Christmas Eve is HERE!!!

So Christmas is finally here. Mylee is super EXCITED for santa to come TONIGHT!!! We got over to here to NewCastle at about 4. We ordered all the kids matching pajamas and ironed on their names. They turned out SO cute. Mylee has asked Santa to bring her a toybox and playdough. So we will see if she has been a good girl this year after tonight. Everyone from Jon's family is sleeping over to Leon's except misty and her family. They are coming over early in the morning. So we have a FULL house but it is SURE fun. It is a little crazy though:) We hope you all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and hope Santa Claus finds you tonight...We love you all.

Shark Museum & Air Show

The first weekend in November we took a trip to Vegas to spend the night. We took Jace and Carter with us. Turley, Misty, their kids, and Karol & Dana went also. We left Friday afternoon after Jon got home from work. We went down to Mandalay Bay to see the sharks which the kids EXTREMELY loved. They got to see Alligators, sharks, lion fish, sea turtles, stinging Rays, star fish, octopus, and much more. Mylee was scared of the alligator. She thought it could get out of the glass cage and get her. After we got done there we went to Circus Circus and let the kids ride all the rides. They had way to much fun. Then we headed to Chana's to spend the night. Her and Casey weren't there but they were so kind to let us sleep there. The next morning we got up and headed for the air show. Nancy wasn't too fond of it cause the loud planes breaking the sound barrier. Mylee liked it for about the first couple of hours and then got tired. The Boys loved it. After that we headed home. It was a fun little family trip.

HORRIBLE!!

Ok so i am horrible at blogging. i keep telling cozy to just blog for me, but to no surprise she tells me NO. So here i am blogging but i have no pictures with me. Not much has happened with the family since the horrible friday the 13th week. Mylee's forehead is getting better. Nancy is getting big. She has such the cute personality. Mylee turns 3 in 3 1/2 weeks. It makes me so sad how fast they grow up. She gets to go to pre-school starting on her birthday and that makes me REAL sad to think she is that big. Jon has just been working non stop. I love him and appreciate his hard work. I have officially went back to work at the store. It was a nice 5 1/2 months off but school had to start and i didn't have the school kids to cover my shift anymore. I did drop all my afternoon so i only work 3 mornings a week. So its not too bad. we are all doing good and can't complain about life.

Friday the 13th!!!

So on Friday August 13th, i woke up and thought to myself- this is NOT going to be a bad day. (little did i know what kind of events would happen in the next week) My mom and annie were on their way driving to Utah so annie could stay a week with us. Well as the day progressed, Nancy started to be more fussy and wouldn't drink her bottle. So i ended up taking her in to the doctor and she had 2 ear infections. Well i thought, that aint to bad. Well that night mylee started to get sick and running a fever. She had no other symptons other than a fever. She fevered all night and into saturday. I had a family reunion and after we got done with it i threw a surprise baby shower for my sister cozy. Well that night mylee was still running a fever. Jon and my dad ended up giving her a blessing. Not but 10 minutes after they gave her a blessing, she jumped off my lap and said, "mama, i no sick. i better" Well sunday was stake conference for our stake. We didn't go to church and stayed home with all my family and visited. Well about 5pm is when it all started. Jon was swinging carter out on the tire swing and mylee was out there. She pushed the empty wooden swing and it went and hit carter in the ear and came back and wiped her out. It hit her in the forehead and split it open to the skull. So here is the over view of the week to follow:
Friday, the 13th - nancy double ear infection; mylee fevering
Saturday, the 14th - family reunion; surprise baby shower for cozy; mylee fevering; priesthood blessing for her;
Sunday, the 15th - stake conference; mylee hit in the head; 10 stitches
Monday, the 16th - sore forehead; mylee fevering again; doctor appt.= step throat;
Tuesday, the 17th - annie's birthday; mylee swollen face; doctor appt= possible skull fracture or tissues draining
Wednesday, the 18th - doctor appt = forehead looks better,no skull fracture
Thursday, the 19th - NO DOCTOR APPT;
Friday, the 20th - Doctor appt= took 5 stitches out
Saturday, the 21st - Relaxed and cleaned house
Sunday, the 22nd - Annie went home
Monday, the 23rd - Doctor appt= took remaining 5 stitches out.

Mylee's new hair cut!!!

Before

After
So i got Mylee in the tub and we went through the usual process of her crying and fighting me to not wash her hair cause it hurts. We go through this when we comb it too. So i decided right then that we were chopping her hair off for the summer. Jon was working nights and so i decided i would take it upon myself to just do it without asking him...BIG MISTAKE. He freaked. He LOVES the new haircut but he HATES how it makes her look older.

Special Weekend!!

I had the most AMAZING weekend (2 weekends ago) in a LONG time. Me and ALL of my old high school friends got together Friday night. I hadn't seen or talked to more than half of them since graduation. It was so good to see all of them. Mylee went to Meg and Trav's for the night (thanks). We met at the Temple and had one of Tiff's friends come and take our pictures. Then we went and did Sealings. It was an AWESOME experience. We were the "daughters" getting to sealed to their parents. They split the 9 of us into 3 groups. The couple that my group was with said they didn't have any daughters, only boys so they were glad we showed up the same time they did - so they could have "daughters". Afterwards we went to Applebees to eat dinner. Then Kari has as AWESOME uncle that hooked us up with some rooms at the Marriott Hotel. We stayed up past 1 in the morning catching up on every one's lives. Woke up Saturday morning and all of us departed our own ways with some of them driving 13 hours back home. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful experience since that was probably the last time we will all be together again:( Especially thanks for the few that drove so long just for the one night so we could get together. I appreciate all of you and for the great examples you have been throughout my life. You guys are WONDERFUL!!!

1st Fishing Trip of the Year

We didn't do much for Memorial Weekend. Sunday we just went for a ride after church. Monday we woke up and went to Jon's Dads house. We did a whole bunch of yard work, planted the garden and Then went out to the cemetery to put flowers on Jon's moms Grave. After that we met Cozy and Joel up to the Newcastle Reservoir and went fishing. Mylee caught the first fish. It was a lot of fun.

Nancy's Baby Blessing

Yes i know i am bad at blogging...here are some updates. We blessed Nancy on May's Fast Sunday. Jon was EXTREMELY nervous but did an AWESOME job. I am so proud of him. Nancy looked so beautiful. Her dress, booties, and bonnet was made by my Aunt Patsy who put many hours into making it.

here are a few more pics of the little one.....jonny is still out of town and wont be back until a week from tomorrow. Mylee is still loving her baby sister and cant get enough kisses. I am doing good...dreading going back to work. I am beginning to get very impatient on misty having her baby. She was dilated to a 4 when she went to her appointment wednesday so we all are just waiting...cant wait to finally see the little girl.

Our New Little Nancy Joan Platt

Finally she is here. After waiting not so patiently ALL day Friday, Friday Night, and Saturday Morning, I finally got the call to come to the hospital. We arrived at 10:00 am Saturday morning and they got me situated into my room. My nurse - who is the most AWESOME nurse anyone could have asked for - got me hooked up to my IV and got everything ready and made the phone call to my doctor telling him i was there and ready to go with whatever his orders were. He came and broke my water and we waited patiently for things to progress. We played a little bit of Farkle with Jon and Cozy arguing who was playing the "dumbest". But things progressed really fast. I got my epidural when i was to a six plus. They called my doctor. He was there within 5 - 10 minutes and came and checked me. He asked the nurse what i was to before he checked me and she told him and then he checked me and ask her how long ago it was that she checked me. She told him maybe 5 minutes ago and then he said i was to a 9 plus. He told her he would go get changed to get everything ready. Things weren't going good with the baby. Her heartbeat dropped down to 56 right after my epidural and they couldn't get it to go up. My nurse looked at me and said this baby is coming within the next 15 minutes no matter what as the NIC-U nurses came into my room preparing for the delivery. I felt sick inside. I didn't want an emergency c-section. I looked at Jon and the look on his face said it all. He was scared crapless. But i tried to keep positive. My doctor came back in the room and checked me and i was ready to go. I started pushing and before you know it, she was out. It was a little scary but she was healthy and we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful baby than what we got. I had her at 4:37 pm. She weighed 6lb 15oz and was 19 1/2" long. She looks just like her big sister but with dark hair and lots of it. Mylee was bald until she was one. She is a good little baby and her big sister loves her to death and can't stop kissing her. We got home Sunday afternoon. Jon hung out with Mylee all day on Monday and left out of town Tuesday. We miss him and wished he was here. He didn't want to go but that's him for ya....willing to do anything to provide for us as a family and I am SO GRATEFUL for him and I LOVE HIM so much.
Here are some pics of our newest little addition to our family.

NEW BABY???!!!

So i had a doctor's appointment yesterday afternoon and was to a 3 and almost all the way thinned. He told me that he would be seeing me within the next day or 2. Well we just found out that Jon is leaving out of town for 2 to 3 weeks and so i called my doctor this morning to see if he would start me on Sunday if i hadn't had the baby yet. He called me back and said if i start you then it is going to be tonight. The hospital said they had a lot of people to work in over the weekend and that it would be best if i came tonight. So it is now 7 tonight and i am waiting for the hospital phone call to tell me there is a bed open for me to come down. I REALLY REALLY didn't want to be started cause i have just heard horror stories on how long the labor is, but it's either that or not have my husband there with me. So i am a little nervous. But my doctor has great confidence that once i am there and he breaks my water that i will go on my own. So we are praying that is what is going to happen. So hopefully the next time i post you will know if its a GIRL or a BOY!!!

Baby Coming ANYDAY!!

Well this is something that i really don't like to do but these ones of mylee are too cute to not post. I hate putting pregnant pictures of me publicly. I have 11 days left until i am due. I went to the doctor on Thursday and he told me that i would probably have the baby before my next appoint next Thursday so we are patiently waiting. I keep telling myself, Maybe it will come tonight. But its not happening. I am so EXCITED to find out if its a GIRL or BOY!! I hate Jon for not letting me find out but when its this close to having it, it's so much FUN not knowing. Don't tell Jon i said that or he won't EVER let me find out on any of them. Mylee is still insistent that it is a "sisters". That is what she calls it all the time. She says she is excited to hold the baby but we all know her WORLD is going to be ruined in her eyes....Hopefully this one isn't a daddy's kid like her or she wont know what to do having to share her daddy.

Slide Fun

On February 13th, We went down to st. George to go to the temple with April & Mike and Tyler & Daleece. Cozy met me down there to watch Mylee while we were in our session. She took the kids to the park and let them play. Mylee didn't want to leave. She loved every minute of it. Oh how i can't wait for summer to be here so we can play outside. After we got done at the temple we went out to dinner and then i met cozy and got mylee and her 2 kids so they could go to dinner by themselves. I brought the boys home with me and then had Russ and Lacey's kids over also for a cousin sleepover. Well we all know that Teque is a crybaby and wouldn't stay so it was just the rest of them. The "Valentine Cupid" Came and left each kid a pop, popcorn, and a card with money in it. this is the sleepover that carter and jaylee look forward to every year. It was fun and i am glad they all got to come and spend the night.

sledding and snowmobile

On January 30th, cozy and her family came over and brought their snowmobiles. Mylee was so excited to go. They just drove around in the fields by my moms and then they went over on the hill past the corrals to go sledding. Joel would haul the kids up to the very top on the snowmobile and then the kids would sled down the hill. They had a blast. He took mylee a couple of times half way up and let her sled down it by herself. It was the most funniest thing to watch as she would face plant it in the snow when she got to the bottom. But every time she got done, cozy would ask her if she wanted to be done and go home and she would say NO!!! Thanks for the good time she had cozy.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Today is my mom's birthday. I just wanted to do a little post and tell her how much i appreciate all she does for us and tell her how much i love her. She is visiting Annie right now down in Tuscon and isn't home. Mylee is having withdrawals but we have her front room decorated for when she comes home tomorrow. Mylee loves her Nana and it isn't going to be easy for her to share her Nana with this new baby coming. But we love you mom and thanks for everything.

Jon's Birthday!!

Well I am a little behind updating my blog. Not much has happened since Christmas. Jon's Birthday was fun. He went hunting early on his morning, so when Mylee woke up he was gone. We decorated the front room with balloons and streamers and the Happy Birthday Banner. Then we wrapped some presents for him. So when Jon came home he was surprised. Mylee loved every minute of it. She kept saying Happy Dada!! Happy Dada!! Happy Dada!! I decided to have a birthday dinner for him but had it the night after his birthday. I asked what he wanted for his birthday cake and he told me cherry cheese cake. So i made him a homemade one but talked my mom into making a bikini cake. My dad had got one when i was little and so i talked her into doing one for Jon. So we lit the candles in the cherry cheese cake and him and mylee blew them out and then came out the surprise cake from my mom. He was SO surprised. It was funny. All of his family loved it. He said they were all jealous cause their mother-in-law wouldn't make them a cake like this. We had a good time.