Miles' Blessing

Hello! This month has been both exciting and exhausting. :) Miles has been such a joy in our lives! I read that babies don't intentionally smile until they're three months, but most times when he hears my voice he gets a big, happy smile. I love it! I got it on the video camera...I'll have to figure out how to get it from there to here. :)

He is a sweet boy though the first month he was very fussy. I was confused--thinking he had bad gas--until I realized he had signs of reflux...He got on medication last week and he's been so much happier! We all have. :) I'm so glad he's not in pain anymore it just broke my heart...Now he has a cold he got from Christian after he so lovingly sneezed in his face two different times. HA! What are big brothers for?

Christian has been getting soooo big! I've attached a pic of him and I, mind we just woke up and I show it. :) He's over 3'3" and I looked at a height calculator thing online and it estimated him to be 6'8" by the time he's 18. HA! Could you imagine? That'd be funny. :) He is learning to adore his little brother. He's so curious and constantly getting into things, which is good but sometimes bad. :) Whenever I pull out the camera he doesn't want to pose but just take pictures with it. It's funn but kind of annoying! :) I'll attach a video I took--while pretending I wanted to take a picture of him--to demonstrate, but keep in mind he wasn't as bad as he usually was. He took a picture of me on the toilet the other day. I couldn't stop laughing b/c it was so innocent! HA! Then he took a picture of what was inside the toilet before I could flush. It cracked me up...I won't be attaching that picture.

Alan's been keeping very busy with school, work, volunteering at the hospita and taking his KAPLAN course--his prep course for taking the MCAT. He also squeezes in basketball every other Wednesday night. Needless to say we don't see him much. We visited him briefly at school the other day and Christian cried when we left him. It broke my heart.

I've been so dang tired. That's all I can say. :) Miles actually sleeps pretty well! He'll sleep 4-5 hours--though he's slept 6 hours a couple times--then another few hours after that. I just have a hard time with the whole sleep-interruption thing. :)

We blessed Miles at church today. He was so precious! I've attached a picture of him in his outfit. So cute! It was the one Alan was blessed in as a baby so it's pretty darn precious. A good friend took pictures of him and our family beforehand with her really nice camera (the one attached was taken by me with our ditial). I'm excited to see them! A few good friends came to see the blessing and a few good friends from the ward stood in the circle (helped bless Miles). It was precious. Afterward we had a little lunch with the firends that came to visit us from out of town. Fun times!

Miles Andrew Bordon

Miles Andrew Bordon joined our family Friday, December 19 at 11:59 a.m. He weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and was 20 inches long. Mom and baby are well! He's so fun and adorable and we're excited and feel very blessed to have him in our lives! I feel very blessed, also, because the labor and delivery were only four hours. HA! Looks like I may take after my mom with her short labors. I hope so because we're planning on doing this a couple more times. :D

He's so much smaller than Christian and he really is our bundle of joy. I've attached a video of him moving around. He's so precious!! Alan is SUCH a proud Daddy. It's cute to see him interact with Miles, I love it!

My mom came out for 11 days to help with the baby. Unfortunately she only got to spend 4 days with Miles but she was able to bond with Christian. I think/hope she had a fun time. :)

Before Miles was born we went to Temple Square and sipped yummy hot chocolate and looked at the lights and the JSMB (pic) and the new visitor's center. It was fun! I love to be near the temple! I can feel it is the house of God even being near it, though I prefer to be inside. :) Well, that option is getting harder and harder the more kids I have. :) hehehe...

TAG TIME

I have been tagged by my friend Heather. Here are the rules: Type 7 things about yourself that you don't think anyone knows and then choose 7 people to tag at the end. You really have to think for this one!

1. I was born in Fairfield, CA and lived there for the first year of my life.

2. I've always been a HUGE dog lover. However, after getting bit 5 times on my mission I cringe every time I come in contact with any dog...Big or small!

3. I am very picky about my chocolate chip cookies...Most of the time they taste like shortening--blah!--very few are edible to me!

4. I was in a homemade fort, made outside with sheets and sawhorses, with a cute boy named Jeff Sterling. He said he wouldn't let me leave unless I kissed him first. I quickly shoved him aside and crawled out as fast as I could. We were six. :)

5. I am distantly related to Gordon B. Hinckley on my mom's side. He and my mom's dad were second cousins and played with each other when they were kids.

6. My middle name is Lyn-with only one "n"

7. My favorite number is 7. :D

I tag: Jennifer and six others that feel like it. :)

36 weeks already?!

I can't believe I'm already 36 weeks pregnant! This has been the longest pregnancy in the history of the world and now the delivery date seems too soon. On Tuesday I was dialated 1 cm and 75% effaced. I laughed...My first cervical exam with Christian was when I was 37 1/2 weeks along. I was dialated 1 cm and was 75% effaced. Well, that night I went to sleep and awoke at 3 a.m. for my nightly pee and my water broke! HA! Alan and I were joking that my water would break last night. THANK GOODNESS it didn't! At least at 37 1/2 weeks Christian was considered full-term (and boy was he at 8 lbs 5 oz). I don't want a premature baby...I just hope Miles waits to come when my mom is here. We decided to fly her out as a Christmas present to her and us. ;) It'll give me peace of mind knowing she'll be here for the birth to help watch Christian and to help out and just be here so I don't have to be alone while Alan works or is at school (if he comes before the 19th). Oh, I'm so happy she's coming! I kept telling Alan, "I want my mommy!" and he finally caved. ;) She and my dad drove out for a week when Chrstian was born and I loved it. When they left I literally bawled and said, "I want my mom and dad!" (I had the baby blues for 2 weeks, okay.) :) They helped so much. Without them I wouldn't have eaten! :D Thank goodness for family!

Poor, poor me

I need a Wambulance moment...I have been sick for two weeks straight. BAH! A nasty cold turned into an even nastier sinus infection. I'm on antibiotics, which are helping, so hopefully all will be well. I'm tired of sitting on my keaster and watching TV and reading all day. Oh, I also have pink eye. Christian has the cold I had (and Alan had it, too, but got over it sooner) and pink eye, as well. Poor little guy. He's still got plenty of energy, though! HA! He's been begging to go outside I feel so bad! I've just been way too sick!
I had a OB/GYN appointment today. I lost 5 lbs. in the last 2 weeks. HA! There's one bonus of being sick as a dog. :)~ In two weeks my doctor'll check for dialation. Crazy! Christian came the day after my "first cervix check" appointment. HA! We'll see when Miles wants to greet the world. He sure is active; I could swear he's trying to kick his way out. :) Sweet baby...
Christian was a giraffe for Halloween. He picked out the costume himself--he loves giraffes! I dressed up as a safari explorer-person and we went trunk-or-treating in our church's parking lot. It's so nice not to have to walk for miles just to get a few pieces of candy. Alan came with us for 20 min. before heading to work and Christian was just precious. I just love all my boys!

Barnyard Boo

Saturday we went to Thanksgiving Point, a cool place with lots of different things to do about 20 min. north of us. They set up their Farm Country area for Halloween and called it "Barnyard Boo". We had fun!

We played Halloween croquet and were rewarded with a handfull of Tootsie Rolls afterward.

We went on a horse cart (whatever it's called!) ride and learned that our driver--a cute, petite female--loves to joust! HA!

They gave us two stamp cards-for Alan and I since we paid-so we could only do 10 things total. We also fed the animals (which didn't require a stamp) and frosted pumpkin cookies (which took 2 because I wanted one!).

The last activity we did was horsie rides. Christian wanted to ride the horses TWICE! The first time he rode the horses--only a few months ago--he didn't last even one time. But he loved it and shoved our hands away where we were securing him on. He's growing up too fast!

Miles is growing very quickly, also. Here's my seven month picture (it cracks me up when Christian's around b/c he runs in the picture with me and after each shot says, "Oh, cute!" HA!). HELLO, BELLY! :) I am amazed at how much he moves inside of me. It is so much more often and much more forceful than Christian was...So I have a feeling that he's going to be a very, very active little guy. Lord, give me strenght to keep up with my two boys! :)~

I am so excited to welcome him into the world, though. I've been nesting nonstop. I even have his bassinet set up in our room!

Speaking of beds I put Christian in his big boy bed yesterday-the right way. It took an hour and a half of putting him back in bed but he finally stayed for his nap and he went right down for bed last night--I think mainly b/c he's scared to wander around in the dark. Plus I told him I'd spank him if he got up. I used the same threat today for his nap and he got up only once, after finding out I followed through with it.

Christian is on my lap (forever my little shadow) and wants to say something: -jhu uybbujkj j,iu9m/bfcyvbigib k,vm nncv 67v cv c x xdrc 4tuq885g./l5i65o ,hl[,l[nit7l,[i'kmmmm k ''''''''''''''n

Now that he's got that out... :)

Oh, and by the way. Alan didn't get the job he was flown to Wisconsin for. Darn! HA! We were relieved. One less option to consider for post-graduation. :)

Missing Alan

Sunday we took a drive to Cascade Springs. It was the only day we could spend time together and I was soooo grateful it was the day it decided to rain and rain and rain. ;) We had umbrellas and coats and I was still cold! I guess I may need a maternity winter coat. Blah. Life costs so much. :)
I had a mission reunion 2 weekends ago. I was sad I couldn't go. It was in Salt Lake at 7 p.m. and Christian goes to bed at 7:30 p.m. Our ward had an ice cream social that night so no one was home from the ward to watch him. So, I went and got some free ice cream with Christian. It makes me sad that Alan works 6-10 p.m. every week night. I miss being able to go places with him in the evenings! Well, I guess I just miss him. We see him for 30 min to an hour weekdays and a few hours on Sundays (outside of church). If his schedule is light we may see him a little more but not much. I miss my husband. ;)
Every Tuesday night 4 or 5 of my girl friends and I get together and watch a movie. We bring however many movies we want to choose from and select one that night (well, usually). We're watching "The Others" tonight. We're going to watch scary movies all this month. Ooooooh! :) It's amazing that movie night has made me so happy! I didn't realize how much I missed girlie time until we started it. Now us girls are addicted to eachother. HA! Two Saturdays ago we got together and watched women's conference and ate a potluck brunch and talked about all the crazy girl stuff anyone could imagine. Then last Saturday we got together while our husbands were at the priesthood session and ate snacks and gave ourself facials and manicures and pedicures and watched "Pride and Prejudice". I love the girls! We have so much fun together and I look forward to seeing them each Tuesday night. We usually have movie night at my place b/c Alan's gone and they want me to be able to be there...Plus we have a 40" hdtv and niceish sound and they love my honey popcorn. HA! We have a blast.
I put Christian in his "big boy bed" for the first time last night. He was kicking and pushing on the sides of the crib and loosening the sides a bit. I decided it was time to put him in his toddler bed last night...Well, I found it at D.I. (second hand store). It was a crib that transforms into a toddler bed, but it's missing one of the crib sides. So, I turned it so the toddler "you can get out" side is against the wall and so he's basically in another crib. Just shorter and he can't loosen the sides. He's learning so much every day and mimics everything we do. It's so precious for the most part, though it can get on the nerves at times. :) He's finally 2 (as of Sept 8) and weighs 30 lbs and is 38" tall. He's got the Bascom tall genes going for him! :) We had a little party for him on his birthday. We invited some of his friends over and had cake and ice cream and opened presents and the kids played. It was simple yet the kids all had fun. (see pics)
We are happy and healthy. Miles is kicking away inside of me and I'm so excited to meet him! :) (see my big, pregnant belly...HA!) We always talk to Christian about Miles, his baby brother and he seems to understand. I'm nervous to take care of 2, but with the Lord anything is possible, right? :)

Four wonderful years

Yesterday was Alan's and my four year anniversary. The years sure have flown by! When I woke up I saw 2 dozen beautiful red roses on the table with the "Blue Planet" dvd's and the first season of the "X-Files". I was so confused at first, wondering why there was beauty and gifts on our dinner table. It took me a moment to remember that IT WAS OUR ANNIVERSARY! Hello?! :) I'd forgotten in the plans of Alan going out of town yesterday afternoon (until tonight) and Chrstian's birthday, which is on Monday. (Alan was flown to Wisconsin for a job interview for next summer...The bad thing is they want a two year commitment and we only want a job for one year. We'll see how it all works out.) My sweet honey remembered! And did something romantic! I was so happy. I made him a card, which you'll see in the pic.

Saturday we went to The Living Planet Aquarium up in Sandy. It was pretty fun! And it had the three things every cool aquarium must have: (1) sea horses, (2) a touch area, and (3) an octopus. It wasn't as big as the one in Seattle-they'd obviously turned a grocery store into the aquarium but did a fabulous job!-but it was still cool! I got to touch a few sting rays and I just loved it. :) Admission was $8.00 for Alan and I so at the end we decided to pay $14.00 extra (total) to get a year pass for us both. Christian is free b/c he's under 3. He LOVED it! He wanted to run through a couple times. Yeah! We'll have something fun to do during the freezing winter!

Tomorrow to celebrate our anniversary we're going to the temple in the morning and going to dinner in the evening. We'll probably take Christian with us in the evening to act as his birthday dinner. :) Fun!

Washington Fun

We went to Seattle, Washington Wednesday (Aug 13) and flew home Tuesday (Aug 19). Alan's mom's side had a family reunion at Ensign Ranch an hour and a half away from Seattle and we stayed there Friday night. It was so hot! But the place was really fun. There was a lot of fun and cheap--sometimes free--things to do. We went canoeing a couple times and Christian rode a horse (pic is so cute!). He cried a little bit but he loved it all around. Some of the kids went on a huge slip and slide and it was fun to watch. Alan took me to an outlet mall and we scored some really cute clothes for me from Motherhood Maternity! I think I'm set for the rest of my pregnancies. :) Alan's family was super nice and we had a blast! The rest of the time there we stayed with Alan's sweet aunt and uncle who live 20 minutes from Seattle. We bought Seattle City Passes and went to the zoo, the aquarium (I was so excited to see an octopus--see pic--for the first time and a swimming clam!), the science center (where we saw a cool 3-D IMAX film about rivers--my first 3-D experience, it was cool!). We also got a nice cruise on the sound. We ate clam chowder bread bowls (yummy-they rival San Fran's) and stopped by UW so Alan could talk to someone in admissions at the Medical School there. He talked to this really nice girl and got some good literature. It was a really fun trip and the sun shone for us most of the time!

It was good to see Alan's family. His parents met us at the zoo (pic above) and we saw his brother and his wife and their new baby boy, Benjamin, at the ranch. His family is so close and super supportive and with them it's never a dull moment. ;)

We're trucking along, trying to keep Christian busy and looking forward to meeting his baby brother. I'm so excited to have another boy. I love them! :)~ I have read all of Stephenie Meyers' books (I just finished "The Host" last night) and read all 4 of the Twilight series last week. What can I say, I like it. :) I also like Mary Higgins Clark for suspense novels and I'm about to read "Eragon" and "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini--the first two books of the series. I also have discovered Brandon Sanderson. He's a good writer! And Robert Jordan is one of my favorites. I'm sad he passed away before he could finish his last book in the Wheel of Time series. I'm sure Brandon Sanderson will do a fine job. :)

All's well here. I'm not totally well but I feel so much better. Little "Miles" (I'll just call him that for now) kicks me incessantly and I love it! :) I love to feel him move inside of me, knowing he's having fun playing and is probably healthy. I love him already.

Wee Willy Winky

I had my 20 week ultrasound yesterday and...it's gonna be a boy! :) We're super excited that Christian is going to have a playmate, though Alan is pretty disappointed. He really wants his sweet little daddy's girl. Well, I don't know if she'll be sweet, but we'll have a girl one day one way or another, even if we have to adopt. :D The doctor moved my due date a week earlier so it's now Dec. 21. Yeah! I want to have this baby as soon as I can before Christmas. :D I love ultrasounds! I'm so grateful we have them in this day and age. When I see my babies in them, moving around in my tummy, it always makes me tear up. It makes the baby seem much more real to me and I'm 1000 times more excited to meet the little guy. We're having a hard time agreeing on names. The only one we can meet halfway on is Miles. :) We'll see.
We fly out today to Washington. Alan's mom's side is having a family reunion near Seattle and we'll be there for a week. We're actually only participating in the reunion a couple days and the three of us (Alan, Christian, and I) are spending most of the time seeing the sights in Seattle. We bought city passes so we'll be pretty busy. :D We're excited! :)