Week in Review

I feel like my week flew by and I am just now catching my breath! Work was work, teeth teeth and more teeth. Owen is attached to my side when I am home and I don't mind a bit. he is talking so much and tries so hard to communicate his needs and wants. He has added Bosty(BFF) basketball and two to his ever expanding list of words. I got Brett a "legit"( his words) door hanging basketball hoop and he and Owen can play together for hours. Its so sweet to watch them together! Julie took some awesome family pictures and I am extremely grateful for her talent and time. Grandma Ida Mae was in town for a visit and Owen has made a new friend. He would give her loves, blow kisses and liked to hold her hand. She is so sweet and an awesome yathzee player! We wish she lives closer. I have started Atkins and am 6 days into induction. I feel better, I am sleeping so much better and I know giving up sugar and bad carbs will help get rind of this pregnancy chub. I have learned I am very strict with myself when I get my mind set straight. I walked down the cracker/chips/cookie isle at the grocery store today just to test myself. Proud to say didn't even flinch! Ask me again in ninety days!

I survived!

I completed a long week of work and am so happy to have the weekend to spend some time with my O and Brett. I worked at the store this morning and we were hoppin busy! Some people are just so silly and have no idea what they want but are adamant that what I may be suggesting to not be what they are looking for at all. Make a decision already. Owen's great Grandma Ida Mae Romm is in town and Julie was so kind to take Anderson family pictures this afternoon. She did a fabulous job and I know my in laws were very grateful for her help last minute. Brett's older brother Cameron is back from training,he leaves for Afghanistan in a week, so we took the opportunity to have a family picture taken. Owen just got his first legit hair cut and I was so happy he didn't have any cuts or bruises.He is a true boy and usually bonks his head or runs into something daily. Well I spoke too soon and on our way out to the car he picked up his usual three pine cones but for one reason or another he tripped and got a nice goose egg right on his forehead, thank goodness for photo shop. He was such a trooper the whole day and in true coons' family fashion took some sweet pictures and hammed it up to the camera! I am excited to see my little pun-kin head! I will post the picture soon.
ps I am going to take the position at the specialist office and I feel good about my decision. I feel very blessed and watched over :)

Teeth teeth and more teeth

I got a job. I had been looking for quite a while and was getting very discouraged with the whole situation. The school district had two gears-slow and ubber slow. Things were not coming together quickly at all and everytime I made the trek down to the main office to physically talk to them instead of the a phone call I was told all the information I had recieved on the phone was incorrect! WHAT?? Inconsistency is so wrong. So after a few hard blows to the my optimism I decide I would try teeth once again. Don't get me wrong I love teeth, they are fascinating to me plus I am comfortable with them and all their oddities. After I had a few interesting interviews--none of which I felt very good about, mainlt because they all grilled me about DII and what happens there. If they only knew the truth I think the bubble DII lives in would burst! My first instinct was to call some of the specialists Dad had referred to for so many years but I didn't want to ride on the coat tails of my dad, stupid I know, networking is the way we all help one another make it through this life. On a whim I called a dentist to see if he was hiring and he was, he got my name and number and told me he would be in contact in a few weeks. I continued to look and had got a work interview with an office literally two minutes from my home. The day was long and hectic not to mention the dentist was sooooooo sloooooooooww. Three hours for a crown prep---come on! The whole day I thought about how wonderful my job at SVFD was and how I missed the atmosphere there and the patients ,co-workers and especially the boss. At the end of the day I was offered a position there. I felt good about the situation especially since I had recieved a message from the specialist stating he hadn't hired anyone yet and that change was going to happen he just wan't sure when. SO thinking the intial job with specialist was not going to happen any time soon I took the job with Lake Mead Dental and had my second day there today. BUT guess who called while at work today the specialist with a job offer ! What am I going to do? I can't get a job to save my life for three months and nowI have two sitting in my lap, each with pros and cons! I have about 12 hours to make a decision and not a whole lot of clarity as to what I should do---Sugesstions anyone?

15 months

Big "cheese" smiles

Jump house with daddy @penelope's party



Owen &Bosty @her recital (he was done with pictures for the day)



My little boy is really a toddler now. We walked to our park this morning and as soon as we got there he practically jumped out of the stroller and ran his little legs as fast as possible to the jungle gym. He also gave me his beloved binki with no hesitation and we are trying to get rind of the bink within the next few weeks, but I just love his little facial expressions with the binki. We'll see how that goes! His personality his so sweet and he makes me laugh daily. Owen has become very fond of Winnie the Pooh and carries him every where, if I ask him where is pooh is he'll get a little confused and either point to his diaper(a bit to much info--sorry) or his runs to find his pooh bear. He tells me "uh-oooo" if he drops something or has thrown one of his balls somewhere he can't reach and still thinks anyone shorter than mama is a "bebe". He is trying really hard to mimic what we say to him and he knows how to shake is pointer finger and say nonononono! I need to watch how much I say no these days.He loves to give kisses and with his molars cutting rigth now they sure are drooly kisses but kisses all the same. Thanks to the Seasame street books we have read practically every day of his life, he knows where his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, toes,fingers and belly button are. Be careful if he goes after your belly button, the little guy doen't know his own strength and digs his fingers pretty deep. We aren't sure if he is a lefty or a righty, he throws things with both and eats with both. People tell us all the time we have a little football player and he sure eats like one. He eats everything and likes to help you finish your meal as well! I love this little guy so much! He fills my life with sunshine.

Wouldn't this be nice?

I have been spoiled, I admit that openly. As a single gal I was lucky enough to go to Hawaii 5 times as a pseudo- nanny with a fabulous family. My duties were to braid the girls hair, sunblock them well and hang out on this beach all day. Tough I know. It was surreal and when I need some peace I think of that lovely beach. My point of this post, while looking through my emails I came across this deal. Unbelievable, this place was re-done completely and is beautiful inside and out. Now if only the flights weren't $800!

ps Our little family went to a birthday party for a co-worker's baby on Nellis and Lamb(yikes) and had a fabulous time. A few words to describe the party: Jump house, Roach Coach, Horses and guachos, and loving that I understood the heavily intoxicated aunt spilling too much info sitting behind us. I will post tomorrow- promise

Thank you ghetto car wash

This morning on our errands run, Owen and I stopped at the drive-in, squirt your car as fast as you can and scrub it down with the same vigor while hoping you don't run out of quarters with soap still on the car, car wash. He was an angel sitting in his car seat and laughing at me squirting the car down. But what really made this an enjoyable trip to the car wash was the lovely latin lady blarring cumbia music from her astro van and dancing around her car while washing it. I had not heard true cumbia since argentina and the shshshshsh sound made washing the jeep all the more fun. Plus who doens't love them an astro van, ours had a serious personality.Try and get that kind of entertainment in summerlin!

I love flowers.........

Brett knows that and I got a bouquet
for mothers day of these beauties
and wow do they smell delish!

Happy Mothers Day mama

We love and miss you tons ! Thank you for all your love and example. You are one amazing woman and I am so grateful to have you in my life. Hope your day was filled with sunshine and happiness

101st post!

Just a update on everthing that has gone on since we have been internet-less. These are some of my favorite pictures and blogging about all the events over the past month and a half won't get done, so I'll just do a quick review
Grandma and Grandpa leaving for the mission field, Owen asks for them daily and we look at their pictures daily as well. We miss them some much already but are so proud of their decision to serve! Way to go Elder and Sister Coons. They are serving in Nauvoo Illinois at the beautiful temple there. We have spoken to them many times and they have already planted flowers, a garden and found a Sam's club. I love my parents.

Owen's first ears complete with his name on the back. He loved Disneyland! Kids, Churros and a life sized Mickey Mouse were a few of his favorites. We went with Brett's family and had a great time. I love Disneyland and it was even more magical with my Owen. He met Pooh bear and gave him a big kiss and clapped along with the music during the parade. Nothing beats the tired feeling of walking aroung the magic kingdom all day!

Owen was singing along to the radio and would pose for me so I could capture this silly moment. I have about 10 pictures of him pulling funny faces. His 8 little teeth make me smile daily, he is a biter and no matter how hard I try to be the serious mom and tell him no biting, I still giggle every now and then when I he gives me a nibble!

Owen's first birthday, complete with blue frosting and a crown. I think he really like the blue cupcakes!

Finally

We are a connected family once again! Yipeeee I was getting a little restless with all the computer issues we had been having but no complaints now, just smooth sailing, Hopefully...
Owen is one, and walking/swaying everywhere. A few days after his birthday I was summoned to the family room with a shreek of joy coming from a very excited daddy. Owen had walked across the room, and I had a near heart attack when brett screamed my name, I high tailed it out just to see my little trooper drop to the ground. He has gotten so fast its incredible, and he likes shoes so much he wants them on all day, every day. He thinks every toy or object is a ball and asks for it with his little chubby hand stretched way out.He also loves both his grandpas so much that when I am on the phone he starts saying pumpa pumpa pumpa and reaching for the phone. Its quite amusing and it tugs at my heart strings too, knowing my own dad is so far away. But he does love his Grandpa Kurt and everyone else including mama is chopped liver compared to him. As a whole my blog is lacking so many pictures is almost unbearable to think about. Oh well I'll think about that tomorrow. Happy National Scrapbooking day!

Owen and Utahna

Today is Owen's first birthday, he was born on my Nanny's birthday. My nanny is my Mom's mom and we never called her grandma, it was always nanny and today I miss her alot. I am really grateful to be a mom and to have such wonderful mother myself. The past year has flown by and when I think about all the little moments of pure joy Owen has brought I get really choked up. There are very few things in life that can get any better than an adorable blonde baby boy reach his chubby little arms out and say Mama! He is such a smart little boy. I love to watch him discover new things and get excited about them. He is so close to walking, he needs a bit more balance and he'll be running. We went to the park today, nothing beats Las Vegas spring time weather. He loves the swings, slides and climbing anything and everything! We had a dinner party at my parents to celebrate both Bostyn and Owen's birthdays. It was a great day full of happy memories, family and some yummy food. I have some great videos and pics from the birthday celebrations, so just as soon as I can upload them, i'll be posting! Big thanks to all for their generousity!

Friday...... time for a bath

When I was in college my sister and I would joke around about taking baths on Fridays and say it in the voice of the little boy from Life is Beautiful, I was giving Owen a bath a few minutes ago and I laughed outloud about that making my Owen laugh too, no one else will get the humor but it was a moment with my little boy I would like to remember. Owen is two and a half weeks from turning 1! I amazed at how much he grows up each day. He loves his bath and now lays on his tummy and kicks his little chubby legs really hard, its so sweet to see the rolls just bouncing around in the water. He has finally started calling Brett, dada again. It was touch and go for a while there, he would only call him bett and I know his daddy missed the dada repeated many many times throughout the day. I got a good laugh but love to hear dada as well. We are trying to plan a small party for him but with a majority of both our families here thats not going to happen.Suggestions are welcome. Brett and I went to Brian Head, it was so great to be with him all day long!I can still snowboard, I took a little time off and was a bit nervous going up the lift but hey it was like riding a bike and I loved every freezing minute!


ps My Birthday and Valentines day were great, I was spoiled and enjoyed some time with my husband. Owen has a new cousin whom he loves already, Avery Leigh Moore our little valentine, is here safe and sound.

Disbelif

I am in disbelief. My little baby boy in one month will turn one. I has a crazy dream last night and I dream in Spanish so my English always struggles the next day. Just then I wanted to type "completed his first year" but that doesn't make a whole lot of sense in English. So Owen is 11 months. I shed a few tears thinking about how fast the past year has flown by. He is so sweet and I am so grateful for him. A few people know how much finding out I was pregnant with him rocked my world. We were not planning on having a little one so soon after getting married and I cried and took five tests before Brett could calm me down. How in the world were we going to do this and with what money? But like many before us, everything has worked out. Brett had fabulous insurance that would cover maternity care when my stupid Health Plan of Nevada wouldn't so we figure Owen was less than a thousand dollars all said and done. Can't beat that. He has been a little angel baby and is growing into a classic little boy. He loves to climb on people, furniture, boxes the trash can just about anything and will find a way to conquer it. He talks non stop and likes to say mama in a really nice whine after I tell him no or take him away from something. I turn 29 tomorrow, yep the end of my twenties, they were good to me. I have some cute pics to post so stay tuned!

Dance Party ------Owen likes Toto

While cleaning out my closet this morning Owen was in his crib looking at books--or throwing them out and laughing. I had turned up Itunes and when Africa by toto came on Owen was thrilled. The little guy stood up and sang along and danced! I laughed out loud, so for all your listening pleasure enjoy this and get up and have a little dance party. We enjoy them quite alot in this home
ps He also enjoyed Dance by Lady GaGa

10 months

Owen had a wonderful December and January is turning out just as great. Full of cousins lots of parties and Santa and the Grandparents were really good to our sweet boy. Eliza got him the cutest Little people noah' s ark that he just loves! He carries Noah and a giraffe around the house with him and can get a bit protective of them in the bathtub. He has just started to cut his third tooth on top left hand side. The boy can bite and leaves his marks on just about everyone and everything. He sings and dances in the car to any music and during hymns at church, loves to give kisses and yell mama & dada into his monitor while jumping in his crib, can twist, dive and crawl so fast and with such momentum he has a few bruises on his forehead to prove it and loves his new baseball and bat. He is walking with the little wood cart and gets so excited when he sees us jumping up and down and getting so excited for him, its a riot. Owen also loves other kids , he reaches for them, tries to give everyone kisses and thinks they enjoy being followed everywhere. Thankfully his cousins don't mind him so much, in fact on Christmas Eve Mariah asked Kelly, pointing to me, "Can you ask her if we can keep baby Owen? "Our little guy is such a dumpling, we will keep him. But Mariah you are welcome to visit anytime! Uncle Tom was holding him the other day and mentioned how you really do get strong baby arms holding lifting and carrying a 29 pounder everyday, just wish I could lose some more of this chub to show those guns I have developed. BIG Loves to all
Happy friday to ya!

Quite a bit later......

So Christmas season has come and gone and I have to say this one was one for the books! Where to start I am so far behind in posts, our computer went a bit haywire and is still acting funny at times but at least we can connect to the Internet now! OK first off Brett, Owen, Auntie Emily, Grandma Shelley and Grandpa Kurt and I had a wonderful time at the Magical Forest. It was cold but Owen liked being all wrapped up in blankets and his favorite doggy hat. We got to see Santa, ride the train and the carousel. Owen was so cute on the carousel, he laughed and smiled the whole time!

Christmas pre-eve we had a fabulous party at Jillian and Drew's home complete with great tamales, the name game and a webcam chat with the Burdetts. We all had a wonderful time together with the Trythall would had driven from California to be here. ( sorry no pictures for that event)
Christmas Eve Mom and Dad once again got the party started! A classic family photo --of which we were late to, I was sick and spent most of the night drinking water and bathroom runs---and I think I passed it to multiple family members--so sorry, back to the events of the evening during dinner the doorbell rang and we heard carolers singing. I thought it was their neighbors or the Waids but NOPE it was the HOPKIN FAMILY all the way from TEXAS!!! It was a Christmas gift like no other and I was so happy to meet the twinkies and have Owen meet his closest cousins, only 3 months younger.

9 Months and some crazy weather!

As a side note thank you to all for the kind words they were greatly appreciated.
My last post was not a very happy one but alas I am feeling better and have a ton of wonderful picturs of Owen to share from our trip to Mt Vernon---it was a blast and we miss the Burdetts and send them bug hugs and kisses! but first Owen is another month older!

I cannot believe my little Owen is a 9 months old! He is quite a character and loves to follow me from room to room all day long. He loves the kitchen ---mainly the front of the stove where he can see himself and likes to crawl under our bed which makes me nervous. If I sit down to fold clothes or sort the mail Owen thinks his Mommy has become his own personal climbing gym, the little guy is a monkey! And folding clothes are his favorite thing to mess up, two loads of laundry folded were strewn around our family room in seriously less than a minute. He will raise his arms in the air if you ask him how big he is --its adorable! He loves to eat cheerios, rice with a little veggies, applesauce and we have tried may kinds of cheese. He loves to stand in front of his gate and watch me cook or do dishes and our Christmas decoration boxes are a big hit for drums. He likes to cross his feet at his ankles and will do it at the funniest times, when we read stories, during his bath and when he has a bottle, we get a good laugh everytime I see it!The snow and rain Las Vegas has had over the past few days and meant owen is wearing his grey doggy hat! It is so adorable and he knows not to pull it off when its cold outside. After coming home from the grocery store on monday we were covere in snow and Owen's long eyelashes were all dusted with little flakes. I wish I had taken a picture it was the sweetest thing. We had snow again yesterday and possibly today. Tonight we are going to the magical forest--our favorite Christmas time tradtion! Lots of pictures tomorrow!!!
Brett and I were Mary and Joseph but Owen wasn't asked to be the baby Jesus, I guess they didn't want the baby Jesus to sit up and say dada

Owen's third tooth on the bottom peeking through and two new ones on top!

Holiday Funk

I am in a funk or a bad mood or just being cranky or maybe just getting more mean in my old age. I have been venting in my head all morning and I will probably erase this post later but for now I just need to get all this stuff that has been rolling around in my head out! I lost my wallet.I know its not the end of the world. I shouldn't get mad or sad or angry about it, but its just so sad that I can lose it in a 50 foot area( the parking lot of my apartment complex to my front door) and not have anyone turn it in or just leave it on my door --take all $30, the two gift cards to nordstrom and the faboulous freddy's car washes, I don't care!I just want my temple reccomend back( its in the sleeve my parents gave me when I first went through the temple 7 1/2 years ago), and Owen's insurance card (Blue Cross Blue Shield are being stupid about a new one) I feel like its a violation of privacy and I know someone will just throw it away ( Brett has already dumpster dived for me bless his heart) It was a great wallet too and I had paid too much for it but its little strap and all its compartments were so handy when I was trying to carry Owen and fifteen other things. I have a few other things to say, I miss my family, I wish all my sister's lived closer, they are amazing and I miss them alot. I miss my parents, they still live close, but I took my mom to the airport this morning and she sat in the back with Owen(who loves his munca soo much) and I started to think about them leaving for their mission and how much I already miss them and how am I going to deal with them being gone for 3 years? I miss working with my Dad and seeing him daily, I miss my job at the dental office and feeling productive and like I am contributing to my little family. I miss my husband, he works a ton has finals that last forever (the national board exam on monday lasted 5 hours!)and I wish I cooked better for his sake. I miss my friends at work they were such good people and the working at DII made me appreciate them even more. I miss my clothes and feeling pretty I am still not anywhere close to my pre-pregnancy weight and I am beyond frustrated. My sister told me Coons girls are seriously like work horses we aren't the dainty kind and I appreciate that but man what I wouldn't give to be back to how I was and then not be as hard on myself as I was. I have never been thin but I was strong and on the leaner side. I wish I had been smarter about working out more and eating less during pregnancy---its my own fault , its just frustrating to see other ladies bounce back soooo quick and I am jealous. Ok I think I feel better now ---My Owen is 9months old today he is my sunshine. I can't believe it time has flown by. Thanks for letting me vent, I have stopped crying now.

Off to Mt Vernon

Owen and I are flying here


To visit these happy faces!




plus eliza katie and james catch ya later

Turkey day wrap up

Our Thanksgiving started off a little strange. Early Thursday morning around 12:30am someone threw a rock through our porch sliding glass door, shattering it to tiny pieces all over our living room. Brett jumped up immediately to see what was going on and I got Owen. He had slept through the entire thing and looking back I should have just stayed in his room with him instead of getting him out of his crib but I was so shaken up I just wanted to hold him and know he was OK. The security guard came, Brett called the police, lot of phone calls were made and pictures taken and reports written. Owen and I went to lay down again and try and get some sleep at 2 but poor Brett was up forever cleaning up all the glass and helping the maintenance man put a new door in. Despite the chaos we were all able to go back to sleep, thank goodness! A few hours later I went to my father-in-law's thanksgiving spin class.Let me just tell you it was long, hard and with no A/C in the room sooo sweaty. I was pretty proud of myself for pushing through all 90 minutes of the class yep that wasn't a typ-o it was 90 minutes and am going to add another spin class to my workouts--they are a kick in the pants! After class I rushed home to get the famous orange rolls rolled out and rising and they actually turned out pretty good. I don't think it feels like Thanksgiving to me with out them and not being with my family this year I was already a bit bummed but a big ol orange roll sure did help put a smile on my face. Owen was a gem baby the whole day, he even took a nap before dinner and was SO excited to have a little mashed potatoes at the table! He loved them and he is finally eating like he normally does. These ear infections sure do put a little damper on a baby but no worries he is getting better every day! Dinner was great and we got to spend time with Brett's family. I tried to get a pre- dinner pic with all the food just like I know Dad was doing in Sacramento but it didn't happen so we took a few after dinner! We are all stuffed and ready for a little nap, and right about when we took these picture my leg muscles started to ache like I haven't felt in months and months, hence the funny smile! We ended the day going to the movies just like old times, the girls saw Twilight and the boys Quantum of Solace. and Owen took a bath at his Grandma Shelley's house in the sink and loved it!