Heather's Favorite Times of 2008!

1. Moved into a Townhouse in April of 2008!
2. Gavin got a implant in August of 2008!
3. Dustin got a raise in pay!!
4. Dustin and I got on a airplane for our trip to California in September of 2008!
5. Gavin has made so much progress with developing listening and talking!
6. I'm a CNA and making my way up the ladder so I can eventually become a RN!
7. I made some really great friends in 2008!
8. Reach my goal weight!
9. I finished the Book of Mormon for the first time before the end of the year!
10.Took another trip to California with Gavin this time! We went to Disneyland!

I saw this idea on other people's blog! So I wanted to do it to!

Short Stories of the Family recent Happening's

Last Saturday we went to the zoo. Gavin was in his car seat with his little monkey stuffed animal. I could see him in the rear view mirror. Patting his monkey on the back and kissing it on it's head. It was so precious to watch. We had fun at the zoo. Did you know elephants eat Christmas trees a couple of the animals were eating them. I was thinking that if the animals eat the trees the zoo should take every one's old trees instead of people throwing them at the city dump. Anyway Gavin recently has learned to climb out of the crib so early bedtime and scheduled nap time has gone out the window. I caught it on video. It was his third time of climbing out on the video but the first night of it happening. Then one night Dustin and I went out with the winger clan grown ups. So the older girls where watching Gavin and the other little kids. Gavin spilled juice all over himself. The older girls put him in cousin Lilly pj's. We got to Gavin it was 1:30 before we made it home it was 2:30 so I put Gavin to bed with the girl jammies still on. So he ate breakfast with them on and then I took them off. But I had to get a picture. Also lately Gavin is just being two climbing on everything , jumping off things and the mess's he makes oh my! We Love him though!

I forgot to Blog the important Dr Appt!!

For my family on the 6Th of January I took Gavin up to Primary's Children for the appt( I made seven months earlier) we met with a very educated older gentlemen who is a Genetic Counselor. People all over the country for his appts. Gavin has LVA. With Lva it can be by itself or can be a symptom of all kinds of different syndromes. Including the one that the Dr is testing Gavin for it is called Penried Syndrome. Holding Gavin down for the blood draw was horrible Gavin was sweating by the time we where done wrestle him down. He got poke three different times cause he would hold still. Which this disorder the affects are LVA, Cochlea being not the same size as everyone else, and thyroid problems. Which Gavin has 2 of the three LVA and Cochlea being smaller. The interesting thing is the thyroid problems come when Gavin is a teenager and he takes a pill everyday and that's it. I'm very thankful this condition isn't life threatening. I also talked about with the Dr the chances of having more children with Gavin's condition. Cause I've heard so much from different Dr's to where it is a hit and miss, to probably every child I have, also probably just Gavin no other chance's of this happening again. Not that Gavin's condition would stop me from having more children. Every child takes hard work. I'm talking from the moment they are born to the moment they leave the nest. Sometimes even after the nest. Parenting is the hardest job out there in my opinion. The Dr told me I have a 1/4 of a chance. Cause Dustin and I both carry the gene that cause LVA. So that was nice oh well Heather you carry or oh Dustin you carry it. The Studies have proven both parents carry this genes that LVA is the result when both genes are present. That is why we have a 1/4 chance with every child with have it

Example*******


Dustin Pass
Heather Doesn't Pass = No LVA

Dustin Doesn't Pass
Heather Pass = No LVA

Dustin Doesn't Pass
Heather Doesn't Pass = No LVA


Dustin Pass
Heather Pass = LVA will result



Gavin's children have more of a chance then we do his children is somewhere around half
cause he has the condition.Genetics's are interesting the way it all works. They determine everything about a person hair color, skin ,eyes, if your hair is straight or curly. It is quite amazing. We won't know if Gavin has this condition until early Feb. Also this condition is the most possible of any of them.

The Dr did tell me there is two ways that if Gavin has this condition, to prevent this condition in
other possible children. One is Dustin and I could go into a Fertility Clinic I get a shot that would make me produce more eggs. They take the eggs out of me Fertilize them. Put them in a clear dish look at the eggs and look at the cells in the eggs they can tell which eggs have the disorder and which ones don't and put them back in me. This procedure is $20,000.00. The other thing is they usually put at least a couple eggs back in me so at least one will attach to the wall of the uterus and I'll get pregnant but who's to say that all those eggs wouldn't attach. Jon and Kate plus eight got six kids I love that show. I probably wouldn't get six babies but two babies or three could very well happen. One baby is hard enough having to get up in the middle of the night. Anyway Second way is I get pregnant on my own and around ten weeks along I have a ultrasound done and they stick a very big needle into my belly and get some of the sack fluid and test the fluid for the disorder and tell us that way then they said Dustin and I could choose (NOT THAT WE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER IT) but we could end the pregnancy. I would never do that like I said Gavin is hard work but I would never change anything about him. I wouldn't choose to have it any other way. I don't think I would do the Fertility or the big shot thing cause the shot is painful and even if they said well this baby has it. It still wouldn't change anything. And the Fertility is way to expensive and sounds pretty painful as well.


It was kind of funny. The nurse before the appt took Gavin weigh and Height. He is 35 Pounds and 35 in tall. She laughed and said He's a square! The Pediatric Dr said that we should cut him off from the whole milk. So we did! Gavin is in the 95 percentile for weight and 70 percentile for height! That was on the 13Th when we saw the other Dr. Gavin got the flu shot and his next shots will be kindergarten. That is long time from now. But I'm sure it will fly by. Cause he is already two and I can't believe it.

Gavin's 2nd Birthday! But Gavin's first Hearing B Day!

Gavin turned 2 yesterday. With his Elmo cake ( That I made ) and visiting the Dinosaur Museum. It was a fun day! Rachele my neighbor had her third little boy yesterday. Which the

7Th of January in Russia is Christmas Day! True I have a friend from Russia who confirm this.

It was Gavin's first time hearing the Birthday Song. Cause Last year he would have not be able to hear it so clear. Thanks to the implant! Happy Birthday Gavin!!!!!!!! woo hoo your 2!!! This is how I made the Elmo cake. I used a yellow cake mix. 13 by 9 pan. Then after it came out of the oven and waiting for it to cool down. I cover the cake and put it in the freezer cause the cake is easier to cut and frost frozen. I used a little cup to cut out the circle in the cake for his eyes. Then I cut a oval shape in the rest of the cake for the rest of his head. The oval shape I had a add a piece to the side of his face. If you take to piece's of cake and put frosting between they stick together. Next I got frosting in a can that has tips. I used the star tip one. I got three cans of red can frosting and one white can. Used Reese's pieces for his nose just the orange ones and brown ones for the eyes. Then black Licorice for his mouth. Cause black frosting is hard to make and doesn't taste that good. Unless it is around Halloween time already black frosting can be hard to find. Lucky for me they had Valentine frosting out and I got actual red frosting not pink. Surprisingly this cake was quite easy. I just look off a picture of Elmo and took it from there!

Gavin will be 2 soon! On the 7th of January!

Friday, We when down to Aunt Danita's house where we hung out with lots of family. We had a great time. Just visiting. The night before we went and saw Twilight which was my first time. Just my Aunts, Grandma and Mom in law! We where the only ones in there. So we had Edward all to ourselves! I started reading the first book but haven't gotten through it. But the movie was awesome! I am a Fan! We got out of the Movie theater it was 2:00am. For some reason I wasn't tried at all. It must have been all the laughing and excitement that was going on. My Family we were acting like teenagers all googly eyed and drooling. It was Great! Saturday we when to the Mall and Gavin got his 2 yr Birthday pictures done.(pic's above) Then we heading back to Aunt Danita's for the night Navajo Tacos and played games Snorta! and Spoons! Then I made myself another bracelet(pic will soon be available camera battery dead). Stayed the night. In the morning I woke up it was 10am and Gavin was still asleep! It was nice to sleep in. My Aunt Denise and Uncle Mike made the whole family crepes so good! A little whip cream , some fresh fruit oh so good! Happy New's Years Everyone!