Just chillin' through the pain.....

the poor boy! I had to take him into the Doctor last night for another double ear infection! Can you believe the luck this poor baby has? He has his tubes in on March 31st... had another ear infection two weeks later, was given the all clear on April 29th.. and 6 weeks later, here we are again. And he has only had allergies going on! Good thing he is so good about all of this. I took this picture last night while we were out at the Dr appt and getting his meds filled.

He LOVES his carseat now that he can face forward. He weighs 20 lb exactly so we turned him since he gags alot in the car and I can never see how bad it is... I have to rely on Trevor and Jordan to tell me what is going on.

He is just a happy camper in the van now...he grins the whole time, it's so cute!

Just another update on Josh's therapy. I talked to his therapist today for a while (she had to reschedule from earlier this week since she was sick) and she wants Josh to join one of her group therapy classes on top of his weekly therapy. It will be a weekly class as well. She has a small group of 4-5 kids that are 12-18 months old on tuesdays. She works on textures, drinking from things other than bottles, trying new foods, ect. She thinks he really needs some additional support. She finally has told me a more specific way to explain to people what is going on with him. She said it is called, 'poor oral and motor skills, with a delay in motor skill planning'. Basically that means he is behind in those areas and the reason why is that he can't 'plan' how to deal with new things... like new textures, ect. Plus he also has the gag reflex problem that makes it worse. I'm not sure if it makes me feel better to have 'something' I can say to explain what is going on, or if it is just as confusing to explain the term. Who knows!! LOL!!!!

An uncomfortable way to sleep!

The other night Scott went to check on the kids before we went to bed, and found Jordan sleeping like this. It's no wonder he falls out of bed on a regular basis!

Another birthday party!

And the birthdays continue!

It was another birthday party on my side of the family last night. We celebrated three June birthdays, Josh's, my cousin Kendra's and my sister Chantel's. We had a yummy ice cream cake that my mom got, and had some fun together. Even though Josh wasn't intrested much in his presents again, he has been playing with them today. Thanks everyone!! While we were there last night, we decided to finally get an updated grandkid pictures before Amy moves next month. So here is Ryan (almost 2 months), Kyrie (2) who are my sister Amy's kids. Next is Parker (17 months) who is my sister Chan's little boy, and then of course my kids.I thought I would just snap a quick picture to show how thrilled my kids were for this picture. Thankfully we don't attempt to do things like this on a regular basis... they think we are torturing them by making them sit for a picture.

So that was our fun night last night. Now we are done for a couple weeks on birthdays, and we just have Father's day to look forward to!

I've been tagged... again!

My sister tagged me again and I thought I would do this one as well, since I have a little bit of time this morning.

5 things on my to do list: sweep and mop kitchen, bathe the dog (yea for me), sort laundry, do Josh's therapy massages, and work with the kids on doing their daily 'jobs'.

5 jobs I have had: Pretzelmaker, Delta Airlines, Winagers Deli, Animal care and America First... but now I am a mommy and love it!

5 places I have lived: Riverdale Ut, Washington Terrace Ut, Pima Az, Sunset Ut, South Ogden Utah

5 favorite snacks: Chocolate anything, popcorn, grapes, apples, crackers.... the list goes on

5 things you may not know about me: I like chicken instead of red meat, and make it entirely too much!, I am not very good with plants... much to Scott's amusement, I am allergic to bees, I like to drink milk, and I like to read to wind down.

5 things I would do as a billionaire: Pay off bills, pay off my families bills, take a trip to Norway for Scott, donate to a good cause, donate to the Church.

5 things I love: My family, the Church, the smell of rain, spending time outside when it's not too hot, and chocolate!

5 people I have tagged: Tanya, Alison, Ann, Brittany and Scott again!

I've been tagged!

My sister tagged me, and I figured I better do it this time. I think I have been tagged two or three other times, but really didn't have a lot of time and then I would forget to do it. So this time I am getting it done now!

Here goes:
I am supposed to list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, and 3 suprising facts about myself.

3 joys - watching my kids make progress or accomplish the things they are working on, spending time as a family, and helping someone who truly needs it.

3 fears - one of my family members getting hurt, someone dying that I am close to, and not doing a good enough job raising my kids.

3 current obsessions/collections - blogging is the first one, reading other people's blogs, and keeping my house clean of foods Josh is allergic to. (That is not one I would do if I had a choice though)

3 suprising facts about me - I like to organize and keep things clean, I like country music more than I used to, and I spend about 3-4 hours a day working with Trevor and Josh on different therapy goals.

I decided to tag: Brittany, Tanya, Alison, Ann and Scott (even though we share a blog)

Josh made it to ONE!!!!

JOSH IS A WHOLE YEAR OLD TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the only good picture I could get of him opening a present today. He was not thrilled with the whole opening of gifts at all.

This was taken last night at a family party at Scott's sister, Raeanne's house. My neice, Aliyah, had her first birthday on May 29th. So we did a combo party for both kids since their birthdays are only 3 days apart. As you can see in this picture, he was not thrilled with opening presents.

One more time.... he was not happy or even interested in anything he got last night.

And here is Aliyah, she loved opening her presents. I didn't get any of her eating her cake since my camera batteries died and I forgot to bring new ones, but it was funny!

I tried to get a picture of her walking, but the floor was slippery from the kids swimming and coming inside. She is so tiny and it's so fun to see her walking. We love our sweet Aliyah!

Here is a funny picture of Jordan and Jarron. Jordan was so cold from swimming and Jarron kept trying to tell him how to get warm. It was cute!

Ryan's Baby Blessing

Luke, Ryan, Kyrie and Amy Wayment

Here is Kyrie and Ryan.

Here is my new adorable nephew, Ryan. He was blessed today and I thought I would post some pictures of him here. He was born on April 14th. He was 5lb 14 oz and 18 inches long. He is so dang cute! I am going to miss watching him grow up! My sister and bro-in-law are moving to Philadelphia on July 7th. Luke is going to Med school at Temple University. They will be gone for the next few years. It's not going to be fun for us to miss out on the kids growing up. Oh well... you do what you have to do!

Hair cuts

I did hair cuts for the kids today, although they were really just trims on the back.



Jordan was being a nut today, and did not want to just smile for the camera.
And here are the kids all clean for once. But it only lasted long enough for the picture. They came outside with Scott and I to trim bushes tonight and got quite dirty. Oh well, it was fun!

Gracie's new home

Since I have not posted any new pictures of Gracie in a long time, and I wanted to show how big she has gotten, I thought now would be a good time. We got her a new kennel yesterday so she can be upstairs again with us. She has been in the basement with an exersize pen, since we did our floors. When we can't watch her, she has to be confined since she is a little naughty.

She actually really likes this kennel, she automatically goes in when we bring her in the house. I think she likes how open it is compared to the other one, and she likes that Josh puts his hands in there for her to lick. Josh is completely in love with the dog. We have decided his first word is probably going to be dog. He says this gog sound everytime he sees her. It's cute to see.

And an update on Jordan real quick.... he is doing better. He had a rough night tuesday night with his head concussion, and had a bad headache lingering yesterday. He threw up again in the van when we went to Petsmart. But by about noon yesterday he perked up and seems to be fine today. That was a close call and I hope we NEVER have anything like that again. (knock on wood!) Oh the joys that kids bring us! :o)

And the Injuries continue

As if we haven't had enough injuries and trauma around here.....we added another tonight. I was at the store with Trevor and Jordan getting Josh's reflux meds tonight. Jordan wanted to ride in the back of the cart, and since we didn't have much to get, I let him, against my better judgement. He knows he has to sit if he is back there, and he was doing a good job. I was getting some milk and as I turned back, saw him stand up, and before I could say anything... out he went. He fell straight back on his head on the cement floor. It was not pretty. I was pretty much done with the stuff we needed, so I headed for the register then. He was whining... and kinda out of it. The back of his head was swollen and bruised. We checked out, and I got out of there. The whole time I was trying to hurry, he was pale and kept looking like he was going to fall asleep. It was very worrisome. We got home and I finally called my mom to see what she thought. I checked his pupils and stuff, but he was still acting so weird for him. Then as I was holding him a few minutes later, he threw up. I kept checking him again and he would still rouse a little when I tried and his pupils were still OK. So we'll see how the next few hours go. My mom said if he doesn't have any of the trauma head injury signs by midnight, we are probably OK.

So I took a few pictures of him after he fell asleep in his rocking chair. I'll keep ya updated on how he is doing.