One Year

My little boy has been home from the hospital for a few days over a year. I can't begin to say how many ups and downs we've had in that year, but I also can't begin to say how much we've been blessed. Hazen is so much fun lately, and is honestly the center of my life.

He has grown so much, changed so much, learned so much, taught us so much, but one thing has remained the same; he's always been my sweet little boy with a sweet little personality.

The Bee Sting

This happened forever ago, but I wanted to document a horrid occasion from earlier in the summer. I was out with my mom and Hazen while she gardened, and Hazen was crawling around on the grass. All of the sudden, I heard a scream, and Hazen looked up at me with absolutely horrified eyes. He picked up his right hand, shook it a little, and screamed while tears poured down his face. I grabbed him, and saw that he had a bee attached to his poor little thumb. If you know me, you know that there is probably nothing that I'm more afraid of than bees. I swatted the bee away, but I was afraid that it was a wasp, so I was running around like a mad-woman while I tried to get the bee out of Hazen's hand, and trying to ensure that nothing else stung us. Finally, once I had gotten the bee off of him, he was still crying. So, I looked down at his thumb and saw that the stinger was still in there! Stupid bee. My mom helped me hold him still so we could get the stinger out and pack it with dirt. His poor hand was swelling up like a balloon, so we went inside, put his hand under some cold water, and then put Benadryl on the site. Luckily, within time, it stopped swelling up, and he stopped crying. We now know that Hazen isn't allergic to bees, but that Mommy hates them more than ever!

The rest of the house

I've just been so busy/lazy, that I haven't been able to post the rest of the pictures of the house. Here they are!

Finished dining area:


Living Room:


Our bedroom:

So You Think You Can Dance!

On Tuesday night, we went to SYTYCD. This was my second year going; and would have been my third if there was no baby in the NICU last year! It was so much fun!! Jason, Aubrey, Other Jason, Heather, Brad and I all piled into Big Red, and drove to West Valley to see the show. We had plans on going to a really awesome BBQ place to eat beforehand, however, it had been shot up. Literally.


I was SLIGHTLY disappointed with the tickets, as I had PURCHASED them within the first 2 minutes of availability, but they were still pretty good.



I've been to my fair share of concerts in my lifetime, but I can honestly say that I'm not sure if I've ever been to something so loud. Towards the end, everything was muffled because my ears were so tired! The concert was fabulous, though! They did EVERY dance number that I hoped they would, and more. I was happy that they didn't spend the entire time doing Latin numbers, because while I like them, they're not my favorite. Can anyone explain to me why they had the top 13 there? I was super confused! Chelsie Hightower is in my new ward. I told Aubrey that I WILL have my camera on-hand for when she returns, and I might just have her sign my scriptures. Kidding!




There was a woman there with her newborn baby. I wanted to push her down the stairs. Does anyone know if being around loud things can do permanent damage to a baby? I can't imagine that this would have been very good for her.


We will be going again next year; mark my words! I love things like this. It was super fun!

My new best friend

During the intermission at the concert, we found the super coolest dude there. He was WORKING it to Jordin Sparks. You must watch this and laugh as much as we did. How he lasted a good 4 minutes dancing like this without noticing that he had a good 6 people laughing at him 2 rows back, I'll never know!

My Two Dads!

One of the funniest things about being such good friends with the Robisons is "my two dads". This happens for multiple reasons.

1- Aubrey and I tend to ditch the Jasons, sometimes with the baby; which inevitably leads to a picture like this:

2- Other Jason is so great, and loves the crap out of my baby. He plays with him like a dad, he tells him what to do like a dad, and he's around him enough to be a dad! As such, little critter is probably going to have a complex.

Sometimes, when Jason and Jason do something especially "my two dadesque", Aubrey and I have a little song we sing to them. They are good sports. Especially when I took a picture of them on the Wii, which my Jason deleted. Hence no post about day 6 of our trip, because I was so pissed.
My Two Dads or not, I'm just so grateful (as I've said before), that Hazen has so many people who love him so much! Thanks Jason's for allowing your lovely wives to tease you for 6 days straight!!

Day Five: Shoes, Blood, and a Sandwich that almost ate us

On Saturday, we were still in St. George, and still having a good time. The night before (I forgot about this in my previous post), I had my first experience with Hazen and blood.

The Robison's have a glass table that sits in their living room that Hazen liked pounding on and trying to get the breakable things in the middle of. I was balancing my checkbook when I saw Hazen fall on his bum. He started crying, but anyone who knows him can attest that 90% of the time, he is as delightful as can be. The other 10% of the time, sometimes he's a little whiny, so I thought that he was crying because he was mad that he fell. After he screamed, I looked at him, and his mouth was FULL of blood. I totally freaked out, and ran into the kitchen. Luckily, Aubrey's an EMT (the Jasons were gone), and helped me get it cleaned up. He had split the piece of skin that attaches the upper lip to the gums, and did something else to his gums. It's really sad. We've since had it looked at, and have been told that it will heal. Phew. Hazen was such a trooper though, and only cried for a total of 2 minutes!! Poor baby.

Saturday, Aubrey and I went out with Jason's mom for a while and shopped. We went to Dillards, where they were having a 75% off sale! I got 4 pairs of shoes and they were NOT expensive at all!! So fun!


For the BYU football game, (which Jason's parents are die-hard fans of), Jason's mom made an incredible sandwich that was bigger than my head. I won't divulge any secrets of how it's made, but trust me; it's delicious, and will be made again in the Lee household!




Saturday night, we all went to dinner, and then Aubrey and Jason went to Tuhacahn to see Les Miserables. We had opted out, but I guess we missed out BIGTIME because they said it was amazing. Next time!!