A Bad Day

Today I would say has been not so good! Bridge has been gone on a work trip so I've been a little lonely, good thing I have my cute lil buddy to keep me company, but man was he a naughty little pill today!!! Mothers out there how do you do it some days I just want to sit down and cry and sometimes I do. It started with linc waking up earlier than expected and then I couldn't find a babysitter for Lincoln so that I could go to my tennis lesson, that I really love going to last week I had to miss cause Lincoln was sick and this week I was so looking forward to going I really enjoy it getting out and doing something for me!!! So I was so sad that nobody was answering there phones. Then it was 11 the time lincoln takes his nap but no he screamed and refused so I said ok I'll put you back down in a little while long story short he never took a nap I tried several times but he just stood up crying and it just breaks my heart to hear him cry so of course I was on edge cause of that. Ahh I really hope he's not done taking his naps that's like my time to regroup and relax. Since he never took a nap I thought for sure he would go to bed early in past if he doesn't get his nap he falls asleep at like five or six which is heaven but nope instead he wouldn't go to bed till way late for him nine thirty!!! I just never got a break today he was irritable, whinny, and making messes all day like spilling the cereal box all over the kitchen floor. but I can't ever get mad at that adorable little face of his! Every time that kid smiles at me it just lights up my day. At the end of the day I just need to be gratful that I have a great healthy family and tomorrow will be better.

The last few months have really flown by! Bridge started a new job with Silverline Security and I think he is really loving it! The best part is that we don't have to leave this summer YAy!!!!!! We haven't spent a summer in Utah in like three year, six years for Bridger! He is VP of sales and does allot more corporate end of stuff but he will have to travel to different offices over the summer but it will be worth it!

I have been training these last few months for my first half marathon! I have also started taking tennis lesson which I am loving! It has been a good adventure. I never have been a runner never have ever really wanted to I always thought running was the worst thing in the world a mile was a marathon for me! But my three sisters did one together when I was pregnant And they all really loved it. And then My oldest sister Shar told me she really wanted to do another one cause she loved it so much so I thought I would do it with her! One thing for sure I could have never done it without her, we started out slow going to the gym together walking and running and then worked our way up together, there were many days we both didn't want to run but we knew the other person was counting on them so we always did it. I have to admit I enjoy running now it's like your working so hard and then you get done with your goal that day and you get this high. It makes you feel good. Then at our nine mile run I pushed my foot to hard and injured it and I literally could not run on it for two weeks it was so depressing I was working so hard I would have been so sad if I couldn't finish my training and run the race. Two weeks later my foot was feeling almost new so I took it slow and ran the 10 miles and it was great I didn't push my self and It was so much easier for me and I could to it fine. Then the next week I ran my five miles twice and that Sat we couldn't run our planned 8 miles do to the snowy weather and then I caught a cold! So I didn't do anything this week and tomorrow is the big day! Its the Salt Lake Half Marathon! I am super excited I don't know how ready I am but ready or not I will be running tomorrow with my sister Shar. We are super excited, except Shars little boy Austin is at primary children's hospital He went in yesterday and will be staying the weekend. I feel so sorry for the whole situation My nephewAustin is the sweetest happiest little boy and he is allergic to almost everything I swear he is always saying that's not Austin food or this is Austin food he is such a good sport about his whole situation, he has super bad skin and has impetigo on his face that has been really bad lately that just won't go away! Its so bad that nobody knows what to do so he is now in the hospital I just pray that he can get better and they will find how to treat him. so with that said I hope shar can be able to run ok tomorrow!

We have a new addition to our growing family! My sister Stacy gave birth to her first little baby boy Jude Jimmer Towner! April 9th at about 1:20 am. and she is my hero she wanted an all natural birth and that is what she got. She did amazing, better than me I had to leave the room I was getting sick I don't know why I am just not good with all that stuff, I think just knowing she was feeling everything made me nauseous. She was so in the zone and everything went perfect! Congrats Stac and Chad! I 'm so excited to watch our kids grow up together.

Lincoln Is now sixteen months old and couldn't be a more fun, cute little toddler! I love him more than words and each stage just keeps getting more and more fun. I can take him to the park and let him run around he loves going out side I can't blame him everything is so new and exciting. I'm excited for summer to be here! I am also excited I can go through the drive through and get him chicken nuggets and fries for him to eat, he loves it. Oh man he is just growing so fast. He is always making us laugh.

Well, wish me luck on my race tomorrow I will tell you how it goes, ta ta for now!

Pictures!!!!

I just want to catch you up on some stuff we have been up to!!!

We took a weekend down south to St George and stayed at my parents fabulous house! We took our good friends with us the Whites and had a great weekend together! Even thought the weather sucked! I hadn't been away for more than a couple hours from Linc in like a eight months so It was such a nice vacation even though is was raining all weekend! I got to go to movies read my book take naps, go out to eat! all whenever I wanted no making sure Linc has a babysitter or if he is napping! it was a nice break from being a mommy which I love more than anything but everybody needs a break! We had high hopes for good weather Ali and I brought our tennis racquet's and I'm really happy we took up all the car space with three golf club bags that never got to be used!! But we did get to do the two things I was really looking forward to doing and that was seeing the Parade of Homes and going to lunch with my cute Grandma Lavon. She has Coloscapy and has had a really hard time with it but you would never know it cause she is always so happy and so sweet I love her!

Bridge and I in Mesquite!

Valentines Day!!! We had such a great Valentines day we went up to our favorite restaurant the Tree Room and the our friends the Whites came with us and had we a seriously fabulous Valentines dinner up a Sundance!

Lincoln Just doing what he does best!

Lincoln cuddling with his Papa!

Lincy is sicky!

I hate when your baby is sick the only good thing is that he will snuggle with you all day! But yesterday was Stacy's Baby shower which was so fun to see old friends that you haven't seen in awhile and your family can't wait to watch Stacy become a Mommy. but Lincoln was not having it poor kid he did pretty good. but he cried the whole way home and I thought maybe he was just really tired but he would not sleep so I took him out and he was still screaming I was starting to get scarred he started arching his back and doing all these weird positions screaming like he was in allot of pain. so I started crying cause I didn't know what to do so Bridge and I took him to the insta care and the doctor said that he look fine and by then he had calmed down and was actually doing allot better probably from the Advil I gave him. But she said his ears nose throat all looked fine so bridge and I were like really? I thouht he might have been teething cause he had had a fever but she told me that was an old wives tale. I just wish some times he could tell me whats wrong. But here is it the next day and he still doesn't feel good he won't eat hardly any thing, poor little guy, but he is sleeping good! He went to sleep last night at 7:30 and didn't wake up till the next day at almost 12 in the afternoon!!! Then went back down for a nap at 1:30 till almost 5 and we had to wake him up so we could go to Sunday dinner at Bridger's parents house! Which we always look forward to Mindy is such an amazing cook! I learn so much from her. She is really such a awesome mother in law.

At Cheesecake Factory with Whitney Smith, Ashley Allen

And the hubbeis!

Lincoln was so tired at the baby shower he fell asleep on my dad!

All us Symes Girls at Stacy's Baby Shower!

Just Look at what I've been dealing with the last couple of days!

I love to Read!

I love to read there is nothing better than sitting down for some quiet time and getting lost in a good book! I just finished "I am number Four" and instantly loved it. Some books take awhile to get into them but from the beginning I was totally into it! They made a movie out of it that's how I first herd about it so I read it super fast on my nook for android and couldn't put it down. So when finished it, I was begging Bridger to take me to see it! After some begging he finally took me because he said he loved me that was it. Bridge hates Si-Fi but we went and I have to admit it was not nearly as good as the book but I guess they never are! How can you but every detail of a whole book in about two hours but I loved the actors in it so I thought it would be better. Any way there is a sequel so I'm super excited for it to come out. This past month I also re-read the city of bones series by Classandra Clare which I am completely obsessed with! I even liked them for the second time through even more. There are three of them and the fourth one comes out in 30 days I can't wait!!!! Those are a must read in my opinion! Wow I know I am such a nerd. Bridger always makes fun of me for how much I love to read all my nerdy books! Tonight I'm starting this book called "Water for Elephants" I've been hearing allot about it so I'm excited to get started all I know is that is has to do with the circus in the 1960's and is also a movie that is coming out soon with Robert Pattenson is in it with Reese Witherspoon and me being a huge Twilight fan I gotta go see that! I swear they make a movie out of every book. and I don't know why but I always have to go see it even though they never are as good as the book itself.

More of December!

Happy New Year the begining of 2011!

We went to lunch to say good bye to Tommy and Richelle and thier kids.

It was so fun having them in town for the hilodays.

These Pictures are from Christmas day! So fun with all of the family!

My Grandma Gaga came to town!

The Annual Thomas Christmas Party!

These Pictures are from the party we had so much fun.

We got to see Santa which is really Bridger's cousin Kyle! He was an awesome Santa!

Bridger is so close with his Grandma Joyce! I love her too! She has had a hard year battling cancer but I'm happy to say she is cancer free! We are so happy to have her in our lives.

This was so funny Linc did not want to sit on that chair but as soon as he realized everyone was laughing at him, he was loving it!

Santa and Me!

Bridge and Santa

And Emma and Lincoln with Santa!

Here Lincoln is with his Grandma and Grandpa Thomas

Lincolns first Birthday!

I had some fun decorating for his party.

This was the Annual Sweater party! Bridger and I hosted the awesome party!

Chads ensemble was the best!

Bridger and Ashley were the winners this year!

Stacy and I!

This is Lincolns Birthday invitaions! I was very pround because I made it all by my self. Well a little help from my sister shar too.

Christmas time! We had and ugly swaeter party with my girl friends and there hubbies!

The Month of December 2010 was a busy one for the Thomas Family!

WOW I Can not Believe how fast December came and went my cutest most adorable little Lincoln turned one year old on the 13th! I had a huge first bithday party for him and we had such a full house we had all his cousins, Aunts and Uncles, Grandparents there. We had some close friends I would have loved to have all our friends and family there to celabrate but Linc birthday it just got to be to many people for my home! It was such a Sucess we had food and cake and ice cream and Lincoln got spoiled with all his new toys! Lincoln is walking so good and is so perfect I'm not trying to brag I'm just telling it how it is he is so so perfect I love him to death. every one is always telling us how beautiful he is and how happy he always is. We truley got blessed with the best little boy. I'm so in love!

Also this December we hosted the Annual Bud Sweater party it was so much fun we had all of Bridges buddies over with all there awsome sweaters! And Bridger won for the second time for the best sweater he was so excited! We had such a fun time. We also had a ugly sweater party with my girl friends and there hubbies at my adorable friend Lohrens new home!

Then we had tons of fun at the Thomas Family annual christmas party where santa comes every year and lincoln actually was happy to see him! Sadly we missed the Salmon family party this year bridge was getting home from working out of town so I was getting him from the air port! Then My Gramdma Shelva and Aunt Rachell and Uncle Tommy with there kids Jake, Chance and Seth came to spend the holidays with us from Texas we don't get to see them very often so it was such a treat having them here with us! My Grandma is so Dang fun I've really missed seeing her she is definatly one of a kind!

Bridge and I had such fun full December we have such an amazing family that both spoiled us for christmas!

Lincoln is so dang cute!

Our little boy just keeps getting cuter and cuter! I really do enjoy every second of being his mommy. Lincoln finally got his fist tooth! He got it December 3rd that morning I went to get him out of his crib he had slept in till 10:30 and he was really hot he had a 99.9 degree fever so I thought he was sick but then I noticed he had a tooth! He looks so handsome with his one bottom tooth.

Funny things that Lincoln does at 11 months; He loves cell phones!!! and remote controls! It's so cute whenever he sees them he gets the biggest grin on his face and he has to have it if not he freaks out.

Linc also puts the phone or TV control up to his ear and goes bah bah bah it's so cute, but lately he has started putting every thing to his ear and saying bah bah bah. Like this morning he put his Graham cracker up to his ear saying bah bah bah he even will just put his hand to his ear saying bah bah bah ha ha he cracks me up.

Oh the holidays have begun!

The holidays are here! We had a very nice Thanksgiving we went up to Aunt and Uncle Greens cabin up by Timber Lakes it is so pretty up there and freezing! We got together with the Thomas side this year and had a great time together.

Bridge had his first black Friday experience that next morning he and chad had to go to Cabelas at five in the morning but long story short it didn't go so well and I don't think he will be doing the crazy black Friday early morning special again!

Family Pictures!

We got our family Pictures taken by Kaitlyn Phelps she

did such a great Job we love them thanks Kaitlyn!

It's impossible just have a few favs cause there are to many cute

ones but here are just a few!

We got the whole family together to celabrate the Birthdays of November for Stac, Chad and Dave! Our family has Grown alot we have 12 grandkids now!

Stac is about 20 weeks!

Whit got married! I'm so happy for her she had

such a fun, beautiful wedding! I know she and Mike

will have such a beautiful life together.

Here we are waiting for whit to come out of the temple

This was a the faboulous wedding dinner at Tuscany