24th of July!

We had such a fun 24th of July this year, and we are all very tired from it as well! This picture above is Jackson just hanging out, I love that he's getting so fat. He's such a good boy and I'm so grateful that we have him in our life!

On the 24th we went to my parents house and we had a great BBQ with my entire family. Afterwards we all hung out and talked for awhile and then we played games. The great thing about going over there is that Matt will nap really good for like 2 hours or more so we put him down and we played games and just hung out for awhile it was great! I always have so much fun with my family and I'm so grateful for all of them and there example to me in my life. After we came home we had to wait until it was dark to do some fireworks so at about 9:30 we went outside and our next door neighbors were doing there fireworks as well. They invited us to come over so we did and it was fun hanging out with them. I was lighting a firework for Tim and a spark hit him right in the eye. He was in pain and had to go home. Today he's doing better so hopefully he won't have to go to the doctor's. Sorry I didn't get any pictures at my parents house. I guess I forgot with two kids and good food! So today we went to Tim's parents house and we also have some great times there. We had another fantastic BBQ and the kids had so much fun playing in the pool. Tim's parents also got in on the pool action and pretty soon there was a water fight between the grand kids and the grandparents. It was great! Up above it Tim's mom Rhonda with all the grand kids minus two who were sleeping.

This is a picture of everyone watching the kids and just having fun hanging out. I didn't tell anyone I was taking the picture but of course my husband saw me and did the west side sign. Got to love him!

Here is grandpa getting all the kids wet. They all had lots of fun giving there grandpa a hug and getting him all wet. What good sports Tim's parents are!

Here is Matt's saggy diaper. He seriously had a bubble butt and it was hilarious! He couldn't hardly lift his legs because his diaper was so big! After we went swimming we celebrated Tim's sister Steph's birthday. She got lots of great things and she's getting even more excited because she's getting married in 3 weeks! After the gifts we all hung out because we were all tired from the sun and then we came home. It was a great weekend just hanging out with family. I am so grateful for both of our families, we all get along so good and just have a great time with each other.

4th of July and other happenings

Well this week was a fun week for us. This is a random picture of Jackson, I seriously love taking pictures of my boys! They are just so darn cute!

I decided earlier this week to try and potty train Matty because I'm so sick of changing two kids diapers. So I tried and I failed! This is Matt using the potty as hat. Luckily it had nothing in it!

For the 4th we went over to where Tim dog trains and had fun with lots of people over there. Tim loves it because everyone loves dogs. I like dogs to just not as much as them! Jackson seriously went poop all over himself and his car seat while we were out dog training. Luckily I had a onsie in my diaper bag but I have never cleaned up so much poop in my life! The poop completely missed the diaper and went all over, isn't that the reason I buy the nice diapers seriously! Then we went up to Tim's family's house to celebrate birthday's, father's day, and the 4th. This is Steph Tim's sister with her fiance Carter. They are so cute together and we are so excited to see them get married on Aug 14th!

This is Tim's other sister Carrie, just relaxing and enjoying the kids!

This is Tim with his Grandpa Kersey. We love his grandparents very much and I am very grateful for all the love they show to me!

This is Tim's mom with Jackson. I thought Jackson looked so peaceful in his Nanny's arms.

Here is Matty, Spencer, and Carter taking a break from the pool to take a picture! The kids loved the pool so much and Matt and Carter were dumping water on each other. Well Matt was dumping water on Carter way more than Cater was dumping on Matt. We didn't have any swimming diapers so they had regular one's on and you all know that when they get wet you can totally see the little one's crack and its hilarious!

After playing in the pool and eating lots of yummy food I took the boys down to my parents house. Tim had to go work at the Parade of Homes so I was on my own for awhile. Luckily the boys fell asleep on the way down to Orem but it wasn't long enough they were so tired! We had another BBQ at my parents friends house and there was lots of people there. Then Matt decided to get in the pool with my dad and brother Reynolds. Matt loves swimming so much even when he's freezing and his lip is shaking. But then he got in the hot tub and he said it was a nice warm bath. He liked swimming in there!

Afterwards we went to the Parking Lot of Fire! This tradition started about 20 years ago when we moved here. They have the Stadium of Fire and we never went there but since my parents live next to a church parking lot we started bringing our fireworks over there and doing them. Now almost every family in my parents ward and all there kids and friends come and we all bring fireworks and food. There are lots of illegal fireworks and that's what makes it so much fun. This was Matt's first time going and he absolutely loved it! My dad was holding him most of the time and he would turn to him and say, "Oh my gosh grandpa!" Then he would clap and yell! What a cute boy! Luckily Jackson was dead asleep in the house and I checked on him every 10 mins or so and he never woke up.

Matt with his grandpa. Well we had a great 4th of July and I'm already getting excited for next 4th of July to roll around again! Good Times!

What a Slacker!

So its been a while again! I swear life is just going by very fast these days I can't believe that Jackson will be three months in July! We haven't really been up to anything this month and maybe that's why I really haven't posted anything. The weather has been horrible and kind of cold. I haven't been able to put Matt's pool out or sprinkler's and he's been sad about that. But hopefully now the weather won't be so bad. This is a picture of Matty playing with a ball. My mom gave him this ball and he has been loving it. I didn't know that such a simple toy could bring hours and hours of fun! He loves throwing it around the house and sometime's hitting me in the process! He thinks that's hilarious!

This is my cute baby boy. He has been smiling so much lately and I love it. This morning when I went to get him in bed he gave me the biggest smile. I'm so excited that he's in this stage right now because it makes everyday so great! He is such a good boy and he sure loves his food! He's starting to get fat and I love it!

Here is another cute picture of Jackson I am so blessed to have two amazing boys in my life. I am also very blessed to have a great husband. I am surrounded by boys here but I wouldn't have it any other way.

This is Matt with Jackson. He had a hard time with him at the beginning but now he's starting to love him. He loves to tell me when he's awake and I usually don't hear him to its nice to have Matt telling me. He also loves to tell him what a good boy he is (hopefully he keeps that up). Two such sweet boys what more could a mom ask for! Hopefully my next post I'll have some fun or interesting news so until next time...

It's been awhile!

Its been awhile since I've written anything on my blog and its not that nothing has been happening its that lots has been happening and when your not getting much sleep it seems to make things even harder to get done! I loved this picture of Matt with Jackson. Every time Matt holds him he wants me to take a picture of them. Its so cute! I am so grateful from my boys and for the love and joy they bring into my life.

I love pictures of babies in the bathtub its always something that you have to take a picture of. Jackson was so cute in the bath and he's starting to like it a lot more. He used to scream the entire time he was in the bath and now he just sits there and loves being in the warm water. What a good boy he is!

Here is Jackson getting all warm in his towel. What a cute face!

Jackson was also blessed on Sunday and it was such a special day for our family. This is his blessing outfit and it was also Matt's blessing outfit as well. He looked so darn cute! Tim was able to bless him and he gave him such a sweet spiritual blessing. I'm so thankful that Tim can bless him and that he honors and respects his priesthood. Afterwards we had some family and friends come over to our house for a breakfast. I didn't make any of the food so I can say that it was all amazing! Thanks again to everyone who brought food over. Jackson is such a sweet little boy with such a great spirit and I am so grateful that he is a part of our family!

I'm Back!!!

I used to blog almost every week and I was looking at my blog and its been almost a month. Wow time really does fly by when your sleep deprived! Things are going good for our family we are just still trying to adjust to having 2 kids. Matt is doing okay with Jackson, sometimes he loves him to death and other times I have to defend Jackson from his brother. I know this is all normal I just hope that Matt can start to understand that Jackson is not leaving. He keeps asking me when Jackson is going home. But anyway I wanted to put some pics on my blog of the last couple of weeks and what we've been up to. The pic above is Jackson with his cousin Ashlynn. Tim's sister Heidi and her kids came down for the afternoon a couple of weeks ago and we had lots of fun together. Heidi had a baby not long ago either so its nice to know that other people are as tired as I am, probably more than me!

This is Matt with Ashlynn, he loves his cousin!

Matt with Carter. They are only 5 months a part and Carter is like 2 inches taller than Matt. I think its pretty funny!

On Mother's day weekend we hung out with Tim's family on Saturday and it was nice seeing everyone. The boys made us KFC for dinner and it was very good. It was just fun seeing everyone. Tim's sister from Cedar City and her husband Mark and their little boy Spencer came up so it was fun seeing them. This pic is Spencer, Matt, and Carter playing on the floor. It will be so fun watching all of these boy cousins grow up together. Lots of fun times ahead! On Mother's Day I went to church with Matt and Tim stayed home with Jackson. Tim tried to make me breakfast but I don't eat very much in the morning because I get sick so that idea was shot. Later that day we went to my parents house and my dad made us dinner and he did a great job. I loved seeing everyone and just relaxing and enjoying every one's company. Thanks boys for making Mother's Day fabulous for all of us mothers!

So I decided to buzz Matt's head and I did a good job in the front but that back....

The guard on the blade came off and I totally messed up Matt's hair. I was going to take him to get it fixed but his hair is actually already grown back in. I told Tim that I would just try to take him to get his hair cut in the future. Who knows if that will really happen but I can always try right?

This is Matt being cute with Jackson. I know they will be good friends when they get a little older.

All of my boys! I love them all very much and I'm so thankful for them in my life!

Pictures as Promised

This is a picture of little Jackson today right after his bath, wide awake and ready to hang out! He is so adorable and a very good baby!

Here is Matt with his little brother. He is having a hard time with another little one around here but hopefully he gets used to it soon!

Jackson getting ready to come home.

Jackson in the NICU. He is such a blessing to us and we are so grateful that we have him home and that he is doing well! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers in Jackson's behalf.

I am Alive...

I wanted to start this post with saying that I am alive and well. Life has been pretty crazy lately but I wanted to write a post letting everyone know what has been happening the last two weeks.
On Friday April 10th I was having some contractions and some weird pains so I decided to go into the hospital to make sure everything was okay. They hooked me up to some heart monitor machines and a couple of times when I had a contraction Jackson's heat rate went very low. So they decided to keep me in the hospital and induce me. I was suppose to get induced two days later so they figured it was okay. The funny part was that one of my best friends Valynn was having a baby two rooms down from me. We thought we would have our kids on the same day but it didn't happen. So I went to the hospital at 4:00pm and little Jackson was born at 1:20am Saturday morning April 11th. He weighed 7lbs 1oz and was 19.5 inches long. He is such a beautiful baby.
After he was born he started turning kind of grey so they brought him down to the nursery to give him some air. I did get to hold him for a second which I was very grateful for. The next day he was getting worse and by the next day even worse. He was having a hard time breathing on his own without help. Then on Monday morning at 1:30am I got a call from his doctor saying that they were going to put him on a ventilator and transfer him to Utah Valley Medical Center in Provo. Tim and I watched our little guy get loaded up on the ambulance and it was one of the hardest things to watch. It was so sad for us to see now our second child have to go to the NICU. So we were up all night making sure Jackson was taken care of that by the next day we were so tired. When he got to the hospital he also had Jaundice so he was under the lights for a couple of days as well. He had many IV's for possible infections, the lights for jaundice, and his ventilator. I felt so bad for him and I could hardly touch him because he was in so much pain, it was awful to watch. But everyday more things starting coming off of him.
Also last week Matt got a really bad sinus infection and he didn't feel good, and our basement flooded. So last week was seriously a week that I never want to have again. But I am so thankful for family and friends who are so willing to help us when we really needed it. So this week has been better, Jackson is doing better and better each day and eating like a champ. He eats so much food and even the nurses were saying that they've never seen a baby eat so much! What a strong boy I have! So hopefully he'll get to go home tomorrow that's the plan right now and I promise that next time I update I will have lots of cute pictures of Jackson. I just wanted to let everyone know what happened and give you a heads up about our life right now! Until next time!