Derrick and Brittany Youngclaus

2010-04-25T22:25:00.000-07:00

It been much too long since I have had even one spare moment to sit on this computer and put an update on our blog!! I'm not slacking, or being lazy or even putting it off till tomorrow. Honestly we havent even had time to do much of anything the past few months.
I got another job. No not a different job, another one! Which I am loving. I am still working full time at my salon but now I'm also teaching at the Paul Mitchell school here in Fresno! I absolutly love it. Its so much fun getting to know the students and see their excitment when they finally catch on to something we have been learning, or to see how much they love doing hair! It reminds me of the little things I need to be doing in the salon to make my clients experiences the best!
Derrick is finishing up his first semester back at school. He doesnt have a declared major yet but just trying to get as much general ed done as possible. He is still working at Laanscape Connections as well in the evenings.
So lets just agree we are busy. We are lucky that Skyler gets to stay at home with his dad during the day and then with me at night but Derrick and I hardley see each other. Life is life right now though and we are both sacrificing!

Lost in space

2010-01-04T23:16:00.000-08:00

I some how misplaced the battery to my camera. I don't really want to think about it too much now because I have scavenged the house twice, retraced my steps multiple times, and have basically given up looking for it. Lots of things are keeping us busy besides the fact though like the new season of The Bachelor and Biggest Loser, and the fact that Grey's Anatomy and The Office are starting again!! Oh the important things in life!

Leave of absence is over!

2009-12-02T22:42:00.000-08:00

I am so sorry it hs been so very long since we have been able to post. You know how life can be. We moved (again) and ever since Skyler has leared to crawl my daily life has been nothing less than busy. But how could you not miss this face..
Our favorite thing is hanging out at home in our pj's. Every once in a while its fun to hang out at home all day and not worry about anything. I laughed when i saw this picture and actually saw what he was wearing. I think throughout the day, Skyler's pants got dirty so they got changed, then his socks, then he found the hat. I obviously did not realize the extent of his mismatchedness.

*Warning- lots of updating posts following this one!!

Miss Cody

2009-12-02T22:29:00.000-08:00

Miss Cody ran a half marathon! And she ran it in 2 hours and 15 minutes!! I was so so proud of her. I watched her run in to the finish line and was amazed that she was still running hard and with a smile on he face! And then to see how excited she was that she finished faster then she was expecting. I was so proud of her. Still am, always will be.

Turkey Day

2009-12-02T22:16:00.000-08:00

We had a fun thanksgiving again this year. We went to Bishop and Sister Rasmussen's house again and had an amazing lunch. Skyler was lucky enough to join in the eating. He had a little of everything; turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, carrots and even a little of my pistacio pudding!! He ate everything on his plate!! Spoiled kid!
After lots of eating we had our annual evening of games, games and more games. The Rassmussens have a fun way of turing all their games into 'mormon' style so we got to play Mafia with the Gadianton Robbers! So fun.

Gotta love us some Cowboys!!

2009-12-02T22:04:00.000-08:00

We watch our Cowboys everyweek but there's nothing like getting in a jersey, BBQing with friends and really, really watching the game!

Derrick, Skyler, Kaylee and Derrall all have matching jerseys. It used to be fun to see Derrall and Derrick wear them during the games a few years ago because they would always match every game and still get so excited to see eachother wearing them. And now they get excited to see their kids in them. Oh men, the things that excite them!!

Wild Animals Beware!

2009-12-02T21:50:00.000-08:00

Derrick and I took Skyler to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo for his first zoo experience! He loved it. It started out cold in the morning so we bundled up in jackets and beanies and by the afternoon we had all striped down to our t-shirts. It was a lot of fun. Skyler liked the camel the most because he was pacing back and forth in his cage and Skyler got excited everytime he came close. It was cute.

I kid you not this is Skyler mid laugh! He makes this face while making this funny hissing 'hehehe' sound and rocks back and forth. Its so silly but because he's little still I guess it's kinda cute. Hopefully he out grows it soon! ;)

2009-10-13T20:56:00.000-07:00

Hello. My name is Brittany and I have an addiction.
I dont try to fight it, I embrace it.
I love experimenting with it.
I need to quite. It's becoming permenately damaging.
Lets take a look back...

June 2009

April 2009

March 2009

March 2009

March 2008

Janurary 2008

October 2007

July 2007

January 2007

January 2007

September 2006

Although I love love love to play and experiement with my hair, I think it's time to quite.
I'm thinking about joining a support group.

Fantasy Football!!

2009-10-12T11:06:00.000-07:00

I hate it. Excuse me, I have an extreme dislike for fantasy football.
Thats it. Just wanted to say it out loud!

In Laws

2009-10-12T10:56:00.000-07:00

Skyler is in love. With an older woman!!
But if Alex is what we get for a daughter-in-law...

... we are FINE with that!!
Alex, please wait for him!!

And Skyler would LOVE this one as a mommy-in-law too!

Check out...

2009-08-27T22:20:00.000-07:00

Stephanie Ryan did family pictures for us a few weeks back and she posted a few on her website. She is awesome and I 100% recommend her!! Stinkin Skyler is teething so his hand was in his mouth in every picture. Oh well, something to remember the time by!

Jump On!!

2009-08-18T20:51:00.001-07:00

I have fallen off the wagon! Blog wagon that is! Life is super busy right now because of work, my awesome young womens calling, a 7 month old little boy, and the frustrations of trying to find and buy a house! We are thinking about quitting our j0bs, moving to a cave and becoming hermits! We feel like hermits already.

Happy happy unbirthday to you!!

2009-07-22T10:28:00.000-07:00

Happy half birthday Skyler!! Today Skyler turns the big 6 months old! I thinking we can officially say he's not a newborn anymore. How sad, but so so much fun. Here's a little Skyler update:

Weight: 16 pounds

Height: 28 inches

Eyes: still a beautiful blue

Hair: starting to make an appearance and it's blonde!

He can roll over from back to front and front to back and can move around the room by rolling.

We are working on sitting up and can do it for a while but eventually falls over.

He is screaming!! All the time, not crying, just learning how to make noise! It's hilarious. He also 'talks' and says thing like na, ma, da, la and ba.

He loves baths and swimming.

When he looks in the mirror he laughs and gets excited at the sight of himself! (a little vain!)

His favorite toy is, of corse a little mirror rattle.

We are working on eating babyfood but so far Skyler LOVES peaches, sweet potatoes, bananas, squash, green beans, carrots and peas! I ate a lot of veggies while I was pregnant and I think it really does help them like the veggies later!

Skyler has traveled to Pismo, Shaver Lake, Bass Lake and Oregon!

He loves mom and dad. Both Derrick and I have been waiting for the time when he knows who we are and reaches for us!! He knows!!

Wonderful Sabbath Morning

2009-07-13T23:43:00.000-07:00

I grabbed my camera before church yesterday because Kameron and Skyler totally matched and it was adorable. Clean white shirts.. handsome on any boy any age!! But the best part of the picture turned out to be that iconic smile. Everyone (and when I say everyone I mean anyone, even strangers) always comments on how much Skyler smiles at anything and anyone! And this picture finally captured it. Usually when the camera is pointed at him he gets almost shy and you have to work to get to pay attention and smile but not today!! True colors!

You wish you were in our family tree!!

2009-07-13T22:44:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when you give an 8 year old your camera..

You get really cute candids of almost everyone cause everyone smiles nice for a kid!

David, Ethan, Michelle and Dillon

Cora, Drew, Alyssa, Lori, Ashley and Trenton

Josh, Brooklyn, Katlyn and Amy

Colbey, Neil, Phil, Jaylin and Alicia

4th of July 2009...awesome!! Pancake breakfast, the sun, fireworks, everyone wears read white and blue, watermelon, BBQ, all the normal stuff! But then you get to a Youngclaus family get together and you throw in whipped cream fights and 6 foot ice cream sundae and your day just isnt the same!

Bubble gum blowing contest...

I love any adult who can act like the kids and who better to be on his knees in grass diggin for gum...then Phil McCauley!

6 foot ice cream sundae..

So everyones story was different on how this first came about but the jist was someone did achieved something cool and to celebrate Grandpa Loren got a rain gutter (cleaned and lined) and made a 6 foot sundae. So we couldnt help but reinact!

Wait dont leave, were having too much fun!!

Ok, maybe I'm just having too much fun. See you next year!!

2009-07-01T09:56:00.000-07:00

Everyone says he looks like his mom...

I dont see it.

All I see is his dad!!

You have no idea, till it happens to you!

2009-06-09T07:59:00.000-07:00

Ok we have a little story to tell..

Friday May 29th was a scary day. Skyler was in his high chair hanging out with mom while she cooked in the kitchen. He was close enough to the counter that his feet would hit it when he kicked. And the high chair reclines a little bit..so.. all of the sudden I look over and he is falling staight back, still strapped into the high chair and SMACKS right onto the hard wood floor!! I unbuckled that thing faster then I though possible! Skyler was sceaming that blood curdling painful scream and I started balling! Luckly my mom and dad where there and we sat looking at his head for about 10 minutes. No blood but a soft spot started forming, and kept getting bigger and bigger. I called our pediatrician and he said we needed to go to the emergency room right away because soft spots are BAD because that means blood is building up (hard knots are what you want!) So before we left, Bishop Rassmussen came over and him and my dad gave Skyler a blessing. Skyler stopped crying and I even stopping crying after that. We got to Vally Childrens ER and the doctors did CAT scans. Fractured scull!! Yes an actual break in the bone! I was devestated. This poor kid! Then the story gets better..

Because he is so little, the doctor had to report us to social services. A social worker came and took me to a little room and started asking me questions. Do Derrick and I get along? Is there drug or alcohol addiction? Am I stressed out from Skyler? Do I get enough sleep? How is Skyler sleeping? I never thought in a million years that we would be in this situation. And the weirdest part was I was completely calm and collected the entire time. No tears, I wasn't nervous, not even offended by the fact that people thought we were beating our little baby! I was actually glad they jumped on the situation the way they did, because it shows that the system really is there to protect the kids!

So because they had to rule out any other abuse, Skyler had to do a full body xray. There obviously wasnt any other bruises or broken bones so they let us go home. THEN.. Saturday morning (the very next day) Child Protective Services shows up at our house!! Ya CPS!! Luckly I was at work and Derrick was at home with Skyler. He wanted to see where Skyler sleeps and the high chair he fell in. He was only there for 10 minutes because he said he knew very quickly that this was a complete accident and Skyler is in a good home and they had nothing to worry about.

You never know how it feels until it happens to you.

Thats my new motto. For everything in life.

When life goes by too fast..

2009-06-09T07:52:00.000-07:00

We never knew how fast time can fly without even noticing until something like this happens right before your eyes..

We are exactly double birth weight!! Crazy. Whats not crazy is the fact that Skyler is 27 inches long!! We obviously knew he's going to be a tall one!

Birth Control!!

2009-05-11T21:02:00.000-07:00

What do you get when you pair our little family of one quite boy with four more boys who are active, loud and down right crazy?? A prescription for lots of birth control!!

Actually the more I thought about it the more I enjoyed our weekend with 5 boys. Derrick and I got to stay with our nephews this past weekend while their parents went out of town. Three days of basketball, WII, skate boarding, building ramps and more wrestling then I could ever handle!! I sure would love to have a daughter but the idea of having a large family full of boys boys and more boys isn't so bad!!!

Here's the crew: (clockwise) Blake-8 Derrick-25 Colby-15 Dillon-8 Austin-11 and Skyler- 4 months! Aw! Blake and Dillon are one of two sets of twins we have on the Youngclaus side of the fam.. the other are our nieces Ashley and Alyssa

This will be a fun picture to have when he plays for the Los Angeles Lakers!!

People I'm proud of today...

2009-05-09T23:02:00.000-07:00

1. Melissa...cause she got into Graduate school in SacTown!
2. Ben...cause he found a great girl!
3. Derrick...cause he just worked 12 hours on a Saturday!
4. Skyler...cause he can hold his head up without wobbling!
5. Kirah Holbrook...cause she always wears appropriate prom dresses!
6. Myself... cause I did Kirah's hair awesome today

12 Week Baby Blogger Checkup

2009-04-19T16:08:00.000-07:00

Lots of stuff going on.. not a lot of time to blog about it!!

Thank goodness Skyler is into baths! He would probably fall asleep in the bath if we let him. Notice the curly hair just like daddy.. thats my favorite part of bath time is that his hair gets curly!
We spent some time and Darrell and Jennifers house playing with baby Kaylee. The girl is only 5 weeks old and has more hair then any baby I have ever seen.. combined!! It's gotta be at least 3 inches long! My goodness! She gorgeous.

Grandma decided to get Skyler a new toy. I tried to tell her he was still way too little for it but she was too excited to be reasoned with. Notice the size of the blue seat in comparisson to little Skylers body. Ya.. he's a tad too small right? So we have been stuffing the front and back of him with blankets so he doesn't rock around too much. (Anything to make grandma happy)

We have been going to lots of Uncle Kamerons baseball games this season. He plays second base and center fielder. It's fun going to watch him but lets be honest, we dont watch the whole time. Skyler and Brittany are usually playing with camera..

Have to admit we know how to dress to support!!

Love you Uncle Kam!

It's already April!!

2009-04-05T21:12:00.000-07:00

April in Clovis means Big Hat Days!! Lots of walking and crafts and fair food!! This year was super fun because Derrick has never been and it was Skylers first time too!
April also means that our little boy is almost three months old! Man how time flies. He is starting to hold his head up and smiles at EVERYTHING!! He is going to be such a happy mellow soul, we can already tell!

Tummy time is a challenge for us. Skyler doesn't like being on his stomach AT ALL!! Always looking up at me saying "mommy please why are you doing this to me??" :)

The flu sucks!

2009-03-16T16:04:00.000-07:00

Having the flu is bad but it's worse when you have a tiny baby with it! Skyler was sleeping in his bad last night when all of the sudden we hear him cough and gagging. Derrick ran in his room just in time to have Skyler throw up ALL his dinner all over himself. We're talking in his hair, all over his pj's, up his nose and all over all three blankets his sleeps on and with. (Sorry for the gross image). I was glad Derrick was there in time cause I get really nervous about him suffocating or choking on his spit up!! So we stripped him down and he got a late night bath. Luckly he went from crying and all worked up from getting sick to this...

...boy are we glad baths are a good thing in this house!! He was so relaxed he almost closed his eyes in the sink!! And surprisingly enough he fell back to sleep so quick. I guess the lavender shampoo really does help babies sleep better. He's gotten sick two more times today and I am hoping I wont have to take him to the doctor. Were just gonna wait it out and hope he starts keeping bottles down!

Hope everyone can make it!!

2009-03-09T19:46:00.000-07:00

Long Awaited Nursery

2009-03-01T14:32:00.000-08:00

Finally decided I needed to post some pictures of the awesome nursery room we spent so much time on!! And I took these pictures before Skyler was born so that is why the name Brady is up on the shelf. I though I would just leave it cause it was so random that we changed his name in the hospital I need something to remind me of the crazy change!!

Lots of people to thanks for all the labor..thanks to Mrs Cody (and the unborn Maycee at the time) who helped paint!

It took me FOREVER to find the baskets in the dresser. Nothing ever fit and were in our inexpensive price range so I ended up getting ones with handles and sawing them off (thanks dad).

My most favorite part of the room are the curtains. The fabric was left over from a blanket I was making. They are just simply hemmed and clipped on to the rod. What I love the most is the ribbon tied on the rod. I had ribbon in my scrapbooking supplies and just started putting it on to see how it would come together! Love it!

Thanks to mom and dad for the crib! We thought we would wait a while to get one cause we have a pack and play and figured we would keep Skyler in our room. Well that lasted about 3 days. We didn't get ANY sleep with him next to our bed cause we jumped at every sound he would make! We love our son but needed sleep! And our little two bedroom apartment makes it feel like he is still close. So as soon as we put him in his crib in his own room we finally slept a lot better! And we didnt' even feel guilty!

Obsessive Mother Syndrome

2009-02-25T19:29:00.000-08:00

Is she gonna be the type of mom that writes every blog entry about her child...

...YUP!!!

Get this... he found his thumb last week and now he sleeps through the night!! He is only 4 weeks old and sleeping on his own through the night! Kid you not. Self soothing is great. But it was short lived cause it lasted about two nights and now he decided he doesn't like sleeping all night anymore. I actually think it is just cause he had a little growth spurt cause now he is eating way too much way too often!!
Today's doctors appointment Skyler is now 9 pounds 9 oz (he was 7lbs 13oz when he was born); and 23 inches long (21 at birth). Big Boy!

Moments

2009-02-22T14:22:00.000-08:00

I'm starting to fully understand the statement "The best things in life are free!!" I never thought that sitting at home all day in my pj's feeding, burping and changing diapers would be the best day ever until moments like this...

Help Wanted..breastfeeding!!

2009-02-16T09:01:00.000-08:00

Who has or is breasfeeding?? Better yet, who breastfeeds and works? I am starting to get really frustrated with the whole process because Skyler is starting to eat more (25-35 minutes on both sides) and more often (every 2-3 hours) AND I still have to pump because I'm already back at work and need a supply in the fridge for him while I'm gone! So my frustration is how the heck am I supposed to feed and pump when I am at home with him and be able to keep it up while I'm at work? Ya ya I know its all a supply and demand processes but it's so time consuming. I know it's worth it and the best thing I could feed him and I don't want to have to go to formula bottles but I am so worn out! And the WORST part.. it's darn painful!!!! I started using the breast shield in the hospital and now Skyler can't latch on without it. It makes like feeding from a bottle and so it hurts real bad and then having to turn around and pump which hurts even worse! Help!! Who has tips, info, advise, or just a smile letting me know I'm not the only one going through this! I'm close to giving up!!

He doesn't get that from me!!

2009-02-09T13:42:00.000-08:00

Sometimes it's perfectly ok to laugh at your children..

Chillaxin and Relaxin

2009-02-09T13:04:00.000-08:00

Cody, Rob and maycee came over Thursday for Derrick's 25th birthday dinner. Skyler and Maycee kept doing the cutiest things while laying next to each other on the floor. Skyler held her hand or Maycee would hit at him (she moves around a little more then her does ;) It was funny to watch!

LOST

2009-02-09T12:57:00.000-08:00

The other morning I lost my son...

(I was sleeping on the couch after a midnight feeding and when I woke up again that morning, Skyler wasn't in his crib!) Um...

...then I found him!

The Beginning of a New

2009-02-05T09:18:00.000-08:00

Happy Big 25th Birthday to my Wonderful Husband!

This years celebrations might be a little different then

normal. No big party and no going out. We can't take a trip and

we probably won't be alone!

But this is so much better...

Hope you know it's worth it too!! Happy birthday love!

Poor Kid

2009-01-26T19:02:00.000-08:00

Why do we encourage ourselves to believe it's cute to dress our poor helpless children in silly outfits? Because it is!! It is so incredibly adorable I can't even stand it!

Chubs and Loves

2009-01-26T18:32:00.000-08:00

The worst part about a newborn.. they are only newborns for a few days and then they start changing!! Skyler was all puffy after delivery and now his face is soft and thinner. He looks older already and that makes us very sad! Don't grow up too too fast please.

Uncle Kameron is obviously SO excited to have a little nephew! Although the cute thing was the second day he came to visit he got board real fast and I asked if he was disappointed about something and he said he thought the baby would be a little more fun! Give it time Kam! You will be wrestling and playing ball soon enough.

Grandma and Grandpa!! Weird to call your parents that! I have never know two people to be more delighted over a little baby then these too. My mom came and stayed with us during the day this weekend and couldn't put Skyler down. And we probably wouldn't have eaten any meals if she hadn't been here! And my dad is so in love! He gets all lovey and cute when he's holding him.

Welcome to this crazy world!!

2009-01-26T16:37:00.000-08:00

Our little family went quickly from a family of two...

...to a family of three!!Skyler Derrick Youngclaus

Born Thursday Janurary 22, 2009

@ 11:21am

7 pounds 13 oz

20 inches long

10 fingers and 10 toes and still a little boy!!

The labor:
I ended up in the hospital Wednesday night so they could start me on the drug that would help thin and drop me. It had to be in for 12 hours so they started that at 6:30pm and we just hung out till 6:30am Thursday morning. I was 2cm dialated 6:30am and they started Pitocin and gave me the epideral at 8:00am. By 10:00am I was 6cm dialated and not feeling a thing. About an hour later I started feeling a little pressure and my nurse checked and I was fully dialated and the babys head was on his way out! Yikes! One minute I was laying there sleeping and the next everyone was grabbing my legs and calling the doctor 911 and telling me to breath through the contractions. I get anxiety attacks really easily so you can imagine how I reacted!! Derrick had to stand over my head and remind me to breath because I started to freak out. Luckily the Lord new I probably wasnt' going to be able to handle too much cause I pushed 4 times and Skyler was out! Whoo! So 4 hours of 'labor' and 4 pushes.. can't complain. (Can't say the same about the after birth, stiches, and healing though!!)

Today is the day!!

2009-01-21T11:24:00.000-08:00

It's Wednesday which means I'm being admitted tonight at 5:30pm to the hospital!! Yeah! I have a feeling it's going to be a long hard induction so keep us in your prayers!! I'm nervous only about not knowing what exactly is going to happen. There is still a 50/50 shot I might need a c-section so hope it doesn't come to that. So i guess when I find the time next to blog.. everyone will get to see the finished nursery and the baby all at once!! Wish us luck! (Derrick is pretty nervous ;)

Real Ones!!!

2008-12-26T21:05:00.000-08:00

The scarriest thing about anticipating labor is when you anticipate it enough to actually put your self into labor!! Stress enduced contractions are never a good thing! Monday afternoon I was admited to Clovis Community Hospital because I was having contractions like I have never felt before. They were very painful and came every few minutes. The gave me an IV and put a monitor on my tummy to watch the babies heart rate. I laid there for 6 hours staring at the ceiling and just wanted to cry. Between knowing it would be 5 weeks early if he came right then, and thinking I might have to do the whole labor pushing thing that night stressed me out even more! After they had finished all the other testing to rule out any infections or anything that could have caused it, at 7:30pm I was still contracting so they gave me a shot of Terbutaline and everything stopped. Thank goodness, but now I have to take a pill of this Terbutaline stuff ever two hours (even in the middle of the night) to keep me from contracting again. It makes me very light headed and I shake really bad. I do not take pills or any drugs for anything ever cause I hate medicine and now this. Great! The good news out of all of this is that by 36 weeks if my contractions start this bad again, my doctor says he won't try to stop it. They can just let labor happen naturally. Because then the baby will be developed and ready. Oh boy oh boy!

Braxton Hicks Contractions or REAL ONES??

2008-12-18T18:21:00.000-08:00

Whoever decided that women need to 'practice' contractions before actually labor is crazy! I have realized the difference between Braxton Hicks and actual contractions. I started real ones a few weeks ago when I was at work at the salon. Being on my feet all day and bending over in the shampoo bowls and stuff is not doing good on my body right now. I had about 4 real painful contractions within about an hour (which my doc says is when I would need to call him!) but then they went away. No worries.. I get at least one everytime I've been at work too long. But then I was cleaning the house yesterday and had a Braxton Hicks contaction. I would have to say these are a lot better then the real ones but they are still uncomfortable. My stomach was hard as rock and for one split second I closed my eyes and pretended I had a six pack flat stomach.. hehe kidding. Scary things are getting so close. Brady's room is almost done, we are just waiting for our crib to be delivered then I will finally post some pictures.

My first quilt

2008-12-04T18:58:00.000-08:00

I finally finished my first official quilt. I started it earlier this year. It looks simple but getting all those little squares to line up and all corners to meet perfectly is really hard!

Call it Crafting

2008-11-14T15:52:00.000-08:00

What do you get when you get your hands on a little fabric, a glue gun and lots and lots of ribbon?
I spent the entire afternoon yesterday making a baby mobile (for above the crib) because I could not find ANYTHING anywhere that I loved!! So I went to.. where else.. Michaels and got a foam circle and hot glued fabric around it then painted wooden animals and there you go. Gonna have to wait to see the final project cause its not up yet!

Copy Cat

2008-11-12T18:12:00.000-08:00

How to copy a $60 picture from Babies-R-Us for $23...
Start with a blank canvas (Michaels has all sizes). This big one was only $7. Paint it any color.

Michaels also has individual wood letters in different fonts and sizes so you can creat your own phrase. I had to paint these too and they also have cheap acylic paint to Michaels (like $.99!!)
Hot glue!! Trust me NOTHING else works. And as long as you have a fabric canvas you don't have to worry about heat! Don't laugh at our phrase.. I'm creative but not that creative.. I still copy!!

Safe Painting!!

2008-10-27T11:59:00.000-07:00

This is the fun part...
Planning for a baby! Getting the nusery all ready with a crib and paint and clothes and rockers and..ah!! Ok I take that back. Planning for a baby is stressful!! So much to do and we just realized we have so little time left. At our doctors appointment today, my OB said he wants to start seeing me every two weeks now instead of every 4 weeks. And this week I have to pre register at the hospital and find a pediatrician! YIKES!

Motherhood (is gross)

2008-10-23T15:05:00.000-07:00

What an experience!! Cody and Rob had an exciting day on Thursday October 16th and they asked me to be there with them! Oh my goodness.. you think you know what happens in child birth but YOU HAVE NO IDEA!! The best part about it was Cody did such an amazing job!! Although I can't speak for her, she seemed really calm and collected the entire day.

But the end of the day everything had settled down. The hospital only allows 3 visitors in Codys room at a time so I had to go down stairs for a few hours to let family go up and see Maycee. This is my first time holding her here.. she's like 4 hours old. Surreal is the only word to describe it.

My favorite part of the day had to be when Maycee was getting all cleaned up. Rob and I were standing by her and everytime Rob talked to her she would look right at him! So I started talking to her and look... she looked right at me! Now that is the definition of love at first sight!

Look at that lip! Mom and dad are going to have boy troubles very, very soon!!!!!

One Proud Auntie!!

2008-10-18T22:00:00.000-07:00

Cody and Rob had little baby Maycee on Thursday!!! She is b-e-a-utiful! You know I have like two hundred pictures of her already but I can't be a dotting auntie till the proud parents introduce her to the world!! Check their blog! (Give Cody a few days.. I mean she did just push out a 6 pounder!!)

Jelly Belly

2008-10-15T16:34:00.000-07:00

Why is this only attractive when you are with child?

How cute are we..

2008-09-22T19:42:00.000-07:00

.. at least thats what I keep telling myself! I am clearly in my 'she could be pregnant but she just looks chubby' stage. Yeah! Alicia of corse looks adorable as big as she is with her little girl! And I have to remember to thank Brooklyn for the awesome picture! From her short little angle the camera adds a few pounds!! Great! Someday well look back at this picture and be glad we have it!!

Finally the news the world has been waiting for...

2008-09-22T19:31:00.000-07:00

IT'S A BOY!

Obviously...

Snoozing...

2008-07-22T16:55:00.000-07:00

So obviously I realize it's been way too long since I have even looked on my blog. So Sorry about that. So I promise this week to sit down and do some updating cause we know 'a lot' can happen in one months time!!! ;) Loves

2008-06-20T13:46:00.000-07:00

We headed up to SanFransisco for a long three day weekend. The first place we had to go was peir 39 and go back to the spot where Derrick proposed!! Thats right below the Bubba Gump resuraunt where you can see the Bay Bridge. It was cool to go back!
We also got to go to Monterey Bay Aquarium. Derrick stood under the waterfall which was cool. It was soo bright out that day but still chilly out! It was nice to just jump in the car and go away for a while. No worries!

For time and all eternity...(is a really long time!!!)

2008-05-18T22:21:00.000-07:00

So I was tagged again so I figured I better do at least one of these silly things. This one seemed enjoyable though so here we go..its all about the hubby.

1. Who is your man? Derrick Bryan Youngclaus
2. How long have you been together? Married for two..Dating one whole year prior
3. How long dated? Oh..one year
4. How old is your man? 24
5. Who eats more? Sometimes him, sometimes me, depending on what it is
6. Who said "I love you" first? I LOVE THIS STORY- we were watching a movie at my house late at night and I fell asleep. He said he whispered it like 3 times just to see how he felt when he said it to me and too make sure he would want to say it if I was awake!
7. Who is taller? Derrick when I'm in flats
8. Who sings better? Me, but he's not bad
9. Who is smarter? I would say me when it comes to certain things, but some stuff, him
10. Who's temper is worse? he has a SHORT fuse, but when i'm mad i'm mad!
11. Who does the laundry? I do, but he's better at putting things away
12. Who does the dishes? me, unless I ask him 1,000,000 times
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed. Me if your laying in it, him if your facing it!
14. Who pays the bills? Me. Derrick wouldn't know how
15. Who has bigger feet? Derrick
16. Who has longer hair?Me
17. Who is better with the computer? me
18. Who mows the lawn? we have never had one
19. Who cooks dinner? me, that is one thing I can honestly say Derrick never does
20. Who drives when you are together? both, him long distance, me short distances
21. Who pays when you go out? Usually me. Im the one who knows how to add in the tip.
22. Who is most stubborn? Me
23. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? neither
24. Whose parents do you see the most? Mine, since his mom has passed and dad is in a nursing home
25. Who kissed who first? he kissed me because I posed the perfect opportunity duh
26. Who asked who out? he finally called me after everyone we knew kept asking and asking why he didn't yet
27. Who proposed? He did. It was perfect
28. Who is more sensitive? Me hands down, and sometimes not the best thing
29. Who has more friends? well after you get married you inherit couples as friends so I think we come close to even
30. Who has more siblings? Derrick by a long shot...he's the baby of 7 I'm the oldest of 3

Ok now I have to tag three people right?? Ok...Lauren Green..Ashley Reynolds...Cody Givens

Artificial Insemination

2008-05-15T22:30:00.000-07:00

We did our first go round of artificial insenination on Wednesday. This is where they clean out the male 'donation' and inseminate in me while I'm ovulating. If thats too much information I opologize. It is interesting how open and honest you get as you get older and words and things that used to make you squeemish don't really anymore. Anyways, thats all I can really report now cause all we can do is wait to see if it works. I can take a pregnancy test in two weeks which is May 28 to see if it worked. So you will either get a GREAT post to read that day or you might just miss hearing from me for a while..a long while.

Fertility Tears and Chears

2008-05-06T23:46:00.000-07:00

Starting this Clomid drug has been hard. I get nausea, dizzy, KILLER headaches and really bad moodiness! As in like, stear clear of that chick! And Derrick is so nervous about going into surgery, I think the more he anticipates it the harder he is working himself up. So, we decided it would be fun to video diary our 'Fertility Tears and Cheers.' We are going to start taping ourselves in an MTV diary 'you think you know' sort and document everything we go through from now on so that our offspring will have PROOF of what it took!! The time, money, prayers, tears, dissapointments, surgerys, drugs and fun we went through to get them! Hehe ya, I'm excited!!

Under the Knife

2008-05-03T20:12:00.000-07:00

Today being Saturday, we are right in the middle of our first round of fertility treatments. I started on Clomid yesterday and will go in May 12th for my first ultra-sound to see how my body is reacting to it. As far as Derrick..well he is anticipating going in for surgery on Thursday. At our last urologist appointment, Dr. Minor found that he had Vericosel. This means he has enlarged veins which means too much blood is flowing to certain parts of his body. The surgery is an outpatient procedure so it shouldn't be too bad. After he heals and doctors give us the ok, we can start trying to get pregnant again!!! This has been a long two years and we are hopping this is the beginning 0f the end of trying so hard to start our family.

Shawn's Bday Bash

2008-04-23T20:06:00.000-07:00

We had a fun group of crazy PMLers at Edo-Ya on Monday night for Shawn's 25th birthday. Derrick couldn't stop saying Edo-Ya. He thought it was the funniest word to say. He is still saying it..all the time.. trust me it starts getting un-funny after a while! LOVE YOU!

I love snapshots that just seem to capture the persons EXACT personalities! We got 2 for 2 in this one!

Sealing

2008-04-12T22:50:00.000-07:00

Aaron and Lauren were sealed in the Oakland temple today. It was a wonderful day for Derrick and me because we have not been to a sealing since we got married. I loved that we were able to be in the temple with them and re live the day we were sealed for time and all eternity. We drove up to Oakland with Ben and Katie. It was a long drive and hot out but totally worth it! Lauren looked so happy and her eyes were full of light the whole day! I love this time in my life, being able to experience the things life brings for me and for those I'm closest to.

Baby Girl

2008-04-12T22:37:00.000-07:00

So Melanie, a friend who works next to me at the salon, is pregnant. And she and her husband when they found out what they were going to have, wanted their friends and family to be with them. So...they had an awesome idea of having the doctor write down if it was a boy or girl and seal it in an envelope. Then... she took it to a bakery and had a cake made accordingly, and sealed in a box. Then.. they took it to Tahoe Joes where after we all finished eating dinner, the waitress brought out the cake box and Melanie and Justin literally RIPPED open the box!!! It was the cutest thing ever to see how excited Justin was when he found out it was A GIRL!!!

Nieces

2008-04-07T14:16:00.000-07:00

Derricks sister Lori and her husband Jacob came into town last week and we got to hang out with them at Red Robin's before they left. My niece Cora and nephew Ethan were with us. We all sat and talked for like three hours and the kids got really tired. But how could we pass up this photo opt..Cora has lips like a mini Angilina Jolie!! How cute! She makes up for how not cute I look!

Kameron's BDAY

2008-04-02T13:44:00.000-07:00

Kameron picked Tahoe Joes this year for his birthday dinner. Everyone was able to go so we all had a lot of fun. We brought a cake and had the waitress bring it out and everything. Kameron was embarrassed but too cool to show it!

My Hero

2008-03-25T22:46:00.000-07:00

And this picture shows why!

Katies Baptism

2008-03-25T22:36:00.000-07:00

This would be Katie..My niece...She was baptised on Sunday
The whole YC caboodle. Derrick's the baby of 7 so these are all our brother and sister in laws and our nieces and nephews..all of them!! Can you find us??
Ah twins!

Time Flies

2008-03-20T01:28:00.000-07:00

...oh yes, here is us now! Quite a change from our engagment pictures ya???

Bad Day(s)

2008-03-11T22:29:00.000-07:00

So Derrick and I went to our fertility doctor Monday morning to find out what the results of all our tests. I was anticipating the worst cause then I would disappoint myself. (probably not the best thing to do). And we get the words no one ever wants to here from a fertility doctor. There is a good chance I might not ever be able to get pregnant. I don't know whats harder to deal with yet, knowing I can't or not knowing anything and hoping some day I would.
Yesterday was a lot easier then I thought. I can home from the docs and just went about my day. Today is when my world came crashing down. A girl I work with is pregnant and so that is pretty much what everyone is always talking about in the salon. And it seems that every where I go, someone is pregnant, had a baby, found out they were pregnant, carrying babies, crying babies at church, girls who have been married a month saying they are pregnant...ah!! I went home and just broke down. All we can wonder is why. Why us? Why would our Heavenly Father want this for us? What did I do? What now? Why now? Why?
Deep breaths and a smile is all I'm good for right now. Don't ask for anything more.

Innocence

2008-03-10T19:48:00.000-07:00

Here's us..one of our engagment pictures. Ah life before becoming an adult..look how careless and nieve we are!

Moving...again!

2008-03-10T15:36:00.000-07:00

So here's the deal..were moving again! Can't say that I care too much for it but who asked? I think 6 moves in two years has GOT to be a record. But we can't complain because we have been blessed to be able to live in homes that didn't cost us any rent. But still..I don't enjoy moving!! We are back in Peachwood ward starting sometime in April. And being back in town (and not in Auberry) has been nice. We are so much closer to work, town, friends..and life!