Mrs. Allie Gentry

Okay so Thanksgiving week! Wow what an incredibly exciting yet hard week! So Brandon got slightly sick the weekend before thanksgiving, and then he started teething. So he had a stuffy/runny nose and a slight fever from the teething (at least I think that's where the fever came in) So the wednesday before Thanksgiving Brandon & I went to St. George to visit Bobby and to help him celebrate Thanksgiving since he was gonna be alone on the actual day. We had lunch at IHOP, with Brandon snacking a little but not eating much, and then we ended up staying the night there in good ol' st. g cause Brandon got tired and fell asleep really early! So we got take-out from The Pizza Factory, which was yummy, and then we talked for a long time. Until we heard Brandon being sad. He had a really rough night. He woke up at about 11 and had a fever over 101 and he wouldn't relax and he was shaking a little bit and it really really scared me! So I prayed and gave him a bottle and he immediately cooled off and settled down and slept for the rest of the night. That was what I was grateful all Thanksgiving day! But so Brandon didn't much enjoy his first Thanksgiving. He took a nap all through Thanksgiving dinner, and was asleep by the time we had pie! So he didn't even really taste it until a few days later when he was actually eating food again instead of just snacking on cereal until he couldn't stand the pain anymore. I had a good Thanksgiving though, yummy food, I made the stuffing and everyone liked it lots, and yummy dessert :) (the above picture was taken on Thanksgiving morning before heading to Moapa for the dinner)

so, today has been a slightly rough day... but that's okay. I'm 23 now, it was a fine birthday... For Halloween I was a jogger and Brandon was a Scarecrow! He was way cuter than I was for sure! I lost my babysitter and can't find another one that I can afford so I haven't been to work for a week. And since Patrick & Susie are going to be having their baby in a month I gotta move in a months time, and since I don't have a babysitter and I am not working full time, (thus, not being able to afford a place of my own) and also Bobby is moving to Salt Lake and we are trying to make things work, and so since I will have a babysitter(thanks Corrie!) there and the job market is up there in SLC I am planning on moving to SLC by the end of November. So thats what is going on for me at the moment... Hope everyone had a good halloween!

So it's been a stresser of a week but everything is alright now and I'm not quite so worried. Everything is going to be okay. Brandon's teeth aren't bothering him anymore so that is a great stress reliever for me! Brandon is getting very adept at crawling and he can pull himself up on furniture now. I'm thinking he is going to be cruising pretty quickly here, he waited so long to crawl and almost skipped to walking but now he is just mastering everything really quickly. He loves to eat!! He is such a big boy!! Oh my goodness! I love that little boy to pieces!!
Work is going okay, now that I've finished training I've got a raise but because of the raise they don't want me to work alot because they aren't making any money yet. They still let me work and they have me do odd jobs and stuff, like yesterday I put green fence wind break stuff onto the fence all around the perimeter of the challenge course, and tomorrow I get to cold call to see if I can get some people to come and try out the course for birthday parties... So ya. It's an interesting job for sure!!

Brandon is officially 9 months old today! Yeah! He is so big! On Thursday night I had a girls night out with Molly, Jen, & Tamir (not so girls night out, lol) and it was lots of fun! First we were supposed to go to this bar that was supposed to be like a coyote ugly bar, so lots of fun right? But it was called "Hogs & Hefers" a very questionable country & fat person place by the name of it lol, so we get there and it was scary looking and nothing was happening so we left and went to this other place called Stoney's, another "country" club. I got outvoted unfortunately so we had to go there lol. Anyways, it was fun when they weren't playing country cause they mix it up with regular good dancing music (thank goodness!). Anyways, so the night didn't end until 3:30am! Thats when I got home and into bed, then Brandon got up at 5:30am so I got a whole 2 hrs of sleep before my first day of work!
So I had my first day of training on Friday and it was a blast!! The first 2 hrs I learned how to tie knots & take care of the belaying equipment and then the last 4 I climbed telephone poles and crossed the tight-wire, the balance beam, the pirates cross and the rock wall and also practiced belaying :) It was lots of fun but everytime I belayed someone, they are all a bit heavier than me, not fat, just bigger guys and whenever they would practice falling or when I'd repel them I would get lifted off the ground lol and it was scary but fun!
The only hard part about it was that they had told me I could choose to stay for only a few hrs or I could stay all day, but they changed it up when I got there and I was supposed to work for 6 hrs, so I hadn't taken a lunch, and since I'm broke I didn't eat, and since the climbing stuff was all a good adrenaline rush so I was running off of adrenaline until I got home, then I came off the high and wow! I kinda felt a little crappy, but hey, that was okay cause I just ate and went to bed. Lara is babysitting Brandon and he has really taken to her! I'm so glad that they connect! I don't know what I would do if she wasn't helping me out! Thanks Lara!
Happy Sweet Sixteen Traci!!! You are such a sweetie & I love you so much! On Saturday I went to my parents to help Traci celebrate her sweet 16! If was a good day, I made chicken kiev for the family dinner, and it actually turned out good... It was a fun day :)
Today is October 12th and my niece Whitney got blessed and it was a wonderful blessing. Daniel & Kara threw a little dinner after church, they made green chili & corn bread, and I decided I like green (or white?) chili better than the original!
Now I'm just hanging out at home so so glad that Brandon has FINALLY! gone to bed (he only had two super short (about 20 minute) naps, when he usually has 2 1-2hr naps a day! So you can imagine he was quite the cranky little man...
Anyways, I'm so glad that it is fall and that the weather is cooler! I'm glad there is no snow and that there isn't going to BE any snow!!! Woo Hoo!!

Okay so I've been pretty lazy when it comes to my blog. It's been a bit of a stress filled time since I last posted a blog.
Brandon is now 21lbs 27in. He eats everything that I eat, plus stuff I don't like, such as formula :)
He has pretty much skipped that whole crawling bit and is now working on walking. He is trying to pull himself up on everything and gets very impatient when I think I have other things to do besides hold his hands and walk with him so he can wander around the house, or lead me to the doors so he can go outside! He has 4 teeth and has 1 or more coming in; I say 1 or more because anytime I try and look or feel around he gets upset or wiggles out of my grasp and won't have anything to do with me having my fingers in his mouth.
I've had to cut his hair twice, but the 2nd time he moved too much so I kinda made it real choppy... But he already needs another one and I'm hoping since his hair grows so fast we are going to both get better at the handling of the haircuts :)
Brandon says da-da without discrimination, but he knows me & will only say ma-ma or mom when he is upset and wants me to fix something. He also jabbers with the g-sound, the t-sound, and multiple other letters that I can't remember at the moment.
He is getting to be such a happy boy! The first 3 or 4 months he was always cranky and crying but he has really mellowed out and I've really learned how to respond with what he needs when he needs so most of the time outrageous bawling sessions don't happen, and everyone is much happier!
Brandon sleeps through the night very well, and if he does happen to wake up he rarely needs anything but to be flipped over and for me to give him his pacifier.
He loves to eat rocks & dirt, likes his jumper seat, LOVES bathtime, but hates lotion time that always happens after the bath lol
Let's see, a little about me, I'm doing okay, its been a rough go of it for my marriage, but we are trying to work through things now.
I'm living in North Las Vegas with Patrick & Susie, who are very tolerant of Brandon & I taking up their space lol
I'm going to start training for a new job tomorrow, I'll be a Rope Course Guide, which is basically being a safety guide and a team work guide for kids and teens. I'm excited that I'll be getting to work outside!! Hopefully I'll get a little bit of a tan and get in better shape.
I think that is a pretty good summary of what is going on right now... I didn't actually talk about what has happened in the middle lol
Well, thats about it for today, I'm gonna go wash some dishes!!