Michael Stephanie & Connor

5 months

2012-01-05T18:19:00.003-07:00

Connor is already 5 months! We got a sneak peak of a happy baby the week before Christmas. He wasn't sick and he was all smiles and soo happy...it was like we got a new baby! Then he got sick again the day after Christmas and it was sad fussy baby all over again. He is just starting to feel better and get back to the happy baby we met a couple of weeks ago!
At 5 months Connor

-You will almost always see Connor with his mouth wide open trying to get everything in it!
-Still loves to cuddle his mom
-Has been eating every 2 hours all night long...
-Eats everything! Peaches, pears, prunes, apples, bananas, peas, mashed potatoes, carrots, and his favorite is Avocado!
-No longer will eat rice cereal which he only ate for about a week (he started it the week before he turned 4 months)
-Still nurses the exact same amount even though he eats solids
-Goes to bed around 8:30 -9 :00 at night
-Naps...what are those? maybe 15-40 minutes 2 X a day
-Cries if I put him down...makes it hard to get anything done
-Loves playing with his dad when he gets home from work!
-Loves to watch us eat and begs for it
-Loves TV ... I have heard a lot of boy babies love technology!

4 month check up

2011-12-09T21:11:00.004-07:00

We took Connor in for his 4 month check up today.

Stats:

Length: 25.5 (68%)
Weight:13.3 (15%)
Head: 16.2 (19%)

& No shots because...they found a double ear infection. So he is now on antibiotics and will go back next week for his shots!! Poor guy is just having a hard time with all of this. But the doctor did say go ahead and feed him...not only that but he said feed him anything we want besides peanut butter, shellfish & eggs. As long as it is a consistency he likes and take it slow introducing them. He also said he doesn't need to eat all night like he is so as soon as he gets better we MIGHT try to fix that. We will see how strong I am. He is so cute and it is so sad to see him so miserable. I hope he feels better soon.

Sick Baby

2011-12-07T12:58:00.004-07:00

Sick babies are not fun.

Connor had a little cold for a week and I thought we got lucky that it never turned into a bad cold. Then 2 nights ago he started coughing a ton and it looked like he couldn't catch his breath when he would cough. So we took him to the doctors and sure enough he had Croup.

So the doctor gave him a steroid shot to help reduce the inflammation in his airway and we left. We have been doing lots of steamy showers and "sleeping" sitting up in a chair to help him sleep better. He gets up every 1-2 hours all night and will only go back to sleep if I feed him because he feels so bad. He is so sad and miserable when he wakes up coughing. I hope this ends sooner than later!! I feel so bad for sick babies!

Here he is watching a rudolph christmas movie I put on for him the other day...He loves TV and I really needed to get some cleaning done...bad me. I only left him there for about 10 minutes.

4 months

2011-12-04T19:38:00.003-07:00

4 months old:

Connor is already 4 months old! He has his 4 month doctor apt. on Friday so we will see how round 2 of shots goes!!!
-Goes to bed around 9, was sleeping until 2 but has been getting up at 11-12 lately, then 2 or 3 then 5 or 6 then 7ish...anyway...What is sleep?
-Loves talking in the middle of the night when he wakes up before he starts screaming...then he just sits there and smiles at me when he sees me...he knows that is the only way to redeem himself at those hours
-Hates tummy time...he may never roll over
-Loves talking and sometimes likes to smile...does not like to laugh...He is usually very serious
-Grabs everything you put in front of him and puts it right in his mouth
-Still drools like crazy...his clothes are always soaked
-Eats every 2 hours during the day...I am ready to start solids to see if I can stop nursing him so much
-He hates getting dressed
-He loves when people sing to him
- He does not like the dark
-Still is swaddled every night...we put him down not swaddled tonight so we will see how that goes!
-He loves toys with big eyes especially his baby Einstein playmat because it has a whale with big eyes and an octopus with big eyes

Sleep?

2011-11-19T07:12:00.003-07:00

Last night I was up with Connor every 2 hours. During my 2 hour stretches of sleep I was having crazy dreams. One was about this free give away everyone was getting. It was a free trip to Disneyland and all you had to do to get it was get 8 hours of sleep in a row. I was like there's no way I could ever fool them about getting 8 hours of sleep! Haha. It was so random but so true! My poor baby just doesn't like to sleep and I might die from not sleeping or just always be grumpy...maybe one day he will decide to sleep. At least he redeems himself when I hear him laying there talking to himself in the middle of the night..it is really cute. And at least Michael takes the shifts starting at 630 after I feed him for the 4th time!! How do people do this without a husband?

3 Months Old

2011-11-04T21:10:00.002-06:00

Connor is already 3 months old!
-He is such a good baby.
-He goes to bed at 10:30 and sleeps anywhere from 4-6 hours...last night 7.
-He talks non stop. We took family pictures today and he talked the entire 45 minutes
-He loves to suck on his hands. His index finger is always bright red
-He started laughing and it is the cutest sound ever
-He loves to stand up
-He loves to take a nap cuddling me every day around 3 or 4 (Favorite part of my day)
-He loves to talk to a certain pillow we have and his octopus toy
-He loves to skype his cousins
-He is always trying to sit up especially when he is in his car seat
-He loves to be put down every now and then and just look around and talk
-He sleeps in his car seat as long as the car is moving but must be taken out as soon as the car stops
-He still has to be swaddled or he won't stay asleep
-He blows bubbles all day...so he is always drooling
-He LOVES to be outside...I am so sad winter is here
-His legs are so skinny... pants always look like ganster pants on him

2 months

2011-10-23T15:16:00.003-06:00

Here are some pictures of Connor at 2 months old.

Connor

2011-10-21T15:18:00.003-06:00

2 month stats:

weight: 10.96 pounds
height: 23 inches
head: 15.25

Time is going by so fast. I can't believe how big Connor is getting. A couple of weeks ago he had his 2 month appointment and got his shots. After his nap he screamed for almost 2 hours...it was sad. He goes to bed around 1045 and sleeps for 4-5 hours usually then 3 hours then 1 or 2 hours after that. I will take it! It is much better than before. He talks SO much now and giggles. It is so cute. He likes his mom and knows when I am not holding him. He is so cute!!

Playdate

2011-09-12T13:53:00.002-06:00

Chelsea and Scarlett came and saw baby Connor for a few hours on Sunday!! It was so fun. Thanks for taking the time to come and see us!!! We had so much fun playing! And Connor got to play with his Aunt Lauren and visit his Grandma and Grandpa Farrell too!

Connor and Scarlett

Playing together

Chelsea and Me with each others Babies

Aunt Lauren and Connor

Things Connor loves/hates

2011-09-12T13:30:00.007-06:00

Things Connor Loves...

His Dad

His Cousins

His Nanny...she saves him from his mom and spoils him rotten

His bath time...he falls asleep in the bath and the shower!

His play mat

The Hot Tub...he falls asleep in there too...His swimsuit is HUGE on him

Things Connor Hates...Being wrapped! He always gets his arms out!

Fun with cousins

2011-09-12T12:58:00.003-06:00

Connor had so much fun when Emily came to visit with Aimee and Jack. Nanny took them all to the Dinosaur Museum and Connor slept the entire time in his seat. Aimee loved to try to calm him down by saying "don't freak out, i'm here, it's ok." It was really funny and cute. We had so much fun with them and were sad that they had to leave us.

Connor at 2 weeks old

2011-08-28T14:00:00.003-06:00

My sister in law Emily took some cute pictures of Connor when he was 2 weeks old. They turned out so cute! Thanks Emily.

1 day old pictures

2011-08-27T10:55:00.005-06:00

Connor would not stop screaming during these pictures so we didn't get very many good ones. I can not believe how different he looked that first day of life!! These were actually taken minutes before we found out he was sick and they took him away from us.

Baby Connor

2011-08-16T19:44:00.003-06:00

He's finally home! After 11 days and 10 nights in the hospital baby Connor is home. Labor was great and was the easiest part of this whole process for me. I guess you can't have everything easy, right?! We were so lucky that we were able to stay in the hospital with him the entire time he was there! We got a room right across from the nursery which made it nice for his night time feedings. I am so glad we delivered at a small hospital so we could stay there and he got SO much attention from all of the nurses. I think he misses them all. He is a really good baby except when it is time to eat then he thinks it is time to scream at the top of his lungs. He likes to sleep in his swing the best so that is where we let him sleep so we can get some sleep too. We love having him home and we are so happy that he is feeling better! Here is a picture of him after his second bath in the hospital. He had a ziplock bag over his arm to cover his PICC line.

Blog App

2011-06-23T16:32:00.001-06:00

Great News! I just rediscovered this iPhone app that let's me post uninteresting pictures/comments from my phone!

Picture from Yosmite, CA

The baby blessing in Nor Cal.

Is it really over?

2011-05-30T11:12:00.004-06:00

I'm officially done with Nursing school FOREVER! I never want to think about school again and I am so happy!! Here are the girls and boys that I survived the last 2 years with at our pinning ceremony! I will miss seeing them all at 530 for clinicals and at school all of the time! But I am happy to be done! Other than that Baby is making me fat...or I am making me fat and we are happy we only have 2 months left until he comes!! I can't believe it, it still seems unreal.. until I see pictures of myself or I see my reflection!

Already March!

2011-03-24T21:23:00.002-06:00

Sorry we have no pictures! Time is flying by lately. It is almost april which means I am almost done with nursing school!!! I can not wait. The good news is Baby Boy is moving around like crazy lately. The bad news is that I gained more weight than I thought possible at my last doctors appointment. Some more good news is that I finished all of my night clinicals and I only have 1 full day clinical left!!! Laura and my cute nieces came for a visit for a week and we miss them so much. I love walking up to Addison telling Michael to wake up!!! We miss all of our family and friends and wish they would come visit Utah more often!! If anyone has boy name suggestions send them our way...the only problem is we know everyone keeps their favorite names secret so people don't steal them, but we'll still take the o.k. list name suggestions.

January

2011-01-19T22:20:00.003-07:00

We started a new year and are so excited for it! I started my last semester of nursing school and Michael is working hard, enjoying his job, and studying for GMAT. I start my PM clinicals this weekend so wish me luck, and if you wake up in the middle of the night feel free to send me a text encouraging me to stay there and not go home and go to bed! This semester really is going to be my most exhausting one with pm and am clinicals and 3 nursing classes. But there is an end in sight! We are excited to get these next 4 months over with! Happy 2011!!! We miss all of our friends and family and hope when school is over we will be able to see more of everyone! Come visit us please!

Decemeber

2011-01-19T22:13:00.003-07:00

Merry Christmas

Christmas was so fun this year. The girls came with all of the babies, but we missed Greg, Emily, Aimee, Jack, and Ryan who is on his mission. We spent part of the day with my family and part of the day with Michael's family and his grandparents who came over for Christmas! It was a great break and so fun to be with everyone!

November

2011-01-19T22:03:00.005-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving

Michael and Chris Paddle boarding.

Michael and dad cleaning dive gear

Mom relaxing

November was great! We got to spend Thanksgiving in Cayman and we missed a huge snow storm while we were gone! It was a perfect get away full of sun, scuba diving, reading, swimming, napping, paddle boarding, seadooing, kyaking, family, and fun.

Haven't blogged since August...Let's start with October

2011-01-19T21:59:00.004-07:00

Happy Halloween

Michael and I were doughnuts for Halloween. We were inspired by our nieces Addison and Kourtney who were much cuter doughnuts for sure! My mom and I made them right before the Halloween party and no one knew what we were...haha. I guess people in Utah don't eat doughnuts...it's true there are no good doughnut shops around.

Surfing

2010-08-31T22:48:00.004-06:00

For Ryan's last family night he wanted to go surfing with everyone. We had such a fun last Monday night with him. We miss already but it sounds like he loves every second of his mission!

3 years!

2010-08-31T22:16:00.003-06:00

We had our 3 year anniversary on August 10th. Time is flying by! We tried to think of everything we have done since then and we came up with a ton. Here are a few: We have both graduated from BYU, I have finished 3 semesters of nursing school, we have gone to Honduras, Guatemala, the Cayman Islands 2 times, I have had 2 jobs, Michael has had 3, We have 5 new nieces and a new nephew, and we have loved every minute of it! I love you Michael!

Back to School

2010-08-31T21:58:00.004-06:00

I started 4th Semester of Nursing School today and to celebrate I did my first IV. We learned in lab today and Michael let me start one on him tonight! I only forgot to take the tourniquet off which resulted in A LOT of blood. I can't believe I am already in 4th semester! Only one more after this!! May can not come soon enough...

In 4 days....

2010-08-20T13:08:00.001-06:00

In 4 days we'll be at an Angels game.

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Double blog post = double rainbow

2010-07-18T19:29:00.001-06:00

I went on a swing today.

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My wife robbed me!

2010-07-18T17:03:00.001-06:00

Somehow my wife ended up with Fritos and soup and I ended up a burrito and no Fritos.

But the burrito was good.

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This baby came for 2 visits!

2010-07-14T21:20:00.003-06:00

When I find the other camera we will update our blog more, but for now...

When Addison (our niece) was here 2 times ago for a visit we came downstairs to our kitchen to find this...

She was down there all alone and found some cake that was left out on the table! She loved it!! She really is crazy and too cute!

San Francisco

2010-05-17T18:36:00.011-06:00

Finally second semester of nursing school is over!! i start third semester tomorrow, but i am looking forward to it. Now for some updates. In March Michael and I went and stayed with the Abinantes for a week and had fun playing in San Fransico. We did so much while we were there and we had tons of fun! On our drive there we got stuck in a snow storm in the pass in Nor Cal. It wasn't very fun, but we eventually made it and had a perfect week! We went to Alcatraz, The Golden Gate Bridge, Ghiradelli, Fisherman's Warf, Shopping, Haight Ashbury and everywhere else....

The O.R.

2010-03-28T20:42:00.003-06:00

For clinical this week we got to go to the O.R. We were actually put in pairs of 2 and sent to different O.R's. I was sent to OutPatient...not that exciting. I watched 2 knee surgeries and when my last patient woke up, Morgan, from my class, came in and asked if I wanted to go watch a breast reduction. So I said I would go for a little since they said it was a 3-4 hour surgery. The Surgeon walked in and said, "I have been making them bigger all morning, and now I get to make them smaller." I thought they would cut a small incision and just suck out the fat, like lipo or something...well obviously I know nothing about breast reductions... it smelled bad, it was MESSY, and I saw a lot of fat. She must be really sore...

Nursing School

2010-03-08T00:41:00.002-07:00

Sometimes when I am not studying I think to myself, goodness I never study for school, it isn't that bad. Then on days like today I look at the clock 12:53 am, and realize that all I did today was... went to church, studied, took a nap, studied, ate dinner, studied, took a bath (and studied), studied, studied, and studied... Now I am going to bed so I can wake up early to go...study. maybe I do study all of the time, and when I am not studying I am having so much fun that I forgot how much I really do study. Why did no one tell me how stressful nursing school was??? And why do I feel like I still know nothing...Time never goes by as fast as it does when you are trying to study or when you are doing homework assignments. This semester can not be over soon enough!

I'm giving blood right now.

2010-03-03T16:31:00.001-07:00

Thoughts on the Bachelor

2010-03-01T21:03:00.002-07:00

He picked Vienna, who we like to call Vienna Sausage because she looks like one. Is he blind???

My Hands

2010-02-26T09:17:00.001-07:00

Last night I said, "Steph my hands are cold." She responded with, "well go stick them in the oven then!"

The statement was made as we were cooking a pizza in the oven at 400 degrees.

Lakers Game

2010-02-18T22:15:00.004-07:00

Tuesday night I was at the hospital for clinical. I had the best nurse to follow and my nurse from last week was there again. My nurse had no shots for her patients but my nurse from last week had some and she knew I had never given one, so she asked me if I wanted to do them for her. OF COURSE!! I was so nervous as I was waiting to give them. Finally it was time...insulin first...ummm obviously no big deal, just press a button. Then it was time to put a real needle in (ok it was soo small but still...) so I went to put it in the stomach, but I didn't have enough force so it just stopped once it hit her skin. haha. Then I pulled the needle back further and jammed it in. It still had a hard time getting in. haha. I need some practice. I am just happy that I gave my first shot to a REAL patient! As for our lives, I am just trying to get through my horrible classes this semester(Nursing school is hard), and Michael is watching the Lakers game and saw Khloe Kardashian at the Magic Fashion Conference in Vegas yesterday. He was sad Lamar wasn't with her.

They're Here

2010-02-12T15:41:00.003-07:00

My mom and dad finally made the big move to Utah!! We are so excited to have them here!! They brought Laura and Addison up with them last week! Addie is so funny! She kept chanting Mikey, Mikey, Mikey, MICHAEL. haha. She is crazy. and since they were here Andrea came over twice! So last week was a really fun week!!! Then I got really sick...too much fun and WAY too much stress from school.

Michael

2010-01-22T22:05:00.003-07:00

Sometimes I sit back and wonder how I got so lucky marrying Michael! He is seriously the nicest person and is so so so nice to me! Wednesday is my long day and I got home late and he had me sit down and brought me dinner and everything I needed. Then when I was all situated he left to go play basketball. Haha. But seriously he is so good to me and the funniest guy. People might not know that about him but he is so funny! That is what won me over when we started dating. He is such a hard worker and is good at everything he does! He is such a good person and always is trying to make people happy. He always makes me want to be better and encourages me in everything I do...especially school! I love my cute funny nice husband!! I love you michael!!!

Nursing School

2010-01-22T21:53:00.003-07:00

Nursing school is going to be the death of me. I have SOO much to do and learn and that is why I am blogging!! I am putting off all of my studying! Tonight we learned how to give shots!! It was kind of unreal. I have just never imagined giving someone a shot before. We practiced on each other tonight and will give them to our patients starting Tuesday at Clinical. I only did TB shots because I was to afraid to give IM's on real people. haha. And for anyone who has given a TB shot you will notice I am doing it totally wrong(it was my first one)!! My poor patients next week!!! Thank goodness the girls in my class are so nice and they let me practice multiple times on them!

Surprise Visit from the Abinantes

2010-01-22T21:47:00.002-07:00

Matt and Chelsea called us late Thursday night and asked if it would be ok if they came for the weekend! So of course we said, YES! We had tons of fun with them. We went to eat at Kneaders, Pizza Pie Cafe, Cafe Rio, and of course...Red Robbin. Poor Matt got really sick their last day (I wonder why...look at what we ate!!) , but still managed to hang out and have fun! We went swimming, to the Nicklecade, the mall, and just hung out and talked a lot! We had so much fun! Thanks for comming to visit us!!

Christmas 09 in California

2010-01-22T21:01:00.006-07:00

We spent Christmas in California this year and had tons of fun! Before we left for California Michael's parents took us and my brother Chris to the Utah Symphony which was a lot of fun. Then the next morning we flew out to Calironia to spend Christmas with my family. We were spoiled with too many presents and so much yummy food! My parents took us to eat at all of our favorite places. We ate at Farrell's Ice Parlor and had a HUGE ice cream sunday for dessert, El Ranchito, Panda Inn and of course Claim Jumper on Christmas Eve! And after we ate on Christmas Eve we all opened our matching pajamas and went and looked at Christmas lights! haha. It is so funny to see all of the big boys matching!! The girls shopped and the boys played a lot of basketball. And we got to play with the cutest little babies my 4 neices and nephew (with 2 more on the way this summer!!!) We had so so so much fun!

Already our 3rd Married Christmas!!!

2009-12-17T23:00:00.005-07:00

We haven't posted in forever! I just finished my first semester of nursing school!!! I still can't believe I graduated and went straight back to school! I don't know what I was thinking! But I love the girls in my program and I love being in the hospital with my patients!! I am still working at Trendy Tots and Michael is working away and studying for his GMAT. I think he is enjoying his break from school before he has to go back! We are leaving Sunday to go to California for a week for Christmas with my family and will spend a few days after we get back with Michael's family. We had a great family Christmas party in Ogden tonight with Grandma and Grandpa Farrell and the Farrell family! We are excited for Christmas and the New Year! We are loving our lives and having tons of fun! We feel so blessed in every aspect of life!

I love these

2009-11-24T21:47:00.001-07:00

I love these.

Haircut!!!!

2009-11-06T18:32:00.000-07:00

Steph gave me a haircut today for the first time!!! I think it looks great!

Stew!!!!

2009-11-01T15:07:00.001-07:00

Steph cooked a delicious stew for lunch today. I gave her a 10 out if 10 on the "how amazing is this stew?" scale!

It's cold again in Provo.

2009-10-30T22:17:00.001-06:00

All I can remember about taking this picture is Stephanie yelling at me to hurry because it was so cold. So yeah it's cold now.

I'm not a morning person

2009-10-09T22:22:00.003-06:00

I have to be at the hospital at 530 tomorrow morning! I am not a morning person and I am not sure if I am going to like the life of a nurse...I hope I wake up in time!!!

Steph goes to nursing school

2009-08-20T22:26:00.003-06:00

Steph got into nursing school at Provo College! Woot that! Way to go Steph! She will start this Monday doing her labs and then after three weeks she will start doing clinicals at a hospital. So basically if you are sick just call her and she will tell you what to do. Go get 'em Steph.

4th of July Fun!

2009-07-05T20:55:00.003-06:00

We had a busy and fun 4th of July weekend! On the 3rd Michael went four wheeling with my family and had lots of fun! Then on the 4th we got up and went on a really long walk. Then we went to a lunch bbq with my family and Michael went swimming and surfing on the wave simulator. He came home worn out and then got ready to go to our next bbq for dinner with my dad's family. I had lots of family in town and we had fun visiting with all of my cute cousins and family. After we left there we came home and played with Andrea and Ryan for a little. Ryan came over to ride my dad's Harley. Too bad we don't have pictures of that! Then we rode scooters up to my dad's cousins house and watched the stadium of fire fireworks from a great view!!! It was a fun filled weekend here in Provo!

Thanks for staying with us!

2009-06-03T23:38:00.004-06:00

Last night we had the best guests! Alison and David came and stayed with us on their drive through to Wisconsin for Medical School! I miss not having Alison live near me and now she is moving even further away. I love that we can just sit and talk or just sit and watch tv or just sit and do nothing together. When you can sit and do nothing together that proves that you are "real" friends. haha.I think Laura and addison are going through depression with them gone! All of my friends leave me (and I don't have very many friends so I am in trouble....Andrea DO NOT move!) I had fun chatting with them until midnight and I could have talked all night long if they didn't have to drive 12 hours more the next morning!! I am so happy they stayed with us and we got to hang out before they move so far!! I am so excited for them and for their fun adventure in Wisconsin and Medical School!!!! Don't forget about this red head in Utah!!! Sorry no pictures from this visit...it was late at night.

Good Bye ALL of my friends!

2009-06-03T23:27:00.003-06:00

Graduation was so happy and so sad! We do everything with Matt and Chelsea and consider them some of our best friends! I guess they were sick of hanging out with us because they packed their bags and moved away to Northern California!!! But we are so excited for them and happy that things are going well in California! Congrats on Medical School Matt! We already miss hanging out with you guys!!! Don't find too many friends to replace us!!

Michael turned 25!

2009-06-03T23:22:00.005-06:00

Michael turned 25 on May 5th. It really was a perfect weekend for a birthday. One of his best friends was in town and the boys got to hang out and catch up while Chelsea and I talked and played with baby Aimee. Like usual. Life is flying by and we are trying to absorb every minute of it! We are having so much fun. I am married to the nicest cutest boy alive. I consider myself the luckiest girl in the world to have Michael as my husband!!!

A little Update since graduation!

2009-06-03T23:03:00.005-06:00

Michael and I both graduated in April! Finally. We are so happy to be done with BYU. My mom and dad and my sister and her baby came up for it! My other sister and her family ended up coming the week before so we had a really fun 2 weeks with everyone! Michael got a job here in Provo and it is a perfect for him. He has great hours and it is right down the street from our house! He does really well there and is loving it. And I am back in school! I thought for sure when I graduated I would never go back to school, but 2 weeks later I was enrolled again! I am thinking about going to Nursing or Ultrasound School, but we will see what happens. Plans seem to change all of the time with us! I also just got a part time job at a baby boutique and I am so excited about it! I LOVE baby clothes. Life is great and we are so thankful for how wonderful life is for us! We are loving every minute of it! There is a quick update of our life!

Steph's Super Sweet 16!!!

2009-03-22T22:22:00.007-06:00

Happy B-Day Slugger!

Steph chose Los Hermanos for dinner

and California Pizza Kitchen(2 days later)

and got the new ice cream cupcakes from Cold Stone from Greg and Emily.

She also took a huge humanities test on her birthday... gotta love that!

BYU-I

2009-03-04T20:13:00.005-07:00

Congrats to my brother Ryan and Cousin Vanessa for getting into BYU-I! It is seriously the funnest school!!!!! Michael and I both went there our Freshmen year and both LOVED it! Here's a Shout out to BYU-I who's about to get two of the cutest people ever!!!

BIG JUDES
Freezing cold weather--snow fights -of course with the opposite gender!
ultimate frisbee
cute Idaho boys!
and
cute girls!
Idaho Falls trips - to the mall with NO cute clothes!
Tons of school activities-concerts, etc... (because there are no sporting events)
Smaller Campus - Really friendly people on campus
Walking to the grocery store (and getting rides home from boys) or pay $1 and they deliver your groceries!
Less nerds than in Provo
Sand dunes
Caves
Curfew---sneaking out
and SO much more!

California Weekend

2009-02-09T09:49:00.011-07:00

Michael and I got to go home last weekend for many fun events. First we got to go home to celebrate my mom's and our nephew neal's birthday party! Neal loves spider man so he had a spider man cake and lots of spider man decorations.

We also went home for Andrea's wedding! She looked so pretty and it was so much fun to see her and Ryan get married. They are so cute and happy together. I don't have any pictures, but i will post some when i find some! At the wedding we got to hang out with Alison and David. It was a moment i have been waiting for for a very long time.

We played a lot of games and ate good food and we got to meet our new niece Breanne. She is soo cute and makes lots of noise, but is a very good and nice baby. Baby Addison and Aimee had a lot of fun playing and talking with each other. It was soo cute.

Niece # 4 is Here!

2009-01-13T21:58:00.005-07:00

Baby Breanne Marie VanLandingham is finally here! Carinn had her on Sunday afternoon at 3. She is so adorable and I get to see her February 5th!!! I can not wait. I love her already!!

a little update

2009-01-08T21:35:00.008-07:00

We got to go home to California the week before Christmas then we spent 2 days in Seattle with Michael's family at his brother's house and then we went back to California for a few days after Christmas. We didn't really take pictures, but here are a few... Here is Michael with our cute little Christmas tree before we left Utah...
The boys watched a lot of sports and Michael was so good with all of the babies...as usual! Carinn is trying to teach her kids to call him Big Farrell. Neal fell asleep on him while playing Wii.

I got to play with my family and loved every second of it. I love going home! The babies change so much every time I see them. Michael is such a good sport when we go home because I get so excited to see the girls in my house and he just plays with the boys. We are so excited for niece # 4 to be born in a couple of weeks!!! Here is Amelia and Addsion. Minnie thinks she is 10 now when she is only turning 4 and Addison eats like she is 10 when she is only a little baby. She isn't chubby she is her optimal weight and soo cute. When Carinn and Eric left to go home I was so sad not to have her little babies running around the house and I always miss them all so much when I leave. But we are lucky now and we get to come home to baby Aimee all of the time now! She is so cute and funny and crazy!

I won!

2009-01-08T21:21:00.005-07:00

So I won a serious amount of Lucky Charms this year in a sales competition with General Mills.

Here is my prize. If anyone wants some of the "Lucky" Lucky Charms let me know and I will pull some strings for you.

The 411

2008-11-23T22:55:00.006-07:00

So this past month we have done a lot of fun stuff in between school and work! i got to go dress shopping with my best friend from before i can remember! she looked so pretty in all of the dresses and ryan is one lucky guy to have such a cute, little, fun, nice, super smart nurse as his future wife! here we are after she finally decided on one!!!

Michael and i also got to babysit baby Aimee while her mom and dad went to the temple! We took her on a long walk and had fun playing with her! we love our upstairs baby! here she is just sitting on our couch being a good baby!

An excellent video

2008-11-03T23:28:00.002-07:00

I hope you enjoy... it is a great video.

http://deseretbook.com/reflections/

My Halloween Babies!

2008-11-01T21:46:00.004-06:00

Here are all of my favorites on Halloween. Michael and my cute nieces and nephew! I am the luckiest auntie in the world! Michael was a Wii Remote Control for Halloween. He wore it to work and on campus when we walked to the testing center. A lot of people were laughing and making comments! haha. I have the cutest husband ever and I love him and how he always makes me laugh!!!

Here is baby neal the cutest man alive! He was a cowboy for Halloween and a dang cute one!

Here is Amelia the cutest Minnie Mouse ever. No niece is ever going to be such a cute Minnie Mouse because nobody can embrace being Minnie like Amelia can!

Here is the cutest pumpkin ever Aimee. She was a hit at their ward Halloween party. Her mom made her costume and it turned out so cute!

And last here is Addison the cutest pink monster with her nanny and poppy adoring her and all her beauty! Now can everyone see why I am the luckiest aunt in the entire world! I love all of my cute babies so much!!! They grow so fast and I am so sad I don't get to see them all everyday, but we are grateful we get to see little Aimee everyday!

Camping!!!

2008-10-26T21:33:00.008-06:00

We went camping! By Squaw Peak!!!

All I did was eat and play with fire!!!

Matt and Chelsea came along also... their tent holds 85+ people in it!

More Prop 8!

2008-10-21T11:37:00.002-06:00

Most of my feelings about Prop 8 can be summed up in this fantastic article. Enjoy...

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/california_decision_will_radic.html

Cayman!

2008-10-19T22:40:00.004-06:00

We also went to the Cayman Islands this summer. The nice part of being married is some summers both families take you on vacation. Steph was already scuba certified. So I (Michael) got scuba certified this summer. Scuba diving was probably the best part of the whole trip. I went every morning. Steph was my scuba buddy along with bring my eternal companion. One thing I need to work on is not running out of air after only 20 minutes. Also, I drove around the Island. In Cayman they drive on the left side of the road. It was quite the experience. Overall we had a great time and want to go back. Here are some pictures:

Prop 8

2008-10-09T09:06:00.003-06:00

We believe that marriage between a man and a women is ordained of God and central to his plan. Check out the website preservingmarriage.org for more information on Proposition 8.

Central America

2008-09-06T16:15:00.002-06:00

So we have had a busy summer and haven't blogged very much and now we are going to catch up! In between working this summer we had a lot of fun! Michael's dad got released from being mission president in Honduras so we went to pick up his parents the end of June. It was my 2nd trip down there and Michael's fourth! We went to Honduras for a week and then to Guatemala for a week. We spent a few days in Roatan, Guatemala City, Copan, Tikal, Antigua, Los Flores,La Ceiba and LOTS of time on buses traveling to all of these places! We had a really fun time, thanks Farrells!

Aimee Jean

2008-06-17T21:35:00.009-06:00

We have a new house mate/niece. Aimee Jean. She is 6 days old and so cute. It is fun having a baby living upstairs that we can play with whenever we want and then give back to her mom and dad when we are done. We love her!!!

Went to a baseball game...

2008-05-13T19:39:00.005-06:00

<---Here is Steph at the BYU baseball game last Friday. I think her favorite part of the whole game was the fact that they sold this like 2ft long maple bar donut. She kept insisting that I get for my breakfast the next day. There is nothing that says I am happy and health like a 2ft long maple bar in the morning. Steph also had some special moments with Cosmo but did not get a back rub from him like the girl in front of us. This is me and the sell out crowd. ---->

Go Cougars... they won 10 to 4.

Best Guacamole In Town

2008-04-27T21:01:00.006-06:00

Steph makes an amazing bowl of Guacamole... you should try it.

2008-04-22T23:05:00.003-06:00

Since this is my first post i thought i would put only my favorite people in my picture. There are a few things I like about this picture. first. it has my cute husband in it. second. it has two of my cutest best friends in it. and third. we are eating on a basketball court. Michael says fourth. we are eating in it. For everyone who doesn't know, michael loves eating.
so right now at the Farrell home, michael is studying for our physical science final that i should be studying for, but i am not. law and order is on in the back ground. michael is talking about golf because that is the only thing he has wanted to talk about for a month now.
GOOD NEWS MOMENT FOR TODAY: matt and chelsea gave us 10 free dollars for a pizza place so we only paid 2 dollars for dinner tonight which was so good.

Bikers on 9th

2008-04-22T18:19:00.004-06:00

This is how I feel about the people who ride down 9th E. in the street when there is a huge sidewalk right next to the road. I almost killed some poor girl the other day in front of the MTC.

On a side note Steph says no one cares what I write, people just want to see pictures... So Steph (Who has never made a comment on this blog) these pictures are for you even though they have nothing to do with my post.

This is me golfing with my clubs while they are still in the box. The second picture is Dave Hansen confidently giving Steph chocolate before we take off for the honeymoon.

Why I love my wife...

2008-03-21T23:11:00.009-06:00

I love my wife...even though right now as I am typing this sentence she is nagging me. This post is to let her now that she is the best.

As noted above in exhibit A you see a pizza that Steph cooked for me. Now, Steph was sad when she made me this pizza because she forgot to put pizza sauce on the pizza. What she didn't know is that the sauce is my least favorite part of the whole pizza. So what I wish would of happened is this: Instead of her handing me a pizza with a frown saying, "here you go you don't have to eat it if you don't want to" she should of said, "Hey Mike I made you a super dope pizza, enjoy."

So Steph I love you and you are da bomb!

Was this a good idea?

2008-03-21T13:43:00.006-06:00

So let me give you some background on this picture. I am walking by the old creamery on campus when I see this van. It is NOT parked by the WILK, SWKT, HBLL, or HFAC... it is by the creamery. This van has a huge dent in it. So for some reason the owner decided to spray paint a huge "POW" over the dent.

My question is: Was this a good idea?

First of all, unless you are like my wife Stephanie, you don't think driving a mini van is that cool during college. So, it is bad enough that you are driving the mini van. Second this "POW" sticks out. Now, sure it probably gets a few laughs as you drive by and has some random people like me take pictures of it. But when all is said and done and you are driving home you are probably going to be driving home alone.

So I would vote no on the "POW" decal.

You do have to give credit to the person though they are probably making a lot of people laugh everyday.

It is time for me to exit the Bloggersphere today.

Snow Snow Snow

2008-02-26T12:50:00.000-07:00

So it decided to snow a lot this year.

Before this year I could claim that my car never really had problems getting around in the snow.

That is after 1 year in Rexburg and 2 in Provo.

Not anymore... Yes, it is a two door 1994 Honda Accord with little power and is not known for handling well in the snow but before this year I had no problems.

Here is a picture of our doorway to our house.

P.S. Steph doesn't let me take my car and do dough nuts in the snow anymore... which could be directly related to my car not preforming well in the snow.

2008-02-26T12:40:00.000-07:00

We have been married six months

2008-02-26T12:15:00.000-07:00

So every time Steph and I do something fun she is like, "Mike! Blog it!" The pressure has mounted and I have decided to really enter the Blogger Sphere.

Well, I guess the only people who know about our Blog are Nate and Ian. So Ian dude how is it going? Hear you got an Iphone... tight. One day I would like to have one. Nate you are married. Thats is awesome

So Steph and I have been married for 6 months. To celebrate we went up to Salt Lake to the Gateway and ate at Thaifoon. I really enjoyed Steph's food (Fish). Then we went to Baskin Robbins in Salt Lake off 4th south because that is where we went on our first real date.

Welcome to our bloggersphere.

2007-09-10T13:01:00.001-06:00

My name is Michael. I live in Provo Utah. This is my beautiful wife Stephanie. We are hardcore bloggers and this page will be filled soon.