Surgery

So I have been sick with Nauseousness for about 5 weeks and then I started with Liver pain. Went to the Dr a couple of times. I got on prilosec incase I was having some of my dads stomach problems. Then the pain came so I got a CT done they thought they saw gall stones so I went to a surgeon on Monday. He said it sounds and looks like gall bladder disease....well needless to say once you ahve stones they don't go away you just get attacks whenever they feel like it. So he if you want it out I had a cancellation for tomorrow or I will be out of town for a couple weeks and we can take care of it after that or whenever you like. I was at a good place when I left work so I decided to do it Tues oct 7th...so here I am two days post op with a body part missing. I hope it makes me feel better after the scars are healed. I had a scary thing no one told me about but Tim. But I guess somebody labeled the Anethesia wrong and I got epidural drug in my IV instead of Dye and so I had to have an antidote and then they had to monitor me for Cardiac arrest. I heard someone talking to my nurse as I was coming out of it about Cardiac arrest and ICU but when I could talk and asked how it went she said fine. I am going to ge my medical records so I know what really happened. Tim Didn't quite get what the doctor told him what happened. But everything went good and I am fine. My darn shoulder hurts more than the 4 incisions. I guess they pump you full of air doing surgery and you get phantom shoulder pain.

First Baby Meme

I was tagged by my friend Amanda

1. Were you married at the time? yes
2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? Excited! Followed by doubt because my husband didn't believe the test.
3. How old were you? 25
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? Pregnancy Test
5. Who did you tell first? besides Tim? Tim took the test with me...well he didn't pee too he was just there at the results. We came up after that to my moms house with cookies that said, grandma, grandpa, aunt etc. So we told My mom, Dad and Malene
6. Did you want to find out the sex? Yeah I have to know
7. Due date: Um am I suppose to remember that. Oct 24th or something like that.
8. Did you deliver child early or late? Early..about a week
9. Did you have morning sickness? THE ENTIRE TIME AND ALL DAY LONG
10. What did you crave? Nothing really just different things at different times. Just normal type cravings.
11. Who irritated you the most? Um I don't remember. I didn't get to irritated I dont' think....this is one Tim should answer
12. What was your first child's sex? Male
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? 15 I think
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope just sick
15. Where did you give birth to your child? Lakeview hospital
16. How many hours were you in labor? 7am-10:15 pm
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Tim
18. Who watched? Tim and My mom
19. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? Who wouldn't..hated Anethesiologist though
20. How much did your child weigh? 6lbs 6oz
21. Why did you name him/her the name you picked?I wanted to name him Hogan but too many of my family around with that last name still. I had heard colby from someone around the time we found out and Colby Hogan sounded good together.
I going to tag: Julianna, Jenn, Becca and whoever else wants to

September 2008

We have had a busy month....I mean it was National Stay at home week on TV starting this month.....We have our schedule but Wednesdays are the only day we don't have a show we are addicted too during weekdays. I have been having my cake classes on Mondays, I play on the Ward volleyball team on Tuesday nights....for some reason when I get put on one or the other of the two teams our ward has that team looses.....not good! I hope it's really not my fault. Tim is playing on our ward football team on thursday nights. They are doing good. We got most of yard ready for the winter. Pulling up our petunias and planting bulbs for the spring. We have gotten our first year of raspberries....not enough yet to make jelly or something but we have had a few snacks. We keep busy. We love our boys.

Parkers has learned to sit up. He is starting to jabber. He has only rolled over a couple of times but is so so so cute. Colby can make him laugh just by looking at him. He is so precious and we love every moment.

Colby just says the funniest thing everyday. He talks better and can understand so much I just can't believe how big he is getting. He will be 3 in 19 days......

We went to the fair this month and looked at the animals. We ate at the Cow association(or whatever) and had fresh tender beef sandwhichs. My sister and sister in law weren't impressed but the rest of us liked it. Me and my mom shared a bavarian cream funnel cake...not as good as I thought it would be. We all got cheap sunglasses there. Tim and I went into the Dish Tv truck....well we ended up signing up so Tim could see all his Michigan Games....and We have Tivo now...so we can record without tapes. We record a lot of our shows we don't want Colby to see (maybe we shouldn't be watching either) We got the internet...but our modem hasn't come yet and so we don't have it yet and we will inherit an old Computer from my parents.

That's our month in a nutshell...sorry for rambling.

Fondant and Gum Paste Cake Finale

Here are pictures of my Fondant and Gum Paste Cake Finale cake. I had an issue with the Marshmallow fondant. I made it myself and it was a little difficult to work with...but maybe I will get better. It tastes better than other fondants. I made the flowers with Gum Paste. I love Calla Lillies so when she showed us how to make them I just had to make them for my cake. The cake was Chocolate cake with Grasshopper cookies crushed into it and I flavored the Fondant Mint....IT was good...rich but good. Thanks to those who helped us eat it.

Salsa, Salsa and More Salsa

So I continued my yearly tradition of bottling salsa. My neighbor Jenn has joined me the last two years to continue this tradition. It's nice to have help and more supplies. This year we made some changes....we did it a lot more effecient then our first time together. And it went a lot faster. We added more peppers and onions. It was good. We bottled 70 Pints....did you hear that 70!!! It was awesome. We now should have enough to last till next season. Here are some pictures from that fun and exciting time.


The most important thing....the babysitter....Tim was wonderful to take care of the kids and play with them.


See they had tons of fun. Colby loved playing with Tanner. Colby woke up from his nap that afternoon and said I want Tanner. It was so cute.

Pureeing the ingredients..it's alot faster than hand chopping.

Me and Jenn Filling the bottles

The finished product. I had to process my bottles three times...I think I filled them too full.

Jenn and I posing so cute....I hope you realize I hadn't done my hair or showered for the day.

Not only 4 blissful years but my best friend as well

Really one of these days we will get a updated family picture.

In the meantime, I am thankful for my wonderful wife and the mother of our wonderful and special boys. It seems like it has been longer than 4 years because we were friends before that. Every day I count my blessings that I have a wonderful lady that I am lucky enough to spend time and eternity with.

4 blissful years

Happy Anniversary to the best husband there is!!! It has been and awesome adventure. Thanks for coming into my life and blessing me in everyway. Thanks for our two sweet and beautiful boys. I can’t wait to spend Time and All ETERNITY with you J