Labor Day and ANOTHER Trip to the Hospital...

So Life has been kinda crazy fun the last two weeks. Ryan is doing really well in school and adjusting to his new schedule. That is one thing about school I do not like. Once you get a routine down you have to change it in two months cause of the new semester. But he is handling his time very well. He is still working at the Dentist office on MOnday nights and he LOVES it. He was really afraid he wouldn't but he really likes the Dentist he works for and he respects LDS people a lot. So he gets to have really nice gospel conversations with them. Ryan is also trying to learn the cabinet drawing program at the shop so that he can take over doing bids and drawings for clients. He is catching on really fast for having no experience in it what so ever. 

I have been busy with the new Business we are taking over. For those of you who have not been updated, Ryan and I are now part owners in a Flooring Business along with my Father my brother Johnny, and another guy who are also partners. The ultimate goal is to turn it into a Kitchen and Bath Design Store. Kinda a one stop shop for remodels and design. Right now it is a flooring store and does ok but there is SOOOO much competition so we are going to twist things around and try to find a niche. This store has been in business for over 35 years, and has a really nice building and warehouse which are both great bonuses. I am in charge of turning the showroom into a showroom and marketing. I will be acting as an on sight designer and working about 20 hours a week but I get to kinda run my own business and be my own boss which will be nice. Also...I can bring Mav up there with me if I NEED to and can't find a babysitter. We have a lot to do but right now I am just pricing out things that need to happen to the showroom and designing the kitchens and cabinetry that will be going in there. It is going to be pretty sweet. I am working with a fun and energetic team who all have business experience so that relieves some of the pressure from me in that area. But I am learning a lot. I am having to wear a TON of different hats such a my business hat, my designer hat, my marketing and advertising hat, etc. I think the hardest thing to learn is when to change hats as an owner in the company. I have to make sure my designer hat is off when I am talking numbers and that is SUPEr hard to do for a left brained person. But I am learning. =)

 I also am still doing play dates which I really enjoy. Some days are a little rougher than others but its SO worth it when I can get 4 hours alone to get things done. I am just ready for the weather to get better so we can play outside a little more with the kids and NOT melt. A cold front came in a week ago and it was so nice. It is amazing how much better of a mood good weather puts me in. Haha. =)My calling is still going really well. Ryan and I got to go chaperon at the Stake Dance and we had a ton of fun goofing off. I think we danced more than the youth. Haha. =) WE have our family reunion coming up in DEc which I am super excited about. I am in charge of decorations and I am having fun coming up with some fun ideas. I am also helping out with the decorations for the ward Halloween Party with my cousin. We have come up with some good stuff. We have a few holiday craft days with all our family coming up in the next couple months. It is seriously so much fun. Just getting together as girls and talking. =) So excited!

Mavrick is doing well. We went to Lake Tejas again for Labor Day for just a few hours. Mavrick enjoyed it alot. There were like 20 people there so it was really peaceful and calm. I forgot to bring the camera down to the water but he had a blast sliding down the slides. He is such a brave little boy. =)

This past Wednesday was probably the scariest night of my life thus far. Mavrick had been running a fever all day and it never went past 103* which he has had hire. He just wanted to snuggle all day which I didn't mind. He is so sweet when he is sick. Anyway...so ryan gets home and his fever is hot again so we give him some medicine and not even25 secs later he starts seizing while I was holding him. All I knew from what people told me was to hold him on his side but other than that I didn't know what to do. Ryan was running around trying to find our dang cell phones and I was yelling at him to give him a quick blessing! It was the longest minute of my life. It didn't last longer than that. He called 911 and the ambulance came like 2 min later. They were really fast. I had layed him on the sofa and he was so out of it. I think the seizure took everything out of him but I didn't want him to go to sleep. I tried to hold my composure as much as I could but it was so scary. So they made me grab him and Mav and I rode in the back of the ambulance while Ryan followed in our car. They put a temperture strip on his head and it said 103.7! What the heck! My thermometer right before said 102! Needless to say we have purchased a good one since then. We get to the hospital and my little boy finally calms down. He got pretty upset in the ambulance while they were fooling with him. At the hospital they checked his temp gave him some tylenol and Mav received his very first rectal temp. I don't know if I will ever be able to do that. But they say its is WAY more accurate. Anyway...long story short...it was a fever seizure. Apparently kids get them when their fever gets to high but it is nothing too serious. It doesn't mean they will always have them or they will have seizures their whole life which was comforting. That would have been nice to know at the hospital when babies are born! Ugh. Out of all that information they couldn't slip that little helpful fact that kids have seizures when their fever gets high?! Anyway....its over. He was fine an hour after it happened and pretty much back to his normal self. Ryan and I stayed up most of the night to keep an eye on him though. So far we have a record of 2 ER visits in 16 months of Mavricks life. Nice.

Here are a few pictures from our fun little adventures in last few days...

Scoping out his plan of attack at the lake...

Eating watermelon like a big boy...

Please excuse the weird smile. I think Mavrick was biting my finger while we were taking the picture. Haha!

Cheetos...I hate that he likes them!

My sweet little boy in the hospital.

He has such sick looking eyes. =(

And this would be him after about 30 min in the hospital...back to his normal self. =) I love this picture!

Swimming  and playing in the sprinklers outside during our play group. Sophia and Zoe.

Little Colt swigging on our porch.

I love pictures like these. Cousins playing in the water and sprinklers.

More updates later. =)

Yellowstone/Utah Trip

Warning: HUGE Post w/ Lots of pictures.

So we recently got to go to Yellowstone National Park. I was so excited to go. We left on Thursday right after Ryan's last final. Not going to lie...traveling is stressful. Especially with a toddler. The whole time I had to think of how I was going to sedate him on the flight. Benedryl did the opposite of what it was suppose to. Haha. =) Not cool. But I will never see those people on the plane again I guess. 

Mavrick really liked the Houston airport.

Not sure what he was doing here...

We flew into Utah and the first thing Ryan said was..."awww...nice weather!" Texas has been pretty miserable the last few weeks. Not to mention the mosquitos that are attracted to Ryan's blood. But then we were picked up by Ryan's family and straight back into the car for another 3+ hours to Pocatello. I was not very excited about that. My poor baby was tired and hungry and was probably sick of riding. But he was a trooper. We got to the Hotel and were able to get about 5 hours of sleep which was good sleep but not enough. Mavrick was still on Texas time schedule so he ended up waking up around 6:15. But we were able to all shower and get something to eat which was nice. The last shower I would have for the next 2 days.

Grandapa LeBaron and Aunt Tacy found a hill out back where Mav had a blast. He would run up and then jump down. Haha. He is such a little dare devil.

Then it was BACK in the car. Just a little disclaimer: I do not like car rides over 15 min. I get super car sick so I usually have to knock myself out. But you can't do that when you have a baby traveling with you. So if I sound a little pessimistic about the car rides that is why. Haha.=) So after 5 hours in the car, shopping stops at super Wal-mart, and Costco we finally made it. We were all so ready to get out of the car. It was packed so tight that we literally had to hold groceries in our laps. Haha. I kept telling myself..."its all part of the adventure" so I wouldn't freak out. Lol. =) Mavrick cried a lot cause he was pretty much hating that car seat and van by that time. It was rough! But we made it to Yellowstone! =) I got Mavrick out as fast as i could put his little Shoes on and let him run around. He was so excited.

He was playing in the dirt and throwing it up in the air. Haha. He is such a boy. =)

He also helped Grandpa LeBaron set up tents. Those polls kept his mind off the road and river that were next to us for a little while. 

We were able to hang out and get to know this little guy! Haha. He is so cute. Brittany was feeding him in this picture and then Mavrick decided that he wanted some of Liam's pears too. Lol. =)

Babies usually feel pretty threatened by Mavrick. He is at a hard stage where when he gets excited he flaps his arms and hits but not being mean just excited. So Liam had a hard time adjusting to him at first...but by the end of the week they were playing pretty good. =) 

Camping is fun! Camping with a toddler and no shower...not so much. I would have loved yellowstone without my son trying to kill himself every 5 sec. I tried not to get to frustrated but it showed at times. As a Mom when your son is dirty and tired and won't go to sleep it makes you a little cranky. So trying to get him to takes naps and to get him down for bed was HORRIBLE! At home when he won't go down we let him cry himself to sleep...but you can't do that with a tent. All I can say was the camping with a toddler/baby was a learning experience. Haha. =) I learned that I might not ever do it again. Lol. Poor little Liam couldn't crawl around either cause the dirt and rocks. Poor guy. But everyone did a really good job helping with Mavrick and following him around so that Ryan and I could get a break every once in a while.

So Yellowstone: WOW! I was blown away by how beautiful it was. It was refreshing to be in the outdoors. The weather was nice, kinda sunny for the babies but good none the less. I mean...everything looked so picture perfect there it was almost unreal looking. If that even makes sense. 

"The human spirit needs 

places where nature has not been rearranged 

by the hand of man."  

~Author Unknown

We ended up seeing a huge and beautiful waterfall but my brother-in-law has those pictures. So gorgeous! Seriously. The colors in the river and the falls were so beautiful. I kept whispering to Ryan how I wanted to design a room around those colors. Haha. I guess that is the Interior Designer in me. =) We also saw some hot pots and geysers and BUFFALO! I think those were Ryan's favorite. I think we saw an Eagle and some Elk too. My husband loves that stuff. I like it but after the first two elk I think "ok...you see one you see them all" Haha. I know he wishes I was more of a Nature girl but I keep telling him that I appreciate it in controlled settings like, vases, planters, and in pictures. But it was so refreshing to be in that beautiful place. 

Here are some pictures from our adventures...

Aunt Tacy and Aunt Corrin

Little Liam Shmeeum. This poor baby was so tired.

Devin, Britt, and Liam

Grandpa and Grandma LeBaron w/ Liam

Daddy and Mav

We were nice to Mav at Yellowstone and didn't make him ride in the car seat while we were touring. He LOVED it! Haha.

When Mav would get upset Uncle Jeff would ride him around on the bike. =)

Haha. Grandpa on Mavrick duty w/ snacks of course. =)

We cooked dinner one night and we made tostadas. Ryan is frying them here but by the 25th one he was done with the frying. Haha. =)

Liam  and Mav (so tired)

Old Yellowstone. 

Britt feeding the babies....again. My son is such a little mooch. He had food but he just wanted everything Liam had it seemed like. Haha.

Mav went to town on this ice cream cone! 

Beautiful Old Fatithful was so cool.

So we ended up leaving Yellowstone with the babies ( me, britt, ryan and devin) cause with 6 hour drive ahead we thought that they would sleep better. But wrong again! Gheeze...Britt and I were in the back seat trying to get one to sleep and the other would cry. It was horrible but funny. Next time the boys can ride with the babies and we will drive the moving truck. But we made it there. The rest of the week consisted of hanging around with family and with friends. We had a big BBQ and volleyball night with all of our friends. Mavrick got to play in real grass! Haha. I miss Utah grass. Ryan and I decided wherever we live we are going to have to import Utah grass into our yard. Lol. =)

My brother Jay and his friend Keaton were also in Utah for Education Week at BYU so they hung out with us one night. Ryan took them around his old stomping grounds.

Eating off Peach Trees

PLaying in the sprinklers and water hoses

sprinklers + trampoline = fun!

Family Photos

We ended the trip with a little dodgeball night. Its a must when we go to Utah. Mav had a really hard time NOT playing. He wanted to so bad. Haha.

We had a lot of fun. We wish we could go more but with work, school and money it makes it a little difficult. We are going to try and come twice a year though. We will be up there NEXT Christmas for sure. Mavrick is at an age where he is starting to remember people so it was a good time to go up and see that side of the family.