Jayden the fish

After the wedding in Salt Lake, the boys and I drove down to Vegas with Grandma to visit Brian's family for a while.  Poor Brian had to work.  I just love being a stay at home mommy (most days)!  We've been relaxing, swimming, meeting friends at the park, and playing at McDonald's.  Here are some pics to sum up our partying.

Lincoln is finally teething!  He is my 11 month old walking toothless wonder!  His two bottom teeth are coming, one will cut through any day and the other will follow shortly behind.

Jayden loves loves loves swimming and diving for the streamer balls.  He is a fish!  He is insane in the water and can't get enough of it!  He swims as much as he can!  

He swims his little heart out, and this is what happens!  He was only sitting there for 5 minutes!  Such a funny little boy.

I have more videos but the computer keeps freezing up on me so that's it for now.  We can't wait to see you soon Daddy!

Kevin + Gabby

Kevin & Gabby got married in the Salt Lake Temple last Saturday!  They are an adorable couple and we are thrilled to welcome Gabby into the family!

Her dress and hair were absolutely beautiful.  We are so happy for them.

Jayden was already so sick of pictures, I had to bribe him with cookies to smile for the camera.

Their reception was at Mill Creek Inn, and it was gorgeous.  They had a yummy dinner for close friends and family, and a fun reception with dancing, a photo booth, fruit & dessert.  Jayden went wild with the dancing, he ditched me and found other girlfriends (Gabby's 10 year old sister, Brian's cousin Missi, and one of Gabby's bridesmaids) to dance with.  I think he might have thought the party was for him!  Lincoln even liked the music and strobe light.  They are such partiers already!

Brian & Paul

The flowers

The Turner family

Carrie and her folks Bud & Marge

Gabby and all her bridesmaids and cousins

Kevin and all his bros.  Jayden insisted in being in this picture. ;)

Thanks for such a fabulous time!  Congrats Kevin & Gabby!

Blue Angels

We were able to see the Blue Angels perform in St. George on St. Patty's day. It was so awesome. The show was amazing, and it was fun to catch up with everyone. My dad's brother's entire family was there, as well as Brian's siblings, my parents, more cousins, etc. We had a blast.

Jayden thinks the jets are the coolest. He keeps talking about how they fly fast and crash. They really didn't crash, they just got really close so it looked to him like they did, I guess. Halfway through the Angels, both boys fell asleep. Guess those noise cancelling headphones really work!

It was windy towards the end, but a fantastic show. Thanks Nate for everything!

In the pic L to R is my brother in law Nate (in the darker blue uniform without the hat), Paul, Jayden (yes he is asleep), Kevin & Gabby, Destiny & Mark, Brian's cousin Missi, Lincoln, me & Brian.

Missi and Gabby took a lot of photos so hopefully soon I'll have more action shots to post.

Survivor

My mom is now officially a cancer survivor! All of her tests came back negative, showing no signs of cancer! The Dr. told my mom she made his job easy. We couldn't be happier, and are so grateful for all we have been blessed with lately. Since she was part of a clinical study, she will have scans every three months for two years, and then 6 months (I think) for the third year. Normally she wouldn't be back for another scan for 18 months. She received excellent care, and we can't complain about extra tests to make sure it isn't growing back. Her hair is growing back quickly and it's very thick. She's Fuzzy Wuzzy ;)

Now, it's the crunch time countdown! 20 days until our celebratory Disney Cruise! Whoo-hoo!

Brian thinks I'm crazy but I've already started packing...

Love you Mom!

Go Team Turtle!

I want to be like Daddy

This was Jayden's idea of getting dressed this morning...just like Daddy!

p.s. He wore that tie all morning! It was so stinkin' cute!

Medical Mysteries

So much for having a calmer year!! Jayden ate pecans on Superbowl Sunday, and broke out in hives that lasted until Wednesday. He got tested for tree nut allergies, but isn't allergic. I guess it was just some funky virus.

Then, I went to Lincoln's 6 month well check the next Tuesday, and he got a bunch of shots. Wednesday he had a fever of 102, but I figured it was the shots. Thursday it was 104.5. I called the nurse line, she was useless and said I should watch him and see what happens. I didn't like that and took him in, they quickly admitted him. I got there at 11:30, by 1 we were at the hospital putting in an IV. That night, his fever spiked to 108. Took blood, urine, and Xrays. Not pneumonia or UTI. Then his soft spot was raised so they did a spinal tap to test for meningitis. Thankfully, it wasn't, and his soft spot didn't stay raised for long. Finally his fever went down about midnight Friday night, and we were released Saturday afternoon.
I guess with babies a lot of times they don't ever find out what it is, just what it isn't. They said it was either a virus, or some kind of blood infection that they got with the antibiotic in his IV (although the cultures came back negative). We had a follow up appointment today, and all looks well. Now we are just taking it easy, recovering, and getting back in our routine. They said that high of a fever wouldn't have been caused by the shots...You can bet that I will take his 12 month shots one by one though.

Phew! What a weekend! I am grateful for competent doctors that took great care of Lincoln and answered all of our questions (multiple times). I am grateful for my hubby that knew I couldn't handle the spinal tap and he was able to take some time off work to be with us. Our ward really stepped up and took care of Jayden (he wasn't allowed in the pediatric wing), and brought us dinner. Brian's mom decided last minute to come to the states a week ago, so she was able to rent a car and drive here to help. I am also grateful this didn't happen two months ago when our insurance was in limbo, and most of all I am grateful it wasn't meningitis, and my little trooper is on the mend. I was a bit of a mess on Friday, but it's good to be grateful to keep me grounded!

How was your President's Day weekend?

Valentine's 2012

Today the boys and I picked up some balloons, Snickers/Cream Soda and chocolate covered strawberries to deliver to Daddy & Papa at work. I tied the balloons to the Snickers and Cream Soda. When I told Jayden to hand Papa the balloon with the Snickers, guess what he did? He slid the ribbon off the Snickers, handed Papa the balloon, and curled the Snickers into his chest with his other hand.

Wow, someone (besides me) sure has a sweet tooth!

Catch-Up

I have a few pics I need to catch up on. Moving has been busy, and Brian and I are doing online work for Wasinc, so my "fun" computer time has been replaced by work. My mom took Jayden to the museum this morning, so I have a few quick minutes to post.

Here is the pic I took of the boys with Santa at our ward Christmas party.

This is how Jayden fell asleep one day watching Umizoomi.

I've been trying to do some more inexpensive craft projects as my "me time". These two lovely ideas are courtesy of Pinterest.

I took an extra pallet from when my parents re-did their fireplace, painted & sanded it, and we screwed a bunch of different hooks and knobs for a coat rack! I love that Jayden can now hang up his own jackets.

I saw this idea on Pinterest several months ago, and then when we moved into the townhome we are renting, these three homeless drawers just happened to be sitting in the garage, and it was meant to be! Same story, painted, sanded, instant shelving that cost me $2!

I've been cleaning the tile grout, and again, on pinterest, I saw a pin that someone used baking soda and peroxide to clean baked on cookie sheets, and I decided to try it on the grout. With a little elbow grease, it worked! I've done the kitchen and am working my way into the hallway. Here you can see the difference in what I've cleaned and what I haven't.

That's it for now, Lincoln is crying and a shower is calling my name... ;)

Sorry

I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a while, returned phone calls, etc...

Things are always crazy, but things really have been! We are getting settled, still trying to unpack, Brian started his new job, and we are hanging in there. We've had three ear infections, Bri and I are both doing online work for Wasinc, Lincoln is crawling now, and Jayden HATES putting his diaper on, and never wants me to change it or put one on, but has no interest in actually going in the potty! What do I do?

Anyway, I will get a handle on my life soon and will update my blog later! Forgive me for neglecting you!

Christmas Day

It's getting late but I really want to finish catching up on my blog, but I need to go to bed. So this will be brief!

Christmas Eve we tried letting the kids act out the Nativity, and of course Chloe had to be Mary. Therefore Jayden had to be Joseph because a) he's the only boy and b) I was told they are the same height so otherwise it would be silly. I didn't get a picture of Jayden, but he sure made a cute Joseph. Why didn't I get a picture, you ask? Because when it was his turn to hold Jesus, he took off and threw Jesus down the stairs! Chloe trailed behind crying, yelling "Joseph, come back!" I'm sure you can figure out how the rest of that activity went ;)

Jayden absolutely loved throwing (I mean sprinkling) reindeer food on the lawn, but had a rough time leaving the cookies out for Santa. When I woke him up Christmas morning I told him Santa came and he sat up and said "Santa down down down, eat a cookie, presents for Jay Jay!" I just love him more than I can say!

The rest of these pics are from Christmas Day, I'll let you figure them out.

That's it for my marathon of posts to catch up on life. Well, actually, I just thought of one more thing to post about but I'm way too tired for that right now.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!