Rest In Peace Uncle Johnny!!

2010-11-02T20:25:00.002-06:00

JOHN KULKUS

John Nick Kulkus 1951 ~ 2010 On the beautiful morning of October 21, 2010, John passed on to his next existence. A man of strong will and determination, he chose to take the next step in his journey. He went with God and may he be in peace. May his reunion with love ones be sweet. Born to Greek immigrant parents Nick and Catherine Kulkus on February 27, 1951 in Midvale, UT. He grew up in a loving home and was proud of his Greek heritage. He came of age in the innocence and turbulence of the 50's and 60's. He was an Army vet of the Vietnam War. Graduate of Hillcrest High School and had an A.D. from the University of Maryland. He married Patti Godwin on November 5, 1977 at Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church. The marriage ended after 28 years but the friendship continued. John was the proud father of Robert and Thomas who blessed his life immeasurably. He wanted them to know of his love. John worked as a journeyman carpenter, always enjoying the hard work of building and creating. He loved the great outdoors and enjoyed fishing, hunting, trap and skeet shooting. John was strong, independent, generous, and had a wicked sense of humor that we will all miss. He was preceded in death by his parents. Surviving John are his sons Robert Kulkus and Thomas Kulkus, his former spouse Patti Kulkus, sister Vicki Kulkus (Bob Collins), brother Ernest Kulkus (Sandy), and former sister-in-law Kathy Hagen. He is also survived by his niece Danielle Lingwall, a.k.a. Pinky, nephews Rick Shane, Nico Koulurus, and Rich Hagen. The family would like to express appreciation to the many caregivers who were a part of his life for the past few years. We thank you for your compassion and care. Thanks also to the friends and neighbors who helped him along his way. John lived a simple life and wanted a simple transition. Cremation services entrusted to Premier Funeral Services. He wanted family and friends to get together to remember the good times. All friends and family are invited to celebrate his life on Saturday November 6, 2010 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Kulkus residence: 10876 Shady Dell Drive in Sandy. Online condolences at www.premierfuneral.com

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Ok so i dont know where to start this blog post off but as many of you know now my uncle who i was very close with lost his fight with cancer on Oct 21st 2010. He was the man i have always looked up to while growing up, he was the man for the longest time i told "i want you to give me away when i get married" i remember spending my weekends having sleep overs with my Uncle and Aunt in their lil apartment at Plum Tree, and always hearing how i ended up with my nickname Pinkey, cuz when i was born i was so tiny and from that point on i was his "pinky". i have so many memories of him being a Big part of my life he was the man i took to all the daddy daughter dances and i was so proud to take him and i will never forget the last daddy daughter dance we shared at my wedding last year. i know he is no longer in pain but its just so hard to think he is no longer with us. i know he accomplished one goal and that was to make to my wedding last year when the Doctors told him he wouldnt make it. he told me on Fathers day (2010) that he mooned his Dr. to prove him wrong that he was at my wedding. i honestly thought he was gonna hang on to meet his great Niece this December but i know now he has met her in Heaven and im sure he is telling her to give me a run for my money as she gets older, and that to me brings me comfort, he just needs to keep her put a lil longer. Rest in Peace Uncle Johnny your Pinky Loves YOU!!! there is so much i want to write about and im sure i might just add to this post as time goes by.
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since my uncle passed away my blood pressure started to hike up and i had a Dr appt and a NST that morning, needless to say i saw the DR after i heard the news and the Dr that i saw me that day was ready to put me on bed-rest right then and i told her "not today i need to be with my family", she agreed but wasnt happy and told me i had to come in monday and see my Dr, so come monday i started retaining water (gained 10 pounds in 4 days) and they found trace amounts of protein in my urine and the headaches where to much to handle and my BP was through the roof my Dr was worried about Toxciema, i was put on Bed rest cuz i coudldnt get my BP to go down, and my Dr. said baby girl could be here in a week the panic set in. i know most of it was the stress of losing my uncle and at first our goal was to keep her put till my mom got here On Nov 3rd, but as of now our goal is 37 weeks.. i go in twice a week for non stress tests and my BP has been perfect and my water weight has gone away too. so the bed rest must be working.
i had a Dr appt today and she checked me im not dilated or effaced, and the baby hasn't dropped all good signs that she might stay put till 37 weeks or longer. My Charlie puppy on the other hand has been by my side non stop.. so maybe he senses something they say they have that sense.. as long as my mom is here im ok with what happens.

One Crazy Emotional Day

2010-09-17T10:38:00.002-06:00

So this week has been busy, crazy and emotional. my week started off good then Tuesday came. Makinley has been a very active lil baby in my belly i mean i feel her move all day 20-30times a day i never really counted or kept track she moves in the morning, while I'm at work and right before bed.. but Tuesday she wasn't as active, and at first i thought nothing off it.. but by Tuesday afternoon i hadn't felt her a whole lot and i just assumed she was a tired lil girl. i came home and rested talked to my mom and added some items to my baby registry since I'm having my work baby shower on Saturday, with the thought that she will start moving when i lay down.. at about midnight after watching a movie and going to bed she really hadn't moved much i mean i kn ow I'm 2 1/2 mo away from my due date and they move less when they get bigger but i know shes not that big she still has room to move. i crawled in to bed and cried and prayed (and if you know me i don't pray that much just when i feel like its needed) and i felt it was needed i needed to feel my baby girl move around a lil but no dice.. i got up and got showered for work on Wednesday and went to work on my way to work i stopped at Mickey D's and got a large OJ since that gets babies moving, i drank the whole thing and went to work. at this point i hadn't felt her move since the day before and i wasn't sure at what point to worry.. i poked and prodded at my belly just waiting for any movement but nothing... about a hour later i felt a lil i mean a lil bump nothing like what i normally feel but i counted it and thought the most horrible thought "what if this was a lil death jerk" i mean i know that's a horrible thought but when Makinley moves or kick she goes for it.. this was nothing compared to her normal movement i mean i know when my baby girl is active shes a ACTIVE baby and i was starting to worry but not showing a lot at work. at about noon i thought ok i need more sugar, i went and bought a Pepsi and two chocolate Donuts and i ate them and drank that Pepsi and still no hard movement.. i felt a total of 3 lil bumps i mean lil bumps that make you wonder "was that her or not" but i counted those 3. at about 2 i went to lunch knowing she will get active once i sit and eat.... Nothing... so i sat there trying not to freak out that i haven't felt my baby girl move in about 24 hours.. at this point do i freak out or not? i made a post on my facebook page saying "haven't felt the baby move in 24 hours at what point should i worry" and the response was call your Dr. i mean after the OJ, Pepsi and two chocolate donuts this baby girl didn't budge... Ive learned Sugar does nothing to her... so i get back to work and call my OB and the receptionist says can you get here now. at that point the stress and the freak out sets in.. i work with AMAZING PEOPLE they told me to go so i did. i called my hubby and i was being pretty calm and said "I'm on my way to see Diane" and he was like "is everything ok" at that point i lost it.. i told him i don't know i haven't felt her move since yesterday he told me he would meet me there.. I love this man with all my heart and at that point i loved this lil girl with all i had and the thought that she wasn't gonna make it broke my heart .. i called my mom on the way and shes already on guard when i call here during my work hours she answers the phone "is everything ok" and i started crying again and told her i hadn't felt Makinley move since yesterday.. she told me its gonna be ok and that she is resting her lil tush in my HUMM HUMM and doesn't want to be bothered.. as much and i hoped that was true your mind goes every which way.. i hung up with her and did what i could on my drive up to LDS hospital, i pushed on my belly and blared the radio hoping to scare her and make her jerk but she wasn't budging... i get to Diane's office and Bart was right behind me as i got out of the car and saw my man i lost it all over again. the reality started setting in "omg i could lose this lil girl and i have waited so long for her" we got into the office and I'm trying to keep it together with in a few min Janell the nurse calls us back she weighs me and i am up 1 pound from Friday which at this point i didn't care, we went into the room and she took my BP a whooping 155/71 oops I'm a lil High but the stress had done that.. she handed me some Kleenex and said its gonna be ok... i so hopped she was right.. with in a few minutes Diane came in with the Doppler and told me i did the right thing by calling her cuz i would know most when this girl is active (mind you i have felt her move now 7 times while typing this).. so she starts feeling around to find baby and puts the Doppler on my left side that's where we have been lucky and found her heart Friday and a few other appts too, but nothing my heart sank and i started to cry she moved all over the left side and couldn't find anything then she moved to the right side and Found her heart beat i started to cry more cuz indeed my baby girl was alive.. THANK YOU GOD!!!! she told me she thought she might be breech and that's why i cant feel her move as much but she wanted to make sure she wasn't under stress and that i would have to go over to Maternal fetal medicine and get monitored to make sure she was ok.. so she called them and on our way out she told me I'm glad you called when you did, if you would of waited till tomorrow i would of been mad at you... i gave her a hug and went on my way.. we got to Maternal Fetal and i called my mom while i was waiting and told her " we have a heart beat but they are gonna monitor her and ill call you when that's done" i go back and meet Kathy the nurse who is gonna be monitoring our baby.. i get up in the funky chair and she looks at me and says "why did you wait so long to call? Next time do not wait this long, you call that morning" i didn't know if i was overreacting or not, or when to call honestly.. She does a ultra sound to measure my amniotic fluid then hooks me up to the heart monitor and contraction monitor within a couple minutes SHE MOVED Finally my baby girl moved and it was a movement i was used to i told Kathy " lil shit shes testing me already" she laughed and said "i have two girls and i hope shes is a good one for you" i fell in love with Kathy the nurse she was so sweet and mothering which made it easy to clam down which when she took my BP at this point i was down to 133/7o, much better than 20 minutes ago.. as I'm hooked up to the heart monitor I'm telling Bart that when you hear the sound of static that's her moving and low and behold she moved about 4 more times. her heart rate was 144bpm and they look for increase heart beats that tells them she is getting enough oxygen and she had about 2-3 peaks where her heart rate jumped to 155-157 then back down. after about a hour on the monitor Kathy comes back and tells me shes doing well her heart peaked like its supposed to and dropping back down to her baseline which is perfect, and my amniotic fluid is perfect too. and she felt good sending me home. and home i came, i felt at ease that my baby girl was ok but emotionally drained but she was ok and that's all i needed. i knew tomorrow id be back a the maternal fetal dept at IMC for my 3rd 20 week ultra sound and hoped that they would be able to see her heart this time and i knew id be able to see my baby girl on the screen and i couldn't wait.

Saturday Sept 11th

2010-09-12T22:13:00.003-06:00

I went to the Greek Festival with my Bestie Tillie.. Bart my sweet Hubby offered to take her 4 girls and the boys so we could go and have some adult girl time.. It was a good time we got there and the line for food wasn't to bad we waited for 44 minutes and i spent $15.50 just for my dinner i filled up my plate with pastitsio, souvlaki, dolmathes, yero, lemon rice & a tyropita and ate every last morsel.. and i so could of kept on eating... the salt lake Greek festival is the biggest festival west of the Mississippi and the biggest ethic festival in Utah.. gotta love my Greek Heritage!!! OPA.. or all the other Greek words that i have managed to remember.. the bad ones... lol Ska-to-lee (lil shit) Ska-ta (shit) Ski-le yeni-meni (son of a bitch) i can still remember a few others just here and there but wish i could remember it all .. when i was growing up i could understand greek when my Yia Yia talked to me in greek but after her second stroke and her having to relearn to talk her greek and english where all mumbled together so i lost what i had known..maybe one day ill see f i can find some tapes and get my greek back on track, ill learn greek before i learn spanish ANYDAY.. wish my Yia Yia was still around to cook up some greek grub i wish i could cook a lil better maybe after Baby Makinley gets here i can work on my greek cooking.
well i think thats a update of my weekend .. ill start updating my blog like i do my facebook.. so as of now im out im beat!!!

27 week Check up

2010-09-12T21:53:00.003-06:00

Thursday Sept 9- The Glucose Test!!!!

so Thursday was a long day i had my Glucose test i woke up at 6:30am (which im so not a morning person) make a protein breakfast sausage and eggs, i mean i had to have my breakfast eaten by 7:10am so i ate and was done by 7:10 i wanted to go back to sleep but that didnt happen although while i was watching tv i could feel baby girl moving alot every couple seconds i looked down at my belly and every time shes moving my whole belly is jerking my Baby Girl has Hiccups.. it was so cute and so neat to watch my whole belly jerk with every one she had... to bad Bart wasnt home to see it... at 9:10 i had to Drink that yummy orange glucose drink within 5 minutes it wasnt that bad it was the after taste that got me ugh... i drove to my appt at LDS hosp and told the girl when i got there i drank my glucose at 9:10am within a few minutes i was in the back getting weighed.. a whopping 7 pounds in two weeks... WHAT??? thats the most i have gained since i have been pregnant up until my appt 2 weeks previous my total weight gain was 6 pounds and i was good with that.. so that was a lil damper on my mood and my blood pressure im sure.. so i go in and do the whole pee in the cup thing and while i go to get a paper towel a spider comes down in front of me so i scream a lil, and walk out and say there was a spider on the paper towel disp and Janell the nurse was like "oh do i need to go kill it" "i was like nope i did it" we go and sit in the room and she takes my BP and this time its 132/78 double WTH?? i mean i have been running low 117/68 .. really i mean my weight it up and my BP is up too great... so she pricks my finger and we start the glucose test.. within a few minutes my glucose is 163 triple WTH so not good but my iron had dropped which Diane says is good but bad its good cuz i guess im not at risk for toxemia now YAY but i still need that Iron, so she drew my blood to get a better glucose reading and told me should would know that afternoon, i haven't heard yet so im assuming no news is good news. We talked about delivery and classes i mean i start seeing my OB every two weeks from here on out now.. its getting close and this lil girl like to kick the crap outta me ..

on another note i have and HORRIBLE HEARTBURN every day NO MATTER WHAT I EAT.. again if that myth is true she better be a hairy monkey!!!

(ps dont mind my lack of capitols and proper grammar i just type so bear with me)

Belly Bump Pictures

2010-09-12T21:07:00.018-06:00

19 weeks (the first pic we started taking)
20 weeks
21 weeks
22 weeks
23 weeks
23 weeks
24 weeks 25 weeks
26 weeks
26 weeks (Bart Loved this pic)
27 weeks
28 weeks
29 weeks
30 weeks
31 weeks 32 weeks
33 weeks (halloween costume) Speed Bump 34 weeks 35 weeks 36 Weeks
37 Weeks and 6 days (the night i was induced)

finishing off my baby update blog

2010-09-12T20:01:00.003-06:00

ok so im gonna attempt to remember my things in my head after June 2nd... but as of now i am drawing a complete BLANK... i really need to do this Blog thing either weekly or daily cuz i cant remember much..

Most of my appts have gone well my BP has been low and my weight has been low as well i usually gain any where from 2-3 pounds a month so the dr is VERY PLEASED since i was already a lil on the heavy side..

20 weeks
i went in for 20 week appt the measurement appt i was so excited to see how this baby girl was growing.. on my way i stopped by McDonald's and got a large caramel frappe which has been my weakness for a few months now but i was hoping it would get baby girl moving for the ultra sound.. Bart has been a great hubby he has been able to go to majority of my appts which has been nice.. so as we are sitting there watching our baby girl on the screen in front of us and it still amazes me how much she has grown and to see her inside of me.. they start the measurements and they are able to see her head, lips, brain, arms, legs and tummy and i got to hear her heart beat for the first time.. Diane has been trying to get it on the Doppler but since im a lil fluffy in the tummy the Doppler cant get a good heart beat i cried when i heard my baby girls heart beat for the first time but im sure all mommas are.. as they attempt to look at her heart her toes are in her mouth so all the tech can see is her thigh over her heart , and then she kept putting her lil hand on her forehead like "oh please are you done yet" so after 25 minuets the tech leaves tells me to get up and move her around hopping she will quit sucking her toes, a few min later Dr. Rose came in and said lets just have you come back in another month she will be a lil bigger and we should be able to see more.. so i agree and we schedule my 24 week appt with IMC again..

Week 24, i made a early appt with them this time i do the orange Juice trick so i stop at Micky D's again and get a Large OJ.. hoping this will get her going ...... ha ha ha we where in for it the tech starts the measurements and she was alot bigger this time they measure her head right on track legs, arms, stomach, bladder, all of it but the heart again.. this time she is laying on her side and so not in the mood to move... so the tech tells me to lay on my side so she will flip so i lay on my side for about ten minutes then a new Dr. comes in not sure of his name but he was nice as he places the ultrasound on my tummy she is in the same position she didnt even MOVE.. lil snot..the dr starts shacking my belly to get he to roll over or flip and nothing... and then i tell him i drank a large OJ hoping it would get her moving he was even shocked that she was not even budging. he told me she is right on track for a December 4th delivery date she is measuring right where she is supposed too , and then i ask him about her heart and he begins to tell me her heart is in the right position but i cant see it that well and im not signing off on it till im 100% sure but he said he felt pretty good that her heart was ok. but we go back in another month for a 28 week ultra sound.. Yay for all the ultra sounds..

Aug 22nd, 2010 (25 weeks along) Me and Bart are watching Transformers 2 and my laying on my side up to this point i hadn't really felt baby girl i mean i felt lil things and wondered if that was her so as im laying there i feel what i think it her and i look at my belly and i see a lil bump pop up i gasped and told Bart OMG i just saw her kick or something so i lift up my shirt and we are watching my tummy and i see it again and Bart was able to see it as well it was an amazing moment i watched her do this 3 times so either shes gonna love the transformers or hate them... lol but it was nice put the feeling with her actually moving so now i know its her moving and boy she loves to kick the crap outta me.. but its an unsettling feeling and amazing feeling all at the same time

ok from here on out im gonna just do some quick updates im gonna copy them from my facebook.. i know cheating huh..

Aug 24th---- ha ha ha so im watching "i didnt know i was pregnant" and at the commercials they have lil quizzes this one was " if you experience excessive heartburn during pregnancy, your baby will most likely be born with a full head of hair" True or False.....i have had heartburn so bad since day one now im to the point i have it all day no matter what i eat.. ill keep you all posted if shes a lil hairy monkey..lol

Aug 25th- i came home from work with a horrible backache that then turned in to mild cramping i called Diane my OB and she put me on Bed rest for the night.. as i sat there laying down crying all night so scared that something had to give since this pregnancy has gone so well not feeling her move she finally kicked me and it was a kick that actually scared me so i felt ok knowing my baby girl was gonna be ok, i texted Robin and told her about the backache and cramping and that Diane told me to rest as much as i could before my shift the next day to help stop the cramping, she told me not to worry about my shift to say down and rest .. I LOVE MY BOSS she is amazing... so i took Thursday off and was horizontal all day and all night, come Friday well that was a dif story about 2 hours into my shift the backaches started and the mild cramping so i called Diane and left a message i stayed seated most the day and then Diane called me and told me best rest for the weekend and come in Monday for a Enzyme test..
After i got off work i went and bought a heavy duty belly belt to keep baby girl up a lil and help elevate my backaches , and spent the weekend on bed rest.. well i tried my laptop crashed and it was so not the weekend to have your laptop die but thankfully i bought the extended warranty with Best Buy and by Sunday and two trips i had my laptop back with a new harddrive and im so glad i miss all my bookmarks but im glad i paid the xtra money for the warranty..

Aug 27th-OMG im down to the 99 days till my due date.. I just hope Lil Miss Makinley stays put till she s further along...

Aug 29th 11:45am-Baby Makinley is kicking the crap out of me... She's not digging this weekend bedrest and no movies to watch either but so cool to see the bumps in my belly pop up every time she kicks or punches....

Aug 29th 4:14pm-Got my Laptop back now i need to reinstall everything... oyyy vie!!!

Monday Aug 30th- i went and met with Diane i have gained 2 pounds since my last appt which is good and she did the enzyme test. It test for preterm labor if it comes back positive 90% chance she will come early .... It came back negative!!!! yay she just told me to take it easy and wear the belt.. it has helped alot, she said the cramping was probably round ligament pain... im just glad baby girl is staying PUT!!!!

according to facebook now i am up to date, im gonna try and make a goal that when i update facebook im gonna update my blog... well see how well that goes.. now ill post some belly pics that i have taken weekly enjoy!!

Cheesecake Factory

2010-09-07T23:59:00.002-06:00

This is for my mom, she says i need to write this crap down cuz i cracked her up when i told her this story so here is another attempt to remember things..

Sept 5th 2o1o- Our 1 year anniversary

so the day started out pretty crummy my hubby was working and i was PISSED AS HELL about this.. but my plan that day was to get up get showered and take him lunch and surprise him.... however the day before my right foot had started swelling so when i woke up it was still pretty swollen so i came out to the couch and put it up and drank lots of water hoping the swelling would go down. about 12:30 i get a text from my hubby saying "happy anniversary and what are you doing.." i tell him "resting my foot cuz its still swollen then ask him what are you doing?" he tells me "im going to lunch.." the first thought in my head is Damn it and i tell him "ohh i was gonna surprise you and bring you lunch but i wont make it now".. "he told me thats ok you rest your foot its ok".. so im kinda bummed but about not being able to get there in time for his lunch and im glad i didnt leave cuz within 30 min here comes my man through the door roses in hand... i looked and him and asked are you on lunch and he said yes for the rest of the day.... how cute huh... i guess they where slow at work and one guy didnt have a way home so Bart asked if he could go and it was his anniversary well they let him... thanks Pep Boys you made this prego wife not so angry.. any ways i took a shower and we decide to hit up the Cheesecake Factory we got a gift card for our wedding and thought that was a good day to go.. we got there about 4ish and we had no wait they take us to a booth and at first i think this is ok.. yeah once i get in there my belly is right up to the table and im thinking should we ask for a table so i can push the chair out?? but ill tough it out... well you know how it is when your pregnant.. your belly is HUGE and you have to kinda sit with your chair out so you can actually get your face over your plate well i had no room so of course i spill cuz i cant get my close to my plate to eat, i mean i feel like im a man now a days when i sit at a table i feel like my legs are so far spread that i need my junk to breath but i dont have any junk just a prego belly that needs room.. things used to fall on my boobs i was always spilling on my boobs but now my belly has gone beyond my boobs and im not even that huge so im pissed i spilled but what can you do..

well getting out of the booth was a whole other experience i mean there is this lil lip well its not lil its about 4 inches so not only did i have to fight with the table to get out i had that nice lil decorative ledge to get through too and my sweet hubby just pulled me.. i felt like a beached whale, and really contemplating on telling the hostesses... "seriously dont put a fat prego woman in a booth we cant get close enough to our plates to eat or get out" but i didn't now i really wish i would have. i think skinny people like to put chunky people in booths to make you feel bad that your already to fat to eat any more... from now on im asking for a table so i spread my legs and let my belly breath and scoot my chair out so i can actually eat over my plate not over my belly...

funny facts of a 4 yr old

2010-09-07T23:43:00.003-06:00

Ok so this is out of order of me updating my blog but it was cute...

So Saturday Sept 4th Me, Bart and the Boys went to Dave and Mariah's (Barts brother and Wife) to help them move into Daybreak.. well i didn't help move i just sat and watched them all :).. as we are getting ready to leave We are telling Boston my nephew that there is a baby in my Belly and i asked him "when she gets here can i bring her over and will you play with her" and he said "Sure" while he is sitting in his underwear cuz hes always naked or almost naked.. then i ask him "what do you think of the name Chloe" and he looks at me with this look and says "that's silly" then i ask him well what about the name Addison and he gives me the same look and says "that's silly too" so then i ask him "what about the name Makinley" and he gets this huge smile on his face and nods yes and smiles.. so lil Boston has approved the name Makinley,
I started having doubts about what to name her and i knew i wasn't the only one who ever thought of changing their baby's name at last minute, but with Boston's help i think we will stick with Makinley!!

12 week ultra sound

2010-08-29T21:42:00.001-06:00

May 7th 2010 Peanuts First Video

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Been a While again

2010-08-29T21:12:00.003-06:00

Ok so its been a while since my last post.. i told myself that i would update more often now that we have a lil one on the way.. and i suck!! well here is my first of many updating blogs.... i would of started this weekend since i have been put on a weekend of bed rest but Friday Night my hard drive crashed.... so i lost all my pictures & Videos... the pictures i wasn't to worried about cuz i still have them on the SD cards cuz im to lazy to have them put on cd's so i own several SD cards. the Videos well they took forever to upload so ill slowly be working on them. luckily i started uploading most of them to Youtube (so my mom can see them) so i can add them to the blog YAY!!! so ill try and get my blog going..

so here goes... keep in mind this is coming from a pregnant girls memory and yeah it sucks... lol

April 1 2010- i found out i was preggo Carma kicked my ass on that day..(story in another blog below)

April 29 2010- my First appt with Diane i was 8 weeks pregnant we went in and did a ultrasound however we didnt bring the camera so its on my blackberry and the video is CRAP... thats ok you couldnt see much anyways but we did see a heart beating.. YAY

May 7 2010- Second appt with Diane i was now 9 weeks pregnant we brought the camera this time and she did another ultra sound.. the video is labeled "Peanuts first video".. watch closely at the beginning you can see legs move..
at this appt we talked with Diane about the testing that can be done i knew i wanted to know right away if this baby was gonna have downs r any other genetic issues as soon as i could, i personally needed to have that peace of mind of knowing either way, so we decided to do a CVS (Chorionic Villus Sampling) heres a small definition of it-Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a prenatal test that detects chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome, as well as a host of other genetic disorders the main advantage of CVS over amniocentesis is that you can have it done earlier — generally between 11 and 12 weeks of pregnancy)

so after my appt i came home and made my appt for May 26th..

May 26th- 12 weeks pregnant i had my CVS done at IMC my mom was in town so she and Bart both came with me, when it came to time for the procedure my mom B-lined for the door... Bart was a trooper i was expecting the CVS to hurt i mean hello they put a 6-7inch needle into your abdomen so i had the death grip on poor Barts hand expecting to feel the pain.... but i never felt pain. it was cool to watch them put that needle in my stomach and then get samples of my placenta. they test for Downs, CF, triosomy 18 & 19 and some other genetic issues and they can tell you the sex of your baby. so we opted to find out what we where having and would know in one week. while we were at my CVS the dr. did a ultrasound before and checked this lil baby out they were able to see the heart rate it was a mear 168 BPM, when i was told that i looked at my mom and lipped GIRL.... after my CVS i had my next appt with Diane so Bart went back to work and me and my mom drove downtown to LDS and met with Diane. with my extra weight on my tummy its hard for the Doppler to pick up a heartbeat so she did an ultra sound.. my mom recorded that one and its amaazing she is moving around and its so clear at 12 weeks.. (that one is called 12 week ultra sound)

June 2nd- 13 weeks pregnant one week after my CVS and i was at work my mom didnt think i would hear from Katie the genitic counselor at IMC cuz it was the memorial weekend but i knew deep down i would hear from her. so at about 10:50am i was at work and my cell rang it was Katie she began to tell my that our lil baby has the right amount of chromosomes no more no less , and that it tested negative for CF i was happy to hear these results then she asked me " did you want to know the sex" even though i knew deep down what it was.. and i said YES.. she told me "its a girl" i started to cry then she asked if i was ok i just told her Yes i just really wanted a girl and knew it was a girl.
after i talked to her i hung up told every one at work and then called my mom and told her "its a girl" and she has the right amount of Chromosomes, at first she was like "are you F*&%ing with me?" i told her no its a girl then she said YAHOO and I KNEW IT.. apparently my mom also knew she was gonna have a granddaughter Bob likes to call her a Witch. :) so after i call my mom i called Bart and told him "its a girl" .. sadly when he got home he asked me "so i guess everything else was ok?" ie: her chromosomes.. duh me... forgot to tell him she was perfect!!

From day one Bart knew as well it was girl he kept calling her Addison, i knew it was a girl too i felt it deep down i guess that was my first experience with "mothers intuition" but i never told any one that i knew it was a girl cuz boys run in the Lingwall side so i wasn't gonna get my hopes up until i was 100% sure.. Now i know its a girl and i will say this Dr. Shettles method WORKED FOR US.... we tried for a girl and we got one... now we had to decide on a name.. at first i was dead set on Addison Catherine, but then i heard the name McKinley and fell in love with that name (i think Bart still wants Addison) and now Addison is so popular, and i win so we are naming our baby girl Makinley Catherine (middle name after my Yai Yia).

Ok i feel bad for leaving off at this point but its getting to be my bedtime.. i promise to update more tomorrow.. ta ta for now Kisses ..

2010-05-18T21:43:00.003-06:00

Dang i need to UPDATE more... so much has happened since Aug.. i got married, the holidays came and went, and started a new year with new goals... but in April that all changed.... April 1st is you know the biggest joke day of the year and every year i get my mom good... this year the joke was on me.. you see the last few years i have called my mom and told her i was prego.. with some random guy at the bar who i didn't know his name and every year she fell for it last year i didn't do it nor did i this year for the simple fact i really wanted to be a mommy.. well my dear friend Alisa who i work with wanted me to pee on a stick for he so she could give it to her hubby who she had only been married to for 2 weeks... i kept telling her "no it will be negative and your not waisting money on a test" she told me just to try it i kept telling her "my boobs hurt and I'm campy I'm gonna start"... so Thursday April 1st at about 12:20pm i thought wow i am five days late (but i was late in Jan by 9 days) so i thought if i have the cheap test ill pee on it to prove to Alisa I'm not... well ha ha ha jokes on me as i sat there the plus line popped up... i was in shock and started to cry. i took a pic of it and texted it to my mom first then to Bart.. when i got to work Bart had already replied and asked "really" my reply was a phone call "i don't know but i think so, i brought my digital one to try again later" how romantic that i told my hubby over a text message... but he loves me ... so i go in to work and i show Alisa she is like " really" and at this time the plus sign was disappearing so i was really not sure... i showed every one in the pharmacy and shed a few tears with happy thoughts as we had been trying full swing the month before the wedding with no luck... so for the next hour and half every one in the pharmacy was asking me " do you have to pee yet" "do you need more to drink" lol i love my co-w0rkers... they new i had brought my second digital preg test with me.. so finally after a hour or so i had to pee so i get my test and head to the potty i pee on that stick and set in on the counter and as i got up to pull up my pants it displayed "PREGNANT" i didn't even have my pants on all the way and i started to cry all over again... i came out of the potty test in hand and showed it off i was in fact PREGNANT... happy April fools day to me you prankster... ironic that of all the days i found out i would be April 1st 2010.. at this point i still had not heard anything from my mom so i sent her the pic of the digital one. ... and i got a message back from my mom that read "ya right April fools" i had to call her and say "this is for real mom"... she still didn't believe me. so i had her talk to our intern who had only been there 3 days since he has nothing to gain (she thought the whole pharmacy was in on it) so he talks to her and says "its legit and by the way I'm the father" i thought i was going to die since in the past i have told her i would have 6 kids all with different dads.... she called the pharmacy ab0ut 3 times talking to everyone to make sure we all where not in on this prank.. it took till Saturday and me peeing on a stick while Bart videoed it for her to believe it.. (i will not be posting that video) ... my first due date came up as Dec 4th 2010 two days before my birthday, another thing i didn't want was a baby with a DEC birthday.. and while at my 1st Dr appt the Dr told me my due date as Dec 6th my b-day ha ha i got it good. but ill stick with my 1st date although that is the best present ever!!!! as of today i am 11 weeks and 3 days (its the size of a lime) i have been very lucky no morning sickness YAY me just pure exhaustion ... i am slowly creeping up on finishing my first trimester so I'm happy to get my energy back.. few people think it will be a boy since i haven't had any morning sickness although i know a few people who had sickness with boys and girls.. so we will see well that's a quick ha ha long update ill try and keep this updated now that we have a lil one on the way... I'm off to bed I'm beat!!!
here's the two tests

2009-11-29T17:46:00.002-07:00

August 2009 cont
Work Summer BBQ

Chad and Thuy

Ian Chris's lil boy and his buddy Spatch
Chris and his awesome hat need a beer opened
Missy Chris's wife who is a Vegetarian so the hat was funny
Jenny and Thuy love those girls
Robin taking pictures
Allie Robins lil girl loving the smores
Thuy trying to roast her marshmellow
Jenny got hers just right

2009-11-29T17:22:00.006-07:00

August 2009
My bachlorette party weekend in vegas and my 1st ever lap dance by the hot waiter at Dicks Last Resort i love Las Vegas and Dick's... i guess i cant say what happens here stays here since i just posted it

2009-11-29T17:10:00.001-07:00

July 2009 cont
lagoon with my Bff and her girls.. she will kill me for posting this pic... but i love her so its all good

2009-11-29T16:28:00.010-07:00

JULY 2009
ENGAGEMENTS!!!! woohoo here's our month of July too see more of our session visit

http://blog.magnifiquephotography.com/2009/07/16/danielle--barts-engagements.aspx
there is a ton more there as a slide show.... TERRA IS AMAZING!!!!

Pictures by Terra Copper with Magnifique Photography www.magnifiquephotography.com

2009-11-29T16:18:00.005-07:00

June 2009

we spent time at lagoon and i was still planning a wedding... so not alot to show here

Barts Brother David and Boston
Mariah Davids Wife

2009-11-29T16:10:00.004-07:00

May 2009 cont.. Mom's Dress

ok so here is the final pic on the dress for my mom doesnt she look thrilled

2009-11-29T15:54:00.003-07:00

May 2009

Ok so may was a busy month i was finally wrapping up training so i could plan the wedding full force, me and bart went to a Roller Derby thanks to Bill who Ref's and it was FUN
Then on mothers day Bart and the boys took me to La Puente here are some pics of those events

Always Hiding from me Erik Tryin to get awayHunter Just hiding
Isaac running for the door

2009-11-29T15:36:00.003-07:00

April 2009 cont.

Natalie invited me over for dinner on my last trip for week in Vegas..... we decided to facebook across the table with each other and drink it was a good time
Then i got mauled by Nat and Poppy her Puppy
Nat and I having a good time

My last flight home from Vegas i snuck my camera and took some shots of the Utah mountains and the copper mine i went from 70 degree weather to SNOW... im so moving

2009-11-29T15:00:00.005-07:00

April 2009

Tillie and I at a VERY COLD REV game... goo Matt Down Time with my Bucket
Eva'a Brithday, and yummy food
Eva and cake on her Face
Me and My Twin ill have to post of a pic of me when i was the same age we look alike
Eva the Birthyday girl working it
a rarely seen Pic of Erik Tillie Cheering on The REV
Me and Bart
How Bart puts laundry away

2009-11-29T14:38:00.005-07:00

March 2009

i became a auntie... Griffin Michael Lingwall my soon to be sis in law had her baby boy and it set in i finally get to be a auntie.. here is a few of his pics ..

OK so I'm trying to remember things by looking at pictures and i forgot about this one...
Me and Tillie went to dinner one night with out the kids and we decide to go to village inn and we walked in and waited and waited and finally the guy looked around and said something along the lines lets see what seats are available and these weren't??? didn't know ghost like to eat

i was trying to put new pillow cases on the pillow... Charlie had other plans

2009-11-29T14:25:00.004-07:00

Feb 2009

ok ill make this one short, about a week after i got my car i had to take it in so they could add special treatment for the upholstery so i wake up at the butt crack of dawn to take my car in cuz they said it would only take two hours... (yeah right) but i wanted it done since my new car had tan interior which i hate... and still to this day.. so after 4 hours i get a ride to pick up my car and this is what i see

at first they didn't take responsibility for that. but in the end he admitted it was there guy who jacked it up something about how my cars front end is longer than most cars so when he drove it off the lift it scratched along the side, that's how it happened. im just glad they fixed it

2009-11-29T13:52:00.006-07:00

OK so ill start in FEB of 2009 i came home from Vegas for a week it was valentines day and me and Bart had gone to dinner i think we hit Cafe Rio, i have been itching for a new car i mean i love my lil Nissan but I'm getting ready to be a instant mom with 3 boys and not to mention i want kids as well and its a pain in the ass squeezing 3 boys that weigh over 100 pounds each in the back on my lil Nissan, so we get done with dinner and we are on out way to his parents house and i tell Bart those 5 lil words.. "i just want to look" ha ha ha if you know me i will find a way to get what i want... lol so this cute lil salesman Jacob comes out young like seriously 19, I'm looking at a sliver Durango and of course no price.. WHY... so i ask him how much he says let me check tells me its $14,000 i think uhm not bad its a 2007 and its only got 40,000 some odd miles and its clean and i fell in love right there... we took it for a test drive and i was HOOKED just want i wanted a bigger car for my bigger family. we go in and work out all the details at first they where gonna hose me on my Nissan i mean it was in good condition and had supper low miles for being 11 yrs old so me and Bart got up to walk out and bam they offered me $1700 for my lil 1998 Nissan 200sx my lil copper penny was being traded in i was actually really sad as i was emptying it out. this was the first car that i had Paid off and it felt good when that happened but it was time to move on. So we go in to work on financing get what we think it all done and walk out i have a new car ya me.. i loved it but it was all short lived...... Monday comes around and i get a call from the fiance guy telling me i need to fill out more paper work .. so i go down and this other sales guy Casey comes up and says hey i got good news and bad... they couldn't get financing on the Durango for me cuz of my BK but i can get another car... im like uhg gimme back my Nissan ill save up more money.. and of course i get sucked in to another deal.. it was either come up with $2000.00 more or find something 2000 dollars cheaper.. so we went and looked he told me i got the right car for you and here comes Jacob driving a COPPER Colored HHR.. i was like OH HELL NO.. you tell him to keep on driving .. Casey was like no look you can fit the family in there (flashbacks to Cincinnati for training and all four of us crammed in a red one) i was like NO NO NO NO no way in hell was i driving a HHR so he takes it back then starts showing me the used POS sitting in the lot like a impala i was like yeah no do i look like i wanna be a undercover cop... uhm NO.. next, we looked at a colbolt of course i was drawn to the jeeps and then he said we just got a envoy a suv like a TRAILBLAZER... NOT EVEN CLOSE i test drove it and hated it.. so at this point im like ok ill just take my Nissan and then i remember i loved the rental cars i had in Vegas the Pontiac G6's so i asked do you have one of those....... low and behold he showed up in a white g6 with awesome rims and wheels and we test drove it and i was in love!!!! so we worked on all the paper work and now i have a new used car. my "Zippy" she got me my first speeding ticket two Weeks after i got her i mean i went from a 4banger 5speed to a V6 automatic and before you knew it would be speeding.... thanks Zippy for that... i took the class so i shouldn't show up on my record.... here's a pic..

2009-11-29T13:44:00.002-07:00

OK so i noticed i like to blog when I'm sick, or bored, so here we are i have been sick for the last week i knew it would happen i mean i work in a pharmacy i deal with sick people all day. so this thanksgiving i was in town i didn't bail on Bart this year like i did last i was actually looking forward to spending thanksgiving with my new In-laws well that was until i got knock on my ass with a cold that then in turned went straight to my lungs. so this thanksgiving i was alone My mom in Alaska and Bart at his parents i lay and sleep and watching TV alone this thanksgiving which i was sad. but i knew this wouldn't be every year. just this one. while i have been home i have stumbled across a lot of other blogs people that i have "bookmarked" and look forward to checking in on them to see how they are doing. so i decided that i would start updating my blog a lil more often. i stumbled across NieNie Dialogues only by chance and read about her life before her accident and realized she is from Utah. i enjoyed reading and seeing her pictures and at that point i decided i would update more i want to let every one know whats going on in our life with pictures as well so from my bed today I'm gonna update the last few months.. here goes....

Dress Shopping In Vegas

2009-03-08T22:30:00.006-06:00

So while i was in Vegas with my mom we decided to go to the Davids Bridal so we could get some ideas of what i want her to wear to give me away these where the choices... but we still haven't made the final choice since i changed my colors AGAIN... lol

here are the ones she tried on*** This one is MY FAVE**** It still has the "tuxedo" look but she didnt like it

This was the other one i liked... yeah she didnt like it too much either The one Momma Loved... even with the socks!!! (this was before i changed my colors to Tropic and Watermelon.....

uhm... Serioulsy???

2009-03-08T22:27:00.002-06:00

I just couldn't resist taking this pic of whatever this chick was trying to pull off with this outfit... Purple skanky dress and RED lace nylons??

Dicks Last Resort Vegas

2009-03-08T21:37:00.011-06:00

Feb 6 2009

***** The EPRN Crew (my mom , Me, Tina, & Katelyn) no my mom isn't a trainer******

*** This Chair Cracked Me Up***

So while in Vegas we decided to go to "Dicks Last Resort" it was SO MUCH FUN.. Katelyn had made friends with a few air force guys so they joined us too, the waiter was rude to us he kept yelling at my mom calling her old lady and with every refill and to get her order he would yell "hey old lady" he threw the silver wear on the table, and when he brought our food he didn't put our meals with the right person he just threw the plates on the table and walked away ( i had the RIB EYE and OMG ITS THE BEST) and he made us the BEST HATS....

*** The $15.00 Dick Stick 32oz Of ALCOHOL***

The Whole Crew With Our Hats
** Katelyn, Tina, Lewis, Me, Paul, Mom, John**

***Katelyns Hat***

John & My Mom (air force guy) he couldn't believe she was my mom

*** Tina and her Hat***

*** Me & My Hat***

*** Our Nice Waiter***

Vegas.... The View From My Room.....

2009-03-08T21:30:00.005-06:00

i dont even know what to say to this.. it just speaks for itself

It says "its easier than you think"

What happend to FEB??

2009-03-08T21:11:00.004-06:00

So i haven't written in a while, for a few reasons my job is taking up so much time with being home for a week then down to Vegas for two and so on and so on. so the last couple months have been BUSY.... i got sick at the end of Jan and that took some time to get back on the go. I went to Vegas in Feb Super Bowl Sunday to be exact. So i flew in to Vegas on Sunday the plan was that my mom would fly in on Sunday too and we could hang out on my day off since i had to start work Monday. but she wasn't able to fly in Sunday with me so i called Marisa and asked if i could crash with her since work wouldn't pay for my hotel and car till Monday, and Ris came and picked me up at the airport and i finally got to meet that cute lil boy of hers T.J. OMG so cute. so i hung out with her for a lil bit then ended up with a headache almost migraine pain so i went and laid down while the steelers where playing. couple hours later Risa came down and woke me up cuz i hadn't seen her in like 8 YEARS...so i got up and hung out with her and TJ sadly i only got one pic of him im such a bad auntie.... although i was able to teach him one thing... that is OLIVES go on the fingers... so i made sure there was one on all 8 fingers, he ate them off and would stick his finger out again so you can put another one on... I'm such a proud auntie!! i didn't get to spend much time with Risa this time cuz she works and then goes to school till 11 we hung out Monday morning and she informed me that when she was feeding TJ raspberry's he saw the hole in one and stuck his finger out.. that made my morning!! she took me to the rental car place that afternoon and i was full force work in Vegas for the next two weeks...

Sick...... ugh im over it

2009-01-20T23:07:00.002-07:00

OK so some of you know i have been sick this last week.. and it has kicked my ass hard... you would think working in a pharmacy i would have a pretty good immune system (which i normally do) but i think since taking this trainer job and working 12-14 hour days without a lunch and a stress level to up my Zoloft and not working so much one on one with sick patients my immune system is shot. So last week was a decent week my home store is getting the hang of the system and i don't think they rely on me as much to "bail" them out. i came home Tuesday night and started watching TV when my throat started hurting again... and it wasn't a mild sore throat it was killing i took some ibuprofen and went on doing what i was doing knowing i was off on wednesday and i can rest all day. so Wednesday comes around and my ear is hurting a this point and my nose well i knew i was coming down with something. just kept popping the ibu and the Mucixnex-D hoping it would pass. well come Thursday morning i woke up and felt like crap weak, head hurt, throat hurt, voice was raspy, and my ear was killing me i went in to the insta care and was told its a strain of the flu (yes i got my flu shot) and its viral nothing they can do so keep up on the ibu and the mucinex d and i should be fine in a week. i had to be better by Tuesday i was supposed to leave for Las Vegas to roll a store out there... so i stayed indoors since the air quality went to crap (and i have asthma to boot) and drank my OJ, took my ibu and mucinex d , and by Sunday i had no voice and i felt like i was getting worse my cough was starting to hurt and i thought it was moving to mu lungs. so i call my boss and tell him i have been sick since wed and i don't think ill be able to make Vegas. Monday morning rolls around i call my normal Dr and see if they can get me in... well not till Wed at 4 ugh..... so i call Martha's cell phone and leave a message with her to see if she can squeeze me in and she was Tuesday morning at 845.
i have slept so much in the last week that i was hoping i was getting better not worse. so Tuesday morning i wake up and my ear and throat are still KILLING me. so i do the whole look at the back of the throat and low and behold there is a white pocket on the back of my throat... yes STREP... well once i get in and start getting the once over from Martha she informs me i have a Upper respiratory infection, a sinus infection, ear infection and strep!!!! so needless to say i got a doosey going on, and the air quality well they say 30 is bad it was a 90.....so unhealthy... good thing i didn't fly to Vegas she says the pressure would of popped my ear drum... (that could of been workers comp) lol....

I'm hopping my antibiotics will kick in and i can start feeling better. i need to get my save the dates mailed out and there is a Bridal Show at LA CALIE... YUM Yum those shows are good and they have lots of giveaways.. well i just thought i would ramble on thanks!! for letting me

Save The Date

2009-01-20T21:57:00.004-07:00

Ok so last Wednesday i got my save the dates from Vista Print, and i LOVE THEM however my plan was to go to Xpedex and get some red card stockand get them mailed out this last weekend, but since i have been sick since TUESDAY i havent Made it. I keep entering addresses to my laptop so ill i have to do is print them and stick them and get them sent out, but my head is so full of gunk i cant even think. heres a copy of my Save the Dates. with a link to our wedding site http://www.danielle-bart.com/

SAVE THE DATE!!!!

2009-01-18T02:29:00.001-07:00

Ok so i got my save the Dates on wednesday.... ill post a pic when i get feeling better... also check out our wedding site... www.danielle-bart.com and dont forget to sign my guest book and check back often its a work in progess...

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-01-18T02:10:00.002-07:00

Ha ha Ha ok so im a lil late to wish every one a happy new year..... mine sucked i wasn't feeling well and spent it home with the dog. i was supposed to take the girls for Tillie but since i was sick i didn't want to get them sick so Bart my awesome man did the babysitting that night and the girls had a blast ... they love their sister dad Bart. we have our own lil family. as what started out as a joke about calling me sister wife and sister mom, has well lets say Tillie has a lot more explaining to people when the girls talk about their sister mom Danielle...lol when we went to Goblin Valley this past summer we walked into the gas station looking like a polygamy family.. I mean the boys all have darker blond hair and Tillie is blond blue eyes and all her girls are brown hair brown eyes and then Bart tall with brown hair brown eyes and me brown hair brown eyes... so im sure when you look at us all together the girls look like they are mine and the boys look like they are Tillie's so as we walk out i tell Tillie "we look like a non traditional polygamy family" lol and told the girls to call me sister mom ... well 6 mo later the girls call me sister mom and Tillie has alot of explaining to do at church when Eva talks about her sister moms brothers and dad...lol cute but funny well done rambling on about that im out

What I Am Thankful For

2008-11-29T13:03:00.003-07:00

ok so i decided to do a lil list of what im thankful for...

1. My Health
2. Bart Im thankful he is in my life and that i took a chance on meeting him (even if it was to blow him off)
3. My Mom she is my best friend!!!
4. Bob he is a man i look up to even if we butt heads some times!
5. My Extended Second Family (Tillie & Her Girls, a tragedy brought us together but she is my BFF)
6. My job i mean i may hate it most days but at least i have one!
7. My Family and Friends. Glad i have them all!!!!
and # 8. my selfish one!! My Ring!! im thankful that after 5 years i actually own it and got it from a man i love with all my Heart!!!! ok now you can all laugh!!! Hope you all a Happy Holiday Season.

2008-11-29T12:41:00.003-07:00

So for Thanksgiving this year i came to Denver last minute to spend it with my Mom and Bob. Orginally i was scheduled to work the date after Thanksgiving (the 1st time in 4yrs) and then on our weekly confrenence call our boss said take the weekend off.. the first tought for me was DENVER!!!! We had made plans with Barts family to do Thanksgiving but i really needed a break away from work and needed to be with my mom (im such a momma's girl) so i talked to Bart and he told me he couldnt come with me this year which was a lil hard i mean this is our first offical Thanksgiving together as a engaged couple and here i am leaving him to go be with my family. i knew that i wouldnt be able to see my mom and Bob for Christmas as they are going to NEW YORK (im so jealous) to be with Bobs family this year. so i came to Denver. its been fun to hang out with my mom i miss her so much and wish she was closer to me. but who knows maybe if i wish hard enough they will transfer Bob to Utah (even though he hates ut) but i can dream. i flew in on Thanksgiving morning and when i got off the plane i forgot what a job it is to get your luggage..for any of you who havent been to the denver airport.. you have to take a train ( i call it the subway) to 3 Stops and it goes fast last time i came out there wasnt nearly as many people as there where this time so i get on the lil train and its packed reminded me of when me and my mom took the subway to the mets game at 5pm there was no standing room.. so finally a HOUR after i landed i had my luggage and was on my way to my moms new house. its nice its about a mile from the apt they where living in and the view from the back yard is amazing! the dogs love it!!! thanks giving was nice my mom cooked a turkey breast and we had mashed potatoes, stuffing, and the all famous green bean casserol. i didnt get to enjoy the green bean casserol or stuffing my mom is to cheap to buy soup or broth with out MSG!!! (still love you mom) so i passed on thos two just to save myself the pain! me and my mom sat up till 4am looking at ads and comparing laptops i have been wainting one for a while but now that ill be in vegas for 3 months away from Bart i decided id get one for myself. so i did as mush comparison online as i could reading reviews and learning the differance between dul core 2, amd sepron, anthlon x2 and the other one trilon 2. so after all that and debating which store i wanted to be at and fight with people for a laptop i decided not to go. i figured it wasnt worth fighting with others over a laptop with a store that only got 10-15. i deceided id hit the crowds later in the day cuz somtimes they still have good deals! and i did get one well i think i did i got a laptop finally.. to bad best buy forgot to take off "archie" which is there program that the geek squad loads on to protect them (i got the floor model for a good deal and im happy) so i havent been able to play with my lap top as of yet. but ill let you all know how it goes later today! so now we are off to best buy. hope every one had a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!!! i know i did even if it was with out my Love!!!!

Halloween Party

2008-11-13T12:40:00.010-07:00

Ok so this Blog is gonna be all outta whack.. Me and Bart Hosted the annual Lingwall Halloween Party at the clubhouse and it was a HIT!!! although i busted my tail to get it all done and i still didn't get as decorated as i wanted to. We had lasagna, Mariah's Yummy lil weenies (that she left the recipe for me now so i can make them now) we also celebrated Zoe's Birthday Bart's niece. the family showed up about 6 the lasagna wasn't done i bought two of them and put them in the oven at 3 hoping they would be done.. yeah right and went on my way to get the last min things and decorate so finally at about 5:30 i cam home and got ready and told Bart your turn to finish. we got it done and it was a hit we all ate and then was off to kill the spider pinata, after that Zoe opened her presents and and we enjoyed Zoe's Elmo cake, and did the Lingwall Donut grab i guess we hung donuts from a string and you have to try and get yours off the rope with out using your hands. it was a fun family get together and here are the pics. (the clubhouse was such a hit with the family we are doing Thanksgiving and Christmas there too...)

Zoe Isaiha Boston

Jackson Nevaeh Isabell

Boston Me, Zoe, Nevaeh, Diana

The Ring

2008-11-11T09:51:00.000-07:00

Ok so i know some of you know the story behind my ring but for those of you who dont here it is.

Back in 2002 i was working at the Fred Meyers on 3500 S 4000 W i saw one of the Fred Meyer Jewelers Catalogs with this GORGEOUS ring and fell in love with it that moment. I took the Book home and Showed Jean and told her "OK if i ever meet the man I'm gonna marry show him this and tell him this is the ring i want" Jean just said "not if i get it 1st" i laughed and put it in a box under my bed.. now I'm not that kind of girl who planned out my wedding to some unknown man down to all the details when i was 10 but i just knew i wanted that ring. well fast forward about 3 yrs ago i moved from my 1 bedroom apt into a 2 bedroom and pretty much took all the stuff that was in my lil storage and trashed it thought to myself "if i didn't need it in the last two yrs i dont need it now" so i pretty much threw away a lot of stuff that i would later realize i shouldn't of done that, but i do remember coming across that catalog from 2002 and saying to myself "its not gonna happen why bother keeping it" and tossed it out too. So in Feb of 2008 after i told him i loved him we started talking about getting married and "just Looking" at rings i found a few that i liked but none of them really jumped out at me and in the back of my mind i was looking for one similar to the one i really wanted so for two months i looked at rings with Charlene and Christine at the Fred Meyer jewelers at my home store in West Jordan on a daily basis id find one and send a pic to Bart and he would just text back OK... so one day in April i was in there looking on lunch and asked Charlene if they still had that one where the band came out from underneath the engagement part? she told me they didn't have it but thinks it may have been discontinued. but said she might still have the catalog that it was in and if she could get the item # she could see if a store has it... but with my luck they don't have that catalog.... so i come home and start tearing the house apart "knowing i have it" but then after searching i tell Bart i think i had tossed it out he asked me "Why" (he knows it bothers me when he asks me this and i usually have some smart ass comment to give him) but this time i just said "i didn't think it would ever happen so i tossed it." so after that i logged on to fredmeyerjewelers.com and clicked on Clearance and low and behold it was the 3rd ring in there i wrote down the item # and the next day at work i took it over to them they looked it up and said "Logan has 2 and Sandy has 1 we'll transfer it and have it on Friday" I was So ecstatic it was wed and i texted Bart and told him "I found my Dream Ring". so on Thursday April 3rd a day later Mari came over and told me "your ring is here" i screamed and ran over to look at it. it was so beautiful and it fit well it was a tad snug when it was all together but perfect with just the engagement part. i seriously thought "omg this is meant to be" got a lil choked up and told Bart to Come look at it that night which he did. we left it on hold for about a week and half then Mari came over and was like "look stores keep calling for that ring you need to get it on layaway" so i did i went over and put money on it so NO ONE could get it. It was Really Mine!!!! we made payments on it and re-did the layaway when i would get xtra off coupons for clearance and every time i would stop it all the girls would let me know "we still get calls on it asking if its not picked up to transfer it to them and they would tell them nope that's Danielle's" so anyway in Sept we got it down to $260.00 it was so close i couldn't wait. On Our One year of being together i texted Bart and told him "i don't care what you have to do but i want my ring" (i know selfish but damn it i wanted my ring on our 1 yr) i was working at the orem store and left Early and driving home i remember thinking i wonder if he did get it and if i would cry if he asked me or if he would ask me at dinner (we planned on going to Rodizzo) so my mind was racing... i come inside not sure what to expect and the 1st thing i notice is GERBER DAISY'S My favorite flower that HE has only gotten me 1 other time. (i always told him thank you for my roses but i wanted Gerber Daisy's more, and he would always tell me id get them on a special occasion) so i see the Gerber Daisy's red ones and pink ones and then a cool red and white one like a fire and ice one and as i get closer to look at it my engagement ring is sitting on top of the flower i just started to cry and grabbed the ring cried and waiting for what seemed like 5 min for him to get on one knee and ask me.... well it may have seemed like 5 min to me but it wasn't i said YES before he could even ask me!!! we never made it to Rodizzo that night it took me forever to get myself together i was so happy to finally get the ring of my dreams and to be with the man of my dreams all in one night. here is my ring and the flowers

This is the pic i copied off of Fredmeyerjewelers.com and posted it as Bart's Desk Top on his Computer. :)

This is where my engagement Part was Nestled in

Where the wedding band was nestled

The full set on my finger with the on my cheek

The Engagement part patiently waiting for the band...

Wedding Info

2008-11-11T09:40:00.000-07:00

heres some info about the wedding.

WHEN: September 5th 2009

WHERE: Lake Point Ut (1977 E Stoney Mountain Dr Lake Point Ut 84074
(Dave and Hoppy's House)

TIME: Not Sure Yet We are thinking of having the reception about 6 or 7pm

FOOD: we will have Ribs and such

REGISTERED: we have not decided where we would like to register at. But as of right now we are trying to save money for a down payment on a home and will have a account at wells fargo in the future for the wedding fund

Music: we are still on the look out for a DJ if any one knows any one that is priced cheap and is good let me know!

FLowers: yeah im still trying to get someone booked for flowers

Cake: my BFF Tillie is doing the honors as well as hopfully marring us!!!

Attendant: i need an attendant for the guest book someone that can take a picture for me, and any extra help

so as time goes on ill update this section!!

Where Do I Start????

2008-11-11T09:18:00.000-07:00

Ok so i finally decided to start a Blog for a few reasons.. #1 to route people here for wedding info.. all those wedding ones cost money.. WTF? everything cost money now.. #2. cuz every one Else is doing it and Yes mom if all my friends jumped off a cliff i would follow them too... Ok so there are only a few friends that i would follow..lol.. and #3. let every one know whats going on in our life. So where do i start this whole thing i guess just start typing away and let it all out..
So as some of you know i have finally met the boy I'm gonna marry.. YEAH so every one out there SAVE THE DATE of 9-5-9 that's September 5th 2009 In Lake Point UT, we are getting married in Hoppy's backyard and i can not wait. i have book my photographer already and she is AMAZING and i can not wait to get started on getting my engagements & bridals done.
Ok so whats going on in Danielle's life well I'm a pharmacy tech for Smiths Marketplace and i have been a tech for 5 yrs this month... :) but in June of 08 i decided to take a new job with Smiths Pharmacy for the experience and a change... boy was i in for a real change. I am now a Super Trainer (i say "suppastarrr" you know from the movie Superstar) for EPRN... whats EPRN its our new System for the pharmacy its long name is Easy Fill PRN... and its NOT easy its more labor intensive, stressful, time consuming, and did i say STRESSFUL!!!! yeah ill vent about that on its own blog... any ways i do love my job when every thing goes right i love all my regular patients that i see at my home store and i cant wait to get back to my home store in April after i roll out the VEGAS stores... I also sell Scentsy in my free time when i am not vegging and running errands or getting stuff together for the wedding on my days off. if you don't know what Scentsy is Check out my site YOU WILL LOVE IT.... www.scentsy.com/danielle2 i love it and have them going 24/7.
Ok now on to Bart my sweet man i met through myspace and a mutual friend when i was not on the prowl for a man.
He works full time for Motorsports Land and Part Time for Pep Boys.. He has 3 boys Erik who is 15 and Twin Boys Isaac and Hunter who are 11 we have them every other weekend usually with Tillies Girls Analisa 10, Miranda 9, Emma 7, Eva 4 they are my Sister children.. lol so our weekends are usually pretty full with kids all seven of them but i love it Tillie and the girls are my second family and we call our clan the UribeLingwall clan and lil miss Eva calls me Sister Mom... LMAO no we are not really polygamist. ok so here is a lil start ill go break down my blog now. check back often.