Sloan and Steady

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

4D baby bennett pictures and prego belly

I had to get another ultrasound done because my first one showed that my placenta was too low, and they were a little worried. Everything is where it should be now and Bennett is very healthy. While I was getting the ultrasound done. I asked to get more pictures of my baby so she took some 4D pictures for me. I thought they were so cute, so I thought I would share them.

Puckering up to blow mommy kisses!

Yes that is his leg and arm he looks so cramped in there.

20 weeks

30 weeks

Krew wanted to show off his belly too.

Troys Visit

It has been a while since I have updated what we have been up to lately. a couple of weeks ago my brother Troy came to visit for a few days. He was in Virginia working for the summer and drove down on his way back home. We had a really fun time with him. We had one day in particular that was full of excitement. We woke up to it raining out so the boys and Troy ran through the rain. They had such a great time. Then Brandon told us he got an e-mail from a lady in our ward telling us that there was a Jason Aldean concert to see that night and we could get free tickets plus $50 if we were willing to stay after to clean up. We thought that it sounded awesome. We didn't know what time the concert started but were told to be there at 6 so we assumed that the concert started at 7. They also said in the e-mail that we could just get the 50 if we just wanted to come at 9:45 and clean so then we assumed the concert either ended at 9:30 or 10 and that we would be done cleaning in about an hour. It sounded GREAT so we decided to go. I mean it's not everyday that you get to go to a free concert that would normally cost us $50 just to go to, and get $50 too. Well, the concert finally started at 8 so we were there 2 hours before it even started and the concert was ok, it wasn't my favorite concert ever, I mean was really good, and the first guy who was an opener for him was pretty good but the other guy that opened for him was TERRIBLE!! I mean awful, he could not carry a tune and he was trying to do some sort of country rap and it was not good (Colt Ford... HIGHLY do not recommend). he didn't even have good lyrics. Oh man it was pretty bad. Also it was an outside concert so everyone around us was smoking, I haven't been around that much smoke I think ever and being pregnant I felt really dizzy with all the smoke and we were on the grass so there wasn't any way of sitting down after a while So I started feeling really bad by the end, which ended up not being till almost 10:30. And by the time everyone was gone and we were ready to clean up it was 11 So I was thinking "ok this is ok, We will be done by 12 get home take the babysitter home, i think it will be ok." I called our babysitter she said that would be fine. and then they told us, there is NO WAY we will be done until 3 in the morning "WHAT?" I couldn't believe it. I called our babysitter again and told her that I could just leave and go take her home and leave Troy and Brand there, But she told me" no it's fine I will just sleep, just wake me up when you get in" (ps she's a teenager and had school in the morning. ) So I Said "are you sure?" (what I should have said is let me call your mom and tell her the situation, I should have never put her on the spot, and had her make the decision) a few min later I got a phone call from her mom upset saying she wasn't comfortable with her daughter staying at our place by herself till 3. Of course I understood so I left after only an hour of cleaning (the place was a DISASTER by the way I have never seen so many beer cans and my feet were soaked with me stepping in puddles of beer. Oh it smelled so bad, so I wasn't complaining that I had to leave. Anyway, I got her home around 12:30. I feel awful that I put her in that situation. Brandon and Troy didn't get home till 3. If we knew that it would have ended up like that we wouldn't have done it it was NOT worth $50. But I guess you live and learn. Plus it makes an okay story...

The rest of the time with Troy was really fun. most of the time we just kind of hung out and chatted, but I'm sooooo glad that I was able to see him. An added bonus of him coming to visit is he brought us a car. (It was my dads car and we bought it from him) It has been SO nice to have another car. I don't feel stranded anymore. I can actually get out and do fun things with my boys. I will be FOREVER grateful to my wonderful dad for letting us buy the car from him. We LOVE it!!! I wish I would have gotten more pictures of when my brother was here. We really enjoyed having him come.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Our Boys

Since Gray turned 1 in April and Krew turned 3 in July we decided to get their 1 year and 3 year pictures taken, Thanks to our friends here we were able to get it done. And I think they turned out GREAT!! Thank you so much Shurtz family!!

We also officially decided on a name for our 3rd little boy that will be coming to our family in 12 weeks. His name will be Bennett Hoyt Sloan. Bennett is just a name that we have both liked and Hoyt is my grandfathers name who passed away almost exactly a year before Bennett is due (late last October). We have so much respect and love for my grandpa When he passed away Brandon and I talked about if we had another boy we would like to name him after him because he is a man of integrity, who has so much love for family and is such a hard worker, When I think of a man who is pretty much perfect my grandpa comes to my mind first. I feel very blessed to be able to name my boy after him. We are getting more and more excited and also more and more nervous to have him come. But I know once he gets here it will feel like he has always been in our life.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Krew Turns 3

I can't believe that Krew is now 3 it seems like yesterday he was born, but also that he has been in my life forever! I Love him so much he brings a lot of joy into our lives. He is so fun and everyday is like an adventure! He is so smart, I am always surprised at the things that he knows even just yesterday I asked him what he learned in nursery and he told us pretty much his whole lesson, about John the baptist. How they showed him the picture and he knew it was John the baptist and then told how he held Jesus and baptized him. I couldn't believe how much he had learned that day and what he told us, usually when I ask him he talks about the toys they played with and the songs they sang. anyway, He also helps a lot at home. He is always wanting to help me and actually does a good job, I don't feel like it's a chore to have him help me anymore. He is also so sweet and loving and polite. He always makes sure he says please and thank you. He is also I really good big brother, He sometimes has a hard time sharing and forgets that Gray is smaller than him but for the most part he is really sweet to Gray and is always aware of my belly, when he sits on my lap he will say oh no am I hurting baby brother, then pats my belly and says hi baby brother and kisses my belly. I know I'm rambling on and on about him I just love him so much and feel like the luckiest mom in the world to have him as my son. Happy Birthday Krew!!

Just a little warning there are a TON of pictures. Krew had 2 parties, a family party and a friend party so we got a lot of pictures!

Here's the birthday boy eating his Birthday breakfast just what he asked for Chocolate chip pancakes!

Here are a few pictures I took of him in the afternoon:

After Brandon got home from work we decided to open up presents:

Here he is opening up his Helmet and Knee pads from Grandma Sloan

What do you think this could be who knows

A NEW BIKE!! He was so excited and couldn't wait to go outside and ride it.

Riding his bike, He has a little bit of a hard time peddling it, I know he will get it but he just gets so frustrated with it and wont ride it for very long.

Eating birthday dinner Mac and cheese and meatball sandwich

Birthday cookies (since we were going to have cake for his friend birthday party we thought we should shake things up a bit!)

Krew had a SUPERHERO birthday party with his friends it turned out GREAT!! It was so much fun! Thank you to all of Krews friends who were able to come and celebrate his 3rd birthday with us.