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!

Conference Weekend

We had a great Conference weekend and I'm so sad to see it over! I love listening to all the General Authorities and all of there amazing inspiring messages. They always make me want to be a better person after I'm done listening to them. Matt was pretty good during conference, every old man he saw he would call the prophet it was really cute. During the morning session of General Conference I laid on the ground because my back was hurting so bad and Matt laid down next to me. I told Tim to take a picture because I thought it was so cute that he wanted to be next to me.

This is Matt reading my book, he was totally into and I thought he was so cute!

Baby Update: Well I went to the doctor again and nothing has changed :( Oh well I get induced in a week from today so I can't really complain and he's inducing me 1 week early. But it would be nice to go before because I am so uncomfortable. But I am so excited for this little guy. I want to see what he looks like :) I will be posting pictures for sure after he's born to stay tuned for next week!

Early Easter/Birthday

Well this year my birthday was lots of fun! I haven't been feeling to well lately, just being pregnant and all, but I still had a great birthday weekend. It started out when we went to Tim's grandparents house on Friday night and they cooked us dinner. We just hung out and talked and it was nice to get out of the house and not cook dinner. What better present can you ask for? Then on Saturday we went up to Tim's parents house. Most of Tim's family was there except for his sister Carrie and her husband Mark but they live in Cedar City so will let it slide! No we love them and miss them a lot. We got to hang out for awhile and then we had an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Tim's sister is blessing their baby on Easter Sunday so we decided to have the kids do an Easter egg hung earlier because that day is going to be crazy busy! The picture above is of Matt and his Aunt Heidi. He kept going up to her and asking her to hold him. It was cute!

This is Carter, Ashlynn, and Matt getting ready to find eggs! Ashlynn was great about sharing all the eggs with the little boys.

Matt wasn't quite sure what he was doing he thought he could eat the eggs! But after while he got the hang of it and had fun looking for the eggs.

Matt looking for eggs with his Nanny.

This was after they found all the eggs. All the kids got loaded with lots of yummy treats. The fun thing about having a kid is the parents get to eat lots of the treats to! Later that night Tim took me out shopping but I didn't really want to buy anything when I have 2 weeks left of being pregnant so I'm going to get something after I have the baby. But I did find an outfit for my boys and a belt for Tim. Then we went to the movies and we saw "Knowing" I pretty much hated it! I mean the concept was okay but it freaked me out! I was also so uncomfortable the entire movie my back was killing me. But I was very grateful that Tim took me out and that we just got to enjoy hanging out together. On Sunday which was my actual birthday I got to sleep in, went to church, took a nap, and then we went to my parents house. My mom and dad cooked dinner, I got presents, I won the game Wacky 6, and I got to just relax which is what I wanted! I of course got presents from people and I want to thank everyone for that! But it was such a nice birthday weekend and I couldn't have asked for anything else!

Update on the baby: I went to the doctor last Thursday and he said that I'm dilated to a 2 1/2 already and that the baby can pretty much come at anytime. I am so ready for him to come! I am so uncomfortable right now. He did an ultrasound and he thinks the baby looks just over 6 lbs. right now so that's good. So I'm pretty much just waiting for him to arrive. If I don't go into labor anytime soon I know that I will at least be induced April 13th! Yeah wish me luck!

Sarah's Wedding/Cute Matty!

This last couple of weeks have been fun and very busy. This is my sister Sarah with Matt the day before her wedding. Sarah was very calm and relaxed and seemed to be very excited about getting married. Matt also loves his Aunt Sarah and whenever she comes over he gets very excited!

This is Sarah's wedding dinner at "The Bungalow". It was a great dinner with lots of family to celebrate Sarah and Cody's wedding. My dad has sung the song "My Girl" to Sarah and I since we were little girls so for our wedding dinners he sang that song to both of us. This is him singing to Sarah. He thinks he doesn't have a good voice but he really does and it always makes me want to cry when he does it because it reminds me of when I was a little girl.

This is Sarah getting ready for her wedding reception. She looked so beautiful that day and I don't think anything went wrong. I am very grateful to have such a wonderful sister and I am so happy for her and Cody. I didn't take any other pictures of the wedding because I was busy doing stuff, but if I ever borrow Sarah's wedding pictures CD I'll post some pics of it on here.

This was Matt this morning dancing to Elmo. He loves his Elmo show Wild Wild West and whenever the music comes on he dances around. He is so cute and I love this little guy so much! Our other little guy Jackson will also be here pretty soon. I get induced if I haven't already had him on April 13, so I finally see an end in sight. My doctor's were nice enough to induce me a week early and I really appreciated that! This pregnancy hasn't been bad at all I'm just super uncomfortable right now, I'm not sleeping well at all and pretty much in pain all the time so I will be very happy when I can snuggle and love this little guy soon! Until next time...

Random Times!

Well things have been pretty fun/busy lately in our household. I'm trying to get ready for the new baby and I pretty much have everything so that's nice! I just have to get it all out of the basement and into the room and also switch Matt into the other bedroom. That's what I've been doing this last week! Tim and I went to the Jazz game on Friday night and it was very fun. My sister Sarah's fiance (they're getting married this weekend) got us tickets to the game! Thanks Cody! Anyway we went with my brother Brandon and his girlfriend Karen. We were at the very top of the Energy Solutions Arena but it was great! I liked that I didn't have to worry if anyone was annoyed behind me, but I never did stand up so I guess that didn't really matter!
Here is a picture of Brandon and Karen

Here is Tim and I and of course he's making a face. Every time I ask him to have a nice picture it never happens, why do I ask anymore?

Last but not least is Sarah and Cody, the soon to be newlyweds. They've been dating for over 2 years now so its going to be weird that they'll actually be married soon! I think it will take me a while to think of them as married and not just dating. I will be taking lots of pictures this weekend at the wedding so stay tuned for all the good times there!

On Sunday (yesterday) we went up to Tim's parents house for dinner. Matt loves going to his grandparents house. This is Matt with his nanny. He was the only grandchild there that night so he got all the attention for everyone and he loved every second of it!

A couple of days ago Matt brought all of his blankets, pillow, and stuffed animals out to the couch and just snuggled with them. I thought it was to cute to not take a picture!

This is Matt with his cousin Spencer. He loves the babies in the family and I hope that he'll love our little guy as well. Spencer was laughing so hard at Matt it was super cute!

We also went and hung out with some friends of ours a week ago. This is Matt with Ethan and Cole is in back round. All these boys range in age but they all got along really well. Matt is the oldest and of course the smallest! But he can hold his own so I never worry about him!

This is Matt with his Aunt Steph's motorcycle helmet on. I think the helmet weighed more than he did, I don't know how he kept it on his head!

But anyway things are looking up for our family and its nice. I know that everyone is struggling right now with the economy and there scared about what's going to happen but I know that with faith and hope we will all make it through this crazy, stressful time! There's my thoughts for the day!