Calling

So on January 8th  I (Nicole) got a calling at church. I am  now one of the two teacher's in the 8 and 9 year old Primary class. I am excited to have got this calling, though I am also really nervous. I am really shy and don't know a lot about the church yet, since I just got baptized last March. I think it will be good though. Jon and I want to get sealed in the Salt Lake Temple this year, but some Sunday's we have a hard time getting the motivation to go to church. We are just so tired from the week and would rather lounge around or go do something together as a family, since out weeks are very busy. We know we need to start going to church on a regular basis and want to, and getting this calling will make us more obligated and motivated to go every week. I will also, get to learn more and more about the church (which is always a good thing)! Jon was sad he didn't get a calling at the same time, but I feel he will be getting one soon.

Resolution Goals for 2012

New Year’s 2012 Resolution Goals

For Grayson-Get potty trained and off of the B (Binky) by the end of the year J

For Nicole-Blog at least 10 times a month on our family blog, read at least 1 book a month, lose 25 pounds, make 25-50 blankets to donate to children at Primary’s Children’s Hospital by Christmas 2012, floss every day, and walk with Grayson 2-3 times a week in the mornings J

For Jon-Lose 40 pounds, increase his programming portfolio, and walk Scooter (his dog) at least 20 minutes every other day J

For the Wymore Family-Read scriptures every night and have a family prayer, have another baby, make a monthly calendar of activities, etc. J

Highlights of 2011

Here are some of the highlights of 2011:

In January: 

Jon made a New Year's resolution to stop drinking, and guess what now that it is 2012 I can say that he did it! I'm so proud of him and I hope he keeps the strength to keep going :) Also Grayson and I flew to Texas to see, my mom and Jason. They were living there at the time. This was Grayson first plane ride and he did fantastic, he basically slept the whole time. It was the worst plane experience I have ever had. I have flown LOTS of times too! We got laid over in the Denver airport for over 5 hours on the way to Texas (due to the plane breaking down). Grayson was  only 14 months at the time and didn't even get ornery when we were stuck in the airport either. On the way home from Texas we were laid over for 3 hours (due to the pilot not showing up) and Grayson was a trooper again! While we were visiting my mom in dad in Texas, we drove the 9 hour trip up to Missouri to visit my dad's side of the family which I haven't seen in 8 years and they had never met Grayson or Jason. It was so great to see them again, I miss that side of my family dearly. My Uncle Darrell also had cancer at the time (he is now in remission), so it was nice to see him.

Grayson, myself, my Aunt Karla, and My Uncle Darrell 

My mom, my Great Grandma Menhennet, Grayson, and I

My Aunt Verna, Grayson, myself, & my Aunt Alice

In February:

Grayson got tubes put into his ears.

In March:

Nicole Got baptized on the 5th. And she also opened a small sewing business on Facebook, Colie's Green Sensations. Grayson got his adenoids taken out too. 

At Nicole's Baptism

In April:

Nicole's dog that her and her family have had since 2001, had to be put down at the age of 11. He was the best dog I could ever ask for, I miss him deeply. Jon taught Nicole how to drive stick. And we went to General Conference for the 1st time with two of our best friends, Richard and Steph.

R.I.P. Nicholas Rae Shotgun

Steph and I waiting for conference to start

In May:

We walked in the March of Dimes with my cousins Scanlon, Lindsey and our kids.

Grayson and Remington

Rhett

Reed

In June:

Jon turned 23. Jon, Grayson, Steph, Damain, and I went to Yellowstone. It was all our first time. It was amazing, still if there was snow in some parts of the park. We saw lots of Bise ( That's what Damian calls Bison), deer, a eagle, and even a mama bear and her 2 cubs. Another bear even walked through our campsite! (I need to upload all my pics from Yellowstone onto my computer so I can put them on Facebook, I got some great shots!)

Bise

Almost to Yellowstone

In July:

Jon's parents bought us memberships to the aquarium

In August:

Nicole turned 26. And Jon and Nicole got to got to the Tim McGraw concert at the Usana amphitheater. This was the 2nd year in a row we got to go!!! Grayson also got to ride a pony for the first time.

Grayson loves horses 

In September:

Jon and I celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary!

In October:

Grayson and I flew to Ohio, to vist Malena (one of my best friends). This was the 2nd time Grayson had flown, he didn't do as good as the first time since he is more independent now but he didn't do to bad! Grayson was also a puppy for Halloween. 

My mom's dog Pebbles and Grayson in his costume

Grayson with the pumpkins we carved, he loves pumpkins

In November:

Grayson turned 2! He has a puppy themed birthday party. Grayson got birthday money from his Grandpa Moore, so he used some of it to buy a pass to the zoo! This is really cool, he would live there if he could. He loves animals, and goes around saying "zoo, zoo" all the time. He also got his 2nd set of tubes put in.  And we also went to Vegas to visit our good friends Tara and Jesse for Lily's b-day (Lilly is there daughter that turned 2 the day after Grayson). It was nice to see them again, since they live in Arizona and we only get to see them about once a year. 

Lily and Grayson

Grayson's b-day cake

Snacks for his b-day party

Grayson confused about blowing out his candles

Grayson feeding Grandma his cake

Grayson loves the tigers

Okay, he loves all animals LOL

Finally! This is the 4th time we have gone to the zoo with him and the 1st time he would stand in front of this

Add caption

In December:

We went with our neighbors across the street to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert at the conference center. We got to spend Christmas this year with my parents in Elko, we had a great Christmas. With money we got for Christmas from my dad we bought passes to Clarks Planetarium, and Thanksgiving Point (the Dino museum and Farm country). We are so excited to have things to do throughout 2012!  Also, Grayson cut his head open on a chair on Christmas, he got 4 staples in the back of his head. Mommy was freaking out the whole way to the ER. By the time his head stopped bleeding, he was up and running around again. 

Making cookies for Santa

Cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for his reindeer

Santa came 

An ornament Grayson and my mom made for Jon and I 

The stockings are filled

The tree on Christmas morning 

Grayson had me put 7 of his 56 tattoos on after presents were opened  LOL 

OVER ALL 2011 WAS A GREAT YOU FOR ALL 3 OF US, WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT 2012 HAS TO OFFER!!!

Where to start...

There is so much to put on here to catch up, I don't know where to start :(


Jon and I decided that we would write about stuff happening in the present and also go back and write about from Grayson's birth to now.


So funny story how I found out I was prego... my doctor found a tumor in the wall of my stomach. So on April 9th 2009 I went into the U of U to have surgery to remove it. Any girl that is going to have surgery has to have a pregnancy test before they can preform surgery. So after taking the test, I started getting IVs put in for surgery. A nurse comes in and tells the phlebotomist that she needs to talk to him in the hall real quick. Right then I knew I  was prego. My mom and Step Dad Jason drove in from Elko to be with me for surgery. I felt so bad they wasted money for a surgery that now wasn't going to happen and scared cause my mom was in the room with me so I had to tell her within minutes. So a minute later my doctor (who was also performing the surgery), the anesthesiologist, and another doctor came into the room. They asked my mom to step out and informed me I was prego. So then I asked my mom to come back in  and told her the news. Then she went and told my step dad. Jon was at work, his supervisor wouldn't let him off that day. He planned on coming up once I got into recovery to visit for a hour. I had my mom text Jon and tell him I was done with surgery. So Jon came up to the U and I walked out into the hall. He thought it was weird seeming he thought I just had surgery. I then told him I was prego and he was shocked. LOL At the time I was 5 weeks along. 


Anyways...I had a high risk pregnancy, I had to go to the ER several times in the beginning to get IV drips to get re hydrated from my  hyperemesis gavidarum. There wasn't a single day since I found out I was prego I didn't throw up.


When I got to my 2nd trimester I could have the surgery I tried to have back in April. When your prego you can only have surgery during the 2nd trimester, unless its a emergency. I have had 3 surgeries previous to this one and knowing I needed to stay strong for my unborn son this surgery was a piece of cake for me. I recovered faster then any other surgery too. The day before surgery we got to find out the sex of the baby. IT'S A BOY!!! Grayson Curtis Wymore.


When I was about 22 weeks prego, I was dilated to a 1. 26 weeks, dilated to a 2. 28 weeks dilated to a 3. My doctor didn't think Grayson would stay in much longer, so she gave me 2 shots of steroids to help develop Grayson's lungs faster, in case if I didn't make it to 37 weeks So he hopefully would have a more chance of surviving and less time in the NICU if he did survive. At 32 weeks I was dilated to a 4. I thought anytime now I would have him. No we were all wrong!!! At 36 weeks Jon and I tried everything to get me to dilate more go into labor (By this time I had been on bed rest for almost 12 weeks). Even tried Caster oil!!!  Glad to say it didn't do anything. For 2 reasons...1) after taking it I found out it usually makes you throw up or/and have to go number 2 for the next few hours LOL and 2) the nurse later told us after taking it, its harmful for you and your baby. So I will never try that again and don't recommend it to anyone.


I have to say I LOVED being prego and hardly complained when I was, can't wait to be again someday!!! :) 

First Blog

So after seeing a few family & friends that have blogs, and having family & friends tell me I should start a blog I decided to join the bandwagon once again! LOL After talking with Jon about what I should blog about, we decided to blog about the present and the past. Starting when Grayson was born, so stay tuned :P