The Rudd Family

Hello Again!!!

2010-02-25T16:58:00.023-07:00

Wow! It's been a long time since I last posted. Time to play catch up.

On September 10th my niece Candace had her baby. Lily and Brin are 3 weeks apart. (I think Brin could eat Lily for dinner) They are so cute together.

November is a month that I will never forget. It started out with me having a D&C. I had a retained placenta. Tanner turned 6, and my father passed away November 25th due to a heart attack. It was the day before thanksgiving and a few people were trying to get a hold of him. My dad's business partner called Brady and said that Reed was not answering his phone, so Brady and Brent decided to go and check on him, When they got their they found the worst. Me, Marcie, Randall and my mom all rushed up to my dad's house. We were able to spend some time with him before the medical examiner took him away. The next day was thanksgiving and my dad was planning on coming down to spend the day with all of us at Brady's house, needless to say that day was filled with emotions and I am glad that my whole family was there. I was sitting next to Marcie while we were eating and she nudged my arm and pointed out the empty chair at the table. I don't think Anne had realized that she had set a place for my dad. He was only 72 and way to young to die. I think all of us are still in shock. Us kids went and ordered my dad's headstone a couple of weeks ago. I am super excited for it. The granite color we chose is awesome. That's what I am excited for. It should be done and installed before Memorial day.

December is always a crazy month with birthday's, Christmas parties and Christmas, we are always busy. I did not even take one picture on Christmas morning. Oh well, there's always next year.

Brin had her appointment in January at PCMC for her hemangiomas and everything went good. She has around 20 of them , mostly on her stomach and chest. We have monthly doctor appointments just to make sure they do not start to grow on her organs. The doctor at PCMC said that hemangiomas will stop appearing around 9 to 12 months of age and they will stop growing around 3 years and then they will slowly disappear. Brin's are already starting to fade. The biggest one she has is about the size of a pencil eraser.

(do you like her hair? Blake shaved her head and gave her a mohawk)

For President's day we usually go to the cabin with Anne and Brady, but this year we went up to Tremonton with Blake's family. It was fun. We took the snowmobile's and the kids had a blast. Tanner has not wanted to ride his snowmobile much this year, but once he got it out onto the open hills he had a blast, I think all of the kids had fun riding it. I know I did. I took Brin out for a ride on it. It is a fun sled to ride.

My niece Ashlee got engaged. She is getting married on June 18th to Rob Stratton. Congratulations you guys!

Miss Brin!

2009-09-24T09:30:00.005-06:00

Little Miss Brin. Born on August 20th, 6lbs 8oz and 19inches long. Here are some pictures.

just minutes old

Big brother Tanner!

starting out early on tanning

one week old

two weeks old and the day of her blessing.

We love you Brin and are glad you are here safe!!!!!

Brin had been breeched for two months and the last month my doctor would tell me things to do at home to try and get her to turn. Her feet were stuck in my pelvis. Nothing was working and so the last three weeks I was going to a chiropractor and he was able to loosen my pelvis and her feet became unstuck but she still did not turn. My last month my doctor gave me only two options, to have a c-section or he could try and turn her, needless to say I was scheduled to be induced on the 20th.

I went to my doctor appointment on the 19th and he did an ultrasound and her feet were not stuck and he was able to lift her up pretty easily (but it hurt like he!!) so he asked if I could be at the hospital in an hour. He wanted to try and turn her before she slipped backed down into my pelvis. I called Blake and we were at the hospital at noon.

By 2:00 pm I had my epidural and by 2:30 the doctor had turned her and had broke my water. That was all kind of scary. He gave me a shot (that hurt worse than getting the epidural) to relax my uterus so he could move the baby. I was hooked up to all kinds of monitors. It took all of about a minute for him to turn her but we lost her heartbeat. My doctor and all of his nurses were doing different things with the machines and doing different things with my belly, the anisteologist even came in and asked if he was needed. I knew he was outside my door because my doctor said if things go wrong then I would need to have an emergency c-section and he would be there to assist him.

Blake and I kept looking at the ultrasound machine waiting to see her little heart to start moving again, it seemed like forever but a couple of minutes later it gradually started beating. I literally think I was seconds away from having a c-section. Everything else went smooth, long but smooth. Because of the shot I was given to relax my uterus I had to wait for that to wear off so I could start contracting again. I went from being dilated to a 4 to a 10 in two hours and I pushed for an hour and a half and she was born at 2:25 am.

2009-06-12T18:13:00.001-06:00

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

2009-05-04T20:51:00.008-06:00

Yep, we are having a girl. I was so set on another boy, and Blake kept on telling me not to get my hopes up because he knew it was going to be a girl. When we walked out of the doctor's office he said I knew it was going to be a girl because none of his siblings have two boys together, they have girls but not boys.

I wanted to do the baby's room in black, white and yellow but I could not find any fabric that I loved, so here is a picture of what I bought. It is Bubblegum Basics by Quilt Shop. Because it is a girl I knew that I didn't want pink (pink is so traditional) this has a little bit of pink in it and that is ok. I am going to have it quilted with big flowers on it.

And this is the pattern of the quilt. It is Baby Boom by Crazy Old Ladies. I love their patterns!

Now I just have to figure out a bumper in the same material. I have a few ideas. Oh and if you see Blake tell him you like the name Tessa! I love it and he hates it.

Feeling Neglected!

2009-04-17T12:21:00.002-06:00

Yep, I think my blog is feeling a little neglected. If it wasn't for facebook it wouldn't be neglected. I think I am hooked. We will be finding out what we are having on Tuesday, so I will be posting again, but for now look me up on facebook (Cindy Jex Rudd).

Another Little Peanut!

2009-02-19T18:09:00.004-07:00

I have been suck a slacker at this blog, lately I haven’t felt like blogging. And yes Blake and I will be having another little peanut, both of us! Blake will be having his tomorrow morning and I am due August 30th. Blake is scheduled to have lithotripsy for the 2nd time, poor guy. If anybody needs a kidney I know he would be willing to donate his left one!

And as for the second little peanut I am starting to wonder what I was thinking. If it wasn’t for the morning sickness I would be ok. I was never sick with Tanner. Tanner and I are both rooting for a boy but from what my doctor says it looks like a girl. I guess we will wait and see or not, I don’t want to find out. When we told Tanner he was going to be a big brother he told me he was moving in with my sister, what a brat! But know I think he is getting used to the idea. August will be a busy month. My sister-in-law is due 3 weeks before me and my niece is due two weeks after me. I am determined to have this baby on September 1st. Nobody on my side or Blake’s side of the family has a birthday in September. (I think it has to do with all of the hunts) I told my doctor if I go into labor on the 30th that I am not pushing until the 1st.

December wrap up

2008-12-29T08:41:00.002-07:00

This month was so busy that it just flew by, with three birthdays, Christmas parties, a tooth being knocked out and a broken foot I am glad that it is over. Tanner started out December with knocking out his front tooth. It did not come out all the way but it was pretty loose and his gums were bleeding. Blake pushed it back in but it is still pretty loose, I think it will be his first tooth to go. Blake decided to go to Wyoming for his birthday to see some deer and while he was gone Tanner broke his left foot. He jumped off the bottom step at Maria's and cracked his foot in two places. The radiologist thought that he would be ok without a cast. He said to bring him back in a week and if Tanners foot was still hurting him then they would cast it but because it was only cracked in really did not need a cast. Tanner has done so good. We did not get a cast, for the first couple of days he really babied that foot but now he walks just fine and says that it does not hurt.

On Christmas eve Tanner was in bed by 8:00. I am not sure if he was scared or excited for Santa to come. He slept in until 8:00 which was nice, and boy was he excited. I guess you know you have overdone it when your child says that they are done opening presents and they haven't opened all of them!

On Saturday Blake went elk hunting and Tanner and I went to see Body World with my mom, Marcie and Brett. That was pretty weird. Tanner really did not like it. They had a baby fetus from 2 weeks old all the way up to 40 weeks. A camel, sheep and a rooster and a bunch of human bodies doing different things.

This has been a fun and busy month. This will probably be my last post for 2008. Hope all had a Merry Christmas and I hope all will have a Happy New Year!

Something is wrong with this picture!

2008-12-09T10:17:00.011-07:00

Can you tell what is wrong with this picture???????????????????? ( you might have to click on the picture to enlarge it)

Take a look down at the bottom!

About the eye level of a 5 year old!

Can't figure it out?

Well take a look at this picture upclose.

I don't remember putting those ornaments on my tree.
The other night Tanner told me he added more decorations to the tree. Yep two fishes and a worm. I tried to take them off but he got upset and asked why I can hang my ornaments but yet he can't hang his.

So what did I do???????????

We put a tree in Tanner's room. On Sunday night we went up to my mom's and got some lights and he picked out the ornaments that he wanted. He loves it and had so much fun. He told me that Santa was going to leave his presents under his tree. Well the decorating did not stop there.

I have these snowmen boxes that should look like this.

but now they look like this!

Yep Tanner told me I needed to share my boxes. He took the top 3 boxes to put in his room.

and now he wants light around his window. Blake can do that part.

A birthday at Disneyland

2008-12-06T14:31:00.004-07:00

We took Tanner to Disneyland for his birthday and it was a lot of fun. It was especially fun to see
it all decorated for Christmas.

I have been tagged!

2008-11-13T14:00:00.006-07:00

I've been tagged by Ang. 4-4-4 Tag
You take your 4th photo in your 4th file and tag 4 friends.

This is a picture of Tanner in 2006. We went camping and had only been up the canyon about an hour and he found the fire pit. He would take his hat and fill it with the ashes and put it on his head, needless to say we moved the fire pit.

I am tagging anybody who wants to play.

Halloween

2008-11-04T11:27:00.004-07:00

Tanner was a clone trooper from Star Wars. He had so much fun and got a lot of candy. He stayed at my sisters house Halloween night so me and Blake turned off the lights and watched a movie. It was kind of nice.

Sole Envy

2008-11-04T11:24:00.004-07:00

My niece Candace opened up a shoe store in the Provo Towne Centre over the weekend. On Thursday night she had a friends and family party. She has some really cute shoes. If you are at the mall it is directly across from Famous Footwear, go check it out.

The Bookcliffs Buck

2008-10-27T07:11:00.009-06:00

Blake is finally home from his deer hunt after being gone for 10 days. He did get a nice buck. I am not sure who missed him more, me or Tanner. All day yesterday Tanner kept on saying "hey dad". I told Blake that somebody was looking for attention, it was pretty cute.

So the last ten days it has just been Tanner and I. We have had a lot of fun and I love spending time with him. We went to the zoo, went shopping (a few different times) went hunting with Brett & Marcie and made plenty of tents to play in. Last Saturday we went trick or treating on main street in Sp Fork, with a bunch of friends, Tanner had so much fun and now wants to change his costume for Halloween. and now that Blake has had his little vacation, I am ready for one. It is a good thing that our Disneyland trip is 27 days away.

I've been Tagged!

2008-10-13T13:07:00.016-06:00

Michelle & Angie tagged me.

8 T.V. shows I love to watch:
1. The Hills
2. The biggest loser
3. The News
4. Discovery Health Channel
5. Amercian Idol
6.?
7.?
8.?

8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Took Tanner to Preschool
2. Tanner got a flat tire on his bike
3. Too my Mom to the doctor
4. Picked Tanner up from Preschool
5. Helped Blake pack the trailer for the deer hunt
6. Played with Tanner
7. Went to the gym
8. Got a cold sore and a lovely cold

8 favorite places to eat, in no order:
1. Chili's
2. The Pizza Factory
3. Olive Garden
4. Joe Vera's
5. Applebee's
6. Brick Oven
7. Red Robin
8. Sizzler

8 things I am looking forward to:
1. The snow
2. Spending time with my family
3. Snowmobiling
4. Disneyland (37 days left)
5. watching Tanner grow up
6. Going to the gym
7. Going to bed tonight
8. Retirement

8 things on my wish list:
1. Tanner to pick up his toys everynight!
2. A really big snow storm
3. for my basement to be finished
4. to be a good mom
5. To be healthy
6. a long vacation
7. To run the ST.George Marathon and qualify for the Boston Marathon in the next couple of years
8. to win the lottery

8 people I tag:
1. Angie
2. Elle
3. Courtney
4. Kerri
5. Heather
6. Katie
7. Ashlee
8. Any one who wants to play!

7 years

2008-10-13T10:50:00.004-06:00

Happy Anniversary!

Today is mine and Blake's anniversary. It does not seem like we have been married for 7 years. Although we dated for 6 years, so really we have been together for 13 years (but who is counting), and I hope the next 7 years are just as great.

WOW!

2008-10-07T19:53:00.008-06:00

OK so my mom is probably going to kill me for posting this but I thought it was blog worthy.
My mom had a hysterectomy today. She had a tumor in her uterus. Things did not go as planned, but to make a long story short she is ok, but she will have to stay in the hospital for 3 more days. But this is why I say wow! look at the size of her tumor. The doctor texted us kids a picture of her tumor, he said it was the size of a football. The circled red part is her uterus and the rest of it is the tumor.

Growing up too fast!

2008-10-01T18:35:00.007-06:00

Tanner is getting so big. I wish I could freeze time. Tanner has learned to ride his bike without training wheels. So every morning that is the first thing he has to do is ride his bike. He rides it to and from preschool and every other second we let him. He is trying to do tricks. Blake got my bike out and was showing Tanner some tricks, now Tanner is always trying to do something new. I should of taken some pictures of Blake, it was funny.

Tonight I went and took some pictures of Mater. I can't believe how fast his color is changing . I think he looks his prettiest right now. and of course Tanner has to help with everything, the feeding, cleaning out the stalls and riding him. He is so not scared of horses and it worries me. I have been around horses since I was born. My dad raised them and raced them. I had a horse until I was a senior in high school and had to sell her (long & sad story). but when I was very little I was brushing out my horses tail and she kicked me in the eye. My dad rushed me to the doctor and luckily no damage was done. My mom says that my eye looked as if it had popped out and the doctor popped it back in. Mater is such a great horse. I don't think we will have to worry about him.

Preschool

2008-09-04T17:27:00.003-06:00

Tanner started preschool yesterday. I can't believe my baby is in preschool. Lately he has been very clingy. Blake and I can't even walk into another room without Tanner panicking, So I am hoping this will help him. Which I think it will. When I dropped Tanner off he had a little break down and I had to sneak away. but when I picked him up he couldn't stop talking about it. He is so excited.

Camping over Labor Day

2008-09-04T17:05:00.006-06:00

We went camping over Labor Day weekend. This year we went up Payson canyon with Blake's family. It was so nice and Tanner had so much fun with his cousins.

Lance brought the horses up on Saturday and the kids all took turns riding them around. I even went for a horse ride. I have only rode Mater once since we bought him, so it was kind of nice.

And of course with all the rain that we received on Sunday night/Monday morning it was a lovely muddy mess, So Blake and I quickly packed up and headed home.

Hunting Season

2008-08-25T15:38:00.005-06:00

When will it ever end?????? I always thought the hunting season was in October. Not in our house, it is year around. The hunting seasons starts in August if you are a dedicated hunter and it ends in October. Then you have the pheasant hunts, cougar and fall bear hunts in November and in December the Turkey applications begin. There is also the anterless elk hunts in January/February. Then the shed hunting begins and it runs all year round and usually in June is when you start to go spotting for the big trophy buck for the fall hunt.

Although this year has not been so bad. Blake drew out this year so he is only hunting once, well sort of he has a deer tag and and anterless elk tag, but he did go bear hunting this weekend with some friends. and Tanner is following right in his footsteps. He has so many toy guns and animals that he will stash around the house and then he will hunt them down. Occasionally you will find a moose hanging from a rope that he has hung up so he can cut it up. We have a big field behind our house so when Tanner is outside he is usually hunting for the pheasants and the quail that won't stay out of my garden. I guess the one thing that I can look forward to is when Tanner is old enough to hunt he can go with Blake on every hunt!!! Boy will that be nice.

Girls Night Out

2008-08-19T07:56:00.008-06:00

Last night my mom took all of us girls (her daughters, daughter in laws and granddaughters) to see Mamma Mia. It was a lot of fun. I really did not want to go. I don't really like musicals, but this one I did enjoy. The music was so fun that I think I am going to go buy the soundtrack. It was fun to hang out before my nieces go back to school.

Air soft my @#&!

2008-08-16T18:50:00.004-06:00

These air soft guns are anything but soft. They hurt!! We went to the fair today and the next thing I know Blake bought 3 air soft guns. We get in the car and we are talking to Tanner about the safety of these guns and the next thing I know I get shot in the leg by Blake. It was an accident but boy did it leave a welt. I had tears in my eyes.

Salem Days

2008-08-12T18:33:00.029-06:00

Saturday was Salem days and it was a busy day. We went to the parade, went to the park, had a barbecue at grandma and grandpa Rudds while the kids swam, and watched the fireworks. While we were waiting for the fireworks we hooked up the playstation outside and played some games and started to watch The Water Horse until it started to rain, then it was a mad dash to get everything inside.

My niece Ashlee, (georgous as always)

Tanner waiting for the parade

The kids playing guitar hero

Logan playing air guitar, you rock Logan!

Lagoon

2008-08-12T18:25:00.007-06:00

Last Friday we went to Lagoon with my husband's work, and pretty much my whole family. It was a lot of fun except Tanner would not go on any of the rides. He thinks that once he gets on a ride that he won't be able to get off, and I am now worried because we are going to Disneyland in November. Lets hope he will get over this!!!

Hey Tanner.......

2008-08-06T12:29:00.013-06:00

me; Have you seen the camera?

T man: No mom did you ask dad?

me; Yes and we can't find it

T man; nope haven't seen it!

me; are you sure? yah know mom's

have ways of finding things out!

T man; like how!

me; from these pictures!

T man; sorry mom!

Breaking Dawn

2008-08-06T09:01:00.004-06:00

Well I am almost finished, but it has not been my favorite book. I have had a hard time getting into Breaking Dawn. That is all I have to say!

Fabric Fever!!!!!!

2008-08-01T15:13:00.010-06:00

Today I am having a fabric fever kick. I am wanting or should I say I am needing to make something, but which fabric to I pick?

I am in love with the Flea Market Fancy from Denise Schmidt.

I am a big Amy Butler fan and I love her Ohio Sky fabric. If I had a little girl I am sure I could find plenty of stuff to make.

I also like the Ginger Blossom collection from Sew Mama Sew.

I went to the fabric store here in town and I fell in love with Michael Millers black and white collection. I really want to make a quilt with it. Lately I am in love with anything that is black. Tonight they are having a Twilight party and a lady in town made a bunch of purses out of this collection for the party. They are addorable.

Fiesta Days

2008-07-26T13:12:00.031-06:00

This has been another fun week. Sunday I had my dad and my family over for dinner and to do fireworks. It was a lot of fun.

Monday night we went to the rodeo

and Thursday started out with me running the speedy spaniard, then off to the parade to see Marcie and Ashlee, and then we had a picnic at Jill's. Tanner fell asleep pretty early so we did not go see the fireworks.

Movie night and a fish rodeo

2008-07-19T16:50:00.008-06:00

This next week is Fiesta Days for Spanish Fork, so Friday night we went to the movie down at Spanish Fork's ball park. It was a lot of fun. My Niece Ashlee (Miss Spanish Fork) introduced the activities for the next week. Anne went and got pizza and we watched Open Season.

Saturday morning we went to the children's parade and then we went to the fish rodeo. That was a lot of fun. I did not think Tanner was really going to catch a fish but he surely did, all of the kids did. If you caught a certain kind of fish then you won a prize. My niece Lexie caught a tiger fish (I think) and she won $20. Way to go Lexie!

Swimming Lessons

2008-07-16T12:34:00.006-06:00

Tanner finished swimming lessons last week. I am not sure if he learned much. I make him wear a life jacket so when we go swimming he will say I know how to swim mom, I don't need lessons. I guess he will learn when he takes it off.

A fun and busy week!

2008-07-08T12:23:00.014-06:00

This past week and a half has been a fun and crazy week. On Saturday the 28th we went to Seven Peeks Water Park and Tanner had a blast. He did not want to leave.

My dad's side of the family had a family reunion at the Reid Ranch from July 1st to July 3rd. It was quite fun. We went swimming, horse back riding, golfing, four wheeling, and shot bow and arrows. It was fun to see all of my cousins and to spend time with my family.

And on the Fourth of July we went to the Freedom Festival Parade to see my niece Ashlee. She is Miss Spanish Fork, and then that night we went to watch the fireworks with Greg, Monica and Trevin.

T-ball

2008-06-18T13:26:00.004-06:00

Tanner is playing t-ball this year and I am not sure that he will be our star athlete. The only thing that he likes is batting, he hates playing outfield. I guess we can always try again next year.

Here we are!

2008-06-12T12:10:00.003-06:00

I guess I will give this a try. I met Blake while working at NSP and things just took off. We got married in 2001 and here we are six years later still loving life. We have a 4 yr old son Tanner who keeps us on our toes and thing are great.