Our Christmas Surprise!

We have a very special Christmas SURPRISE to share with everyone this year...

We are having a BABY GIRL!!

I am due June 13th, and Jaxson is so excited to be a big brother :)

June and July

In July we went, and went, and went! We were never home! We had an amazing week and a half at the Gorge, a weekend at Bear Lake (which ended up quite dramatic and scary), and we also got our first camp trailer! Tyler's  biological dad, Donald, gave us his older camp trailer. It was……disgusting! But for free, I knew I could fix it all up nice! My mom and I began scrubbing at 6 am, and cleaned our guts out ALL DAY! We then spent a whole other day refinishing the cushions. We bought cute fabric, and reupholstered the entire trailer! Then my sister gave us some extra wood flooring she had and some paint, and we laid wood floor and painted the inside! We even bought a brand new toilet J It's SMALL, but so cute and FUN! All the after pics are on my  mom's computer so I will post them later...

BEFORE

 and AFTER!

As for the Bear Lake trip, we had a fabulous weekend with Tyler's family, and were just getting ready to head home, but went back in to the cabin to say goodbye. As we were talking with everybody Jax started crying and acted like he had hurt his finger and came running towards me. I could tell that it hurt really bad and that he was going to hold his breath. The breath holding thing was his new development over the course of the summer, and he would make himself back out……so I grabbed him and tried blowing in his mouth to get him to breathe, and he didn't…..and finally passed out. As he passed out, and as myself and my mother-in-law start freaking out, he began convulsing like a seizure. After what seemed like an eternity of watching my baby boy with his eyes rolled back into his head, his lips purple, and his little body convulsing, he went completely limp. At this time pure panic set in by everyone. He still had not taken a breath, so we laid him on the floor with the intentions of starting CPR. Before we began Uncle Ben gave him a blessing while Grandpa Boyd was prepping for CPR. By the end of the blessing he wheezed a small breath. The greatest sound I have ever heard in my entire life! After his small breath he started moving and taking more breathes, but was completely delusional. He couldn’t hold his head up, was still limp, but was also trying to raise his arms. He would be sound asleep one second, and then crying the next. Something wasn't right, and we were still so scared. The ambulance had been called long before the blessing, so now it was just a waiting game. The ambulances come clear from Montpelier, and it felt like an eternity for them to get there. When they got there, I rode with Jax in the ambulance, and Tyler drove our car over. While in the ambulance Jax was completely out. He literally could not even open eyes or lift a finger he was so weak. It broke my heart! On our ride, I called Steph, because she only lives half hour from Montpelier, and asked her to meet me at the hospital because I was so scared! After a long ER trip, lots of tears, lots of nurses, and an interesting MRI scan of the brain, the doctor pretty much told us the seizure was a fluke. One of the scariest moments of my life, and all they tell me was "who knows"! Talk about frustration. That night, we drove all the way to Evanston, and didn't get there till about 1:30. We had Jax sleep with us because we were too scared not to have him right next to us, and woke up early the next morning and called Dr. DaPalma. She got us right in, and as soon as I told her everything that went on she knew exactly what happened. They are called crying spells. Apparently it is very common. When a child holds their breath long enough to pass out, they will often times seize. It looks like a real seizure, but does not affect the brain like a real seizure does, it is just the body reacting to being low on oxygen. She also assured us that it will probably happen again, and that although it looks as though they are not breathing while convulsing, they do. So we are just supposed to lay him flat on the ground and watch it happen! She also said that it completely exhausts their bodies when it happens, so the sleeping and lethargic actions are also completely fine and normal.

With all this, we just hope it never happens again! It was absolutely traumatizing! I still have nightmares… but we are so glad that what happened is normal and does not harm him and that he is still healthy!

May :)

Well, we moved home! YAY! I really do quite enjoy living at home in the summer, especially with Jaxson! When we moved we decided that since his life was getting a little shock by moving, why not shock him good and move him into a toddler bed. I was so nervous, thinking of all the naughty things he could now easy do! But…..the first night he crawled in, didn't cry, and a little while later I went to check and he was sound asleep!  Then I continued to think, oh the naughtiness will come eventually….and he still has never gotten out and gotten into anything! It was so easy!

As for Tyler and I, we took a vacation with our close friends Bridget and Kaleb to…..VEGAS! We went for quite a few days, and had such a great time! I cried leaving Jax, of course, but it so nice to get out just the two of us! We figured we pretty much deserved it after sooooo many years of school!

April

APRIL

Tyler and I were still as boring as the last month, sewing and student teaching, as well as job hunting! We did get a bit of excitement, by chaperoning the Prom at Whiting. It was so fun! We got a date out, got a delicious dinner, and refreshed ourselves of how glad we were to be out of High School! And I began running! Yes that’s right, I am not a runner! But I am determined to make myself!

Jaxson on the other hand was getting so big! He is such a smart and fun, and by fun I mean completely and utterly WILD little boy to be around! Other than being wild, he started to grow out of his cowboy boot obsession, and into wanting to help mommy with EVERYTHING! Especially cooking! He also decided that saying "cheeeeeeese" to the camera is super fun!

And as for Trixie, she is still naughty, and very much a hyper puppy!

March...

I am SO far behind on my blog! I have had no desire to update….and today I sorta feel the need to "journal". So, I am going to start up where I left off, which is March! I have been writing small things down so hopefully I got most of the good stuff!

MARCH

Tyler was still enjoying his student teaching, and the job hunt had begun!

I was still sewing orders, all the time!
And as for Jaxson, he was of course a wild man! This month he was absolutely OBSESSED with his cowboy boots, and being naked! So 90% of the time, he was "wearing" both, cowboy boots and his birthday suit! Quite a site!

Someday...

As you can tell, I have not updated my blog in forever.....and maybe someday in the near future I will. As for now, NOPE! I have no desire to update, type, or upload pictures!

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I forgot...

My last post was dedicated to February....where I left out a few other fun and exciting things!

Tyler celebrated his 24th birthday! WHOA! He is getting old! We didnt do much, but we did get a babysitter and go out to dinner! It was fabulous to not have Jax screaming and throwing food everywhere! Tyler didn't get a single present from me on his actual birthday becuase....he got a new snow machine a week before! He was so excited and only got to ride it one time before it broke down :( Bummer....he is so bummed out. Now its gonna cost a bunch to fix it and he is done for the season....just our luck!

Also, it was Valentines Day! This year, rather than fluffy lovey dovey presents, we got a puppy! YAY! As most of you know, I love Shih Tzu's! My parents and I got one when I was a Junior, then they got her another one for a friend when I left to college so she wasn't lonely....and I absolutly love them to death! My mom heard of a family in Lyman selling 6 of them and I had to see them! By the time I got there there was only 1 girl left, and I wanted a girl! She was adorable! A few days later I was trying to talk Ty into the idea of getting her and took him to see her. Her hair had bursted and at that point she was really really cute! After seeing her, he melted pretty fast to her charm and decided we could get her! YAY! We had to leaver her for 2 weeks, and she was ready to go the weekend of Valentines week! She is a great puppy! She doesn't cry hardly at all at night, only when she has to go potty, and I can count on 1 hand the accidents she has had in a whole week! This is my sweet Trixie!

January 2011

January....well what to say about January. First of all Uncle Ben FINALLY got home from his mission! Jax and I headed home for the week so that we could go to the airport with the family. It was so fun! Jax and Uncle Ben had never met before so it was pretty special! He was not real sure of him at first, but slowly warmed up!

The same weekend Ben came home, Tyler had the opportunity to baptize his little brother Nick. During the baptism, Jax was quite jealous that Daddy was "baff"ing with Uncle Nick. He even tried to climb over the barrier and get in....where I stopped him and picked him up....and where we had a complete and utter melt down and had to leave the room, missing the whole thing! Darn 18mos olds!

And these pictures of my sweet little guy! He is so full of energy these days! WHEW! He loves to "cheeeeese" for the camera or phone anytime he sees one, and this 1st pic is the result of that! Such a nerd! Also note his adorable Valentines outfit from Aunt Amy. What a stud right?!?!

December 2010

I am so behind on blogging! So here I go on some major catch-up....I decided the best way to do this was to just go through the months!

December:
Jax played in the snow lots at Grandma and Papas, and helped Daddy plow the snow on the 4-wheeler. He loved the snow! He then got to play even more with Uncle Nick in the snow!

On the eve of Christmas Eve, Jax got to participate in Grandma's Annual Sleepover, which I personally feel should be called Aunt Cami's sleepover considering she ships them all downstairs with me and doesn't hear a peep all night from them. And, I assure you there are giggles and whispers and "potty" breaks ALL NIGHT! We usually watch movies, then "sleep", then in the morning do a craft. Oh the craft....where to begin....its a big pain in the butt! We always choose something that requires paint and hot glue, and that combo along with 10 children under the age of 14 is a disaster area! All in all, we survived yet another Grandma's Sleepover this year!

We had a great Christmas! Jaxson got spoiled, as usual, and loved opening all the presents! Santa visited him and brought him lots, as well as his Grandparents!

 Grandma's slumber party!

 Yes, that's right....a real BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!

 He loved all the boxes more than any of his toys! Go figure :)

Jaxson Joe 17mos

Well I officially feel like an absolute failure at blogging lately! First, and only because I am too lazy to get up and get my camera card, I just want to update on all the FUN stuff Jax is accomplishing and doing. Mainly for journaling purposes!



Jaxson Joe
17 months

Words he says:
First of all there are SOOO many words he says, and I probably couldn't post them all, so I am just going to choose the cute ones that make me giggle lately!

- Cinnamon---Minamin
- Vitamin---Vinamin
- Medicine---Menaminin
- Phone---comes out as Hummmph??
- Buzz
- Coco---Cole, Tylers cousin
- Uncle Ben--- Uuuuhh Beeean
-Sexy---Sessssy
-Alex---Alisssss (the baby I am sitting)
-GraGraaa---Grandma
- Jesus---Jesiiii
- Joseph Smith---Jossss
-He also loves to say prayers! He folds his arms, says "prayyyyr", then mumbles in a high pitch voice a little bit, then yells "Men!"

Obsessions:
#1 Jaxson is utterly absolutely and completely obsessed with Buzz LightYear. We have to sleep with a Buzz stuffed animal, we have to watch a Buzz movie at minimum of once a day, and we LOVE wearing Buzz jammies we got for Christmas. Anytime we go to Wal-Mart he asks for Buzz, just so we can walk by the Toy Story isle and look at the Buzz's. Boy am I sick and tired of Toy Story1, and 3! We currently don't have 2, but I am sure we will soon because if I have to watch the other two again I am going to scream!
#2 His Papa! Oh boy has he been obsessed with his Papa (my dad). Anytime he sees a phone or a man with a mustache, he freaks out screaming Papa! We used to be able to distract him away from the phone, so we didn’t have to call but that no longer works. He doesn’t forget! So….we have called Papa LOT'S lately! Sometimes even if Papa is at work we still have to call and listen to his voicemail, and that usually holds him over thinking he talked to Papa! Then once he is on the phone with Papa, he just sits there and listens and grins from ear to ear! Doesn’t hardly say a word, but is so pleased with every conversation!
#3 Tag….you all may be thinking…Tag??? What does that mean. Well that would be what Jax calls his favorite blanket. He does not like it for the blanket part, but he looooves the tag attached to the blanket. he rubs it, sucks on it, and just holds it most of the time. Such a weirdo!


Other Stuff:
We switched schedules, and Jax is only taking one nap now! yay! He has been ready for a long time, but I wasn't ready! I finally gave in, we had a few grumpy mornings without nap, and taa-daa!

He tells us now when he goes poop, but not until after he goes! We try to go to the potty as soon as he tells us, but we miss it every time!
We started nursery a month early, thinking he would love it….WRONG! We have church at 11 now, so its during lunch, and then during nap time. Oh boy! He did good last week after Tyler went with him for a while, and then left the last half hour. So hopefully next week will be an even bigger improvement!

And...as of this morning he can officially escape from his crib....ahhhh!
Overall, Jax is an amazing little boy! I am loving every minute of being a stay at home mom, and couldn't love him anymore than I do! He is so special to me, and such a joy to be around all day!

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