Amazing Brandy

I just wanted to take a minute to let everyone know how much I appreciate and love Brandy and what she does for our family. As many of you know, I just had appendicitis. It was obviously unexpected and so I had to take time off of work and pretty much lay around the house for about a week. I can not tell you how helpful and kind Brandy was to me during that entire week. I have always known that Brandy is a great wife and mother but sometimes I don't realize how much she really does. During those days that I was at home, she continued to watch the three kids that she tends, our own two kids and the biggest baby of them all....me. There is no way I could do what Brandy does and she does it without any complaint (almost...there is always room for a little bit of complaining).
Brandy is an amazing Wife and Mother. I come home to a hot meal almost everyday and it is good food. Brandy spends the time to make sure that her family can sit down together and eat. She is so patient with the kids and I (especially with my small addiction of my Call Of Duty video game).
As many of you know, we are attempting to have a third child (no we are not drunk or high, we want more tax returns...JK). Brandy has to take major fertility pills that are not exactly pleasing to her body. She has handled the ups and downs so well and i want her to know that i think she is terrific. I don't know another woman who could do everything that she does while still maintaining her sanity with those pills.
In conclusion, for all of you who have ever thought, how do those Cutrights have so many dinner's, parties, kids parties, etc. and still maintain a clean, organized home. It is because of Brandy. For our family Brandy is perfect and we could not ask for a better mom and wife. I love you Brandy.

Only at the Cutrights .....

Well i seriously believe that we should not travel, because if we do, something bad is bound to happen.
We have been home for a few weeks, and the kids have been sick but nothing bad ... we thought we finally went on vacation with no medical problems. Not so soon Brandy, today Jake woke up with a horrible pain in his stomach. He quickly moved to the right side and was very bad. To the instacare we went, they determined it was appendicitis and sent him to the ER, where within two hours he was in surgery having his appendix removed. It was a quick surgery, only 3 small incisions, and about 1.5 hours later we are resting at home. poor Jake!! The surgery went really well. The only scary part (and luckily i wasn't in the room, i would have freaked out), was when they took the tube out of his throat, Jake couldn't breathe. They had to lay him flat and hold open his jaw so that he could breathe. Kinda scary! But since he has been fine. He is on his meds, and doing okay tonight. He has the munchies, but too scared to let him eat to much. They said a light meal, and he has already eaten a Kneaders sandwich, soup, bowl of cereal, Graham cracker with frosting. Apparently he was hungry :)
Marshall is like his Mom, I can't look at the incisions, they make my knees weak. Marshall wanted to see them, Jake said this is where they cut me, and Marshall asked how did they put you back together? and then he said, your right mom, I have the shakes!! I love my boy.
Well there you have it. Give Jake a week and hopefully he will be back to normal! Gotta love our luck. IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING AT THE CUTRIGHT HOME! Pretty proud of myself, I haven't even cried over it, good thing my emotions are doing good today :0)
I really am wondering why we have certain organs if we really don't need them, such as our appendix and also our gallbladder?? Hmmm guess just so we can waste money to have them removed :)
To make matters worse, today my Granny was taken by ambulance to the hospital where she is not doing great. She was having problems breathing and just not doing wonderful. She has a blood clot in her lung and some other stuff going on. She was really sick last year, and we all thought she wasn't going to make it, however she came back and has been doing good. Now she has taken a turn for the worst again ... We will pray for the best.
And its my Dad's birthday today, Happy Birthday Dad ... We love you!!!

Stuff

This week has been really hard for me ... if you have called, seen me or talked to me and I was rude, I am so sorry! I feel like I need to explain, so people don't think I am the devil.
It all started a few months ago .....
As most of you know, it is very hard for me to get pregnant, it took me years and years to get pregnant with Marshall and then 2+ years to get pregnant with kambria. I always thought that It would be perfect to have 4 children 2 years apart. Well obviously heavenly father had a different idea. Marshall and Kam are 4 years apart, and I have to have C-sections, so 4 is not an option for me anymore. But we feel that 3 would be good. I don't want Kam and the next baby to be so far apart, so I figured I would get started. So a few months ago, went to my Dr and he gave me a prescription for Clomid (a.k.a. The Devil Pill). He decided to start me on a double dose of this medicine. The first month I took it, I prayed to please help me not be moody, please help me be patient, help me to not be emotional, and please help me get pregnant this month ... Please don't make me go through this again next month. So it began, and Heavenly Father can't help it, the medicine messes with my hormones, what is there to expect. The longer I am on the pill, the worse my emotions get. I was evil ... my poor family. With no luck this month i started my 2nd round. It has been worse then the first month ... I think I have cried every single day this month, over the silliest things. Jake is wonderful, he just hugs me and reminds me how much he loves me. People ask how I am, I just want to cry, for no reason. Marshall acts like a 5 year old and I scream at him. Anyway, there is my excuse, please be patient with me, I will try 2 more months and then I will be content with 2 kids :0)
But again .... I'm sorry. Everything this week, bugged me. For example, I got a call to meet with the bishopric, we all know that usually means you are getting a calling .... I was so mad, all day i was irritated, i went feeling feisty, poor counselor that had to meet with me ... i was nice and it was an easy and fun calling ... but this week, it didn't matter, nothing was okay, everything was bad :0) I think one day I cried, like bawled for a good 10 mins, 5 times in one day. poor Jake, but he would just hug me!! I really am thankful that clomid works for me and I can have children on this earth ... Because I know of many wonderful women who have went through the same crap with clomid, however it never worked for them, so I know I am blessed, but it is still hard to go through!

On to happier things ... Yesterday Jake took me on a lovely Valentine's Date before he had to go to work. We quickly grabbed a hamburger at McDonald's and then we went to the movie Blind Side. Can i just say that is my new favorite movie. Within 10 mins of the show, i was crying. Jake looked over and just smiled at me. But it was so great, a true, great story. I truly am Lucky, I have the greatest husband on earth. he is patient, caring, giving, loving, and good looking, a perfect father, and he supports our family. I love Jake and i am glad that we have been married for almost 10 years. I am so glad that I married someone who has similar interests as me, someone that enjoys adventure, and someone that likes things different then me, so that we can have our different personalities. I am also blessed with 2 amazing, crazy children. And I am and will be ever so grateful for them. I love to talk, and I am thankful that Jake is always a listening ear so that i can tell him everything, and even though sometimes he probably doesn't care, he always always listens.

To make my life a bit more crazy ... I started watching a 6 month old little girl 3 days a week and this week I am starting to watch a 6 year old after kindergarten. It will help bring in some extra money and if it makes me too crazy, well I can always go back to just Cilla. So I am going from being a Mom of two, to a mom of 2 plus 3 extra during the day ... wish me luck, I may need it for the start, but then it will be better.

Sorry for the long post, just felt like I needed to explain so those of you that have seen me this week don't think I am crazy or think I don't like you :0)

Well just waiting for some ladies we met in Cancun to email me some pics of our excursion they took for us and then I will update the blog with the rest of the pics, they are the better of the pictures!!

New Addition

My Brother Casey and Erin had their little Baby Girl, Avery, On February 2nd! She weighed 7 lb 10oz and was 20 inches. She is just adorable. I was able to go to the hospital right after she was born, I didn't get to hold her yet, but can't wait. Baby and Mom are doing great. Erin is amazing and she went natural!

You can see more of their cute pictures here: http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=e915a43d-8fc4-4fe8-8775-ec302447d76a

Too funny not to share!!

Our Van's registration expired the end of January, and we were out of town ... so we planned to do that today. I wanted to watch the Bachelor from last night (yes I am pathetic) so Jake decided he would head on down to take care of it for me. What a great husband!! He dropped the van off at Jiffy Lube and then walked on over to Home Depot to grab a few things we needed. When he was finished with his purchase he returned over to Jiffy Lube and it appeared the Van was already finished. He went in and they stated that the car was already registered until 2011. He said there is NO way, my wife just asked me to bring it down to get registered. Well it was registered. Kind of embarrassing for Jake, but whatever. Come to find out, my mom, so nicely went and did that all for us the Friday she had the kids so we wouldn't have to worry about it when we got back!! She just forgot to tell us :0) I have such a thoughtful and wonderful Mom. And then to make things even better, Jake's mom made us a whole pan of Lasagna for today so we wouldn't have to worry about dinner!! It was so good. We ate it for Lunch and Dinner! Thank you so much to our Mom's. Not only did they help us out by watching our kids while we had a blast, but they went out of their way to do even more for us then they needed to. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Cancun, Day 2. Thursday January 28th

Thursday was our first full day at the resort and we didn't have anything planned. We just wanted to hang out at the Resort and play with all the free stuff. We started off by hitting the pool. The cliff was so much higher then it looked. I stood up there for about 5 mins before I could get enough courage to jump!! *** I am so out of shape, and you may barf when you see me, but oh well, I will still post pictures of myself :0)

It was a bit scary ... but I did it, and then it was so much fun! Yes I had to plug my nose!

I got more brave as the day went on, and attempted a 360 spin, it was all good and great, except I bent my legs and boy oh boy did I get the loudest, hardest slap to my butt. People up there were asking if I was okay because the slap was so loud LOL. Other then my butt being super red, I was totally fine!!!Jake was in complete heaven. Jumping, twisting, diving. People were asking him if he was a professional swimmer. He would have done this all day long.
We then went boogie boarding, however we didn't take any pictures because we were both out there having such a blast!!

Afterwards we decided to take a ride on the catamaran. We don't know how to work it, so one of the workers took us out. It was awesome!! Water splashing all over us and being so far out, it was soooo cool! This is us in the evening.

Cancun Day 1

We had the most amazing time on our vacation! We didn't want to be in a "party" area, so we chose a Resort in Puerto Morelos, right next to the Marina. It was called Marina El Cid spa & Resort. it was so pretty, clean and the service was awesome. It was an All-Inclusive resort. It included 3 fancy restaurants, a buffet, and 24 hour room service! Also included was boogie boards, kayaks, and catamarans. The resort had an amazing pool with a slide and a cliff you could jump off. We had a blast and would stay there again. It was not too crowded and just lovely.

We left on Wed early morning. We left our home at 4:30AM. We got to the airport (thanks BJ), and waited for a few hours till it was time to go. It was a long ride ... about 6 hours. Here we are in the plane!

We finally made it to Cancun :0). We got there at 4:00pm, the weather was overcast but super warm, and very humid. We waited for our transportation and then we were off.

Here is the entrance to our room. Each room has a balcony. We were so lucky, we had one of the best rooms! We had an oceanview room, and we could see the pool. It was a really nice room!

Here is 1/3 of the pool, from our Balcony.

Here is Jake calling for food, the buffet had just ended for lunch and didn't open for another 1 hour, and we were starving!!

Here is a shot from our Balcony, very overcast, but it felt so nice!!